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Tom Calen

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in New York City, The United States

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Genre

Horror, Science Fiction

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Stephen King George R.R. Martin Frank Herbert Robert Jordan ...more

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July 2014

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Tom Calen is the author of the bestselling horror series The Pandemic Sequence, the novel Sarah of the Romani, as well as the dystopian future series The Scars of Tomorrow. His books, The Tilian Virus and The Tilian Effect, reached #1 on Amazon’s bestselling science-fiction series list, and was the #1 Hot New Release in both horror and science-fiction.

From Castle Rock to Arakis, Middle Earth to Westeros, Tom eagerly devours as many horror/thriller and scifi/fantasy novels as time allows. He credits George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, and Stephen King as the major influences on his style.

A New York City native, Tom holds a degree in English and worked in the business world before abandoning all reason and deciding to write full-time. Tom is a ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 1,153 ratings · 93 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Tilian Virus (The Pandemic Sequence, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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 Tilian Effect 4.05 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Tilian Cure (Tilian Virus, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Sarah of the Romani 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015	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
	Torrance (Scars of Tomorrow Book One) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Tears of the Sowilo (Scars of Tomorrow Book 3) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	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 Tilian Virus: Book One of The Pandemic Sequence (Volume 1) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	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
	Scars of Tomorrow: Torrance (Book One) and The Ignota (Book Two) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	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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	The Tilian Effect: Book Two of The Pandemic Sequence 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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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SARAH OF THE ROMANI is Here!

Very excited to announce that my new book, SARAH OF THE ROMANI is now available for pre-order on Amazon!

Sara Mustow has lived in the house on Pullman Street for sixty-five years. But she does not live there alone. Sara shares her home with an infinite and evil secret.

For Alex Delaney, returning to Maine means returning to childhood memories he struggled for years to overcome. His younger broth Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Tom Calen

The Pandemic Sequence (3 books)
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The Pandemic Sequence (3 books)
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Tom’s Quotes

“[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.”
― Clive Barker

tags: chaos, horror, illusion, oblivion, reality, truth

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“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

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“I know I can't tell you what it's like to be gay. But I can tell you what it's not. It's not hiding behind words, Mama. Like family and decency and Christianity.”
― Armistead Maupin

tags: bigotry, christianity, coming-out, equality, family, gay

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