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Luke Courtney

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in London, The United Kingdom

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Who am I? My name is Luke Courtney, I’m a 33 year old Briton who by day works in a little military museum in London, and by night, works on writing an array of stories that I push myself towards getting finished and published.

Writing and story-telling has been a passion of mine since childhood; I was surrounded by books and stories at home, so I grew up on stories from Greek and Celtic mythology. I came to love reading tales of knights and heroes rescuing princesses from monsters and fighting evil tyrants to save the world, as well as making up ones of my own.

That love carried on when I was in school, but the real impetus for me to start writing properly came in 2010/2011, not long after I left university. One of my first jobs was working i ...more

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	Argent Blade (1) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Girl Who Sings to Dragons: Book 1 of the Winged Wolf Saga 4.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	From The Ashes: Book 1 of the Phoenix Saga 4.62 avg rating — 13 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
	Two-Horn 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2020	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
	Argent Blade: Plague Carrier (Argent Blade, #2) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Wolf and The Swan: Book 2 of the Winged Wolf Saga it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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

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A Sparrow Among Stars

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" My first encounter with this book was idly browsing during my brief foray on Threads and encountering a new indie author promoting their upcoming first book, and the blurb intrigued me enough to want to know more... A Sparrow Among Stars is a grippin My first encounter with this book was idly browsing during my brief foray on Threads and encountering a new indie author promoting their upcoming first book, and the blurb intrigued me enough to want to know more... A Sparrow Among Stars is a gripping high fantasy adventure that will definitely appeal to fans of Narnia, Eragon and Lord of the Rings...

"When her family is murdered by servants of the tyrannical king Antoine Rexton, Serena Finch must race across an oppressed kingdom, pursued by the king's hunters, guarded by a band of mysterious warriors sworn to see her safely to the court of the exile Queen Elara, who fights to topple Rexton from the throne he stole from their family. At the same time, Rexton's more noble son Anteros finds himself being drawn to a pretty girl held captive in his father's dungeons and appalled at Rexton's cruelty to try and gain information on Serena's whereabouts..."

This is a good start: I definitely enjoyed the setting, which is beautifully lavish and well defined. Serena makes an intriguing heroine, another youth thrust onto a quest by tragic circumstances (I'm a sucker for the "Doomed hometown" and "orphaned protagonist" tropes, and the supporting cast of the Guardians were engaging people (my personal favourite was Crystal). I also loved the budding romance between Anteros and Talitha, that was very sweet (and how their last chapter ends definitely makes me want to know what happens next): I also like his sister Sabine, who felt like a less obnoxious Sansa Stark, and the intrigues at the court of Elara were compelling. If I had any complaints, it'd be I felt certain parts of the journey could have had more danger to them, to give a greater sense of urgency, & while I liked Will & Rigel, I wasn't quite convinced on them as romantic partners for Serena. I also wish Cameron had survived (he had the potential to be a great secondary antagonist).

But those are minor gripes: overall, this is a cracking debut novel from a new indie author I definitely recommend! ...more "

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The Iron Bear (A Myths of the Northern Lands, #0)

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Frankenstein

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Luke Courtney said: " Having been meaning to read this for years and constantly putting it off, at long last I have ticked the great staple of gothic literature, the text considered the beginning of the science fiction genre, and found it far better than I expected (and s ...more "

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“This is what comes of letting fools and cowards rule themselves. Next time, I will choose their master for them.”
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“Victory slipped through our fingers the moment Horus chose to reach into the dark and something reached back. We sacrificed our ambitions on the altar of his hubris, and when he fell, he dragged us all down inexorably with him. And not just Horus- Fulgrim as well. And Angron. Magnus. Lorgar. The gods you worship are nothing save lies, hidden behind masks of folklore and superstition. Interdimensional cancers, their mindless hunger confused for sentience amongst the lost and the damned".”
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“The only way to kill me was to welcome his own death, and he did it the moment the chance arose.”
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“You claim to be a man, but that is a lie revealed to any who can see you here.

You deny you wish godhood, yet you raise up an empire to praise you.

You call yourself the Master of Mankind, and perhaps that is the ONLY truth you ever spoke- that you wish to make your children slaves"- Horus Lupercal”
― John French

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