Damian Rentoule
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Damian Rentoule is the author of the novels, Silence of Azul, Shadow of the Pharm, Life on the Pharm and Oystermouth Whispers. He lives with his family in Hiroshima, Japan, and spends the quiet moments writing. As a school principal, father, reader, cyclist and surfer, those quiet moments are sometimes hard to find. Having developed a love of story, mountains, and ocean over the years, Damian spends his free time in the water, on the road or in a book.
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Life on the Pharm
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Dystopia, Action, Adventure, Fiction
The Pharm is an economic miracle; for eighty years, sole producer of Genetically Modified organs, saving countless lives across the globe. Inside its impregnable walls, staring through razor wire, Number 987, a curious organ donor, waits patiently for his expiration date, wondering if there is more to him than the two tattoos adorning his wrist; dates of birth and harvest. Chloe, a rare un-medicated child, lives in fear of being repurposed as a donor when her parents find out that she is only pretending to take her pills. Hana, the militant midwife, a reluctant worker in the Pharm's breeding program, waits patiently to strike a blow at the brutal industry she is forced to serve. Three lives interconnect, as they struggle to maintain their basic humanity, and escape the inescapable Pharm. Reinventing themselves, one emotion at a time, they fight back at the callous institution that seeks to enslave them and the Pharm begins to realize that it may have underestimated the power of the un-medicated human spirit.
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Oystermouth Whispers
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Action, Adventure, Fiction
Owen, growing up in a silent house, hearing whispers from a long dead centurion, knows more than is healthy for a fifteen year old boy, yet perhaps just enough to save himself and his family when he finds that there are those who have been awaiting his arrival; the child with the memories, the child who hears the whispers. With his hometown in Wales under siege, pursued by an unseen enemy, Owen uses his borrowed memories to trace the centurion’s perilous journey back into the heart of Egypt, only to discover that this was just the beginning. Owen must use the knowledge and skills of this deadly, renegade centurion to survive a relentless pursuit to the birthplace of an ancient mystery.
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Shadow of the Pharm
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Dystopian
Barely escaping the Pharm with their lives, the three fugitives must now do the unthinkable; return to save the child donors. Lord Henry, Chloe the Great, and Hana, realizing that nowhere will ever be safe for them as long as they live within the shadow of the Pharm, enter the walls one last time. Just as all seems lost, allies are found in an unexpected quarter. The fiercely independent Freeborn, who have been hunted within the Pharm walls for generations, join the fugitives to settle an ancient score. Driven by the nightmares they have all experienced at the hands of the savage institution, for the fugitives and the Freeborn, redemption will only ever be found within the burning rubble of the Pharm. 
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The Silence of Azul
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Action/Adventure
Azul’s voice fled as bombs fell from a clear blue sky. Her family shattered when the death and violence of war entered their peaceful world. Cut adrift from everything they had once known, the family find themselves clinging to the ones who survived, hoping that their ordeal is over. Yet, for a refugee, the bombs are just the beginning. No matter how far they flee, shadows from the violence follow close behind. Yet hope is found in the most unlikely places as a people set adrift by war find that together, lives can be rebuilt, voices can be found. Sample Chapter 
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