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TV TIE-INS - Titan Books
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TV TIE-INS
MOVIE TIE-INS
CRIMSON PEAK
THE OFFICIAL MOVIE
NOVELIZATION
AUTHOR TBC
October 2015
Movie Tie-in
PB 320pp
Crimson Peak
The Official Movie Novelization
Beauty & The Beast
A new series of original novels based on the hit CW
series starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan
Crimson Peak is the hotly anticipated forthcoming movie from director Guillermo del Toro, produced by Legendary
Pictures and distributed by Universal, scheduled for release in October 2015. It is reminiscent of the early Spanishlanguage horror films that made his name.
A character-driven horror movie, with tinges of gothic romance, Crimson Peak is set in the nineteenth century in a
crumbling mountain in Cumbria, a largely rural and mountainous region of northern England, when young author
Edith Cushing discovers that her charming new husband, Sir Thomas Sharpe is not who he appears to be…
The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, and Jim Beaver.
A modern-day romantic love story with a supernatural twist, Beauty & The Beast appeals to fans of shows
such as The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf and Grimm.
BEAUTY & THE BEAST
VENDETTA
NANCY HOLDER
November 2014
TV Tie-in, PB 320pp
Del Toro has described Crimson Peak as a ‘ghost story and gothic romance’. Audiences can expect ‘a very
set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story.’
WARCRAFT
THE OFFICIAL MOVIE
PREQUEL
AUTHOR TBC
March 2016
Movie Tie-in
PB 320pp
WARCRAFT
THE OFFICIAL MOVIE
NOVELIZATION
AUTHOR TBC
March 2016
Movie Tie-in
PB 320pp
Directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code), and with a screenplay by Jones and Charles Leavitt, the film will star
Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell and Rob Kazinsky.
Vendetta
During a mysterious blackout, Angelo DeMarco, the son of New York City’s most powerful family, is kidnapped.
NYPD detectives Catherine Chandler and Tess Vargas are on the case when they learn of a second missing
person: Cat’s father has disappeared from his prison cell. Vincent is desperate to help Cat, but as tensions rise,
the couple become caught in a trap where the only way out is to confront their pasts and prove their epic
love.
Warcraft
Warcraft is the forthcoming American epic fantasy film based on the hugely successful World of Warcraft video game
from Blizzard Entertainment. It is scheduled for worldwide release from Universal Pictures in March 2016 and is
produced by Legendary.
Now in its second season, and renewed for a third, the show has a very loyal fanbase of ‘beasties’. It won the
2014 People’s Choice Award for Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show and Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actress, plus the
2013 Award for Favourite New Drama.
BEAUTY & THE BEAST
SOME GAVE ALL
NANCY HOLDER
March 2015
TV Tie-in, PB 336pp
NANCY HOLDER is a New York Times best-selling author and four-time winner of the Bram Stoker
Award. She has written dozens of novels, short stories and essays, including several Buffy the Vampire
Slayer and Angel tie-in novels, and has co-authored the first two Buffy Watcher’s Guides.
Set on the world of Azeroth, the film portrays the origin story of the initial encounters between the humans and
the orcs, with an emphasis upon both the Alliance’s and Horde’s sides of their conflict. Featuring characters such as
Durotan and Lothar, the film will take place in a variety of locations established in the video game series.
Titan is delighted to be publishing two official tie-in books to accompany this film. Warcraft the novelization and
prequel will appeal not only to all the many millions of fans of the World of Warcraft dark fantasy games series, but
to all those who will delight in what is set to be a cutting edge technological directorial feat.
http://www.warcraft-themovie.com
The Warcraft franchise is made up of five core games: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness,
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, World of Warcraft, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. The fourth and best-selling title
of the franchise is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), where players control their own
character and interact with each other in a virtual world. With almost seven million subscribers, World of Warcraft
is currently the world’s most-subscribed MMORPG, and holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular
MMORPG by subscribers. Having grossed over 10 billion dollars, it is also the highest-grossing video game of all
time. In January 2014 it was announced that more than 100 million accounts had been created over the game’s
lifetime.
All games in the series have been set in and around the world of Azeroth, a high fantasy setting. Initially, the start
of the series focused on the human nations which make up the Eastern Kingdoms, and the Orcish Horde which
arrived in Azeroth via a dark portal, beginning the great wars. The Orcs arrived from another world, referred to as
Draenor or Outland, a world which will be shattered into pieces by demonic magics during the events of Warcraft
II. Later on in the series the world of Azeroth was expanded, revealing the new continents of Kalimdor, Northrend
and Pandaria, allowing the introduction of the Night Elves, Tauren and other major races into the universe. The
world of Azeroth also contains the traditional fantasy setting races of elves, dwarves, gnomes, orcs, and trolls.
BEAUTY & THE BEAST
TITLE TBC
NANCY HOLDER
August 2015
TV Tie-in, PB 336pp
NCIS: Los Angeles
A brand-new series of novels based on the hit CBS TV
series starring Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J
NCIS is the highly successful American police procedural drama television series, revolving around a team of
special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving
the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
NOVEL 1 – TITLE TBC
JEROME PREISLER
May 2015
TV Tie-in, PB 320pp
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
NOVEL 2 – TITLE TBC
AUTHOR TBC
October 2015
TV Tie-in, PB 320pp
NCIS: LOS ANGELES
NOVEL 3 – TITLE TBC
AUTHOR TBC
April 2016
TV Tie-in, PB 320pp
In 2011, NCIS was voted America’s favourite television show.The series finished its tenth season as the
most-watched television series in the US during the 2012–13 TV season. The first spin-off from NCIS, NCIS: Los
Angeles premiered in 2009 on CBS and has now been renewed for a sixth season which will premiere in the
US in autumn 2014.
NCIS: Los Angeles follows the exploits of the LA-based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of
the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specialises in undercover assignments. In the TV series, Chris
O’Donnell plays the lead character of G. Callen while LL Cool J plays the role of Special Agent Sam Hanna, a
former Navy SEAL, who works in the undercover unit of NCIS in Los Angeles, and is also fluent in Arabic and
an expert on Middle Eastern culture.
JEROME PREISLER is a prolific author who has written over thirty books, including all eight
novels in the #1 New York Times best-selling Tom Clancy’s Power Plays series. He is the author of the
recently re-booted Net Force series, based on the New York Times bestselling series co-created by Tom
Clancy. He has written tie-in novels for Homicide: Life on the Streets and CSI.
TV TIE-INS
TV TIE-INS
Grimm
A new series of original novels based on the hit NBC TV
series, inspired by Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Spartacus
The hit Starz TV show, which combines
blood-soaked action, exotic sexuality, villainy
and heroism
Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known
as ‘Grimms’, charged with keeping the balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world.
Throughout the series, he must battle against an assortment of dangerous creatures, with help from his friend Monroe
(who is a reformed creature), and his partner Detective Hank Griffin.
Two stand-alone novels set in the world of the Spartacus TV series tell brand-new stories of
blood, sex and politics set in the uncompromising, visceral world of the arena.
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world
of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. To survive, he must become
more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend.
Grimm averages 6 million viewers in the US, where it airs on NBC.The show airs in the UK on Watch, as well as in over
30 foreign language territories. Grimm was co-created by Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel executive producer David
Greenwalt, and the mix of fantasy, mystery, chills and humour will appeal to fans of Once Upon a Time and Supernatural.
Seasons 1 to 3 are currently available on DVD/Blu Ray, and Season 3 it has been renewed for a fourth season.
GRIMM
THE ICY TOUCH
JOHN SHIRLEY
November 2013
Fantasy / TV Tie-In
PB 320pp
Rights sold: German
‘This might prove to be the not-at-all-guilty pleasure of the season.’ Entertainment Weekly
‘It’s impossible not to love the new season of Grimm.’ LA Times
Swords and Ashes
‘A cop drama—with a twist… dark and fantastical.’ The Oregonian
The gladiator Spartacus, the new champion of Capua, fights at the graveside of a rich man who
was brutally murdered by his own slaves. Seeing an opportunity, ambitious lanista Quintus Batiatus
plots to seize the dead man’s estate.
The Icy Touch
Back in the nineteenth century a Wesen and a Grimm fight to the death. The Grimm wins, but the Wesen’s son escapes
and vows revenge. In the present day, Captain Renard sends Nick and Hank to investigate a crime cartel named Le
Touche Givre (The Icy Touch), which is involved in forced prostitution and drug pushing. Nick gradually realizes that their
dangerous leader is intent on tracking him down.
The Chopping Block
A cache of bones is found in a shallow grave in local woods. Meanwhile, missing persons cases in Portland seem to
be on the increase. As more bones are discovered, Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt and his partner Hank
Griffin investigate – but there seems to be no connection between the victims…
‘The plot is tight and it’s an enjoyable read.’ Affairs Magazine
SPARTACUS
SWORDS AND ASHES
J.M. CLEMENTS
January 2012
TV Tie-in
PB 336pp
Rights sold: German, Hungarian, Slovenian,
Turkish
The Killing Time
GRIMM
A mysterious creature stalks the streets of Portland, looking for a new identity. With one touch it can dissolve its victim,
assuming their appearance, personality, and memories. When Portland homicide detectives Nick Burkhardt and Hank
Griffin are called in to track down a missing person, Nick comes face to face with the changeling, but its powers have an
unexpected effect on the Grimm, unleashing a deadly Wesen plague and untold chaos.
JOHN SHIRLEY is a prolific writer of fantasy, noir and science fiction. He has written over thirty books,
ten collections of short stories,TV scripts and screenplays. His novels include Everything is Broken, The Other End,
Bleak History, Crawlers, Demons, In Darkness Waiting, and seminal cyberpunk works City Come A-Walkin’, and the A
Song Called Youth trilogy of Eclipse, Eclipse Penumbra, and Eclipse Corona. His collections include the Bram Stoker
and International Horror Guild award-winning Black Butterflies, Living Shadows: Stories: New & Pre-Owned and In
Extremis: The Most Extreme Stories of John Shirley. He also writes for screen (The Crow) and television.
TIM WAGGONER has published more than twenty novels and two short story collections, and his articles
THE KILLING TIME
TIM WAGGONER
September 2014
Fantasy / TV Tie-In
PB 272pp
Rights sold: German
Morituri
Batiatus and Solonius vie with each other for the favour of one Marcus Licinius Crassus, an
Equites who aims at the Praetorship. Thrilled by the bloody violence of the fights, Crassus decides
to set up his own gladiatorial school. In the arena, the Batiati are ground down by injury and
death, while Crassus’s numbers never seem to shrink. Can the ludus survive against such odds?
