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American living in Thailand. Foster dad of many. Author (Izanami's Choice). Game dev (Torment: Tides of Numenera, Remnant: From the Ashes, Remnant II). Professional editor for hire. ...more

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Average rating: 3.61 · 205 ratings · 33 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Izanami's Choice 3.81 avg rating — 108 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
	From the Depths: Gold - The Gate to the Abyss 3.28 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2014	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
	Beneath Ceaseless Skies #41 by Scott H. Andrews (Editor), Michael J. DeLuca (Goodreads Author), Adam Heine (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 9 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
	The Patch Man 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Dark Blooded Desires by Nicki Ruth (Goodreads Author), Adam Heine (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlie Sapphire (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Recently, I took a week-long break from social media. You can read more about why I did that here, but the short version is I wanted to reclaim my attention.

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Adam Heine rated a book it was amazing Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett (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
Fun, inventive, and exciting. Everything I want in an epic fantasy.
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Adam Heine and 56 other people liked Nandakishore Mridula's review of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ: "An interesting premise which was badly executed. Those who have studied the persona of Jesus Christ will be puzzled at an apparent contradiction. Jesus was a rebel: he revolted against the priestly dictatorship of Judaism, made a mockery of its bureau" Read more of this review »
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Adam Heine rated a book it was amazing The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch (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
Fantastic fantasy/con-game novel. Cannot recommend enough.
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Adam Heine rated a book really liked it The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park (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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Adam Heine rated a book it was amazing Frankly in Love by David Yoon (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
A beautiful, sweet, insightful coming of age rom com. I highly recommend it.
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Adam Heine rated a book it was amazing Mileships by Ian McQue	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
Beautiful art and beautiful lore about a pretty cool dieselpunk fantasy world.
Jan 29, 2026 06:16AM · like · see review
Adam Heine rated a book really liked it A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson	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
A really great overview (as concise as it could ever be) of basically everything Western science knows and how we know it—alongside a great number of humorous stories about the (mostly rich, white men) who spent the last few centuries arguing foolish ...more
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Adam Heine liked Virginia's review of The Floating World (The Floating World, #1): "Truly enjoyable. What a fun, inventive, and creative storyline, world. Unexpectedly wholesome, full of heart, and just plain entertainment! Loved!!"
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