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S.V. Farnsworth

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in Monticello, The United States

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Suspense

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S.V. Farnsworth speaks four languages and has lived in South Korea. She teaches English as a second language at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri.

Farnsworth writes immersive deep-shelf fiction with noble characters battling dark worlds.

When forces split them apart, how do they come together?

Modutan Empire series', Woman of the Stone and Monarch in the Flames are epic fantasy with an appeal to readers who connect with #MeToo concerns and admire strong female characters.

Hard Start: Mars Intrigue and Tidal Pulse: Mars Revolution are space opera for readers who love it as much as they enjoy their furry brown Chewbacca slippers.

A Rare Connection is contemporary romantic suspense and a clean read.

Tucked Away in a Discolored Scrapbook: Creative ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 68 ratings · 71 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Hard Start: Mars Intrigue (Fusion in a Fission World, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 21 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
	Woman of the Stone (Modutan Empire, #1) 4.31 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
	A Rare Connection 4.47 avg rating — 15 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
	Tucked Away in a Discolored Scrapbook: Creative Nonfiction with Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 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
	Monarch in the Flames (Modutan Empire, #2) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Seasons of the Four States: 2019 Anthology Joplin Writers' Guild by Joplin Writers' Guild, S.V. Farnsworth (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Tidal Pulse: Mars Revolution (Fusion in a Fission World Series, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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 sample I read is fantastic!

Story Origin gives authors a chance to share their books with readers in exchange for an honest review. So, I got a book there. Well, it's only volume 1 of the book, but I'm hooked.

Here's the Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

It's called Not My Wife (epic fantasy) by DJ Umber.

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Series by S.V. Farnsworth

Modutan Empire (2 books)
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Woman of the Stone (Modutan Empire, #1)

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S.V. Farnsworth said: " Em is the Woman of the Stone in three ways. She's had it rough and feels like her heart has turned to stone. Her clan has died, leaving her the queen of an empty land with enemies on every side. The man she intended to marry is forever out of reach b ...more "

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Altdorf (The Forest Knights, #1)

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Into the Tenebrous: Guardians of Aurora

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“You are the shoal upon which I have shipwrecked my life...”
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“Once you've been burned, everything is fire.”
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

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“Once you've been burned, everything is fire.”
― S.V. Farnsworth, Monarch in the Flames

tags: corruption-politics, couples, culture-and-imperialism, death-of-a-loved-one, epic-fantasy, gender-equality, good-vs-evil, mothers-and-daughters, strong-female-characters

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“You are the shoal upon which I have shipwrecked my life...”
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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain