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#epicfantasy

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Hannah Steenbock

Monday Markething!

Today, I want to share the trope matrix for South Breaks, the first book in my Winds & Pillars series.

South Breaks made semi-finalist in SPFBO last year, something I'm very, very proud of. The review from that is quite amazing.

And you know, the ebook is free! What keeps you from trying it out?

All stores:
books2read.com/SouthWindsofDes

Buy direct:
shop.hannah-steenbock.de/b/sou

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Trope matrix for “South Breaks, Winds of Destiny Book 1”, by Hannah Steenbock. The brown-yellowish cover shows an Aztec Pyramid on a cloudy background. Above the pyramid, a silver compass rose hovers in a ball of energy, with four points and four bubbles between them. The South point is golden, the rest are silver. Swirls decorate the outer edge of the cover. Grouped around the cover are the following keywords: strong female MC, clever mule, magic, riveting adventure, evil priests, lost family, satisfying ending, award-winning indie author.
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Coreyartus Imagery

Just finished Ryan Cahill’s latest book, Of Empires and Dust, which is the fourth book in his The Bound and the Broken series.

Phenomenal.

Cahill has a way with contrasting epic moments against deeply intimate character-driven moments. For all the old school epic fantasy tropes that he uses, the frames them in a way that fleshes them out and makes them endearing and fun.

He’s got a way with plot twists that are amazing, and his world building is quite deep, logical, and fascinating. Every time you think he can’t take it further he makes it even richer and illuminates a new corner of an entirely new direction.

But the heart of his talent is in his finely wrought characters. It’s a huge cast, and they’re all unique and compelling. He can make your heart soar and then drive you to tears.

I highly recommend his series. It was worth it to me, and I’m happy I found him. He’s great guy on a personal level, too, and deserves the success he’s getting.

And dragons. A brilliant take on them.

ryancahillauthor.com/

Ryan Cahill - Step into the world of EpheriaHomepage - Ryan CahillRyan Cahill is an Epic Fantasy author from Dublin, Ireland. Raised by parents who cherished books and adored stories, he has always been fascinated with the art of storytelling. There are three things Ryan has always told himself about writing. Write the books you want to read. Write the books that your younger self would be proud of you for reading. Make sure they have dragons.
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S. Kaeth

NO FOOLING! Check out these 47 epic fantasy ebooks! If there's any romance in the books in this sale, it's low or no spice (closed door/fade-to-black) at the most. There's also a giveaway prize of 8 paperbacks and 10 ebooks, for 2 winners.

books.bookfunnel.com/epicfanta

My Stone Age fantasy Between Starfalls is in this sale, and right now, all signed paperbacks sold from me are 30% off.

@fantasy @sffbookclub @bookstodon

A Romanesque city with towers and waterfalls glows in the sun, and a person stands closer to the camera, looking at it. The text reads Epic Fantasy Book Sale and Giveaway.
#EpicFantasy#BookSale#IndieAuthors
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John Griogair Bell

“Our timetable will achieve the stature of a natural phenomenon,” his father said. “A planet’s life is a vast, tightly interwoven fabric. Vegetation and animal changes will be determined at first by the raw physical forces we manipulate. As they establish themselves, though, our changes will become controlling influences in their own right—and we will have to deal with them, too. Keep in mind, though, that we need control only three per cent of the energy surface—only three per cent—to tip the entire structure over into our self-sustaining system.”

library.hrmtc.com/2025/03/25/o

Hermetic Library quote Herbert Dune timetable natural phenomenon planet life vast tightly interwoven fabric control three per cent energy tip entire structure self sustaining system
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J. Hyperion

reading nook
year: 2025
description: The viewer is at the entrance of a room looking in. You can see plants in various places, a bean bag chair, a seating window, a desk and a 8 shelf bookcase. There is a corkboard on the left wall a. 
#krita #spaitialhordearts #MastoArt #artwork #digitial #painting #whimisicalFantasy #epicFantasy #highFantasy #mythologicalCreatures #fantasyCreatures #fantasyLandscapes #trans #queer #nonbinary #disabled #artist #cozy #uncanny #artStreamer

In a green room with an 8 shelf book case to the right. On the book case are vaious books, an amethyst geod, a potion, a glass ball, and a a cat statue. The bottom shelf has a white cat looking away. On the top of the bookcase is a plant with long leaves in a red pot. There are green fairy lights along the bookcase wrapping around the the right side of the room. Next to the bookcase is a purple beanbag chair. In the corner is a round end table. The back wall has two vines, one at the top and the other around the window. The window is recessed with a blue cushion. The right side has a desk with a spider plant in a green plant, a succulent in a blue pot with a blue book. The wall has a cork board with a coupe of paper tacked to it. Next to the desk is a basket full of blankets that are red, pink and blue. Closest to the viewer is a tree with blue and green leaves. The center of the room has a green rug that looks like a pile of leaves.
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Hannah Steenbock

#ScribesAndMakers 3/22. Tell us about a book you love by an indie author.

