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Thomas E. Cole

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I signed onto this website because I love reading and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to keep a record of all the books I've ever read, at least so far as I can recall. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but I keep adding books when I remember them.
Then I discovered that my own book was on here and I’ve now claimed it. I grew up in a world of stories, particularly science fiction and fantasy and so world building is something I’ve always done for fun. Unlike so many others who write sci-fi and fantasy, I’m not a gamer, but I am a history buff with a fascination about all the things that make us human. Hence the stories I like to read and write are character driven and rooted deep in real or imagined history. Nothing grows ...more

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Gellin the Cursed (A Gellin Foggal-son novel Book 1)

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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

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