“Hard fantasy, written with great attention paid to every last detail. Malik’s writing is both effortless and finely written. The world-building is extremely well done and so realistic that I was able to easily fall into this world and enjoy every minute.”
NORWESCON 45, April 6-9 2023
The theme for NWC 45 is "Between Two Worlds," and what better theme for a portal fantasy author? My schedule for Norwescon 45 is a beast, with panels and demos each day, and all day on Friday and Saturday. Subjects will run the gamut from Norse swordsmanship to...
Andy Ngo is a Puffed-Up, Sniveling Nazi Bitch and the Russian Government Very Likely has Compromising Video of Elon Musk, which is why he Turned Twitter into a Russian PSYOP Bot Farm. In this Essay I Will . . .
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About the Author
Joseph Malik has worked as a stuntman, a high-rise window washer, a freelance writer, a computational linguist, a touring rock musician, and a soldier in the United States Special Operations Command. Dragon’s Trail is his first novel. A sequel, The New Magic, is scheduled for release in October 2017.