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TITANBOOKS A WO R L D O F E N T E R TA I N M E N T RIGHTSGUIDE FICTION LO N D O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L B O O K FA I R 2 0 1 5 MASS MARKET GENRE AND CULT FICTION TV / MOVIE TIE-INS FANTASY / SCI FI THRILLERS CRIME / HORROR For Non-Fiction please see our separate rights guide. CONTACT JENNY BOYCE • Head of Rights • jenny.boyce@titanemail.com TITAN BOOKS 144 Southwark Street • London SE1 0UP • England T (+44) 020 7620 0200 F (+44) 020 7803 1990 E rights@titanemail.com TITANBOOKS.COM MOVIE TIE-INS CRIMSON PEAK THE OFFICIAL MOVIE NOVELIZATION NANCY HOLDER October 2015 Movie Tie-in PB 320pp ALIEN – THE RAGE WAR Crimson Peak The Official Movie Novelization Following our successful launch of brand new Alien novels, we are pleased to announce further Alien novels as well as two entirely new series : Predator and Alien vs Predator. The hotly anticipated new movie from director Guillermo del Toro, scheduled for release October 2015. Introducing these series with a bang is The Rage War an explosive, epic storyline across the worlds of Alien, Alien vs Predator and Predator. A character-driven horror movie, with tinges of gothic romance, Crimson Peak is reminiscent of the early Spanish-language horror films that made del Toro’s name. It’s the mid nineteenth century, and in a hidden mountain region in Cumbria, northern England, young author Edith Cushing discovers that her charming new husband, Sir Thomas Sharpe is not who he appears to be… The Rage War - an incredible new trilogy by bestselling author Tim Lebbon. Crimson Peak stars Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, and Jim Beaver. 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.’ Guillermo del Toro is the director of numerous top movies including Pacific Rim, Blade, Blade 2, Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth. PREDATOR: INCURSION (THE RAGE WAR 1) WARCRAFT THE OFFICIAL MOVIE PREQUEL CHRISTIE GOLDEN March 2016 Movie Tie-in PB 320pp Warcraft Two tie-in books to the forthcoming epic fantasy film based on the hugely successful World of Warcraft video game. Warcraft will be released around the world in March 2016. 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. 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. TIM LEBBON SEPTEMBER 2015 Science Fiction PB 288pp TBC THE OFFICIAL MOVIE NOVELIZATION CHRISTIE GOLDEN March 2016 Movie Tie-in PB 320pp 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. When Predator ships begin entering human space, the assumption is that they are invading, and retaliation is quick.Then a mission into Predator space reveals many more ships, but discovers that they are fleeing. For an enemy is launching an assault on the Predators - an enemy who has figured out how to weaponize the Aliens... ALIEN: INVASION (The Rage War: Book Two): ALIEN: INVASION (THE RAGE WAR 2) TIM LEBBON MARCH 2016 Science Fiction PB 288pp TBC 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. WARCRAFT PREDATOR: INCURSION (The Rage War: Book One): Secrets are revealed as we discover the nature of the enemy who has figured out how to make Aliens into the ultimate weapons. And while Predators and humans aren’t on the best of terms, they recognize the value of the age-old saying, ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’. Strange alliances are born. ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: ARMAGEDDON (The Rage War: Book Three) Despite all efforts, the enemy reaches human space. If the Colonial Marines and the Predators cannot stop the enemy in time, Earth will fall - and with it, all of humankind. MORE NEWS ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: ARMAGEDDON (THE RAGE WAR 3) TIM LEBBON SEPTEMBER 2016 Science Fiction PB 288pp TBC * Following on from The Rage War trilogy will be two further new novels in each of the three series: Predator, Alien and Alien vs Predator. * Titan will be re-publishing all the (nearly 30!) previously published Alien, Predator and Alien vs Predator novels. Translation rights to all are available. * There are new films in development for Alien (directed by Neill Blomkamp of District 9) and Predator (directed by Shane Black of Iron Man2), which will create increased enthusiasm for both. This trilogy will capitalize on the renewed interest. 