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Palmer Pickering

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Palmer has been writing fiction since she was eight. She received her BA in American Studies from Wesleyan University, with concentrations in Religion and Race Relations.

She currently works in Silicon Valley in the gaming industry and high tech. In addition, Palmer holds a certificate in Chinese Acupressure, is a certified solar panel installer, and studied Tibetan Buddhism with the 14th Dalai Lama.

She lives and writes in the magical redwood forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains, California.

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Average rating: 4.27 · 782 ratings · 490 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Advent of Winter by Dom McDermott (Goodreads Author), Thiago Abdalla (Goodreads Author), Kian N. Ardalan (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 253 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
	Moon Deeds (Star Children Saga, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2019 — 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
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	Light Fighters (Star Children Saga #2) 4.51 avg rating — 81 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
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Light Fighters by Palmer Pickering is a speculative dystopian science fiction space opera and the second book in the Star Children Saga, preceded by the award-winning first book in the series, Moon Deeds. The series revolves around multiple point of view characters but the central plot follows twins Cassidy and Torr after Earth was aggressively colonized Read more of this blog post »

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Star Children Saga (2 books)
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Tales of Temerity (2 books)
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He Who Fights With Monsters, Book 4: Home

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Palmer Pickering made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add new series topic " Hi Librarian, Please add a new series for my books. There are two books in the series so far. Series Name: "Tales of Temerity" Books are : "Dark Town" (f ...more "
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I loved this book. It’s eminently bingeable. I listened on audiobook, narrated by Heath Miller. “He Who Fights With Monsters” is a thoroughly enjoyable Fantasy LitRPG. I was previously not a huge fan of all the stats and interfaces in a lot of LitRPG, ...more
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“A Drowned Kingdom” by P.L. Stuart is an ambitious start to a multi-volume Epic Fantasy series. It is vast and sprawling in scope, yet tightly contained due to the single POV, first-person narration. The plot and character arcs take us to unexpected ...more
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Non-stop action. A frantic, wild ride from one catastrophe to another. Betrayals, surprising twists, and phantasmagorical imagination drives this story forward. Marvel meets Wheel of Time meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I know… This book is an ...more
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Palmer Pickering made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please combine editions topic " Palmer (this is you) 102 books \| 126 friends see comment historyHi, I added my upcoming book, The Swamp, then when it posted in Amazon it showed up agai ...more "
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Palmer Pickering and 11 other people liked Philip E Chase's review of Heliotrope: "I loved Heliotrope, which gave me wonderful Realm of the Elderlings vibes -- so much so that I had a great conversation with the author about slow-paced fantasy on my YouTube channel. Check out the video for my thoughts on Heliotrope: https://www.you" Read more of this review »
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“My gran told me never to follow sparkly lights into the swamp,” Keenan said warily. “They lead to your death.”
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