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Cameron Johnston is a Scottish writer of fantasy and lives in the city of Glasgow. He is a student of Historical European Martial Arts, loves archaeology, history, folklore and mythology, exploring ancient sites and spooky places, and camping out under the stars with a roaring fire.

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	The Maleficent Seven 3.95 avg rating — 3,356 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 2,677 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God of Broken Things (Age of Tyranny, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 1,468 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Shield 4.03 avg rating — 631 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only War: Stories from the 41st Millennium (Warhammer 40,000) by Guy Haley (Goodreads Author), Danie Ware (Goodreads Author), Graham McNeill 4.08 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faith in Iron (Warhammer 40,000) 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 18, January 2019 by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andy Remic, Peter McLean (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Malefici Sette by Cameron Johnston (Goodreads Author), Federica Soprani (Goodreads Author) (editor), Lettere Elettriche (editor) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Mage on the Moon 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatred for Heroes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dark Crescent: Dark and seasonal tales from Scottish Folklore

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Gallus: A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle Anthology

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The Ancient Celts

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What a lovely palate-cleanser this series is, and if you are in the mood for a gentle apocalypse and good people being helped along the way by a retired demonic overlord only occasionally irked by a divine/demonic goat then this is for you. Short, sw ...more
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Cameron Johnston liked Books By Your Bedside's review of First Mage on the Moon: "Thanks to Angry Robot for the proof copy of this title in return for an honest review. I haven't read of any Cameron's books before and so I had no expectations going into this one. I am more of a fantasy reader than a sci-fi reader, but I have read a " Read more of this review »
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Cameron Johnston answered Nathan Jones's question: Hello, Sorry if you get this question a lot, I was just curious if you think you will ever revisit the world of Age Of Tyranny in the future? I've no plans to revisit it at the current time, so it's just the two novels and the short story, Head Games. Edrin might make a cameo though, somewhere, sometime, in another book...
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