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 With a new film in development, interest in Alien is at an all-time high. Here are the celebrated official novelizations of all the previous Alien films. ALIEN THE OFFICIAL NOVELIZATION ALAN DEAN FOSTER April 2014 Science Fiction, PB 288pp 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. Aliens 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. THE OFFICIAL NOVELIZATION TIM LEBBON has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Scribe Awards for original and tie-in fiction, and 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. SEA OF SORROWS JAMES A.MOORE July 2014 Science Fiction, PB 352pp RIVER OF PAIN CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN November 2014 Science Fiction, PB 352pp ALAN DEAN FOSTER April 2014 Science Fiction, PB 320pp Alien³ 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. 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. ALIEN 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. 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. ALIENS ALIEN Alien ALIEN3 THE OFFICIAL NOVELIZATION ALAN DEAN FOSTER May 2014 Science Fiction, PB 256pp 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: RESURRECTION THE OFFICIAL NOVELIZATION A.C. CRISPIN March 2015 Science Fiction, PB 320pp GAMING FICTION DISHONORED NOVEL 1 ADAM CHRISTOPHER February 2016 Game Tie-in PB 368pp DISHONORED NOVEL 2 ADAM CHRISTOPHER April 2016 Game Tie-in PB 368pp DISHONORED NOVEL 3 ADAM CHRISTOPHER December 2016 Game Tie-in PB 368pp THRILLERS Dishonored The award-winning videogame Dishonored - now a new fiction series New, highly entertaining and clever thriller series from a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist Kieran Crowley Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, Dishonored follows the story of Corvo Attano, bodyguard to the Empress of the Isles. He is framed for her murder and forced to become an assassin, seeking revenge on those who conspired against him. 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. Following its release in 2012, the game won several awards, including the 2012 Spike Video Game award for Best Action-Adventure Game and the 2013 BAFTA award for Best Game. When a famous TV foodie’s husband is slain, the only witness is Skippy, a husky who adopts Shepherd, and the reluctant reporter with a mysterious past 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, but when Shepherd is contacted by the Hacker, he realizes he may be next on the list. ADAM CHRISTOPHER is the author of acclaimed original science fiction novels such as The Burning Dark and The Machine Awakens, as well as the Elementary novel The Ghost Line, based on the hit American television series. He is an avid player of the Dishonored video game, and will work directly with the game team on the novels. HACK AN F. X. SHEPHERD NOVEL KIERAN CROWLEY October 2015 Crime/Thriller PB 320pp 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 SHOOT 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 ‘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 AN F. X. SHEPHERD NOVEL KIERAN CROWLEY October 2016 Crime/Thriller PB 320p The lateset film novelization and all seven acclaimed Resident Evil video game tie-in novels, written by S.D. Perry. 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. A gripping new thriller series of heart-pounding adventure featuring the Gunn Brothers 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. To stay alive they must turn the tables, stop running, and become hunters once again. RESIDENT EVIL RETRIBUTION: THE OFFICIAL MOVIE NOVELIZATION SEARCH AND DESTROY The Umbrella Conspiracy Caliban Cove City of The Dead Underworld A GUNN BROTHERS THRILLER JAMES HILTON September 2015 Crime/Thriller PB 352pp JOHN SHIRLEY September 2012 Film Tie-in PB 352pp BOOK 2 (TITLE TBC) JAMES HILTON March 2016 Crime/Thriller PB 356pp Nemesis Code: Veronica Zero Hour BOOK 3 (TITLE TBC) JAMES HILTON October 2016 Crime/Thriller PB 356pp 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. CRIME CRIME A tense and lyrical new crime series set on the Faroe Islands and featuring Detective Jan Reyna A new crime series from award-winning writer Conrad Williams featuring PI Joel Sorrell The Water’s Edge The Four-Year-Old, an extraordinary killer, has arrived in London, hell-bent on destruction… PI Joel Sorrell is approached by the mysterious Kara Geenan, who is desperate to find her missing brother. Joel takes on the case but almost immediately, an attempt his made on his life.The body count increases. And then Kara vanishes too… Joel realizes he must track down the killer if he is to halt a grisly masterplan – even if it means sacrificing his own life. Having left the Faroes when he was three years old, Jan Reyna is now a British murder squad police detective, and the Islands are completely foreign to him. But he is drawn back when his estranged father is found unconscious in an isolated spot, a shotgun by his side and someone else’s blood in his car. Then a man is found washed up on a beach, a shotgun wound in his side. Is his father responsible for the man’s death? What