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Rick Taubold Rick Taubold was born in St. Louis, Missouri before the Gateway Arch was built. His college degrees are in chemistry, biology, and nutritional biochemistry. In grad school Rick was an avid bike rider and completed three, sanctioned "century" (100-mile) rides. Rick also enjoys woodworking and has built several pieces of furniture. He and his wife Rose live in Rochester, New York.
While he always enjoyed writing, Rick’s serious interest began in 1991 with starting his first novel. He has several published short stories and poems, which are available to read on his website. In the works currently are the other novels in the Mortal Vampires Trilogy plus a planned sequel to his first novel, More Than Magick.
Rick’s most memorable writing-career moment occurred at the 2005 Book Expo America when Henry Winkler asked for an autographed copy of his first novel. Rick has a genuine interest in helping new writers and is active on Zoetrope.com. He also belongs to the Rochester Speculative Fiction group (www.R-Spec.org). Visit Rick’s website at www.ricktaubold.com.
Titles Available from Double Dragon Publishing | "Vampires, Inc." is the first novel of a trilogy that follows the stories of the
twenty-two-year-old vampire Adrian Shadowhawk and his mentor Eli Howard.
|  | What if you were told you have a power you know nothing about? What if you were told you have to use it to save the universe from a vindictive humanoid? What if no one will tell you how you are supposed to do this?
Recent college graduate Scott Madison has been working with Jake Kesten, a Ph.D. in math, against computer hackers for the past two years when Arion, with pointed ears and wearing a wizard’s robe, shows up at his apartment. Scott finds himself being sent on a mysterious mission to retrieve an object of world-destroying power from someone who plans to use it for revenge against entire races and worlds. Accompanied by a mismatched group from other worlds, Scott has ten days to accomplish the mission.
Finally confronting their target, Scott realizes that his life, the lives of his companions, and the life of the spoiled princess popped into their midst along the way, all depend on him figuring out this mysterious power of his, which is definitely More Than Magick.
|  | With the untimely death of the vampire Lord, Cyrus Hayes, things almost seem ready to settle down for Adrian Shadowhawk and his mentor, Eli Howard--except for one seriously loose end, and it's being controlled from the grave. |
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