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Ryan Williamson

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Ryan Williamson is the author of The Stygian Blades, Doors to the Stars, and the Doomsday Recon trilogy, a #1 bestseller in military fantasy and war fiction praised for its immersive world-building, military authenticity, and unflinching portrayal of combat.

Born in Canada, Ryan moved to the Seattle area in his teens, served in the U.S. Army as a cavalry scout, sojourned for a time in Navajo country, and ultimately returned to the Pacific Northwest where he lives with his wife in a half-empty nest with arguably too many dogs—and one tarantula (which she insists is also arguably too many).

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Average rating: 4.50 · 1,242 ratings · 105 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Doomsday Recon (Doomsday Recon #1) by Ryan Williamson (Goodreads Author), Jason Anspach (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 2024 — 3 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
	Death or Glory (Doomsday Recon #2) by Ryan Williamson (Goodreads Author), Jason Anspach (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 326 ratings — 3 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
	Born in Battle (Doomsday Recon #3) by Ryan Williamson (Goodreads Author), Jason Anspach (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 220 ratings — 3 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 Widow’s Son 4.24 avg rating — 68 ratings — 8 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
	A Fistful of Demons: An Anthology of the Weird West by Ryan Williamson (Goodreads Author), David J. West (Goodreads Author), J.E. Tabor (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2022 — 5 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
	Land of the Black Sun (Doomsday Recon #0.5) 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings	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 Spear of Destiny 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 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
	We Always Get Our Man 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Doomsday Recon (3 books)
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Doomsday Recon (2 books)
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Zarahemla Two Crows (1 book)
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Crossroads of Ravens (The Witcher, #0.1)

by Andrzej Sapkowski

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Cry Havoc (Tom Reece, #1)

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Thieves' World® Volume One: Thieves' World, Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn, and Shadows of Sanctuary

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Ryan Williamson and 1 other person liked Joanne Budzien's review of The Stygian Blades: "Bottom Line Upfront The Stygian Blades is a unique mix of everything I loved about the Doomsday Recon trilogy, The Widow’s Son, and Doors to the Stars with action, adventure, small group dynamics, the need to protect one's people, and well-developed r" Read more of this review »
Oct 28, 2026 01:26PM · see review
Ryan Williamson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Author order wrong on Doomsday Recon editions topic " Following up with direct links to each edition that needs fixing, in case that helps: Doomsday Recon - Kindle: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... ...more "
Oct 28, 2026 12:04PM
Ryan Williamson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Books assigned to the wrong Ryan Williamson topic " These are mine but are attached to a different author with the same name (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...). Please move all editions to my pr ...more "
Oct 28, 2026 11:46AM
Ryan Williamson made a comment on Joanne Budzien’s review of Doors to the Stars " Thanks for the review! Very much appreciated. "
Oct 21, 2026 04:30PM · see review
Ryan Williamson and 2 other people liked Joanne Budzien's review of Doors to the Stars: "This review is based on an ARC Bottom Line Upfront I've read 110 books so far this year and Doors to the Stars stands out as one of the best for having a banger scifi story with the emotional realism of being a teenage girl figuring out life in harsh c" Read more of this review »
Oct 21, 2026 04:30PM · see review
Ryan Williamson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please create Doomsday Recon series (prequel + 3 books) topic " Hi librarians — the Doomsday Recon series by Jason Anspach and me isn't set up as a series on Goodreads. Could someone create the series and attach th ...more "
Oct 21, 2026 12:42PM
Ryan Williamson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Same author: R.A. Williamson / Ryan Williamson — please combine topic " Hi librarians — I'm the author on both of these profiles. R.A. Williamson is simply my initials, not a separate pen name; same person, same genres (SF ...more "
Oct 21, 2026 10:33AM
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