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Fantasy author living in central Pennsylvania. I love to travel (especially places with old ruins), watch football (American NFL, not that soccer stuff), drink (rum and coke, preferred), and enjoy life.

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Average rating: 3.64 · 10,341 ratings · 706 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shadow's Son (Shadow Saga, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 4,500 ratings — published 2010	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
	Shadow's Lure (Shadow Saga, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 1,862 ratings — published 2011 — 19 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
	Shadow's Master (Shadow Saga, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 1,552 ratings — 23 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 and Iron (The Book of the Black Earth, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 1,161 ratings — published 2014 — 11 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
	Storm and Steel (The Book of the Black Earth, #2) 3.64 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Blade and Bone (The Book of the Black Earth, #3) 3.64 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Sun and Serpent (The Book of the Black Earth, #4) 3.48 avg rating — 50 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
	Sun and Steel by Jon Sprunk (Goodreads Author), Scott Aiello (Reading) 3.13 avg rating — 16 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
	La trilogie de l'Ombre - L'Intégrale (Les Intégrales Bragelonne) 4.10 avg rating — 10 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
	Storm and Steel (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (Book of the Black Earth #2) by Jon Sprunk (Goodreads Author), Terence Aselford (Narrator), Thomas Keegan (Narrator) 3.40 avg rating — 5 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

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Shadow Saga on Audio

Graphic Audio has all three books of the Shadow Saga on audio (cd or download). If you've ever wanted a movie version of these books, this is pretty close. A full cast of voice actors, music, sound effects, and they run 7-8 hours each.

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Published on October 27, 2014 14:48 • Tags: assassin, fantasy, magic, shadow, shadow-saga

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Series by Jon Sprunk

Shadow Saga (3 books)
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Jon Sprunk (Goodreads Author)

3.64 avg rating — 7,924 ratings

The Book of the Black Earth (4 books)
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Jon Sprunk (Goodreads Author)

3.57 avg rating — 1,616 ratings

Book of the Black Earth [Dramatized Adaptation] (7 books)
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Jon Sprunk (Goodreads Author),

Terence Aselford (Narrator),

Thomas Penny (Narrator),

Joe Mallon (Narrator),

Shanta Parasuraman (Narrator),

Lydia Kraniotis (Narrator),

Christopher Scheeren (Narrator)

3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings

Quotes by Jon Sprunk (?)

“Why is it that if a lord or a king sends you to kill a man, it's somehow noble? But if you do this for yourself, it's murder?”
― Jon Sprunk, Shadow's Son

tags: assassin, caim, shadow-s-son

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“We'll be back. With more men."
"Then bring shovels and a priest.”
― Jon Sprunk, Shadow's Lure

tags: threat

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