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Danny Beaton

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July 05

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science Fiction

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I’m Danny, and I’m a writer, illustrator, graphic designer, and lover of art. Yes, that is too encompassing and wide a description. I’m sure everyone now imagines me in their own way; perhaps in a beret, with crazy hair or covered head to toe in paint. So let’s delve deeper, I like stories, and more than anything else; I’m a storyteller, and story consumer.

Mal Winter and the Cloud Runners is the first book I published and is an urban fantasy that is the product of effort, time and then some more effort and more time. The story was conceived to tell a fantastic story to an otherwise ordinary boy, and take readers on a wild adventure ride with its hero. This book was re-edited and a revision was released in the lead-up to the follow-up: Mal ...more

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	Mal Winter and the Cloud Runners 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 9 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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Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)

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