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Brendan Lyons

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Brendan's love affair with writing started at a very young age. His earliest series, the original crayon and pencil versions of Nukular Wars in Space (originally entitled Nukular Wars in Spac, the 'e' was added later) sprouted from his early love of science fiction.

Ever the creative type, Brendan found what opportunities he could to put his ideas on paper. Choosing creative options on assignments, jotting down poetry, and making up songs with his friends, Brendan laid the groundwork for what would become his true passion.

Though he had attempted on multiple occasions to begin a novel-length work, he never found the inspiration to stick with it until his freshman year of college. While walking through the snow on an empty field on the Villan
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Long delayed update

So it's been a little while since I last posted on Goodreads. I had just released Book 2, The Lords of Canimar, and a lot of exciting things have happened since then.

The biggest thing, though, is I launched straight into book 3, The Gears of Time. So ferociously did I launch into it, that the first draft is finished! I'm very excited about that.

I can't say when it will be released, but my goal is Read more of this blog post »
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Published on December 17, 2015 06:49 Tags: the-book-of-iden, the-gears-of-time, traveler

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Brendan Bill wrote: "Brendan wrote: "Bill wrote: "Just wanted to let you know I enjoyed the last two chapters of the High King and am looking forward to the next ones. Great job!"
Thank you, Bill! Were you able to read..."


Bill wrote: "Brendan wrote: "Bill wrote: "Just wanted to let you know I enjoyed the last two chapters of the High King and am looking forward to the next ones. Great job!"
Thank you, Bill! Were you able to read..."


Oh awesome, thank you so much!


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Bill Sullivan Brendan wrote: "Bill wrote: "Just wanted to let you know I enjoyed the last two chapters of the High King and am looking forward to the next ones. Great job!"
Thank you, Bill! Were you able to read all 10 chapters..."


I did and will leave a review on the omnibus version.


Brendan Bill wrote: "Just wanted to let you know I enjoyed the last two chapters of the High King and am looking forward to the next ones. Great job!"
Thank you, Bill! Were you able to read all 10 chapters? If not, I would be happy to send you the Kindle copy of the full book. In fact, I was going to reach out to you to offer it anyway, because I was hoping you might consider writing an Amazon review. Let me know if you'd like to do that. All I would need is an email address you can access.


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Bill Sullivan Just wanted to let you know I enjoyed the last two chapters of the High King and am looking forward to the next ones. Great job!


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