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W.H. Cann

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My passion for reading started from a very young age, but my interest in fantasy and science fiction started when I was a ten and my father gave me some Conan books by Robert E. Howard and the series Thongor of Lemuria by Lin Carter, and of course the arrival of Star Wars. I have loved reading ever since. Fantasy is still my favourite genre followed closely by science fiction, but my tastes include adventure, military history both fiction and non-fiction (pre 1850′s), plus a variety of others.

My foray into writing did not begin until after I suffered a back injury in 1998, and decided to have a go at writing a story to pass the time away, needless to say I became hooked and the story turned into full length novels. I continued writing when ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 73 ratings · 23 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Path To Vengeance (The Guardians, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Sorcerer's Duel (The Guardians, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 11 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
	A Guardian Reborn (The Guardians #3) 4.38 avg rating — 8 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
	Storm Conjurer (The Guardians #4) 4.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Grand Master (The Guardians, #5) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Sorcerer's Triumph (The Chronicles of Ferantiana Volume One) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	The Bakarian Rebellion it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Sorcerers of Argorilium (The Chronicles of Ferantiana Volume One) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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2012: My first year as an indie author

January 2012 started off reasonably well with some nervous anticipation: My first book, ‘Path to Vengeance’, book 1 in my science fiction/fantasy series ‘The Guardians’ was ready for publishing. All I was waiting for was the cover, which was undergoing some final alterations.

The formatting process was not as difficult as it first appeared. I had seen comments telling of problems and difficulties w Read more of this blog post »

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Apr 16, 2015 12:30PM

Thanks W.H for accepting my request for friendship. You are invited to visit my blog Green Planet here http://creategreenplanet.blogspot.com/

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Jun 11, 2013 10:56PM

Thanks for the add, Mr. Cann! It's awesome to meet another author here on Goodreads.

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Mar 27, 2013 02:50PM

Maria wrote: "Thank you for connecting on GR too!"

Hi Maria, My pleasure. Best of luck with your debut novel. How close are you to finishing?

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Mar 27, 2013 02:48PM

Amy wrote: "Hi, W.H. Thanks for the friend request!"

Hi Amy, You're most welcome, and thank you. It's good to meet!

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Thank you for connecting on GR too!

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Jan 12, 2013 09:13PM

W.H. ~ Thank you for your friendship. Have a wonderful year 2013... reading and writing.

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