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Ken Hughes

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Ann Arbor, MI, The United States

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Fantasy, Paranormal, Thriller

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Ken Hughes lives in Los Angeles and has worked as a technical writer for missions to Mars and the governing body of the Internet (ICANN). He writes paranormal thrillers and urban fantasy, and has been known to argue over the difference between the two in his blog, www.KenHughesAuthor.com.

His novel Shadowed was nominated for a Global Ebook Award. The series he’s launching with the upcoming The High Road is meant to prove one thing: how writing a thrilling cliff-hanger for heroes who can fly takes writing to a whole new level. (Don’t get him started on puns.)
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Revelations from the Pulse (Corbin Cases)

(a deleted file from Adrian Corbin’s laptop)

So it’s true. After a day of walking around, a step here and there to look at different people, I know without a doubt. The four ivory dice that I—I suppose I have to say enchanted—have the power to sense any kind of emotion, not only fear.

In spite of where it all… came from…

Let’s start again.

Confirmed: the magic the four “Bones” can carry seems to “

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Average rating: 3.82 · 60 ratings · 31 reviews · 58 distinct works • Similar authors

	The High Road (Spellkeeper Flight Book 1) 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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
	Shadowed 3.58 avg rating — 12 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
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	Running The Gauntlet (Dragonsigns Book 1) 3.67 avg rating — 3 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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