Hey r/Fantasy - I've got a new book out! It's called Dagger of Bone. It contains many nutritious, entertaining ingredients, such as:

• Magical swords that bond their owner with the soul of a dragon
  
• A determined heroine who's doesn't take the bad hand she's dealt sitting down
  
• An orphan son of the greatest mage who ever lived who just happens to have inherited none of her fancy magic
  
• A lot of secrets for our heroes to dig up.
  
• Oh and some pretty fun death-demon-soul magic too. Because what's more fun than dark magic, eh? Amiright? Dragons, you say? Okay, you got me.
  
  It might be for you if:
  
  
• You like epic fantasy with intrigue, high stakes, and a bit of humor, adventure, and love
  
• You enjoy books something sort of like Sabriel by Garth Nix or Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas or the Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. I hate comparisons so feel free to let me know if that's just totally off base. ;)
  
• You like characters who aren't afraid to break some rules. \^_\^
  
• You enjoy reading about pastries.
  
  I actually mentioned this book a while back on a subreddit, mentioning a bit of a darker story in which the corruption of the smiths of magical swords causes mages to turn toward necromancy. Someone asked me when it would be available, but I can't find the comment! Well, it's available, yay!
  
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  For Bingo Players, Dagger of Bone qualifies as:
  
  
• Self-Published SFF Novel
  
• SFF Novel by a Local to You Author (Western PA)
  
• SFF Novel Published in 2019
  
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  Just for kicks and Bingo bubbles, I also have a space opera series called the Audacity Saga that would give you these on Bingo:
  
  
• Novel Featuring an AI Character
  
• Novel Featuring an Ocean Setting (It's only 1 scene, so you can decide if that counts, but it's a really important one.)
  
  It's sort of like Mass Effect or Honor Harrington. I wouldn't technically call it Cyberpunk because of the intergalactic setting, but body mods and computers are a huge theme so it verges on it. Just in case!

ANSI Standard Fantasy

Check out The First Law by Joe Abercrombie:

• The Blade Itself
  
• Before They Are Hanged
  
• Last Argument of Kings
  
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  If you want to read about badass thieves, check out Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastards:
  
  
• The Lies of Locke Lamora
  
• Red Seas Under Red Skies
  
• The Republic of Thieves
  
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  Speaking of thieves, Michael J. Sullivan's Riyria Chronicles is good clean fun in the tradition of Fritz Leiber's classic stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (which you should also read).
  
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  You might also like Forging Divinity and Stealing Sorcery by Andrew Rowe (/u/Salaris). People will recommend Brandon Sanderson, but I think Rowe does Sandersonian fantasy better than Sanderson himself. (And I got four words for anybody who thinks that's blasphemy: "Come at me, bro.")
  
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  People will also recommend Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles:
  
  
• The Name of the Wind
  
• The Wise Man's Fear
  
• The Slow Regard of Silent Things (novella/side story)
  
  My opinion is that you should read him for his prose, and treat his protagonist as an unreliable narrator.
  
  

  Science Fantasy
  

  
  All of the above is medieval or Renaissance fantasy, and most of the recommendations you'll get are for medieval/Renaissance fantasy, but my own preference is for science fantasy. I write it, and so I try to read as much of it as I can as well.
  
  I don't think you can go wrong with Michael Moorcock. He's very prolific, but much of his early work is in novellas that are now published as compilations. He's one of the first big "multiverse" writers, and many of his stories involve an eternal conflict between Law and Chaos, as well as an Eternal Champion who serves the cosmic balance by opposing whichever force is dominant on his world. The Eternal Champion has had many incarnations, but only one (Erekose) remembers the others: Elric, Corum, Dorian Hawkmoon, Jerry Cornelius, Oswald Bastable, etc. I started with the Hawkmoon books, but Moorcock's probably best known for Elric.
  
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  If you haven't read Frank Herbert's Dune, I strongly suggest doing so. It's a labyrinthine novel normally marketed as science fiction, but it reads like fantasy. You've probably heard of it.
  
