Where to Start Reading Andrew Anzur Clement’s Books.

I hate to toot my own horn. But, it’s safe to say that I have a few books out there by now. I’ve had to field this question a lot recently: Where do I start?

I began by writing historical fantasy and then alternative history. Most recently, I am writing what could be dubbed contemporary thrillers. So what does one choose as an entry point? At the time of writing this post, I’ve written four completed (two of each related) series of novels and am currently working the fifth, which I call The Russia Chronicles.

Most-all of my novels have some kind of a historical bent, whether it is set in the nineteenth century or in the 2000s. I love creating my characters, and then setting them among real historical events and locations.

So, if you want to read some of this stuff, what’s the first thing to do?

Step One Is Free:

This is admittedly a shamelessly honest plug. I’d recommend starting by signing up to my mailing list, if you haven’t already. There, you can get a sampling of free ebook novellas from all the series in all of genres that I write. So, Step One. There you have it.

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However, that may not be the end-all-and-be-all. After all, where exactly you start depends on what you like to read. So let’s have a look at what I write that might interest you most and the best places to dive in:

Historical Fantasy:

I got my start here. My first trilogy, Keepers of the Stone is a clean YA fantasy set in South Asia, America and Europe during the late 1800s. Think of it as kind of a travelogue, but also with a demonic order and a magic gem. Book One: Outcast is free, in addition to the bonus content novella that you can get here.

My second trilogy, Voyages of Fortune, is a sequel to the first. It’s enjoyable in its own right and Book One: Hidden Truths is also free, though I’d honestly recommend starting from Keepers, the beginning of the entire seven book saga.

Alternative History:

I’ve always thought that this was a bit of a funny name for a genre. Isn’t all historical fiction – or fiction, in general – technically alternative?

At any rate, my alternative history books books do ask a ‘What If?’ question. They’re called Tito’s Lost Children and the sequel series, Europe’s Lost Children. There’s no fantasy world, but there is a fictional vendetta that led Josip Broz Tito, the Marshal of Yugoslavia, to name an untested teenager as his successor; she has to try to stop the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. No pressure, or anything. It’s my arrogant opinion, but they are my best writing so far.

Start with book one in either series: Tito’s Lost Children: War One: Slovenia. Or, Europe’s Lost Children: Battling Brexit, which follows the adventures of Tito’s granddaughter and her friends. It even leads into an alternate future!

Action-Adventure Historical Thrillers:

I’m not sure that you could call something set in 2000s Moscow historical. But, at the time of writing, my latest project, The Russia Chronicles, is about an American teenager who has to throw his lot in with a bunch of Russian kids fleeing broken homes and trying to live on the streets. Fair warning: sometimes the way they talk will make your ears bleed. I consider it the darkest thing I’ve written yet. There’s some fun, too — Spoiler alert: by the end of the series they end up taking over Russia.

Book One is called: The Streets of Moscow. The spinoff novella, Pagans’ Cult, will be offered via my mailing list (Even though it’s not out quite yet, you’ll get it free if you sign up, anyway, when it’s ready).

So, depending on what you like to read, I guess there are a number of adventures to pick from, and places to start. That would be my answer.