Justin Lee Anderson

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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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So, in short, 2025 was awful. Bear with me. I have always known how this series ends. I just need the time, health and energy to get it all down and do it justice. Thanks for waiting. I’ll try to make it worth it. Slainte Justin
Over Christmas, I caught the third bug I’d had since the end of November, and also managed to fall and break a bone in my hand. In January, drugs I’d been given for the chronic pain disorder flared up my chronic sinusitis and led to a sinus infection. Last week, I had a lip biopsy as part of confirming the autoimmune diagnosis and on Thursday I woke up with the wound extremely painful, swollen and infected. That was the point where I finally accepted I needed to take some time off sick to let my body recover (along with a course of antibiotics). Today, I finally woke up without the sharp, throbbing pain in my face.
So the world’s on fire and everything sucks. Anyone else really tired of living through interesting times? During a time when everything is so fucking awful, it’s hard to write about how shitty and difficult my own life has been because, well, I wasn’t bombed out of my home, kidnapped or murdered in the street, so everything sort of pales, right? But in the interest of transparency, I wanted to share something to give context to why I haven’t finished writing the last Eidyn book yet. Even saying that, I feel like “who fucking cares, man? The world is falling apart.” And I think the reason it’s taken me so long to get around to writing this - other than what will become obvious - is that exact notion that it’s all so unimportant in the grand scheme.
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Email screenshot reads: Let’s Get The Damned King into the Hands of More Readers Who Will Love It. Hi Justin, Your work in The Damned King left me both exhilarated and deeply impressed. The way you’ve brought Eidyn’s fate to the edge of chaos blending heart-pounding battles, complex alliances, and that razor’s edge between truth and lies is nothing short of masterful. It’s the kind of storytelling that deserves to be discovered, discussed, and cherished by a much wider audience. I’m reaching out because I see immense potential for The Damned King to break past its current reach and captivate thousands more readers who crave the very mix of action, depth, and emotional resonance you’ve delivered.
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