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Justin Lee Anderson

@justinleeanderson.com

Scottish fantasy author of Carpet Diem as well as The Eidyn Saga from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. The Damned King OUT NOW. He/Him. Rep by @canonizer.bsky.social Founder of bookmatch.co.uk

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 3h ago

The Prisoner of Zaragoza by Daniel Ribot is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

Text reads: It’s 1589 and King Philip II of Spain is having a terrible year – and that’s on top of last year, when his Armada failed catastrophically to conquer England. Now the English are returning the favour by sending their own Armada to Spain. Not only that but Aragon is in full revolt, Barbary pirates are pillaging the Mediterranean coast and his ex-secretary, Antonio Pérez, whom he once counted as a friend, is threatening to reveal letters that implicate him in a murder. Poor old Philip!

But this is not Philip’s story. This is the tale of Albert Bast, a Jewish English sailor and Beatriz March i Saeza, a Valencian servant girl who are caught up in it all. Both are sent by the Bey of Tunis’s seventh wife into a perilous and unstable Spain to retrieve Pérez’s letters. A land in revolt where foreign agents wield deadly magic and the Inquisition can read your mind.

The Prisoner of Zaragoza is a historical fantasy romance set in a world of clashing civilisations, war, intrigue, spies and betrayal.

Text reads: Genre:
Historical Fantasy
Comedy
Gaslamp
Flintlock
Fantasy Horror

Age: Adult

Length: 300 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · yesterday

Judgement by @rikohare.com is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

Text reads: Humanity survives aboard ELLE4, a vast orbital habitat carrying two hundred thousand souls and half a billion frozen embryos – the last hope of a species on the brink.

Chief Engineer Martal Strand has spent his life wrestling with fragile systems, buried guilt, and the impossible expectations of his father, ELLE4’s Chief Administrator. But when he agrees to help a trusted friend, Martal uncovers a conspiracy that could doom not just the habitat, but humanity’s future itself.

A secret cult.
Sabotage buried in plain sight.
A father whose devotion hides a terrible secret.

Betrayed, hunted, and desperate to protect his family, Martal must risk everything to stop a reckoning that will decide whether humanity endures – or ends.

Vast in scope and charged with human emotion, Judgement is a gripping tale of conspiracy, survival, and the fragile hope that binds us together when the end is near.

Text reads: Genre:
Dystopian
Post-Apocalyptic
Space Opera

Age: Adult

Length: 304 pages

Jon Karoll @jonkaroll.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yo @justinleeanderson.com your books are with good company. And congrats how your books have made it all the way here to Asia.🤘🔥

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2d ago

The Sane Vessel by Creed Parker is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

Text reads:In a nation ruled by mercenaries, power comes at the price of your sanity or humanity, or both.

Kalnen is a nation forged in blood, mercenary rule maintained through Vessels; an unstable elemental magic forced into innocent bodies.

Orun and Zarna are the only Vessels not in chains. Capable of immense destruction at the cost of their sanity. They have gained their freedom, but now must choose their path in a land that would rather use them as living bombs.

Zarna wants to see the world burn. Orun just wants to go home.

The long-lasting peace between the mercenary houses is rotting, their oaths strained, they will soon use Vessels to scorch their lands and lay waste to one another. Orun and Zarna travel to the northern Greatlands, each with a part to play in the coming civil war.

Will they fight for peace, or to ensure fire, lightning, and blood are spilled?

Text reads: Genre:
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Sword & Sorcery

Age: Adult / New Adult

Length: 334 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 6d ago

Crossings by @ashcapes.bsky.social is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

Text reads: She thinks she's tracking a beast…but is the beast hunting her?

Wildlife ranger Lisa Thomas is no stranger to violence. When an abusive ex comes rolling into town and animal entrails not-so-mysteriously land on her doorstep, she knows full well who the culprit is. But as strange killings and stranger wildlife sightings plague her little Australian town, Lisa herself becomes one of the suspects.

Desperate to clear her name and be rid of her ex, Lisa follows the trail of a giant white kangaroo spotted before several of the deaths. Except the further she tracks it, the less natural the beast appears—and the more sinister both the woods and her ex become. Can Lisa solve the mystery and save herself before she becomes prey, or will she learn that deep in the eucalyptus forests, no one can hear you scream?

Crossings is a thrilling, spooky supernatural suspense novel. If you can't get enough of scrappy underdogs, chilling mysteries, and creepy cryptids, lose yourself in Crossings!

Text reads:

Genre:
Creature Feature
Mystery
Paranormal

Age: Adult

Length: 177 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 6d ago

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 Uefa to boycott World Cup if Fifa plans approved www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through

Uefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · last wk.

