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davidalastairhayden

Name	David Alastair Hayden
Location	Birmingham, AL
Birthday	Feb 03
Member Since	Oct 09, 2009
Votes Received	8,328
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All of David's books can be found for sale at the following retailers:

Amazon: http://brev.is/yA23
Barnes & Noble: http://brev.is/QM54
Kobo Books: http://brev.is/PM54

Sign up for his newsletter at http://tinyletter.com/dahayden or visit http://dahayden.com to learn more about sales and upcoming releases.

Aside from his weird tendencies such as collecting vintage manual typewriters, David is a scribbler of thrilling tales of fantasy adventure for young and adult readers.

With a natural tendency toward laziness, he considered selling his soul for instant publishing glory, but given the Great Recession's effect on the demonic markets, he opted instead for long hours pounding away at the keyboard. Which leaves his soul available for buying world-domination once the markets pick up. So watch it. He might stop being lazy. It could happen.

One might ask, why does David write fast-paced tales of fantastic adventure. Short answer: He doesn't like slow and he's big a fan of things fantastic! If you count looking at colorful images as reading (and who doesn't?), he's been reading comics all his life. So that's where it began. Early on, he got caught up in the idea of space travel, but the charming bunk that is The Sirius Mystery transitioned him from astronomy to ancient history and the fine art of making up stuff.

The mesmerizing cover of the 4th Edition Stormbringer RPG finished him off. To fantasy adventure he went, like a squire charging into his first quest. He steeped himself in the works of Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, and David Gemmell, and he delved into the Star Frontiers, Stormbringer, Champions, and Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying games.

David lives in Alabama, along with his delightful wife, Pepper Thorn, and three lovely cats. He studied history, literature, and religion at the University of Alabama. He practices the Yang Taijiquan long form and enjoys reading about nutrition. He loves Redskins and Crimson Tide football.

Works

Chains of a Dark Goddess

31 parts / 65 pages, updated May 13, 2013

Betrayed by friends and abandoned by his goddess... Back from the dead and hellbent on saving his beloved. Knight Champion Breskaro Varenni served the bright go... read more

15,035 reads

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Lair of the Deadly Twelve (Storm Phase #2)

26 parts / 39 pages, updated May 13, 2013

STORM PHASE A teenage wizard burdened with a mysterious destiny, a cat-girl ninja he can't help but fall for, and a bat-winged daemon that doubles... read more

71,552 reads

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The Storm Dragon's Heart

55 parts / 111 pages, updated Nov 17, 2012

STORM PHASE A teenage wizard burdened with a mysterious destiny, a cat-girl ninja he can't help but fall for, and a bat-winged daemon that doubles as a diary em... read more

1,046,090 reads

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Wrath of the White Tigress

33 parts / 114 pages, updated Sep 17, 2012

An eFestival of Words Winner for Best Villain. He thought he was a hero. She showed him the truth. Now he'll do anything to stop the man who made him a monster.... read more

21,364 reads

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Who Walks in Flame

2 parts / 11 pages, updated Jul 31, 2012 PG-13

Millennia have passed since the witch-king Khuar-na last threatened the world of men. Now returned, he and his fiery behemoth have scorched the fertile fields of the We... read more

839 reads

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Rise and Fall: Book One of the...

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The Lion of Cairo

431 reads

Diviner's Prophecy [Book One...

14,152 reads

The Dark Ship

454 reads

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davidalastairha...
3 days ago

@mrhappy99 The Forbidden Library comes out in June! I'm working hard on the final stages of writing and it will soon go to my first reader. Cover artist just sent me the first awesome sketch. Thanks!

wordsmithgoldsm...
4 days ago

@davidalastairhayden lol, it's no biggie. I missed your for the longest myself! Hahaha, trust me decent writing had more to do with it than water :p huh. You know, I never looked at it like that, but I can see what you mean. But you still managed to convey the ingrained way that people show that they're used to doing something a certain way. You know, Le how they can't be wrong and refuse new ideas unless they have no choice. (Cough, cough) *Turesobei's new powers*

mrhappy99
5 days ago

Can't Wait for book three of the storm phase

davidalastairha...
1 week ago

@wordsmithgoldsmith I missed this comment. Ooops! Sorry. I'm glad you enjoyed it so much! Yay, instant fans, just add water! And maybe a bit of decent writing, eh? ;-) I like to think that magic in Okoro is understood in the way that scientific principles were understood in our world in the late 1800's. They had some general ideas and knew some things but other things were still beyond them and they just had no idea. Of course, we still got that sometimes. Don't completely understand gravity still.

wordsmithgoldsm...
2 weeks ago

hahaha, I just finished Storm Dragon's Heart. recently. I loved it so you got an instant fan. :D I loved the way you gave magic a practiced feel like science with no explanation but at the end basically saying "It's magic so it'll do some weird things" lol. Your characters are really well rounded and the story really made me laugh. one of my favorite characters is Grandpa Kahenan.

davidalastairha...
2 weeks ago

@Jaime3233 You're awesome. Thank you so much for supporting my work. Means a lot to me. So glad you loved it. Book 3 comes out in June. Don't miss it. Gonna be another crazy ride! :-)

Jaime3233
2 weeks ago

Bought Lair of the Deadly Twelve, just amazing. You're a great author.

lauren373
2 weeks ago

That helped a ton! Thanks c:

davidalastairha...
2 weeks ago

@lauren373 Both! You can buy my books at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or iBooks. Or read some of them here. You will find authors of all sorts here from beginners looking for help, to amateurs just sharing, to published authors. I release my novels here one chapter each week. The Storm Dragon's Heart is complete but the sequel won't be fully posted here until 2014. But you can already buy Book 2 and Book 3 comes out in June. Hope that helps. :-)

lauren373
2 weeks ago

Wait, so are you an actual author and can we buy these books like we'd buy a Percy Jackson novel? Or is Wattpad a site to just write your own stories and have other people read them :o? Sorry I'm new to this (:

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