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Richard Swan

@richardswanauthor.bsky.social

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Sunday Times bestselling SFF author. Empire of the Wolf / Great Silence / the Infinite State / short fiction in GDM and Black Library. Latest release: Grave Empire [4 Feb 2025] Next release: The Scour [Oct 2025] Updates: https://linktr.ee/richardswan

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm excited to share the artwork for what will be the first 4 collectible Empire of the Wolf / Great Silence tarot cards! In time I hope to build this out into a full deck; for now marvel at the glorious artwork @doomedsarcoma.bsky.social has created. Details on how to purchase to follow

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 21h

For those of you who have been asking about special editions of THE SCOUR, here is finally your answer!

The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social · 1d

We are thrilled to unveil our edition of The Scour, an Empire of the Wolf novella by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social ⚔️

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sunyi @handle.invalid · 2d

Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐⁣The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.

Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta

A ghostly Chinese woman with dead white eyes stares out from a stylised black and green ocean, her face surrounded by billowing gold foam

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK EATERS

A haunting dark urban fantasy set in a historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive.

Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place.

But the past she can’t remember won’t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy—and her forgotten childhood.

As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 7d

By Grabthar's hammer, what a savings.

Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Cheers Nick! 🤝

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Nick Borrelli @nickborrelli.bsky.social · 8d

Rereading this one right now in anticipation of the release of the second book in the series. All you need to know is Richard Swan writes bangers. Go read them all!

Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Two weeks until GRAVE EMPIRE is out in paperback in the UK 🇬🇧

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Two weeks until GRAVE EMPIRE is out in paperback in the UK 🇬🇧

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Tyler Brown @tyjarrus.bsky.social · 8d

I’m one, maybe two chapters away from finishing The Trials of Empire by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social.
The Empire of the Wolf trilogy is being added to my list of favorite fantasy trilogies.
I can’t wait to dive into the next trilogy (book 2 out next year) and the one-shot coming soon!

a man with a beard is crying and covering his mouth with his fist .

Alt: a man with a beard is crying and covering his mouth with his fist .

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Grimoire Ink Reviews @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social · 9d

The Scour by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social

"I think there is something uniquely special about Richard’s ability to weave moments of horror and fear in with unmatched comedic dialogue..."

Read @justairythings.bsky.social's full review!
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The Scour by Richard Swan

Reviewed by Ariana Weldon ★★★★★ Some people might say ‘Richard Swan is one of the greatest writers of this generation!’ To which I’d say: Yeah, probably. I have yet to read a Rich…

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 9d

Few more angles

Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 9d

Tempestus Scions locate and reactivate a disabled artillery battery

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Ariana Victoria @justairythings.bsky.social · 12d

I have the most unhinged review dropping for this on Monday but the gist is everyone everywhere should read The Scour by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social.
And that you can get an excerpt now? *chef's kiss*

Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 13d

With the release of The Scour by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social mere weeks away, we think it’s time we gave you a bit of a peek at the amazing dark fantasy novella that awaits you.

EXCLUSIVE: Excerpt: Chapter 1 of Richard Swan's new Vonvalt novella The Scour

Stuffed with Vonvalt's trademark legal procedural overlay on the grim outer reaches of the Sovan Empire, a bit of dark fantasy buddy cop action, and a murderous mystery to be solved, I hope you enjoy ...

www.grimdarkmagazine.com

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 13d

You can read the first chapter of my upcoming Empire of the Wolf novella here 👇🏼

Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 13d

With the release of The Scour by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social mere weeks away, we think it’s time we gave you a bit of a peek at the amazing dark fantasy novella that awaits you.

EXCLUSIVE: Excerpt: Chapter 1 of Richard Swan's new Vonvalt novella The Scour

www.grimdarkmagazine.com

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 13d

My 4yo said "daddy there's a wine party in here!" so I went into his bedroom and he tripped me over and laughed

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Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 14d

Richard Swan is live with an AMA over in Reddit's version of Swanstantinople! Head on over there for a chin wag about THE SCOUR and the other, far less important books he's releasing in the coming 12 months: www.reddit.com/r/RichardSwa...

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Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 17d

The Scour drops 20/10/25.

"You're gonna love this" - @nicholaseames.bsky.social
"Hugely enjoyable" - @annasmithspark.bsky.social
"Packed with atmosphere." - @cameronjohnston.bsky.social
"Even better than I'd hoped for." - @fondalee.bsky.social
"A must-read" - @lukescull.bsky.social

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 14d

Dictating a late chapter of BLOOD DYNASTY with my wife in the room, in which several elementals fight a demon in a temple made of flesh, and she must think I am a genuinely insane person

Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 15d

That's wonderful, thanks Mark - glad to see you have the minerals 😹

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Mark Lawrence @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social · 15d

I review @richardswanauthor.bsky.social's fine novella.

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 15d

Tempestus Scions Forward Air Controller (or whatever that Aeronautica regimental attache is called)

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Nils Shukla @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social · 18d

Here are my favourite murder mystery fantasy book recs:

The Tainted Cup by @robertjbennett.bsky.social

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

The Scour by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social (out in October)

Death on the Caldera by @emmypax.bsky.social

The Last Vigilant by @markalatham.bsky.social

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you 🤝

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Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 20d

WIP of my favourite ever GW model: the humble Arvus Lighter (pictured here getting a quick mid manufacture blessing)

Richard Swan @richardswanauthor.bsky.social · 20d

Such a fun character to write

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thrilled salmon @thrilledsalmon.bsky.social · 20d

The most realistic and bleakly hilarious element of Grave Empire by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social is that upon discovering a potentially apocalyptic supernatural plague spreading in a neighboring country, somebody immediately attempts to monetize it

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