Michael Joseph Murano

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Thank you for dropping by. I am Michael Joseph Murano, the author of the Age of the Seer and Wrath of the Urkuun, the doorway to the Epic of Ahiram.

The inspiration for Ahiram came when I was fourteen years old. I went on a school field trip to Byblos, a city as ancient as time, where the sarcophagus of King Ahiram has lain quietly for thousands of years. On its sides, you could see the oldest alphabetic inscription known to mankind. After the tour, we walked on the shores of Byblos, and I began to wonder: how does one invent an alphabet? Do you sit down on the beach, fish for sand crabs, and sing "a,b,c,d,e,f,g..."? I mean, how do you actually invent an alphabet?

This is when I saw Ahiram, as a boy, running on the sandy shores of Byblos; an
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Michael Joseph Murano Being a writer of fiction is like being in front of a Christmas tree every day: you never know what's under the tree but glimpse the wrapped present.
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Being a writer of fiction is like being in front of a Christmas tree every day: you never know what's under the tree but glimpse the wrapped present.
When I write I seldom know in advance who I will meet or where I will be. I travel, moving in and out of places as vivid as the first chocolate ice-cream in a child's memory.

I get a sense of elation, exhilaration and well-being when I write, and for this, I am grateful.
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Michael Joseph Murano "The Wretched Race", the third book in the Epic of Ahiram.

The third book of the Epic of Ahiram is were the world of Ahiram begins to truly unfold. Thi…more
"The Wretched Race", the third book in the Epic of Ahiram.

The third book of the Epic of Ahiram is were the world of Ahiram begins to truly unfold. This third book is very different than the first two because, by now, the reader has met some of the most important characters (though you'll get to meet some new ones in the third book) and the sixty-two kingdoms are starting to get in focus.

In the third book, the pace quickens further and the stakes are higher. If the theme of the second book was trust, that of the third is madness.

The editors have begun working on the manuscript and we are, once more targeting a fall release. The third book will be slightly longer than the second.

Looking forward to your reactions,

Michael(less)
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The Game of Gold part 1

The Game of Gold is the third of the Games of the Mines, an annual festival celebrating Tanniin's most famous hero, El-Windiir, for the critical role he played in the war of the Malikuun against the Sheituun, or the Lords of Light against the Lords of the Pit. 

Even though it is the third game, it is the most dangerous and the deadliest of all four games. The object of this game is to retrieve the

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“Rise like the hero you were born to be, or die the slave you think you are.”
Michael Joseph Murano, Age of the Seer

“Time flows like memories on the shores of the past.”
Michael Joseph Murano, Age of the Seer

“Your best disguise is the strong impression your enemy has of you. Strong...and dead wrong.”
Michael Joseph Murano, Age of the Seer

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“Rise like the hero you were born to be, or die the slave you think you are.”
Michael Joseph Murano, Age of the Seer

“Your best disguise is the strong impression your enemy has of you. Strong...and dead wrong.”
Michael Joseph Murano, Age of the Seer

“My father used to say that when hunting a shark, we should either kill it or let it go. To cage a shark is sheer cruelty, and I cannot live like a shark in a cage any longer.”
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“Azerowut, I must tend to an urgently urgent business and a business that is urgent most urgently. Watch over my tent with extreme care and care that is caring in the extreme, and do not, under any circumstantial circumstances, allow anyone and his brother to be within an uncomfortably uncomfortable distance of her door. --Master Kwadile”
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“Time flows like memories on the shores of the past.”
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