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Shauna’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shauna’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Shauna Lawless’s Followers (1,150)
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Shauna Lawless
Goodreads Author
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Influences
Tolkien, John Gwynne, George R.R. Martin, Mark Lawrence, Hilary Mantel
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Member Since
December 2017
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The Children of Gods and Fighting Men (Gael Song, #1)
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2022
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7 editions
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The Words of Kings and Prophets (Gael Song, #2)
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2023
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The Land of the Living and the Dead (Gael Song, #3)
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2024
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4 editions
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Dreams of Fire (Gael Song, #0.5)
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2024
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2 editions
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Daughter of the Otherworld (Gael Song: Era II, #1)
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2025
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4 editions
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Dreams of Sorrow (Gael Song, #2.5)
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2024
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2 editions
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Dreams of Chaos (Gael Song, #0.6)
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2025
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2 editions
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The Last Psyker (Warhammer 40,000)
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Tales of Fire and Freedom: Gael Song Stories
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Son of the Serpent (Gael Song: Era II, #2)
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expected publication
2026
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2 editions
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May 2023 Writing update
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all keeping well!
May was another busy busy month, however June is about to get even busier. I’m on deadline – with means my nose must be flat to the grindstone so the manuscript for book 3 is with my editor before I go on holidays.
Wish me luck!
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
The paperback is now out everywhere apart from North America, Australia and New Zealand Read more of this blog post »
I hope you are all keeping well!
May was another busy busy month, however June is about to get even busier. I’m on deadline – with means my nose must be flat to the grindstone so the manuscript for book 3 is with my editor before I go on holidays.
Wish me luck!
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
The paperback is now out everywhere apart from North America, Australia and New Zealand Read more of this blog post »
Shauna’s Recent Updates
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Shauna Lawless
liked
Brittany Boroughs's review
of
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men (Gael Song, #1):
"really enjoyed this book. love how it ties fantasy in with Irish mythology. can’t wait to start book 2 and follow along with Fòdla’s story! "
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Shauna Lawless
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1 other person
liked
Sunny Hendry Hafen 's review
of
Daughter of the Otherworld (Gael Song #4):
"I want more people to read this so I can talk about it with them! I wasn't ready to let go of the world and characters that Lawless had created in the first era. Fortunately, this book managed to transport me right back into the feel of that world (h"
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"I loved this book & couldn't put it down! Great progression of the plot with character development and action throughout. Lawless’s storytelling is completely engrossing and so well written. The Gael Song Trilogy is becoming one of my favorite series"
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Shauna Lawless
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Mark Lawrence is back… and with Daughter of Crows we must acknowledge the Return of the King (of grimdark). The world that Mark has painted here is bleak – almost as dark as the ink that describes it. Are you ready to suffer? If so, read on… I have to ...more |
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Shauna Lawless
rated a book it was amazing
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Mark Lawrence is back… and with Daughter of Crows we must acknowledge the Return of the King (of grimdark). The world that Mark has painted here is bleak – almost as dark as the ink that describes it. Are you ready to suffer? If so, read on… I have to ...more |
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Shauna Lawless
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Shauna Lawless
answered
Ruairi O'Coigligh's
question:
Dia duit agus go raibh maith agat!
These are the sources and history books I used - Njáls Saga Cogadh gáedhel re gallaib Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf by Sean Duffy Eearly Medievel Irealnd 400-1200 by Dáibhi Ó Cróinín Viking Pirates and Christian P See Full Answer |
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“What gives you the right to speak—”
“The right?” My voice rose. “The air we breathe gives me the right, the soil beneath my feet. I am born of this land, just as you are.”
― The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
“The right?” My voice rose. “The air we breathe gives me the right, the soil beneath my feet. I am born of this land, just as you are.”
― The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
“There is nothing more natural than love, even though the priests would tell you to be ashamed of it. And so, yes, I lay with your father because I wanted to…”
― Dreams of Sorrow
― Dreams of Sorrow
“Life was for living. Even within all the sorrow and pain that I carried with me, and that Murchad carried with him, pleasure was possible. And I would take it.”
― The Land of the Living and the Dead
― The Land of the Living and the Dead
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“There is nothing more natural than love, even though the priests would tell you to be ashamed of it. And so, yes, I lay with your father because I wanted to…”
― Dreams of Sorrow
― Dreams of Sorrow
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