Matthew Warner, the author of The Organ Donor, Death Sentences: Tales of Punishment and Revenge, and Eyes Everywhere, brings us a new book that is sure to have you on the edge of your seat - Blood Born.
The Dirt
As for you, be fruitful and increase in number.
When a rapist stalks the nation's capital, Detective Christina Randall tries to keep an astounding clue from going public: all the victims become pregnant.
The latest victim is teenager Daniella Connolly. Her mother, Margaret, is a doctor at CalPark Fertility Clinic. But Margaret can't fathom the bizarre conceptions, either. Isolated in a special hospital ward, they all come to term in just one week.
Multiply on the earth and increase upon it.
Randall learns the rapes are connected to a series of missing-person cases. When a young woman disappears near CalPark — also home to a secretive research lab — suspicion falls on Margaret.
But soon, the rapist returns to claim his progeny. He is not really a he — but an "it." Worse, the children have appetites just like papa's.
Coming Spring 2011
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter by Brian P. Easton
Nietzsche once said, "If you stare at the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back at you." Well... maybe he said it more than once, but who am I to know that?
Anyway, the award-winning Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter takes that concept and asks what happens when a hunter becomes as dark as the things he hunts. It's an interesting idea and the cover is an eye-catcher.
You can check out some reviews at SF Reader and The Harrow if you want to see what all the fuss is about. Apparently the original title was When The Autumn Moon Is Bright, but don't let that throw you.
Synopsis
It takes more than silver bullets to kill a werewolf...
Sylvester James knows what it is to be haunted. His mother died giving birth to him and his father never let him forget it; until the night he was butchered by a werewolf--the night a full moon ruined his life. Alone in the world, Sylvester is taken in by Michael Winterfox, a Cheyenne mystic. Winterfox, once a werewolf hunter, trains the boy to be a warrior--teaching him how to block out pain, stalk, fight, and kill. Bit by bit all that makes Sylvester human is sacrificed to the hunt. Now, Sylvester's hatred has become a monster all its own, robbing him of conscience and conviction as surely as the Beast's bite. As he follows his vendetta into the outlands of the occult, options become scarce. And he learns it takes more than silver bullets to kill a werewolf...
To kill a werewolf, it takes a hunter with a perfect willingness to die.
Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Permuted Press (May 31, 2010)
ISBN# 978-1934861295
Want to know where you can get it?
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Best Book Buys
Smashwords
Anyway, the award-winning Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter takes that concept and asks what happens when a hunter becomes as dark as the things he hunts. It's an interesting idea and the cover is an eye-catcher.
You can check out some reviews at SF Reader and The Harrow if you want to see what all the fuss is about. Apparently the original title was When The Autumn Moon Is Bright, but don't let that throw you.
Synopsis
It takes more than silver bullets to kill a werewolf...
Sylvester James knows what it is to be haunted. His mother died giving birth to him and his father never let him forget it; until the night he was butchered by a werewolf--the night a full moon ruined his life. Alone in the world, Sylvester is taken in by Michael Winterfox, a Cheyenne mystic. Winterfox, once a werewolf hunter, trains the boy to be a warrior--teaching him how to block out pain, stalk, fight, and kill. Bit by bit all that makes Sylvester human is sacrificed to the hunt. Now, Sylvester's hatred has become a monster all its own, robbing him of conscience and conviction as surely as the Beast's bite. As he follows his vendetta into the outlands of the occult, options become scarce. And he learns it takes more than silver bullets to kill a werewolf...
To kill a werewolf, it takes a hunter with a perfect willingness to die.
Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Permuted Press (May 31, 2010)
ISBN# 978-1934861295
Want to know where you can get it?
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Best Book Buys
Smashwords
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
What's inside "The Gentling Box" ?
Sure, the author of The Gentling Box, Lisa Mannetti, was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for best first novel, but what really makes her interesting is her hobby - making macabre gothic greeting cards based on cemetery photos she takes.
The girl likes to hang around graveyards and take pictures? Ahhh... a woman after my own heart.
If you're into gypsy curses, ghostly possessions, and a woman chopping off her own arm then The Gentling Box is a must read for you.
Synopsis
The philosophies of the Age of Enlightenment create sweeping changes throughout 19th Century Europe, but to Hungary's despised nomads, the gypsies, the world is still a dark and very dangerous landscape. Adversaries both mortal and supernatural lurk in the shadows, waiting to strike without mercy. Imre, a half-gypsy horse trader, understands the danger to his small family all too well.
Cursed with a hideously-disfiguring and fatal disease by the vengeful sorceress Anyeta, he watches those around him suffer and fall. Mimi, his wife, who is tricked into cutting off her own arm to create a powerful talisman. His friend Constantin, struck mute by Anyeta's wrath. And Lenore, his and Mimi's young daughter, who has been placed in the greatest jeopardy of all. With his health deteriorating and death imminent, his wife possessed by the witch's ghost and Lenore being groomed for a fate far worse than death, Imre turns to desperate measures and a hellish memory from his childhood—to still the sorceress and end her reign of bloodshed. A presence even more powerful and terrifying to him than Anyeta: the gentling box.
Details
Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: DarkHart Press (October 25, 2008)
# ISBN-13: 978-0978731892
What? Ya want to gripe about it being an old release? Blame it on the housekeeper, who's been missing for about a year now. No telling where that ol' bat disappeared to. She didn't even clean up the blood stains.
Anyway, I'll be digging up some fresh meat soon so check back later.
The girl likes to hang around graveyards and take pictures? Ahhh... a woman after my own heart.
If you're into gypsy curses, ghostly possessions, and a woman chopping off her own arm then The Gentling Box is a must read for you.
Synopsis
The philosophies of the Age of Enlightenment create sweeping changes throughout 19th Century Europe, but to Hungary's despised nomads, the gypsies, the world is still a dark and very dangerous landscape. Adversaries both mortal and supernatural lurk in the shadows, waiting to strike without mercy. Imre, a half-gypsy horse trader, understands the danger to his small family all too well.
Cursed with a hideously-disfiguring and fatal disease by the vengeful sorceress Anyeta, he watches those around him suffer and fall. Mimi, his wife, who is tricked into cutting off her own arm to create a powerful talisman. His friend Constantin, struck mute by Anyeta's wrath. And Lenore, his and Mimi's young daughter, who has been placed in the greatest jeopardy of all. With his health deteriorating and death imminent, his wife possessed by the witch's ghost and Lenore being groomed for a fate far worse than death, Imre turns to desperate measures and a hellish memory from his childhood—to still the sorceress and end her reign of bloodshed. A presence even more powerful and terrifying to him than Anyeta: the gentling box.
Details
Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: DarkHart Press (October 25, 2008)
# ISBN-13: 978-0978731892
What? Ya want to gripe about it being an old release? Blame it on the housekeeper, who's been missing for about a year now. No telling where that ol' bat disappeared to. She didn't even clean up the blood stains.
Anyway, I'll be digging up some fresh meat soon so check back later.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Ripper's Row by Donnie Light and Shawn Weaver
I just love when misguided villains are re-imagined as heroes, and I think Jack the Ripper really could have been stalking the streets of Whitechaple to defend innocent people against vampires.
Ripper's Row should be out on Halloween, but it looks like it will be worth the wait even if we have to wait an extra day or two.
Ripper's Row
by Donnie Light and Shawn Weaver
In the fall of 1888, Jack the Ripper cut a swath of blood and terror through the streets of London, in an area known as Whitechaple. The papers called him a monster for attacking innocent women in the night. But if the world only knew the truth behind Jack’s monstrous acts, they would think differently. Jack was a madman, yes, but a madman on a mission to save the world from the foul creatures of the night. Creatures that haunted his soul, tortured his existence, and made every minute of his life a living hell.
Only Jack the Ripper could save the unsuspecting masses from the vampires that ruled the streets of Whitechaple after dark. Only he could strike down the dangerous Master Vampire William Carpenter—or die in the attempt.
Follow the infamous “Jack the Ripper” through a harrowing adventure to take back the streets of Victorian London, and reclaim the honor of a love lost to darkness.
Ripper's Row should be out on Halloween, but it looks like it will be worth the wait even if we have to wait an extra day or two.
Ripper's Row
by Donnie Light and Shawn Weaver
In the fall of 1888, Jack the Ripper cut a swath of blood and terror through the streets of London, in an area known as Whitechaple. The papers called him a monster for attacking innocent women in the night. But if the world only knew the truth behind Jack’s monstrous acts, they would think differently. Jack was a madman, yes, but a madman on a mission to save the world from the foul creatures of the night. Creatures that haunted his soul, tortured his existence, and made every minute of his life a living hell.
