"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
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
Pertinent to Ben's interests...
#FeralGods #TheBookofGold #TheLoreOfSilver
The Lore of Silver on the shelf in The Gutter Bookshop in Dublin
#Feralgods in the wild - The Gutter Bookshop in Dublin
The Book of Gold on a bookshelf
Street in Stockholm with the grin of the Science Fiction Bookshop featuring a dragon
#FeralGods in the wild! A friend sent me a photo of The Book of Gold in Stockholm's Science Fiction bookshop! ❤️❤️❤️
Ruth Frances Long signing The Lore of Silver in Dubray Bray
Ruth Frances Long with The Lore of Silver and Brian from Dubray Blackrock with The Book of Gold
Ruth Frances Long signing The Lore of Silver in Dubray Dun Laoghaire
Ruth Frances Long signing The Lore of Silver in Easons Dun Laoghaire
Running around signing as many books as I can today in @dubraybooks.bsky.social Bray (our local), Dun Laoghaire and Blackrock (thanks Brian!) and Easons Dun Laoghaire! We have such great booksellers and lovely book shops!
@hodderscape.bsky.social #hachetteireland #feralgods #speirgorm #booksky📚💙
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📚💙
The Lore of Silver with various books and alchemical items
Two days until The Lore of Silver is out in the wild. If you see it send me a photo #feralgods #inthewild
"A storming adventure, full of characters you can root for and twists and turns a plenty! The best kind of fantasy inspired fast ride." 5* Netgalley review
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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.
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
Unboxing the paperback copies of The Book of Gold. It contains the bonus story "Courting House Alvarez". Out November 20th (1 month to go!) #FeralGods @hodderscape.bsky.social
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Ruth Frances Long and CT O'Mahony at Octocon, holding a copy of The Book of Gold and an art cards depicting Lyta.
At @octocon.bsky.social with the fab @ctomahony.bsky.social who dressed as Lyta from The Book of Gold! 😍
#Octocon25 #FeralGods
Pen and ink sketch of Amberes, a fictional renaissance era city
Various copies of The Book of Gold with the Plantin Bible and other books from that era.
To celebrate all 5000 of you here is a picture of the original map of Amberes I drew for the Feral Gods series (based on the maps of the 16th century) and The Book of Gold with the Plantin bible which inspired it. ❤️
#booksky💙📚 #bookhistory #feralgods #sfbooksky💙🪐
@hodderscape.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💙📚
@hodderscape.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com
The Book of Gold ebook is now also reduced in the US... You know you want to...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQXMJMP4
#FeralGods #Booksky💙📚
Folks! The ebook of The Book of Gold appears to be 99p again!!! #bargain #FeralGods
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
Cover of The Book of Gold and temporary cover for The Lore of Silver on black and gold background with gold text reading "Waterstones 25% off pre-order sale 28th-31st July pre-order the paperback of The Book of Gold with a bonus Amberes sorry story and the sequel in hardback The Lore of Silver. Use the code SUMMER25 online only. Both books from Hodderscape 20th November 2025.
Last day for the Waterstones Pre-order sale! Get The Book of Gold & the sequel The Lore of Silver
Out in November
@waterstones.bsky.social @hodderscape.bsky.social
#FeralGods #PreOrderSale #Bookstagram #Romantasy #heist
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Drawing of a dark haired handsome man and a small red haired woman in a dark alley. She holds a glowing ball in her hand between them.
Took me an age to finish this one so well behind the trend but here are Lyta & Syl from The Book of Gold
#aobdraw1 #TheBookOfGold #FeralGods #OCArt
(Can't find the original prompt now but it was to draw your couple in this pose in your own style)
The red and gold cover of The Book of Gold and the placeholder cover for The Lore of Silver on a black and gold background with text in gold which reads "Waterstones 25% off Pre-order sale 28th-31st July. Pre-order the paperback of The Book of Gold with a bonus Amberes short story, and the sequel in hardback The Lore of Silver. Use the code SUMMER25 online only. Both books from Hodderscape 20th November 2025
The lovely @waterstones.bsky.social are running a summer pre-order sale online so you can get 25% off The Book of Gold in paperback (with a bonus Amberes short story) AND the brand new sequel The Lore of Silver. Both are out on the 20th November
links below
#Feralgods @hodderscape.bsky.social 1/3
Pssst wanna see the inspiration behind The Book of Gold... 😍
#TheBookOfGold #TheLoreOfSilver #FeralGods
@hodderscape.bsky.social
Figure carved from dark wood
3 Carved stones with Celtic symbols
Carved stone with images of a man in a house and a deer in a trap
Colourful manuscript with animals
Inspiring trip to the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street to see the Words on the Wave exhibit. Many plotbunnies for the #FeralGods.
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
I've just started working on the third #FeralGods book, back in Amberes in all its glorious chaos and omg these characters! They just do their own thing. Every time. I try to point them at a plot point and they just nope right out of that and do their own thing. Again. #amwriting
Framed map of Amberes from The Book of Gold by Ruth Frances Long
Look what the lovely folks at @hodderscape.bsky.social sent me! Now to find somewhere to hang it! #AmberesArt #TheBookOfGold #FeralGods Map by the amazing @dewiwrites.bsky.social . My map habit continues...
