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G.R.’s 2025 Year in Books
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G.R. Matthews
Goodreads Author
Born
in Swindon, The United Kingdom
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August 2013
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Seven Deaths of an Empire
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2021
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6 editions
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The Stone Road (The Forbidden List, #1)
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2013
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4 editions
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Silent City (Corin Hayes, #1)
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2015
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3 editions
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The Blue Mountain (The Forbidden List, #2)
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2015
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2 editions
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Nothing Is Ever Simple (Corin Hayes, #2)
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2016
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3 editions
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The Red Plains (The Forbidden List, #3)
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2016
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2 editions
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Outlaw Mountain
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2017
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2 editions
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Three Times The Trouble (Corin Hayes, #3)
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2017
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3 editions
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Last Winter Sun
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ACE
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2017
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Sequel to Seven Deaths of an Empire
Hi all,
The sequel to Seven Deaths of an Empire comes out on January 29, 2026, for both Kindle and paperback.
ARCs are available on my website – there's a little button to click, so visit www.grmatthews.com and get one now!
SILENCING OF THE NORTH
The North is waking to war.
Gawen, heir to the clans and reluctant future king, answers the High King’s summons as the Empire marches toward their borders. Be Read more of this blog post »
The sequel to Seven Deaths of an Empire comes out on January 29, 2026, for both Kindle and paperback.
ARCs are available on my website – there's a little button to click, so visit www.grmatthews.com and get one now!
SILENCING OF THE NORTH
The North is waking to war.
Gawen, heir to the clans and reluctant future king, answers the High King’s summons as the Empire marches toward their borders. Be Read more of this blog post »
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“The kiss of my soft soles on the stone, the thud of my heart in my chest and rush of blood in my ears was all I could hear. In my mind, thoughts cascaded like a waterfall into a plunge pool of dread. Churning images of dead girls, bloody limbs, severed throats, gashed flesh and entrails tangling around red washed bodies.”
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“Where was the civilisation in this place? No angry words, no threats, no curses, just violence delivered as a matter of course. I didn’t miss the fens or its people, my people.”
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“I think the measure of advancement depends on where you are stood and from what distance you look. A thousand years ago, we farmed the fields, built towns and defended our land with swords and spears. It is little different now, save for the number of people we have to protect. We still kill with a sharp edge or point of metal, blood runs red still, sons ride off to war and parents grieve. If you look at the Empire in its whole, then it is peaceful. If you look closely, you will see the small wars, the bandits and rebellions. Look more closely still and you’ll see the petty crimes, the struggle to survive, the rich bleeding the poor. Even the soil can turn against its farmers, yielding few crops. Or the weather, a late frost killing the early crops. There is strife and conflict everywhere in the Empire. Everywhere you find men, you find conflict.”
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“The fear receded. It didn't disappear. It lurked in the shadows, its claws hooking into passing thoughts and twisting them, turning them from their purpose to its own. He held it back. It was the hardest fight of his life.”
― The Red Plains
― The Red Plains
“We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again."
I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly.
Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. "Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.”
― Pawn of Prophecy
I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly.
Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. "Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.”
― Pawn of Prophecy
“Could you penetrate this palace, Prince Kheldar?" King Anheg challenged.
"I already have, your Majesty," Silk said modestly, "a dozen times or more."
Anheg looked at Rhodar with one raised eyebrow.
Rhodar coughed slightly. "It was some time ago, Anheg. Nothing serious. I was just curious about something, that's all."
"All you had to do was ask," Anheg said in a slightly injured tone.
"I didn't want to bother you," Rhodar said with a shrug. "Besides, it's more fun to do it the other way.”
― Pawn of Prophecy
"I already have, your Majesty," Silk said modestly, "a dozen times or more."
Anheg looked at Rhodar with one raised eyebrow.
Rhodar coughed slightly. "It was some time ago, Anheg. Nothing serious. I was just curious about something, that's all."
"All you had to do was ask," Anheg said in a slightly injured tone.
"I didn't want to bother you," Rhodar said with a shrug. "Besides, it's more fun to do it the other way.”
― Pawn of Prophecy
“But there's a world beyond what we can see and touch, and that world lives by its own laws. What may be impossible in this very ordinary world is very possible there, and sometimes the boundaries between the two worlds disappear, and then who can say what is possible and impossible?”
― Pawn of Prophecy
― Pawn of Prophecy
“Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.”
― Pawn of Prophecy
― Pawn of Prophecy
“The first thing the boy Garion remembered was the kitchen at Faldor's farm. For all the rest of his life he had a special warm feeling for kitchens and those peculiar sounds and smells that seemed somehow to combine into a bustling seriousness that had to do with love and food and comfort and security and, above all, home. No matter how high Garion rose in life, he never forgot that all his memories began in that kitchen.”
― Pawn of Prophecy
― Pawn of Prophecy
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