Dan Hanly - Fantasy Author

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! And sorry for making you cry in a café!! 😂

I just finished reading @danhanly.com ‘s unpublished book The Revered and the Reviled and omg it’s so good. Agents, you need to pay attention to this one when it comes your way! The setup and mirroring in it is skilful and the ending is so bittersweet 😭

The best reply I've seen so far is "I went to see Sabrina Carpenter and she didn't make shit!"

Now they're raging all over the internet and trying to stir up a storm but everyone is like "To be honest, this is on you."

Apparently, this is the first time that many Belfast mums are hearing of the music genre K-pop, and they were annoyed they didn't play Golden. They thought K-Pop was shorthand for "K-Pop Demon Hunters" and when tribute acts of Blackpink and Twice came out they were like "What the hell is this?!"

Occasionally I get a whiff of an ultra niche drama that I'm not involved in and I hunt that shit down like a bloodhound. The latest one is this K-Pop Tribute Concert in Belfast...

I love Asian game development studios they bring such a unique take to the market. But... Whenever they make a western appearing protagonist they give them the woooorst names. FF16 main character: Clive. Now Crimson Desert main character: Kliff. Why are they 58 year old plumbers?

I'm honoured to be at this wonderful event this May. Book now!

It was a pleasure to share aspects of my story with you @noorajahangir.bsky.social I appreciate the time you were able to give me.

It perfectly encapsulates how I felt finishing the book 😂

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I just finished The Fury of the Gods, the final book in the Bloodsworn Saga by @johngwynneauthor.bsky.social and now I feel like I need a rest. I feel as embattled as the characters and the adrenaline hasn't left me yet.

9 mths, 22 eps, 64 guests & 20+hrs chatting w. authors, publishers, editors & voice actors on Fantasy, SF, Horror, historical fiction, science fantasy, romantasy & more. Lots to come from LSS in '26. Meantime here's Ep20.
Happy holidays from Robin & David!
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Howling Dark Review: The Price of Greatness – DAN HANLY Read this Howling Dark review to explore Hadrian Marlowe's moral decay, the horrors of Vorgossos, and Ruocchio's "Sun Eater" masterpiece.

This Howling Dark review is my way of saying: I hate Hadrian Marlowe, and I can’t wait to read the next book.

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#scifi #howlingdark #bookreview #unreliablenarrator

The Strength of the Few Review: A Bold Expansion – DAN HANLY Read my honest The Strength of the Few book review. James Islington returns with a mind-bending sequel that expands the worlds of Res, Obiteum, and Luceum

The Will of the Many was so good that I listened to the entirety of The Strength of the Few in 3 days, which is an Audiobook record for me! Not as good as the first, but sets up the yet-to-be-released finale perfectly.

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#hierarchy #thestrengthofthefew #epicfantasy

The Will of the Many Review: A New Epic Masterpiece? – DAN HANLY The Will of the Many review: Discover why James Islington’s Roman-inspired epic fantasy with the unique Will system and the Catenan Academy, is a must-read

I finished The Will of the Many, which I found to be incredible - a full 5/5 read, that saw me storming onto Audible for the sequel.

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#hierarchy #thewillofthemany #epicfantasy

Magic, Maps, and Mischief came 2nd place in the Bookshelfie Awards for Best Book of 2025 🙂

Also, it's been nominated for ELEVEN Indie Ink Awards!

If you'd like to vote on the categories to help put Magic, Maps, and Mischief into the finals, you can: indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

They do all this and they can also make you laugh, cry, whoop with glee, educate you and even trigger profound philosophical wonderings makes them timeless.

1. Books are easy to wrap.
2. Books don’t need batteries.
3. Books don’t hurt when you step on them in the middle of the night.
4. Books never come in the wrong color or size.
5. Books never need ironing.
6. Books don’t need to be assembled before being given.

Having a convenience and losing it is not the same as never having the convenience to begin with. I do not have a tesla with FSD, and I also never feel unsafe, with stress and uncertainty, because I'm doing something that I've been trained to do over nearly two decades of driving.

I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.

There were so many people who continued to cram into the panel rooms like sardines knowing they were ill. I sometimes hate the 'do it anyway' motivation people have when they're ill. Even in school and work it's seen as a universally bad thing to want to not spread diseases around - I'm like what?!

You were absolutely a winner at World Fantasycon. I noticed you were masked up every day and then afterwards there was a mad flu that went around all the con attendees, and I was like @katiebruce.bsky.social had the right idea! 😂

The Great Leap (text) Christmas ornament

The Great Leap (logo) Christmas ornament

Stone Cold Blood (text) Christmas ornament

Stone Cold Blood (logo) Christmas ornament

My wife made us these amazing Christmas tree decorations from my book covers. The Great Leap and Stone Cold Blood never looked so good! #author #fantasy #christmas

A mari in a patterned cloak in a circle manifesting a star or snowflake

A mari and stars or snowflakes

The ending was great, but I still felt like the protagonist was just a chaperone without a clear drive of her own. It is a pretty explosive end though, and worth persevering

I submitted an atmospheric tale of grief and hope to this anthology the day before yesterday, wish me luck!!

It's such a comfort series!

Final call! We kick off in just under an hour.

It's going to be a fascinating discussion - we hope you'll join us.

Be there or be... not even close to something as cool as a crescent.

It does have its uses for sure, and it's good at those sorts of tasks.

It is absolutely an accessibility aid in certain circumstances, but I don't believe that the 'accessibility aid' angle extends to writing books.