Your Favorite Independent Authors

Let's start a thread where we share the independent authors and books that we really enjoyed.

My theory is, rather than slapping down authors whose work may not be up to our standards, let's lift up those that are. I mean, which would motivate you more, being told your work sucks, or being told that what you wrote really made someone's day?

I'll start with Brock Deskins. His earlier books in the Sorcerer's Path series have their rough edges, it's true, but the story of a young boy born to privilege, only to have it destroyed by political machinations is still, at its core, a very solid tale.