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Dead Weight: A Tale of the Faerie War
Series · 4 books · 2014-2015

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#1

DEAD WEIGHT

The Tombs

2014

Not all faerie tales have happy endings! Scarred by the horrors that plague him from his time with the Marines during the Faerie War, Boy Scout just wants to numb his mind and forget any way he can. Fate has other plans. Forces from both Earth and Faerie care nothing for Boy Scout's wishes. He is too important and both sides seek to use him again, but too what end? Boy Scout doesn't know. He only knows he's tired of being used. Will the King of Faerie and the U.S. government get Boy Scout to dance the same old dance from the strings each has tied to him, or will he cut those strings and write a new story?
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#2

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Paladin: A Tale of the Faerie War

2014

From Amazon: NOT ALL FAERIE TALES HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS! In this Second instalment of the serialized novel DEAD WEIGHT, Cendrine South is on the run. While she evades agents of the King of Faerie, she must locate her father's long-lost childhood friend and find a place to delve into her father's journal. What secrets from the Faerie War does it hold? Will those secrets help stop the next conflict between Earth and Faerie?
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Search and Destroy: A Tale of the Faerie War

2015

DEAD WEIGHT: Search and Destroy How far will you go to chase your dreams? This is the third installment of the serialized novel DEAD WEIGHT, set within the world of THE FAERIE WAR. More than anything else, Violet wants to be a bard. On her sixteenth birthday, she decides to force her dreams to become a reality by looking into a certain keyhole painting on a certain tour, a painting known to touch mortals with faerie magic. Her choice opens up entirely new worlds to Violet, worlds she's not certain she's ready for. And what of Boy Scout’s journal? We have already followed the tale of Roland the Bold. What other secrets are contained within? Follow the story of Lies, a war correspondent attached to a platoon of U.S. Marines as they patrol through Faerie. Will his chapter reveal as many secrets as Tommy’s? Remember: Not all Faerie Tales have happy endings.
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DEAD WEIGHT

Warrior Poet: A Tale of the Faerie War

2015

Not all faerie tales have happy endings. In the aftermath of the Faerie War, Cendrine and Roland the Bold, race to defend the newest champion of the Unseelie court. Will they reach her before Oberon's wizard can carry Violet off to Arcadia to serve the King of Faerie's whim? And back during the war, Boy Scout must choose his course carefully. Choices create ripples that have ramifications in Arcadia and beyond. Can he come to terms with his growing bardic talents and become a man worthy of completing the Platoon's goals? Will he choose to embrace what it means to be a Warrior Poet? Bards everywhere are trying to control the strands of fate and destiny as forces from two worlds rush headlong to another confrontation, a confrontation that may very well destroy at least one world, perhaps both. Can a small, rag-tag group manipulate the laws that govern two disparate worlds in order to save both?

Author

M. Todd Gallowglas
M. Todd Gallowglas
Author · 14 books

M Todd Gallowglas has been a professional storyteller at Renaissance Faires and Medieval Festivals for over twenty years. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University in 2009, he used his storytelling show as a platform to launch his fiction career. He is the author of the Tears of Rage and Halloween Jack series, which have spent time on various bestseller lists. He was a fiction contributor for Fantasy Flight Games and developed creative content for the reboot of the children's classic Reading Rainbow. Now he spends most of his time trying to find the perfect balance between family, writing, airsoft (because it's not as messy as paintball), and gaming while he's not off somewhere telling stories. M Todd Gallowglas is a proud member of the Genre Underground.

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