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R.M. Garino has been writing for most of his life. Since childhood, he has been fascinated with what The Story is, how it functions, its hidden depths, and the different masks it wears.

He is known for writing crisp, character driven fiction that reads like viewing a film. His world creation is vast and far reaching, yet his prose is organic and devoid of informational dumps. The characters are real, believable, and inspire both affection and compassion in the reader.

​Garino lives in the mountains of the east coast with his wife, three children, and all the characters still waiting their turn to speak. He is an avid brewer of beer and strong coffee, a voracious reader, an aficionado of fine cigars and single malt scotch, and is not nearly as obsessed with video games as his wife believes him to be.

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The Gates of Golorath
Chaos of Souls: Book One
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The Gates of Golorath separate the lands of humanity from the realm of the Lethen'al. Arielle is descended from the founder of the Areth'kon. She dreams of becoming a Mala'kar, a Bladeless Master, like her noble parents before her.
An element of her past returns that may ruin her plans. Angus has forsaken the teachings of the Magi that almost fatally failed him. He has chosen to train with his father's people at the Gates, but he is not prepared for what's to come. Their fates intersect when their squads arrive at the Gates of Golorath to complete their final year of military training. Competing amongst themselves and the other cadets, they struggle for prominence and acceptance.
But, as Angus and Arielle are drawn closer and the tensions between their squads mount, those around them begin to fear that which was foretold long ago. Will they choose to rise as saviors, or fall as destroyers? 
​Beyond their realm, the enemy of their people, the shrulks, mass in the human lands. For now, the Lo'ademn, the demons imprisoned since The Fall, still slumber in their prisons. Will this unlikely band of misfits become the heroes both worlds need or aid in its annihilation?

Angels of Perdition
Chaos of Souls: Book Two

Prophecy. Vanishings. Murder. 
The Soul Chamber is hungry for blood.
One of the squad's own has disappeared, and many more have gone missing from the village of Andover. Some blame the reclusive E’ine. 
Against protocol, the Immortals reach the lost city of Raqui looking to rescue the victims.
Angus and Arielle, now unified, are more powerful than imagined: perhaps too powerful. 
The prophecy foretold long ago plays out in a magical storm of chaos and blood. 
The terrible price is more than any of them can bear.