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C G Maskell
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Indie fantasy author of The Jothran Chronicles. BEGGARS' DUST and PAUPERS' GOLD OUT NOW! Part three, PRETENDER'S RUIN... coming... No DMs please.

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BEGGARS' DUST. An ancient evil is freed from its chains, and a government corrupted. A forgotten race in the mountains hides a great secret. Four youngsters linked by mind-talk seek answers, and begin an epic journey to discover their cultural past and their destiny.
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January 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
BEGGARS' DUST. An ancient evil is freed from its chains, and a government corrupted. A forgotten race in the mountains hides a great secret. Four youngsters linked by mind-talk seek answers, and begin an epic journey to discover their cultural past and their destiny.
📖 #BluePit #P #A #F
January 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
New year, new fantasy series...?

The first two books of the Jothran Chronicles are OUT NOW! Please support an indie author today and give them a try!
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Beggars' Dust: mybook.to/BeggarsDust
Paupers' Gold: mybook.to/PaupersGold
January 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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24: Cats and rodents roam at night - and other unseen things, but nothing that doesn’t haunt the real world. There might be the odd wolf, though many think they are extinct in Nereboth…
December 24, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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23: There are ‘mouffes’ in Sardala - huge shaggy cows. Perhaps something like buffalo... only not quite.
December 23, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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22: A wild animals snippet...
December 23, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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19: There are certainly paid servants and helpers in my world. And there are ex-slaves who are comfortable remaining with the families they help after being given their freedom, in exchange for accomodation and security - almost like part of the family.
December 19, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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18: My MC can do chores with the best of them. But you won’t see him doing many – he’s too busy with his job. Later, his life will change altogether… but that’s another (part of the) story.
December 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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17: Dressmakers and tailors make and repair clothes, by hand… and so do ordinary folk, servants, friends when needs must. At one point, Jenitha has a nice little line in embroidered blouses.
December 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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16: As in real life, all sorts of people prepare food. Family members, servants, innkeepers... Occasionally, some surprising characters - but everyone's gotta eat!
December 16, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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15: A work/chores snippet (oops, late again!)
December 16, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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Oops, somehow I missed 13! 🤦‍♀️
Family names run through the male line. Married women become ‘dem’ (wife of) husband's family name… as Marga dem Thorisen.
December 14, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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14: It's generally accepted that children and the elderly are taken care of by their families!
December 14, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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11: But who is the villain...? Jamin Cartran has become a loner following early widowhood, and then acrimonious divorce. He has children he no longer sees, and an obsession with his work. You could say he’s his own worst enemy... but that will turn out not to be the truth…
December 13, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Beggars' Dust is just 99c in the US for a few days only!

✍️ #epicfantasy #specfic #fantasy #writing #indieauthor #books 💙📚
December 13, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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10: Dareth loves his family, but his visions of evil and subsequent brainwashing play havoc with his relationship with his parents, particularly his father, a Peace Officer then Justiciar.
December 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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8: A 'family' snippet.
December 9, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Book 2 of The Jothran Chronicles is out now!
🔗 mybook.to/BeggarsDust
December 7, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Currently enjoying this! 💙📚 I read a bit of everything, but anything set in the middle ages immerses me in worlds similar to my own story world, so it's helpful for staying 'in the zone' when writing... ✍️ #booksky #writingcommunity
December 6, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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6: Parasites... Not really... though you might liken a certain malicious spiritual being to a parasite.
December 6, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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5: Medicine is herbal (Shaenna is a great herbalist and knows all the useful plants!), therapies are natural, anatomy has been studied and analysed. There are the usual diseases – colds and pox, and also more serious things – lung diseases and
cancers.
December 5, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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4: The latest big development is black powder, which is used for blasting in mines, and will soon be adapted for weapons…
December 4, 2024 at 4:40 PM
The tree is up! 🎄😀
December 4, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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3: Science is a growing discipline. There are chemists engaged in analysing the world, botanists examining plants, physicists developing mechanical systems…
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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2: To begin with, my people aren’t concerned with how they came to be, they just are. Their views on where they came from will develop as their story develops...
December 3, 2024 at 12:10 PM