The Diplomat of Uram, winner of the Fantasy Critics Award in 2020, tells the story of Rann: a farmer who must use his intelligence and his newly acquired fighting skills to solve a complicated conspiracy in foreign lands. The novel has been praised by the specialized critics for its fresh and innovative approach to the fantasy genre, as well as for the intelligent dialogues and twists of its addictive plot. Richard R. Matthews is a British author and university lecturer best known for his academic work in Philology and Linguistics.