So many! So, so many. I basically read only indie these days.

So here's one that you may not ever have heard of, very indie, by an author you most likely don't know.

"The Warrior", the first in a completed series of eight books. Epic Fantasy, leaning towards dark, full of intrigue, with many gray characters and a tortured, serrated world.

amazon.com/Warrior-grimdark-fa

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www.amazon.comAmazon.com: The Warrior - an epic grimdark fantasy novel: The Memorian Prophecies - Book 1 eBook : Milrem, M.H. : Kindle StoreAmazon.com: The Warrior - an epic grimdark fantasy novel: The Memorian Prophecies - Book 1 eBook : Milrem, M.H. : Kindle Store
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J. Hyperion

quazar
year: 2025
description: Against a dark grey background is a distorted, gaunt animal face with teeth that do not fit the skull shape in shades of grey. The eyes are empty and white. 
#krita #spaitialhordearts #MastoArt #artwork #digitial #painting #whimisicalFantasy #epicFantasy #highFantasy #mythologicalCreatures #fantasyCreatures #fantasyLandscapes #trans #queer #nonbinary #disabled #artist #cozy #uncanny #artStreamer #TwitchStreamer

Against a dark grey background is a distorted, gaunt animal face with teeth that do not fit the skull shape in shades of grey. The eyes are empty and white.
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J. Hyperion

Year: 2025
Description: The viewer is on a hill filled with lavender over looks a path leading to a grassy covered cave. A blue green dragon with wings stands to the side of the opening. A tree with a long shadow off to the right of a far away castle
#krita #spaitialhordearts #MastoArt #artwork #digitial #painting #whimisicalFantasy #epicFantasy #highFantasy #mythologicalCreatures #fantasyCreatures #fantasyLandscapes #trans #queer #nonbinary #disabled #artist #cozy

Slightly right to the center, a grey castle with no visible lighting sits on the horizon line far in the distance. To the right of the castle is a tree that casts a long shadow on the surrounding grass. Between them is a purple and grey cloud that features lightning within the cloud. Another cloud with the same colour and lightning within rests at the top of the painting, twice as large, against a purple sky. To the left, a third cloud of the same kind sits with the leftmost part out of the canvas. Below the left cloud is a grassy mound with a cave inlet; a blue dragon with a green stomach and violet wings peers at the cave from a short distance. One last small cloud peers out over the horizon just above the dragon's head. Leading toward the viewer is a path from the cave that disappears behind the hill from the viewer and then reappears on the side of the hill that the viewer can see. On the far right of the foreground are a few lavender plants. On the hill close to the viewer it is easy to see the light and dark green dappled texture of the grass.
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J. Hyperion

Dragon Room
Year: 2025
Description:A room filled with book case filled with a smattering of books and potions. Scrape marks on the floor. An easel sits before two portals. On the wall is portrait of the dragon  painting a cave Below stands cornered tables with paint supplies and an oil lantern.
#krita #spaitialhordearts #MastoArt #artwork #digitial #painting #whimisicalFantasy #epicFantasy #highFantasy #mythologicalCreatures #fantasyCreatures #fantasyLandscapes #trans #queer

You are in the blue dragons art studio. It houses a book case filled with a smattering of books and potions. Scrape marks on the floor showing the bookcase opens. An easel sits infont of two portals. One out to a desert night and the other out to a cave opening. On the wall to the right is a painting of a self portrait of the dragon painting a cave Below stands cornered tables with paint supplies and an oil lantern. The cleiling is made to look like clouse wiith irridecent light shinning thorugh.
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Raila

Two completely different #fantasy novels for a change. #JohnGwynne and the #Bloodsworn series are highly popular Norse fantasy, #KhadijaAbdallaBajaber is an #Africanfantasy author from Kenya, not that widely known in my area. Both are good; I enjoyed the familiar Norse fantasy in #TheShadowoftheGods and the new-to-me African setting in #TheHouseofRust. The knitting doesn't match either of the books though!

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