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Theft of Swords
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Michael
I'm the author of this book, so I'm not going to do a rating but I did want to take just a moment to say a few words about what I was trying to do in this book.

For those who don't know, I wrote all six books in the series before publishing any of them (truth be told when I wrote the books I had no intention on publishing at all). This allowed me to weave threads between the books, but I made sure that each title had its own conflict and resolution. My intention was to start small and end big, wi
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Michael
Jan 29, 2013 added it  ·  (Review from the author)
Those that know me, are aware that I never rate or review my own books. But I do use this space as a way to update you on things that you might find interesting.


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seak
Oct 04, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: arc-review, 2011
Theft of Swords is an omnibus of the first two books in the Riyria Reveleations, The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha. It's also somewhat the story of an independently published author turned major publishing success as is nicely explained here by Iceberg Ink.

I have to first confess that this is exactly the type of story I love, so pardon my overlooking of any of the faults.

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Theft of Swords is that it's "traditional" fantasy. It deals with good
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Steven
Aug 15, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy
This was a great book reminiscent of fantasy tales of old.

Very good character development with no shortage of action.

I'll be reading all the books in this series.
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 Michelle
Dec 18, 2011 rated it liked it
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Dec 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Feb 12, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Mar 01, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Sep 17, 2012 marked it as on-my-wishlist-sff-2
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Michael
Sep 01, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  (Review from the author)  ·  review of another edition
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