‘A book that will stretch your imagination and help you to travel back to a time.’ Killer Aphrodite
‘If you’re a fan of the show, the book won’t disappoint you.’ City of Film
J.M. CLEMENTS is the author of over thirty books, including Pirate King, Marco Polo
and A Brief History of the Vikings. He has also written a dozen audio books and radio plays,
including Robin Hood: The Deer Hunters, Highlander: The Secret of the Sword and Doctor Who: The
Destroyer of Delights. He lives in London and Finland.
JOHN PASSARELLA is the Bram Stoker award-winning author of Wither, Wither’s Rain, Wither’s Legacy,
Kindred Spirit, Shimmer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ghoul Trouble, Angel: Avatar, Angel: Monolith, Supernatural: Rite of
Passage and Supernatural: Night Terror. He owns AuthorPromo.com, a web design company with New York Times
bestselling clients, and resides in New Jersey.
GRIMM
‘Villainy and heroism with some blood-soaked action thrown in for good measure.’ TV Overmind
‘A fun stand-alone romp of an adventure with familiar characters.’ Geek Lore
THE CHOPPING BLOCK
JOHN PASSARELLA
February 2014
Fantasy / TV Tie-In
PB 336pp
Rights sold: German
‘Thanks to Clements, you might very well want to re-read it.’ Open Letters Monthly
on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest and Writers’ Journal, among other publications. He teaches Creative
Writing at Sinclair Community College and in Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction
programme.
SPARTACUS
MORITURI
MARK MORRIS
August 2012
TV Tie-in
PB 304pp
Rights sold: German, Hungarian, Slovenian,
Turkish
MARK MORRIS won the 2007 British Fantasy Award for editing the highly acclaimed
Cinema Macabre, a book of fifty horror movie essays by genre luminaries. He is the author
of sixteen novels, including Stitch, The Immaculate, The Secret of Anatomy, Fiddleback, The Deluge,
four Doctor Who books, a Torchwood novel. Most recently he has written the official tie-in novel
to the zombie apocalypse computer game Dead Island and a novelisation of the 2014 movie
Noah. Mark’s short stories, novellas, articles and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of
anthologies and magazines.
ALIEN
ALIEN
Three stand-alone, fully-licensed and original novels
set in the Alien universe, tying directly in to the first two
movies, Alien and Aliens
Alien, the 1979 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, has had a significant impact on popular culture. In 2002
it was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library for historical preservation as a film which is ‘culturally,
historically, or aesthetically significant’. In 2008 it was ranked as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre by the
American Film Institute, and as the 33rd-greatest movie of all time by Empire magazine.
Now readers can enjoy three brand-new Alien novels by hand-picked authors, developed in conjunction with 20th
Century Fox.These adventures will take readers back to the core of the Alien universe, revealing never-beforeexplored secrets of the Weyland Corporation and the xenomorphs—the predatory aliens themselves. These novels
are cohesive and are designed to fit within the canon of the original films Alien and Aliens.
ALIEN
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
TIM LEBBON
January 2014
Science Fiction, PB 352pp
Rights sold: Czech, German,
Japanese, Hungarian
2014 saw the 35th anniversary of the film Alien, directed
by Ridley Scott
ALIEN
THE OFFICIAL
NOVELIZATION
ALAN DEAN FOSTER
April 2014
Science Fiction, PB 288pp
Rights sold: German
By returning to the events depicted in those films, and including the most popular character of the Alien franchise—
Ellen Ripley—we capture the excitement and dynamics that launched the Alien concept.The third novel is a unique
and direct prequel to the movie Aliens.
THE OFFICIAL
NOVELIZATION
ALIEN
SEA OF SORROWS
JAMES A.MOORE
July 2014
Science Fiction, PB 352pp
Rights sold: Czech, German,
Hungarian
The crew of spaceship Nostromo is suddenly awoken from cryogenic sleep because of mysterious signals coming from
an unknown planet received by the ship’s computer. The astronauts land on the planet’s surface to investigate an alien
spaceship. When one of them is attacked by an alien (which fastens itself to his face), the crew returns to their ship,
abandoning the planet. Then the real horror begins.
Aliens
ALIENS
his novelization of 30 Days of Night was a New York Times bestseller. His tie-in novels include Star Wars: Into the
Void,The Cabin in the Woods, and Hellboy: Unnatural Selection. He has also written two original novels, Coldbrook
and The Silence, both of which are published by Titan Books.
Alien
Alan Dean Foster’s novelization of Alien, published to coincide with the film’s release in 1979, set the gold standard for
novelizations and remains a classic to this day.
Tim Lebbon, James A. Moore, and Christopher Golden have collaborated to tie these three novels into both Alien and
Aliens—the most acclaimed installments of the entire Alien saga.The three exciting novels will also work to form a
cohesive trilogy expanding the core canon of the Alien universe.
TIM LEBBON has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Scribe Awards for original and tie-in fiction, and
To celebrate this landmark, we are pleased to re-issue
Alan Dean Foster’s celebrated novelizations of the first
three Alien films, and A.C. Crispin’s novelization of Alien:
Resurrection.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER
April 2014
Science Fiction, PB 320pp
Rights sold: German
Having survived one encounter with an alien, Ripley is persuaded to return to the planet where her crew found the
alien ship. A colony has been established there, but suddenly all contact with the settlers has been lost. Accompanied
by marines, Ripley is going to find out why.
Alien 3
Ellen Ripley continues to be stalked by the savage alien race after her escape pod, ejected from Colonial Marine
spaceship Sulaco, crash lands on a prison planet, killing everyone else on board. Unknown to Ripley, an alien egg is on
board the ship.The alien is born inside the prison and sets out on a killing spree.
Alien: Resurrection
Ellen Ripley awakens on board the space station Auriga. Her last memory is of her own fiery death. And yet she is
somehow alive. Ripley discovers that her ‘resurrection’ is a result of an incredible experiment which has altered both
her and the creature she has been carrying.To combat the incalculable alien menace, she teams up with a renegade
band of space smugglers.
JAMES A. MOORE has twice been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, for both the novel Serenity Falls
and the novella Bloodstained Oz (written with Christopher Golden). He wrote the tie-in novel Buffy the Vampire
Slayer: Chaos Bleeds, as well as his original Serenity Falls horror trilogy, Writ in Blood,The Pack, and Dark Carnival.
ALIEN3
CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is a New York Times bestselling author and has written novels in the worlds
of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy, Battlestar Galactica, X-Men, and more. His acclaimed original fiction includes
Strangewood,The Ferryman,The Boys are Back in Town, and Soulless. His forthcoming novel Tin Men has been
optioned to become a major motion picture from Warner Bros. A frequent collaborator, he often works closely
with other authors: notably Tim Lebbon and James A. Moore.
THE OFFICIAL
NOVELIZATION
ALAN DEAN FOSTER
May 2014
Science Fiction, PB 256pp
Rights sold: German
ALAN DEAN FOSTER is the acclaimed author of more than one hundred books, including major movie
tie-ins for Star Wars, Alien and Transformers. His work includes excursions into hard science fiction, fantasy, horror,
detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages
and has won awards in Spain and Russia. His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990,
the first work of science fiction ever to do so. Foster’s Pip and Flinx novels and The Founding of the Commonwealth
series have been popular bestsellers in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Alan Dean Foster was awarded the
IAMTW Grand Master Scribe Award in 2008.
A.C. CRISPIN was the New York Times bestselling author of 24 novels, including tie-ins to Star Trek, Star Wars, V
and Pirates of the Caribbean. In 2013, she was named a Grandmaster of the International Association of Media Tie-In
Writers.
ALIEN
RIVER OF PAIN
CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN
November 2014
Science Fiction, PB 352pp
Rights sold: Czech, German,
Hungarian
ALIEN:
RESURRECTION
THE OFFICIAL
NOVELIZATION
A.C. CRISPIN
March 2015
Science Fiction, PB 320pp
RESIDENT EVIL
ASHLEY PARKER:
ZOMBIE
DANIE
WAREHUNTER
Introducing zombie hunter Ashley Parker in an exciting
new series from Dana Fredsti
Resident Evil
One of the world’s most popular and best-selling
video games, a survival horror game that has
spawned five live action films
Plague Town
In the small university town of Redwood Grove, people are succumbing to a lethal strain of flu.They are dying – but
not for long. Ashley Parker discovers that she is a ‘wild card’ – immune to the virus – and is recruited by a shadowy
paramilitary organisation that offers her the chance to fight back. Bonding with her fellow wild cards, Ashley begins to
discover skills she never knew she had.
Official licensed tie-in novelization of the last (5th) Resident Evil film, Retribution, which opened
worldwide in September 2012.
John Shirley is a critically-acclaimed cyberpunk, sci-fi and horror writer. He wrote the first
screenplay for The Crow, as well as many tie-in novels including Constantine, Doom and Bioshock.
Plus – re-issues of all seven acclaimed Resident Evil video game tie-in novels, written by S.D. Perry.
RESIDENT EVIL
RETRIBUTION: THE OFFICIAL
MOVIE NOVELIZATION
JOHN SHIRLEY
September 2012
Film Tie-in
PB 352pp
Rights sold: Hungarian, Italian, Japanese,
Portuguese
JOHN SHIRLEY is a prolific writer of fantasy, noir and science fiction. He has written
over thirty books, ten collections of short stories, TV scripts and screenplays. His novels include
Everything is Broken, The Other End, Bleak History, Crawlers, Demons, In Darkness Waiting, and
seminal cyberpunk works City Come A-Walkin’, and the A Song Called Youth trilogy of Eclipse, Eclipse
Penumbra, and Eclipse Corona. His collections include the Bram Stoker and International Horror
Guild award-winning Black Butterflies, Living Shadows: Stories: New & Pre-Owned and In Extremis:
The Most Extreme Stories of John Shirley. He also writes for screen (The Crow) and television.
Plague Nation
PLAGUE TOWN
Having stopped the wave of the undead that swarmed their facility, Ashley Parker and the other wild cards are
assaulted by an unknown enemy and forced to travel to a secret laboratory in San Francisco. En route some are killed
and others kidnapped. But the worst is yet to come, as the truth begins to emerge about the paramilitary society, the
Dolofónoi tou Zontanoús Nekroús (DZN).
