Forgotten Ruin

Tolkien meets Shock and Awe.

Orcs. Trolls. Wraith riders. Dark wizards. Together they form an unstoppable force—or so they believed.

Dark Army… meet the U.S. Army Rangers.

When a Joint Task Force of elite Rangers is hurled into a strange and fantastic future where science and evolution have incarnated the evils of myth and legend, they find themselves surrounded, pinned down, and fighting for survival against nightmares made of flesh and blood. The only option left is the one Rangers train for every day of their lives: Ranger Up and stack bodies.

The forces of evil have no idea how dangerous a Ranger has been trained to be. Once the action starts, it does not let up in this no-holds-barred, full-auto epic of modern warriors dropped into a world of dark fantasy. From the creators of Galaxy’s Edge comes the opening battle of the Forgotten Ruin series—detailed modern military realism colliding with high fantasy in a relentless fight for survival.

Buy in. Jock up. A battle unlike any other is calling.

Jason Anspach is the Dragon Award–winning, Associated Press best-selling co-creator of Galaxy's Edge and Forgotten Ruin, and author of the Wayward Galaxy series. His military science fiction and space opera have sold millions of copies and built a devoted international readership across multiple long-running series — a deep, evergreen backlist with proven repeat-purchase appeal, anchored by fast-paced, character-driven adventure that blends gritty combat with humor. His audio performance is equally strong, including the Audible Original Forget Nothing, which reached the national Audible fiction best-seller list. Jason lives in Puyallup, Washington with his wife, their seven children, and the family border collie.

Nick Cole is a former soldier turned two-time Dragon Award–winning author and co-creator of Galaxy's Edge. CTRL ALT Revolt! won the 2016 Dragon Award for Best Apocalyptic Novel; The Savage Wars, co-written with Anspach, won the 2018 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction; and his breakout post-apocalyptic novel The Old Man and the Wasteland reached #1 in Science Fiction as an Amazon best seller. His catalog commands reliable cross-series readership spanning military SF, post-apocalyptic, and space-opera audiences. A working actor, Nick lives in Southern California.