Thomas Tarasios

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Thomas Tarasios is the pseudonym of a high school teacher and father of two from the UK who reads too many books, plays too many tabletop and videogames, and writes too many fantasy novels.

Average rating: 4.52 · 83 ratings · 59 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
Fire and Lightning (Saga of...

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Earth and Water

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Prelude: The Final Battle (...

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Light and Shadow

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SOTJ2 is out now!

Happy Star Wars Day; May the 4th be with you!

Saga of the Jewels Book 2, Earth and Water, is published in paperback and ebook today!

Go get it!

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The Battlepits of Krarth by Dave Morris
"The Battlepits of Krarth is the first in the Bloodsword gamebook collection. As with most gamebook series, the first isn't necessary the best. However, whilst it's a little derivative, it does set the scene for the rest of the series and is still ver" Read more of this review »
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Tainted Blood by Nathan Long
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The Blackhearts trilogy finishes with a bang. The mission is to retrieve a magical relic from underneath a Chaos-infested city, and at the same time hopefully lift the curse on the Blackhearts’ blood. Along with competing Imperial factions, Chaos cul ...more
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The Broken Lance by Nathan Long
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The least memorable of the Blackhearts trilogy for me for some reason, I think probably because I enjoy adventuring missions out in the wild than the inner workings of military garrisons. Also, having read quite a few Nathan Long novels by now (these ...more
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The Blackhearts trilogy finishes with a bang. The mission is to retrieve a magical relic from underneath a Chaos-infested city, and at the same time hopefully lift the curse on the Blackhearts’ blood. Along with competing Imperial factions, Chaos cul ...more
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Valnir's Bane by Nathan Long
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This was a lot of fun. The situations that the Blackhearts recurringly get themselves into are so desperate, it’s hard to imagine how they’re going to get out of them. Of course, you assume they will (or will they? and all of them?) but the fun then ...more
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This was so awesome! Why did I wait so long to play this gamebook? An ingenious system which you can play solo or coop because you can have up to four characters in your party. Battles which you sketch out on a grid that you can use counters or minia ...more
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