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Nicholas Woode-Smith

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Born

in Cape Town, South Africa

October 03, 1995

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http://nicholaswoodesmith.com/

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Nicholas Woode-Smith is a fantasy and science fiction author from Cape Town, South Africa. He has been writing since the age of twelve, writing short stories, novels, and RPG campaigns. In 2013, he published his first book, Fall of Zona Nox. Five years later, he published it again after greatly improving his skills.

Since then, he’s written dozens of books in the urban fantasy and sci-fi genre. Notably, the best-selling urban fantasy series, Kat Drummond.

Nicholas has a degree majoring in economic history and philosophy, and minors in political science, international relations, and English literature from the University of Cape Town. He has been involved in politics, civic activism, and political analysis since 2014.

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	Part-Time Monster Hunter (Kat Drummond, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 768 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
	Kat Drummond Series: Books 0.5-4 (Kat Drummond, #0.5-4) 4.35 avg rating — 351 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
	Blood Cartel (Kat Drummond, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 347 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
	Darkness Beckons (Kat Drummond, #5) 4.35 avg rating — 292 ratings — 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
	Kat Drummond Ten Book Box Set: A Monster Hunter Urban Fantasy Series (Kat Drummond Complete Box Sets 1) 4.51 avg rating — 268 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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	Devil's Gambit (Kat Drummond, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 265 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 Fae Hunt (Kat Drummond, #9) 4.55 avg rating — 246 ratings — 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
	Dead World (Kat Drummond, #7) 4.42 avg rating — 244 ratings — 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
	Silver Brotherhood (Kat Drummond, #8) 4.42 avg rating — 237 ratings — 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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The 10 Most Chaotically Funny Characters in the Katverse, Ranked

Hope City is filled with monsters, magic and impending disasters. Somehow, these ten characters still manage to make everything considerably stranger. A note for new readers: This ranking avoids major plot twists, character fates, romantic developments and late-series revelations. It discusses personalities, running jokes and largely self-contained moments of chaos. There are minor references to …

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The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

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“My mother taught me to never make deals with demons”
“Your mother sounds very uncreative...”
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“Everyone deserved to be remembered. To have their name said over and over. To be loved, even after they were gone.”
― Nicholas Woode-Smith, Shadow Realm

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“The darkness is like a scar on my brain. I can’t remove it. I can’t forget the words. Ever. They are always there. Burning, cindering, screaming. Like a choir of dead men branded on my skull.”
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“Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”
― Robert Jordan

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“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
― Rachel Carson

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“The farther you go...the harder it is to return. The world has many edges and it's easy to fall off.”
― Anderson Cooper, Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival

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“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones