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Thomas Tarasios

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https://sagaofthejewels.substack.com

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Fantasy

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Chris Wooding, Jim Butcher, Lloyd Alexander, Deborah Chester, Terry Pr ...more

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Thomas Tarasios is the pseudonym of a high school teacher and father of two from the UK who reads too many books, plays too many tabletop and videogames, and writes too many fantasy novels.

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Average rating: 4.63 · 73 ratings · 54 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fire and Lightning (Saga of the Jewels Book 1) 4.69 avg rating — 59 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
	Earth and Water (Saga of the Jewels Book 2) 4.78 avg rating — 9 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
	Prelude: The Final Battle (Saga of the Jewels) 3.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Light and Shadow (Saga of the Jewels Book 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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SOTJ2 is out now!

Happy Star Wars Day; May the 4th be with you!

Saga of the Jewels Book 2, Earth and Water, is published in paperback and ebook today!

Go get it!

https://mybook.to/sotj2

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