HeyJaredFirst Chapter Reads
Every week I will read the first chapter of someones book (with the authors permission of course) You might just find your next favourite book rohanoduill.substack.com
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First Chapter Reads E43 (opens the original)
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Demon Engine is a heart stopping high-seas adventure featuring deep sea demons that certain skilled individuals can summon and control. But with these talents comes other torments. Ghosts or remora like to attach themselves to cleavers, leaving our MC with hundreds of competing voices in their head that can only be quietened by a lot of grog. Relatable right? You can get Martens book in ebook, paperback and audiobook. If you love Martens writing as much as I do you can sign up to read an advance
First Chapter Reads E42 (opens the original)
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This week I bring you Re-Emergence by the excellent Alan K Dell "It was just a myth. Just a damn legend passed down from corrupted databanks..."A mysterious probe from a long-forgotten satellite network appears in the heart of the Maldaccian Empire, warning about the return of a mythological evil.The Re-Emergence is a classic high-tech space opera described as "truly extraordinary" with "a feel somewhere between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica". Well This Happened You might remember my book C
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