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Sam Drake, formerly Sam Graham, grew up in Yorkshire and now lives in Lancashire. When not writing, he plays the guitar and collects cult films.

His favourite book is The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester,
His favourite film is Blade Runner.

He's always working on at least two literary projects at a time. That's why, most days, he looks so tired. ...more

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Legend (Drenai Tales, #1)

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“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
― Thomas Jefferson

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“She doesn’t think she’s worthy to live. But she doesn’t realize, she is life.”
― Derek Raymond, He Died With His Eyes Open

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“I have taken a terrible beating from the truth and feel tamed, wise and desperate, as if I had taken a short route to wisdom through a mirror, and cut myself badly on it as I passed through.”
― Derek Raymond, He Died With His Eyes Open

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“Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.”
― Derek Raymond, He Died With His Eyes Open

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“I knocked at a second-floor flat in a dreary house, one of two hundred in a dreary Catford street.”
― Derek Raymond, The Devil's Home On Leave

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