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Joshua P. Simon is a Christian, husband, father, CPA, fantasy author, and heavy metal junkie. He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia and hopes that one day he can leave the life of a CPA behind and devote that time to writing more of the ideas bouncing around his ADD-addled brain.

He has completed and published one epic fantasy series (The Blood and Tears Trilogy) and is now working on several new projects.

You can find out more about him at www.joshuapsimon.blogspot.com.
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Average rating: 4.03 · 2,683 ratings · 170 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Forgotten Soldiers (The Tyrus Chronicle, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Rise and Fall (Blood and Tears, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Wayward Soldiers (The Tyrus Chronicle, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Steel and Sorrow (Blood and Tears, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Trial and Glory (Blood and Tears, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Resurrected Soldiers (The Tyrus Chronicle #3) 4.21 avg rating — 252 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
	Forever Soldiers (The Tyrus Chronicle #4) 4.21 avg rating — 178 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 Cult of Sutek (The Epic of Andrasta and Rondel, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Tower of Bashan (The Epic of Andrasta and Rondel, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Warleader (Blood and Tears, #0.4) 3.71 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011	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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Forever Soldiers audiobook is now available!

Podium Publishing has released the final book in the The Tyrus Chronicle, Forever Soldiers, as an audiobook.

Check it out here through audible.com.

War defines his past. Living haunts his present. Peace mocks his future.
Months have passed since Tyrus ended a decade of war between Turine and Genesha by destroying the Geneshan's sorcerous artifact. He had hoped that taking his family south would g Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Joshua P. Simon

The Tyrus Chronicle (4 books)
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Joshua P. Simon (Goodreads Author)

4.10 avg rating — 1,322 ratings

Blood and Tears (3 books)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,177 ratings

The Epic of Andrasta and Rondel (3 books)
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4.28 avg rating — 184 ratings

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“Stupidity can often be confused for amazing.”
― Joshua P. Simon, Rise and Fall

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Which fantasy book would you like the group to read in November 2014?

London Falling by Paul Cornell

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The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

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Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco

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The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

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