DANA FREDSTI
April 2012
Fantasy
PB 368pp
Rights sold: Japanese
Plague World
AN ASHLEY PARKER
NOVEL
Having been ambushed in San Francisco, Ashley and the wild cards must pursue the enemy to San Diego. There they
will discover a splinter group of their own organization. But the worst discovery is that the plague has gone airborne,
making it transferable without physical contact.
‘Ashley Parker is exactly the kind of girl to turn my head. She’s tough and sexy, a lover and a fighter. She’s got an
acid tongue and mischievous gleam in her eye. If you like your heroines smart and sassy and kick-ass capable, Ashley
Parker has what you need. And Plague Nation is exactly what the zombie genre needs.’
Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Flesh Eaters and Inheritance
S.D. PERRY is the author of several tie-in novels to popular series such as Aliens, Alien vs.
Predator, Star Trek and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Perry also wrote the movie novelizations for
Timecop and Virus.
‘A fast-moving zombie tale that reads like a blast of energy.’ Lois Gresh, New York Times bestselling
author of Eldritch Evolutions
Rights sold to the following novels: Czech, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
‘Sexy, weird, creepy, over-the-top zombie goodness. Required reading for the deranged.’
Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Marvel Zombies Return
PLAGUE NATION
AN ASHLEY PARKER
NOVEL
DANA FREDSTI
April 2013
Fantasy
PB 336pp
‘You love zombies? You loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Your one true wish and secret desire is that someone would
come along and mash the two together in an exquisitely violent yet equally hilarious fashion? Stop searching friends,
Dana Fredsti’s Plague Town, the first novel in a planned trilogy, has delivered the goods.’ Opinionless
‘Not only is the prose good, but it’s seasoned with a dash of steamy romance and an excellent sense of originality
and pacing… it survives the zombie apocalypse in style.’ Misprinted Pages
‘Fast, furious, and fun, Plague Nation takes the promise of Plague Town and builds upon it, delivering bigger and
better zombie mayhem.Top-notch gory goodness.’ Mira Grant, author of the Newsflesh series
The Umbrella
Conspiracy
Caliban Cove
City of The Dead
Underworld
DANA FREDSTI is the author of Murder for Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon and co-author of What Women
Really Want in Bed. She blogs frequently and has made podcast and radio appearances. She has also appeared in
various zombie/horror movies projects, and worked on Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness as an armourer’s assistant,
sword-fighting captain, and sword-fighting Deadite.
PLAGUE WORLD
AN ASHLEY PARKER
NOVEL
Nemesis
Code Veronica
Zero Hour
DANA FREDSTI
August 2014
Fantasy
PB 320pp
DANIE WARE
SAMIT BASU
Introducing a major new voice in fantasy fiction
Samit Basu is one of India’s most talented and
prolific young writers with an impressive profile
in comics culture, science fiction and fantasy
Ecko Rising
Ecko is an unlikely saviour: a savage, gleefully cynical rebel/assassin, he operates out of hi-tech London, making his
own rules in a repressed and subdued society. When the biggest job of his life goes horribly wrong, Ecko awakes in
a world he doesn’t recognise: a world without tech, weapons, cams, cables – anything that makes sense to him. Can
this be his own creation, a virtual Rorschach designed just for him, or is it something much more? Ecko finds himself
immersed in a world just as troubled as his own, striving to conquer his deepest fears and save it from extinction.
Turbulence
How would you feel if you actually got what you wanted? And what would you do if you could
really change the world?
If Ecko can win though, then he might just learn to care – or break the program and get home.
Aman Sen is smart, young, ambitious and going nowhere. But then he gets off a plane from
London to Delhi and discovers that he has turned into a communications demigod. Indeed,
everyone on Aman’s flight now has extraordinary abilities. Aman wants to heal the planet but
with each step he takes, he finds that helping some means harming others.
Will it all end, as eighty years of superhero fiction suggest, in a meaningless, explosive slugfest?
‘You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll gasp and you will demand a sequel.’
Ben Aaronovitch, author of Rivers of London
TURBULENCE
SAMIT BASU
July 2012
Science Fiction
PB 368pp
‘Wickedly entertaining.’ Publishers Weekly
ECKO RISING
DANIE WARE
September 2012
Fantasy/ Science Fiction
PB 528pp
‘For wicked wit, for post-modern superheroics, for sheer verbal energy and dazzle, Samit Basu
doesn’t so much push the envelope as fold it into an n-dimensional hyper-envelope, address it to
your hind-brain and mail it with a rail gun.’ Mike Carey
‘Marks Ware as one to watch’ The Independent
Ecko Burning
‘Turbulence delivers exactly what it intends: an entertaining, well-written read. In the genre’s
history it will be seen as an important work, a reflection of the subcontinents growing
self-confidence.’ SF World
The Bard is gone, and with him Ecko’s only possible way home. Told the grasslands are diseased and the blight is
spreading, his companions demand his help. Together they seek weapons in a ruined city where both nightmare and
hideous truth await them.
‘…inventive and very clever. But most of all, it is fun. If you have ever picked up a comic book and
enjoyed it, then this is a must-buy.’ Starburst
Ruthless and ambitious, Lord Phylos has control of Fhaveon city, and is using its forces to bring the plains under his
command. Back in London, the bard is offered the opportunity to realise everything he has ever wanted – if he will
give up his soul. As the blight spreads, Phylos’s brutality escalates. When the people’s anger finally erupts, the force
of the violence threatens to destroy everything.
‘A dense and engaging read which keeps the reader hooked by stacking up one amazing thing after the other… it’s
violent, sarcastic, filled with nods and references to all things geeky and fun, and features perhaps one of the most
scenery-chewing, over-the-top bad guys that we’ve seen in some time.’ Starburst
Resistance
Eleven years after the passengers of flight BA142 from London to Delhi developed
extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost desires, the world is overrun with
supers. Some use their powers for good, others for evil, and some just want to smash up iconic
monuments and get on TV. But now, from New York to Tokyo, someone is hunting down supers,
killing heroes and villains both, and it’s up to the Unit to stop them…
ECKO BURNING
DANIE WARE
October 2013
Fantasy/ Science Fiction
PB 484pp
‘A rowdy, ingenious sequel, which improves upon the original while retaining its appealing
quirks. A confident, witty approach to Basu’s awkwardly heroic characters is the most striking
enhancement to the series, elevating this installment well above its predecessor.’ Publishers Weekly
‘If you read Turbulence and enjoyed it, just know you’ll love this one, too. And if you haven’t
discovered either book, you’re in for a great ride.’ Geek Dad
‘It’s a great read that spans the world and somehow manages to keep things organized and highly
entertaining without skipping a beat.’ City of Films
SAMIT BASU
July 2014
Science Fiction
PB 304pp
‘The Matrix meets Game of Thrones… Immense fun.’ Financial Times
‘Tight, fast-paced, sophisticated SF – the best debut novel I’ve read in years’ Andy Remic
‘Turbulence has it all… Solid writing, great character development, humor, personal loss, and
excellent points to ponder in every chapter.’ Wired
RESISTANCE
‘A thrilling, genre-defying, roller coaster ride.’ Library Journal
SAMIT BASU is a writer of books, films and comics. His first novel, The Simoqin
Prophecies, was published by Penguin India when he was just 23. It was the first book in the
bestselling Gameworld Trilogy and marked the beginning of Indian English fantasy writing. The
other books in the trilogy are The Manticore’s Secret and The Unwaba Revelations. Samit’s
work in comics ranges from historical romance to zombie comedy, and includes diverse
collaborators, from X-Men/Felix Castor writer Mike Carey to Terry Gilliam and Duran Duran.
‘Danie Ware has created an amazing world for her characters.’ BGG Magazine Review
‘Funny, exciting and compelling.’ Alternative Magazine online
Ecko Endgame
ECKO ENDGAME
DANIE WARE
Augist 2015
Fantasy/ Science Fiction
PB 528pp
Winter has come to the Varchinde – and with it, the fatal spread of the blight. The grass is dead, and the plains’ cities
are falling to the loss of crops and trade. Now, the Kas take their chance to rise from Rammouthe. Overmatched,
betrayed and abandoned by his own forces, Rhan takes the ultimate gamble – he will abandon Fhaveon to lure the
Kas into a final confrontation.
But the world’s memory is returning. And, as the battle rages round him, Ecko begins to realise that everything they
have done has been for a purpose. If they can fit the pieces together, then they might just win the war. Yet, even if
they do defeat the Kas, the blight is still there. And to save both the Varchinde and himself, Ecko must face the worst
fear of all – the one that has come from his own world.
DANIE WARE is the publicist and event organiser for cult entertainment retailer Forbidden Planet. She has
worked closely with a wide range of genre authors and has been immersed in the science-fiction and fantasy
community for the past decade. An early adopter of blogging and social media and a familiar face at conventions,
she appears on panels as an expert on genre marketing and retailing.
MARK MORRIS
KIM NEWMAN
A brand-new time-travel dark fantasy trilogy, set in
present day, Victorian and World War II London
Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles
A hugely enjoyable and fiercely clever romp from award-winning novelist
Kim Newman, author of Anno Dracula
Blending crime, horror, steampunk and dark urban fantasy, Obsidian Heart is a huge, phantasmagorical
jigsaw puzzle of a story told in three very distinct parts, each with its own unique atmosphere. Full of twists
and turns, it is a Weaveworld for the twenty-first century – brash, audacious and packed with surreal and
outrageous imagery. The Obsidian Heart trilogy is a dark supernatural time-travel thriller which readers will
find impossible to resist.
Imagine the twisted evil twins of Holmes and Watson and you have the dangerous duo of Professor James
Moriarty – wily, snake-like, fiercely intelligent, unpredictable – and Colonel Sebastian ‘Basher’ Moran – violent,
politically incorrect, debauched. Together they run London crime, owning police and criminals alike, and unravel
mysteries, all for their own gain.
‘It’s witty, often hilarious stuff. The author portrays the scurrilous flipside of Holmes’s civil ordered world, pokes fun
at “guest stars” from contemporary novels and ventures into more outré territory than Conan Doyle even dared.’
