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Scott Alan Kay

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Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal

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Steven Saylor, Anne Rice

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Scott Alan Kay is an American author and U.S. Air Force veteran who writes character driven dark and urban fantasy filled with flawed heroes, secular mythologies, and a sharp touch of sarcasm. Based in the American West, his perspective is shaped by a twenty five year career as a professional cook, a love of deep world building, and a passion for exploring the gray spaces between light and shadow.

He is the creator of the Sword and Shield Saga, an expansive urban fantasy series beginning with Tale of the Four Winds, where ancient angels are the enemy, monsters are the heroes, and found family is worth fighting for.

His latest project, The Children of METATRON: The Vanishing, is a fast paced, standalone urban mystery under 300 pages. Blending ...more

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Physical Book Updates and Playing the 72-Hour Waiting Game

It has been quite a while since I checked in here on my Goodreads blog, so I figured it was the perfect time to pull back the curtain and give you an update on what is happening behind the scenes of The Sword & Shield Saga.
If you want to experience a very specific kind of publishing suspense, try hitting the update button on your paperback and hardcover books.
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The Saint of Bright Doors

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The Saint of Bright Doors: Shortlisted for the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel!

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LOVED THIS BOOK!!!! Wow, the throw back to Stalin era intrigue from a modern era is amazing. It's better than the movie, of course. But Daniel Craig in the movie was a huge win. Maybe I should read this again.... loved it!!!! ...more
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Love this series, but dangit.... this is the last one. You cannot help but fall in love with these characters.
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