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April 2, 2024

A Tide of Black Steel – Cover Reveal

By Anthony Ryan

I’m delighted to reveal the cover for A Tide of Black Steel – Book One of The Age of Wrath. Thanks to Ben Prior of the Orbit Books design team for making this happen. 

A Tide of Black Steel will be released on September 29th, Pre-order here*:

Ebook: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – Nook – Kobo – Google Play

UK Hardcover: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Blackwells – Hive

US Paperback: Amazon.com – Barnes and Noble

Audiobook: Audible.com – Audible.co.uk – Barnes and Noble

*Affiliate links used for Amazon stores. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Book description:

A NEW AGE HAS DAWNED. AN AGE OF BLOOD AND STEEL.
AN AGE OF WRATH.

The land of Ascarlia, a fabled realm of bloodied steel and epic sagas, has been ruled by the Sister Queens for centuries. No one has dared question their rule.

Until now.

Whispers speak of longships of mysterious tattooed warriors, sailing under the banners of a murderous cult of oath-breakers long thought extinct. A tide of black steel that threatens to vanquish all in its path.

Thera of the Blackspear, favoured servant of the Sister Queens, is ordered to uncover the truth. As Thera sails north, her reviled brother, Felnir, sets out on his own adventure. He hopes to find the Vault of the Altvar – the treasure room of the gods – and win the Sister Queens’ favour at his sister’s expense.

Both siblings – along with a brilliant young scribe and a prisoner with a terrifying, primal power – will play a part in the coming storm.

The Age of Wrath has begun.

A Tide of Black Steel begins a new blockbuster epic fantasy series from international bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.

In other news, the UK paperback edition of The Traitor, Book Three of The Covenant of Steel, will be released on April 18th. As usual, I’ll be running a signed copies giveaway for subscribers to my mailing list a week before release. Sign up here if you want to have a chance of winning. 

Pre-order the UK paperback edition of The Traitor here:

Amazon.co.uk – Hive – Blackwells – Waterstones

For other formats and territories see the book page.

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February 26, 2024

Announcing ‘A Tide of Black Steel’ – Book One of The Age of Wrath

By Anthony Ryan

I’m pleased to announce that my new novel A Tide of Black Steel will be released by Orbit in September 2024. This is the first volume in an all new trilogy entitled The Age of Wrath. Here’s the description:

A NEW AGE HAS DAWNED. AN AGE OF BLOOD AND STEEL.
AN AGE OF WRATH.

The land of Ascarlia, a fabled realm of bloodied steel and epic sagas, has been ruled by the Sister Queens for centuries. No one has dared question their rule.

Until now.

Whispers speak of longships of mysterious tattooed warriors, sailing under the banners of a murderous cult of oath-breakers long thought extinct. A tide of black steel that threatens to vanquish all in its path.

Thera of the Blackspear, favoured servant of the Sister Queens, is ordered to uncover the truth. As Thera sails north, her reviled brother, Felnir, sets out on his own adventure. He hopes to find the Vault of the Altvar – the treasure room of the gods – and win the Sister Queens’ favour at his sister’s expense.

Both siblings – along with a brilliant young scribe and a prisoner with a terrifying, primal power – will play a part in the coming storm.

The Age of Wrath has begun.

A Tide of Black Steel begins a new blockbuster epic fantasy series from international bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.

A Tide of Black Steel is currently slated for release on September 26th 2024. Pre-order links below*(more to come when I have them):

Ebook: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – Nook – Kobo – Google Play

UK Hardcover: Amazon.co.uk – Waterstones – Blackwells

US Paperback: Amazon.com – Barnes and Noble

Audiobook: Audible.com – Audible.co.uk – Barnes and Noble

*Affiliate links used for Amazon stores. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Keen-eyed readers will no doubt have spotted that this book takes place in the same world as The Covenant of Steel trilogy. The story begins twenty years after the events in The Traitor, however, whilst it contains some references to prior events, the Age of Wrath series can be read in isolation. But if anyone is minded to read The Covenant of Steel in preparation, I’m certainly not going to complain. 

The cover isn’t yet ready to be unveiled – watch this space – but by way of a consolation prize, here’s the map:

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December 13, 2023

Upcoming Xmas Giveaway and New Interview

By Anthony Ryan

I’ll be running a mailing list giveaway for signed hardcovers of The Traitor and Across the Sorrow Sea from December 18th to 24th. I had hoped to run the AtSS giveaway in concert with the novella’s release but my author copies took a while to arrive. If you missed out on the special editions from Subterranean Press, this is a chance to win a signed copy with a personalised dedication. To ensure you get a chance to enter join the mailing list before the 18th and don’t forget to check your spam folders for the giveaway email. 

In other news – many thanks to Eleni Argyró Efstratiadou for interviewing me on the Before We Go blog. You can read the full interview here, which goes into the writing of Red River Seven and the Covenant of Steel, as well as a hint as to what’s next. I know many of you are keen for news about my next series, so watch out for a much more detailed announcement early in the new year. In the meantime, a merry Chrismakkuhfestivus / happy new year to one and all.

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October 10, 2023

Red River Seven – Now Available

By Anthony Ryan

It’s publication day for Red River Seven. The book is now available in ebook, paperback and audio in USA and Canada, and ebook in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The paperback and audio versions will be published in non-US territories on 12th October – however, I’m told some copies are already filtering out to bookshops. 

Buy the ebook:  Amazon.com  –  Amazon.co.uk  – Nook – Google Play – Kobo – Apple Books

Buy the paperback: Amazon.com –  Amazon.co.uk –  Waterstones  – Barnes & Noble  –  
Books A Million  –  Bookshop.org  –  Blackwells  – Orbit UK  –  Orbit US

Buy the audiobook:  Audible.com – Audible.co.uk – Apple Books

About the book:

Internationally bestselling fantasy author Anthony Ryan – writing as A. J. Ryan – delivers a nerve-shredding thriller in which seven strangers must undertake a terrifying journey into the unknown.

A man awakes on a boat at sea with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. He’s not alone – there are six others. None of them can remember their names, but all bear the scars of recent surgery.

When a message appears on the onboard computer – Proceeding to Point A – the group agrees to work together to survive whatever is coming.

But as the boat moves through the mist-shrouded waters, divisions begin to form, and the group is plagued by questions. Who is directing them, why have they lost their memories, and what are the screams they can hear beyond the mist?

“With thoughtful characterization and an innovative variation on a familiar theme, this impressive horror tale wows.” — Publishers Weekly Starred Review

“With well drawn characters, an engrossing story, and a spectacular finale, this one is a triumph.” — Booklist

“A. J. Ryan’s RED RIVER SEVEN bursts onto the page like a riveting ride into a monstrous heart of darkness, starting out as a locked-room mystery and steadily stomping the gas to become an edge-of-your seat apocalyptic thriller. Gripping, fast-paced, and bloody good fun.” — Craig DiLouie, author of Episode Thirteen

“Parts Josh Malerman’s Bird Box and Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later, RRS is a frenetically paced, galvanizing read that will equally excite and terrify you. Absolute recommend.” — FanFiAddict

“Bird Box meets World War Z in the genre-bending Red River Seven, a madly entertaining amalgam of locked-room mystery, heart-racing thriller, and terror-inducing horror show that will keep you up late into the night and darken your dreams long after you turn the last page.” – Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley

“[A] non-stop action ride.” – Grimdark Magazine

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October 2, 2023

Upcoming Red River Seven Giveaway & Signed Traitor HC Charity Auction

By Anthony Ryan

To celebrate the upcoming release of my post-apocalyptic thriller Red River Seven – October 10th in the US and October 12th in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa – I’ll be running a giveaway on my mailing list from October 4th to 9th. Five first place winners will receive a signed paperback of the book and ten second place winners will receive a signed bookplate (vinyl stickers that would also look great on a laptop or journal).

In order to enter you’ll need to join the mailing list before October 4th. Sign up here.

Subscribers will receive an email on the 4th with a link to submit their entry. The giveaway will run until midnight GMT on October 9th. Winners will be chosen at random and notified on October 10th – check your spam folders to make sure you haven’t missed out.

Book description and pre-order details are on the Red River Seven book page.

In other news, I’ve contributed a signed UK edition hardcover of The Traitor – Covenant of Steel Book 3 – to the Children in Read charity auction. Go here to bid (currently priced at £10!):

https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/detail/auction_id/7632?search=Anthony+Ryan#none

All proceeds from the auction will go to the charity Children in Need which contributes to a load of really great causes in the UK. There are a wide range of books available in the auction, including a signed copy of Coraline by Neil Gaiman and my recent fave The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless. Check the full range out here: https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/childreninread2023

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September 26, 2023

Across the Sorrow Sea – Now Available in Ebook

By Anthony Ryan

I’m happy to report that Across the Sorrow Sea – Book Five in my Seven Swords novella series – is now available in ebook. Please note that, whilst the Kindle version is available for immediate download, the ebook will only become available for download on the other stores on September 30th (no idea why).

Buy the ebook here:  Amazon.com –  Amazon.co.uk –  Apple Books –  Kobo –  Nook

The special signed hardcover edition can be ordered from the Subterranean Press website. The audiobook will be released on September 30th and can be pre-ordered from: audible.com  –  audible.co.uk

For more info see the book page on my site.

