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Average rating: 3.92 · 1,399 ratings · 434 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Portrait of a Nuclear Family 3.78 avg rating — 913 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Horror Collection: Morte Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author), D.W. Hitz (Goodreads Author), J.P. Behrens (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 184 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
	Missing in Miskatonic (Travis Daniels Investigations #1) 4.23 avg rating — 154 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
	To Hell and Back by Joe Mynhardt (editor), Jeff Strand (Goodreads Author), Nick Roberts (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 81 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
	We Don't Talk Anymore and Other Dark Fictions 4.27 avg rating — 52 ratings — 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
	Murder in the Monashee Mountains (Travis Daniels Investigations #2) 4.16 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Condemned in Carcosa (Travis Daniels Investigations #3) by J.P. Behrens (Goodreads Author), Crystal Lake Publishing, Joanna Halerz (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 25 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
	A Trinity of Chosen (Ages of Avarath #1) 4.29 avg rating — 14 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
	Blue Legs & Other Coming of Age Stories by J.P. Behrens (Goodreads Author) (editor), Everett Cooney, Laura L. Mays Hoopes 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
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I’ve been busy working on the release of my debut Young Adult Fantasy, A Trinity of Chosen: An Age of Avarath. This is meant to be the first book in a longer series, but can easily exist as a stand-alone.

The cover of A Trinity of Chosen by JP Behrens. The first book in the Ages of Avarath Series. It depicts three children and a large, blue creature looking out over a landscape. A village is below them and a volcano is in the distance.

The idea behind the structure of the series is based on The Chronicles of Narnia, The NeverEnding Story, and The animated Avatar Series.

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

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