Monthly Archives: August 2025

August 26, 2025

Born of an Iron Storm – Now Available!

By Anthony Ryan
Book cover of 'Born of an Iron Storm' by Anthony Ryan featuring a dramatic landscape with crashing waves and a large stylized hammer.

Born of an Iron Storm – Book Two of The Age of Wrath trilogy- is published today in the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Book description:

Born of An Iron Storm continues the epic tale begun in A Tide of Black Steel; a compelling fantasy saga of bloody retribution, deadly intrigue, and desperate courage

The Sister Queens have fallen and Ascarlia lies naked before the storm. A Nihlvarian plan, years in the making, has seen Ascarlia’s enemy seize the capital Skar Magnol. Now the invaders look to the wealthy port city of Olversahl to complete their conquest.

But there is hope.

Elvine is trapped at the heart of the conspiracy, yet her role in the new government offers the chance to plan resistance from within. She must tread a fine line between loyalty and secret disobedience, knowing the smallest mistake will mean her death.

Meanwhile, Thera has secured the Outer Islands, but her loyalist forces alone cannot liberate Skar Magnol. She must seek allies to have any chance of defeating the Nihlvarian threat. But her greater challenge will be to overcome her own doubts and become the leader she needs to be.

If she fails, Ascarlia will fall.

Meanwhile, far away across the ocean, Felnir embarks on a bloody path towards kingship, whilst to the north, Ruhlin seeks escape from the tyrannical realm of Nihlvar where the mysterious Vortigurn holds sway.

Buy the ebook:  Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk  –  Barnes & Noble  –  Bookshop.org –  Kobo –  Google Play –  Apple Books

Buy the UK hardcover:  Amazon.co.uk –  Waterstones –  Blackwells – Hive

Buy the US paperback:  Amazon.com –  Barnes & Noble  –  Bookshop.org

Buy the audiobook: Audible.com – Barnes & Noble

Buy special edition hardcovers from Goldsboro Books.

Those new to this series should check out book one A Tide of Black Steel.

Cover of the book 'A Tide of Black Steel' by Anthony Ryan, featuring an orange axe silhouette against a blue mountain background, with warriors in the foreground.

In case you missed it, the ebook edition of A Tide of Black Steel is currently on sale at $2.99 for the month of August in the US and Canada, wherever ebooks are sold.

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August 12, 2025

The Feeding – Now Available in the USA

By Anthony Ryan
Book cover for 'The Feeding' by Anthony Ryan, featuring a lone figure walking through a desolate, overgrown urban landscape with destroyed buildings and a dramatic red sky.

The Feeding – my latest post-apocalyptic horror novel – is now available in the US and Canada. 

Buy the ebook: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – Barnes & Noble – Kobo – Apple Books

Buy the paperback: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – Barnes & Noble – Bookshop.org

Buy the audiobook: Audible.com – Barnes & Noble

Buy the audio CD: Barnes & Noble – Bookshop.org

“Layla is a wonderfully multifaceted heroine… Ryan keeps readers on the edges of their seats. Fans of The Last of Us will be enthralled.” – Publishers Weekly

“A captivating story of survival, pervaded with riveting action made all the more thrilling by the high stakes…” – FanFiAddict

“I Am Legend meets Dying Light 2…What I liked: The author’s ruthlessness – and I shan’t elaborate on that, because of spoilers, but dear lord.” – Happy Goat Horror

With echoes of The Road, The New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan’s The Feeding is a brilliant post-apocalyptic novel that finds the sweet spot between commercial, literary, and creepy. Perfect for fans of Justin Cronin, M. R. Carey, and Alexis Henderson.

Fifteen years ago the feeders rose from the shadows to transform the world into a graveyard. The few survivors exist in fortified settlements surrounded by the empty ruins of a destroyed civilization. For years the citizens of New City Redoubt have relied on an elite cadre of Crossers to navigate the feeder infested wasteland between settlements in order to trade for vital supplies. But the Outside is becoming ever more dangerous, and the ranks of the Crossers grow thinner with every crossing.

