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Michael R. Baker

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Michael R. Baker studied history at University of Sunderland, and at last he found a use for his degree. The idea for Counterbalance came off the back of an exhausting bus journey, ironically starting an even longer voyage into writing and publishing fantasy. Alongside his passion for storytelling and worldbuilding, Michael is an avid video gamer and cartographer, bringing his fantasy world and others from the mind onto paper reality. The Thousand Scars is Michael’s debut novel, and the first of the epic fantasy series.

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	The Thousand Scars (Counterbalance #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 37 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
	Blackest Spells by C.T. Phipps (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael R. Baker (Goodreads Author), Allan Batchelder (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 25 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
	Chasing Magic by Kathrin Hutson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), E.R. Smo (Goodreads Author), W.S. Moye 4.11 avg rating — 9 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
	Cancer is Not a Death Sentence: Michael and Bobbie's Healing Journey 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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E3 2021: Games to Look Out For

It’s been months, I know. Just haven’t been feeling the blog lately, and apologies for that! However, I’m hoping to get back into things slowly.

So we’ve just had E3 after a year break due to the ongoing global pandemic, and it’s been an interesting one. One can argue it was thin on the ground for big releases and other news, though another can argue that might be due to the ongoing crisis.

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Legend (The Drenai Saga, #1)

by David Gemmell

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The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

by Glen Cook

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Age of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #1)

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Michael’s Quotes

“As the Dark Lord spoke when he saw the Archangel Michael descending upon him: We are in some serious shit.”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy

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“Hey, killing people doesn't count if they're bad! Hollywood taught us that.”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy

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“The situation has gone so far past the point of insanity it's come around and become mundane again.”
― C.T. Phipps, The Rules of Supervillainy

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