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Rob J. Hayes

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Winner of Mark Lawrence's 3rd Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) with Where Loyalties Lie

Rob J. Hayes has been a student, a banker, a marine research assistant, a chef, and a keyboard monkey more times than he cares to count. But eventually his love of fantasy and reading drew him to the life of a writer. He’s the author of the Amazon Best Selling The Heresy Within, the SPFBO-winning piratical swashbuckler Where Loyalties Lie, and the critically acclaimed Never Die.
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Rob J. Hayes I have just finished writing a follow up series to The Ties that Bind. It's a duology called Best Laid Plans. The first novel is Where Loyalties Lie a…moreI have just finished writing a follow up series to The Ties that Bind. It's a duology called Best Laid Plans. The first novel is Where Loyalties Lie and the second is The Fifth Empire of Man. Both have a planned 2016 release from Ragnarok Publications.

I'm now currently working on a high fantasy adventure romp with an Avengers feel to it. Expect heroes, dragons, dark lords, and my usual dark humour.(less)
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Rob J. Hayes Nope. There are plenty of strong female characters in the series. Though I'm not sure hero or heroine apply to any of my characters. :D…moreNope. There are plenty of strong female characters in the series. Though I'm not sure hero or heroine apply to any of my characters. :D(less)
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"A badass female warrior who was an angel without wings, a foul-mouthed talking head that used to be rotten scum of a man (that I grew fond of eventually) and a charismatic 10 yr old named “daughter”…..and a few other characters. They go off on a dang" Read more of this review »
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A high fantasy with a grimdark flavour. This one will definitely appeal to fans of Mistborn and Final Fantasy.
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"Pure fun; and do not be fooled by the pulp-like presentation of the novel with chapters with headings a la Jules Verne, since the novel is thoroughly modern in tone and content, partly ironic, partly serious.

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Rob Hayes is on page 77 of 476 of The Words of Kings and Prophets: I've been meaning to crack on with this series for a while now. So here we go!
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This continues to be one of my favourite ongoing series. A high fantasy version of WW2 with heavy Band of Brothers feels. I love it and I want more people to read it so the author keeps writing them!

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“Ever killed anyone with a spoon?" she asked him.
"Uhhh..."
"Me neither, but I'm thinking of trying.”
― Rob J. Hayes, The Heresy Within

“It takes a lifetime of evil to be a villain, and only one moment of good to be a hero.”
― Rob J. Hayes, Never Die

“Good orders should always be questioned,” Stillwater said. “Bad orders should always be ignored.”
― Rob J. Hayes, The Fifth Empire of Man

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“You say glory, necessity, pride; I say barbarity, greed, arrogance. War is a search for glory, for that particular sense of joy and satisfaction that comes from staking one's life on the outcome of a gamble. The search for a cheap thrill, with a cost too dear for Midas, and on a pretext that, more or less, amounts to 'My neighbour has a thing. I want it.”
― Laura M. Hughes, Art of War
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“Power ain’t what ya reckon it’ll be. Don’t mean ya get ta do what ya want all the time; means ya gotta do what every other fucker wants. Much better bein’ the knife in the darkness than waitin’ fer it ta come for you.”
― Rob J. Hayes, The Fifth Empire of Man

“Jezzet there isn't a man in this room who hasn't spent at least some time staring at you and you're without doubt the most graceful person I've ever seen. I'm sure you can find some way to distract them. Failing that just start ... you know ... killing people."
"Killing people?" [...]
"Yes. with a spoon if you like.”
― Rob J. Hayes, The Heresy Within

“We teach girls shame. “Close your legs. Cover yourself.” We make them feel as though being born female they’re already guilty of something. And so, girls grow up to be women who cannot say they have desire. They grow up to be women who silence themselves. They grow up to be women who cannot say what they truly think. And they grow up — and this is the worst thing we do to girls — they grow up to be women who have turned pretense into an art form.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

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