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Justin Lee Anderson

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Scottish fantasy author of Carpet Diem as well as The Eidyn Saga from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. The Damned King OUT NOW. He/Him. Rep by @canonizer.bsky.social

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@justinleeanderson.comOct 5, 2026, 5:06 PM

Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars by @writerlythings.bsky.social is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk.

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The cover of Phoenix Rises Dragon soars by Charlotte Saulter alongside the BookMatch logo and the text: Check out this Indie Fantasy book available for review on BookMatch.co.uk.
Text reads: The Emperor is dead. His widow takes the throne and the Empire learns to fear a woman who knows exactly what she wants.

For Wang Longwei, the Empire's troubles are nothing but backdrop. Sold by his father at nine years old, he's spent every day since making himself into someone who doesn't need anyone.

Until he meets Zhou Shufang. She despises him on sight, and he knows she's right to. But then her safety is threatened, and the life he's built begins to crack.

When a disgraced commander and a hunted shamaness are drawn into their orbit, four strangers find themselves bound by a forbidden magic that promises death and leaves none of them unchanged.

And all along, the Empress is watching.

PHOENIX RISES, DRAGON SOARS. Dark epic fantasy inspired by Imperial China. Book One of the Four Guardians Trilogy.

For fans of M.L. Wang’s The Sword of Kaigen, Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings, and Andrea Stewart’s The Bone Shard Daughter—dark, character-driven fantasy where forbidden magic, loyalty, and love all come at a cost.Text reads: Genre: 
Epic Fantasy
Grimdark

Age: Adult

Length: 383 pagesText reads: If you’re a reviewer of fantasy, sci-fi or horror, and want the chance to review a curated selection of books like this one, or if you’re an indie SFFH author who wants to submit your book to over 200 active reviewers, get over to BookMatch.co.uk and sign up today!
@kithrup.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 6:26 PMReposted by @justinleeanderson.com

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of The Lost War (The Eidyn Saga Book 1), by @justinleeanderson.com, which I *have* but *have not read*, so if you read it, please let me know what you think.

@justinleeanderson.comSep 30, 2026, 1:15 PM

Huh. I was never really conscious of the idea that S&S was specifically small-scale. Every day’s a school day!

@justinleeanderson.comSep 30, 2026, 11:26 AM

Well, are we talking about my books or the book in the original post? I can only speak for my own. In mine, it’s country-wide over weeks and months.

@justinleeanderson.comSep 30, 2026, 7:22 AM

That’s interesting - I would have said my own Eidyn books are both epic and S&S due to the scope of the story, the stakes and the length, but also the focus on the characters and the fact it is literally a sword and sorcery world. I think books can be both.

@justinleeanderson.comSep 29, 2026, 5:32 PM

The Black Bane by L Lyons is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk.

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Text reads: In a cursed corner of Avellion, a dark forest infected with the Black Bane spells death to all who enter — except one…

When an old priest arrives at Kailas Darkchar’s door with a bag of gold, she’s right to be suspicious. His ancient sect is rumoured to practise dark magic.

The priest claims Kailas has the power to enter the forest and retrieve the bones of his god. But not even the money she so desperately needs is enough to convince her. A member of a despised race, she’s lived her life in the shadows, believing her unique immunity to magic is useless in a world that embraces it.

Forced to flee for her life, she meets a powerful stranger with eyes of gold who promises to protect her. But can he be trusted, or is he part of a darker scheme?

Hunted by an army of holy warriors intent on fulfilling their ancient prophecy, Kailas is the only one who can stop the world from being plunged into darkness — and that may cost her soul…Text reads: Genre: 
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Sword & Sorcery

Age: Adult

Length: 334 pagesText reads: If you’re a reviewer of fantasy, sci-fi or horror, and want the chance to review a curated selection of books like this one, or if you’re an indie SFFH author who wants to submit your book to over 200 active reviewers, get over to BookMatch.co.uk and sign up today!
@justinleeanderson.comSep 28, 2026, 10:10 AM

You’re a gentleman and a scholar. :)

@justinleeanderson.comSep 27, 2026, 9:28 PM

This really made me smile at a time when I’m otherwise pretty much run into the ground, so please go watch it! :)

@justinleeanderson.comSep 27, 2026, 9:27 PM

This is so utterly lovely, thank you for making it! :)

@justinleeanderson.comSep 27, 2026, 8:26 AM

If you’re not already watching Dark Matter, it is worth it just to get to S2E5, Love and Be Loved, one of the most beautiful hours of television I’ve ever seen. Breathtaking. I swear to God, I actually did let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding at the end.

@pickardje.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 10:53 PMReposted by @justinleeanderson.com

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform

www.ft.com/content/f270...

@justinleeanderson.comSep 18, 2026, 5:02 PM

Blood of Tomorrow by Robert W. Riley is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk.

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Text reads: For centuries, the Kingdom of Alcia was a bastion of peace and songs. It took a single night for the songs to stop.

The King has vanished. In his wake, the Grey Army pours into the kingdom—a force that does not shout, does not pillage, and leaves no dead. They are not here to conquer. They are here to harvest the Tithe: a collection of human life to fuel a magic the world has forgotten.

