Duncan Ritchie

Kirkus's review of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧—the highlights: “𝗘𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 ... readers may feel like they’ve found 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 ...” “𝗔 𝗴𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 and 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 for all those who value their freedom and future.” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

My first Substack article (I've been busy): My take on the US midterms in eight days. substack.com/home/post/p-...

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 is just 𝗨𝗦$𝟬.𝟵𝟵 𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲. Concentrated purchases help Amazon find the right readers and recommend it more widely—an excellent week to pick up the book Kirkus described as "𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁" www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2Y8646

I sat down with Randell Carlton Green at Any Given Runway to talk about my debut novel, The Truth Chamber. Here’s a short clip from the conversation. You can hear the whole episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Mg2... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Check out my Q&A with Deborah Kalb about my debut novel, The Truth Chamber, and the story behind the story.

Every novel has a line that tells you something about what lies ahead. This is the epigraph to The Truth Chamber. Four days until publication.

I just signed a petition to Stop Seismic Blasting from Australian Marine Parks . Sign here: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/stop...

This stopped me in my tracks. The Center for Systemic Peace's Polity Project USA update www.systemicpeace.org: 2016 → “Factional Competition” Jan 2021 → “Attempted coup” July 2024 → “Regime transition” Jan 2025 → “Successful coup” US Polity score: 0 = anocracy. How did this go under the radar?

A darker road may lie ahead: Trump attempts to distort or prevent the midterms under an asserted emergency—or, if Republicans lose, declares the results invalid. He’s not the kind of guy who goes gentle into that good night. barbarafwalter.substack.com/p/trump-is-g...

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

Join me in supporting Scott Reef and the Great Barrier Reef! Tell the Minister: count the true cost of Browse gas project. wilderness.good.do/truecostofbr...

Big oil. Big gas. Big NO. Protect Australia’s wild places from fossil fuel drilling. Sign the open letter now. wilderness.good.do/bigoil2026/o...

Today marks three years since I first put pen to paper on Chapter 1 of The Truth Chamber. Happily, there’s a glimmer of light at the end of the long tunnel. The book release is set for 1 September 2026—Paperback, eBook. Working on an audiobook for simultaneous release. Preorders: duncanritchie.com

Here it is: the book cover for The Truth Chamber to be released on 1 September 2026. An election marred by violence. The Red Caesar rising. American democracy in peril. Can the truth save America? Pre-order at duncanritchie.com I’m working on options to bring down shipping costs for paperbacks.

My debut novel: The Truth Chamber. After three years of writing and research, 50+ non-fiction titles consumed, a 6-week research trip to the US over the 2024 presidential election, I’m finally working towards a 1 September release date. Book cover reveal imminent.

Justice Elena Kagan Isn't Mincing Words, About The Voting Rights Act........

Please support this great initiative by @timothysnyder.bsky.social and the team at Sky Defense open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Words are important following murderous retribution open.substack.com/pub/politics...

Support Indie authors in the UK c.org/zNFYN24PcT

Read this (and everything) by @barbarafwalter.com What the Hell, Barb??!! open.substack.com/pub/barbaraf...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

My baby girl, Aletheia, turned one today.

According to the video, this woman was reporting sexual abuse in Riverside Court House & was accosted by ICE. What if she were your daughter, sister, mother or wife? How does this #ICELawlessness make us safer? Share this video & Call your Congressional rep at 202-224-3121 🧵

Political brothel! That captures this moment in American history. Ushered in by the Supreme Court. Exploited by the the billionaire class. Enabled by feckless politicians, who rode the money train to the illusion of power to find themselves beholden to their masters open.substack.com/pub/politics...

America needs to see 'Ask E. Jean,' but may not get the chance open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

This is amazing.

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.

‘Shame on Them’: Listen to Mehdi’s Powerful Speech at London’s ‘Together for Palestine’ Concert zeteo.com/p/shame-on-t...

BREAKING: UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

The Lawless and Disorder President Elect a felon, get crimey. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

“THIS IS ABOUT RACISM. If you can’t hear it from them, hear it from me.” 🔥 Texas Rep. @voteannjohnson.bsky.social didn’t hold back about the racist Trump/Republican election-stealing maps.

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.  That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

"[President] Eisenhower’s concern was that the [US] war machine would effectively become sentient." – Stephen Semler on the military industrial complex and corporate interests behind global wars. Watch episode 1 of Business of War ➡️ youtu.be/cVYTb85_dZw

If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious. Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September

We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales. This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide. We are doing this and history will never forgive us. Gaza:

Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United. Repost if you agree.

Marc Andreessen and the Billionaire Victims Club open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

It will never be comprehensible or forgivable that the man who incited a deadly insurrection and attack on our Capitol was able to run again and retake the levers of power.

#clearthelist let’s help kids learn!

No one is LESS deserving of being awarded of the Nobel Peace Prize than Trump (other than Putin and Netanyahu). open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention:

A hallmark of a functioning democracy is the independence of the courts. The US's ideological nomination process for Supreme Court justices has undermined US democracy. Highly recommend Lawless by @leahlitman.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...