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  Chances are you haven't heard of Roger Zelazny, which is a shame. His Amber novels, starting with Nine Princes in Amber, are excellent reads, though many will argue that the novels starring Corwin are better than those featuring his son Merlin.
  
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  There are also various "dying earth" writers and series, starting with Jack Vance and his Dying Earth novels:
  
  

• The Dying Earth
  
• The Eyes of the Overworld
  
• Cugel's Saga
  
• Rhialto the Marvellous
  
  These novels are set in a far-future earth where magic and science are indistinguishable from one another and spellcasters fire off magicks as if they were D&D wizards (mainly because Gary Gygax borrowed from Vance).
  
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  Another dying earth series you'll see mentioned is Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. It's excellent, but the prose is so dense and complex that when people complain to me that my books aren't easy reading, I tell them, "You think I'm tough? Go read Gene Wolfe."
  
  New Sun's protagonist, Severian the journeyman torturer, is one of fantasy's classic unreliable narrators.
  
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  And then there's M. John Harrison's Viriconium novels, an odd series. The prose is gorgeous, but the first in the series, The Pastel City, is the only one of the bunch that actually reads like fantasy. The sequel, A Storm of Wings, picks up where The Pastel City left off but gets profoundly weird, and subsequent novels leave fantasy behind altogether.
  
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  Getting back to science fantasy for people who aren't as pretentious as I am, I'd be remiss if I didn't recommend Celia S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy.
  
  
• Black Sun Rising
  
• When True Night Falls
  
• Crown of Shadows
  
  Further details here.
  
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  But one of my favorites is C. J. Cherryh's Morgaine Saga
  
  
• Gate of Ivrel
  
• Well of Shiuan
  
• Fires of Azeroth
  
• Exile's Gate
  
  Morgaine is the last of a team of scientists sent to close the space-time gates the qhal refurbished and abused to the point of causing the complete collapse of the space-time continuum. Armed primarily with her sword Changeling, which is itself a gate, Morgaine closes each gate behind her and destroys it.
  
  But it isn't Morgaine's viewpoint we get, but that of Vanye, an outcast warrior who finds himself bound to Morgaine's service because he was desperate enough to ask shelter of her at any price. Vanye doesn't have the education to understand the technological tools Morgaine uses as anything but witchcraft, but his honor drives him to fight beside her despite his fear.
  
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  If you like cowboys, you don't have to settle for Stephen King's The Dark Tower and what I like to call the "new game plus" ending. You could also read S. A. Hunt's (/u/authorsahunt) The Outlaw King:
  
  
• The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree
  
• Law of the Wolf
  
• Ten Thousand Devils
  
  The series is ongoing, but these three books alone will keep you busy for a while.
  
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  Finally, I'm going to recommend my own work (assuming you've read this far). My Starbreaker series is near-future science fantasy set in an alternate history and inspired by classic heavy metal (Judas Priest, Queensryche, Iron Maiden, Blue Oyster Cult, etc). I write about all-too-human androids and swashbuckling sopranos exposing corruption and fighting demons from outer space. I write about a dark lord who wears white who already rules the world and is trying to save it. I've got friendly AIs, transoceanic maglevs, questions of whether the end justifies the means, and a great big Maine Coon cat who can play Texas Hold 'Em, but can't bluff worth a damn.
  
  Starbreaker started out as a big-ass novel, but is now a series:
  
  
• Without Bloodshed
  
• Silent Clarion (prequel set 17 years before Without Bloodshed. originally a web serial)
  
• Blackened Phoenix (sequel, currently in progress)
  
  If you've read this far, thanks. I don't usually post at such length on Reddit.

TL;DR: You aren't finished yet, unless you decide to give up.

I'm 38, so you might think I'm being presumptuous by offering my perspective, but I've sipped from the bitter cup before you now. Maybe my story will help you.

I started writing when I was 18, and spent 13 years working on my first novel. I also work as a software developer, and I've been married for twelve years.

