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S.M. Gaither

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http://www.smgaitherbooks.com/

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Fantasy, Romance, Fiction

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July 2017

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I don't check Goodreads regularly, but you're welcome to send me an email (smgaitherbooks@gmail.com) or reach out to my PA, Rachel (rachel@smgaitherbooks.com) anytime!

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As a kid, S.M. Gaither spent way too much time playing video games like Final Fantasy and reading every book she could get her hands on instead of doing silly things like her assigned homework. As an adult…Well, not much has changed. Her goal is to write books that distract others from their life’s obligations, too, thus creating an army of fellow procrastinators over which she can reign supreme. These days, her personal favorite places to procrastinate are in the mountains near her North Carolina home, in the company of her husband, their daughter, and their very spoiled d ...more

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Cursebreaker is Now Available!

Hello? Hello? Is this blog on? :)

I hope so, because I have exciting news-- CURSEBREAKER, the sequel to my Atlantis-inspired epic fantasy, SKYKEEPER, is now available in ebook form! Paperback is coming soon :)

I'm quite proud of this book. It's my longest, and probably most ambitious, story to date, and it builds on the world and characters introduced in SKYKEEPER in what I think are new and excitin Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 07, 2018 05:40 • Tags: cursebreaker, drowning-empire-series, new-release, skykeeper

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S.M. Gaither’s books

Average rating: 3.89 · 76,638 ratings · 7,999 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Song of the Marked (Shadows and Crowns, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 25,952 ratings — published 2020 — 25 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
	A Twist of the Blade (Shadows and Crowns, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 14,377 ratings — published 2021	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 Call of the Void (Shadows and Crowns, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 9,025 ratings — published 2021	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
	Flame and Sparrow (Flame and Sparrow Duology, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 5,880 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	A Crown of the Gods (Shadows and Crowns, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 5,406 ratings — published 2022 — 10 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 Queen of the Dawn (Shadows and Crowns, #5) 3.98 avg rating — 3,863 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Descendant (The Shift Chronicles, #1) by S.M. Gaither (Goodreads Author), Eva Truesdale (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 3,140 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Ash and Feather (Flame and Sparrow Duology, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 2,429 ratings — published 2024	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 Queen of Cursed Things (Queen of Cursed Things, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 1,828 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	What Blooms From Death (What Blooms From Death, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 1,250 ratings — published 2025 — 10 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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“You’re much nicer after you’ve had a near-death experience. You should almost die more often.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

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“the closer i get to the end, the more i find myself wanting to go back to the beginning.”
― S.M. Gaither, The Song of the Marked

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“Luck was a lesser-spirit that only the lazy and the foolish prayed to.”
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