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Drew Avera is a Navy veteran, musician, and the bestselling author of the Dead Planet series and the Alorian Wars.

He was born and raised in rural Mississippi and grew up with a deep affection for comic books and science fiction movies and television shows. At one point he boasted a comic book collection with more than 1,000 issues. His love for comics inspired him to pursue a career as a comic book artist, but an injury to his hand ended that dream permanently.

Still, he was inspired to create in one medium or the other. He picked up a guitar at fifteen years old and began writing songs almost immediately. That “obsession” as his parents called it put him on the path to rock stardom…in his bedroom.

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	Exodus (Dead Planet, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Hellfire 3.60 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Broken Worlds (The Alorian Wars, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Complete Dead Planet Series 3.75 avg rating — 160 ratings — 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
	The Alorian Wars: Volume I (Alorian Wars, #1-3) 3.97 avg rating — 131 ratings — 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
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	Deadly Refuge (Alorian Wars, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 62 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
	Damaged, Incorporated: A Military Science Fiction Novel 3.95 avg rating — 64 ratings — 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
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	Galaxy at War: Three Space Opera Adventures 3.66 avg rating — 65 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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Hello, everyone. I made a little video that talks about my inspiration and what I like about being a self-published author. You can view it here: youtu.be/WQ_-DiENQzg

Its been a while since I've posted anything and my published material has grown a lot! My last blog post only showed my first book. Below you can find all of my dystopian science fiction and urban fantasy work. Most of them are liste Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 05, 2014 05:44 • Tags: amazon, bargain-books, fantasy, good-reads-author, kindle, science-fiction, urban-fantasy

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Series by Drew Avera

Alorian Wars (4 books)
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Drew Avera (Goodreads Author),

Deanne Charlton (Editor)

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Dead Planet (3 books)
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Drew Avera (Goodreads Author)

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Broken Arrow Mercenary Force (3 books)
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Drew Avera (Goodreads Author),

Rick Partlow (Goodreads Author)

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Syndicate (1 book)
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Drew Avera (Goodreads Author)

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“Longing for death and wishing for it weren’t exactly the same thing. Robert longed for a peaceful relinquishment from this life. What the man holding the gun offered was nothing of the sort. Robert”
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“His words lacked the confidence of truth and Kerr seized the opportunity to teach a valuable lesson. "No, that would make them our slaves. Do you know the tactical difference between the enslaved and the dead?" Rach shrugged. "No, sir, I do not." "Eventually, slaves will rise and revolt against their bondage, but the dead never rise from the ashes.”
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Apr 12, 2017 03:37PM

Michael wrote: "I received my copy of Broken Worlds (The Alorian Wars #1), that I won in a GoodReads give-a-way. I will read it as soon as I finish the book that I am currently reading. I am looking forward to rea..."

I'm so glad you received it! I was told it would arrive on Thursday. I hope you enjoy it.

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message 6: by Michael

Apr 12, 2017 03:12PM

I received my copy of Broken Worlds (The Alorian Wars #1), that I won in a GoodReads give-a-way. I will read it as soon as I finish the book that I am currently reading. I am looking forward to reading it and I thank you for having it in a give-a-way.

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message 5: by Drew

Jul 30, 2015 02:34AM

I'm on a work trip now but will be back in a while

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message 4: by David

Jul 29, 2015 09:35PM

Looks like you're a local author in the same genre. Msg me and we can talk by phone if you get the tiem.

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message 3: by Drew

May 13, 2014 11:13AM

Check out The Twin Cities Series, a multi-author urban fantasy series set in The Realms. 5 authors, 1 world. twincitiesseries.blogspot.com

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message 2: by Evelyn

Mar 19, 2014 07:17AM

Hi Drew, thanks for the links. Gave taken smples if both books (i seldom buy straight off - that's what samples are there fir, right?)
Evelyn

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message 1: by Evelyn

Mar 19, 2014 07:12AM

Hi Drew, nice to 'meet ' you. Some of my writing is sci/ fi too but have not yet published any if those. Waiting fir edit. Evelyn

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