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Omg, delighted to be mentioned in this ❤️❤️❤️ and what amazing company to be in! #TheBookOfGold #FeralGods @hodderscape.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Dec 10
2024 has been another great year for SFF readers. We're excited to present The Best Books of 2024, as selected by Reactor's reviewers! From debut authors to fan favorites, we want to know which of your favorites made the list, and which books you'd add!

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Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2024 - Reactor
As readers of speculative fiction, we are spoiled for choice. The book releases in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and beyond this year took us to lands of magic and wonder, newly terr...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:19 PM
rflong.bsky.social
Pssst wanna see the inspiration behind The Book of Gold... 😍

#TheBookOfGold #TheLoreOfSilver #FeralGods
@hodderscape.bsky.social
zannavanloon.bsky.social Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · Jul 3
How’s your day going?
Mine’s going great because I got to do show & tell again, presenting this wonderfully handcoloured copy of the Biblia sacra, printed by Christophe Plantin in 1583!

#earlymodern #bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
Handcoloured engraved title page of the Biblia sacra with allegorical figures and the imprint and Plantin’s printer’s mark Beautifully handcoloured map of Canaan as a folded plate with gold leaf. Page in the book with printed text of the book of Joshua with an engraving opening the text, which is handcoloured
July 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
rflong.bsky.social
COVER REVEAL for the 2nd #FeralGods book, THE LORE OF SILVER, sequel to THE BOOK OF GOLD. Artwork by the incredible @micaelaalcaino.bsky.social

Are you ready to go back to Amberes?

A Stolen Relic. A Missing Girl. A Horror Unleashed...

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@hodderscape.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
rflong.bsky.social
Pertinent to Ben's interests...
#FeralGods #TheBookofGold #TheLoreOfSilver
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
rflong.bsky.social
For May 4th, from the forthcoming final part of The Feral Gods "The God of Bronze" November 2026 - Sylvian is having quite the day.

"There had to be someone else who could deal with both gods and rebellions. It couldn’t be left up to him."

#WIPSnips #FeralGods
wipsnips.bsky.social ✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · May 4
May the Fourth be with you!

The #WIPSnips word for May 4th is "rebellion"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag May 4 - rebellion Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner
May 4, 2026 at 7:46 AM
rflong.bsky.social
The Book of Gold is on the BSFA Longlist for Best Novel 🥰

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

@bsfa.bsky.social @hodderscape.bsky.social
#thebookofgold
#feralgods
The red and gold cover of The Book of Gold set against a purple and violet spacescape with the BSFA and Hodderscape logos
February 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
rflong.bsky.social
The Book of Gold is out today!

Thank you @hodderfiction.bsky.social for making this book of my heart a real thing at last & for making it more beautiful than I could ever imagine.

Available now from your favourite bookshop lnk.to/thebookofgold

#thebookofgold #feralgods
The Book of Gold
Out now!
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November 28, 2024 at 9:58 AM
rflong.bsky.social
Look how shiny... 🤩 #TheBookOfGold #FeralGods @hodderfiction.bsky.social @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
The Book of Gold on a bookshop table with a signed by author band, the gold reflecting on a sign saying New Science-Fiction and Fantasy
December 4, 2024 at 11:12 AM
rflong.bsky.social
At @octocon.bsky.social with the fab @ctomahony.bsky.social who dressed as Lyta from The Book of Gold! 😍
#Octocon25 #FeralGods
Ruth Frances Long and CT O'Mahony at Octocon, holding a copy of The Book of Gold and an art cards depicting Lyta.
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
rflong.bsky.social
To Amberes, city of lost gods, all things return.

So excited to reveal that the next book in the Feral Gods, the sequel to The Book of Gold, is called....

The Lore of Silver

Coming in November 2025.
#Booksky💙📚 #newbookvibes #feralgods #thebookofgold #theloreofsilver

@hodderscape.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
rflong.bsky.social
To Amberes city of lost gods all things return. The Lore of Silver is out today from @hodderscape.bsky.social

And join @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social and I at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Dublin tonight to celebrate the launch with cake and shenanigans!
#FeralGods #speirgorm #booksky📚💙
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
rflong.bsky.social
The hardback of The Book of Gold is out in the US NEXT WEEK September 9th & B&N have a pre-order sale this week.

Clearly, it is meant to be!

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-book-o...

Use PREORDER25 online at the checkout.

#Feralgods #Booksky💙📚
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September 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
rflong.bsky.social
The Lore of Silver, the thrilling sequel to the fantasy heist sensation The Book of Gold is out now in North America

#FeralGods

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1399...

