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Nikolas Rex

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Born

in Salt Lake City, The United States

November 03, 1988

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http://www.writeroftheflame.com/

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Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction

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Nikolas Rex resides in Oregon State with his wife and three children. He is a WSU grad with his B.A. in Digital Technology and Culture, Minor in Fine Arts, Minor in English, as well as his Professional Writing Certificate. He has a deep love for the written word and a passion for design. Aside from writing fantasy, his other hobbies and interests include sketching playing and creating board games, reading fantasy and science fiction, and spending time with his family.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 69 ratings · 3 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Wielder of the Flame (Legacy of the Flame, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 63 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
	Truth in Reason it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Tales of Lyrridia: Volume One (Tales of Lyrridia #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Tales of Lyrridia: Volume Two (Tales of Lyrridia #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 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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Series by Nikolas Rex

Legacy of the Flame (1 book)
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Nikolas Rex rated a book it was ok Raft (Xeelee Sequence, #1) by Stephen Baxter	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
Reeeeeaaaallly thinking of DNFing this one. It has such an interesting premise but the dialogue and character development and plot is SOOOO groan worthy. It screams YA "Hunger Games" or "Red Rising" and I dunno just not what I was expecting. ...more
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Nikolas Rex rated a book did not like it The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka	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
Why was this so highly recommended? Thank God it was so short, even then I couldn't get through it. Its just event after event. The only interesting part was at the beginning when the manager barges in and immediately scolds Gregor saying his positio ...more
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Nikolas Rex rated a book did not like it Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri	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
I was never big on the whole "fables" or "Greek mythology" type stories, like "The king sent a decree upon the land and the fox being sly knew how to spin the gold so that the princess could fly but the dark prince wolf was cunning as well and dipped ...more
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Nikolas Rex rated a book it was ok You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann	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
Luckily a short read because it just wasn't that interesting. Kind of like one of those 1 minute short horror videos that have a decent scare idea in it and are very short. ...more
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Nikolas Rex rated a book it was ok Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams	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
This has been on my to-read list for years. I’d seen countless memes and references to Watership Down online and had built it up in my head as this profound, dark survival epic disguised as a story about rabbits. Unfortunately, it just didn’t click w ...more
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Nikolas Rex rated a book liked it Black Hammer: Library Edition, Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire	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
I wanted to give this one more star but the art really pulled me out of it, it was just too funky. And I didn't like how the art changed halfway through too. The story was easily a solid three stars alone though, cool idea! ...more
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Nikolas Rex rated a book it was amazing Nameless by Grant Morrison	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
10/10 easily! This was like Event Horizon but better! Art was a little funky but the plotting and story won out!
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Nikolas Rex rated a book it was amazing Nameless by Grant Morrison	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
10/10 easily! This was like Event Horizon but better! Art was a little funky but the plotting and story won out!
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Nikolas Rex rated a book liked it Noah by Darren Aronofsky	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
Art was good, story was okay. I think my childhood religious trauma kind of soured my experience with this otherwise an interesting take on a biblical story.
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Nikolas Rex rated a book it was ok Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)	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
What in the temu Hunger Games/Maze Runner in space + Olympus gods mash up did I just try and read? Why is this so highly rated? No. Dnf
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“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.”
― James Allen

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“To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment;”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

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“Thoughts of doubt and fear never accomplished anything, and never can.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

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“THE dreamers are the saviours of the world.”
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“the Kingdom of Heaven is the domain of those who repent,”
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