Financial Times
The Wolves of London
OBSIDIAN HEART BOOK 1:
THE WOLVES OF LONDON
MARK MORRIS
October 2014
Fantasy/Paranormal
PB 352pp
Alex Locke is an ex-con turned psychology lecturer, who one day receives an offer that he cannot refuse.
What follows drags him down into a nightmare more terrifying than anything he could ever have imagined, a
nightmare in which he is pursued not only across London, but ultimately across time by the fabled Wolves of
London, a group of ruthless assassins with unbelievable powers.
‘Mark Morris is a stellar talent. If you haven’t read him before, now’s the time!’
Christopher Golden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Snowblind
‘Mark Morris is one of the best horror writers we have. If you’re not reading him, you’re missing out.’
Michael Marshall Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Intruders
MORIARTY: THE
HOUND OF THE
D’URBERVILLES
KIM NEWMAN
September 2011
Crime
PB 496pp
Rights sold: French, Japanese,
Russian, Turkish
‘A new novel from Morris is always cause for celebration, and this first in a brand new trilogy ushers in
his greatest, most complex and compelling work yet.’
Tim Lebbon, New York Times bestselling author of Coldbrook
THE SOCIETY OF BLOOD
MARK MORRIS
October 2015
Fantasy/ Paranormal
PB 400pp
The Wraiths of War
In the final volume of the thrilling dark fantasy trilogy, Alex Locke is transported to World War One London
– will he finally discover the truth about the Obsidian Heart?
Praise for Mark Morris:
‘Mark Morris is one of the finest horror writers at work today.’ Clive Barker
‘Fast gaining a reputation as the most stunningly original dark fantasist working in Britain today.’
Starburst Magazine
‘A skilfully constructed tale, topped off with a mind-boggling twist.’ The Times
MARK MORRIS won the 2007 British Fantasy Award for editing the highly acclaimed
OBSIDIAN HEART BOOK 3:
THE WRAITHS OF WAR
MARK MORRIS
October 2016
Fantasy/ Paranormal
PB 400pp
Cinema Macabre, a book of fifty horror movie essays by genre luminaries. He is the author of
sixteen novels, including Stitch, The Immaculate, The Secret of Anatomy, Fiddleback, The Deluge, four
Doctor Who books, and a Torchwood novel. Most recently he has written the official tie-in novel to
the zombie apocalypse computer game Dead Island and a novelisation of the 2014 movie Noah.
‘Excels as literary gamesmanship, but more importantly, it excels as storytelling, packing in suspense, surprises, and
myriad betrayals, all conveyed through a wonderfully unsympathetic narrative voice.’ Locus
A dysfunctional British nuclear family seeks a new life away from the big city in the sleepy Somerset countryside. At first
their new home,The Hollow, seems to embrace them, creating a rare peace and harmony within the family. But when
the house turns on them, it seems to know just how to hurt them the most – threatening to destroy them from the
inside out.
‘That oh-so-unassuming title does not equip you for the journey you’re about to undertake. Immersive,
claustrophobic and utterly wonderful.’ M. R. Carey, New York Times bestselling author
The Society of Blood
OBSIDIAN HEART BOOK 2:
‘Entertaining and gives a great portrait of an infinitely interesting character… Definitely for fans of Sherlock
Holmes, crime fiction and steampunk fiction.’ The Daily Rotation
An English Ghost Story
‘In The Wolves of London, Mark Morris not only crosses genre boundaries, but creates an entirely new territory
in the landscape of dark fiction. Part crime novel, part fantasy, part science fiction – entirely engrossing.’
Sarah Pinborough, author of Mayhem
Transported through time to the dank streets of Victorian London, Alex Locke seeks to unravel the mysteries
of the Obsidian Heart, the enigmatic object to which his fate is inextricably bound. When a string of grisly
murders takes place across the capital, Alex follows a trail that will lead him through the opium dens of
Limehouse into the dark and twisted world of the Society of Blood, and ever closer to unlocking the secret
of the Heart.
‘Kim Newman has done something really audacious with Conan Doyle’s criminal genius… The notion of
reinventing Moriarty and Moran as malign doppelgangers of Holmes and Watson may have been done before, but
not with the firecracker exuberance that Newman brings to it.’ The Independent
‘Kim Newman is more than a star of the fantastic – he’s an entire constellation… It deserves to stand beside the
great novels of the ghostly.’ Ramsey Campbell, Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Award-winning author
AN ENGLISH GHOST
STORY
KIM NEWMAN
October 2014
Horror
PB 320pp
Rights: Translation rights
KENTISH GLORY:
THE SECRETS
OF DREARCLIFF
GRANGE SCHOOL
KIM NEWMAN
October 2015
PB 400pp
ANGELS OF MUSIC
KIM NEWMAN
October 2017
PB 400pp
‘Newman now owns the genre. He is that rarity, a writer who is equally adept at fiction and non-fiction. I want to
read everything he writes.’ Pat Cadigan, Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author
‘A masterful and often disturbing updating of the traditional haunted house story given a modern twist by an
author who continues to push the limits of every genre.’ Stephen Jones, World Fantasy Award-winning editor
‘Thoroughly enjoyable… master storytelling.’ Lauren Beukes, New York Times bestselling author
Kentish Glory: The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School
A brand-new original novel from the award-winning author of Anno Dracula, set in a school for unusual girls in the
1920s.
Angels of Music
A brand-new original novel from the award-winning author of Anno Dracula.
KIM NEWMAN is a critically acclaimed author and movie critic. He has won the Bram Stoker, International
Horror Guild British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World
Fantasy Awards. He also writes regularly for Empire Magazine and contributes to The Guardian,The Times,Time
Out and others media and makes frequent apprearances on radio and TV. Kim Newman is the author of numerous
works of fiction (including Anno Dracula,The Bloody Red Baron, Dracula Cha Cha Cha and Johnny Alucard) and
non-fiction (including Nightmare Movies and Millennium Movies).
KIERAN CROWLEY/JAMES HILTON
KIERAN CROWLEY
October 2015
Crime/Thriller
PB 320pp
The F. X. Shepherd novels
New, highly entertaining and clever thriller series from
a New York Times bestselling author and investigative
journalist
SHOOT
It’s a dog-eat-dog world at the infamous tabloid The New York Mail, where brand-new pet columnist F. X.
Shepherd finds himself on the trail of The Hacker, a serial killer who is targeting unpleasant celebrities.
HACK
AN F. X. SHEPHERD NOVEL
ANTHOLOGIES
Beyond Rue Morgue:
Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe’s First Detective
Poe’s 1841 story ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ introduced the world to its first detective,
C. Auguste Dupin and inspired the creation of many others including Sherlock Holmes and
Hercule Poirot. In Beyond Rue Morgue contemporary authors continue the exploits of Dupin,
while retaining Poe’s sense of the strange and macabre. Includes original stories from Guy
Adams, Simon Clark, Ed Gorman, Joe R. Lansdale, Elizabeth Massie, Jonathan Maberry, Thomas F.
Monteleone, Yvonne Navarro & Weston Ochse, Lisa Tuttle and Stephen Volk.
AN F. X. SHEPHERD NOVEL
KIERAN CROWLEY
October 2016
Crime/Thriller
PB 320p
When a famous TV foodie’s husband is slain, the only witness is Skippy, a bright Husky who adopts Shepherd,
and the reluctant reporter inadvertently becomes a tabloid star. Bodies and suspects accumulate as Shepherd
runs afoul of cutthroat office politics and Ginny Mac, a sexy reporter for a competing newspaper. In an
attempt to stop the carnage, Shepherd teams up with Izzy Negron, a Homicide Squad detective with a bizarre
interview style. But when Shepherd is contacted by the Hacker, he realizes he may be next on the list.
‘For fans of murder mysteries, this is a highly enjoyable anthology that is sure to engage and
entertain. Can a TV series be far behind?’ Huffington Post
‘Beyond Rue Morgue invites its authors to continue the exploits of Dupin, while retaining that
touch of the strange and macabre for which Poe’s work is so well known.’ Books Monthly
Hack is a fast-paced page-turner, fuelled by non-stop action and hilarious plot twists.
‘A witty and incisive mystery set in the raucous world of tabloid journalism. Laugh out loud funny and
suspenseful – it’s like Jack Reacher meets Jack Black.’ Rebecca Cantrell, author of The Blood Gospel
‘Well-crafted stories deserving of your time.This is a must have.’ Horror Novels Review
‘An entertaining read with a little something for everyone.’ The Book Bag
‘Crowley creates an endlessly witty, cheerful and capable protagonist. Humor pervades even in violent
scenes, setting the book apart from similar crime novels. A rollicking, sharp-witted crime novel. Crowley’s
book delivers high and frequent thrills.’ Kirkus Review
KIERAN CROWLEY is a New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter. He has
written several non-fiction books, including Sleep My Little Dead: The True Story of the Zodiac Killer, Burned
Alive and The Surgeon’s Wife. As a New York Post reporter he covered hundreds of trials and murders,
including the assassination of John Lennon and the case of David ‘Son of Sam’ Berkowitz.
BEYOND RUE MORGUE:
FURTHER TALES OF EDGAR
ALLAN POE’S 1ST DETECTIVE
PAUL KANE/CHARLES PREPOLEC (EDS)
July 2013
Crime
PB 336pp
PAUL KANE is a sci-fi, fantasy and horror author and journalist, and co-edited the
horror anothology Hellbound Hearts.
CHARLES PREPOLEC is a the editor of the Sherlock Holmes anthologies Gaslight
Grimoire and Gaslight Arcanum.
Dead Man’s Hand: An Anthology of The Weird West
SEARCH AND DESTROY
A GUNN BROTHERS THRILLER
JAMES HILTON
September 2015
Crime/Thriller
PB 352pp
BOOK 2 (TITLE TBC)
JAMES HILTON
March 2016
Crime/Thriller
PB 356pp
BOOK 3 (TITLE TBC)
JAMES HILTON
October 2016
Crime/Thriller
PB 356pp
In the vein of Stephen King’s Dark Tower stories, Orson Scott Card’s Tales of Alvin Maker, and films
such as Cowboys and Aliens, this is the definitive weird western anthology developed by acclaimed
editor John Joseph Adams (The Living Dead, Wastelands). Here’s the Wild West combined with
zombies, steampunk, heroic fantasy, aliens, mad science, and time travel.
