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Paul Genesse

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Born

in Reno, The United States

Website

http://www.paulgenesse.com

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, Terry Brooks, Michael Stackpole

Member Since

September 2008

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A toy castle is what sent Paul Genesse over the edge and into madness. Dragons and castles gave him reason to live from elementary school through college at Northern Arizona University. He loved his English classes, but pursued his other passion and earned a bachelor’s degree in Nursing Science in 1996. He’s a registered nurse in a cardiac unit where he works the night shift keeping the forces of darkness away from his patients. He’s also worked as a copyeditor, a proofreader for a small press, and a video game consultant on the Living Arcana iPhone game.

Paul’s ten short stories have been published in various anthologies and the first two of his novels in the IRON DRAGON SERIES, THE GOLDEN CORD and THE DRAGON HUNTERS are out now. Both feat ...more

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Zachary Hill will live forever in our hearts. He will also live on the pages of the many books he wrote and illustrated, and on the canvases he painted. Knowing him was an incredible blessing, and his sudden passing January 15, 2016, left his friends and family devastated and heart- broken.Zach had so much to live for. He had finally met and married the love Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.95 · 1,300 ratings · 254 reviews · 28 distinct works

	The Golden Cord (The Iron Dragon, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	The Dragon Hunters (The Iron Dragon, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2009 — 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 Crimson Pact Volume 2 (The Crimson Pact #2) by Paul Genesse (Goodreads Author), Suzzanne Myers, Chanté McCoy (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Crimson Pact Volume Three (The Crimson Pact, #3) by Paul Genesse (Goodreads Author) (editor), Larry Correia, Patrick S. Tomlinson (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Secret Empire (The Iron Dragon, #3) 4.46 avg rating — 26 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
	The Crimson Pact Volume 5 (The Crimson Pact #5) by Paul Genesse (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Larry Correia, Dan Wells (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Crimson Pact Volume 4 (The Crimson Pact #4) by Paul Genesse (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Patrick M. Tracy, Brett Peterson 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Pirate Witch really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 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
	The Crystal Eye (The Iron Dragon, #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Iron Brotherhood (The Iron Dragon, #5) 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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“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

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message 6: by Paul

Oct 30, 2012 02:56AM

Hi Lucinda,

Thank you and I look forward to seeing your books here as well. Check out my Iron Dragon series if you haven't already. Book one is, The Golden Cord.

Paul

Lucinda wrote: "Dear Paul,
I would like to thank you so much for being my friend here on GoodReads. I am a huge fan of the fantasy genre and so concider it an honor and a privalige to be your friend. Thank you so ..."

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message 5: by L

Oct 30, 2012 02:53AM

Dear Paul,
I would like to thank you so much for being my friend here on GoodReads. I am a huge fan of the fantasy genre and so concider it an honor and a privalige to be your friend. Thank you so much and i very much look forward to discussing books with you.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x

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