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Andrew Beardmore

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in DERBY, The United Kingdom

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Fantasy, History, Sports

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For many years I have been a regular author of non-fiction with a leading UK publisher. My books largely focus on national and local English history.

Then in 2023, I got signed for my first fiction – epic fantasy! This may seem an odd crossover, but my fantasy world of Thera bears many similarities to our world during British Regency times and Roman empire times – two cultures that are destined to clash with brutal consequences!

Book One, The Strains of Malice, won the Literary Titan Gold Award in April 2026 and the BookViral Golden Quill Award in May 2026. Cold Sanctuary then followed up with the Literary Titan Gold Award in May 2026 and the BookViral Golden Quill Award in June 2026.

I am also a multi-disciplined musician and songwriter (che ...more

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	The Strains of Malice (The Nessemiah, #1) 4.75 avg rating — 51 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
	Cold Sanctuary: Book Two of The Nessemiah 4.97 avg rating — 29 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
	Decoding the Hidden World of Thera it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
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Books 3 & 4 of The Nessemiah released

Hi All, first blog post for me on GR and it’s good news regarding my multi award-winning historical fantasy series, The Nessemiah!

At last, Book Three (The Awakening) and Book Four (The Kiss of Nessemi) have been released. Initially, this is in eBook format only, which can be found in my list of Amazon books here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=andrew+b...

The paperbacks are due from the printers in th Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 11, 2026 11:22 • Tags: epic-fantasy, historical-fantasy, the-nessemiah

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