about his half-brothers, and the signs that one of them may have been blackmailed? As the stakes get higher he must decide whether to stay or forsake the strange, windswept Faroe Islands for good.. The Killing Bay THE WATER’S EDGE A FØROYAR NOVEL CHRIS OULD February 2016 Crime PB 352pp The arrival in Tórshavn of environmental activists campaigning against oil exploration in Faroese waters creates tension and conflict as islanders defend their rights to self-determination in the face of foreign ideology. Hours after a violent clash between islanders and protesters, a Danish woman from the activist group is found dead and apparently raped, for which a local man is arrested and charged. But as Hentze and Reyna look deeper into the case it gradually becomes clear that the killing has other motivations, and that both sides are being manipulated in a way which brings betrayal and another death before it’s resolved. The Fire Pit THE KILLING BAY A FØROYAR NOVEL CHRIS OULD February 2017 Crime PB 352pp THE FIRE PIT A FØROYAR NOVEL CHRIS OULD February 2018 Crime PB 352pp When forty-year-old skeletal remains of a child are unearthed at an isolated farm on the island of Sandoy, Hjalti Hentze is charged with investigating the death. But as Hentze’s investigation turns to the commune which occupied the farm in the mid 1970s, Jan Reyna discovers a connection to the death of his mother and long-repressed memories from his childhood. Increasingly driven to exorcise his demons, Reyna uncovers an ever-darker conspiracy of murder and abuse spanning four decades, from Denmark to England and finally back to the Faroes. However, as Hentze puts the same pieces together, he has a growing realisation that Reyna may be about to make a mistake from which there can be no return. A highly atmospheric and tightly plotted series which will appeal to fans of Henning Mankell, Ann Cleeves and Peter May. CHRIS OULD is a BAFTA award-winning screenwriter who has worked on TV shows including The Bill, Soldier Soldier, Casualty and Hornblower. He is the author of two adult novels and the YA novels The Killing Street and Street Duty. DUST AND DESIRE A JOEL SORRELL NOVEL CONRAD WILLLIAMS November 2015 Crime PB 320pp SONATA OF THE DEAD A JOEL SORRELL NOVEL CONRAD WILLIAMS is the author of seven novels, four novellas and a collection of short stories. One was the winner of the August Derleth award for Best Novel (British Fantasy Awards 2010), while The Unblemished won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel in 2007 (he beat the shortlisted Stephen King on both occasions). He won the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer in 1993, and another British Fantasy Award for Best Novella (The Scalding Rooms) in 2008. ‘Conrad Williams is an exciting new voice in crime fiction, and Joel Sorrell is a character you will want to see plenty more of.’ Mark Billingham ‘Williams is so good at what he does that he probably shouldn’t be allowed to do it anymore, for the sake of everyone’s sanity.’ Publishers Weekly (starred review) CONRAD WILLLIAMS July 2016 Crime PB 320pp ‘Conrad Williams writes dark and powerful prose balancing the poetic and elegant with needle-sharp incision.’ Guardian HELL IS EMPTY A witty and atmospheric 1930s New York mystery series, following the adventures of Morgan DeWitt and his mentor, columnist extraordinaire, Alexander Brass A JOEL SORRELL NOVEL CONRAD WILLLIAMS November 2016 Crime PB 320pp TOO SOON DEAD ALEXANDER BRASS MYSTERY 1 MICHAEL KURLAND December 2015 Crime PB 320pp THE GIRLS IN THE HIGH-HEELED SHOES ALEXANDER BRASS MYSTERY 2 MICHAEL KURLAND February 2016 Crime PB 320pp “Michael Kurland writes a brilliant period piece that fans of the the classic thirties mystery will simply devour.The inclusion of famous people adds a humorous but authentic touch to a fabulous whodunit.” Midwest Book Review Too Soon Dead Dark deeds among the movers and shakers in Depression-era New York City animate a lively chase for a story (and a murderer) for newspaper nightclub columnist Alexander Brass. When a furtive tipster promises an explosive story and gives Brass an envelope filled with photographs of several powerful people caught in compromising sexual positions Brass sends a newspaper stringer to follow the mystery man. But the stringer is found murdered and Brass and his team resolve to find the killer, running the gauntlet of blackmailing Nazis, accommodating nymphomaniacs and US senators along the way. The Girls in the High-Heeled Shoes Two-Headed Mary, the philanthropic panhandler who dresses like a society matron when she approaches theatergoers for donations to nonexistent charities, is missing. So is sidelined hoofer Billie Trask, who disappeared from the cashier’s office of