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I’m a lifelong fan of fantasy and science fiction. It started with The Hobbit, The Belgariad, the Earthsea books, the Shannara books, DragonLance and then David Gemmell, who was a huge influence on my writing.

My novels include:-

The Nightingale and the Falcon trilogy

The Judas Blossom (July 2023)
The Blood Dimmed Tide (9 July 2024)
The Judas Blossom 3 (July 2025)

The Quest for Heroes duology

-The Coward (June 2021)
- The Warrior (August 2022)

Age of Darkness (first trilogy)
- Battlemage
- Bloodmage
- Chaosmage

Age of Dread (second trilogy)

-Mageborn
-Magefall
-Magebane

A prequel novella to everything, Of Gods and Men, was published in February 2018.

I am represented by Juliet Mushens of Mushens Entertainment.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 14,665 ratings · 1,966 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Coward (Quest for Heroes, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 3,588 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battlemage (The Age of Darkness Trilogy, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 3,365 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloodmage (The Age of Darkness Trilogy, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 1,634 ratings — published 2016 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chaosmage (The Age of Darkness Trilogy, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warrior (Quest for Heroes, #2) 3.65 avg rating — 1,214 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mageborn (Age of Dread, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Judas Blossom (The Nightingale and the Falcon, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magefall (Age of Dread, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magebane (Age of Dread, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood Dimmed Tide (The Nightingale and the Falcon, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Broken Binding snares Stephen Aryan’s Silver-Tongued Devils

The news is out about my new book deal with The Broken Binding. You can read it The Bookseller, but below is the full press release from the website.

The Broken Binding Publishing has acquired Stephen Aryan’s Silver-Tongued Devils and an untitled second book in a two-book deal.

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“Being a hero is all about overcoming fear.”
― Stephen Aryan, The Coward

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“The girl had all the initiative of a potato. Unless told exactly what to do she would just stand around staring at the walls. It wasn’t completely her fault. Both her parents had the wit of a boiled cabbage so it had been inevitable that Sallie would be a dullard.”
― Stephen Aryan, The Coward

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“Being a hero means rising up, not tearing other people down.”
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