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Ronan Valehart

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For readers who love dragons and long fight scenes!

Fantasy

Behind the byline

About the author

Ronan Valehart is a fantasy author from the rugged coast of Maine, where granite mountains, dark forests, and restless Atlantic storms inspire tales of ancient dragons, forgotten kingdoms, and unlikely heroes. His stories explore the bonds forged between outcasts and legends, the cost of wielding power, and the courage required to choose one’s own destiny. When he is not writing, Ronan can be found wandering Maine’s wooded trails, studying old maps, listening to the sea, or imagining what might lie beyond the next mountain pass. The Outcast’s Blade is his debut series, beginning a sweeping high-fantasy adventure of dragon riders, lost magic, and a blade destined to change the fate of kingdoms

Maine

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The fun stuff.

The little things readers always want to know after the last page.

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Forever shelf

Favorite books

  • The Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. Tolkien
  • A Wizard of Earthsea — Ursula K. Le Guin
  • The Once and Future King — T.H. White
  • The Book of Three — Lloyd Alexander
  • The Dragonbone Chair — Tad Williams
  • The Farthest Shore — Ursula K. Le Guin
  • The Last Unicorn — Peter S. Beagle
  • Tigana — Guy Gavriel Kay
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In the headphones

Writing soundtrack

  • Wardruna — “Helvegen”
  • Heilung — “Anoana”
  • Danheim — “Kala”
  • The Hu — “Wolf Totem”
  • Two Steps from Hell — “Heart of Courage”
  • Audiomachine — “Guardians at the Gate”
  • Immediate Music — “Serenata Immortale”
  • E.S. Posthumus — “Nara”
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Tiny author lore

Things to know

  • He believes the best fantasy worlds should have weather, history, and at least one dangerous mountain pass.

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Stories by Ronan Valehart

The Outcast's Blade - Part 1 by Ronan Valehart

Romance, Action, Fantasy

The Outcast's Blade - Part 1

Karros has never truly belonged at the Drakonis Academy, having only made the cut because the headmaster is his adoptive father. Desperate to escape his life as an outcast, he sneaks out under the cover of night to hunt an elder dragon and prove his worth to the world. Armed with a rough-forged blade and a volatile dark magic that burns his own flesh, Karros plunges headfirst into a brutal wilderness

Read Chapter 1 : Karros

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