Book Series :: The Aeons' Gate

The Aeons' Gate — #1

Tome of the Undergates

Posted: September 16, 2010 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: Sam Sykes, Dark Fantasy
Tome of the Undergates

Holy freaking bottle rockets, people! This book ROCKS!

So let’s get this out of the way. Sam Sykes is awesome. He’s young, he’s hip, he’s soon to be part of the growing Overlord’s Elitist Movement. Let’s forget for just a moment though that he lives in one of the hottest places on earth (Phoenix, AZ), and the fact that he’s obviously named one of his big baddies after Yours Truly (more on that later), and instead do our best to just focus on the book he’s written. Whadd’ya say? You game?
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The Aeons' Gate — #2

Black Halo

Posted: May 13, 2011 by Writer Dan in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Sam Sykes, Dark Fantasy
Black Halo

Sophomore novel. You know the term. And if you don’t, then here. Hmm. That didn’t work very well. Did anyone else know there wasn’t a wiki for the term “Sophomore Novel”? Who’d have thought? Now I have the urge to go write one. Perhaps I will. Oh look. There’s a wiki for haiku. How about a haiku on sophomore novels:

Great debut, I say,
but then this lackluster. Why?
It is the way. [[sigh]]
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The Aeons' Gate — #3

The Skybound Sea

Posted: April 10, 2013 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: Sam Sykes, Fantasy
The Skybound Sea

When endeavoring to attract a new lover, one cannot begin to understate the dignified merits of beauty, grace, and poise; and yet nothing else, I have found, will draw undivided attention to your person more quickly than a good, swift punch to the face. Repetition encouraged.
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