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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New fun game: staring at the SpaceX share price and trying to make it fall with the sheer power of my mind.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thus begins what will be my 19th full length novel. Yeah, can't quite believe it either. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Screen capture of a Scrivener project reading: 'Chapter One'

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rejoice UK ebook-ites! For 'A Tide of Black Steel' - book one in the Age of Wrath trilogy - is a Kindle deal at £0.99 for the month of October. #BookSky

Banner advertising the UK ebook £0.99 sale for the novel 'A Tide of Black Steel' by Anthony Ryan.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you’re concerned about the messiness of your first draft, take a look at the ‘finished’ first page of Dickens’ Great Expectations. #WritingCommunity

Original handwritten first page of Charles Dicjens’ Great Expectations

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Madame Xi [sotto voce]: He smells of excrement and I think his wife might be a robot. Xi: I know. Just keep smiling until he sells out Taiwan.

Photograph of Xi Jinping, Madame Xi, Donald Trump, and Melania Trump in the Oval Office.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Altogether now: “Yes, we have no bananas We have no bananas today…”

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Dropped by @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social warehouse to sign a few copies of Upon the Forge of Battle. #BookSky

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Otherwise known as ‘The Presidential Tour’. Right, folks? …….. ……. ….. … . [sigh - pearls before swine]

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Many thanks to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for this great review of my next post-apoc thriller 'Reapers' (coming in November). #BookSky

Publishers Weekly review of the novel 'Reapers' by Anthony Ryan. Text: "Ryan (the Seven Swords series) shows off his versatility in this strikingly original take on the zombie apocalypse. In the near future, a tech breakthrough offers humans dramatically improved physical and cognitive abilities via a chip implanted in their brains. But those implants glitch, killing millions. The survivors are transformed into murderous Beserkers, passive Statics, or aimless Wanderers. Five years after the Glitch, convicted drug dealer Arthur Dalton has been freed to serve as a Contracted Collection Agent—colloquially, a reaper—charged to kill the glitched and extract their implants to make territory safe for the unimplanted. If he meets his quota, he’ll be able to retire with enough money to set him up for life—such as it is in a world “gone-to-shit”—and hopefully go on to fulfill his promise to find the daughter of a dead colleague. His task gets harder as the deaths of other reapers leaves Dalton on his own and his orders change to target a mysterious woman who has been graffitiing buildings with a mysterious code. Ryan excels at engendering sympathy for his amoral lead and making this hellish world feel frighteningly real. It’s an impressive feat."

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Feel like I should sue Disney+ for mental cruelty.

Screen cap from the animated series ‘Gargoyles’ with the caption ‘Disney+ cancels plans for the live-action Gargoyles series’.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 10 - The Running Man by Stephen King

Cover for the novel ‘The Running Man’ by Stephen King

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 9 - Vurt by Jeff Noon

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 8 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Cover for the novel ‘The Forever War’ by Joe Haldeman

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 7 - Chickenhawk by Robert Mason

Cover for the book ‘Chickenhawk’ by Robert Mason

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 6 - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Cover for the novel ‘Red Dragon’ by Thomas Harris

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 5 - The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford

Cover for the novel ‘The Short Timers’ by Gustav Hasford

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 4 - Wolf in Shadow by David Gemmell

Cover for the novel ‘Wolf in Shadow’ by David Gemmell

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 3 - White Jazz by James Ellroy

Cover for the novel ’White Jazz’ by James Ellroy

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 2 - Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks

Cover for the novel’Use of Weapons’ by Iain M Banks

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Just when you thought it was safe comes an all new #BookChallenge - Post 10 books you finished in less than 48 hours. #booksky Day 1 - Neuromancer by William Gibson

Cover for the novel Neuromancer by William Gibson

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A Tide of Black Steel - Book One of the Age of Wrath trilogy - is currently on sale at $1.99 in ebook in the US. Not sure how long this will last so grab it while it's hot. #BookSky

Banner promoting the $1.99 sale of the US ebook edition of the novel 'A Tide of Black Steel' by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Tomb of the Corpse King ARCs are here. Giveaway coming on 20th August - join my mailing list if you want a chance to win one (details in pinned post). #BookSky

Book stack of the novella collection’The Tomb of the Corpse King’ by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

And ‘Red River Seven’ in Kanji is:

Japanese edition of the novel ‘Red River Seven’ by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#CartAugust 10: Region of Peril The Execration from ‘A Pilgrimage of Swords’ - a place where merely speaking your name aloud will invite the wrath of the Mad God.

