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Marshall Ryan Maresca

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in Syracuse, New York, The United States

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Marshall Ryan Maresca grew up in upstate New York and studied film and video production at Penn State. He now lives Austin with his wife and son. His work appeared in Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction and Rick Klaw’s anthology Rayguns Over Texas. He also has had several short plays produced and has worked as a stage actor, a theatrical director and an amateur chef. His novels The Thorn of Dentonhill and A Murder of Mages each begin their own fantasy series, both set in the port city of Maradaine.
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	The Thorn of Dentonhill (Maradaine, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 613 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
	A Murder of Mages (The Maradaine Constabulary, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 540 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Alchemy of Chaos (Maradaine, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2016 — 3 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
	An Import of Intrigue (The Maradaine Constabulary, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2016 — 3 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 Holver Alley Crew (The Streets of Maradaine, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Imposters of Aventil (Maradaine, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Lady Henterman’s Wardrobe (The Streets of Maradaine, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2018 — 3 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
	Die Chroniken von Maradaine - Die Fehde der Magier (Geschichten aus Maradaine 2) by Marshall Ryan Maresca (Goodreads Author), Markus Weber (Translator) , Linda Budinger (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	A Parliament of Bodies (The Maradaine Constabulary, #3) 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
	The Fenmere Job (The Streets of Maradaine, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Putting Projects on the Backburner

If you go up to a writer and say, "I've got this idea for a book", if they're being honest, they will probably say something along the lines of "I don't need ideas, I need time."

Ideas are pretty easy. Manifesting them is the tough part.

I rarely truly abandon projects. I have a few "terminal cases", projects that I really have no intention to get back to any time in the near future, but are th... Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Marshall Ryan Maresca

Maradaine Sequence (12 books)
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Maradaine (3 books)
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The Maradaine Constabulary (3 books)
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The Streets of Maradaine (3 books)
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Maradaine Elite (3 books)
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