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USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Marilyn Peake writes Science Fiction and Fantasy. She's one of the contributing authors in Book: The Sequel, published by The Perseus Books Group, with one of her entries included in serialization at The Daily Beast. In addition, Marilyn has served as Editor for a number of anthologies. Her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and on the literary blog, Glass Cases.

AWARDS: Silver Award, two Honorable Mentions and eight Finalist placements in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, two Winner and two Finalist placements in the EPPIE Awards, Winner of the Dream Realm Awards, Finalist placement in the 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Winner of "Best Horr ...more

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	The Other 3.54 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutation Z Series, Books #1-6: The Ebola Zombies, Closing the Borders, Protecting Our Own, Drones Overhead, Dragon in the Bunker, Desperate Measures 4.14 avg rating — 184 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shade (Shade, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ebola Zombies (Mutation Z, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood and Ashes: Dark Fantasy With a Touch of Romance 3.81 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whiskey and Dragon Fire 3.55 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shade And The Skinwalkers (Shade, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fisherman's Son (The Fisherman's Son, #1) 3.16 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutation Z Series #1-3: The Ebola Zombies, Closing the Borders, Protecting Our Own 3.65 avg rating — 46 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closing the Borders (Mutation Z, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Marilyn Peake

Mutation Z (6 books)
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Shade (6 books)
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3.35 avg rating — 94 ratings

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As soon as I finished reading Coilhunter, I moved on to reading Rustkiller, the second book in The Coilhunter Chronicles. I wanted to see what Nox, the main character who goes by Coilhunter and several other names, would do next. Each book in The Coi ...more
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Marilyn Peake rated a book it was amazing By Blood, by Salt (Land of Exile #1) by J.L. Odom (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
By Blood, By Salt is a phenomenal novel. I first heard about this book when it won the tenth Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) contest run by Mark Lawrence. I’m so glad I purchased and read a copy, originally out of curiosity. This book has mad ...more
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As soon as I finished reading Coilhunter, I moved on to reading Rustkiller, the second book in The Coilhunter Chronicles. I wanted to see what Nox, the main character who goes by Coilhunter and several other names, would do next. Each book in The Coi ...more
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Marilyn Peake rated a book it was amazing Coilhunter (The Coilhunter Chronicles, #1) by Dean F. Wilson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Coilhunter is a fantastic book. It’s a fast read filled with excellent description, interesting characters, and highly creative steampunk inventions. Nox, widely known as the Coilhunter, is a bounty hunter and a pretty scary dude. At the start of the ...more
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I had such high hopes for this book based on professional reviews. I had a paperback copy on my bookshelves for years, in addition to owning an eBook copy. I finally had a chance to read it this summer. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. ...more
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Oryx and Crake started out incredibly strong with descriptions that blew me away. However, it quickly devolved into a story about awful characters who weren’t interesting, strange theories, and a rather elitist view of the entire human race. Part of t ...more
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Where the Crawdads Sing is a fascinating, well-written novel. In the Prologue, the reader is introduced to two parts of the novel that will unfold in the following pages: the beauty and dark mystery of swampland as well as the mystery surrounding a de ...more
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In my review of The Book That Wouldn't Burn, the first book in The Library Trilogy, I wrote: “What Mark Lawrence accomplishes in this novel could only be done by an incredibly talented writer at the top of his game, although I wouldn’t be a bit surpr ...more
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I’ve read many of Mark Lawrence’s books. I’m definitely a fan of his writing. This novel, however, surpasses every book of his I’ve ever read. The Book That Wouldn't Burn is an incredibly special book, one which I’m almost at a loss to describe. What ...more
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Although I’d read three out of the four short stories in this book in other volumes, I reread them here and once again thoroughly enjoyed them. I started with the brand-new story, Tabula Rasa, and then reread the older stories. Stepping into Mark Law ...more
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