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Jeff Salyards
Goodreads Author
Born
in Libertyville, The United States
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Influences
Member Since
September 2011
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Scourge of the Betrayer (Bloodsounder's Arc, #1)
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2012
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Veil of the Deserters (Bloodsounder's Arc, #2)
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2014
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Chains of the Heretic (Bloodsounder's Arc, #3)
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2016
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Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists
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2017
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Neverland's Library
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2014
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Manifesto UF
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2013
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Grimdark Magazine, Issue 22, April 2020
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2020
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The Syldoon Sun
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Scourge of the Betrayer (Bloodsounder's Arc) by Jeff Salyards (2012-05-01)
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Veil of the Deserters: Book Two: Bloodsounder's Arc by Jeff Salyards (19-Mar-2015) Paperback
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We Meet Again.
Not gonna, lie, the last year has been difficult–personally, professionally, bookishly. My stepmom (really Mom 2.0 in many ways) was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died before Christmas. The day job posed a lot of uncertainty and challenges with serious reorg stuff happening, layoffs, and general headless-chicken confusion. My old site got bushwhacked and hacked out the wazoo, so I had to co
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“You haven’t lived until you’ve grieved. Death, life, together, the same. And if you’ve only experienced life you’re only half-alive.”
― Scourge of the Betrayer
― Scourge of the Betrayer
“I'll tell you this much. Men think memories are like murals or statues or truth or whatever happened, never changes none. But that ain't so. They can capture the untruth of something, just as easy. They can change, especially as time leads to time.
(...)
To each man himself, his memories seems as solid and factual as a stone mosaic, an urn he could turn around and heft, a flower he could sniff. But when I go inside another, I don't see it or feel it like that. Everything is shimmery, shifting, like it's bathed in mist and shadow, like... like walking down the foggiest street you can think of, with everything looking not like itself at all.”
― Scourge of the Betrayer
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To each man himself, his memories seems as solid and factual as a stone mosaic, an urn he could turn around and heft, a flower he could sniff. But when I go inside another, I don't see it or feel it like that. Everything is shimmery, shifting, like it's bathed in mist and shadow, like... like walking down the foggiest street you can think of, with everything looking not like itself at all.”
― Scourge of the Betrayer
“The years cool passions for some men, neutralize poison, soften the edges of grief and rage and prejudice. But for others, they hold on even tighter to the things that burn their insides out regardless of the passage of time, or even in spite of it, as if to curse the very world itself.”
― Chains of the Heretic
― Chains of the Heretic
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“Scourge of the Betrayer is as harsh and profane as anything RichardK Morgan or Joe Abercrombie serves up. Fortunately, Saylards has the skills -and the humor - to pull it off. Snappy dialogue, political intrigue, shadycharacters, gripping action sequences, a poor guy that has no idea what he’sgotten himself into... Yeah, there’s a lot to like about this debut.”
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“I'll tell you this much. Men think memories are like murals or statues or truth or whatever happened, never changes none. But that ain't so. They can capture the untruth of something, just as easy. They can change, especially as time leads to time.
(...)
To each man himself, his memories seems as solid and factual as a stone mosaic, an urn he could turn around and heft, a flower he could sniff. But when I go inside another, I don't see it or feel it like that. Everything is shimmery, shifting, like it's bathed in mist and shadow, like... like walking down the foggiest street you can think of, with everything looking not like itself at all.”
― Scourge of the Betrayer
(...)
To each man himself, his memories seems as solid and factual as a stone mosaic, an urn he could turn around and heft, a flower he could sniff. But when I go inside another, I don't see it or feel it like that. Everything is shimmery, shifting, like it's bathed in mist and shadow, like... like walking down the foggiest street you can think of, with everything looking not like itself at all.”
― Scourge of the Betrayer
“Gurdinn ignored him, still speaking to the baron. “I would sooner soak my cock in honey and ask a bear not to bite than trust a Black Noose, my lord.”
Braylar clapped and said, “I wouldn’t have suspected you of such colorful wit, Captain Honeycock. You’re a man of surprising gifts.”
Gurdinn wheeled on him, hand on his sword. “Shut your mouth, right quick.”
― Scourge of the Betrayer
Braylar clapped and said, “I wouldn’t have suspected you of such colorful wit, Captain Honeycock. You’re a man of surprising gifts.”
Gurdinn wheeled on him, hand on his sword. “Shut your mouth, right quick.”
― Scourge of the Betrayer
“It is a ripper. I would be disappointed if it simply nuzzled them and showed its belly for a good rub.”
― Veil of the Deserters
― Veil of the Deserters
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Jeff wrote: "Shawn wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friendship request. What are you working on now? Just curious..."Sorry, Shawn, just saw this note now. Yes, I am slow. I'm working on the second book in the ..."
You're slow? I noticed your response....a few years after the fact.
LOL
Angela wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request Jeff."Happy to. Thanks for requesting.
Thanks for accepting my friend request Jeff.
Shawn wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friendship request. What are you working on now? Just curious..."Sorry, Shawn, just saw this note now. Yes, I am slow. I'm working on the second book in the series, and will hand it over to the publisher next month.
Nenia wrote: "Hello, Jeff! Thanks for adding me as a friend!Ahh, Goodnight Moon. I feel sorry for my parents, for how many times I forced them to read that to me as a kid."
Wow--I just NOW saw this note! So sorry for not responding. Yeah, Goodnight Moon got a lot of play.
Thanks for accepting my friendship request. What are you working on now? Just curious...
Hello, Jeff! Thanks for adding me as a friend!Ahh, Goodnight Moon. I feel sorry for my parents, for how many times I forced them to read that to me as a kid.
