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S.L. Madden

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August 20, 1976

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Average rating: 4.39 · 31 ratings · 15 reviews · 7 distinct works

	The Four-Year-Old Guardian (Only Human on the Block #1) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 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 Shadow Walker (Unseen Things #1) 3.86 avg rating — 7 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
	Bravado/Dramatique (Only Human on the Block #2) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Ascension 4.17 avg rating — 6 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
	The Shadow Within (Unseen Things #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Together Alone (Only Human on the Block #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Blood Contract (Only Human on the Block #4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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I’m always a little melancholy to visit this blog and see how much time has passed since my last post. Every time I think about writing something here, I tell myself there’s no point until I have something to announce. And sadly, I haven’t had anything worth announcing in quite some time.

Finally–Finally!–that is no longer the case.

After all this time, I am proud to announce that AfterLife is done!

Series by S.L. Madden

Only Human on the Block (2 books)
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The Empty Men (The Stone Man, #2)

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“They're creepy shadow things. I didn't realize they needed proper motivation to kill.”
― S.L. Madden, The Shadow Walker

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“Money fascinates me... It has the power to make and break nations... It determines a person's quality of life and limits us as a race what we're capable of accomplishing, yet it has no true value other than what we've placed on it. It's a man-made concept, yet it holds us back, keeps us from achieving well, everything. Peace. Equality. Just think of the scientific discoveries we've had to forgo because of a lack of funding. And it's all made up. none of it's real.”
― S.L. Madden, The Shadow Walker

tags: money-issues

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“What if I turned out to be a great kisser, and suddenly, girls everywhere wanted to kiss me? Did I really want to risk losing my free time to watch people so I could kiss every girl in town?”
― S.L. Madden, The Shadow Walker

tags: anxiety

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“Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.”
― John Scalzi

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