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Derrick Smythe

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Born

Upstate New York, The United States

Website

https://derricksmythe.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Young Adult

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Member Since

October 2019

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Derrick Smythe has been fascinated with all things elvish, dwarvish, and magical since his days of running through the woods with sharpened sticks in defense of whatever fortification he and his brothers had built that summer. After consuming nearly every fantasy book he could find, he was driven to begin work on one of his own. When he isn’t dreaming up new stories, he can be spotted hiking the Adirondack Mountains or traveling the world. He currently resides near his hometown in upstate New York with his enchanting wife, ethereal daughters, and his faithful-if-neurotic Australian Shepherd, Magnus.

Derrick's debut novel, The Other Magic, has been an Amazon bestseller in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 2,133 ratings · 231 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Other Magic (Passage to Dawn, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 1,162 ratings — published 2019 — 9 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
	The Other Way (Passage to Dawn, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 577 ratings — 7 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
	The Other Battle (Passage to Dawn, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 185 ratings — 4 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
	To Wield a Plague (Passage to Dawn, #0.2) 4.34 avg rating — 113 ratings — 4 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
	To Earn the Sash (Passage to Dawn, #0.1) 3.90 avg rating — 94 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
	A Trove of Tomes 2.0 by Christopher D. Schmitz (Goodreads Author), J.M. Ney-Grimm (Goodreads Author), Levi Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 3.50 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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Deluxe Illustrated Edition - Close at hand!

The Deluxe Illustrated Edition of The Other Magic launches on Kickstarter, August 28!

I can't begin to explain how excited I am to see this project come together.

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The campaign only runs until September 23 so don't miss out! Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 16, 2023 03:34 • Tags: collector-books, deluxe-books, fantasy, kickstarter

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“Being smart is merely the act of appearing less stupid than everyone else around you...”
― Derrick Smythe, The Other Magic

tags: humor, witty

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“...everything, dead or alive, has magical potential within it, and we can borrow portions of that power for our use. I’ll get into more detail about how this works later. First we need to discuss the dangers...”
― Derrick Smythe, The Other Magic

tags: magic, sword-and-sorcery, wizardry

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“Worry over the things within your control, leave the rest to the gods. Right now, the only thing you have control over is your training. If you’re doing everything you’re supposed to do there, the rest will take care of itself. And if not, there’s nothing to be gained from worry.”
― Derrick Smythe, The Other Way

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