U.S. Nicolas

U.S. Nicolas is the international publishing name of Silviu Urdea, a Romanian author and competitive strongman athlete from Brașov, Romania.

He made his literary debut in 2013 with the Romanian crime thriller Suflet pierdut (Lost soul), followed by the psychological thriller Nu mă tem (I am not afraid) in 2016. In 2018 and 2019, he published the two-part fantasy series Războiul legendelor: Regele Fugar and Deceniul Sfânt. (War of legends)

After several years focused on strength sports and international strongman competitions, he returned to fiction with I Am Not Afraid, a dark psychological medical horror thriller about memory, fear, survival, and the breaking point of the human mind.

His upcoming works include a Romanian non-fiction book about discipline, sport, and the courage to begin (From “Maybe Someday” to “I Start Today”), set for publishing in october 2026, as well as Cele Șapte Chei ale Realității (The Seven Keys to Reality), a geopolitical thriller and his most ambitious project so far, set for publishing in 2027.