When I finally finished Starbreaker in 2009 I thought I was done. Here was a complete 289,000 word heavy metal/science fantasy epic, the story I had set out to tell that explored what it meant to be human and how people find ways to let the end justify the means, and it was a piece of shit.

Like you, I got depressed. Not as badly as you, but I ended up rage-quitting my job and spending about four months unemployed and living off savings.

I got another job, and just let the book rest for a while, but in 2011 I realized that I wasn't done yet. I had tried to tell the entire story in one monstrous novel, and in the process shortchanged my story and my characters.

At first I tried rewriting the novel, but I figured out that I could mine my first novel for material I could use to write better, more tightly focused novels. It took me two years to write my second novel, and I published it through a small press in 2013.

I published another novel this past October, but that took longer because I was learning to write from a first-person viewpoint, and because this story was new even to me. Now I'm in another creatively fallow period, but I'm OK with that now because I know that while I'll make a few false starts, I will write my next novel.

But first, I need to fill the well and fertilize the field. So do you. You poured yourself into a work that you feel is complete, and you feel like you've got nothing left. That isn't true. You might be empty now, but you can make yourself whole.

Get up, spend time with people, enjoy other people's art without comparing yourself to them, and start gathering material. Just hoover up as much art and experience as you can, let your subconscious chew on it, and ask yourself questions. You'll find one that only another novel can answer.

Adrian Tarn Series is definitely one of my favorites and isn't very well known. Definitely check this series out.

Odyssey One Series is pretty good.

Confluence Series is interesting.

Aurora Rhapsody Series is a good series too.

Dark Space Series is pretty decent as well.

The Frozen Sky Series is certainly entertaining too.

These are a few series I've read recently and enjoyed. Figured they would be good suggestions. They also aren't the most commonly suggested or well known books like the others that were suggested.

Although the other recommendations are definitely ones you want to read. Especially the Ender's Game sequels and the Old Man's War series.

I'm doing this thing where I'm reading multiple books at the same time. They're all re-reads, because a lot of my recent books have been Meh. So I'm re-reading x4:

The Penal Colony by Richard Herley. Prisoners sent to an island colony and have to survive on their own wits. They actually made a film based on the book starring Ray Liotta. It's a really good book, but a bit dated sometimes.

A Long Way Home to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers I love this book so much. It's a ScI fi book that is actually about interacting with each other. It's just soooo good. It has an alien love story, which sounds weird, but it plays out so realistically that you won't even care. Great characters and exciting storyline.

Fortune's Rock by Anita Shreve. Ugh, this book? I love it so much. Her writing is up and down but this book is so complex and amazing.

And of course, I have to recommend the best series ever. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Until-End-World-Book-ebook/dp/B00DX73ZPY

Definitely check out Without Bloodshed by Matthew Graybosch (/u/asuraemulator).

It has excellent characters (and an ensemble cast), beautiful prose, and some awesome technology. If you like the idea of characters with both swords and rail guns, I'd recommend it.

• Miss Mabel's School for Girls by Katie Cross - Dark-ish YA fantasy set in a magic school and moved on to battle training, the culture was based on Wicca with flashy magic and the both the characters and the plot twists were quite impressive. review here Nice to read YA fantasy with a lot of magic and no romance element. I picked up the rest of the series and will read them too.
  
  
• Fae: The Wild Hunt and Fae: The Realm of Twilight by Graham Austin-King: Damn good stuff, his Fae realm is 100 times better than Rothfuss, with mystery and nice magic elements, superb characterization and great job making the Fae sound totally alien. Reviews for book1 and book2
  
  I picked up this book by a fellow /r/fantasy denizen and it sounds quite promising, haven't had a chance to read it yet but I will read it as soon as I can.
  
  Planning to read the Riyria books soon and taking note of the books recommended in this thread, I want to read & review more good indies.

Hey all! Long time lurker, have some success I wanted to share.


