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Ty Johnston

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A former newspaper journalist, Ty Johnston was born and raised in central Kentucky. Now living in North Carolina and focused upon fiction writing, mainly fantasy, he spends his time writing, reading and recalling memories of his late wife.

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Beer of the Week Blast from the Past: Younger's Special Bitter

Beer score: 7.4

Brought to us from the folks at Rogue Ales, this quality beer is no longer with us.
It poured a vaguely orange color while giving off scents of citrus and earthiness.
Extremely smooth going down despite the barest hint of carbonation. A light, wet bitterness on the tongue that left me more than satisfied.
I found it went well with chili.
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Average rating: 3.74 · 2,264 ratings · 180 reviews · 136 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Darkbow Collection - Six Epic Fantasy Novels 3.98 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	City of Rogues: Book I of The Kobalos Trilogy (Kron Darkbow 1) 3.53 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 2009 — 6 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
	Dark King of the North (The Kobalos Trilogy, #3) 3.64 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Road to Wrath (The Kobalos Trilogy, #2) 3.58 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2009 — 5 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
	Mage Hunter: Episode 1: Blooded Snow 3.62 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Bayne's Climb (The Sword of Bayne, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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
	Bible Camp: A short story of horror 3.25 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Blade and Flame (The Kobalos Trilogy, #0.5) 3.93 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Ghosts of the Asylum (Sequel to The Kobalos Trilogy 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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
	Mage Hunter Omnibus 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2012 — 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

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Ty Johnston wrote a new blog post Beer of the Week Blast from the Past: Younger's Special Bitter Beer score: 7.4Brought to us from the folks at Rogue Ales, this quality beer is no longer with us.It poured a vaguely orange color while giving off sc Read more of this blog post »
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“But, for the time being, every magistrate and militia group between here and the borders will be keeping an eye our for you.”
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“I took an hour, but the healer finally showed himself.”
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“The were the survivors, the lucky few, if they could be considered lucky.”
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