RJ Barker

To save a King, kill a King.... The assassin Girton Club-foot and his master have returned to Maniyadoc in hope of finding sanctuary, but death, as always, dogs Girton's heels. The place he knew no longer exists. War rages across Maniyadoc, with three kings claiming the same crown - and one of...

'Excellent . . . one of the most interesting and original fantasy worlds I've seen in years' ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY 'Brilliant' ROBIN HOBB, author of The Assassin's Apprentice ***Winner of the Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel*** TWO NATIONS AT WAR. A PRIZE BEYOND COMPARE. For...

***Look out forThe Bone Ships, the start of a new series by RJ Barker!*** 'Reveals its mysteries with the style of a magic show and the artful grace of a gifted storyteller' Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING . . . Many years of peace have passed in...

The sea dragons are returning, and Joron Twiner's dreams of freedom lie shattered. His Shipwife is gone, and all he has left is revenge. Leading the black fleet from the deck of Tide Child, Joron takes every opportunity to strike at his enemies, but he knows his time is limited. His fleet is...

Shortlisted for the David Gemmell Awards 2018 Shortlisted for the Kitschie Award 2018 To catch an assassin, use an assassin.... Girton Club-Foot, apprentice to the land's best assassin, still has much to learn about the art of taking lives. But their latest mission tasks him and his master with...

A brilliantly imagined saga of honour, glory and warfare, Call of the Bone Ships is the captivating epic fantasy sequel to R J. Barker's The Bone Ships. Dragons have returned to the Hundred Isles. But their return heralds only war and destruction. When a horde of dying slaves are discovered in...

'That thing in Tiltspire, it keeps Cahan like a trophy. It says to us, here is your strongest and I have killed him.' Cahan Du Nahare is lost, taken by a dark god whose tendrils reach throughout the world, intent on its destruction. Those who followed Cahan are spread across the land, desperate...

OUR LANDS ARE WILD WITH GODS, OUR WOODS ARE WILD WITH MONSTERS . . . Cahan du Nahare is known as the forester - a humble man who can nonetheless navigate the dangerous Wyrdwood like no-one else. But once he was more. Once he was a warrior. Udinny serves the goddess of the lost, a goddess of the...

Irody can speak to the dead. But the living want him silenced. ‘An engrossing, ingenious story in a beautifully crafted world’ – Adrian Tchaikovsky A Sunday Times bestselling tale of mystery, murder, magic and mayhem from RJ Barker, award-winning author of The Bone Ships. Mortedants can...

'You fear the forest.. It is not foolish.' His words rang like bells in the clearing, each face reacting to their din. 'But the forest does not hate you, it does not hunt you. It simply does not care about you.' The Forester known as Cahan led the village of Harn in rebellion against the...

In the thrilling third book of this sci-fi trilogy, one cat must face the depths of the universe alone—but sometimes, in the Wild Black, miracles do happen. Wounded and stranded on a freighter that's crashed on the remote planet of Inimical 38LY, Bruce the superintelligent cat is the only one...

The Deep Strike Initiative exists to explore the places no one else will, but the Wild Black is unforgiving, in the second novella of this sci-fi trilogy. Maj. Gen. Alice Benner built her life around venturing into the most dangerous corners of space. But for many, the Wild Black is where ships...

The Wild Black wants to kill you: That's the reality in this wildly imaginative sci-fi novella from the award-winning author of the Tide Child trilogy. Years ago, Deep Strike cadet Min Law was left behind during what was meant to be a routine operation. Though he survived, the resulting trauma...

Seit Generationen kämpfen zwei Reiche auf einem Meer, dessen Kriegsschiffe aus den Knochen uralter Drachen gebaut sind. Als erstmals seit Jahrhunderten wieder ein lebender Drache auftaucht, beginnt die Jagd auf die kostbarste Beute der Welt.

Mortedant's Enigma is set in the same magical city as the Sunday Times bestseller Mortedant's Peril – an epic fantasy of murder, mystery and unlikely alliances. ‘I loved it from the first page and would recommend it highly' – John Gwynne on Mortedant's Peril The dead tell tales. But only...

Explore the Wild Black—where any signal could be a trap, any planet a mystery, and any companion a lifeline—in this trio of high-concept space adventures. Deep Strike crews are accustomed to hostile terrain. But in Beasts of the Wild Black, Capt. Min Law and the crew of the Thunberg get more...