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كريم سليمان من مواليد القاهرة 1984، تخرج فى كلية الصيدلة بجامعة عين شمس، وحصل على ماجيستير إدارة الأعمال بالجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة. بدأ مشواره الروائى بقصة قصيرة كانت جزءا من الحملة الدعائية لـ
(Sony Pictures)
لفيلمهم
(The 5th Wave).

نشر العديد من روايات الخيال العلمى والفانتازى باللغة الإنجليزية، أبرزها
(The Warrior's Path)،
والتى كانت من الأكثر مبيعا على أمازون، وأيضًا
(Army of the Cursed)
والتى تأهلت إلى نصف نهائى مسابقة
SPFBO
السنوية التى تدار تحت إشراف الكاتب العالمى مارك لورنس.

Karim Soliman earned his first writing commission through his contribution to the first and last issue of his school magazine. Twenty years later, he earned his next commission from Sony Pictures.

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	The Warrior's Path (Tales of Gorania, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Army of the Cursed (War of the Last Day, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Queen of Rebels (Tales of Gorania, #2) 4.53 avg rating — 60 ratings — 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
	Bermuda (Bermuda, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Throne of Ruins (Tales of Gorania, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Kingdoms of Ash (Tales of Gorania, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Tattered Banners (War of the Last Day #2) 4.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2021 — 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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	A Ballad of Vengeance 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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

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Your Guide to the Goranian Universe

If you’re familiar with my work, then you must have heard that my Goranian Universe is made of two series: Tales of Gorania (left) & War of the Last Day (right)…so far, let’s say.

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What is the best starting point for your world?

As the events of War of the Last Day happen 17 years after Tales of Gorania, The Warrior’s Path (Book 1 in TOG) sounds like the logical an

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“The way to break the cycle is to kill every single one of the bastards that fucked you over. Every last one of them. Kill them all. Kill their mother, kill their brothers, kill their children, kill their dog.”
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“What I hate about this city, besides its weather, is the brothels."
Galardi narrowed his eyes. "There are no brothels in Kahora, Kuslov."
"That's why I hate it.”
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“Nobody was born a tyrant, but a throne would make one.”
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Egyptian Good Readers [EGR] ديدان قراية مصرية بتسلي بعض في طريق الثقافة الجروب دا لينا ... للي بيحبوا القراية .. وديدان الكتب .. او اليرقات اللي في طر Egyptian Good Readers [EGR] ديدان قراية مصرية بتسلي بعض في طريق الثقافة الجروب دا لينا ... للي بيحبوا القراية .. وديدان الكتب .. او اليرقات اللي في طريقهم عشان يبقوا دود ... ان شاء الله ... فهرس الجروب https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2015144-the-index الجروب دا هيساعدنا اننا :- - نستفيد من خبرات بعض وتجاربنا في القراية .. - ندل بعض ع الكتب المهمة واللي لازم تتقري .. واهو نوفر وقت .. - لو حد عاوز كتاب ومش لاقيه نجيبهولوا .. - نتبادل افكار وخبرات عن اماكن او مكتبات او معارض الخ الخ .. - نتعرف علي كتاب وادباء وكتب جايز معدتش علينا .. - نقرأ كلنا كتاب سوا ونتناقش فيه .. شهريا مثلا .. - نستفيد ونتعلم اكتر من مهارة القراية في حد ذاتها .. وازاي نطورها عندنا .. - نزود معدل قرايتنا سوا عشان نلحق نقرأ شوية قبل ما نموت .. الخ الخ الخ ... - نعرف اهم مصادر الكتب ع النت ... - يكون بذرة لنادي كتاب حقيقي علي ارض الواقع قوانين الجروب - الجدية في القراية والالتزام معانا - مراعاة الذوق العام والتزام الاخلاق في الردود والبوستات - عدم نشر اعلانات من خلال الجروب - الرجوع للادارة في اي مشكلة تواجهك .. - دعوة مزيد من الاصدقاء .. كل ما عددنا يكبر الاستفادة بتزيد . - عدم نشر اعمال ادبية وخلافة .. مكانها المسابقة الادبية .. وموقعنا الجاري انشاءه - متبخلش بأي مساعدة علي باقي الاعضاء - الالتزام بالقوانين .. اللي هتتطور حسب الحاجه والجروب هيكبر اكبر بافكاركم واقتراحاتكم شرفتنا وهيشرفنا كمان اصدقائك "ديدان الكتب" او حتي اللي لسه "يرقات" او حتي اللي بيحبوا القراية ومش بيقروا كتير بس واخدين الموضوع جد وعاوزين يفيدوا ويستفيدوا .. وشكرا لحسن "بصاصانكم" ع الشاشة وقرايتكم لكل الكلام دا ... " جروبنا ع الفيس https://www.facebook.com/groups/EgyptiansGR/ ...more

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