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Richard H Moon

TO CONQUER DEATH
“There is no afterlife. Just survival—or ashes.”

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“A riveting take on a ghoulish subgenre, featuring a well-crafted cast and vivid setting."
KIRKUS Reviews
KIRKUS Reviews
"To Conquer Death beautifully covers the themes of duty, spiritual balance, and the true cost of eternal peace. I recommend it to readers who enjoy historical fantasies and dark epics about brotherhood and the zeal to conquer death. Five Stars!
Isabella Harris
Isabella HarrisReaders' Favorite
Combining the scope of epic fantasy with intimate personal conflicts, Richard H. Moon’s To Conquer Death tells a timeless story of characters who face insurmountable trials, endure profound loss, and forge bonds that outlast even death itself.
Chanticleer Book Reviews
Chanticleer Book ReviewsFive Stars / Best Book / Highly Recommended
Richly drawn characters, thought-provoking mythic landscapes, and emotional stakes that matter as much as physical ones. Richard H. Moon’s To Conquer Death is a striking historical fantasy that fuses meticulously researched ancient Egyptian culture with a layered, myth-infused world.
Elizabeth Stargiotti
Elizabeth Stargiotti Independent Book Review
At an even deeper level beneath the action are balanced reflections on death and life, lies and truth. Glimpses of light--charms, magic, sacred places--offer an effective counterpoint to extended battle scenes and the characters' internal struggles, all written vividly.
Karen J. Laakko
Karen J. Laakkoauthor of the Beyond the Hostile Sky Cycle
Moon’s worldbuilding is rich without being overwhelming. He draws heavily from the language and imagery of ancient civilizations, yet breathes life into them with his own mythos.
Charnjit Gill
Charnjit Gillauthor of Pray Tell
The world-building was exceptional; I was immediately immersed in the culture and concept of the ancient Egyptian kingdom. The deep relationship between the brothers was really appealing. Their opposing temperaments, like Koshei's intellectual control and Tyfon's reckless reasoning, kept me engaged.
Isabella Harris
Isabella HarrisReaders' Favorite (Five Stars)
With characters who feel real, a world that feels lived-in, and a narrative that blends heart-pounding action with reflective depth, Richard H Moon delivers a historical fantasy that resonates long after the final page.
Elizabeth Stargiotti
Elizabeth StargiottiIndependent Book Review
The world-building was exceptional; I was immediately immersed in the culture and concept of the ancient Egyptian kingdom.
Isabelle Harris
Isabelle HarrisReaders' Favorite
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KIRKUS Reviews
KIRKUS Reviews
To Conquer Death plays out in a well-researched and thought-provoking world. Ancient words, sprinkled through the narrative, provide authenticity; language and culture clashes provide depth.
Karen J. Laakko
Karen J. Laakkoauthor of the Beyond the Hostile Sky Cycle
The characters’ journey, both literal and emotional, is the beating heart of the novel. Koshei is disciplined, burdened by duty, while Tyfon is more impulsive, led by instinct and emotion. Their relationship, tense and layered, evolves as they are forced to confront not just external threats but the scars of their own past.
Charnjit Gill
Charnjit Gillauthor of Pray Tell

About Richard

Richard H Moon is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, family man, care-provider for several dogs and cats, curler, archer, hiker, musician, physics tutor, SFF nerd, literature aficionado, history obsessive, and kitten fosterer. He has a physics degree, but has never let that get in his way. He’s always ready to geek out about story and character and deep meaning and also cool robots, and he supports every human out there who makes art with their own hands and bodies and minds. He lives with his family in Southern California, on the ancestral and unceded land of the Hahamonga people.

About the book

In ancient Kemet, brothers Koshei and Tyfon are sworn to protect their homeland—but when the dead begin to walk, their world descends into nightmare. Far to the north, Doryah has spent her life fleeing “The Ones Who Come Back Wrong.”

As an ancient power raises legions of the fallen, the brothers and their unlikely guide must cross the Great Green Sea to uncover its source. But stopping the plague may demand a champion willing to wield the very darkness they seek to destroy.

Reader’s Favorite: 5 Stars! 
Chanticleer Book Review: 5 Stars! Best Book!
Kirkus Reviews: Our Verdict: Get it!

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