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Robert Edward

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Happily married with 3 kids, I write in my spare time- of which I have none. I've always liked to read adventure stories, whether fantasy, science fiction, history, or alternate history. I just waited until I had a big family and demanding day job before I finally wrote something myself.

I grew up reading DragonLance novels, playing D&D and Final Fantasy RPG, and very occasionally trying to write fantasy stories. My favorite games and stories always had a small party of adventurers on a long quest, with a series of smaller quests, set against an epic backdrop. Today I still love to read fantasy, science fiction, and alternate history. So that's what I set out to write.
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Robert Edward Edited June 9: My fifth book. It's a fantasy story set in another world, so I'm doing a lot of fantasy cartography and history right now. Eventually I…moreEdited June 9: My fifth book. It's a fantasy story set in another world, so I'm doing a lot of fantasy cartography and history right now. Eventually I'll get to writing the actual book!(less)
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Reading isn't cancelled!

For those finding themselves unexpectedly at home this week, my first novel, Edge of a Knife, is free on Kindle until Thursday. It's a historical fantasy novel set after the American Civil War and the first in the American Mage War trilogy.

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“Isn’t that always the case,” the New Englander commented with a smile. “The second son, heir to nothing but the name, must work twice as hard to earn half as much.”
Robert Edward, Edge of a Knife

“Jared ran for the cracked crate. He shot the closest soldier at point blank range and grabbed the bundle with his free hand. He raced ahead, pivoting on his foot as he placed his pistol directly into the chest of another stunned soldier and pulled the trigger, then he tossed the dynamite into the skyward-facing door of the derailed locomotive.
Seeing Catherine and Tiago nearby at the edge of the woods, he shouted, “Run!”
He didn’t look back as he sprinted away from the locomotive that fifteen seconds later exploded in a fireball illuminating the night sky, shredding the iron of the train engine and raining down an inferno of sparks and shrapnel.
“Now that was a diversion!” he called to Tiago, laughing.
“Next time,” the wind mage gasped, “let me know the plan and I will not exert myself as much.”
Robert Edward, Edge of a Knife

“The common folk live the consequences of political decisions,” Tiago added reflectively, “that’s the case everywhere.”
Robert Edward, Edge of a Knife

“Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas.”
James S.A. Corey, Abaddon's Gate

“There's a right thing to do," Holden said.
"You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.”
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“The common folk live the consequences of political decisions,” Tiago added reflectively, “that’s the case everywhere.”
Robert Edward, Edge of a Knife

“Isn’t that always the case,” the New Englander commented with a smile. “The second son, heir to nothing but the name, must work twice as hard to earn half as much.”
Robert Edward, Edge of a Knife

“True, but I’ve seen your cities. You defend them like castles. Wouldn’t it be the same here?”
“That’s the North. There we have more.”
“More what?” the Brazilian asked, curious.
“More everything,” Jared chuckled, “more men, more cities, more money, more paranoia.”
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