Andrew Knighton

Another Book Released Into the Wild War, intrigue, rebellion, and a writer at a loose end. Some thoughts about my new book on publication day.

It feels like a day for a blog post.

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Thanks! Really hope you enjoy it 😄

That is a pretty exciting moment 😁

Thank you!

The cover for the novel Forged for Royalty by Andrew Knighton. Three swords crossed across a crescent moon inside a ring, against a background of swirling green and yellow. Text next to the cover: War has come to Estis, as Raul and his allies try to free their homeland. But Raul is also battling with his own future and the forces thrust upon him; with the dangers of politics, magic, and love. The fate of a nation lies on the shoulders of a fake chosen one, an idealist forced into bitter compromises, an uncertain hero for a troubled age. Can a rebellion built on lies lead to a better future?

New book day!

A fake saviour, a one-handed warrior, & a shape-shifting actor set out to free nation. But can they survive a web of politics & prophecy? The story that began with the award-nominated Forged for Destiny reaches its thrilling* climax.

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Cover of Wiz Duo Book 2. Art by Roz Clarke. The images are of a shield superimposed on a flying dragon, and a girl with a hole through her belly.

Love novellas? How about two in one book? In Wiz Duo 2, Juliet Kemp sends a reluctant knight on a quest, while E M Faulds gives her heroine a superpower that totally sucks.
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Happy publication day! I highly recommend anything Andrew Knighton writes. A skilled author

Thank you so much Shona!

Poem from Sunday on role models

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2026 Nerds of a Feather Awards Recommended Reading, Part 1: Fiction Categories The wheel turns, the turtle flies through space, and once more time brings our feet marching dutifully back to the foot of Mount Awards Seas...

Nice to see @aknighton.bsky.social’s novella on this award recommendation list: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/2026...

* Of course I think it's thrilling, I wrote the damn thing. Hope fully you will too.

I'll climb back into my humility hole once publication day is over.

The cover for the novel Forged for Royalty by Andrew Knighton. Three swords crossed across a crescent moon inside a ring, against a background of swirling green and yellow. Text next to the cover: War has come to Estis, as Raul and his allies try to free their homeland. But Raul is also battling with his own future and the forces thrust upon him; with the dangers of politics, magic, and love. The fate of a nation lies on the shoulders of a fake chosen one, an idealist forced into bitter compromises, an uncertain hero for a troubled age. Can a rebellion built on lies lead to a better future?

New book day!

A fake saviour, a one-handed warrior, & a shape-shifting actor set out to free nation. But can they survive a web of politics & prophecy? The story that began with the award-nominated Forged for Destiny reaches its thrilling* climax.

andrewknighton.com/forged-for-r...

These books are so good!

Today's writing is music amid an inferno, art for a burning world.

But in a, you know, completely unpolitical way, because art doesn't need to be political, right? Right...?

A bunny runs excitedly down a beach at high tide, to a greenish bottle that has just been washed ashore. Inside the bottle is a rolled up message.

Daily bunny no.3253 is ready for an adventure

Why did Arthur "Conan" Doyle decide to nickname himself after Conan the Barbarian??

There was just so much cocaine back then

Here you go, everyone can use this one (it's signed by an authority)

Get more from Starship Alexandria on Patreon Recommending fiction across the spacefleet

Today on Starship Alexandria, Emma and I talk about Bester's Demolished Man starshipalexandria.com/episode-11-t... whilst in the patron's bonus episode we look at Vance's Rumfuddle patreon.com/StarshipAlexandria , added to which, there's some SA merchanise to grab! starshipalexandria.teemill.com

The cover of the book Bridge of Storms by Philip Reeve, who is also pictured

More than two decades since Mortal Engines was published, @philipreeve.bsky.social revisits that world with his new release, Bridge of Storms. But how did he get here? And why does he keep going back to that world?

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This is the last book in a string of stuff I had under contract over the past two years. It's weird not having a publication to look forward to now (I mean apart from the four different novels I'm still trying to sell to publishers, but those don't count yet).

The cover for the novel Forged for Royalty by Andrew Knighton. Three swords crossed across a crescent moon inside a ring, against a background of swirling green and yellow.

A have a new book out tomorrow! Real war, fake prophecies, & uncertain loyalties as the Forged for Destiny trilogy reaches its end in Forged for Royalty.

Will the kingdom be liberated from its occupiers? And perhaps as important, will it be a kingdom...

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Title: "The Haters" panel 1. Two round characters sit in a cinema. Yellow blob "I hate this!" Red Blob "Me too!" Panel 2. They have left the cinema Red blob "I hated every minute of that film! It was nothing like the book!" Panel 3. "Did you like the book?" asks Yellow. Red replies "I hated it!" then asks "You?" Panel 4. Yellow blob "I've not read it. I hated the film purely on its own merits." Panel 5. Red blob "I'll lend you my copy." Yello blob"That's very kind." Panel 6. Caption: "Later" Yellow, reading the book "I hate this!" Red (happily) "I knew you would!!"

"the Haters" my books cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com