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Nikki McCormack

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Born

in The United States

Website

http://elysiumpalace.com

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult

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Meredith Ann Pierce, Mercedes Lackey, C.S. Friedman, Tad Williams

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Outside of her career as an author, Nikki is a professional technical and creative writer, spider wrangler, animal lover, and devoted cat mom. Writing fantasy and science fiction stories has been a lifelong passion for her. She loves to draw upon her myriad life experiences doing everything from wild cave exploration and competitive horseback endurance riding to practicing iaido and archery. She invites you to join her for some fantastic adventures.

Grand Prize Winner of the Dante Rossetti Award for Young Adult Fiction for The Girl and the Clockwork Cat

Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for The Keeper

Finalist in the Cygnus Award for Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction for Dissident

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Average rating: 4.23 · 1,118 ratings · 215 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Girl and the Clockwork Cat (Clockwork Enterprises, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	A Path of Blood and Amber (Silverblood Raven #1) 4.35 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Child of Vanris (The Warden's Son, #1) 4.63 avg rating — 71 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
	The Girl and the Clockwork Conspiracy (Clockwork Enterprises, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Dissident (Forbidden Things, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	A Path of Storms and Reckonings (Silverblood Raven #3) 4.44 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Girl and the Clockwork Crossfire (Clockwork Enterprises #3) 4.23 avg rating — 57 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
	A Path of Secrets and Dreams (Silverblood Raven #2) 4.35 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Blood of Vanris (The Warden's Son, #2) 4.71 avg rating — 41 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
	Heart of Vanris (The Warden's Son, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 37 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 final book in the Vanris series is here!

Why did I think releasing a trilogy over the course of six months would somehow be easier than releasing a four-book series over the course of a year?

Yeah, I don't know either.

Well, despite the challenges, Wavelord, the third and final book in my Daughter of Vanris series, releases today! Visit the book page here for more about Veyl's story and to read the first chapter of the book.

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Series by Nikki McCormack

Clockwork Enterprises (3 books)
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Silverblood Raven (3 books)
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The Warden's Son (4 books)
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4.60 avg rating — 182 ratings

Forbidden Things (3 books)
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4.26 avg rating — 106 ratings

The Endless Chronicles (1 book)
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4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings

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The Devils (The Devils, #1)

by Joe Abercrombie

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“Feel fear. Don’t show it.”
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