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James Shade

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James Shade spent his youth visiting Berwick's newsstand, looking for heroes on four-color pages. He studied Engineering at Penn State University and went on to help write the software that enables the F119 and the F135, the best metal birds-of-prey, fly. His passions include gaming, disc golf, and cooking on his Big Green Egg. He lives in Colorado with his wife, three children, and a small menagerie of animals.

THIEVES OF ISLAR, James' first novel, won 3rd place in the Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY awards for Fantasy Fiction. ...more

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Thieves of Islar (The Heirs of Bormeer #1)

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Hey folks, sorry I've been so quiet lately, but I've been working on the sequel to "Thieves of Islar" and my horror novel (as yet unnamed). I've had some fantastic news on the horror novel--a request for the full manuscript from an agency. So, my head is spinning.
In celebration, I'm doing a Kindle sale starting in a couple of days (some time on 9/16/2019) and lasting for a week, you can pick up th Read more of this blog post »

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Dark Space: The Complete Series #1-6

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The Cimmerian, Vol. 1

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For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind

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