Map of The Execration from the fantasy novella ‘A Pilgrimage of Swords’ by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I love the smell of schadenfreude in the morning.

Screen shot of graphs showing the value of Tesla and SpaceX shares tumbling

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hi #cartaugust - I’m fantasy author Anthony Ryan and I draw my own maps. Here’s three of my favourites:

Map from the novel ‘A Tide of Black Steel’ by Anthony Ryan

Map from the novel ‘The Waking Fire’ by Anthony Ryan

Map from the novel ‘Blood Song’ by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Check out the terrific cover for the first Polish volume of the Seven Swords (looks like they’re collecting the first three books into one volume). Design by Fecit Studio. Cover illustration by Paweł Zaręba. #BookSky

Book design for the first volume of the Polish edition of the fantasy novella series ‘The Seven Swords’ by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Upon the Forge of Battle author copies are here. Mailing list giveaway coming soon - see pinned skeet for sign-up link. #BookSky

Book stack of copies of ‘Upon the Forge of Battle’ by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Also found the pictographs for Ascarlian script (including phonemes) from Age of Wrath - never made it into the book. NB - this is modern Ascarlian script as opposed to the more elegant ancient Ascarlian (which I’ve also got knocking around somewhere but can’t find).

Pictographic script for the fictional language of Ascarlian from the fantasy book series Age of Wrath by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Going through some old stuff and found my original pencil sketch for the Covenant of Steel map (messy isn’t it?). #BookSky

Pencil sketch of the map from the fantasy book series The Covenant of Steel by Anthony Ryan

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

ICYMI - 25% off the ‘Upon the Forge of Battle’ hardcover when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social #BookSky

Banner ad reading 25% off the ‘Upon the Forge of Battle’ hardcover when you pre-order from Waterstones

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Stick another million or two on top, just to make sure.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

And done. Clocks in at just over 160,000 words. Now: cake. #AmWriting #HaveWritten #BookSky

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Almost done with New Thing. Must remember to get cake. #AmWriting C

Screenshot of a Scrivener Project reading; "Chapter Forty-Eight - V"

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The Pariah - Book One of the Covenant of Steel trilogy - is now on sale in ebook in the US and Canada for $1.99. Sale runs until the end of July. Buy it now! (or buy something else, but preferably this). #BookSky #EbookSale

Sales banner advertising the ebook edition of The Pariah by Anthony Ryan for $1.99 throughout the month of July 2026.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Book haul from @waterstones.bsky.social in Piccadilly. Sometimes you just have to splurge. #BookSky

Book haul photo - titles:
‘The Complete 2000AD’ by Alan Moore
‘The Witchwood Crown’ by Tad Williams

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

150,000 words in the can for New Thing. And so this rough beast stumbles towards Bethlehem to be born. #AmWriting

Partial screenshot of Scrivener project reading 'Chapter Forty-Five - F'.

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Altogether now: AND WHAT’S THE BAD NEWS?

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Post 30 book series you’ve read to completion. #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 30. The Aspect-Emperor by R Scott Bakker Thus doth this challenge end (for me anyway). Thanks to everyone who took part. I’ll see if I can dream up another one next month.

Covers for The Aspect-Emperor by R Scott Bakker

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Post 30 book series you’ve read to completion. #BookSky #BookChallenge Day 29. The Bas Lag novels by China Mieville

Covers for The Bas Lag novels by China Mieville

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