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Sean Poage

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Historical fiction author, Sean Poage, has had an exciting and varied life, as a laborer, soldier, police officer, investigator, computer geek and author. Travelling the world to see history up close is his passion.

These days he works in the tech world, writes when he can, and spends the rest of the time with his family, which usually means chores and home improvement projects, with occasional time for a motorcycle ride, scuba dive, or a hike in the beautiful Maine outdoors.


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Dangerous Misdirection: Arthur’s Mission for Gawain

Now that I’ve laid out the historical and hypothetical reasons for Arthur going to Bourges (Biturigas), it’s time to return to the events in my historical fiction opener, The Retreat to Avalon. Arthur has captured Nantes, and is preparing to move into Visigoth territory, but treason has ruined the chance of surprise and forced him to change plans. To pull off his next gamble, he’ll have to misdire

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The Retreat to Avalon The Strife of Camlann
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Dangerous Misdirection: Arthur’s Mission for Gawain

Now that I’ve laid out the historical and hypothetical reasons for Arthur going to Bourges (Biturigas), it’s time to return to the events in my histor Read more of this blog post »
Hengist by Sean Poage
"Fans of the amazing Arthurian age series will just have to get their hands on this book. This book is a sweeping almost prequel that is a wonder to read.

The research for this book is impressive. Once more Poage has created a vivid description of wha" Read more of this review »
Hengist by Sean Poage
"While not the first novelization of the historical episode that is nicely resolved in Tolkien’s Finn and Hengest (Hengest’s Tale by Jill Patton Walsh, who was tutored by Tolkien personally) has that spot. This is more approachable, as it’s easy to di" Read more of this review »
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The Retreat to Avalon by Sean Poage
He was disappointed to hear that Drustan had not survived the voyage home and surprised to learn that the Saxons had been pushed back far enough that many had abandoned their colonies and returned to Germania.
What, in the one year of Arthur’s absence. Why didn’t Arthur achieve that?
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The Retreat to Avalon by Sean Poage
a giant of a man. He was a head taller than anyone there, broad across the chest and shoulders, and dressed in a green tunic
Gawain’s green giant of the beheading game.
The Strife of Camlann by Sean Poage
"Book two in this series continues to provide a fresh look at Arthur and his knights. One could say Arthur's knights are presented in a very original fashion here. After reading this tome, there is just one key thought. When is a legend a powerful as " Read more of this review »
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