{"id":3114,"date":"2014-04-08T18:28:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T01:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3114"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:24","slug":"recommended-reading-darons-guitar-chronicles-cj-cherry-lorna-freeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/recommended-reading-darons-guitar-chronicles-cj-cherry-lorna-freeman\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended reading: Daron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles; CJ Cherryh; Lorna Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Recommended reading<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><i>Daron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles<\/i>, by Cecilia Tan [mm, rock and roll]<\/p>\n<p>Updates weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays at <a href=\"http:\/\/daron.ceciliatan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/daron.ceciliatan.com\/<\/a>. It&#8217;s hundreds of thousands of words into the series, so you might want to pick up the ebooks to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>Volume 1 is free, if you want to get started with reading, otherwise the ebooks are $4.99 each.<\/p>\n<p>Blurb borrowed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/25887?ref=HarperKingsley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smashwords<\/a>: Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Coming out and coming of age in the days of AIDS, MTV, Reaganomics, and Just Say No. Daron Marks is a young guitar player with a dream: make it big like the guys he grew up idolizing in New Jersey&#8211;or at least escape his dysfunctional family. He makes it as far as music school in Rhode Island, and the stages of Boston beckon. But it&#8217;s hard to succeed from the closet.<\/p>\n<p>Daron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles: Volume 1 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004EHZUA0\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/25887?ref=HarperKingsley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smashwords<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/192806067\/Daron-s-Guitar-Chronicles-Volume-One\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\nDaron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles: Volume 2 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0056QJLI0\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/67708?ref=HarperKingsley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smashwords<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/206753854\/Daron-s-Guitar-Chronicles-Volume-Two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\nDaron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles: Volume 3 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B005HVXTRI\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/82485?ref=HarperKingsley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smashwords<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/206850272\/Daron-s-Guitar-Chronicles-Volume-Three\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\nDaron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles: Volume 4 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00AECESNO\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/259354?ref=HarperKingsley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smashwords<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/194720455\/Daron-s-Guitar-Chronicles-Volume-Four\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\nDaron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles: Volume 5 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00FO39C1Q\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/364686?ref=HarperKingsley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smashwords<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/196709947\/Daron-s-Guitar-Chronicles-Volume-Five\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0615697593\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles: Omnibus Edition Volume 1<\/a> (print).<\/p>\n<p>You can also find all five volumes on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/cecilia8tan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a> if you&#8217;ve got a subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is Cecilia Tan&#8217;s birthday. So everyone wish her a happy day \ud83d\ude42 She&#8217;s also running a <a title=\"Kickstarter: Daron's Guitar Chronicles Omnibus 2\" href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/R31kCx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kickstarter<\/a> that begins on her birthday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/ceciliatan\/darons-guitar-chronicles-second-omnibus-paperback\/widget\/video.html\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>C.J. Cherryh [science fiction, fantasy]<\/p>\n<p>Science fiction and fantasy author. She&#8217;s written a ton of books, and having read most of them, I would rate her as my favorite overall author. The ones listed here are the ones that I consider some of her best.<\/p>\n<p>The Fortress Series: [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fortress_Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>] My favorite!<br \/>\nBlurb borrowed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/163588723\/Fortress-in-the-Eye-of-Time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>: Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose &#8212; to create out of the insubstance of the air, from a shimmering of light and a fluttering of shadows. That most wondrous of spells, a Shaping. A Shaping in the form of a, young man who will be sent east on the road the old was to old to travel. To right the wrongs of a long-forgotten wizard war, and call new wars into being.<\/p>\n<p>Fortress In the Eye of Time [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0061056898\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/163588723\/Fortress-in-the-Eye-of-Time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\nFortress of Eagles [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/006105710X\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/163653618\/Fortress-of-Eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\nFortress of Owls [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000FC1S9A\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/163561403\/Fortress-of-Owls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\nFortress of Dragons [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0061020443\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/163595319\/Fortress-of-Dragons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<br \/>\nFortress of Ice [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0380820250\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/163572510\/Fortress-of-Ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Downbelow Station [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Downbelow_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756400597\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Merchanter&#8217;s Luck [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Merchanter%27s_Luck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>] &#8212; The single version is no longer available, but Alliance Space [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756404940\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] contains <i>Merchanter&#8217;s Luck<\/i> and <i>Forty Thousand In Gehenna<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Cyteen [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyteen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0446671274\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nRegenesis [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regenesis_%28novel%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756405920\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Chanur novels: [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Chanur_novels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>].