Also, my US publisher is running another Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller Red River Seven, this time for a paperback copy. Go here to enter (sorry, US residents only): https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/371581-red-river-seven

Book description and pre-order details are on the Red River Seven book page. 

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July 31, 2023

Red River Seven – Goodreads Giveaway

By Anthony Ryan

Attention end-of-the-world fans – my publisher is running an ebook giveaway on Goodreads for my post-apocalyptic thriller Red River Seven. Go here to enter: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/371579-red-river-seven

The giveaway is for 100 copies and is open until August 14th. Sorry to non-Americans, but it’s open to US residents only. 

I’ll be doing my own giveaway for signed copies closer to the release in October. Join the mailing list to make sure you don’t miss out on a chance to enter.

For full details about Red River Seven and pre-oder links – see the book page. 

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July 28, 2023

The Waking Fire – US Ebook Sale

By Anthony Ryan

Attention all dragoneers, dragon-riders, draco-philes (etc. people who like dragons is what I’m saying) – The Waking Fire, Book One of the Draconis Memoria trilogy, is currently on sale in ebook for $1.99 (sorry, US only).

Buy here: Amazon.com – Nook – Kobo – Google Play – Apple Books

For other formats – see the book page.

Description:

The New York Times bestselling Raven’s Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for “fans of broadscale epic fantasy along the lines of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels.”* Now, Anthony Ryan begins a new saga, The Draconis Memoria…

Throughout the vast lands controlled by the Ironship Syndicate, nothing is more prized than the blood of drakes. Harvested from the veins of captive or hunted Reds, Green, Blues and Blacks, it can be distilled into elixirs that give fearsome powers to the rare men and women who have the ability harness them—known as the blood-blessed.

But not many know the truth: that the lines of drakes are weakening. If they fail, war with the neighboring Corvantine Empire will follow swiftly. The Syndicate’s last hope resides in whispers of the existence of another breed of drake, far more powerful than the rest, and the few who have been chosen by fate to seek it.

Claydon Torcreek is a petty thief and an unregistered blood-blessed, who finds himself pressed into service by the protectorate and sent to wild, uncharted territories in search of a creature he believes is little more than legend. Lizanne Lethridge is a formidable spy and assassin, facing gravest danger on an espionage mission deep into the heart of enemy territory. And Corrick Hilemore is the second lieutenant of an ironship, whose pursuit of ruthless brigands leads him to a far greater threat at the edge of the world.

As lives and empires clash and intertwine, as the unknown and the known collide, all three must fight to turn the tide of a coming war, or drown in its wake.

*Library Journal

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July 15, 2023

The Pariah – Kindle Sale and Signed Traitor Hardcovers

By Anthony Ryan

Firstly, some good news for US readers – The Pariah, Book One of The Covenant of Steel, is on sale on the Kindle Store today priced at $2.99. Buy here: Amazon.com

In other Covenant of Steel news – Goldsboro Books are now offering a signed, numbered, sprayed edges UK hardcover edition of The Traitor. Check it out here:  https://www.goldsborobooks.com/product/the-traitor

You can also order signed hardcovers of The Traitor from The Broken Binding: https://www.thebrokenbinding.co.uk/product-page/the-traitor-anthony-ryan

And finally, thanks to everyone who has already bought a copy of the concluding instalment in the tale of Alwyn Scribe. Hugely appreciated as always – I really can’t do it without you.

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July 11, 2023

The Traitor – Publication Day

By Anthony Ryan

*Cover illustration by Jaime Jones (www.artpad.org). Cover design by Lauren Panepinto (@Panepinto).

The Traitor – the third and final book in The Covenant of Steel trilogy – is released today in the US, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. 

Buy the ebook:  Amazon.com  – Amazon.co.uk –  Nook  –  Apple Books  –  Kobo – Google Play

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

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

Buy the audiobook:  Audible.com – Audible.co.uk

(*affiliate links used for Amazon stores)

‘Masterful… Ryan’s thoughtful characterizations and complex plotting are on clear display… Sends the series out on a high note.’ – Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Traitor.

The Traitor concludes the ruthless and gripping epic fantasy series from New York Times bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.

It’s been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he’s now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they’ve won countless battles and helped to bring order to a fractured kingdom.

Yet Evadine is not the woman Alwyn once knew. As puritanical fury increasingly replaces her benevolent faith, Alwyn begins to question what her true motives really are.

As the kingdom braces itself for one final battle, Alwyn’s conscience fights its own war with his heart. Now, more than ever, he must decide whose side he’s really on.

Many thanks to everyone at Orbit Books for their hard work in bringing the tale of Alwyn Scribe to its conclusion. 

Now, on to the next thing…

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