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M Todd Gallowglas has been a professional storyteller at Renaissance Faires and Medieval Festivals for over twenty years. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University in 2009, he used his storytelling show as a platform to launch his fiction career. He is the author of the Tears of Rage and Halloween Jack series, which have spent time on various bestseller lists. He was a fiction contributor for Fantasy Flight Games and developed creative content for the reboot of the children's classic Reading Rainbow. Now he spends most of his time trying to find the perfect balance between family, writing, airsoft (because it's not as messy as paintball), and gaming while he's not off somewhere telling stor ...more

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	First Chosen (Tears of Rage, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate 3.90 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Once We Were Like Wolves (Tears of Rage, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	DEAD WEIGHT: The Tombs (Dead Weight #1) 4.05 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Dragon Bone Flute 4.17 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Arms of the Storm (Tears of Rage, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Judge of Dooms (Tears of Rage, #4) 4.27 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Jaludin's Road 4.26 avg rating — 38 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
	Halloween Jack and the Curse of Frost 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Dead Weight: Paladin: A Tale of the Faerie War 4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 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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Meine StarGames Erfahrung: Spielauswahl und Benutzerfreundlichkeit

Online-Casinos gibt es heutzutage wie Sand am Meer – jedes verspricht das beste Spielerlebnis, riesige Gewinne und eine riesige Auswahl. Aber was davon stimmt wirklich? Ich habe mir in den letzten Monaten StarGames genauer angeschaut und möchte hier meine persönlichen Eindrücke schildern. Wer also nach ehrlichen und authentischen stargames erfahrung sucht, findet in diesem Bericht hoffentlich wert

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Tears of Rage (4 books)
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Halloween Jack (2 books)
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Dead Weight: A Tale of the Faerie War (4 books)
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“…but nothing is ever lost nor can be lost. The body sluggish, aged, cold, the ember left from earlier fires shall duly flame again. – Walt Whitman”
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