While the High Marshal fights a hopeless war against an enemy led by a man that cannot exist, Cedrik Theramond must navigate a kingdom that has rendered him obsolete. His mission: rescue the Queen from the border city of Tarsis.

But Brighid is not the leader the kingdom expects. Hunted by officers and unimaginable horrors who wield the Gift as a weapon, she and Cedrik are guided by a scholar who knows the terrifying history of the First Cycle. The Queen must transform from a symbol of peace into a commander of war.

As the violet Spires rise and the ancient "Song of Stones" begins to fade, the survivors of Alcia discover a horrific truth: The First Cycle didn't end because the magic vanished. It ended because the price became too high.

Now, a new debt must be paid with the blood of the innocent.Text reads:Genre: 
Epic Fantasy
Grimdark
Military Fantasy
Mystery
Myths & Legends

Age: Adult

Length: 267 pagesText reads: If you’re a reviewer of fantasy, sci-fi or horror, and want the chance to review a curated selection of books like this one, or if you’re an indie SFFH author who wants to submit your book to over 200 active reviewers, get over to BookMatch.co.uk and sign up today!
@justinleeanderson.comSep 14, 2026, 5:23 PM

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Text reads: When a U.S. Army squad massacres an Afghan village on bad intelligence, PFC Franklin Sims comes home plagued with guilt and a classified NDA. Then his squadmates start dying—violently, impossibly—and the thing doing the killing wears the face of his best friend. Now Sims has a reanimated corpse for an ally, an unstable police detective, and his Hoodoo-practicing mother as his only backup. There’s one question he can't outrun—when your crimes created the monster hunting you, do you deserve to survive?Text reads: Genre: 
Contemporary
Ghost
Paranormal
Thriller

Age: Adult

Length: 207 pagesText reads: If you’re a reviewer of fantasy, sci-fi or horror, and want the chance to review a curated selection of books like this one, or if you’re an indie SFFH author who wants to submit your book to over 200 active reviewers, get over to BookMatch.co.uk and sign up today!
@justinleeanderson.comSep 11, 2026, 6:35 PM

Also just occurred to me while looking at something else that the absolute archetype for your character type might be...

@justinleeanderson.comSep 11, 2026, 6:32 PM

The Iron Crown by @llmacrae.bsky.social is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk.

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Text reads: Fenn’s first and only memory is finding himself in the middle of a forest, face to face with a dragon spirit mocking him, all knowledge gone apart from his own name.

Lost and confused, his only hope for answers is Calidra—a woman living on the edge of the world with her partner. Forced to return home when her father dies, Calidra has put off facing her estranged mother for seven years, and she begrudgingly helps Fenn, forging papers for him so he can avoid the Queen’s Inquisitors.

But her mother is the least of her worries when they discover an ancient enemy is rising again. It should be impossible with the Iron Crown in power—and Fenn is terrified he might unwittingly be playing a part in the war’s resurgence.

Surrounded by vengeful spirits and powerful magic, Fenn’s desperate attempt to find his way home might well alter the fate of Tassar, and every power in it.Text reads: Genre: 
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy

Age: Adult

Length: 550 pagesText reads: If you’re a reviewer of fantasy, sci-fi or horror, and want the chance to review a curated selection of books like this one, or if you’re an indie SFFH author who wants to submit your book to over 200 active reviewers, get over to BookMatch.co.uk and sign up today!
@jimmybaps.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 4:16 PMReposted by @justinleeanderson.com

New video, anyone for painting and a chat?

youtu.be/pTfCX0SHVmM

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@justinleeanderson.comSep 10, 2026, 5:48 PM

Enjoyed that. Thanks for the shout! :) (love that sunny yellow too)

@stephellis.bsky.socialSep 7, 2026, 10:02 PMReposted by @justinleeanderson.com

I certainly would love to get more eyes on this collection!

@justinleeanderson.comSep 7, 2026, 5:41 PM

Devil Kin by @stephellis.bsky.social is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk.

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Text reads: Darkness comes in different forms: in the mischief of the supernatural, in the evil of demonic spirits, or in the greed and selfishness of humans themselves. Regardless of where it comes from, its proponents are all 'devil kin'. From gothic to post-apocalyptic to vampiric folk horror, the kin are waiting in this collection of short stories.

Including 3 stories featured in Ellen Datlow's 2023 Best of Horror recommendationsText reads: Genre: 
Apocalyptic
Body Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
Mystery
Occult
Quiet
Sci-Fi

Age: Adult

Length: 303 pagesText reads: If you’re a reviewer of fantasy, sci-fi or horror, and want the chance to review a curated selection of books like this one, or if you’re an indie SFFH author who wants to submit your book to over 200 active reviewers, get over to BookMatch.co.uk and sign up today!
@tom-phillips.comSep 5, 2026, 9:32 AMReposted by @justinleeanderson.com

almost word for word

Screenshot of tweet from @InternetHippo:

New right wing thing is describing crimes as generically as possible to pretend like they're not crimes. Someone gets convicted of conspiracy and they start yelling "Wow so it's illegal to make plans with friends now"
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