about me

My name is Karim Chemlal and I am 43 living in Adelaide, South Australia.
I am an absolute bookworm and a Martial arts instructor and competitor in Mixed martial Arts and Brazilian no gi Jujitsu. I have a bachelor of Arts in Political science and Asian studies and have been writting for pleasure since I was a teenager.
I live with my beautiful wife who is a talented artist, my almost 3 year old bundle of mischief, Isobel, a big lovable German Shepard called Zen and three spoilt cats.
When they give me a moment, I stick my head in a book or I get back to writing one of my own.
Amok Rising: The Gathering is my first finished mansucript that has gone past second draught. At 236,000 words its a decent read that keeps a cracking pace. I am almost halfway through the next book in the series called 'Blood God: The Final Winter" and almost finished an unrelated scifi novel called 'Sentinels'.

favourite books

Stephen Ericsons entire Malazan Chronicles.
G.R.R Martin - Songs of Ice and Fire series
R.Scott. Bakker -The Thousand Fold Thought, The judging eye, The Darkness that come before, Warrior Prophet
Robin Hobb - Dragon Keeper, Fools Fate, Assassin
Dan abnetts -Ravenor, Titanicus, Horus Rising, Legion
Graham McNeill - Ultramarines omnibus
Ian Banks- Consider Phlebas, The Algebraist, Use of weapons, etc.
Alistair Reynolds - The Prefect, Absolution Gap, Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, Pushing Ice.
Peter.F .Hamilton - Pandoras Star, Judas unchained, The Dreaming Void, The Temporal Void, The Neutronium Alchemist, The Naked God, Falen Dragon.
Sean Williams - Entire Astropolis series.
Raymond Fiest- Magican and everything since in his world of Triagia.
David Gemmell, King Beyond the Gate, The legend of Death walker, Legend, Waylander.
Kate Elliott - Crown of Stars series.
Terry brooks- Genesis of Shanarra and all the Shannara sagas.
Richard Morgan- Black Man, Altered Carbon, Woken furies, Broken Angels.
John Ringo - Gust Front, Eye of the Storm, Claws that Catch,Vorpal Blade, Hells Faire etc.
David Weber - Hells Gate, Empire form the Ashes, Off Armageddon Reef
Stephen Baxter - Exultant, Origin, Resplendent, Space, Time, Voyage, Vacuum Diagrams.
Jack Mcdevitt - Deep Six, Moonfall,Slow lightening
David drake and Eric Flint- The Belisarius series
David Drake- The General series
John Marco- Tyrants and Kings trilogy
David Eddings -Belgarath the Sorcerer, Polgara the Sorceress.

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