Isaac Ryals

Isaac Ryals is the Illinois-based writer of the award-winning, dystopian fiction series, Honor Bound.

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Author Introduction

My short fiction and poetry have been featured in Erato, Z Publishing's Colorado's Emerging Writers and America's Emerging Poets, and Colorado School of Mines' High Grade (under previous name "Athena" now Isaac).

Author of the award-winning, dystopian fiction series, Honor Bound. Books 1-5 are available for purchase here in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle format.

BOOK 6 - 2025 Release! Stay tuned

Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes posts and introductions to some of my favorite characters in the series, including some new faces in Book 6.

Lux in Tenebris - January 7th 2025 Release here Angels, demons, whump, torture-and-rescue!

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Honor Bound: Book 6 is coming soon!

Stay tuned for a cover reveal...

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Honor Bound: Character Songs Isaac Moore and Gavin Uriah: I’ll Be by Edwin McCain

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Need to see more of Gavin and the family? Grab Honor Bound 3. Come see how they all deal with going back to face Colleen Stormbeck.

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Need a part 2 for the found-family, post-apocalyptic adventure story Honor Bound? Here you go. With even more angst, longing, and whump!

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If you like a found family in a post-apocalyptic adventure facing whumpy situations, have I got a series for you! Check out my Honor Bound series: Bookshop

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4 years since Honor Bound III was published <3

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5 years since I've published Book 1! I'm so excited to have book six coming out this year. It's been an amazing journey.

What are other writers excited about with your stories and journeys? What challenges are everyone overcoming in their processes?

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What would your characters do with a new beginning? Is it everything they hoped for or does life prove full of continuous challenges?

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Honor Bound 5 is celebrating its one year anniversary today!

Want to see how the family is doing? Come read here: https://shorturl.at/wa5uE

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It's heartwarming looking back at what people have said about my stories. I'm so thankful to the community I've built and am still building with writing.

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Welp, this seems like as good a time as any to announce why my name on my socials looks different from how it looks on my Honor Bound books.

Hi. My name is Isaac, and my pronouns are he/him. I am trans.

You might be wondering if I named myself after Isaac Moore, one of the characters of my Honor Bound series. And, no. I just really like the name. It’s mine now.

This is an incredibly scary time. I won’t say “we’ll make it through, we did before!” Because some of us didn’t.

But we are never going away. Don’t do the work of people who want to see you stop existing. Embrace each other. We are all we have.

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As I'm editing Honor Bound: VI, thoughts about the previous books keep coming up. This little family has been through a lot!

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Support your local libraries!

Still feeling great after attending a local authors showcase at my public library. Getting to talk books/writing with other authors was wonderful! It was a bit surreal to talk with other writers in the community, making in-person connections.

I even sold a few copies of Honor Bound and got to share the whump with my community :D

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He would sacrifice everything for them.

"How many times will I have to try to die for them before I actually keep them safe from something." Honor Bound: Book IV

When found-family means everything to you <3 I can't help putting my characters through the absolute worst to show how much they care for each other. Whump whump.