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Winner of Mark Lawrence's 3rd Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) with Where Loyalties Lie

Rob J. Hayes has been a student, a banker, a marine research assistant, a chef, and a keyboard monkey more times than he cares to count. But eventually his love of fantasy and reading drew him to the life of a writer. He’s the author of the Amazon Best Selling The Heresy Within, the SPFBO-winning piratical swashbuckler Where Loyalties Lie, and the critically acclaimed Never Die.
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Rob J. Hayes I have just finished writing a follow up series to The Ties that Bind. It's a duology called Best Laid Plans. The first novel is Where Loyalties Lie a…moreI have just finished writing a follow up series to The Ties that Bind. It's a duology called Best Laid Plans. The first novel is Where Loyalties Lie and the second is The Fifth Empire of Man. Both have a planned 2016 release from Ragnarok Publications.

I'm now currently working on a high fantasy adventure romp with an Avengers feel to it. Expect heroes, dragons, dark lords, and my usual dark humour.(less)
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Rob J. Hayes Nope. There are plenty of strong female characters in the series. Though I'm not sure hero or heroine apply to any of my characters. :D…moreNope. There are plenty of strong female characters in the series. Though I'm not sure hero or heroine apply to any of my characters. :D(less)
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Where Loyalties Lie by Rob J. Hayes
"I’ve enjoyed Rob J. Hayes’s books before, with Herald a particular highlight. Where Loyalties Lie didn’t quite reach that level for me, but it was still a good, easy read.

The pirate setting, with a bit of fantasy mixed in, felt fresh to me. I liked t" Read more of this review »
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A decent sci-fi horror read for my October with some tense atmosphere and a good mystery behind it. Somewhere between Aliens and the Sphere. I will admit I was kinda rooting for the 'evil' by the end of it. The main character goes on a few too many " ...more
Rob Hayes is 30% done with Dead Silence: My sci-fi horror book this October will be Dead Silence. I'm listening to this one. That opening... it was homaging Aliens HARD! :D
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Bit of a weird one. The writing was good and engaging, but it felt like it was mostly recap and setup. And the constant jumping away from a character just when something interesting started to happen was maddening.
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Bit of a weird one. It spent a long time meandering about. But when it hits, it hits hard! Possible the best of the Siege of Terra so far.
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“Ever killed anyone with a spoon?" she asked him.
"Uhhh..."
"Me neither, but I'm thinking of trying.”
― Rob J. Hayes, The Heresy Within

“It takes a lifetime of evil to be a villain, and only one moment of good to be a hero.”
― Rob J. Hayes, Never Die

“Good orders should always be questioned,” Stillwater said. “Bad orders should always be ignored.”
― Rob J. Hayes, The Fifth Empire of Man

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“You say glory, necessity, pride; I say barbarity, greed, arrogance. War is a search for glory, for that particular sense of joy and satisfaction that comes from staking one's life on the outcome of a gamble. The search for a cheap thrill, with a cost too dear for Midas, and on a pretext that, more or less, amounts to 'My neighbour has a thing. I want it.”
― Laura M. Hughes, Art of War
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“Power ain’t what ya reckon it’ll be. Don’t mean ya get ta do what ya want all the time; means ya gotta do what every other fucker wants. Much better bein’ the knife in the darkness than waitin’ fer it ta come for you.”
― Rob J. Hayes, The Fifth Empire of Man

“Jezzet there isn't a man in this room who hasn't spent at least some time staring at you and you're without doubt the most graceful person I've ever seen. I'm sure you can find some way to distract them. Failing that just start ... you know ... killing people."
"Killing people?" [...]
"Yes. with a spoon if you like.”
― Rob J. Hayes, The Heresy Within

“We teach girls shame. “Close your legs. Cover yourself.” We make them feel as though being born female they’re already guilty of something. And so, girls grow up to be women who cannot say they have desire. They grow up to be women who silence themselves. They grow up to be women who cannot say what they truly think. And they grow up — and this is the worst thing we do to girls — they grow up to be women who have turned pretense into an art form.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

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