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Thom L. Matthews

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Action/adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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My name is Thom. I'm the author of The Vault Guardian Series. Book 4, Void and Shadow is set to release November 18, 2024.

I started writing it during my final year of undergraduate studies and continued to write and edit throughout my first year of graduate school. I was inspired to write by the death of my mother, which I presume would have been a significantly more traumatic experience had I not found writing. I plan to continue writing because I enjoy telling stories and sharing my imagination with others. The Vault Guardian series is meant to be a story that teaches, as well as entertains. Topics of morality and personal growth are of particular interest to me, and I only hope that readers will take something away from the experience. ...more

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	The King's Gambit (The Vault Guardian, #1) by Thom L. Matthews (Goodreads Author), Elena Garrido (Illustrator) 4.69 avg rating — 16 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
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	The Heir of Ænæria (The Vault Guardian, #2) 4.83 avg rating — 6 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
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The dreams were like oil in a wet hand, slipping away the moment he grasped at them. It was infuriating every time. He was his father—a recurrent theme.

His father seemed young in the dreams. Old enough to know the cruelty of the world but young enough to think it had a chance to change.

No, wait. That wasn’t right. His father always believed it could change. It just wouldn’t in his lifetime.

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