Only Jack the Ripper could save the unsuspecting masses from the vampires that ruled the streets of Whitechaple after dark. Only he could strike down the dangerous Master Vampire William Carpenter—or die in the attempt.
Follow the infamous “Jack the Ripper” through a harrowing adventure to take back the streets of Victorian London, and reclaim the honor of a love lost to darkness.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Zombies in the Bookstore: Apocalypse of the Dead
Author Joe McKinney loves zombies, and he doesn't mind sharing that love when he puts pen to paper... or fingers to keyboard, as is usually the case these days.
McKinney has a new book coming out called Apocalypse of the Dead. Yeah, doesn't that title just send a charge down your spine? That's the kind of title that lets you know there won't be any sparkly vampires within these pages. This book is all about good ol' fashioned zombies looking for some tasty brains to feast on. Well, actually it's about the party-poopers who want to avoid that fate, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they lose.
Apocalypse of the Dead will be out November 2nd, and that gives you plenty of time to get the first book in the series that started the zombie party, Dead City.
Apocalypse of the Dead
Two hellish years. That's how long it's been since the hurricanes flooded the Gulf Coast, and the dead rose up from the ruins. The cities were quarantined; the infected, contained. Any unlucky survivors were left to fend for themselves.
One boatload of refugees manages to make it out alive - but one passenger carries the virus. Within weeks, the zombie epidemic spreads across the globe. Now, retired U.S. Marshal Ed Moore must lead a group of strangers to safety, searching for sanctuary from the dead.
In the North Dakota Grasslands, bands of survivors converge upon a single outpost. Run by a self-appointed preacher of fierce conviction - and frightening beliefs - it may be humanity's only hope. But Ed Moore and the others refuse to enter a suicide pact. They'd rather stand and fight in the final battle against the zombies.
Dead City
Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Thousands are dead or dying - but the worst is only beginning. Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus has broken out, returning the dead to life - with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.
The nightmare begins within hours; the plague has spread all over Texas. San Antonio police officer Eddie Hudson finds his city overrun by a voracious army of the living dead. Along with a small group of survivors, Eddie must fight off the savage horde in a race to save his family.
There's no place to run. No place to hide. The zombie horde is growing as the virus runs rampant. Eddie knows he has to find a way to destroy these walking horrors... but he doesn't know the price he will have to pay.
McKinney has a new book coming out called Apocalypse of the Dead. Yeah, doesn't that title just send a charge down your spine? That's the kind of title that lets you know there won't be any sparkly vampires within these pages. This book is all about good ol' fashioned zombies looking for some tasty brains to feast on. Well, actually it's about the party-poopers who want to avoid that fate, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they lose.
Apocalypse of the Dead will be out November 2nd, and that gives you plenty of time to get the first book in the series that started the zombie party, Dead City.
Apocalypse of the Dead
Two hellish years. That's how long it's been since the hurricanes flooded the Gulf Coast, and the dead rose up from the ruins. The cities were quarantined; the infected, contained. Any unlucky survivors were left to fend for themselves.
One boatload of refugees manages to make it out alive - but one passenger carries the virus. Within weeks, the zombie epidemic spreads across the globe. Now, retired U.S. Marshal Ed Moore must lead a group of strangers to safety, searching for sanctuary from the dead.
In the North Dakota Grasslands, bands of survivors converge upon a single outpost. Run by a self-appointed preacher of fierce conviction - and frightening beliefs - it may be humanity's only hope. But Ed Moore and the others refuse to enter a suicide pact. They'd rather stand and fight in the final battle against the zombies.
Dead City
Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star State is reeling from the worst devastation in history. Thousands are dead or dying - but the worst is only beginning. Amid the wreckage, something unimaginable is happening: a deadly virus has broken out, returning the dead to life - with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.
The nightmare begins within hours; the plague has spread all over Texas. San Antonio police officer Eddie Hudson finds his city overrun by a voracious army of the living dead. Along with a small group of survivors, Eddie must fight off the savage horde in a race to save his family.
There's no place to run. No place to hide. The zombie horde is growing as the virus runs rampant. Eddie knows he has to find a way to destroy these walking horrors... but he doesn't know the price he will have to pay.
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