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J.S. Arquin is an author, audiobook narrator and producer, podcaster, entertainer, and adventurer. He has lived in, performed in, and explored beautiful, inspiring, and disturbing places all over the world, and currently makes his home in Portland, OR, where he dodges raindrops on his bicycle and sometimes writes about himself in the third person.

He is the author of The Crimson Dust Cycle, and has voiced and produced dozens of audiobooks,

You can catch his ramblings and some breathtaking speculative fiction on his podcast, The Overcast: www.theovercast.libsyn.com.

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Overcast 165: Words of Power by Wendy N. Wagner

Words of Power by Wendy N. Wagner. Narrated by J.S. Arquin. Featuring an afterword by Wendy N. Wagner.

Kádár scrutinized the flake of clay on the blade of the screwdriver. "He's just getting too old to be a war truck," she said. "Look at this clay. The logos barely flickers in it."

Zugsführer Warren spat on the packed earthen floor of the machine house. "You know I can't see that magic s

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	The Perfect Divorce (Perfect, #2) by Jeneva Rose (Goodreads Author), Adam Lazarre-White (Narrator), Andi Arndt (Narrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,713 ratings — published 2025 — 27 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 Adversary: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery by Agatha Christie, Curt Bonnem (Goodreads Author) (Reading), J.S. Arquin (Goodreads Author) (Reading) 3.84 avg rating — 72,422 ratings — published 1922 — 14 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
	Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell (Goodreads Author), J.S. Arquin (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.75 avg rating — 64,331 ratings — published 2017 — 12 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 Path of Ascension: A LitRPG Adventure by C. Mantis, J.S. Arquin (Goodreads Author) (narrator), Aethon Audio (publisher) 4.39 avg rating — 8,903 ratings — published 2022 — 9 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
	Ascent (The Crimson Dust Cycle #1) 3.92 avg rating — 24 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
	Twist (The Crimson Dust Cycle #0.5) 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2020	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
	Crimson Dust: The Crimson Dust Cycle: Books 1-3 by J.S. Arquin (Goodreads Author), Rebekah Haskell (Illustrator) 4.58 avg rating — 12 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
	Slide (The Crimson Dust Cycle #2) 4.33 avg rating — 9 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
	Peak (The Crimson Dust Cycle #3) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 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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