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Rustin Petrae

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Born

in San Antonio, The United States

September 06

Website

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Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction

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Terry Brooks, Stephen King, Jim Butcher, Piers Anthony ...more

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October 2012

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Rustin Petrae is the author of the Histories of Purga Novels, the Bane Pack Novels, Hybrid Earth, and Forfeit. He is also a graphic designer and recent BFA graduate from The Ohio State University. Currently, he lives in Ohio but was actually born in San Antonio, TX. However, he spent most of his childhood and early adulthood overseas in Japan and Korea. The experiences gained from living in Japan (Misawa Air Force Base) and Korea (Yongsan Army Base and Osan Air Force Base) helped shape his writing. Living among other cultures did a lot to expand his worldview. He started writing very early on but was interested in becoming an author even back in elementary school. In fact, when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up as part of a school ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 170 ratings · 72 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Blood Ties: The First (Bane Pack, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Dragon (Histories of Purga, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Blood Ties: The Second (Bane Pack, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 19 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
	Roc (Histories of Purga #2) 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Cat's Paw 3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Forfeit: An Anthology of Short Stories 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Ties: The Third: A Bane Pack Novel 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Hybrid Earth Issue #1 by Rustin Petrae (Goodreads Author), Fredrick Allison Jr. (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 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
	Hybrid Earth Issue #2 by Rustin Petrae (Goodreads Author), Fredrick Allison Jr. (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Basilisk it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Another Face in the Crowd: Life in the Face of Cancer

I decided to start a new segment on my blog. I call it Another Face in the Crowd because to the larger world, that's really what I am....

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Series by Rustin Petrae

Bane Pack (2 books)
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Histories of Purga (2 books)
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Making Connections: 623. - CAT'S PAW by Rustin Petrae	8	18	Oct 26, 2012 10:56PM
Making Connections: 907. - BLOOD TIES: The First by Rustin Petrae	41	57	Apr 07, 2013 07:10AM
David Estes Fans ...: R&R # 5 - BOOK ONE: DRAGON by Rustin Petrae	75	91	Jun 20, 2013 01:36PM
David Estes Fans ...: R&R # 47 - BOOK TWO: ROC (Histories of Purga #2) by Rustin Petrae	27	55	Jun 01, 2014 08:36PM
Making Connections: 4052. - BLOOD TIES: The Second by Rustin Petrae	12	23	Nov 17, 2015 12:49PM
Goodreads Authors...: IAT: Indie Author Tactics	202	907	Dec 29, 2015 10:43PM
Making Connections: 5092. - FORFEIT: An Anthology of Short Stories by Rustin Petrae	1	6	Jan 08, 2018 03:54PM
Making Connections: 5091. - BASILISK (A Histories of Purga Novel) by Rustin Petrae	6	25	May 09, 2018 11:19AM
Making Connections: 5090. - ROC (Histories of Purga #2) by Rustin Petrae	6	21	May 09, 2018 11:20AM
Making Connections: Goodreads Friends	453	1404	Sep 07, 2018 04:14PM

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