<br \/>\nThe Chanur Saga (<i>The Pride of Chanur<\/i>, <i>Chanur&#8217;s Venture<\/i>, <i>The Kif Strike Back<\/i>) [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0886779308\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nChanur&#8217;s Endgame (Chanur&#8217;s Homecoming, Chanur&#8217;s Legacy) [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756404444\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Faded Sun Trilogy [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Faded_Sun_Trilogy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0886778697\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Deep Beyond [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756403111\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>] comprises <i>Serpent&#8217;s Reach<\/i> and <i>Cuckoo&#8217;s Egg<\/i>. Both stories are particular favorites of mine, so this is a great deal.<br \/>\nSerpent&#8217;s Reach [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serpent%27s_Reach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>].<br \/>\nCuckoo&#8217;s Egg [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuckoo%27s_Egg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Morgaine Saga (<i>Gate of Ivrel<\/i>, <i>Well of Shiuan<\/i>, <i>Fires of Azeroth<\/i>) [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Morgaine_Stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0886778778\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Foreigner universe: [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foreigner_universe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>].<br \/>\nArc 1 (<i>Foreigner<\/i>, <i>Invader<\/i>, <i>Inheritor<\/i>): focuses on an assassination attempt against Bren Cameron, an act illegal by the peace treaty made following the War of the Landing. The attempt proves to be a conspiracy by factions of humans and atevi to depose Bren as the paidhi, or official translator between the two cultures. The Starship Phoenix returns, causing the entire system to come out of balance, causing political unrest on both Mospheira and the mainland, and while the atevi change from simple rocketry to advanced single-stage-to-orbit shuttles, radically altering their economic and industrial base in the process.<br \/>\nForeigner [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756402514\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nInvader [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0886776872\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nInheritor [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0886777283\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nArc 2 (<i>Precursor<\/i>, <i>Defender<\/i>, <i>Explorer<\/i>): focuses on Bren as he is elevated by Tabini to be the Lord of the Heavens, making him a lord of the aishidi&#8217;tat with authority to negotiate. Bren is then charged with taking Tabini&#8217;s heir, Cajeiri, and Ilisidi, Cajeri&#8217;s great grandmother, to see to a threat of aliens encountered by Phoenix, but Bren and the aiji-dowager must first solve a mutiny aboard Phoenix.<br \/>\nPrecursor [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0886779103\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nDefender [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756400201\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nExplorer [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756401313\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nArc 3 (<i>Destroyer<\/i>, <i>Pretender<\/i>, <i>Deliverer<\/i>): focuses on the return of Bren Cameron, Ilisidi and Cajeiri from deep space and their encounter with the alien Kyo. They find the aishidi&#8217;tat in tatters, Tabini-aiji rumored to be dead, and Murini, the pretender-aiji, on the throne in Shejidan. The kyo will expect to meet a unified planet under the rule of Tabini-aiji. Bren, the dowager, and the aiji must restore order before the kyo arrive for negotiations.<br \/>\nDestroyer [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756403332\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nPretender [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756404088\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nDeliverer [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756404673\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nArc 4 (<i>Conspirator<\/i>, <i>Deceiver<\/i>, <i>Betrayer<\/i>): set in the immediate aftermath of the third arc, and is set against the shifting political relations between the different Atevi ethnic factions. With Tabini restored in Shejidan, Cameron must find a way to stabilise the Eastern and coastal regions where he has his own Lordly estate. The peace gained with the restoration of Tabini&#8217;s rule is threatened by long standing ethnic and cultural differences between the ruling Ragi Atevi and the more conservative Edi and Eastern clans.<br \/>\nConspirator [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756406048\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nDeceiver [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756406641\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nBetrayer [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756407141\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nArc 5 (<i>Intruder<\/i>, <i>Protector<\/i>, <i>Peacemaker<\/i>)<br \/>\nIntruder [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756407931\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nProtector [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756408539\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nPeacemaker [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0756408830\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The Gene Wars universe: [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Gene_Wars_universe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>].<br \/>\nHammerfall [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/163575003\/Hammerfall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000FC1R96\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<br \/>\nForge of Heaven [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/163625779\/Forge-of-Heaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribd<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0061057096\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Ealdwood Stories: [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ealdwood_Stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>].<br \/>\nThe Dreaming Tree (single volume containing <i>The Dreamstone<\/i>, and <i>The Tree of Swords and Jewels<\/i>) [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0886777828\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><i>The Borderlands series<\/i>, by Lorna Freeman [fantasy]<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, the first two books are unavailable except in used editions, which some people have taken advantage of to sell their copies for obscene amounts. The series is good, but not $22-54 good.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully if there&#8217;s enough interest, the two books will be reissued at a reasonable, non-exploitative price. Remember when <i>Kirith Kirin<\/i> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004UT6D76\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4.99 for kindle<\/a>] went out of print, then enough people wanted it that there was a rush to sell the used copies and some sellers wanted $375+ and then when another edition was published the cover price was over $20?