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Daniel Beals lives in western Oklahoma with his wife and kids. He has had a passion for books from a young age, and began writing at 15. He discovered fantasy soon after learning to read and has been hooked on it ever since. The works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and others, have been a great influence on Daniel and his inspiration for becoming a writer.

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Almost a year … Oops.

It has been almost a year since my last blog post! Wow! That’s a long time. And far longer than I intended when I sat down to write a post, and decided I could do it a few days later instead of right then. Heh. Procrastination. Yup. Gets me every time.

Well, a lot has happened since that last post.

I have a daughter!

Little Abigail Rose is two months old now, and so beautiful. Being a dad is just so

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Night of Shadows

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 4 editions

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Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

by T. Kingfisher

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Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

by Andrew Rowe (Goodreads Author)

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Beasts Made of Night

by Tochi Onyebuchi

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“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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