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Dave Skinner

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in Toronto, Canada

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https://brushandpen.ca

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Fantasy, Science Fiction

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David Gemmell, Roger Zelazny, Louis Lamour ...more

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Dave Skinner lives in Haliburton County, Ontario with his artist wife, in a house they built themselves, after he retired, at 60, from a career in I.T. He is currently working on his fourth fantasy novel.

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	My Father's Swords (Warriors, Heroes, and Demons #1) 4.04 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Confluence of Swords (Warriors, Heroes, and Demons, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 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
	Hosting (The Core, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	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
	Swords and Symmetry (The Core #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	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 Black Staff 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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
	Ta'Lee - In Search Of A Queen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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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Ta'Lee:In Search of a Queen

Ta'Lee: In search of a Queen is the last swords and sorcery novel I wrote. Chronologically it takes place between the end of the Warriors, Heroes, and Demons (WHD) series and the beginning of the Wizard's Spawn (WS) series fifteen years later. It is the story of Ta'Lee, a young woman who is an important secondary character in the WHD series. Accomplished and famous as a dancer and a warrior sh Read more of this blog post »

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Shattered Kingdom (Shattered Kingdom, #1)

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