Read the locus review here - locusmag.com/review/the-l...
May 19, 2026 at 9:56 AM
rflong.bsky.social
#FeralGods in the wild! A friend sent me a photo of The Book of Gold in Stockholm's Science Fiction bookshop! ❤️❤️❤️
The Book of Gold on a bookshelf Street in Stockholm with the grin of the Science Fiction Bookshop featuring a dragon
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
rflong.bsky.social
A glimpse of Amberes, the city setting of The Book of Gold, refuge of the Feral Gods. #thebookofgold #feralgods #booksky 💙📚 @hodderfiction.bsky.social #romancelandia

Pre-order here lnk.to/thebookofgold
November 26, 2024 at 11:30 AM
rflong.bsky.social
The Book of Gold is out in paperback today in the US.

(including a bonus Amberes short story)

'History and enchantment woven in a seamless, intricate tapestry' @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social

'Intricately plotted and vividly imagined' M.A. Kuzniar

Book 1 of the #FeralGods trilogy in bookshops now
March 3, 2026 at 9:52 AM
rflong.bsky.social
The wonderfully talented @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social made some fan art for The Book of Gold, the scene where Sylvian and Lyta met again for the first time in 13 years. (Doesn't go well). I love seeing how someone else sees them!

#thebookofgold #feralgods #amberesart @hodderscape.bsky.social
k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 7
So I made some fan art of someone else’s book this time: @rflong.bsky.social’s amazing fantasy romance heist adventure, THE BOOK OF GOLD! The first time we meet Lyta & Sylvian… poor Lyta is not having a good day!
A hand drawn coming book style illustration of a man in medieval-style blue clothing, holding a sword to the throat of a red-haired woman in knee breeches and a corset.
February 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
rflong.bsky.social
Do you know what would make a lovely Christmas present? It's shiny, it's red and gold, it's got swords, a magic book, a second chance romance and loads of crime...

It's in bookshops and available online now in print, ebook and audio...

#thebookofgold #feralgods #booksky 💙📚 #romancelandia #gifts
Hardback copy of The Book of Gold by Ruth Frances Long with the gold reflecting light beside a small pile of antique books and a print of a couple in medieval dress embracing (Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton)
December 15, 2024 at 4:35 PM
rflong.bsky.social
Such a wonderful night last night at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social to launch #TheBookOfGold. Huge thanks to @samblakebooks.bsky.social @susanconnolly.bsky.social @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @cemurphy.bsky.social my agent Sallyanne and my emotional support husband. And yes #ThereWasCake #FeralGods
Sam Blake interviews Ruth Frances Long Ruth Frances Long and Sam Blake The Book Cake and stickers CE Murphy, Sarah Rees Brennan, Susan Connolly and Ruth Frances Long
November 29, 2024 at 12:17 PM
rflong.bsky.social
Trade paperbacks of my new book The Lore of Silver arrived so I brought it and The Book of Gold into the library (as is now traditional) to meet their grandparents, especially the Plantain Polyglot Bible which started it all.
#FeralGods #booksky💙📚 @hodderscape.bsky.social
The Book of Gold (red and gold cover) and The Lore of Silver (blue and silver cover) in front of shelves of rare books. The Book of Gold and The Lore of Silver with the Plantain Polyglot Bible which inspired them.
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
rflong.bsky.social
"Amberes liked the idea of freedom almost as much as it liked the idea of money. Mainly the freedom to do what it wanted with that money."

Snippet from #WIP The God of Bronze, Book 3 of The Feral Gods, out in November.

#WednesdayWIP #AmEditing #FeralGods
April 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
rflong.bsky.social
#Feralgods in the wild - The Gutter Bookshop in Dublin
The Lore of Silver on the shelf in The Gutter Bookshop in Dublin
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
rflong.bsky.social
Ooh VIP .ie has The Book of Gold as one of their books to read this month! vipmagazine.ie/seven-books-...

#booksky #📚💙 #speirgorm #romancelandia #feralgods #thebookofgold
Seven books to read this November
Happy November! It's safe to say that we want to spend the rest of the year indoors, cuddled up by the fire. Here are seven books to read...
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November 12, 2024 at 6:37 PM
rflong.bsky.social
It's November! Time to celebrate heists, books and feral gods.

Come to the launch of The Book of Gold, first book of The Feral Gods in the Gutter Bookshop, Cow's lane on the 28th at 6.30pm @gutterbookshop.bsky.social #TheBookOfGold #feralgods #booksky 💙📚 #writersofbluesky #speirgorm #romancelandia
November 1, 2024 at 9:53 AM
rflong.bsky.social
Thank you to Dubray Books for including The Book of Gold in their Books for Christmas booklet. All the books! #thebookofgold #feralgods #speirgorm #booksky #💙📚 #hodderscape #dubraybooks

It's out on Thursday!

Pre order here lnk.to/thebookofgold
November 23, 2024 at 11:10 PM