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Allen M. Werner

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Allen M Werner is the author of THE CRYSTAL CRUX SERIES - epic dark fantasy.
There are five books in the series - Betrayal, Blue Grotto, Cold Knight, Shimmer and Beautiful.
Allen M Werner is also author of the award-winning article The Grand Transition about being at his brother's bedside when he died from complications of Muscular Dystrophy.
Allen M Werner's latest release (12/29/25) is a Greek mythology novella titled Ares In Chains. Because of some sort of glitch in Goodreads system, I am unable to get it listed on my Goodreads profile. Whatever. It's my book. I wrote it and published it. Don't really understand the problem here. Anyways...
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	The Crystal Crux - Blue Grotto 4.91 avg rating — 11 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
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When I Lost My Brother

I just wrote a new blog talking a bit about when my brother Mike passed away from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 37 years ago. I wrote an article about being at his bedside after he was gone and won a WRWA Jade Ring. The article is published as The Grand Transition. If you are interested in learning more or want to read it, check out my blog at amwerner.com

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