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Kenny Soward

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Welcome to my little space out on the web. I'm Kenny Soward, and I'm an author, musician, and once IT guy. I write books in many sub-genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy, including post-apocalyptic, military science fiction, epic fantasy, and horror. I'm influenced by authors such as Stephen King, George R. R. Martin, Anne Rice, J.K. Rowling, Mark Lawrence, Dan Simmons, Robin Hobb, Robert McCammon, Larry Correia, and Mike Kraus.

I love all kinds of movies and shows from Battle Star Galactica (reboot) to the Walking Dead. There's nothing I won't try.

I grew up in Kentucky in a small suburb just south of Cincinnati, Ohio, listening to hard rock and playing outdoors. In those quiet 1970's streets, I jumped bikes, played Nerf football, and came ...more

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	Fracture (Fracture, #1) by Kenny Soward (Goodreads Author), Mike Kraus (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 672 ratings	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
	Weathering the Storm: The Complete Series: (A Thrilling Epic Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series) by Kenny Soward (Goodreads Author), Mike Kraus (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 558 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
	Fracture: The Complete 8-Book Series: (A Thrilling Post Apocalyptic Series) by Kenny Soward (Goodreads Author), Mike Kraus (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 507 ratings	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
	Taken (Fracture, #2) by Kenny Soward (Goodreads Author), Mike Kraus (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 538 ratings	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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	Trapped (Fracture, #4) by Kenny Soward (Goodreads Author), Mike Kraus (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 470 ratings	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
	Firewalk (Fracture, #3) by Kenny Soward (Goodreads Author), Mike Kraus (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 463 ratings	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
	Eruption (Fracture, #5) by Kenny Soward (Goodreads Author), Mike Kraus (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 412 ratings	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 Road Home (Fracture #8) by Kenny Soward (Goodreads Author), Mike Kraus (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 375 ratings	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
	Crumbling Dawn: After the Impact Book 2: 4.60 avg rating — 361 ratings	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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Fracture (8 books)
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“even on the darkest day, the sun shines on some dog’s ass.”
― Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes

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“Sometimes things come out of your mouth that you regret later on. Or no, not regret. You say something so razor-sharp that the person you say it to carries it around with them for the rest of their life.”
― Herman Koch, The Dinner

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“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

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Nov 24, 2014 01:14AM

Dear Kenny,
Thanks so much for the friendship request here on Goodreads! I look forward to future book discussions with you online, and hope to have the chance to read and discover your own work too.
Kind Regards
Lucinda

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