Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: April 09, 2013

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H. O. Charles

Biography

H.O. Charles is author of The Fireblade Array - a #2 best-selling series across Kindle, iBooks and B&N Nook in the Sci-Fi and Fantasy categories and #1 in Epic Fantasy in all those places.

Though born in Northern England, Charles now resides in a white house in Sussex and sounds like a southerner.

Charles has spent many years at various academic institutions, and cut short writing a PhD in favour of writing about swords and sorcery instead.

Hobbies include being in the sea, being by the sea and eating things that come out of the sea. Walks with a very naughty rough collie also take up much of Charles' time.

Smashwords Interview

What do you read for pleasure?
Victorian romance or tragedy, fantasy, non-fiction, 'classics' and even the occasional modern thriller. I like to keep things varied, but I'll pick up pretty much anything that looks like it's been competently written. Occasionally I'll flick through some bad stuff for a good laugh as well.
What is your e-reading device of choice?
I was given a Kindle Fire for my birthday. It's awesome!
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Where to find H. O. Charles online

Website: http://www.hocharles.com
Twitter: @HOCharles
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://cityofblaze.blogspot.com

Series

The Fireblade Array by
City of Blaze
Price: Free!
Nation of Blaze (Volume 2 of The Fireblade Array)
Price: $2.99 USD.
Anomaly of Blaze (Volume 3 of The Fireblade Array)
Price: $2.99 USD.
Blazed Union (Volume 4 of The Fireblade Array)
Price: $2.99 USD.
Voices of Blaze (Volume 5 of The Fireblade Array)
Price: $2.99 USD.
Fall of Blaze (Volume 6 of The Fireblade Array)
Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

Light Shard by
Price: Free! Words: 125,450. Language: English. Published: November 25, 2022 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Adventure » Action
When history becomes handmaiden to archaeology. Nick Allemand has almost everything present and correct: a job in archaeology that he loves, acceptable-to-moderate looks, more money than he could ever hope to spend, a bijou house in Grantaford, and friends he can count upon for just about anything. But all that changes when his colleague and fellow archaeologist Ava Galaniou goes missing.
The Fireblade Array: Three-Book Bundle by
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 345,420. Language: British English. Published: March 7, 2019 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
The fifth, sixth and seventh volumes of The Fireblade Array. Artemi, Morghiad and Silar fight fate, nature and themselves to stay alive, to stay together and to keep the world from burning. The bundle includes the books Voices of Blaze, Fall of Blaze and Ascent of Ice.
Ascent of Ice (Volume 7 of The Fireblade Array) by
Series: The Fireblade Array, Book 7. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 97,440. Language: British English. Published: February 27, 2018 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
The last volume of The Fireblade Array (Second edition with altered ending - 30th April '18). Some heroes battle to save the world from the icy grip of darkness, but others fight to make it darker still.
Fall of Blaze (Volume 6 of The Fireblade Array) by
Series: The Fireblade Array, Book 6. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 116,200. Language: British English. Published: March 30, 2017 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
The Darkworld turns ever more slowly, and its skies grow bleaker by the hour. Field by field, the lands fade to dust, while creatures of the night crawl and creep and seek to claim the day. Artemi's desire to protect those she loves has resulted in catastrophe - a catastrophe that would knock the strongest stuff from any warrior - and it may now fall to others to do the right thing.
Voices of Blaze (Volume 5 of The Fireblade Array) by
Series: The Fireblade Array, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 131,690. Language: British English. Published: September 13, 2014 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
Artemi has been condemned to the Nightworld - a place where the light of the sun will never warm the earth, where monsters rule the land, and where the fires burn wan and feeble. Few hopes lie there for her to mend her heartache. Elsewhere, our heroes must contend with unpalatable truths and shadows of the mind. The Voices of Blaze speak their words of advice, but will they bring help or harm?
The Fireblade Array: 4-Book Bundle by
Series: The Fireblade Array. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 584,410. Language: English. Published: December 1, 2013 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
The first four volumes of The Fireblade Array. Artemi, Morghiad and Silar fight fate, nature and themselves to stay alive, to stay together and to keep the world from burning. The bundle includes the books City of Blaze, Nation of Blaze, Anomaly of Blaze and Blazed Union.
Blazed Union (Volume 4 of The Fireblade Array) by
Series: The Fireblade Array, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 104,330. Language: British English. Published: February 18, 2013 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
The most horrific of outcomes has been avoided, but fate has other plans for those with fire and fury in their hearts. Silar must pay the price for his murderous act and follow his conscience, while King Tallyn of House Jade'an must come to realise the true implications of his abilities. In Hestavos, a vile business awaits the attention of our heroes.
Snowlands by
Price: $2.64 USD. Words: 41,730. Language: English. Published: May 7, 2012 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Fantasy » General
A young woman wakes after a battle to find that the only clues to her identity are her injuries, the body of a dead man, and the tooth of an unknown creature. Four years pass in which she lives under a guessed name and becomes a student of medicine, before Raia is unexpectedly invited to the heart of the empire and the home of the cruel imperial family - The Fortress.
Anomaly of Blaze (Volume 3 of The Fireblade Array) by
Series: The Fireblade Array, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 129,360. Language: English. Published: March 12, 2012 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
An Anomaly of Blaze is the cause of many troubles, but he may also offer a solution to the woes faced by our heroes. In Calidell, The Fireblade must deal with her wars alone, and the battles she faces are nothing like those of the ten millennia before.
Nation of Blaze (Volume 2 of The Fireblade Array) by
Series: The Fireblade Array, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 199,490. Language: English. Published: September 23, 2011 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
The country is leaderless. The queen is gone and hope is failing. Morghiad must find The Fireblade again if he is to secure his home and his heart, but the path will not be an easy one to tread. New enemies will rise to battle him as he battles with himself, and the most fearsome woman in history will continue to produce her army of blood-hungry eisiels.
City of Blaze by
Series: The Fireblade Array, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 146,540. Language: English. Published: June 24, 2011 by Idol: a Tree. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
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The city is failing and no one else can see it. All the while, its king concerns himself with choosing which of his disappointing concubines to execute next. The duty falls upon the king's son, Kahr Morghiad of House Sete'an, to restore the city's strength and the army's purpose. As Morghiad attempts to right these wrongs, he uncovers darker horrors and encounters a woman with forbidden powers.

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