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Ari Ryn grew up in Southeastern Europe and spent part of his life in Taiwan and Japan. He writes quiet, psychologically driven fiction shaped by cross-cultural experience.

Wonderful Half is his debut novel. He currently lives in Europe with his family.

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Wonderful Half

4.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2026 — 3 editions

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The Spirit of a Rising Sun (The Last Chain, #1)

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