Layla, only a child when the Feeding destroyed the old world, spends her days scavenging the ruins for valuable scrap and her nights helping her adoptive family eke a living from the Redoubt’s only movie theatre. Now, with her father slowly dying, Layla resolves to join the Crossers to retrieve the medicine that can save him. Smart, ruthless, and fast on her feet, Layla quickly gains the respect of her fellow Crossers. But, in a world lost to the deadliest predators, can even the most cunning prey survive?

The UK edition of The Feeding will be released on October 14th. See the book page for pre-orders.

Book cover of 'The Feeding' by A.J. Ryan featuring a dark background, bold red title, and ominous imagery of teeth and blood.

In further service to the apocalyptic theme, those nice people at the Ginger Nuts of Horror site were kind enough to invite me to write an article on my enduring love for the work of British TV writer Nigel Kneale – a seminal influence on my non-fantasy works. Check it out here: https://gnofhorror.com/a-very-british-terror-the-works-of-nigel-kneale/

Black and white portrait of writer Nigel Kneale with the title 'A Very British Terror - The Works of Nigel Kneale by Anthony Ryan' prominently displayed in orange text, accompanied by a colorful banner featuring a rainbow flag.
Cover of the book 'A Tide of Black Steel' by Anthony Ryan, featuring a dark and dynamic design with an axe and silhouettes of figures against a mountainous background, highlighting a promotional price of $2.99.

In other news, the ebook edition of A Tide of Black Steel – Book One of the Age of Wrath – is on sale at $2.99 in the US throughout August. 

Buy it here:  Amazon.com –  Barnes & Noble –  Kobo –  Google Play

And finally, Orbit US are running a Goodreads giveaway for paperbacks of both A Tide of Black Steel and Born of an Iron Storm. Enter here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/414664-a-tide-of-black-steel

Cover of the book 'Born of an Iron Storm' by Anthony Ryan, featuring a large golden hammer on a rocky shoreline with crashing waves.

Born of an Iron Storm will be released worldwide on August 24th. Check out the book page for pre-orders. 

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August 4, 2025

The Infernus Gate – Now Shipping

By Anthony Ryan
Book cover of 'The Infernus Gate' by Anthony Ryan, featuring a mystical archway and two figures approaching it in a dark, atmospheric landscape.

Good news everyone, The Infernus Gate is shipping early. Anyone who ordered the special edition hardcover should receive their copies shortly. 

The lettered and numbered tray case editions have sold out but copies of the signed special editions are still available from the Subterranean Press website. 

The Infernus Gate ebook should also now be available on most retailers, with the exception of Kobo which might take a week to switch from ‘pre-order’ to ‘available’. Buy here:

Subterranean Press – Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – Barnes & Noble

The audiobook is also yet to go live on Audible. I’ll update the links on the book page when it does. 

I’ll be running a mailing list giveaway for signed hardcovers when my author copies arrive. Sign up to the list if you don’t want to miss out. 

This is the seventh and final volume in the saga of the Seven Swords. It’s been a long road and I want to thank all of you who stayed with me on the journey. Anyone new to the series should start with A Pilgrimage of Swords. There’s also a prequel short story, The Scarlet Ziggurat, available as a free download from Subterranean Press.

Here’s the blurb for The Infernus Gate:

‘Ryan doesn’t pull any punches in the wholly satisfying conclusion to the Seven Swords series.’ – Publishers Weekly Starred Review.

VALKERIS – MOST ANCIENT OF CITIES AND SEAT OF THE FALLEN EMPIRE THAT ONCE RULED THE VASTNESS OF THE FIVE SEAS. HERE THE INFERNUS GATE WILL RISE AND UNLEASH DESTRUCTION UPON THE WORLD, UNLESS THE BEARERS OF THE DEMON CURSED BLADES CAN STOP IT…

Guyime, undying bearer of the Nameless Blade, leads his band of misfit heroes into the dark, haunted ruins beneath ancient Valkeris. There they must survive the deadly traps set for them by the arch demon Kalthraxis as he races to open the Infernus Gate and set its monstrous legions loose. Love, loyalty, and courage will be tested to the extreme and a terrible price demanded for the world’s salvation. But is Guyime willing to pay it?

The Infernus Gate is the thrilling conclusion to the epic saga of The Seven Swords from the New York Times bestselling author of the Raven’s Shadow and The Covenant of Steel trilogies.

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