I have been working for about 6 months on a series called Interstellar Spring. It's about a crew of ecologists who go planet to planet trying to stabilize the ecosystems of the 51 seeded worlds.
It's funny, a little sexy, and focuses on the science of ecology rather than just thrusters and rayguns. I wanted to share with this community because y'all are so positive, and posting it here makes all that writing worth it!

So check it out!

Interstellar Spring

My book Postdiluvian: The Ancient Chronicle is space fantasy of a sort. It takes place in a universe where antediluvian people off-world at the time of the Great Flood (and therefore not included in its judgment) have built a thriving society spread throughout the galaxy.

Jake Connolly, a Thalani (descendent of postdiluvian earth-people) living off-world, finds himself caught in the middle of the conflict between two warring families, and he discovers how much his history and destiny are tied up with both of them. The Keneraton family seeks his life, and Silorè, great-granddaughter of the Itarlavon patriarch, is sent to rescue him.

Meanwhile Ilavè, leader of the Keneraton, is on the hunt for the Seed of the Atsari—the legendary seed to the Tree of Life. With it she hopes to heal her aged father and restore him as leader of her people in order to seize the Earth from the Itarlavon sworn to protect it.

This is book one in the series, and until 9/12/17 you can get it on Amazon Kindle for free.

I self-published my first book!
It actually turned out to be a lot easier than I thought it would be. I just stuck to it and I got there, although I feel like I have a lot to learn.
I never really considered myself a writer, but this was actually kind of fun! Maybe I'll write another if I get a good enough idea and the free time.

Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the novel Sir Nigel which followed the titular character Sir Nigel Loring's serivce during the Hundred Years war. This is a historical fiction novel, but it should meet your requirements.


There is also the novel Nigel by KD Jones. It is the 10th book in the Galactic Cage Fighter Series, and while I haven't read it, it appears to match your requirements as well.

Finally, Graham Diamond has a main character named Nigel in some of his books. I know that The Haven has him as a focus, and he is a secondary character in Lady of the Haven (the heroine's father). I believe more of his novels feature Nigel, so you might want to check out some of his works as well.

Came across a free book on Amazon...The Botanicaust

>File under Dystopian | Amish | Romance

interesting combo! lol

I like educational tv stuff and read trash like Space Raptor Butt Trilogy for fun.

Hmm...I think they gotta make that a tv series so I can better fit on this column list.

September:


Princess Tamer 4: A LitRPG Harem Adventure Neil Bimbeau 2018/9/1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H1SH4N4

Kingslayer 2: Part I Niko Crane 2018/9/1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H1RQQ8V

Coast on Fire: An Apocalyptic LitRPG (The System Apocalypse Book 5) Tao Wong 2018/9/1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GT69BBL

Kingslayer 2: Part II Niko Crane 2018/9/2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H25WXSP

Office Wars: Lab Coats Optional James Patton 2018/9/3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H2WHH8X

Kingslayer 2: Part III Niko Crane 2018/9/3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H2W1DL1

The System: A Futuristic Dungeon Core (The Laboratory Book 8) Skyler Grant 2018/9/3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H2W6PQ8

Trapped in a Video Game (Book 3): Robots Revolt Dustin Brady and Jesse Brady 2018/9/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FK9WKHF

Lewd Kingdoms: Midnight War: A High Fantasy Digital Adventure Eden Redd 2018/9/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3L5ZMT

Limitless (Project Chrysalis Book 4) John Gold and Jared Firth 2018/9/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G28J3JF

Kingslayer 2: Part IV Niko Crane 2018/9/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3PFS8T

Nightmare Keep (Euphoria Online Book 2) Phil Tucker 2018/9/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GQ7LSQ3

Roguelock: A LitRPG Adventure (The Wayfarers Book 1) Red Culver 2018/9/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3XQPGX

Into the Black: Book XIV: Back to Basics Stuart Grosse 2018/9/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H43C1D8

Hero Time: a LitRPG novel (Metagamer Chronicles Book 3) Xavier P. Hunter 2018/9/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G9VPZQ5

HaremPunk - Part One: A Cyberpunk LitRPG Harem Adventure David Belwick 2018/9/5 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H4TZ1KZ

