Richard Swan
Final piece of Tyranny of Faith Character Art
Final piece in the "minor characters of the Tyranny of Faith" series; and what series would be complete without a fine portrait of the...
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Richard Swan
- Jan 30
- 2 min
MORE Tyranny of Faith Character Art
Here's the second (of three) pieces of art I've commissioned for minor characters from The Tyranny of Faith. This is Sir Gerold Bertilo,...
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Richard Swan
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Tyranny of Faith Character Art
For those of you who have not seen, I've been busy commissioning a few pieces of character art for some of the more notable minor...
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Richard Swan
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
2022 End of Year Wrap-Up
Hi folks! 2022 will always be a special year for me. I remember writing sci fi novels as a young teen and being desperate to be...
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Richard Swan
- Nov 22, 2022
- 1 min
The Justice of Kings - Plot Summary
This is intended to provide an aide memoire to those who are about to read The Tyranny of Faith (either as an ARC or next February when...
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Richard Swan
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Goldsboro Edition Justice of Kings Global Giveaway!
Exciting news! I have teamed up with Orbit to offer a free signed and numbered copy of the GB edition of Justice of Kings to one lucky...
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Richard Swan
- Oct 30, 2022
- 3 min
Empire of the Wolf Update 30/10/22
Time for a monthly update methinks. The Justice of Kings Nothing to report on this; it continues to be available for sale in multiple...
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Richard Swan
- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
Empire of the Wolf, News and Updates 20/09/22
The Justice of Kings JoK is, as of late August, now out in mass market paperback. In the UK & ANZ this is the nice 5"x8" format (my...
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Richard Swan
- Sep 4, 2022
- 1 min
Signed / Personalised Copies of Justice of Kings now Available for Sale
If you are interested in purchasing a signed / stamped / otherwise customised copy of The Justice of Kings (and other Empire of the Wolf...
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Richard Swan
- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
Empire of the Wolf: Progress Update 20/07
The Justice of Kings This will be available in mass-market paperback in late August, for those of you who cannot abide the hardbacks or...
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Richard Swan
- May 23, 2022
- 5 min
What is The Art of War Trilogy? A Note on my Self-Pubbed Work
Hello! If you are reading this, you have most likely read or heard of The Justice of Kings, my debut fantasy novel from Orbit books....
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Richard Swan
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Empire of the Wolf: Progress Update 07/04
The Justice of Kings The INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING novel continues to be out there and available for purchase. Hardbacks for the...
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Richard Swan
- Feb 17, 2022
- 1 min
Empire of the Wolf: Progress Update
Just a quick update as to where things stand on the Empire of the Wolf trilogy for those perennial will-he-finish-the-series? worriers:...
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Richard Swan
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
The Book of Koli by Mike Carey - Review
A Riddley Walker-esque post apocalyptic sci-fi but this time the clueless protagonist has an insane Genki girl tamagotchi companion from...
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Richard Swan
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville - Review
I’m embarrassingly new to Bas Lag. I’m no stranger to Mieville’s works — Embassytown remains one of the best science fiction novels I’ve...
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Richard Swan
- Sep 24, 2021
- 5 min
The Death of Grass, by John Christopher: Review
I first came across this book a little while ago. It looked like a nice, short, self-contained piece of fiction, written in the 1950s at...
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Richard Swan
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Dying Squad by Adam Simcox - Review
Dying is hell; solving your own murder is purgatory. All right! Just finished this last night, after having rattled through the last 50...
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Richard Swan
- Aug 25, 2021
- 2 min
Pariah, by Dan Abnett: Short Review
This is the first book in the third trilogy of Dan Abnett’s Inquisitorial “trilogy of trilogies”, the first two being Eisenhorn and...
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Richard Swan
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Empire of the Wolf #2: Progress Update 23/08
I recently hit about 130k on the first draft. I’m doing something I haven’t done before with this draft; I’m actually not going to write...
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Richard Swan
- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
Empire of the Wolf #2: Progress Update
I hit 120,000 words on the first draft of book 2 last night. Progress is slowing thanks to a lack of planning for these final chapters; I...
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