#Aberdeen folk! I'm coming to visit in September. Come see me, @shonak.bsky.social and @chiarab.bsky.social chatting about #Scottish #fantasy in Waterstones. www.waterstones.com/events/scott...

Pictures of Shona Kinsella, the cover of Daughters of Nicnevin, Justin Lee Anderson, the cover of The Damned King, Chiara Bullen and the cover of The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance. Text reads: The British Fantasy Society and Waterstones Aberdeen Presents: Scottish Fantasy Panel, in store, Wednesday 9th September 2026, 5:30pm.

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · last wk.

Lost Amongst the Stars by GJ Stevens is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

Text reads: On an unrecognisable world far from their home, the crew of interstellar freighter, the Mary May, find themselves stranded and alone.

Travis had always been a confident man, but everything changed when, stripped of his memories, he found himself naked and surrounded in a time long gone. When a chance encounter gave him hope that he might not be the only one in the same tragic predicament, he took control.

After seeking out the first of his crew and falling in love all over again with the battered space hulk they called home, they soon found the simple answer to their burning question wasn’t the right one. With the truth, all optimism fell away when the realisation hit that they only had a few hours to find their remaining friends before they’re all damned to live out the rest of their lives as strangers in a foreign world.

With their fate already on a knife edge before the local military added to their woes, can Travis overcome his fears and the obstacles pressed against him by the strange world to bring the crew together before they’re lost forever, or worse?

Text reads: Genre:
Multiverse
Comedy
Mystery

Age: Adult

Length: 234 pages

Dr Stew Hotston (he/him)@stewarthotston.com · last wk.

A review of the funny and brilliantly put together Perilous Times that asks us what we'd do if King Arthur came back and was, essentially Nigel Farage in a surcoat and mail. #booksky #reviews #fantasy #SFF

Review: Perilous Times

Thomas D Lee's Perilous Times asks what if the knights of the round table actually came back when the island was in peril and what if, because Merlin was loose with his bargaining, the definition of peril has a pretty low threshold? What if the people in power kinda knew they could rely on these ancient knights who could die and die again were on call?

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · last wk.

Reborn in Ash by @eldris.thellian.com is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

Text reads: Magic abandoned humanity millennia ago. Now it returns, bringing ruin to a wanted thief, and her chance for redemption.

When ash fell like snow, everyone it touched grew ill with fever. Most died. Ada Renwick didn’t. She endured the ash plague, food shortages, and brutal riots, turning to thievery to keep her jewellery business afloat. But when she draws earth magic from a stolen gem, she doesn’t only learn of magic’s return. She causes an accident with lethal consequences.

Running from her crime, Ada loses everything. Yet, using magic feels as natural as breathing. She’ll do anything to get another magic gem, even join a war she wants no part of. It’s not until Ada meets a woman who can wield fire magic that she realises some things are worth fighting for.

But fire burns anything that gets too close.

Text reads: Genre:
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy

Age: Adult

Length: 427 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · last wk.

Faraway Star by @seanmunger.com is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

Text reads: The only thing Raljebi’s gotten out of college on distant Algeron is an exemption from the draft on his home planet. When his friend Quilq drops out to join a movement against the imperialistic war raking the galaxy, Raljebi decides to join him. But escaping the war proves harder than it seems. The peace commune turns out to be a squalid hellhole. A cult of xenophobic aliens wants the protesters dead. And when Raljebi falls in love with a woman from his planet’s enemy, the price of peace grows ever higher. There might be one place in the universe that’s safe...but it’s farther away than he’s ever imagined.

Text reads: Genre:
Space Opera
Romantic

Age: Adult

Length: 340 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2w ago

The Vellum Morta by Myrddin Young is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

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Text reads: When Blayne is excommunicated from the ritualistic order of Syldani Assassins, he thinks his life is over. Then a series of brutal murders breaks out across the city of Cap Freyn, and the remaining Assassins disappear.

When Blayne agrees to investigate, he discovers the deaths and disappearances are linked to the cult worship of an ancient evil, the God Heldron, and a fabled parchment – the Vellum Morta, reputed to be made of skin flayed from Heldron.

Heldron’s worshippers believe the Vellum Morta will enable them to raise the God and initiate the horror of a Timeless Night.

Realising his own fate is connected to both Heldron and the Vellum Morta, Blayne must defeat Heldron to save his life, and the city. But how does he kill a God he doesn’t even believe exists?

Text reads: Genre:
Low Fantasy
Grimdark
Myths & Legends

Age: Adult

Length: 314 pages

House Harker @househarker.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Devouring looks like a grim pick for fans of body horror. Indie titles usually offer much weirder atmosphere than the mainstream stuff.

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2w ago

The Fey Man by @jamestkelly.bsky.social is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

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Text reads: A land plagued by dragons. A sword only he can wield. A quest that could save his realm... or doom it forever.

