by William Hladky | Feb 7, 2021 | RangerKnights, The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
THE TOWER OF BABEL In the Book of Ruin novels, I portray a post-apocalyptic world that emerges from our modernity. I enjoyed speculating about what would be different and familiar, forgotten and remembered. I am surprised, however, about what depictions upset...
by William Hladky | Jul 28, 2020 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
THE BOOK OF RUIN was the winner in the SCIENCE FICTION category of the 2020 IndieReader Discovery Awards, where undiscovered talent meets people with the power to make a difference. Following find an interview with author W.G. Hladky. What is the name of the book and...
by William Hladky | Jun 3, 2020 | The Book Of Ruin
THE BOOK OF RUIN, just won the 2020 Indie Reader Discovery Award for Science Fiction. The Indie Reader said this about the book: “War, greed, and political infighting still take center stage in W.G. Hladky’s wonderfully detailed and well researched dystopian novel,...
by William Hladky | Jan 15, 2020 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
Our uber-technologies have isolated us evermore from the natural ways of our world. Could we today do what the Polynesians did several thousand years ago? Lacking maps, sextants and compasses, they traveled from Asia to Tahiti, Hawaii, Easter Island and finally to New...
by William Hladky | Dec 3, 2019 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
Invented in 9th century China, black powder was first used in guns. Modern smokeless gunpowder wasn’t discovered until the 19th century. In my first two novels, society has forgotten how to manufacture smokeless gunpowder. Firearms are mostly black-powder...
by William Hladky | Nov 2, 2019 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
Howard Fox of Success Insight Podcast interviewed me about The Book of Ruin series. The podcast is approximately 30 minutes. Below is the link. https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/10/wg-hladky.html Enjoy