Search and Destroy
A gripping new thriller series of heart-pounding
adventure
This anthology features a stellar line-up of authors, including Hugh Howey, Orson Scott Card,
Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Elizabeth Bear, Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Tad Williams,
Alastair Reynolds, Garth Nix, Walter Jon Williams, Alan Dean Foster, Jeffrey Ford, Joe R. Lansdale,
Tobias S. Buckell and more.
Brothers Danny and Clay Gunn were brought up an ocean apart, but blood will out. Both served in the
military, and both know how to kill, taking work as private military contractors and freelance ‘fixers’. But when
they save a female journalist in the Nevada desert, it is they who become the targets, stalked by a paramilitary
team known only as The Presidents, under orders from the heart of government.
‘A fun anthology with settings in the American Old West that will transport readers to that
rough-and-tumble time.’ Library Journal
To stay alive they must turn the tables, stop running, and become hunters once again.
‘There are some stories in this anthology that really put you to the edge of your seat and some
that are for me ready to be translated into a full length novel... one of the best anthologies that I
have read this year.’ Book Plank
JAMES HILTON is the author of several ebooks and short stories. He is a 4th Dan Black Belt in
Shotokan Karate, and has worked as a martial arts instructor, which has been invaluable in crafting his fight
scenes. He is currently working on a YA series. He lives in Carlisle. His brother is the bestselling thriller
author Matt Hilton.
DEAD MAN’S HAND:
AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE
WEIRD WEST
JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS (ED)
May 2014
Adventure/Science Fiction
PB 416pp
‘A colourful, memorable and, above all, imaginative collection of fiction... there are no weak parts
to this collection.The overall quality of the stories in Dead’s Man Hand is refreshingly high... Dead
Man’s Hand is a fascinating read for existing fans of the weird west and newcomers alike.’
The Book Bag
JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS is the bestselling editor of Other Worlds Than These,
Armored, Under the Moons of Mars, Brave New Worlds, Wastelands, The Living Dead, Federations,
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and The Way of the Wizard. He is a four-time
finalist for the Hugo Award and a four-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award. He is also
the editor and publisher of the magazines Lightspeed and Nightmare.
GABRIEL HUNT
GABRIEL HUNT
Gabriel Hunt
From editor Charles Ardai, Edgar Award-winning author
and creator of the acclaimed mystery imprint Hard Case
Crime
Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire
Dr. Lawrence Silver vanished while researching a mysterious phenomenon near the South Pole. His beautiful
daughter wants to know where and why—and it’s up to Gabriel Hunt to find out. But what they’ll discover at the
heart of nature’s most brutal climate could change the world forever…
Praise for Christa Faust:
‘Christa Faust is a Veronica in a world of Betties.’ Quentin Tarantino
‘An instant pulp classic.’ Rolling Stone
‘A stunner, careening along with a wild, propulsive energy and a deliciously incendiary spirit. Laced with bravado and
loaded up with knockabout charm… the literary equivalent of a gasoline cocktail.’ Megan Abbott,
Edgar Award Winner for Queenpin
A thrilling pulp adventure series in the tradition of H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the immortal
Doc Savage. A fast-paced modern Indiana Jones-style series written by six multi award-winning authors. From
the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of South America; from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen crags of
Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the
$100 million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty Colt revolver, Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for
anything—but is he prepared for the adventures that lie in wait for him?
GABRIEL HUNT:
HUNT AT THE WELL
OF ETERNITY
JAMES REASONER
March 2014
Adventure, PB 288pp
‘A pulp adventure series with classic style and modern sensibilities… Escapism at its best.’ Publishers Weekly
Hunt at the Well of Eternity
The woman carrying the bloodstained flag seemed desperate for help—but it was the attack that followed that
convinced Gabriel there was something here men would kill for. And that was before he knew about the dungeon
in the Mayan ruins, or the legendary secret hidden in the rainforest of Guatemala…
GABRIEL HUNT:
HUNT BEYOND THE
FROZEN FIRE
CHRISTA FAUST
June 2014
Adventure, PB 288pp
The warlord’s men came to New York to preserve a terrible secret—and left a dead body in their wake. Now
Gabriel Hunt is on their trail, a path that will take him to the treacherous alleyways and rooftops of Shanghai and a
showdown with a madman out to resurrect a deadly figure from China’s past…
‘Raises the action bar to nosebleed heights… Pulp adventure fans will be thrilled to see the genre so smashingly
resurrected.’ Publishers Weekly
Praise for David J. Schow:
JAMES REASONER is an acclaimed crime, western, and military novelist, author of more than 200
‘If the pulps were still around, Schow would be their king.’ Booklist
‘Schow… lets out all the stops in this high-caliber action story… This is a gory, fast-paced pulp tour de force in the
classic style.’ Publishers Weekly
‘All of Schow’s glittering weapons are sharper than ever before.’ Peter Straub
books. A contributor to Bantam’s New York Times bestselling Wagons West series, he is perhaps best known
for the novel Texas Wind which has achieved legendary status as a collectible paperback
Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear
HUNT THROUGH THE
CRADLE OF FEAR
CHARLES ARDAI
April 2014
Adventure, PB 3360pp
When a secret chamber is discovered inside the Great Sphinx of Egypt, the mystery of its contents will lead
Gabriel to a remote Greek island, to a stone fortress in Sri Lanka… and to a deadly confrontation that could
decide the fate of the world!
Praise for Charles Ardai
‘Very smart and very cool.’ Stephen King
‘Deliciously entertaining.’ Playboy
‘An instant classic.’ Washington Post
DAVID J. SCHOW is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of horror novels, short stories and
GABRIEL HUNT:
HUNT AMONG THE
KILLERS OF MEN
Hunt Through Napoleon’s Web
Of all the priceless treasures Gabriel Hunt has sought, none means more to him than the one drawing him to the
rugged terrain of Corsica and the exotic streets of Marrakesh: his own sister’s life. To save her, Hunt will have to
challenge the mind of a tyrant two centuries dead—the calculating, ingenious Napoleon Bonaparte…
author of Little Girl Lost and Songs of Innocence.
Hunt at World’s End
Praise for the Raymond Benson:
Three jewels, lost for centuries and scattered across the globe, hold the secret to a device of unspeakable power,
and only Gabriel Hunt can prevent them from falling into the hands of an ancient Hittite cult—or of a rival bent
on world domination…
‘Evocative and entertaining.’ Chicago Tribune
‘An adroit writer… tight, tough, thrilling.’ Booklist
‘Lots of tension and suspense… a gem.’ Chicago Sun-Times
Praise for Nicholas Kaufmann:
HUNT AT THE
WORLDS END
NICHOLAS KAUFMAN
May 2014
Adventure, PB 304pp
screenplays, including The Crow and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Most of Schow’s fiction falls
into the sub-genre ‘splatterpunk’, a term is he is credited with coining.
DAVID J. SCHOW
July 2014
Adventure, PB 320pp
CHARLES ARDAI is an Edgar and Shamus Award winner, the creator of Hard Case Crime and the
GABRIEL HUNT:
Her most recent novel Money Shot won the
Crimespree Award and was nominated for several others. She has written tie-ins to Friday 13th, Nightmare on
Elm Street and the Twilight Zone amongst others. Christa received the Scribe Award for her novelization of the
movie, Snakes on a Plane.
Hunt Among the Killers of Men
Praise for James Reasoner
GABRIEL HUNT:
CHRISTA FAUST is a successful horror and crime writer.
‘Great… visceral.’ Stewart O’Nan
‘Enthralling… full of heart and adrenalin and magic.’ Brian Keene
NICHOLAS KAUFMANN is the critically-acclaimed author of Walk in Shadows and the Bram Stoker
Award-nominated General Slocum’s Gold.
GABRIEL HUNT:
HUNT THROUGH
NAPOLEON’S WEB
RAYMOND BENSON
August 2014
Adventure, PB 288pp
RAYMOND BENSON has written several books, including six original James Bond novels, three film
novelizations and three books of short stories. As David Michaels, Raymond wrote the first two NY Times
best-selling books in the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series.
SAMIT
BASU
MICKEY SPILLANE & MAX ALLAN
COLLINS
MICKEY SPILLANE & MAX ALLAN COLLINS
In 1980, Mickey Spillane was responsible for seven of the
top 15 all-time best-selling fiction titles in the US.
The name Mickey Spillane is legendary. His books have
sold more than 225 million copies internationally.
‘Mike Hammer is an icon of our culture.’ The New York Times
LADY, GO DIE!
MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX
ALLAN COLLINS
May 2012
Crime
HB 256pp
Mike Hammer’s secretary and partner Velda has walked out on him, and Mike himself is just surfacing from a fourmonth bender. But then the murder of an old cop who worked with Velda when she was on the NYPD Vice Squad
attracts Hammer’s attention. What’s more, Pat Chambers reveals that Velda is in Florida, the moll of gangster and drug
runner Nolly Quinn.
Lady, Go Die!
Hammer hits the road and drives to Miami, where he enlists the help of a newspaperman and a police detective. But
can they find Velda in time? And what is the connection between the murdered vice cop in Manhattan, and Velda
turning gun moll in Miami?
The lost sequel to the first Hammer novel I, the Jury. Hammer and Velda go on vacation to a small beach town on Long
Island after wrapping up the Williams case. When a woman turns up naked—and dead—astride the statue of a horse
in the small-town city park, how she wound up as this unlikely Lady Godiva is just one of the mysteries Hammer feels
compelled to solve…
‘Our excitement over this release can barely be contained.’ Crime Fiction Lovers
‘Tremendous fun with every bit of the adrenaline rush that I expect from a Hammer book, and really captures the
spirit of the original Spillane novels.’ Comic Book Resources
‘Collins is more sure of the material than anyone who could have taken up the pen and dared to collaborate with a
legend like Spillane.’ Daily Rotation
‘If you are a Mike Hammer fan, you will be hard pressed to prove that this book wasn’t written by Mickey himself. If
you have never read a Mike Hammer novel, this is a great gateway drug.’ Geek Life
Complex 90
Hammer accompanies a politician to Moscow, where he is arrested by the KGB and imprisoned. He quickly escapes,
but back in the States, the government is none too happy. Russia demands his return to stand charges, and various
government agencies are following him. A question dogs Hammer: why does Russia want him back, and what was sent
to Russia with the senator in the first place?
