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Jason Beineke

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in West Point, NE, The United States
February 12, 1971

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Born and raised in Northeast Nebraska. I was a bookworm from a very young age, having a particular love for Richard Scarry, then Lloyd Alexander and later Frank Herbert. My mother was a school teacher specializing in art, my father a cross-country truck driver before taking a position working at a farming cooperative. I did a lot of reading when traveling with my father, devouring many Star Trek novels and other science-fiction and fantasy novels.
I graduated from high school in 1989, went to college at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and was expelled for bad grades in 1992. I worked a lot of dead end jobs and finally managed to get back into school, changing my major from English to International Business Admin/Economics. I graduated
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Sword Dance of the Puppets

Question and answer time! Q:  So will the third Blackstone novel drop in July as the previous two books have? A:  Sadly, no, it will not.  There are a number of reasons for this.  As I have earlier mentioned I was happily working on the third book, which is to be titled Wolves of Lenkara, […] Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.91 · 35 ratings · 12 reviews · 4 distinct works
Drawing the Circle (Blackst...

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Night of the Tower

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I certainly wanted to like this book, but I found nothing sympathetic in the characters and the MC's cousin, who is throughout the first section of the book, is only ever know as "the cousin." Never given a name... It just dragged for me so I was una ...more
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Jason Beineke Currently free! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D5RZTRO Get your copy of "Sword Dance of the Puppets" Murder mystery with sorcerers!


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Jason Beineke Avail for free from 7/21 thru 7/25! Get a free copy, read it, review it!!! (Pretty please :)
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Jason Beineke http://amzn.to/NqeUHo

Butcher's Winter is currently free until Friday, 10/26/2012! It's the autumn season and you need a good fantasy laced with liberal amounts of horror on your Amazon Kindle while you curl up under the blankets ;) Go download yourself a copy and feel free to check out my other offerings at Amazon.com! Thank you :D


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Jason Beineke Check out the latest Vampire Daycare story on my blog. So, you're a 500 year old vampire in the body of a 13 year old boy? What do you do to survive? Come find out in "A Cuckoo in the Nest". http://bit.ly/Rva5SG


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Jason Beineke http://amzn.to/NMaTgi

The novelette, "Night of the Tower," is currently free to download via Amazon! “For the young boy, Ali, growing up in Iram, the City of Pillars, one of the most important cities on the Incense Route, life is filled with both wonder and pain. His mother died when he was a babe, protecting him from the ravages of a desert haboob. His brother, Hassan, has been his guardian and guide during his childhood. Saad, his best friend, has been his fellow when it comes to getting into trouble.

Now, this one night will bring about an incredible miracle as the legendary Tower rises from the depths of Iram’s oasis and opens its gates, spilling wonders and treasures. The tower comes only once a century and all the people of the known world anxiously await its arrival.

It is said that wishes might well come true on the Night of the Tower. What is never said is that horrors may be born from the heights of the tower as well. Chasing his elder brother, Hassan, into the tower, Ali and his friend, Saad, climb to heights they were never meant to see and uncover things they were never meant to know.”
http://amzn.to/NMaTgi


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Jason Beineke To celebrate the Halloween season, I will be doing free giveaways of “Night of the Tower” and Butcher’s Winter at Amazon.com. First up will be “Night of the Tower” on the dates of October 15th through October 19th.

“For the young boy, Ali, growing up in Iram, the City of Pillars, one of the most important cities on the Incense Route, life is filled with both wonder and pain. His mother died when he was a babe, protecting him from the ravages of a desert haboob. His brother, Hassan, has been his guardian and guide during his childhood. Saad, his best friend, has been his fellow when it comes to getting into trouble.

Now, this one night will bring about an incredible miracle as the legendary Tower rises from the depths of Iram’s oasis and opens its gates, spilling wonders and treasures. The tower comes only once a century and all the people of the known world anxiously await its arrival.

It is said that wishes might well come true on the Night of the Tower. What is never said is that horrors may be born from the heights of the tower as well. Chasing his elder brother, Hassan, into the tower, Ali and his friend, Saad, climb to heights they were never meant to see and uncover things they were never meant to know.”

Butcher’s Winter will go free the week thereafter, so keep the calendar marked!


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Jason Beineke 8/14/2012 is the last day you can get for FREE my epic fantasy debut novel, Blackstone: Drawing the Circle. Have you gotten your copy? http://amzn.to/NBTWo3

And the sequel, Butcher's Winter, is now available! http://amzn.to/NqeUHo


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Jason Beineke Now #20 on Amazon's Epic Fantasy list. Please help me to push it even higher!! Currently FREE FREE FREE! The sequel, Butcher's Winter, is also now available :D http://amzn.to/NBTWo3 (Blackstone) | http://amzn.to/NqeUHo (Butcher's Winter) Still looking for reviews to both books. Will provide free copies to BW to those who request :)


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Jason Beineke Blackstone: Drawing the Circle, will be going on free promo from 8/10 - 8/14, after which I will be doing the big push for the sequel, Butcher's Winter. Head on over to Amazon and get your copy now! Please :) http://amzn.to/NBTWo3


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