In Part 1, I covered several self-published authors that I have read and enjoyed. For Self-Pub Author Appreciation Week Part 2, I wanted to showcase a non-exhaustive list of self-published authors that are high on my list to read. So without further ado:
Those To Come
Daughter of No Worlds – Carissa Broadbent
Her life for freedom. Her blood for love. Her soul for vengeance.
Ripped from a forgotten homeland as a child, Tisaanah learned how to survive with nothing but a sharp wit and a touch of magic. But the night she tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life.
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The Sword in the Street – C.M. Caplan
Hired blades ought to be better at making ends meet. John Chronicle bleeds his patron’s foes in savage duels. While he’s disgusted by the petty grievances and corporate laws he champions, even the promise of security is better than nothing at all. But how long can he depend on a wage that barely pays enough to cover his rent?
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Reign & Ruin – J.D. Evans
(Just started this one!)
She is heir to a Sultanate that once ruled the world. He is an unwanted prince with the power to destroy.
She is order and intellect, a woman fit to rule in a man’s place. He is chaos and violence and will stop at nothing to protect his people.
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Black Stone Heart – Michael R. Fletcher
A broken man, Khraen awakens alone and lost. His stone heart has been shattered, littered across the world. With each piece, he regains some small shard of the man he once was.
He follows the trail, fragment by fragment, remembering his terrible past.
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Legacy of the Brightwash – Krystle Matar*
Tashué’s faith in the law is beginning to crack.
Three years ago, he stood by when the Authority condemned Jason to the brutality of the Rift for non-compliance. When Tashué’s son refused to register as tainted, the laws had to be upheld. He’d never doubted his job as a Regulation Officer before, but three years of watching your son wither away can break down even the strongest convictions.
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Blade’s Edge – Virginia McClain*
Two friends.
Two forbidden powers.
One chance to change everything.
When Mishi is taken from her orphanage home, she fears she’ll never see her best friend Taka again. And when Taka is taken to the infamous Josankō that same day, it seems as if more than distance will keep them apart.
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Duckett and Dyer: Dicks For Hire – G.M. Nair
Michael Duckett is fed up with his life. His job is a drag, and his roommate and best friend of fifteen years, Stephanie Dyer, is only making him more anxious with her lazy irresponsibility. Things continue to escalate when they face the threat of imminent eviction from their palatial 5th floor walk-up and find that someone has been plastering ads all over the city for their Detective Agency.
The only problem is: He and Stephanie don’t have one of those.
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Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons – Quenby Olson*
Miss Mildred Percy inherits a dragon.
Ah, but we’ve already got ahead of ourselves…
Miss Mildred Percy is a spinster. She does not dance, she has long stopped dreaming, and she certainly does not have adventures. That is, until her great uncle has the audacity to leave her an inheritance, one that includes a dragon’s egg.
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The Obsidian Psalm – Clayton W. Snyder*
Betrayed by those he trusted. Resurrected by a man he should loathe. A head full of memories he didn’t make. Rook is forced into a bargain that might kill him if he refuses, and if he accepts, could mean the end of existence. Trapped in a shadow war between necromancers, his choices are dwindling to one: Cut a bloody swathe of revenge across humanity’s last remaining city.
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*I have read short stories from these authors in the Alchemy of Sorrow anthology, however haven’t read anything larger. In each case I had wanted to read them prior, and the fantastic Alchemy of Sorrow only deepened my desire to do so.
There are dozens more I’d like to have added, but I have limited myself to avoid this post getting too out of hand. But I recommend anyone interested in finding more great Self-Published works to take a look at Mark Lawrence’s SPFBO contest, or its Sci-Fi sister competition, the SPSFC.
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