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GRIMDARK MAGAZINE REVIEWS PATERNUS
July 9, 2017
Dyrk Ashton
GRIMDARK MAGAZINE REVIEWS PATERNUS
Dyrk Ashton
July 9, 2017

GRIMDARK MAGAZINE REVIEWS PATERNUS

Dyrk Ashton
July 9, 2017

"An extremely fun book and definitely dark as well as violent." Okay! http://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-paternus-dyrk-ashton/

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News Archive

  • October 2024
    • Oct 15, 2024 Thunder Kraken Cover & Release Schedule! Oct 15, 2024
  • November 2023
    • Nov 15, 2023 THE KRAKEN HAS BEEN RELEASED! Nov 15, 2023
  • October 2023
    • Oct 9, 2023 Kraken Rider Z is coming Nov. 14! Oct 9, 2023
  • May 2022
    • May 7, 2022 We have a Podcast! May 7, 2022
    • May 7, 2022 FUNDED AND DONE! May 7, 2022
    • May 7, 2022 PATERNUS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY Audiobook now available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes May 7, 2022
  • March 2022
    • Mar 14, 2022 PATERNUS: WAR OF GODS AUDIOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, AUDIBLE, AND ITUNES! Mar 14, 2022
  • February 2022
    • Feb 17, 2022 PATERNUS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY Feb 17, 2022
  • May 2021
    • May 9, 2021 What's Next for Dyrk? May 9, 2021
  • December 2019
    • Dec 28, 2019 Paternus: War of Gods Release Date Change Dec 28, 2019
  • November 2019
    • Nov 19, 2019 WE DID IT! Nov 19, 2019
  • October 2019
    • Oct 20, 2019 Coming soon: Kickstarter for Paternus: Rise of Gods Hardbacks! Oct 20, 2019
  • September 2019
    • Sep 23, 2019 Announcing a Kickstarter for Rise of Gods Hardbacks! Sep 23, 2019
    • Sep 23, 2019 Finally, an official release date for Paternus: War of Gods! Sep 23, 2019
  • August 2019
    • Aug 28, 2019 My (super brief) review of The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Aug 28, 2019
    • Aug 28, 2019 My Review of The True Bastards by Jonathan French Aug 28, 2019
    • Aug 11, 2019 My review of The Cracked Amulet by R.B. Watkinson Aug 11, 2019
    • Aug 11, 2019 My review of Twilight of the Gods by Scott Oden Aug 11, 2019
    • Aug 11, 2019 My review of Uncanny Collateral by Brian McClellan Aug 11, 2019
  • July 2019
    • Jul 28, 2019 WorldCon and EuroCon, Here I Come! Complete panel schedule… Jul 28, 2019
    • Jul 2, 2019 My review of The Wolf's Call, by Anthony Ryan Jul 2, 2019
    • Jul 2, 2019 My review of Warlord, by Keith McArdle Jul 2, 2019
  • June 2019
    • Jun 25, 2019 Fantasy Fiends Podcast! Jun 25, 2019
    • Jun 10, 2019 Cover reveal of Paternus: War of Gods on Fantasy Book Critic Jun 10, 2019
    • Jun 1, 2019 My review of The Unspoken Name, by A.K. Larkwood Jun 1, 2019
  • May 2019
    • May 13, 2019 L.A. Area Book Signing! May 13, 2019
  • April 2019
    • Apr 20, 2019 My Review of Malice by John Gwynne Apr 20, 2019
  • January 2019
    • Jan 6, 2019 Progress Report - Paternus: War of Gods (The Paternus Trilogy #3) Jan 6, 2019
  • December 2018
    • Dec 31, 2018 My Review of The Ventifact Colossus by Dorian Hart Dec 31, 2018
    • Dec 30, 2018 My Review of The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft Dec 30, 2018
  • November 2018
    • Nov 30, 2018 My Review of The Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin-King Nov 30, 2018
    • Nov 24, 2018 My review of Someone Like Me by M. R. Carey Nov 24, 2018
    • Nov 11, 2018 My short but sweet review of Never Die by Rob J. Hayes Nov 11, 2018
    • Nov 11, 2018 My review of Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames Nov 11, 2018
    • Nov 3, 2018 Can't believe it. We won! Nov 3, 2018
  • October 2018
    • Oct 23, 2018 "Fall of Fantasy" Audiobook Extravaganza! Oct 23, 2018
    • Oct 23, 2018 Wrath of Gods is a finalist in the Booknest Fantasy Awards - And you can vote! Oct 23, 2018
    • Oct 23, 2018 My choice for semi-finalist in this year's #SPFBO! Oct 23, 2018
  • August 2018
    • Aug 5, 2018 My review of The Empire of Ashes: The Draconis Memoria #3 by Anthony Ryan Aug 5, 2018
    • Aug 5, 2018 My review of The Wolf of Oren-yaro by Kay Villoso Aug 5, 2018
    • Aug 5, 2018 My review of Bloodwitch: A Living Blade Novella by Timandra Whitecastle Aug 5, 2018
    • Aug 5, 2018 My review of I Was a Teenage Weredeer by Charles Phipps and Muchael Suttkus Aug 5, 2018
    • Aug 5, 2018 My review of Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft Aug 5, 2018
    • Aug 2, 2018 Terrible Ten 'Convention' Video by Ben Galley Aug 2, 2018
  • May 2018
    • May 22, 2018 "Greensleeves" The official drink of Paternus, brought to you by The Tome & Tankard May 22, 2018
  • April 2018
    • Apr 6, 2018 Fantastic article on indie books and where to find them! Apr 6, 2018
  • February 2018
    • Feb 27, 2018 Catching up on Book Reviews. FIVE of them! Feb 27, 2018
  • September 2017
    • Sep 25, 2017 New branding for Paternus and Book 2 news! Sep 25, 2017
    • Sep 17, 2017 My review of M. R. Carey's The Boy on the Bridge Sep 17, 2017
  • July 2017
    • Jul 15, 2017 NEW COVER PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE! Jul 15, 2017
    • Jul 15, 2017 UDATE ON DELAY FOR PATERNUS NEW COVER PAPERBACK Jul 15, 2017
    • Jul 15, 2017 DELAY FOR NEW COVER PAPERBACK Jul 15, 2017
    • Jul 14, 2017 #PATERNUS PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE WITH NEW COVER Jul 14, 2017
    • Jul 11, 2017 BOHOMIND INTERVIEW - THE FINAL ROUND Jul 11, 2017
    • Jul 10, 2017 SOME KNUCKLEHEAD INTERVIEWED BY BOHOMIND.COM, PT. 2 Jul 10, 2017
    • Jul 9, 2017 GRIMDARK MAGAZINE REVIEWS PATERNUS Jul 9, 2017
    • Jul 8, 2017 IT'S HEEEERE! THE NEW COVER FOR PATERNUS REVEALED! Jul 8, 2017
    • Jul 8, 2017 NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEW AT A BOHEMIAN MIND AT WORK! Jul 8, 2017
  • September 2016
    • Sep 10, 2016 NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, BLOG REVIEWS AND MORE! Sep 10, 2016
  • May 2016
    • May 1, 2016 MAY DAY! MAY DAY! PATERNUS IS RELEASED! May 1, 2016
  • April 2016
    • Apr 3, 2016 Ch. 5, Goodreads Giveaway, Fantasticon Toledo, SFWA Conference! Apr 3, 2016
  • March 2016
    • Mar 14, 2016 Paternus avail for preorder on Amazon & B&N! Mar 14, 2016
    • Mar 12, 2016 Chapter 4 Now Avail., New Interview, Production Update! Mar 12, 2016
    • Mar 6, 2016 Thank you for the fantastic Reddit Fantasy Author's AMA! Mar 6, 2016
  • February 2016
    • Feb 21, 2016 Chapter 3 Now Available! March 1 Reddit AMA, Book Trailer Feb 21, 2016
  • January 2016
    • Jan 30, 2016 Book Cover, Chapter 2, Reddit Fantasy AMA, Book Reviews! Jan 30, 2016
    • Jan 6, 2016 Welcome to Paternus! Jan 6, 2016

