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Richard Swan

@richardswanauthor.bsky.social

Sunday Times bestselling SFF author. Empire of the Wolf / Great Silence / The Infinite State (2026) / 40k fiction for Black Library. Latest release: The Scour [Oct 2025] Next release: Steel Gods [Mar 2026] Updates: https://linktr.ee/richardswan

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Some still images of Rebecca Hanssen (The Witcher, Baldur's Gate III) recording her reading of the dark fantasy story COLD COMFORT by Matt Ward. Grab your coats for this one folks, it's dark, it's cold, and it has an absolutely haunting ending.

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La Justice des RoisΒ : Fantasy et Justice Craignez la Voix de l’Empereur

Un excellent premier tome pour cette dark fantasy qui mΓͺle polar et rΓ©flexion sur la justice.
Richard Swan fait une entrée en matière remarquable !

@richardswanauthor.bsky.social

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a man in a black hooded jacket is standing in front of a tree and says `` i have '' . ALT: a man in a black hooded jacket is standing in front of a tree and says `` i have '' .

Me writing the Guerilla Republic

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More pix here

www.instagram.com/p/DUXDuBLkX0...

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A Tempestus Scion dunecrawler from the 133rd Lambdan Lions advances through the burning oilfields of Scarus Prime - First Prometheum War, 991 M41.

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😹

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Picture showing a man holding Grave Empire by Richard Swan open to the map of the story

Picture showing a man holding Grave Empire by Richard Swan open to the map of the story

When the audiobook reader needs a physical copy to check the map, you oblige cause it gives you the chance to share the shiny @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social edition of @richardswanauthor.bsky.social’s #GraveEmpire πŸ”₯
#TheGreatSilenceTrilogy

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I heartily approve

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My Militarum Tempestus desert army, finally complete. Went for a largely 1st Gulf War inspired scheme, trying to mix some variation into the units with ghillies and keffiyehs and converting normal AM units with scions

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Would you like a chance to win an advance copy of The Infinite State? Head over to my Instagram page. Closing soon!

tinyurl.com/t74x43mw

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Thanks for the mention 🀝

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Richard Swan (Empire of the Wolf, The Great Silence, Decurion Saga) returns to Sova, with a second Vonvalt and Bressinger novella releasing in 2026! Set six years after The Scour, this brutal story sends our heroes into the guts of a plague town to solve a murder.

Link below:

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Happy publication day to
@jacobrollinson.bsky.social! THE TRUTH OF CARCOSA, the dark and suspenseful debut novel, is out in the US today.

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The cover of the book: a shield with the book title, surrounded by a hooded figure with an alien-like multi-jawed skull, tentacles and nautical themes

The cover of the book: a shield with the book title, surrounded by a hooded figure with an alien-like multi-jawed skull, tentacles and nautical themes

A banner reading BookishSFF's 2026 watchlist scifi fantasy horror and spec fic publishing

A banner reading BookishSFF's 2026 watchlist scifi fantasy horror and spec fic publishing

Due at the end of March, Steel Gods is the second novel in the Great Silence trilogy from author @richardswanauthor.bsky.social - a dark flintlock fantasy of empire and plague, filled with epic adventure, arcane mysteries and tense, cosmic, creeping dread!

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#Preorder

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Full board art for the @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social edition of STEEL GODS (art by @hannahelizabeth.bsky.social )

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The cat(man) is out of the bag

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There's a summary at the beginning of the book

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Thanks mate. Good luck in your search 🫑

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I'm sorry to say your only option will be to try a shop like Blackwell's that ships internationally πŸ₯²

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@thebrokenbinding.bsky.social @richardswanauthor.bsky.social I guess I know how I’ll be kicking off my 2026 reading journey…so diligently packaged (just missing a sprig of holly!). Beautiful book design and somehow I just know the contents will be brilliant!

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Agreed, the Macharius Vulcan is one of the best looking tanks they ever made

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The first three in this picture are my three outstanding books of the year, my crème de la crème!

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

Grave Empire by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social

The Book of Fallen Leaves by @astamaki.bsky.social

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The second half of the book is actually just Imperial Armour spliced in

01.01.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll just have the characters go to an airshow

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