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Sean Willson

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Sean Willson lives in North Carolina with his wife and three beautiful children. He’s a Computer Engineering in his day job, and when he’s not busy being a father, you can find him peering though his telescope, reading, or enjoying a great cup of coffee. Only after having kids and teaching them they can do anything they put their mind to did he resolve to rekindle his passion for writing.

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My Leap into Thrillers! Use a Pen Name or Not?

I hope you’re having a wonderful spring thus far. I don’t know about you, but it’s leaping between freezing and beautiful here in North Carolina. There’s been several cold snaps hitting the US at over the past few weeks, and we’re no different over here. High’s of seventies, lows in the teens. I know that’s not as freezing or as snowy as some places are getting, but that’s downright frigid for the

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Average rating: 4.04 · 203 ratings · 35 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Isolation (Dark Nebula #1) 4.05 avg rating — 130 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
	Discovery (Dark Nebula #2) 4.19 avg rating — 21 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
	Contact (Dark Nebula #0.5) 4.07 avg rating — 14 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
	Drowning Earth (Portalverse Elemental Origins Book 1) 3.77 avg rating — 13 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
	Generations (Dark Nebula #3) 4.11 avg rating — 9 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
	Beacon (Dark Nebula #4) 4.33 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
	Graveyard (Dark Nebula #5) 3.80 avg rating — 5 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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Another solid Joe Picket novel. It took a few turns at the end I wasn’t expecting which was fun. Always enjoyable and not at all like the other books I read.
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