Blog Archive

  • September 2017
    • Sep 17, 2017 My review of M. R. Carey's The Boy on the Bridge Sep 17, 2017
  • April 2017
    • Apr 27, 2017 SPFBO AudioBook Giveaway! Apr 27, 2017
  • July 2016
    • Jul 18, 2016 Review of Robert J. Bennett's City of Stairs Jul 18, 2016
    • Jul 18, 2016 Review of Sara Dobie Bauer's Bite Somebody Jul 18, 2016
    • Jul 18, 2016 Review of Chuck Wendig's Blackbirds Jul 18, 2016
  • May 2016
    • May 8, 2016 Review of Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy May 8, 2016
    • May 8, 2016 Review of M. R. Carey's Fellside May 8, 2016
  • February 2016
    • Feb 25, 2016 Review of A. Dale Triplett's Halcyon's Wake Feb 25, 2016
  • January 2016
    • Jan 17, 2016 Review of Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone Jan 17, 2016
    • Jan 17, 2016 Review of The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey Jan 17, 2016
    • Jan 17, 2016 Review of Half a King by Joe Abercrombie Jan 17, 2016
    • Jan 17, 2016 Review of Redshirts by John Scalzi Jan 17, 2016
    • Jan 17, 2016 Review of The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Jan 17, 2016
    • Jan 2, 2016 Blog Coming Soon! Jan 2, 2016

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