Daniel Abraham

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American author Daniel Abraham was born in November, 1969 and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Abraham writes fictional works using three pen names for the different types of fiction he writes. Using his real name, Daniel Abraham writes epic fantasies based in other worlds. When using the pen name MLN Hanover, he writes urban fantasies set in similar worlds to our world. As James S.A. Corey, he writes science fiction that is set into the far future. When Abraham writes as Corey, he does so with his writing partner Ty Franck. He has also collaborated with George R.R. Martin, who also lives in New Mexico. Abraham not only writes short stories and novels with Martin, he also adapts Martin's books, The Game of Thrones series and the novel, Fevre …show more content…
His debut novel made an impression on George R.R. Martin, so much so that he wrote a very encouraging recommendation to spur on the new author. It so happened that the critics agreed with Martin's evaluation of Abraham's debut novel, so Abraham was off to an excellent start as a literary new comer. The book is about the affluent nation of Saraykeht that is powerful because at the center of this civilization is its thriving business and industry. The nation's economy relies on the power of a constrained spirit called Seedless, who is an andat obliged to Heshai, a poet-sorcerer, for life. The Galts are an empire who are bent on conquering and controlling all lands using the violence of their savage army to overtake them. The Galts never attempted an attack on Saraykeht because it was too strong for the Galts to be triumphant in the past, but that has changed because they've discovered a weakness in the powerful nation. If the Galts were to get rid of Heshai, Seedless’s beholden poet-sorcerer, Seedless will be destroyed and the nation will collapse. The Galts implanted secret operatives inside the city to prepare to put their plan into action. But a worker named Otah Machi unknowingly learns about the plot that the Galts had set in motion to destroy Saraykeht. Otah becomes pivotal to the nation's survival because either he stops the
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