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Chris Fritschi

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror

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January 2012

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Chris Fritschi is a best selling author with a passion for writing gripping stories, engaging characters and building worlds you can get lost in.

Whether fighting the undead with the Grave Diggers team or exploring an epic fantasy world of the Rift series readers are immersed in stories they can’t put down.

Chris and his wife live in their haunted house in Southern California.

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Average rating: 4.47 · 2,242 ratings · 240 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Grave Diggers (The Grave Diggers #1) 4.27 avg rating — 477 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
	The Suicide King (The Grave Diggers #2) 4.42 avg rating — 271 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
	Grave Mistakes (The Grave Diggers #3) 4.45 avg rating — 193 ratings — 5 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
	Deadly Relics (The Grave Diggers #4) 4.50 avg rating — 187 ratings — 5 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
	No Good Deed (The Grave Diggers #5) 4.57 avg rating — 162 ratings — 5 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
	Lethal Passage (The Grave Diggers #6) 4.58 avg rating — 127 ratings — 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
	SpiritBridge (Rift, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 95 ratings — 5 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
	Enemy in the Wire (The Grave Diggers #7) 4.64 avg rating — 83 ratings — 5 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 Lost Kingdom (Rift, #2) 4.59 avg rating — 61 ratings — 5 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 Grave Diggers Christmas 4.63 avg rating — 60 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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Chris Fritschi's Blog: World building, Yikes!

building a world #1

I'm doing a lot of juggling at the moment so this will be a quick one.

When I first started building the Rift world I could only stare at the screen. The realization of what I was undertaking, creating a WORLD was overwhelming.

It wasn't just land and water. It was terrain, weather, people, history, customs, animals, behaviors..... this was one of those moments I wished I drank. At least that way I

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The Man from the Diogenes Club

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Nemesis (Rift, #3)

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“At most, he would have cursed you within an endless vision of horror until you were driven insane. Killed you? Don’t be so dramatic!”
― Chris Fritschi, The Rift Saga: Books 1-4

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