K. Jeffrey Welton’s hit show Lucky Lady with the weekend take. Could either of them have followed a third Broadway babe, Fine and Dandy chorine Lydia Laurent— whose strangled, nude body, accompanied by two complete suits of clothing, has been found in Central Park? Since the police are as helpless as they always are in 1935, it falls to New York World columnist Alexander Brass and his cheerfully wide-eyed sidekick Morgan DeWitt to dig up the truth. CRIME LADY, GO DIE! MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX ALLAN COLLINS May 2012 Crime CRIME Mycroft Holmes A brand-new novel set in the Sherlock Holmes universe Mickey Spillane, creator of the no-holds-barred private investigator Mike Hammer, is legendary. His books have sold more than 225 million copies internationally. Spillane entrusted his archives and unpublished manuscripts to his close friend Max Allan Collins to preserve and complete after his death in 2006 and we are pleased to present the result of this extraordinary meetings of minds. ‘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. Lady, Go Die! 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 but when a woman turns up naked—and dead—astride the statue of a horse in the small-town city park Hammer feels compelled to get involved. ‘Our excitement over this release can barely be contained.’ Crime Fiction Lovers MYCROFT HOLMES KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR ANNA WATERHOUSE September 2015 Crime HC 336pp ANNA WATERHOUSE is a professional screenwriter and script consultant. ‘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 Complex 90 COMPLEX 90 MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX ALLAN COLLINS May 2013 Crime Deadbeat A 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. 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? ‘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. ‘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 Kill Me, Darling KING OF THE WEEDS MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX ALLAN COLLINS May 2014 Crime HB 272pp Mike Hammer’s secretary and partner Velda has walked out on him, and Mike himself is just surfacing from a four-month 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. 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? Makes You Stronger DEADBEAT MAKES YOU STRONGER GUY ADAMS June 2013 Urban Fantasy/Mystery PB 304pp 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. Mike Hammer is a popular guy. At least with certain people. But a failed attempt on his life by a contract killer gets him an unlikely security jobfor 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. 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? KILL ME, DARLING MICKEY SPILLANE / MAX ALLAN COLLINS April 2015 Crime HB 296pp 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. 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… Dogs of Waugh Don’t Look Behind You MICKEY SPILLANE 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). DEADBEAT DOGS OF WAUGH GUY ADAMS July 2016 Urban Fantasy/Mystery PB 320pp 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. SHERLOCK HOLMES ANTHOLOGIES Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries The White Worm Sherlock Holmes and his cousin Dr Henry Vernier travel to Whitby to investigate a curious case on behalf of a client. He has fallen in love, but a mysterious letter has warned him of the dangers of such a romance.The object of his affection is said to be under a thousand-year-old druidic curse, doomed to take the form of a gigantic snake. Locals speak of a green glow in the woods at night, and a white apparition amongst the trees. Is there sorcery at work, or is a human hand behind the terrors of Diana’s Grove? Features Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Brian Lumley, Kim Newman, Peter Tremayne and more ‘A first-rate anthology of short stories featuring the fearless activities of some of the most heroic and renowned psychic sleuths.’ Gahan Wilson, Realms of Fantasy 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. ‘Once again, master-editor Stephen Jones uses his phenomenal knowledge of the field and inventive intelligence to select classics both old and new’ HorrorOnline DARK DETECTIVES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SUPERNATURAL MYSTERIES EDITED BY STEPHEN JONES March 2015 PB 480pp In the battle between good and evil, the supernatural investigators form the first line of defense against the unexplainable. Here are eighteen pulse-pounding tales featuring uncanny sleuths battling against the weird, written by: Clive Barker, R Chetwynd-Hayes, Basil Copper, Neil Gaiman, William Hope Hodgson, Brian Lumley, Brian Mooney, Kim Newman, Jay Russell, Peter Tremayne, Manly Wade Wellman. Includes the entire ‘Seven Stars’ adventure by Kim Newman (Anno Dracula) and features illustrations by Randy Broecker. THE WHITE WORM SAM SICILIANO March 2016 Crime PB 336pp STEPHEN JONES is a highly respected and award-winning anthologist, well-known for his top-quality horror collections. 