Hello
My name is Anka B Troitsky
I came to the UK from Kazakhstan in 1993. Before becoming a writer, I worked as a science teacher and interpreter in Essex.
Books have always played a huge part in my life. I sometimes think that some of my favourite authors have been my best friends and teachers, even though I have never met them.
I write science fiction and satirical fantasy because these genres allow you to dream and reason, fantasise and philosophise. They let us look at our world from a strange angle and perhaps notice things that are too familiar to see clearly.
I tell stories about the things that fascinate and concern me, for readers who care about those things too. My books may take you into the past, the future, or entirely imaginary worlds. Still, ultimately they are about the present, about us, and about the choices and decisions we make.
Welcome to my world.
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Books and where to find them
The series Who Is VIST and its prequel When Platinum Rusts are complete.
Or are they?
If you are tired of the real world, you can always escape to a dystopian one almost a thousand years ahead, where Earth is crumbling, and humanity is still struggling with its usual problems, now in the world of Noverca.
What happens next is up to you. Stay on Earth or explore the different planets. I can go either way: fill in the gaps in Loader’s history, or dive into the ocean that covers almost the entire new home and discover what secrets are hiding there. VIST hasn’t uncovered them yet. And who is Vist?
Amazon, KU, Waterstones, Barnes & Noble
If you'd like a small taster between the main courses, try the short prequel: Act & Vist
Gamelit. Romantasy and LitRPG elements
Some fantasy campaigns never make it to the table, the map, the console, or even the game itself.
They disobey me. They break free after a few chapters and begin lives of their own.
This is one of those stories.
If you are looking for a game to play, you may need another book.
But if you wish to visit my Zemeland, walk its roads, meet its heroes, listen to the songs of everybody’s favourite Digram Oldbook and breathe... no, step away from Fluffy first. Down, boy!... and breathe the air of adventures you missed, then come with me.
The story is about to begin.
I have never been very good at straight lines myself. I prefer going deep. Deeper than magic. Deeper than any sword can cut.
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Audible
Futuristic Radiobroadcasts
With Solomon Veir
I created this new character in the same old world of the Dying Earth. Apparently, this happens after humans have left for Noverca, leaving him behind, perhaps unaware that he even exists.
Solomon is a Loader, left behind on a dying Earth long after the last human has gone. Trapped beneath the surface in what remains of the Resort of Hope, he knows he will eventually die with the planet. Until then, he does the only thing he can.
He broadcasts.
By chance, one of those broadcasts reaches me.
These are Solomon’s transmissions from the end of the world. They are thoughtful, humorous, occasionally unsettling, and perhaps a reminder that humanity is worth remembering, even after humanity is gone.
And what is radio without music? I wrote the songs for him to play. Why not?
"Anka Troitsky is an excellent translator and prose writer, with a real gift for telling the truth and doing it so that readers laugh or cry all the time and sometimes feel painfully ashamed of themselves."
Dmitry Lvovich Bykov
a writer, poet, literary critic and journalist
"Object & Vist is one of the best Sci-Fi books published in a long time, and set to become a classic"
Kevin E Green
Voiceover and narrator artist
"Anka's writing is packed with imagination, and the story themes are important for understanding the struggles humanity faces today. The topics range from the dangers of dogmatic religious faith to how nefarious public figureheads emerge – and how everyday people are complicit in mass tragedies. This is science fiction as social and cultural critique at its best!"
Andrew Hodges
a writer, editor