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Sean O'Boyle

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Fantasy, Humor and Comedy

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Seán O'Boyle is an Irish, London-based, writer on his self-publishing journey. Since he was a young lad, he's loved creating stories; whether scribbling short fiction in his school copybooks, or creating dramatic home movies with his toys. He's even dabbled in the fine art of stand up comedy, with about half a dozen sitcom scripts rotting in the forgotten folders of his old laptops.

His love for fantasy grew during lockdown through reading the genre; epic, cozy and everything in between. And from this, his fantasy comedy adventure debut "The Ballad of Sprikit The Bard (And Company)" was born. Described as "Discworld meets Lies of Locke Lamora", he hopes readers will enjoy the characters, world and story he's been building for 3 years. Hopefu ...more

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Average rating: 4.39 · 109 ratings · 77 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Ballad of Sprikit The Bard And Company 4.57 avg rating — 44 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
	Locks & Keys: A Fantasy Anthology by Alex Scheuermann (Goodreads Author), Bill Adams (Goodreads Author) (Author, Editor), Tom Bookbeard 4.15 avg rating — 46 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
	Checks, Balances and Proper Procedure in Monster Hunting 4.58 avg rating — 19 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

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Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

by Daniel Ellsberg

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The Wingspan of Treason (The Sturmsinger Chain, #1)

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