COMPLEX 90
MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX
ALLAN COLLINS
May 2013
Crime
HB 256pp
Kill Me, Darling
Mickey Spillane, creator of the no-holds-barred private investigator Mike Hammer, perhaps one of the greatest fictional
PIs ever invented, entrusted his close friend and fellow crime-writer Max Allan Collins with his archives and unpublished
manuscripts for him to preserve and complete after his death in 2006.
‘An entertaining time-capsule.’ Booklist
‘A fabulous, enjoyable read; a conduit to make a whole new generation of fans for Mike Hammer!’ Pullbox
‘A sexy spy tingling action romp through Moscow and New York City.’ Retrenders
King of the Weeds
Hammer finds himself up against a clever serial killer targeting only cops. A killer his old friend Captain Pat Chambers
had put away many years ago is suddenly freed on new evidence, and Hammer wonders if this seemingly placid old
man might somehow be engineering cop killings. At the same time Hammer and Velda are dealing with the fallout—
some of it mob, some of it federal government—over the $89 billion cache the detective is suspected of hiding.
KILL ME, DARLING
MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX
ALLAN COLLINS
April 2015
Crime
HB 296pp
DON’T LOOK
BEHIND YOU
MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX
ALLAN COLLINS
May 2016
Crime
HB 296pp
THE NIGHT
WALKER
MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX
ALLAN COLLINS
April 2017
Crime
HB 296pp
Don’t Look Behind You
Mike Hammer is a popular guy. At least with certain people. But a failed attempt on his life by a contract killer gets
Mike Hammer an unlikely job: security detail for a Hollywood producer having a party to honor his fiancée, a New York
socialite.Trying to prevent the woman’s kidnap, while still trying to figure out who wants him dead is no walk in the
park.
Who put the hitman on him? Is there a connection with the death of a newsstand operator who took a bullet?
The Night Walker
Taking a midnight stroll along the Hudson River, Mike Hammer gets more than he bargained for: a partial corpse on
an ice floe.The body is that of an ex-police captain, who spent the last years of his life as a butler to a millionaire—also
now deceased.
Were both master and servant murdered? Captain Pat Chambers thinks so. But to prove it Hammer must travel to
upstate New York to investigate the dead man’s family, all of whom have a motive for murder.
MICKEY SPILLANE
Frank Morrison Spillane (March 9, 1918–July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author
of crime novels, many featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of
his books have sold internationally. In 1980, Spillane was responsible for seven of the top 15 all-time best-selling
fiction titles in the U.S.
Spillane joined the Air Force the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After he married in 1945 Spillane decided
to boost his bank account by writing a novel. In 19 days he wrote I, the Jury. With the combined total of the 1947
hardcover and the Signet paperback (December 1948), I, the Jury sold six and a half million copies in the United
States alone. I, the Jury introduced Spillane’s most famous character, hardboiled detective Mike Hammer. Although
tame by current standards, his novels featured more sex than competing titles, and the violence was more overt
than the usual detective story.
‘Fans of the long-running series should bump this one to the top of their reading lists.’ Booklist
‘Pure hard boiled (Don’t call this noir) detective story telling here as done by a pair of masters of the craft.’
Crimespree
‘For fans of the detective true crime genre, King of the Weeds will be right up your alley.’ City of Films
KING OF THE
WEEDS
MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX
ALLAN COLLINS
May 2014
Crime
HB 272pp
MAX ALLAN COLLINS is the author of the graphic novel Road to Perdition. He is also the author of
the Nathan Heller historical detective series, the Hard Case Crime Quarry series, four novels about Eliot Ness
and a number of true crime novels. A multiple Shamus award-winner, an Edgar nominee, and an award-winning
screenwriter, Collins wrote the syndicated comic strip ‘Dick Tracy’ from 1977 to 1993. He lives in Iowa.
DEADBEAT/MYCROFT
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Deadbeat
A brand-new series of urban fantasy detective novels
from Guy Adams. Witty and entertaining as well as dark
and gruesome, in the vein of Jim Butcher’s The Dresden
Files.
The Stuff of Nightmares
A spate of bombings has hit London, the most recent attack causing untold damage and loss of life at Waterloo
Station. Meanwhile, a strangely garbed figure has been spied haunting the rooftops and grimy back alleys of the
capital. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, anti-monarchists and Fenians as responsible
for the bombings, but Sherlock Holmes believes that this strange masked man may hold the key to the attacks. He
moves with the extraordinary agility of a latter-day Spring-Heeled Jack. He possesses weaponry and armour of
unprecedented sophistication. He is known only by the name Baron Cauchemar, and he appears to be a scourge
of crime and villainy. But is he all that he seems? Holmes and his faithful companion Dr Watson are about to
embark on one of their strangest and most exhilarating adventures yet.
Makes You Stronger
DEADBEAT
Sometimes death is only the start of your problems… Max and Tom are old, old friends, who used to be
actors. Tom now owns a jazz nightclub called Deadbeat which, as well as being their source of income, is also
something of an in-joke. In a churchyard one night they see men loading a coffin into the back of a van. But,
why take a full coffin away from a graveyard and, more importantly, why is the occupant still breathing? Tom
and Max are on the case. God help us…
MAKES YOU STRONGER
GUY ADAMS
June 2013
Urban Fantasy/Mystery
PB 304pp
Dogs of Waugh
There’s a new drug running rife amongst the Undead community. Once ingested, it simulates all of the
symptoms of the living: faster pulse, perspiration, the intoxicating rush of blood through your veins… Not
that Max or Tom would be stupid enough to try it, of course, they’re far too busy smashing their senses to
a pulp working their way though Deadbeat’s new cocktail menu. But, when people start vanishing from the
Soho streets and some of their customers disrupt big band nights by keeling over dead for the second time,
they decide it might be worth looking into, if only to stop profits dropping too far. Which, in a lifetime of bad
decisions, may rank as their worst yet.
‘A tremendously accomplished thriller which leaves the reader in no doubt that they are in the hands of a
confident and skilful craftsman.’ Starburst
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE STUFF OF
NIGHTMARES
JAMES LOVEGROVE
‘This is delicious stuff, marrying the standard notions of Holmesiana with the kind of imagination we expect from
August 2013
Lovegrove.’ Crimetime
Crime
PB 304pp
Rights sold: Hungarian, Turkish
Gods of War
1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world’s great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a
powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock
Holmes’s retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it’s a suicide. The victim, a young man, recently
suffered a disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a place where the desperate and depressed
leap to their deaths. Holmes, however, suspects murder. As he and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy
with shocking ramifications. There are some men, it seems, who not only actively welcome the idea of a world war
but are seeking divine aid to make war a reality.
GUY ADAMS writes both popular fiction and non-fiction. He is the author of the bestselling Rules of
Modern Policing: 1973 Edition, a spoof police manual ‘written’ by DCI Gene Hunt of Life on Mars which
sold over 120,000 copies and led to two sequels. Guy has also written two Torchwood novels, The House
That Jack Built and The Men Who Sold the World and The Case Notes of Sherlock Holmes, a fictional facsimile
of a scrapbook kept by Doctor John Watson. In addition, Adams has adapted three classic Hammer Horror
movies into novels and is the author of the fantasy novels The World House and its sequel Restoration.
‘Lovegrove has once again packed his novel with incident and suspense.’ Fantasy Book Review
‘An atmospheric mystery which shows just why Lovegrove has become a force to be reckoned with in genre
fiction. More, please.’ Starburst
SHERLOCK HOLMES
GODS OF WAR
DEADBEAT
GUY ADAMS
July 2016
Urban Fantasy/Mystery
PB 320pp
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR
ANNA WATERHOUSE
October 2015
Crime
HC 336pp
‘A very entertaining read with a fast-moving, intriguing plot.’ The Consulting Detective
JAMES LOVEGROVE
June 2014
Crime
PB 304pp
Rights sold: Turkish
DOGS OF WAUGH
MYCROFT HOLMES
‘Dramatic, gripping, exciting and respectful to its source material, I thoroughly enjoyed every surprise and twist as
the story unfolded.’ Fantasy Book Review
The Thinking Engine
March 1895. Hilary Term at Oxford. In the newly-built extension to the University Galleries, Professor Quantock
has put the finishing touches to a wondrous computational device which, he claims, is capable of analytical thought
to rival that of the cleverest men alive. Sherlock Holmes cannot ignore this challenge. He and Watson travel
to Oxford, where a battle of wits ensues between the great detective and his mechanical counterpart as they
compete to see which of them can be first to solve a series of crimes. As man and machine vie for supremacy, it
becomes clear that the Thinking Engine has its own agenda. Holmes’s and Watson’s lives are on the line as a ghost
from the past catches up with them…
Mycroft
A brand-new novel set in the Sherlock Holmes universe
‘When I say, therefore, that (my brother) has better powers of observation than I… I am speaking the exact
and literal truth.’ Sherlock Holmes
This story occurs when Mycroft, an athletic Cambridge graduate, assisted the Secretary of State. Accompanied
by his closest companion and confidant, he becomes embroiled in a mystery that begins in London and takes
them to Trinidad. Based on true historical events, this tale will forever shape Mycroft Holmes.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR is a huge Holmesian—7’2” tall, basketball’s all-time leading scorer,
and a U.S. cultural ambassador. He’s written extensively, including What Color is My World (children’s),
Brothers in Arms (military history), and On the Shoulders of Giants (black history).
ANNA WATERHOUSE is a professional screenwriter and script consultant.
JAMES LOVEGROVE is the New York Times best-selling author of The Age of Odin, the third novel in his
critically-acclaimed Pantheon military SF series. He was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 for his
novel Days and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004 for his novel Untied Kingdom.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE THINKING ENGINE
JAMES LOVEGROVE
August 2015
Crime
PB 288pp
SHERLOCK HOLMES
SHERLOCK HOLMES
The Breath of God
The Will of the Dead
A body is found crushed to death in the London snow. With no footprints anywhere nearby, it seems almost as
though the man has been killed by the air itself. While pursuing the case, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel
to Scotland to meet with the one person they have been told can help: the occultist Aleister Crowley. Sherlock
Holmes teams up with Crowley to solve the mysterious murders of London’s most prominent masters of the
unknown. A thrilling new Holmes novel from an acclaimed writer and Holmes fan.
A young man named Peter Maugram appears at the front door of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson’s Baker Street
lodgings. Maugram’s uncle is dead and his will has disappeared, leaving the man afraid that he will be left penniless.
