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Adam Christopher

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Born

in Auckland, New Zealand

February 02, 1978

Website

https://www.adamchristopher.me

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

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Adam Christopher is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith and Master of Evil,  Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town. He has also written official tie-in novels for the hit CBS television show Elementary and the award-winning Dishonored video game franchise.

Co-creator of the twenty-first-century incarnation of Archie Comics superhero The Shield, Adam has also written for the universes of Doctor Who and World of Warcraft, and is a contributor to the internationally bestselling Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View anniversary anthology series and the all-ages Star Wars Adventures comic.

Adam’s original novels include Made to Kill and The Burning Dark, among many others, and his debut novel Empire Sta ...more

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	Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town (Stranger Things, #2) 3.52 avg rating — 6,913 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow of the Sith 3.90 avg rating — 5,844 ratings — published 2022 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Master of Evil 3.60 avg rating — 2,465 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empire State (Empire State, #1) 3.12 avg rating — 2,541 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Made to Kill (Ray Electromatic Mysteries, #1) 3.37 avg rating — 1,982 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corroded Man (Dishonored, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 1,157 ratings — published 2016 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Wonders by Adam Christopher (Goodreads Author), Will Staehle (Illustrator) 3.29 avg rating — 1,093 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burning Dark (Spider Wars, #1) 3.25 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elementary: The Ghost Line (Elementary, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing Is My Business (Ray Electromatic Mysteries, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ray Electromatic Mysteries (3 books)
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Empire State (2 books)
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Dishonored (3 books)
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Elementary (2 books)
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Out: A dark, unflinching thriller about ordinary women pushed beyond the edge.

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“No matter how the darkness grows, you are never alone.”
― Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith

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“Vader had been a fire, a twisting sun-dragon that curled in the core of a star about to go nova. The Emperor, Palpatine, had been the exact opposite – he was ice, the terrifying cold of the bottom of an endlessly deep ocean, the abyssal plain, no hope; a cold so absolute, so ultimate, that all life withered in its presence.”
― Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith

tags: star-wars

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“You are the master of every situation.”
― Adam Christopher, Hang Wire

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The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

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The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez

35 votes, 25.9%

Farthing by Jo Walton

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After Atlas by Emma Newman

18 votes, 13.3%

Made to Kill by Adam Christopher

9 votes, 6.7%

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