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Phil Williams

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in The United Kingdom

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https://www.phil-williams.co.uk

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Nonfiction

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Phil Williams is an author of fantasy, horror and dystopian fiction, including the Blood Scouts epic military fantasies, the Ordshaw urban fantasy thrillers and the post-apocalyptic Estalia series. He also works as a fiction editor and writes reference books to help foreign learners master the nuances of English, two of which are regular best-sellers on Kindle. As a long-term teacher and tutor of advanced English, he runs the popular website “English Lessons Brighton”.

Phil lives with his wife by the coast in Sussex, UK, and spends a great deal of time walking his impossibly fluffy dog, Herbert.

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Average rating: 4.26 · 874 ratings · 360 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Under Ordshaw (Ordshaw #1) 4.12 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	The English Tenses Practical Grammar Guide by Phil Williams (Goodreads Author), Bob Wright (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	However Many Must Die 4.41 avg rating — 73 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
	Word Order in English Sentences 3.97 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Kept From Cages (Ordshaw #5) 4.24 avg rating — 66 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
	The City Screams (Ordshaw #4) 4.23 avg rating — 47 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
	Blue Angel (Ordshaw #2) 4.43 avg rating — 44 ratings — 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
	Advanced Writing Skills for Students of English 4.24 avg rating — 45 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
	Dyer Street Punk Witches 4.45 avg rating — 40 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
	The Violent Fae (Ordshaw #3) 4.37 avg rating — 35 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

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A Most Apocalyptic Christmas

Why not get into the real Christmas spirit with a post-apocalyptic action story? My new novella, A Most Apocalyptic Christmas, is a fast, frantic and violent ride through the Court of Chrimbo, a wasteland community that’s found all the wrong ways to embrace the holiday season.

Available now on Kindle and for free to members of my mailing list, it features fantastic cover art from Bob Wright (illust Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 08, 2016 02:05 • Tags: action, christmas, dystopia, free-book, novella, post-apocalypse

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Series by Phil Williams

Ordshaw (7 books)
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Phil Williams (Goodreads Author)

4.28 avg rating — 413 ratings

The Blood Scouts (4 books)
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Phil Williams (Goodreads Author)

4.48 avg rating — 146 ratings

Estalia (2 books)
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Phil Williams (Goodreads Author)

4.15 avg rating — 68 ratings

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Phil Williams and 1 other person liked Damien Larkin's review of A Winter's Mercy (The Blood Scouts #3): "‘A Winter’s Mercy’ is the third book in Phil Williams’ Blood Scouts series and like its predecessors, doesn’t fail to deliver one hell of an action-packed gut punch. Exhausted, filthy, and reeling from their last encounter, the reformed Blood Scouts d" Read more of this review »
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Travis Riddle and Tobias Begley's latest fantasy adventure is a wonderful stranded strangers tale, where a cruise crash lands in a wilderness beset by horrible beasts. Cue a lot of unusual people with mysterious backgrounds coming together to try and ...more
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It's rare for a short story collection to so consistently deliver this level of quality. Following the completion of the impressively realised Shire's Union trilogy, Richard Buxton's first short story collection returns to similar territory but with a ...more
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Phil Williams liked Kat's review of Kept From Cages (Ordshaw #5): "This book is incredibly fun, with a plot that doesnt let you stop for breath and a cast of characters that you’ll love while also hoping to never, ever cross paths with in real life. Part spy thriller, zombie horror, and old-fashioned adventure romp," Read more of this review »
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This is a wonderfully genre-bending romp packed with creativity and just my kind of mix of weirdness, with some horror to boot. A rather dark and different tale that takes some brave steps outside the usual fantasy norms.
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Phil Williams and 3 other people liked Julia Sarene's review of Drown Deep (The Blood Scouts #2): "Drown Deep by Phil Williams is the second book in the Blood Scouts series, and in my eyes even better than the first! I adored having Wild Wish as the central character, and seeing her trying to adjust to where life takes her. From being supposed to b" Read more of this review »
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Phil Williams and 24 other people liked Rob Hayes's review of However Many Must Die: "I don't often give 5 stars to a book, so when I do you can be damned sure it earned it! I love war stories. From Band of Brothers to Saving Private Ryan, I love stories that capture the feel of a brotherhood of soldiers fighting for each other more so" Read more of this review »
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This is the valiant finale to the six-part Pokemon-style series, and it delivers on all you could want: fulfilling character arcs, epic jekua battles, rich backstories for side-characters, high stakes villainy and the occasional brutal violence. It’s ...more
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This was a thoroughly enjoyable, classic-style epic fantasy, following three converging tales through multiple POVs, across tribal islands, an isolated magic city and the bustling metropolis. It unfolds rather slowly but with deliberation and clear c ...more
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Phil’s Quotes

“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself.”
― Richard Francis Burton, The Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night: 17 Volumes, Complete

tags: organized-religion, religion, there-is-no-god-but-man

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“If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh well than try to turn me on with long, silent, soulful, secret looks. If you can laugh with a woman, everything else falls into place.”
― Richard Burton

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