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  • The Author


    Mark Chadbourn is the author of The Kingdom of the Serpent - Jack of Ravens and The Burning Man - as well as the mytho-fantasy trilogies The Age of Misrule and The Dark Age.

    A full-time novelist and screen-writer, Mark lives in Leicestershire, UK.




    The Books


    Destroyer of Worlds, part three of the Kingdom of the Serpent series, will be published in hardback and trade paperback in July 2009 by Gollancz in the UK.

    Read an extract from the book at www.markchadbourn.net

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    Lord of Silence, a stand-alone novel, will be published as a mass-market paperback in July 2009 by Solaris Books in the UK.

    Read an extract from the book at www.markchadbourn.net

    Buy paperback from Amazon.co.uk




    The Burning Man, part two of the Kingdom of the Serpent series, is now available in mass-market paperback from Gollancz in the UK.

    Read an extract from the book at www.markchadbourn.net

    Buy hardback from Amazon.co.uk
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    Jack of Ravens, part one of the Kingdom of the Serpent series, is now available in mass-market paperback from Gollancz in the UK.


    Read an extract from the book at www.markchadbourn.net

    Buy hardback from Amazon.co.uk
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