Kingslayer 2: Part V Niko Crane 2018/9/5 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H4JM57F

Rules-Free VRMMO Life: Volume XV: To the Abyss Stuart Grosse 2018/9/5 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H4BLFPK

Kingslayer 2: Part VI Niko Crane 2018/9/6 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H5LW4J5

Merchant System: Growing Stronger While Getting Rich Cobyboy 2018/9/7 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H6P35M8

Accidental Dragoon: Book 3 in a LitRPG Swashbuckler Trilogy (Accidental Champion) Jamie Davis and C.J. Davis 2018/9/7 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GT74BV5

Tear it Up: A Gamelit Harem Space Thriller (Psychobitches Book 1) Jamie Hawke 2018/9/7 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H6L7T5Q

Kingslayer: Part VII Niko Crane 2018/9/7 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H6K7DCW

Wild Wastes Omnibus Edition Randi Darren and William D. Arand 2018/9/7 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H6NJG9B

Rusty Mom Bone (Caverns and Creatures) Robert Bevan and Joan Reginaldo 2018/9/7 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H6SQGPB

The Song Mistress: A LitRPG Journey (Uniworld Online Trilogy Book 2) Jonathan Brooks 2018/9/8 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GVTP6FP

Kingslayer 2: Part VIII Niko Crane 2018/9/8 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H72H8ST

Supers - Ex Heroes: A Gamelit Harem Space Opera Jamie Hawke 2018/9/9 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H7PM29Y

Kingslayer 2: Complete Bundle Niko Crane 2018/9/9 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H7SQ1NF

Gods of Myth and Midnight: A LitRPG Novel (Seeds of Chaos Book 3) Azalea Ellis 2018/9/10 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H8FYW81

Traveler's Zone: A LitRPG YA Fantasy (The Revelation Chronicles Book 2) Chris Pavesic 2018/9/10 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GRGNZ8J

Car Wars: Episode 2. Shifting Gears Donovan Cade 2018/9/10 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GVPDF92

Cherry Blossom Girls 4: A Superhero Adventure Harmon Cooper 2018/9/10 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H8JVWR8

Princess Tamer 5: A LitRPG Harem Adventure Neil Bimbeau 2018/9/10 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H7ZH8Z1

Roguelike: A LitRPG Novel Paul Bellow and LitRPG Reads 2018/9/10 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H8MYZ7M

Similarly, Jennifer Foehner Wells’ Fluency is about a massive object (a seemingly derelict alien craft) discovered parked in the asteroid belt being the priority secret ‘Target’ NASA has worked on getting to for decades. It’s a very good read! Such an awesome ongoing universe as well.

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I have not read the book, but I love the front and back cover of Sky's End. Note - you have to click on the thumbnail below the book picture to see the back.

This is the general direction I'm headed. I will tighten my blurb a bit more, but it already is shorter than this (and many others).

BTW, darn you vampatori. Based on the feedback of others, the trade agreement is what I have been working to cut last night. Your thought process is right on, though, as it is exactly where one major arc of the books leads.

If Space Raptor Butt Invasion can get at least 40 readers to buy it, anything is possible.

Edit: oh my god, there’s a trilogy

Edit 2: ....apparently it’s actually pretty good? Disturbed and fascinated.

The followups are even more awesome. Once he found out that Space Raptor Butt Invasion had only been nominated as a joke by a bunch of alt-right asshole who were trying to wreck the Hugo Awards he started denouncing them as scoundrel devilmen in the service of Ted Cobbler, and expanded his space raptor butt work into a trilogy with two new volumes that are just thinly veiled allegories for the whole Hugo-rigging debacle.

Oh and he also started heavily promoting science fiction by various progressive and minority authors that were in the alt right's sights.

I’ve been wanting to read this one And my favorite color is pastel pink. 😊

How about a super sexy ancient alien life form who is a phoenix? Extremely manly, and the sex scenes are really really well written! https://www.amazon.com/Starblind-1-D-T-Dyllin-ebook/dp/B00Q6BNH8Y

He is the kind of character who shows up guns a blazing, with trickery in his back pocket.