Cover of The Book of Gold on a black background with gold decoration and a list of tropes "Alt History Renaissance, Book Heist, Found Family, Cursed boyfriends, sibling dynamics, Second Chance Romance, Royal Intrigue, Feral Gods"
As closing time draws near for voting on the @locusmag.bsky.social awards (15th April) The Book of Gold appears on the recommended reading list and is listed for the awards. You can vote here poll.voting.locusmag.com
#TheBookOfGold #FeralGods #FantasyRomance #Booksky📚💙 #locusawards #shamelesspromo
Black background with gold swirls and the red and gold cover of The book of gold, text in gold, text reads: "On the way towards their destination, Lyta paused at the old shrine to Eninn, which was set back into a wall on the corner of Silversmiths’ Street, just before the vast space of the Great Market. Lyta pushed a coin into the gaps in the brickwork while a shapeless statue stared down at her like he wanted more. He always wanted more. For a moment she thought of the little ring she’d grabbed, now hanging around her neck, beside her pendant. She wasn’t sure why Eninn wanted it, just that it would help her find out what happened to Ranulf. Her dreams were never clear but she had learned long ago not to ignore them. Her god watched out for her better than most. Belief died hard in Amberes. Once, there had been many gods, and the traces of them still lingered, their temples and shrines dotted across the city, although most were empty now or used as markets, dosshouses or communal meeting places. But the faithful still came, following gods who no longer showed themselves. Her coin was not the only one. Some did it with devotion, some for luck, some for a laugh. But Lyta couldn’t help but take it seriously. She always gave him something."
This week's #BookQW word is Down, and here's a little snippet of Lyta and Eninn and the gods of Amberes
The Book of Gold is available wherever you like to buy books (ebook still 2.99)
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And if you've enjoyed it please leave a review
#TheBookOfGold #FeralGods #Booksky📚💙 #Fantasy
Black background with gold swirls on left and text in gold. The red and gold cover of The Book of Gold appears on the right. Text reads: " This Week's #BookQW is: FIRE. Panic snaked its way through her. She’d crossed powerful people, she knew that. Janlow had told her Alderton was looking for reparations. And Sylvian had humiliated his former friend in front of the city while she looked on. And now . . . Lyta didn’t have time to think. She broke into a run, sprinting towards the fire. The whole neighbourhood was out on the street at the end of her narrow lane, some trying to fetch water and organise a chain to douse the flames. It wouldn’t be enough, she could tell that right away. Her house was already in flames. The next two either side were catching. It was an inferno, spreading fast. Too fast. And she’d left Kit in there. The Book of Gold, Book 1 of The Feral Gods by Ruth Frances Long (Hodderscape) OUT NOW"
Fire in a city like Amberes is dangerous. And Lyta has made some powerful enemies...
#TheBookofGold only has a few reviews on the big river site and they really help with visibility there so if you enjoyed it ... www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Gold-sw...
#Bookqw #FeralGods
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Gold text and swirls on black background with the red and gold cover of The Book of Gold in right hand bottom corner. Text reads "‘Right then,’ she announced, as firmly as she could and stopped dead in her tracks. He kept going, long legs sweeping him away down Cornmarket Street, towards the shrine to Gloir, where the Blacksmiths’ Guild made their headquarters. The smell of their furnaces already hung in the air, the sound of their hammers ringing out. Lyta just watched him go, unable to help admiring his frame, his gait, the way he moved. He was angry with her. Perhaps he always would be. But he was still beautiful. Eventually he realised, either from the silence or the lack of footsteps, that she was no longer trotting obediently alongside him. He turned back, searching for her. Lyta folded her arms in front of her and waited. It was somewhat gratifying to see him forced to retrace his steps." and "The Book of Gold, Book 1 of The Feral Gods, by Ruth Frances Long (Hodderscape) OUT NOW"
This week's #BookQW word is Quarter and we're back in Amberes (because the word doesn't turn up in A Touch of Shadows weirdly but it's there several times in The Book of Gold because Amberes is divided into Quarters. Here's Lyta tormenting an angry Syl. Because.
#TheBookOfGold #FeralGods #Fantasy
A tall slim woman with dark hair wearing a blue gown with a red belt standing in front of an arched window showing a starry sky. She wears rings and a gold and ruby necklace. Her right hand is on her hip while her left hangs at her side with little sparks of magic encircling it. The image is framed in red and gold and the gold panel at the bottom has the text "The Lady".
The last Amberes Tarot card for now. This time it's Beatriz, the Lady of House Alvarez, Ben's big sister, working her own special kind of magic.
#TheBookofGold #FeralGods #amberesart #thepeopleinmyhead #OC #art #digitalart #BeatrizAlvarez
That's it for the time being. I need to get back to writing
A sight and handsome dark haired man in rich renaissance era clothing sitting reading a book. Behind him an arches window shows a starry sky. The image is framed in red and gold like a tarot card. The text in the gold box at the bottom reads The Scholar.
Today's card is The Scholar and shows Ben Alvarez, lost in a book.
#TheBookofGold is on the long list for the BSFA and the Locus awards. You can get the ebook for just 2.99(ish) for a little while longer.
#amberesart #thepeopleinmyhead #feralgods #OC #art #digitalart #BenAlvarez