Holmes agrees to take the case and he and Watson dig deep into the murky past of this complex family. A brandnew Sherlock Holmes novel from the acclaimed author of the Newbury and Hobbes series.
‘A dark, enjoyable tale with similarities to Hounds of Baskerville.’ Geek Dad
‘Smartly written in the familiar Holmes style, the book has a crisp wit, high adventure, knowing nods to literary fans,
and a well plotted mystery.’ The Daily Rotation
‘Fast-paced and thoroughly enjoyable.’ Project Fandom
‘Intoxicating stuff, delivered with real flair, and a worthy addition to Titan Books’ growing library of Holmes tales by
diverse hands.’ Barry Forshaw Crimetime
‘Kick back, relax and let yourself be taken for a more than elementary ride.’ Curiousity of a Social Misfit
‘Mann clearly knows his Holmes, knows what works and... the book is all the better for it.’ Crime Fiction Lover
SHERLOCK HOLMES
‘Guy Adams has concocted a delightful homage to perhaps the most famous figure in the mystery genre.’ Hellnotes
GUY ADAMS
October 2011
Crime, PB 256pp
Rights sold: German, Japanese,
Turkish, Russian
‘Guy Adams screams out a rollicking horror-filled adventure featuring the world’s greatest detective… highly
recommended’ Dread Central
THE BREATH OF GOD
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE WILL OF THE DEAD
GEORGE MANN
November 2013
Crime, PB 256pp
Rights sold: German
The Army of Doctor Moreau
The Spirit Box
Summer 1915. As Zeppelins rain death upon the rooftops of London, eminent members of society begin to
behave erratically: a Member of Parliament throws himself naked into the Thames after giving a pro-German
speech to the House; a senior military advisor suggests surrender before feeding himself to a tiger at London Zoo;
a famed suffragette suddenly renounces the women’s liberation movement and throws herself under a train. In
desperation, an aged Mycroft Holmes sends to Sussex for the help of his brother, Sherlock.
‘Succeeds both as a literary jeu d’esprit and detective story, with a broad streak of irreverent humour.’ Financial
Times
‘Invariably, when the author has this much fun, the reader benefits.’ New York Journal of Books
THE ARMY OF DOCTOR
MOREAU
GUY ADAMS
August 2012
Crime, PB 288pp
Rights sold: German, Japanese,
Russian
‘This is a thriller, both of crime and horror.Trying to limit yourself to just one more chapter is as much a challenge
as Holmes trying to survive his trial with this mad scientist.’ Ain’t It Cool
GUY ADAMS is the author of the bestselling Rules of Modern Policing: 1973 Edition, a spoof police manual
‘written’ by DCI Gene Hunt of Life on Mars which sold over 120,000 copies and led to two sequels. Guy has also
written two Torchwood novels, The House That Jack Built and The Men Who Sold the World and The Case Notes of
Sherlock Holmes, a fictional facsimile of a scrapbook kept by Dr John Watson.
‘An excellent bridge between what most people know of Holmes and where he could go.’ Raging Biblioholism
‘George Mann has a unique talent for writing steam punk. His stories are imaginative and full of a late 19th century
English charm.’ Book Plank
Following the trail of several corpses seemingly killed by wild animals, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
stumble upon the experiments of Doctor Moreau. Moreau, through vivisection and crude genetic engineering
is creating animal hybrids, determined to prove the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin. In his laboratory,
hidden among the opium dens of Rotherhithe, Moreau is building an army of beast men. Tired of having his work
ignored – or reviled – by the British scientific community, Moreau is willing to make the world pay attention using
his creatures as a force to gain control of the government.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
‘Mann writes Holmes in a eloquent way, capturing the period of the piece perfectly, throwing Jeremy Brett fuelled
childhood memories at me with every page and I must say that, if all non-Doyle Holmes adventures are this good, I
will certainly read more… Those of you that love your Sherlock in any form, this is a must read.’ Cult Den
‘An amazing story. Even in the established world of Sherlock Holmes, George Mann is a strong voice and sets
himself apart!’ Book Plank
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE SPIRIT BOX
GEORGE MANN
August 2014
Crime
PB 256pp
The Grimswell Curse
When Rose Grimswell breaks off her engagement to Lord Digby, the concerned fiancé calls on Sherlock Holmes
to visit the ancestral home to find out why. Holmes, his cousin Henry, and wife Michelle explore the legend of the
Grimswell Curse when a mysterious figure is spotted on the moor accompanied by a large creature… In The
Grimswell Curse Holmes returns to the wilds of Dartmoor in a case which recalls his earlier adventures with a
celebrated hound!
‘This is a dark, enjoyable tale with similarities to Hounds of Baskerville.’ Geek Dad
The Web Weaver
A mysterious gypsy places a cruel curse on the guests at a ball. When terrible misfortunes begin to befall some of
those guests, Mr. Donald Wheelwright engages Sherlock Holmes to find out what really happened that night. With
the help of his cousin, Dr. Henry Vernier, and Henry’s wife Michelle, Holmes endeavours to save Wheelwright and
his beautiful wife Violet from a devastating gypsy curse.
GEORGE MANN is the author of the Newbury and Hobbes and The Ghost series of novels, as well as
numerous short stories, novellas and audiobooks. He has written fiction and audio scripts for the BBC’s Doctor
Who and Sherlock Holmes. He is also a respected anthologist and has edited The Solaris Book of New Science
Fiction and The Solaris Book of New Fantasy.
‘A genuinely exciting climax which had me completely enthralled to see how both the romance and the mystery
played out.’ The Bookbag
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE WEB WEAVER
SAM SICILIANO
January 2012
Crime, PB 400pp
Rights sold: Turkish
‘An enjoyable excursion into the world of Sherlock Holmes. It stayed close enough to the original to be completely
recognisable while introducing enough new ingredients to make this a fresh reading experience.’ Book Geeks
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE GRIMSWELL CURSE
SAM SICILIANO
November 2013
Crime/Mystery
PB 336pp
SAM SICILIANO developed a taste for fantastical worlds very early on. He grew up reading the
golden-age science fiction of Heinlein and Andre Norton, the Mars and Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
And, of course, Sherlock Holmes. Sam has a Ph.D in English from the University of Iowa and still has diverse
reading tastes and a long-time fascination with gothic and fantasy fiction.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
SHERLOCK HOLMES ANTHOLOGIES
Inspired by the master Arthur Conan Doyle, two
brand new anthologies of Sherlock Holmes stories
from a variety of exciting voices in modern horror
and steampunk
The Albino’s Treasure
When anarchists slash a painting of the Prime Minister in the newly opened National Portrait Gallery and suggest
that the man himself could be next, Scotland Yard have no choice but to call in Sherlock Holmes. Holmes fakes his
own death, infiltrates the anarchists, and solves the problem – only to return to Baker Street and discover that his
problems are only just beginning. Forged paintings, exotic criminal gangs and threats to the monarch are only the
start as Holmes and Watson pursue a centuries-old puzzle. As the mysterious master criminal The Albino closes in
on them, Holmes and Watson find themselves in a race to unravel the clues and locate England’s long-lost treasure.
Encounters of Sherlock Holmes
Praise for Stuart Douglas:
Fourteen brand-new Sherlock Holmes stories from Mark Hodder, Mags L. Halliday, Cavan Scott,
Nick Kyme, Paul Magrs, George Mann, Stuart Douglas, Eric Brown, Richard Dinnick, Kelly Hale,
Steve Lockley, Mark Wright, David Barnett, and James Lovegrove.
‘Reminiscent of the original brilliance that Conan Doyle gave us more than a century ago.’ Publishers Weekly
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE ALBINO’S
TREASURE
STUART DOUGLAS
May 2015
Crime
PB 224pp
‘[As] pitch-perfect a Watsonian style and loving attention to character as I could ask for.’ Criminal Element
‘Fans of Holmes looking for a strong anthology that just happens to feature some of the most
exciting upcoming genre fiction talent in the UK today should take a look. Mann has a compiled a
great collection here, and it’s well worth your time.’ Starburst
STUART DOUGLAS is the author of numerous short stories and novellas and editor of several anthologies.
He set up the small press Obverse Books in 2009 and is the Features Editor of the British Fantasy Society journal.
He contributed a story to Titan’s Encounters of Sherlock Holmes in 2013 and lives in Edinburgh.
‘Fourteen tales in all, and not one of them a disappointment.’ Wired
‘ A thunderously good time.’ Criminal Element
The Devil’s Promise
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are holidaying on the English coast when they discover a corpse on
the beach… which then disappears. They can get little help from the nearby village, populated by strange and
unfriendly characters. Then the corpse suddenly reappears in their cottage and they are attacked by persons
unknown. Watson comes to, and discovers that months have passed, and Holmes is not the man he remembers.
What has happened to his friend? Does it have something to do with a dead devil-worshipper, whose children
happen to live in the cursed village?
‘Fans of Holmes would do well to check out this volume. Recommended.’ Fandom
ENCOUNTERS OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES
GEORGE MANN (Ed)
February 2013
Crime/Mystery
PB 352pp
Rights sold: Japanese
‘A thundering good yarn… I whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone who has an affection for Holmes and a
good, old-fashioned page turner’ Sleuthing the Shelves
Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes
‘The best Sherlockian mystery novel I have seen all year… I do not hestitate to recommend it.’ Classic Specialities
Once again the spirit of Sherlock Holmes lives on in this collection of twelve new adventures.
Featuring original stories from Philip Purser-Hallard, Andrew Lane, Mark A. Latham, Nick
Campbell, James Goss, William Patrick Maynard & Alexndra Martukovich, Roy Gill, Scott
Handcock, Guy Adams, Lou Anders, Justin Richards, and Philip Marsh.
THE DEVIL’S PROMISE
DAVID STUART DAVIES
November 2014
Crime
PB 224pp
‘If you’re a Sherlockian, you’ll want to add it to your collection.’ Nerds in Babeland
‘A most enjoyable and original collection of Holmes stories.’ The Book Bag
Praise for David Stuart Davies:
SHERLOCK HOLMES
‘Mann’s collection, and its contributing authors take the reader as close to the workings of
Holmes’ mind as you can get without actually being him.’ IHO Geek
DAVID STUART DAVIES is one of Britain’s leading Sherlockian writers. He has been the editor of
Sherlock Holmes The Detective magazine and has written several Holmes novels, the hit theatrical play Sherlock
Holmes: The Last Act and non-fiction including Starring Sherlock Holmes and a biography of Jeremy Brett. David
is an advisor to the Sherlock Holmes museum and has contributed commentaries to DVDs of the Basil
Rathbone Holmes films.
