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Paul J. Bennett

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in Maidstone, Kent, England, The United Kingdom

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Fantasy, Fiction, Ebooks

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Paul J Bennett (b. 1961) emigrated from England to Canada in 1967. His father served in the British Royal Navy, and his mother worked for the BBC in London. As a young man, Paul followed in his father’s footsteps, joining the Canadian Armed Forces in 1983. He is married to Carol Bennett and has three daughters who are all creative in their own right.

Paul’s interest in writing started in his teen years when he discovered the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons (D & D). What attracted him to this new hobby was the creativity it required; the need to create realms, worlds and adventures that pulled the gamers into his stories.

In his 30’s, Paul started to dabble in designing his own roleplaying system, using the Peninsular War in Portugal as h ...more

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	Servant of the Crown (Heir to the Crown #1) 4.09 avg rating — 1,826 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
	Sword of the Crown (Heir to the Crown #2) 4.28 avg rating — 780 ratings — 5 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
	Ashes (Frozen Flame, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 660 ratings — 5 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
	Heart of the Crown (Heir to the Crown #3) 4.44 avg rating — 473 ratings — 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
	Shadow of the Crown (Heir to the Crown #4) 4.43 avg rating — 440 ratings — 6 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 Frozen Flame: Publisher's Pack Books 1-2 (Frozen Flame, #0.5-2) 4.12 avg rating — 417 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
	Fate of the Crown (Heir to the Crown #5) 4.42 avg rating — 382 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
	Heir to the Crown Box Set 1 (Heir to the Crown #1-2.5) 4.41 avg rating — 345 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
	Burden of the Crown (Heir to the Crown #6) 4.41 avg rating — 305 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
	Embers (Frozen Flame #2) 4.19 avg rating — 319 ratings — 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

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Dwarves are shorter than Humans, being, on average, about five feet high. They are stocky of build with a dense bone structure and musculature that allows them to absorb damage that would cripple a Human. They live, on average, about 350 years, but there are recorded instances of some individuals living to the age of 450 or more. They physically mature at sixteen. In most strongholds, o

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Paul Bennett made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Books under wrong author - Done topic " Good Day. The following books are not listed under my name: Paul J. Bennett. They are listed under Paul J Bennett - no " . " after the J Existing books ...more "
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Paul Bennett answered Logan Miller's question: will there be a MCU style crossover like the Avengers? All of my series occur on the same world, so there are already crossovers of events, locations, and some characters.
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“People try to explain things they don’t understand by comparing them to what they know.”
― Paul J. Bennett, Mercerian Tales

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