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Daniel McKay

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in Christchurch, New Zealand

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Fantasy, Mystery

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Daniel McKay lives in New Zealand where he spends his time writing, teaching philosophy, and playing cards. He writes the Philosophical Detective series, which combines his love for philosophy with his love for sarcasm, and the Pantheon series, which combines his love for interesting magic powers with his love for awesome fight scenes.

He can be reached at danielmckayauthor@gmail.com. Or you could try shining a Dan-Signal in the sky on a cloudy night. No guarantees that one will work though.

P.S. The Augmentamancer Chronicles books are currently out of print on account of them being a bit amateurish but I am working my way back through them with a metaphorical red pen and they are slowly being rereleased. Books 1, 2, and 3 are back and the se ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 230 ratings · 23 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Windwalker (Pantheon #1) 4.16 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Wardancer (Pantheon #2) 4.53 avg rating — 36 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
	Truthspeaker (Pantheon #3) 4.47 avg rating — 36 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
	Blademaster (Pantheon #4) 4.58 avg rating — 19 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
	The Black Swan Killer (Philosophical Detective #1) 4.41 avg rating — 17 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
	Black As Night (The Augmentamancer Chronicles #1) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Hellbound (The Infernal Virtues #1) 4.71 avg rating — 7 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 Darker Shade of Black (The Augmentamancer Chronicles Book 4) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Black As Sin (The Augmentamancer Chronicles Book 2) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Black and White (The Augmentamancer Chronicles #3) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 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

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New book!

Just finished the newest augmentamancer book and I'm pretty excited about it. Go check it out on Amazon. Link below.

http://www.amazon.com/Darker-Shade-Bl...

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Published on November 24, 2014 17:35 • Tags: new-book

Series by Daniel McKay

Pantheon (6 books)
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4.38 avg rating — 156 ratings

The Augmentamancer Chronicles (5 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 40 ratings

Philosophical Detective (2 books)
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4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings

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