Aargaranth · Epic fantasy
Start with a complete trilogy.
The Land of Nowhere begins with a broken boy, a dying world, and a lie that has survived much longer than it should have.
Nick Blade · Fantasy
I write the kind of fantasy I want to disappear into.
Then I make the characters pay for the magic.
You’ll find five published books in Aargaranth, a progression-fantasy series on the way, and more worldbuilding than any reasonable person needs.
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Aargaranth is ready. The Crown of Ruin is coming.
Five books are already out. The next series is still being built.
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Discover The Crown of Ruin The Crown of Ruin · Progression fantasy
I’m building something stranger next.
Isaac leaves St. Mary’s after seventeen years. Outside, hunters fight monsters under rules everyone expects him to understand.
My recommended starting point
A broken boy. A dying world. One terrible lie.
If this is your first Nick Blade book, this is where I’d send you. The Rift and the Reckoning opens a complete three-book arc, so you won’t be left waiting for the ending.
Complete trilogy3 books · one finished arc
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Start with the reading experience you want—not somebody else’s ranking of the “best” fantasy books.
Browse all reading guidesFrom my notebook
Fantasy, writing, and whatever my brain refuses to leave alone.
This is where I work through the questions that follow me out of a draft.
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What Makes a Fantasy World Feel Real?
How a world’s history shows up in the ordinary lives of the people who live there.
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Why Readers Love Reluctant Heroes in Fantasy
Why reluctance can make a fantasy hero’s courage feel earned.
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Why I Write Fantasy: Wonder, Escape, and the Power of Story
The books that offered somewhere to go, and the urge to make worlds of my own.
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