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Colin J.D. Crooks

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Colin was born at 12:01 am. Outside a blizzard howled, and his nurse dropped a chemical on the poor infant’s face, dying him a dusky blue. Thankfully, there was no lasting visual damage …

His early childhood was spent sliding down snowdrifts and adhering his tongue to frozen poles in Saskatchewan prairies. His family migrated across Canada to where he grew up in Invermere, British Columbia.

He began writing in grade four, with little plays he and his classmates inflicted upon their teacher.

Colin has always had a voracious appetite for Scifi and Fantasy. He sat down and read the Lord of the Rings ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 56 ratings · 18 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Arisen: A Dark Fantasy Epic. (The Shards of Etherious Book 1) 4.11 avg rating — 44 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
	Blood Mage (The Shards of Etherious, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 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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Immortal (The Immortal Chronicles Book 1)

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Colin Crooks liked T.L. Routledge's review of Arisen: A Dark Fantasy Epic. (The Shards of Etherious Book 1): "This book was everything I was hoping it’d be! Tons of action with brutal combat. The author did an excellent job of capturing the unique and original magic system in this book—it gained my attention from the start. Arisen is a great grimdark fantasy" Read more of this review »
Oct 16, 2024 09:26PM · see review
Colin Crooks rated a book it was amazing Paragon Exordium (The Galvorn Saga Book 1) by Mikel Melwasul (Goodreads Author)	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
I was hooked right from the start. The prologue stuck with me for days. Tension, stakes, suspense right out of the gate. Monsters appear to wreak havoc. Elves, dwarves, men and orcs fighting to survive as the world is irrevocably changed. The use of ...more
Oct 08, 2024 03:59PM · 1 like · like · see review
Colin Crooks rated a book it was amazing The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)	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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Colin Crooks rated a book it was amazing Corrupted Tides (Eldritch Depths #1) by S.M. Campbell (Goodreads Author)	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
Dark, Immersive, Interesting and well thought out. This series had earned auto-buy status for me. Gritty, fast-paces, with no plot dumps to break immersion. I freakin loved it! Two engaging, morally grey POV characters that have emotional and phycologic ...more
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Colin Crooks wants to read Paragon Exordium (The Galvorn Saga Book 1) by Mikel Melwasul (Goodreads Author)	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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Colin Crooks rated a book it was amazing Corrupted Tides (Eldritch Depths #1) by S.M. Campbell (Goodreads Author)	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
Dark, Immersive, Interesting and well thought out. This series had earned auto-buy status for me. Gritty, fast-paces, with no plot dumps to break immersion. I freakin loved it! Two engaging, morally grey POV characters that have emotional and phycologic ...more
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Colin Crooks is now following S.M. Campbell Author of Corrupted Tides (Eldritch Depths #1)
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Colin Crooks and 1 other person liked Kristin Scearce's review of Arisen: A Dark Fantasy Epic. (The Shards of Etherious Book 1): "4.5 stars"
Jan 18, 2024 01:13PM · see review