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Chris Adonn

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Born

in Johannesburg , South Africa

Twitter

chrisadonn

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Young Adult

Influences

Jane Austen, Anne Rice, the human condition, a love of words even thou ...more

Member Since

April 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/chrisadonn

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This is more of an intro than a bio.

Reader, writer, lover of words. When I was a child I used to pick random pages in the dictionary and scan through them rememorising interesting words. That was a personal enjoyment that I still indulge in on occasion.

I love to write. I love to lose myself in compelling narratives and adventures as they unfold in my mind and spill onto pages which will invariably result in a book by the time I am done.
Writing started for me, as a way to pass the time whenever I ran out of reading material or wanted to get rid of excess creative energy (I was an artist specializing in the painting medium (still am). More than that, it was a wonderful escape from the mires of self-pity i found myself drowning in when I was ...more

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Chris Adonn's Blog: Where I'm At.

The positive power of reviews

My oh my, I am so blown away by the largely positive reception The Eyes that See and Legacy have received. The reviewers totally rock!

When I started the story of the balancers, I was mainly looking for a way to entertain myself and escape from the frustration that my MS prognosis/treatment/isolation had brought about but all too soon I was writing because it had become a very rewarding passion.

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Published on June 07, 2011 16:00 • Tags: fantasy, literature, romance

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Chris Adonn’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 141 ratings · 47 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Legacy (The Balancer Chronicles, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Lush (Love Story #1) 3.73 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Eyes that See: A Prelude to the Balancer Chronicles 3.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Catalyst really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	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 Catalyst 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	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
	Legacy: Book One of the Balancer Chronicles 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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
	Legacy: Book One of the Balancer Chronicles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	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 Eyes that See: A Prelude to the Balancer Chronicles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	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 Balancer Chronicles (3 books)
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Chris’s Quotes

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”
― August Wilson

tags: character, courage, self-assessment, self-esteem, strength

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“Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: death

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“Negro Slavery is an evil of Colossal magnitude and I am utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the Missouri Territories.”
― John Adams, Familiar Letters of John Adams & His Wife Abigail Adams, During the Revolution

tags: evil, negro, slavery

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