RJ Barker

RJ Barker is a British fantasy author whose inventive, character-driven fiction has earned critical acclaim and a devoted following. He won the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer. Age of Assassins is the first in the Wounded Kingdom trilogy, following Girton Club-Foot, a young assassin's apprentice who must go undercover as a squire to prevent the murder of a prince. The novel combines coming-of-age storytelling with political intrigue and a richly imagined world. Barker has also written the Tide Child trilogy, beginning with The Bone Ships, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers inventive, award-winning fantasy with compelling characters, original worldbuilding, and storytelling that defies genre expectations.