‘We hope that there will be many more encounters to come.’ Starburst
‘Bizarre stories of the futuristic, the supernatural, the paranormal and the surreal… if you enjoyed
the Encounters of Sherlock Holmes you’ll enjoy Further Encounters.’ Sherlock Holmes Journal
SHERLOCK HOLMES Murder at Sorrow’s Crown
MURDER AT SORROW’S
CROWN
STEVEN SAVILE & ROBERT
GREENBERGER
November 2015
Crime, PB 320pp
‘Both a diversion and a pleasurable read.’ Crime Fiction Lover
It is July 1881, and a frantic mother comes to 221B Baker Street, begging Sherlock Holmes to find her son. A naval
officer posted to HMS Dido, he was part of the Naval Brigade that joined the Natal Field Force to fight the Boers.
But he did not return with his men, and is being denounced as a deserter. So begins a twisting tale of assassination,
diamond mines and military cover-ups. Can Holmes and Watson uncover the truth, a truth that threatens the very
fabric of the British Empire?
STEVEN SAVILE has written extensively for Star Wars, Warhammer (Black Library), Dr Who and
Torchwood.
ROBERT GREENBERGER has had senior roles at DC and Marvel comics and has written many
fiction and non-fiction books.
‘Every single input to the collection is incredibly well written and I really enjoyed every one... A
gem of a book.’ Cult Den
‘If you are a fan of Sherlock Holmes then this is definitely a set worth picking up because you
can clearly see that these writers are fans of the great detective himself and therefore treat the
character with respect.’ Curiosity of a Social Misfit
FURTHER ENCOUNTERS OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES
GEORGE MANN (Ed)
February 2014
Crime/Mystery
PB 304pp
‘A very enjoyable collection of stories.’ Trash Mutant
GEORGE MANN is the author of the Newbury and Hobbes and The Ghost series of
novels, as well as numerous short stories, novellas and audiobooks. He has written fiction
and audio scripts for the BBC’s Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes. He is also a respected
anthologist and has edited The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction and The Solaris Book of
New Fantasy.
H. P. LOVECRAFT
H. P. LOVECRAFT
Brand-new, terrifying, and thoroughly entertaining
short stories of horror and the macabre, inspired by
the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
Shadows Over Innsmouth
Under the unblinking eye of World Fantasy Award-winning editor Stephen Jones, sixteen of the
finest modern authors contribute stories to the canon of Cthulhu. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s
classic story ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’, included here, today’s masters of horror return to that
decayed, forsaken New England fishing village with its sparkling treasure, loathsome denizens, and
unspeakable evil.
Black Wings of Cthulhu Volumes 1, 2 and 3
H. P. Lovecraft is one of the most famous names in twentieth-century horror, having inspired
authors from Stephen King to Clive Barker, and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. One of the most
popular writers of the pulp era in the 1920s and ’30s, his stories have been continuously in print
ever since.
BLACK WINGS OF CTHULHU
VOLUME 1:
TWENTY-ONE TALES OF
LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR
S. T. JOSHI (ED)
March 2012
Horror, PB 512pp
Rights sold: Spanish, Czech
This anthology features the original Lovecraft story, plus stories by Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell,
Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, John Glasby, Jack Yeovil, Guy N. Smith, Adrian Cole, David
Langford, Brian Lumley, Basil Copper, Nicholas Royle, D. F. Lewis, Paul McAuley, Avid Sutton, Brian
Mooney, Brian Stableford and Peter Tremayne.
‘So what is it about Lovecraft that keeps me coming back? Maybe it’s just that we like the way he
gives us monsters to draw with our minds.’ Neil Gaiman
‘A fine assembly of talented writers… A superb anthology for Lovecraft fans.’
Science Fiction Chronicle
‘Lovecraft was my literary mentor, as he was for so many others.’ Robert Bloch, author of Psycho
Black Wings of Cthulhu Volume 1 features stories by prominent writers including
Caitliín R. Kiernan, Brian Stableford, Ramsey Campbell, Nicholas Royle, Michael Shea, W.H. Pugmire,
Darrell Schweitzer.
‘The contributors use Lovecraft as their inspiration for a breathtaking range of colorful new ideas
and literary styles… will delight even horror fans completely unfamiliar with Lovecraft.’ Booklist
SHADOWS OVER
INNSMOUTH
STEPHEN JONES (ED)
September 2013
Horror, PB 496pp
Rights sold: Russian, Spanish
FURTHER TALES OF
LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR
S. T. JOSHI (ED)
February 2014
Horror, PB 400pp
BLACK WINGS OF CTHULHU
VOLUME 3:
NEWTALES OF
LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR
Black Wings of Cthulhu Volume 2 features stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan, John
In this companion to the above, acclaimed anthology editor Stephen Jones has assembled eleven of
the most popular modern Lovecraftian authors. Also included is Lovecraft’s own unpublished draft
of his tale ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’.
‘Every story in this collection is outstanding. Joshi… finds those authors who feel Lovecraft in their
souls.This is a superb anthology.’ Horror Novels Reviews
Includes stories by H. P. Lovecraft, Kim Newman, Paul McAuley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, John Glasby,
Richard A. Lupoff, Basil Copper, Hugh B. Cave, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ramsey Campbell, Brian Lumley,
and Michael Marshall Smith.
Black Wings of Cthulhu Volume 3 contains seventeen stories by some of the
‘All eleven stories were of a high quality and filled in gaps of the mythos or expanded them in ways
that even Lovecraft may not have imagined.’ Fantasy Book Review
foremost writers in contemporary weird fiction, using the ideas, imagery, and atmosphere of H. P.
Lovecraft’s tales as springboards. Black Wings 3 demonstrates how H. P. Lovecraft’s work continues
to inspire some of the best in contemporary weird writing.
S. T. JOSHI is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken,
and others. He has edited the definitive restored editions of the works of Lovecraft, several
annotated editions of Bierce and Mencken, and has written such critical studies as The Modern
Weird Tale. His biography H. P. Lovecraft: A Life won the Horror Writer Association’s Stoker
Award for Best Non-Fiction.
‘This is another awesome collection of Innsmouth short stories, creepy and compelling, sitting
alongside some remarkable artwork.’ Bookshelf Butterfly
WEIRD SHADOWS
OVER INNSMOUTH
STEPHEN JONES (ED)
October 2013
Horror, PB 368pp
Respected horror anthologist Stephen Jones edits this collection of seventeen stories inspired by
the twentieth century’s master of horror, H. P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth,’ in which
a young man goes to an isolated, desolate fishing village in Massachusetts, and finds that the entire
village has interbred with strange creatures that live beneath the sea, and worship ancient gods.
Acolytes of Cthulhu
Twenty-eight works in the vein of the master, H. P. Lovecraft, by some of his greatest disciples.
Includes writing from Neil Gaiman, Manly Wade Wellman, Edmond Hamilton, Jorge Luis Borges,
Randall Garrett, S.T. Joshi, Dirk W. Mosig, Don Burleson, David Kaufman, Gustav Meyrinck, Richard
F. Searight and Franklin Searight, Elwin G. Powers, James Causey, C. Hall Thompson, David H. Keller,
M.D. Arthur Pendragon, Steffan B. Aletti, John Glasby, Henry Hasse, Charles A. Tanner, Earl Pierce, Jr.,
Joseph Payne Brennan, C.M. Eddy, and Duane Rimel.
ROBERT PRICE (ED)
June 2014
Horror, PB 480pp
ROBERT M. PRICE is the editor of the journal Crypt of Cthulhu and one of the most
acclaimed Lovecraft scholars and editors in the world. As a prominent American theologian,
he brings a unique perspective to the works of H. P. Lovecraft, drawing in authors from a wide
spectrum of styles and backgrounds.
‘If you are a Lovecraft fan then you will either have this in your collection already or you’ll be
wanting to add it.’ Curiosity of a Social Misfit
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
S. T. JOSHI (ED)
March 2015
Horror, PB 512pp
ACOLYTES OF CTHULHU
‘Good, slimy fun… There are a number of genuinely frightening pieces here.’ San Francisco Chronicle
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth
Shirley, Melanie Tem, John Langan, Chet Williamson, Richard Gavin, Tom Fletcher, Jonathan Thomas,
Don Webb and Jason C. Eckhardt.
BLACK WINGS OF CTHULHU
VOLUME 2:
‘Horror abounds in Shadows Over Innsmouth.’ Publishers Weekly
STEPHEN JONES is a highly respected and award-winning anthologist, well-known for
his top-quality horror collections.
WEIRDER SHADOWS
OVER INNSMOUTH
STEPHEN JONES (ED)
January 2015
Horror, PB 480pp
HP LOVECRAFT
New fantastic tales of terror inspired by
Lovecraft’s magnum opus
H. P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, with its doomed expedition to the Antarctic and
the unspeakable horror found there, is considered by Michael Chabon to be ‘One of the greatest
short novels in American literature.’ Now some of the greatest authors of the modern era line
up to bring us new tales of terror inspired by Lovecraft’s magnum opus.
A brand-new anthology edited by Lovecraftian expert S. T. Joshi, The Madness of Cthulhu
features new stories by modern authors, and is inspired by what is considered to be Lovecraft’s
masterpiece, At the Mountains of Madness.
The Madness of Cthulhu Volume 1
Brand-new tales by Alan Dean Foster, John Shirley, Harry Turtledove, Jason C. Eckhardt and more.
As a bonus, the volume includes past works by science fiction masters Robert Silverberg and
Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
THE MADNESS OF CTHULHU
VOL 1
S. T. JOSHI (ED)
October 2014
Horror, PB 304pp
The Madness of Cthulhu Volume 2
This second anthology inspired by At The Mountains of Madness continues the same theme of
doomed expeditions.
S. T. JOSHI is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken,
and other writers, mostly in the realms of supernatural and fantasy fiction. He has edited the
definitive restored editions of the works of Lovecraft, several annotated editions of Bierce and
Mencken, and has written such critical studies as The Modern Weird Tale. His biography H. P.
Lovecraft: A Life won the Horror Writer Association’s Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction.
THE MADNESS OF CTHULHU
VOL 2
S. T. JOSHI (ED)
October 2015
Horror, PB 304pp
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