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    Simon Jimenez, author of the debut novel The Vanished Birds, explores profound questions of the human condition through his distinctive literary voice. His short fiction, appearing in notable publications, hints at the depth of his talent. Jimenez's approach to writing is characterized by its poetic prose and ability to craft immersive worlds.

    The Vanished Birds
    The Spear Cuts Through Water
    • The Spear Cuts Through Water

      • 576 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.

      The Spear Cuts Through Water2022
      4.2
    • The Vanished Birds

      • 391 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      "Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time. Decades of travel through the stars are condensed into mere months for her, though the years continue to march steadily onward for everyone she has ever known. Her friends and lovers have aged past her, and all she has left is work. Alone and adrift, she lives for only the next paycheck, until the day she meets a mysterious boy, fallen from the sky. A boy, broken by his past. The scarred child does not speak, his only form of communication the beautiful and haunting music he plays from an old wooden flute. Captured by his songs, and their strange, immediate connection, Nia decides to take the boy in. And over years of starlit travel, these two outsiders discover in one another the things they lacked. For him, a home, a place of love and safety. For her, an anchor to the world outside herself. For the both of them, a family. But Nia is not the only one who wants the boy. The past hungers for him, and when it catches up, it threatens to tear this makeshift family apart"-- Provided by publisher

      The Vanished Birds2020
      4.1