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Ryan S. Hampton

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Born

in Charleston, SC, The United States

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Fantasy, Fiction

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Michael Moorcock
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Member Since

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Ryan Hampton is a Psychologist and Neuroscientist who studies culture and emotions alongside his work as a fiction author. Ryan is an avid consumer of stories across genres, platforms, and history and takes inspiration from experiences in world cultures. Ryan’s favorite author is Michael Moorcock and he draws inspiration for the dark and strange from such works as Elric of Melniboné and The Chronicles of Corum. Ryan’s take on classic fantasy focuses on mature, emotion-accurate characters and relationships, imaginative and innovative settings, and classic head-turning plot twists! In The Book of Fate’s Desire, he explores themes of personal growth and the struggle against destiny while reversing traditional tropes to be experienced from the ...more

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The Book of Fate's Desire

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (Hoid's Travails, #2)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

by S.A. Chakraborty (Goodreads Author)

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