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Live & Learn (Defense of the Land, Book 1)
Live & Learn (Defense of the Land, Book 1)
Live & Learn (Defense of the Land, Book 1)
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Live & Learn (Defense of the Land, Book 1)

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This is Book One of the Defense of the Land series, and the fifth book in the Valdaar's Fist saga.

In the age old struggle of good v. evil, who gets to decide who—or what—is good?

Can a beautiful, goody-two-shoes paladin knowingly consort with an assassin? Depends on how desperate the assassin is...

Jaramiile throws her sword in with five others to stop the scourge of evil that has been reborn in The Land. Yet can she face her god when one of her companions admits to being hired to slay another? What if the target is her sworn enemy? To further confuse the matter, the assassin has skills their party needs—and he is very handsome...

Come along on yet another magical ride as Vance Pumphrey weaves the Valdaar's Fist tale from another perspective—those who would stop the raising of the dark god.

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Release dateMay 14, 2017
ISBN9781370837649
Live & Learn (Defense of the Land, Book 1)
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Vance Pumphrey

Vance Pumphrey traces the evolution of his high fantasy novels from his Nuclear Engineering career in the U.S. Navy—not an obvious leap. He started playing Dungeons and Dragons while in the Navy, though, and the inspiration for Dragma’s Keep was born.Dragma’s Keep is the first book in the Valdaar’s Fist quartet. A second book in the series follows soon.Retired from the Navy, Vance lives in Seattle with his wife of thirty-plus years.To find out when the next Valdaar’s Fist book will be released, check out VancePumphrey.com.

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