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Liane Merciel

Liane Merciel
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Liane Merciel

Liane Merciel spent most of her childhood bouncing around the world as an Army brat. She has lived in Alaska, Germany, and Korea, and has gone camping in every one of the fifty states. Her hobbies include yoga, training rats, and baking cupcakes capable of sending the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man into sugar shock with one bite. Currently she lives and practices law in Philadelphia.

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Heaven's Needle will be released on April 26, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback, eBook
Apr 26, 2011
Heaven's Needle is now available in Mass Market Paperback, eBook
Apr 26, 2011
The River Kings' Road will be released on January 25, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback
Jan 25, 2011
The River Kings' Road is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Jan 25, 2011
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The River Kings' Road
May 08, 2010
The River Kings' Road will be released on March 09, 2010 in
Mar 09, 2010
The River Kings' Road is now available in
Mar 09, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The River Kings' Road
Feb 19, 2010

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Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Books For A Fantastical Summer
NHPR, June 14, 2011
...pleasures perfect for a summer afternoon. That much, at least, is no idle speculation. Heaven's Needle By Liane Merciel, paperback, 480 pages, Pocket Star, list price: $7.99 Liane Merciel's second novel set in the world of Ithelas comes...
Free and Bargain Book Roundup, Part I
Books on The Knob, October 14, 2011
...their loved ones, fighting for their lives, and fighting to end the madness.The River Kings' Road, by Liane Merciel, is the first of two titles in the Ithelas series.Book DescriptionA thrilling new voice in fantasy makes an unforgettable debut with this...
July 7, 2011 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker, July 6, 2011
...Interviews Read Horror interviews Kirstyn McDermott . Fantasy Book Critic (Mihir Wanchoo) interviews Liane Merciel . The Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Scott Edelman and Joey Comeau . BBC Podcasts interviews China Mieville . Flickering Myth profiles...
We Have Winners ~ retrieved from the depths of cyberspace!
Layers of Thought, June 20, 2011
...the picture above). Five winners for this epic fantasy series: The River Kings’ Road (book 1) ~ by Liane Merciel US | UK | Canada . Heaven’s Needle (book 2) US | UK | Canada . Simcha from SFF Chat Laura E. Devon Tammy R. Eli W.   A winner...
Roll Perception Plus Awareness: Pathfinder RPG
SF Signal, June 6, 2011
...and Dragons , Paizo has taken to publishing books and stories based in the Pathfinder world. Fantasy authors like Liane Merciel (author of the River Kings Road ) and Howard Andrew Jones (author of the Desert of Souls ) have written Pathfinder tie-in...
May 2011 Wrap-Up: Books and Reviews
Fyrefly's Book Blog, June 1, 2011
...Beginners by Erica Bauermeister (review coming soon) Acquired and then Read (semi-huzzah!) - The River Kings' Road by Liane Merciel - Indigo: In Search of the Color that Seduced the World by Catherine E. McKinley -...
Review - The River Kings' Road: A Novel of Ithelas by Liane Merciel
Only The Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy, May 31, 2011
...a good thing when they see it. I still can't believe this was a first novel for Liane Merciel. Her prose is crisp and the pacing is perfect. I was deeply involved with the characters, and even her antagonists are hard not to like, or at least respect...