Thomas Rymour is the prophet who cannot lie, in service to a powerful duke. But when an elf lord hatches a plot to steal a legendary sword, Tom is forced to break his oath in order to save the world.

On the run from armies and dragons, Tom discovers the sword is the only thing that can stop the oncoming war, and he is the only one who can wield it. But while terrifying dragons scorch the skies, the immortal creatures of Faerie hatch their own dark plans for the mortal realm.

Can Tom find a way to save the mortal realm? Or will he fall foul of Faerie plots?

Text reads: Genre:
Epic
Sword & Sorcery

Age: Adult

Length: 327 pages

Joel Glover (he/him)@joelgloverauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Are you a reviewer on @justinleeanderson.com's clever BOOKMATCH? If you are, then be aware that your fellow reviewer said: "If you like your fantasy dark, your women passionate, and your love stories edged with divine consequences… run, don’t walk" to The Mercy of Tenderness

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2w ago

The Devouring by AM Shilling is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

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Text reads: Jason and Ayana’s lives as a married couple have always run parallel but never entwined. It’s the perfect arrangement: he’s free to pursue his dangerous yet lucrative career as an elite assassin, and she can focus on conducting autopsies for the city’s forensic center.

But after Jason spares a witness to his latest murder, he becomes the prime suspect in his own brother’s homicide. While he hunts for the real killer, Ayana discovers an impossible illness in one of her cadavers. The couple quickly identify an unsettling connection between the two events—one steeped in religious fanaticism and occult conspiracy.

Jason and Ayana must learn to work together, using their wits, lies, and criminal connections to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult and exact revenge. But human enemies are the least of their concern. Beyond the boundary of their world exists a cosmic threat of apocalyptic proportions, and it is trying to break through.

Text reads: Genre: Lovecraftian

Age: Adult

Length: 287 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2w ago

Standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona and I’m quite sure I’m in the wrong song.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2w ago

The Outsiders of Orkland by Kenneth Feller is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

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Text reads: What would you sacrifice for your family?
A plague ravages the Fringe, but a chance encounter with orcs from Bogan Island gives Boele hope for a cure.

With his lad, Willem, a dodgy crew, and a huge pair of stones, he sets off on a mission to once again unite the humans with the horde.

Or he could screw up and start a war. No pressure.

For fans of The Grey Bastards and Dungeon Crawler Carl, The Outsiders of Orkland is a fast-paced, foul-mouthed, dark fantasy with an Australasian twist.

Text reads:
Genre:
Fantasy
Horror
Comedy
Gaslamp
Grimdark

Age: Adult

Length: 307 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2w ago

The Dark Side of Super by @backwardsknight.com is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today. #BookSky

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Text reads: Superpowers, the ability to be something more.

This collection of stories weaves together the tales of eleven individuals who have come into their own power. When their backs are against the wall, each of them will have to make a choice.

Felix must watch what he says, his voice carrying an addictive power. Jasper must learn to look before he leaps while figuring out his teleportation ability, much to the dismay of his sister Enid, whose emotions bring rain and thunder. Sabrina struggles against the relentless flow of time, no matter how she tries to turn the clock back. Nikhail hides from the fame, or infamy, the power to heal brings.

These stories and more delve into the dark side of being super. They can rise up like heroes, or let their powers corrupt them. Find out which side of human nature prevails!

Text reads: Genre:
Superhero
Thriller
Contemporary/Urban

Age: Adult

Length: 167 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 3w ago

Throne of Darkness by Spencer Russell Smith is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today.

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Text reads: Forged from Light. Tempered in Blood.

Othaashle, undefeated Champion of the God King, is tortured by a dangerous secret.
She leads the empire’s elite fighting force, but crippling visions of a forbidden past cast doubt on everything she holds certain.
When the planet threatens to fall into the sun, the empire’s ark ship is besieged by insurgents.
As she pursues the rebels, Othaashle learns of an ancient power that could end the visions and eradicate her enemies: the Throne of Darkness.

Can she find the Throne and save the empire before the world collapses? And more importantly, should she?

An apocalyptic science-fantasy combining the best of Star Wars and The 100 with elements of Brandon Sanderson and Fonda Lee. Fans of M.L. Wang, Pierce Brown, and Christopher Ruocchio will love this epic adventure.

Text reads: Genre:
Science Fantasy
Post-Apocalyptic
Military SF

Age: Adult

Length: 261 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 3w ago

The Stonebound Heir by @labarnitz.bsky.social is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today.

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Text reads: Genre: Epic Fantasy, Age:Adult, Length: 653 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 3w ago

Wilshire Pointe by P. Mittra is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today.

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Text reads: For as long as she can remember, Shelby Jones has felt that something about her life is incomplete.

