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Dave-Brendon de Burgh

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in Krugersdorp, South Africa

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Dave is a writer, guitar player, sometime-teacher, and Furbaby-dad from Pretoria, South Africa. He still reads comics, doesn’t mind being terrified by Horror movies, plays movie soundtracks when he writes, and still hasn’t finished Mass Effect 3. Find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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	AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers by Ivor W. Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sarah Lotz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Writers On Writing: An Author's Guide Vol. 1 by Joe Mynhardt (Editor), Jack Ketchum, Brian Hodge (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 145 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
	Tales from The Lake Vol. 3 by Monique Snyman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Allan Gunnells (Goodreads Author), Kenneth W. Cain (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 58 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
	Betrayal's Shadow (Mahaelian Chronicle, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	This Twisted Earth by Dion Winton-Polak (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author), Mike Chinn (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 42 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
	A Song of Sacrifice (A Mahaelian Chronicle Tale #1) 4.38 avg rating — 13 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
	A Song of Sacrifice 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	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
	Conviction's Pain (Mahaelian Chronicle, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 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
	A Song of Conflict (A Mahaelian Chronicle Tale #2) 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Canto del Sacrificio: Racconto delle Cronache Maheliane 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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Shattered Hopes (Light in the Dark #2)

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