<\/p>\n<p>For used books, always check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/servlet\/SearchResults?an=Lorna+Freeman&amp;sts=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abebooks.com<\/a> before paying a ton of money. And while you&#8217;re there, don&#8217;t forget to look up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/servlet\/SearchResults?kn=Elizabeth+willey&amp;sts=t&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Willey<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/servlet\/SearchResults?kn=merro+tree&amp;sts=t&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Merro-Tree<\/a> by Katie Waitman.<\/p>\n<p>Book One: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0451459806\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Covenants<\/a> (out of print, used copies).<br \/>\nBook Two: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0451460715\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The King&#8217;s Own<\/a> (out of print, used copies).<br \/>\nBook Three: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0451463226\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shadows Past<\/a>.<br \/>\nBook Four: The Reckoning Flames (forthcoming?).<\/p>\n<p>Blurb borrowed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0451460715\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>: When Rabbit joined the Royal Army of Iversterre, he was just trying to get off the family farm. Instead, he got mixed up with a magical from the Border, learned he couldn&#8217;t escape his noble lineage, and developed some surprising talents that he can&#8217;t always control. But with Iversterre sliding toward the abyss, Rabbit needs to master his powers quickly-before someone else does it for him.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, though she made mention of a fourth book, Lorna Freeman seems to have disappeared sometime in 2011. She made a post to her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lornafreeman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 1<\/a>, and that was it. No more sightings of her on the Internet, no mentions of her popping in anywhere IRL, nothing. It&#8217;s kind of mysterious and spooky.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote this excellent series, and her fans would love to hear more from her. I hope that she is well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recommended reading: Daron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles, by Cecilia Tan [mm, rock and roll] Updates weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays at http:\/\/daron.ceciliatan.com\/. It&#8217;s hundreds of thousands of words into the series, so you might want to pick up the ebooks to catch up. Volume 1 is free, if you want to get started with reading, otherwise the&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/recommended-reading-darons-guitar-chronicles-cj-cherry-lorna-freeman\/\" title=\"Recommended reading: Daron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles; CJ Cherryh; Lorna Freeman\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recommended reading: Daron&#8217;s Guitar Chronicles; CJ Cherryh; Lorna Freeman<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[200,212,251,460,606],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kindled","tag-cecilia-tan","tag-cj-cherryh","tag-darons-guitar-chronicles","tag-lorna-freeman","tag-rec"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-Oe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":613,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/where-are-all-of-the-book-remixes-at-the-book-remix-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":3114,"position":0},"title":"Where are all of the book remixes at? The Book Remix Project?","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"April 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"My brain just totally popped with an idea that I feel like I should immediately share with the world: Book Remixes I've admitted my secret \"shame\" before - my fondness for reading fanfiction - and one of the things fanfic authors like to do is a story remix. It's basically\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Journal&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Journal","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/category\/journal-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":275,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/movie-review-pandorum-sci-fi-horror\/","url_meta":{"origin":3114,"position":1},"title":"MOVIE REVIEW: Pandorum [sci-fi, horror]","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"January 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Title: Pandorum Genre: sci-fi, horror Rating: R Director: Christian Alvart Writers: Travis Milloy (screenplay) Stars: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet Summary borrowed from IMDB: A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities. ---------------------------- If you like gritty sci-fi\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Movie Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Movie Reviews","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/category\/reviews\/movie-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/yMEhkTxs3_E\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2439,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/i-am-in-a-writing-mood-today-and-i-love-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":3114,"position":2},"title":"I am in a writing mood today and I love it","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"May 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I am in a writing mood today and I love it. There are just some days when you wake up thinking, \"I am going to finish some stuff.\" And that was me today. -I've wrapped up a few chapters of Paradigm Shift. I write them on my Kindle using ColorNote,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mailed&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mailed","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/category\/kindled\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3562,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/ends-dec-31-lt3-sale-25-off-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":3114,"position":3},"title":"Ends Dec 31. Lt3 sale. 25% off books","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"December 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There's been a sale happening at Less Than Three Press. 25% off books. If you're looking to pick up a copy of \"Heroes & Villains,\" \"Allies & Enemies,\" or \"Rocking Hard: Volume 1\" to add to your Harper Kingsley collection, now's a good time to hit that. 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Then I read the bios of a couple of guys named John Brisker and Jack Johnson, and of course I'm completely in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;What's up buttercup?&quot;","block_context":{"text":"What's up buttercup?","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/category\/whats-up-buttercup\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/recap-madness\/","url_meta":{"origin":3114,"position":5},"title":"recap madness","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"August 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's \"H&V: The Wedding\" on Smashwords\u00a0and here it is on Amazon\u00a0 Looking at it in the light of day, yeah, that cover is really just too cute for what goes on inside the story. It looks like it's supposed to be a comedy piece, but it's more a serious superhero\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Real Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Real Life","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/category\/real-life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6247,"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3114\/revisions\/6247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}