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Joshua Walker

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction

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Joshua Walker is a fantasy author currently living in Sydney, Australia. He works as a primary school English teacher, and likes to read, brew beer, and hang out with his wife and BFD (Big Fluffy Dog) in his free time.

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Average rating: 4.26 · 254 ratings · 145 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rest to the Gods (The Song of the Sleepers, #0.5) 4.18 avg rating — 108 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
	An Exile of Water & Gold (The Song of the Sleepers, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	The Child of the Greenwood (The Song of the Sleepers, #1.5) 4.41 avg rating — 34 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
	The Celestial Tears of Dying Light (The Song of the Sleepers, #2.5) 4.83 avg rating — 12 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
	An Empire of Dirt & Lies (The Song of the Sleepers, #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2026	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 Tea Gardens of Tel-Kathan 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	A Chorus of Light & Death (The Song of the Sleepers, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

by James Islington (Goodreads Author)

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An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)

by P.D. James

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Joshua Walker rated a book it was amazing In Your Dreams (When in Rome, #4) by Sarah Adams (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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Joshua Walker rated a book it was amazing The Rule Book (The Cheat Sheet, #2) by Sarah Adams (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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DNF’ing at 30% All I wanted was a light Christmas read. Instead I got a boring story with really underdeveloped characters, that basically has nothing to do with Christmas at all. The other “Christmas” book I read from this author was marginally better ...more
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Joshua Walker liked The Reading Ren's review of The Child of the Greenwood (The Song of the Sleepers, #1.5): "“The earth takes back what it is owed!” Joshua takes us down a darker road in this punch to the guts novella. Continuing in the world of The Exile of Water and Gold, this novella explores side characters and stories that really fill out the entire Q'ar" Read more of this review »
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Joshua’s Quotes

“One must not put trust in novelists, Beth; they create worlds to fit their own needs and drive their characters mad in doing it.”
― Mary Robinette Kowal, Shades of Milk and Honey

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“Music is the universal language of mankind.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

tags: music, poetry, power-of-music

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“There is a joy to be found down every path, Nischia. The teachings I was raised on do not give me belief. But the quest for joy in this life of ours does. One cannot exist without the other.”
― Joshua Walker

tags: fantasy-quotes, joy-quotes, purpose

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“Was this what it meant to drift? To move along the water’s current without control, without say?”
― Joshua Walker