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Douglas Van Dyke Jr.

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://dhealoral.com

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

Influences

RA Salvatore, Ed Greenwood, Joel Rosenberg, Terry Brooks

Member Since

July 2008

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/douglasvandyke

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Born in 1971, Douglas Van Dyke Jr is an award-winning author that mostly writes fantasy tales in the realm called Dhea Loral. It is a world in which readers are rewarded by characters and events making appearances across different book series. Many of his characters evolved in RPG and MMORPG games, further developing their own personalities.

His epic trilogy intro, "The Earthrin Stones,” sold a surprising amount and received some blushing praise. Both "The Widow Brigade" and "Apprentice Storm Mage" won BRAG honors in 2023.

He’s taught schoolchildren about writing, tours several Midwest conventions during the year, sends out at least one newsletter/month, and works in medical imaging.

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Average rating: 4.41 · 117 ratings · 51 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Inheritance of a Sword and a Path (The Earthrin Stones, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — 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 Widow Brigade 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 6 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
	Apprentice Storm Mage (Storm-Mage Chronicles #1) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Pressed into Service (Pilgrims with Blades #A01) 4.30 avg rating — 10 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
	The Wooden Maiden 4.67 avg rating — 9 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
	Trials of Faith (The Earthrin Stones, #2) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Grandfather's Castle (Pilgrims with Blades #A02) 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Muster of Heroes (The Earthrin Stones, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Boxer Earns His Wings it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	Daughter of the Legend (Storm-Mage Chronicles #2) by Douglas Van Dyke Jr. (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Jaycox (Goodreads Author) (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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"Pilgrims with Blades" number 3 is coming soon!

The proofs for "Pilgrims with Blades: Caravan Road" has arrived!

The cover looks great as well as the inside formatting and spacing. That being said this is not the final color of the back cover since I'm trying to fit in a theme with the others. I want to order the rest of the books to get them here but there's still some last-minute editing still going on. Included in that are two extra scenes I Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 26, 2025 18:20 • Tags: fantasy-adventure-series, new-release, rpg-caravan, swords-and-sorcery

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Series by Douglas Van Dyke Jr.

The Earthrin Stones (3 books)
by

Douglas Van Dyke Jr. (Goodreads Author)

4.25 avg rating — 40 ratings

Storm-Mage Chronicles (2 books)
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Douglas Van Dyke Jr. (Goodreads Author),

Rebecca Jaycox (Goodreads Author) (editor)

4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings

Pilgrims with Blades (2 books)
by

Douglas Van Dyke Jr. (Goodreads Author)

4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings

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