This book looks great! A different take on the zombie post-apocalyptic novel.

Thanks for the contest! :)

If talking about the Bobiverse books - I loved that series!

If you are looking for something with a light hearted nature like that maybe try out: The Fallen Empire Series by Lindsey Buroker

edit: Book 1 at least seems to be free right now for me too

I think Lindsay's first SF novel is a freebie. *checks* yup. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FWOW72W

And yes, Damien Montgomery is known to occupy my brain matter on occasion.

This is the one. Some other good ones might be Ender's Game, A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, and Fluency. Really all depends on what types of book you like to read. I can recommend many!

Try the Space Raptor Butt Trilogy by Dr. Chuck Tingle. You may have to read it a couple of times for it to really sink in, but it really helped me get worse.

After you finish that you should easily be able to digest Dr. Tingle's more advanced works. I'd recommend starting with Slammed In The Butthole By My Concept Of Linear Time (4th Edition).

Clears are not available in "retail" products except rather exclusive/boutique makers like Ducky, WASD, Max etc. And they have not adopted floating key design like the Chinese makers.

Browns are not too hard, but CHERRY Browns with floating may be a bit harder. Here's something to consider:

Cougar Attack X3 w/ Cherry Browns $80 on Amazon.

Another would be...

Nixeus Moda Pro w/ Kailh Browns $55 on Amazon.

There are quite a few "premium models" w/ floating design coming out of China with Cherry switches instead of Kailh or other switches, but they haven't been exported much. Royal Kludge S-108 is supposed to have a Cherry edition with Browns, and the "coming soon" MagicForce Crystal 108 should have Cherry as well, and thus, browns.

I bought Fluency solely on the strength of it's cover.

It seems like these 3 codes are all interrelated:

https://www.amazon.com/Atlantis-Gene-Thriller-Origin-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00C2WDD5I

https://www.amazon.com/Atlantis-Gene-Thriller-Origin-Mystery-ebook/dp/B007FG9LIE

https://www.amazon.com/Atlantis-Gene-Thriller-Origin-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00L3U9OCG

It's a trilogy!

Just got this book!

Excited to dive in. The title is rather provocative.

ass science fiction?

Just when I think I've seen everything...

Apparently Gay Dinosaur Erotica is a thing.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074WGBPX4

I bet he also wanted this book for his birthday: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Raptor-Trilogy-Chuck-Tingle/dp/1535205423/

Oh, I see. Can you usually purchase self-published Kindle books in Singapore? Does this, book, for instance, also show as unavailable?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L3U9OCG/

EDIT: Looking around this seems to be a common problem for Kindle books published in the UK. If it still doesn't work, PM me your email address and I'll send you a Kindle copy manually.

Without Bloodshed by Matthew Graybosch (/u/asuraemulator)

>“All who threaten me die.”

>These words made Morgan Stormrider’s reputation as one of the Phoenix Society’s deadliest IRD officers. He served with distinction as the Society’s avenger, hunting down anybody who dared kill an Adversary in the line of duty. After a decade spent living by the sword, Morgan seeks to bid a farewell to arms and make a new life with his friends as a musician.

>Regardless of his faltering faith, the Phoenix Society has a final mission for Morgan Stormrider after a dictator’s accusations make him a liability to the organization. He must put everything aside, travel to Boston, and prove he is not the Society’s assassin. He must put down Alexander Liebenthal’s coup while taking him alive.

>Despite the gravity of his task, Morgan cannot put aside his ex-girlfriend’s murder, or efforts to frame him and his closest friends for the crime. He cannot ignore a request from a trusted friend to investigate the theft of designs for a weapon before which even gods stand defenseless. He cannot disregard the corruption implied in the Phoenix Society’s willingness to make him a scapegoat should he fail to resolve the crisis in Boston without bloodshed.

>The words with which Morgan Stormrider forged his reputation haunt him still.