Then a chilling message appears: Shelby Jones, your entire life is a lie.

The fragile sense of normalcy she has built begins to unravel. She finds herself drawn into an unlikely circle of friends: River — the arrogant, star quarterback and campus royalty who knows how to command attention. Jared Mitchell — effortlessly handsome, introverted, and far more guarded than he appears. Alice Whitman — quietly manipulative, mysterious, and tied to one of the most powerful families connected to the town of Wilshire Pointe.

Then the nightmares begin. Not ordinary nightmares, but ones that are dark and almost impossible to shake. Ones that will shortly bleed into her reality.

Strange disturbances ripple through the quiet town. Whispers follow Shelby wherever she goes. And beneath the polished surface of Wilshire Pointe lies a past deliberately buried.

As Shelby and her friends search for answers, they uncover fragments of a hidden history tied to something darker—a mystery steeped in secrets, where nightmares begin crossing into the real world and nothing is as it seems.

The nightmares are not random. They are calling to her, leading her toward a truth that may finally reveal who she really is.

And whatever has been sleeping beneath Wilshire Pointe has been waiting a very long time to wake.

Text reads: Genre:
Ghost
Mystery
Paranormal
Psychological
Thriller

Age: Adult / Young Adult

Length: 319 pages

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 3w ago

Orbital Drop by @stevemchugh.bsky.social is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today.

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Text reads: As a member of the Wardens, Celine Moro is tasked with protecting the Union Empire from those who seek to harm it.

The civil war that engulfed the empire has been over for decades, but when she’s asked to infiltrate and capture a criminal who was once an enemy to the Union, she soon finds herself dragging up old memories of those she’d lost during the war.

As the mission continues, Celine has to decide if she wants vengeance for those who have long since been dead, or justice for those still alive.

Text reads: Genre: Space Opera

Age: Adult

Length: 61,500 words (approx 205 pages)

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 3w ago

Inferno's Silence by Rainer Meri is just one of the great indie books available to reviewers on bookmatch.co.uk. Want to check out out our full library? Sign up for free today.

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Text reads: Welcome to a world where monsters walk among mortals, gods pull strings from the shadows and heroes fall to their own obsessions.

Ehrkon, a former militia turned fugitive, seeks vengeance after his family are executed in a brutal purge. Hunted by the regime he once served, he is granted the power of fire by a righteous goddess and drawn into a rebellion alongside unlikely allies.

Ynka was raised for obedience in a bleak northern city and prepared for a life she never chose. When a terrifying transformation reveals a hidden power, she is betrayed and cast into the abyss. Forced to survive, Ynka must uncover the truth of what she has become and reclaim control over her fate.

Tren is a fearless, sharp-tongued thief who thrives in the ruthless slums of Khurmal’s Fifth Sector. He takes on increasingly dangerous jobs that escalate into full-scale rebellion against the ruling elite. Marked by ancient powers and manipulated by those who know more than they reveal, Tren begins to unravel the legacy of a god, created to contain someone far more vicious.

Inferno’s Silence is a dark fantasy of survival, vengeance and uprising, where the line between hero and villain is a matter of perspective.

Text reads: Genre: Grimdark Fantasy

Age: Adult

Length: 158,000 words (approx 527 pages)

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · last mo.

With trans rights under attack as never before, we need to show our support for the trans community. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/s/d23a8a

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · last mo.

Barry, taking a few hours out from losing his child support money at Ladbrokes, to make line-ball calls about whether Amira and her kids will face persecution in Syria drawing on his extensive knowledge of intra-tribal political dynamics in the Aleppo region.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · last mo.

🚨 NEW: Shabana Mahmood has announced members of the public will replace judges in deciding appeals from failed asylum seekers

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · last mo.

16,433. That's how many individual emails authors would have had to send to submit their books to reviewers in order to match what BookMatch has done instead.

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · last mo.

Exciting news! Today we rolled out our first slate of updates requested by the BookMatch community: 1/ Authors will now see on their book's page how many reviewers were emailed their book and how many downloads they have had so far. 1/4

Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2mo ago

Jamie Callum is the biggest selling UK jazz artist of all time, born in Essex. His Jewish paternal grandmother fled Nazi Germany. His maternal grandmother fled Burma when the Japanese invaded. His maternal grandfather was from India. Refugees/immigrants are woven into the soul of this country.

ABS @abs.ventures · 2mo ago

It's @rookeryp.bsky.social live from @cymerafestival.co.uk chatting narrative and games and all inbetween with @rtorrubia.com @sunyidean.com @justinleeanderson.com @marcorinaldi.bsky.social Lindsay & @andyleask.bsky.social you can watch along now/catch up later www.youtube.com/live/cLLbbed...

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