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The Ruined Wanderer
(The Riddle of the Key #2)
by Elliott Teron (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 · Rating details · 3 ratings · 3 reviews
Theo Isaac and Clyde Moors always wanted a life of adventure, but they couldn't imagine what they would face on their first job as mercenaries. When their lot gets thrown with Selene Abradas, an Imperial Magus who conjures ice, their lives are uprooted as they are pursued by dark forces. Plagued by strange dreams and his family kidnapped, Theo wonders if his path wasn't decided for him...

CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Assault, Allusions to Rape, Parental Abuse

Elliott TeronGoodreads Author
Bornin Canada
GenreFantasy, Fiction
InfluencesNeil Gaiman, Steven King, J.R.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, Dan Abnett, ...more
Member SinceAugust 2020
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Elliott W. Teron is a Canadian independent author who lives in Southern Ontario. Elliott writes complex, interlocking sword & sorcery novels that blend action with rich world-building and characters. An advocate for inclusivity, Elliott applies this belief in his wording, character development, and diversity.

An infrequent reader, Elliott instead pays special attention to the storytelling in video games, which he believes goes underappreciated. Involving the player in the story through movement, visuals, music, and mechanics can create a vivid and high-impact experience.

A video game was the sole inspiration for Elliott to begin writing his Riddle of the Key narrative. That video game is Odin Sphere, a game which Elliott still plays annually.

Meet the author on Goodreads New Authors in January 2021

She's All Thaumaturgy
by A.K. Caggiano (Goodreads Author)
4.17 · Rating details · 6 ratings · 3 reviews
Exiled, once-upon-a-time duchess Elayne Orraigh is cursed, and as most curses go, it took everything—her home, her family, and even her own face. Resigned to hiding herself and her unhinged magic from the cruel courtiers of Yavarid castle, fate takes a turn when hotshot knight Sir Frederick, for fear of losing his own hard-won rank and even harder-won girlfriend, takes on a magically-bound wager to turn Elayne from the ugliest outcast at court into the queen of all of Yavarid.

Neither is prepared, however, when they discover that breaking the curse on Elayne is not simply fixing up her face, but liberating an entire kingdom that has been shrouded in a dark, noxious miasma for ten years by a corrupt elven lord. Frederick’s enchanted bet is quickly convoluted when it turns into a cross-country quest embroiled with dwarven politics, infamous pirates, and mythical dragons even though the latter hasn’t existed for at least a century. As Elayne tries to recapture the future that was taken from her, Frederick tries to honor the bewitched gamble, and the two are put at odds in more ways than one.

A.K. CaggianoGoodreads Author
Bornin Boston, The United StatesJuly 23, 1987
Websitehttp://www.akcaggiano.com
Twitterakcaggiano
GenreFantasy, Humor and Comedy, Romance
InfluencesJ.K. Rowling, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Charlotte Brontë, Stephe ...more
Member SinceAugust 2019
URLhttps://www.goodreads.com/akcaggiano
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Ashley is an Atlanta-based, self-published author who likes to write silly little stories that hopefully bring readers joy. She likes cats, guacamole, feminism, and the internet.

Meet the Author in January 2021 @Goodreads New Authors

New Year Resolutions any one?

"Happy New Year: 2021 continues to greet the world as Tokyo celebrates" https://twitter.com/i/events/13384554...

Sorry, didn't mean to ring in the Brexit bells in the new year...

Err...and vice versa??

UK is now at par with the rest of the world

Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees https://t.co/LuSpKkI3CK

Rare white kiwi Manukura that inspired book and toys dies
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Breaking News: Pierre Cardin, the visionary designer and licensing pioneer who invented the business of fashion as it is conducted today, died at 98.
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Iran begins first human trial of locally made virus vaccine https://t.co/xReSymTcZh

BREAKING: The U.S. House votes to increase pandemic relief payments to $2,000 for individuals from $600 after President Trump demanded the change in a surprise turnabout last week. https://t.co/SixSYEqU5z

Swiss scientists create microscopic wire to reach cancer deep inside brain
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Zhang Zhan: China jails citizen journalist for Wuhan reports
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With the U.S. bracing for a post-Christmas surge in Covid cases and the U.K. battling with harsh lockdown restrictions, life in the West feels far from normal.

Meanwhile, to put it bluntly, life in Taiwan this year has been ridiculously normal https://t.co/eAwXehXyc9

A prominent women’s rights activist in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison under a vague and broadly worded counterterrorism law. The case against Loujain al-Hathloul has drawn international criticism and the ire of U.S. lawmakers. https://t.co/JKnX4HNBuW

Well the last one was practically inexpensive. It still had no sales!