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. BEYOND RUE MORGUE: FURTHER TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE’S 1ST DETECTIVE PAUL KANE/CHARLES PREPOLEC (EDS) July 2013 Crime PB 336pp AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WEIRD WEST JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS (ED) May 2014 Adventure/Science Fiction PB 416pp CAVAN SCOTT April 2016 Crime PB 288pp The Patchwork Devil London, 1919. While the world awaits the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Holmes and Watson are called to a singular mystery. A severed hand has been found on the banks of the Thames, a hand belonging to a soldier who supposedly died in the trenches two years previously. But the hand is fresh, and shows signs that it was recently amputated. So how has it ended up back in London two years after its owner was killed? ‘Cavan Scott deserves note for being utterly charming, comprehensively Sherlockian, and possessed of a wry narrator.’ Criminal Element ‘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 CAVAN SCOTT is the author of sixty books and audio dramas including the Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller Who-ology: The Official Doctor Who Miscellany, co-written with Mark Wright. He has written for numerous tv series and games from Doctor Who to Adventure Time on top of his own novels and short stories. 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 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 - the Wild West meets zombies, steampunk, heroic fantasy, aliens, mad science, and time travel. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SHADWELL SHADOWS 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. JAMES LOVEGROVE May 2016 Crime PB 352pp ‘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 DEAD MAN’S HAND: THE PATCHWORK DEVIL 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. CTHULHU CASEBOOKS 1 Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (Cthulhu Casebooks 1) A brand new series featuring Sherlock Holmes battling the denizens of HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu, written by New York Times bestselling author, James Lovegrove. In London’s East End, an outbreak of insanity sees ordinary men and women reduced to gibbering, incoherent wrecks; a mysterious creeping fog hides terrifying apparitions that rob the wits of all who see them and even inspire suicide. Sherlock Holmes, in the infancy of his detecting career, deduces a connection between these sinister ‘shadows’ and an Oriental drug lord who is bent on expanding his criminal empire.Yet there are even more sinister forces at work, as the great detective faces a challenge so fearsome and deadly that his career may be over almost as soon as it has begun. SHERLOCK HOLMES SHERLOCK HOLMES The Stuff of Nightmares The Breath of God 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. 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. ‘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 ‘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 ‘Dramatic, gripping, exciting and respectful to its source material, I thoroughly enjoyed every surprise and twist as the story unfolded.’ Fantasy Book Review JAMES LOVEGROVE August 2013 Crime PB 304pp ‘This is delicious stuff, marrying the standard notions of Holmesiana with the kind of imagination we expect from Lovegrove.’ Crimetime THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES ‘Intoxicating stuff, delivered with real flair, and a worthy addition to Titan Books’ growing library of Holmes tales by diverse hands.’ Barry Forshaw Crimetime 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 ‘Guy Adams screams out a rollicking horror-filled adventure featuring the world’s greatest detective… highly recommended’ Dread Central THE BREATH OF GOD The Army of DR Moreau Gods of War 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. 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. ‘Succeeds both as a literary jeu d’esprit and detective story, with a broad streak of irreverent humour.’ Financial Times ‘Lovegrove has once again packed his novel with incident and suspense.’ Fantasy Book Review ‘Invariably, when the author has this much fun, the reader benefits.’ New York Journal of Books ‘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 ‘A very entertaining read with a fast-moving, intriguing plot.’ The Consulting Detective JAMES LOVEGROVE June 2014 Crime PB 304pp SHERLOCK HOLMES THE ARMY OF DR MOREAU GUY ADAMS August 2012 Crime, PB 288pp 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… SHERLOCK HOLMES ‘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. 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. ‘A genuinely exciting climax which had me completely enthralled to see how both the romance and the mystery played out.’ The Bookbag 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. THE THINKING ENGINE SHERLOCK HOLMES JAMES LOVEGROVE August 2015 Crime PB 288pp SAM SICILIANO January 2012 Crime, PB 400pp THE WEB WEAVER ‘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 SHERLOCK HOLMES The Will of the Dead The Albino’s Treasure 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 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. ‘Fast-paced and thoroughly enjoyable.’ Project Fandom Praise for Stuart Douglas: ‘Reminiscent of the original brilliance that Conan Doyle gave us more than a century ago.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Kick back, relax and let yourself be taken for a more than elementary ride.’ Curiousity of a Social Misfit SHERLOCK HOLMES THE WILL OF THE DEAD GEORGE MANN November 2013 Crime, PB 256pp ‘Mann clearly knows his Holmes, knows what works and... the book is all the better for it.’ Crime Fiction Lover ‘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 excellent bridge between what most people know of Holmes and where he could go.’ Raging Biblioholism SHERLOCK HOLMES THE ALBINO’S TREASURE STUART DOUGLAS May 2015 Crime PB 272pp 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? 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. Praise for David Stuart Davies: ‘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 ‘An amazing story. Even in the established world of Sherlock Holmes, George Mann is a strong voice and sets himself apart!’ Book Plank ‘The best Sherlockian mystery novel I have seen all year… I do not hestitate to recommend it.’ Classic Specialities SHERLOCK HOLMES THE SPIRIT BOX GEORGE MANN August 2014 Crime PB 256pp 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. The Devil’s Promise ‘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 SHERLOCK HOLMES ‘[As] pitch-perfect a Watsonian style and loving attention to character as I could ask for.’ Criminal Element THE DEVIL’S PROMISE 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! DAVID STUART DAVIES November 2014 Crime PB 224pp 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. Murder at Sorrow’s Crown ‘This is a dark, enjoyable tale with similarities to Hounds of Baskerville.’ Geek Dad 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? 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. STEVEN SAVILE has written extensively for Star Wars, Warhammer (Black Library), Dr Who and 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. Torchwood. SHERLOCK HOLMES MURDER AT SORROW’S CROWN STEVEN SAVILE & ROBERT GREENBERGER November 2015 Crime, PB 320pp ROBERT GREENBERGER has had senior roles at DC and Marvel comics and has written many fiction and non-fiction books. FANTASY SHERLOCK HOLMES ANTHOLOGIES A time-travel dark fantasy trilogy from award-winning Mark Morris 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 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. Encounters of Sherlock Holmes 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. ‘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 ‘Fourteen tales in all, and not one of them a disappointment.’ Wired ‘ A thunderously good time.’ Criminal Element ENCOUNTERS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES GEORGE MANN (Ed) February 2013 Crime/Mystery PB 352pp ‘Fans of Holmes would do well to check out this volume. Recommended.’ Fandom The Wolves of London OBSIDIAN HEART BOOK 1: THE WOLVES OF LONDON MARK MORRIS October 2014 Fantasy/Paranormal PB 352pp ‘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 ‘A most enjoyable and original collection of Holmes stories.’ The Book Bag ‘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 The Society of Blood OBSIDIAN HEART BOOK 2: THE SOCIETY OF BLOOD MARK MORRIS October 2015 Fantasy/ Paranormal PB 400pp ‘Both a diversion and a pleasurable read.’ Crime Fiction Lover The Wraiths of War In the final volume of the thrilling dark fantasy trilogy, Alex Locke is transported to London at the time of the First World War – will he finally discover the truth about the Obsidian Heart? ‘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 ‘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 GEORGE MANN (Ed) February 2014 Crime/Mystery PB 304pp 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. Praise for Mark Morris: ‘Every single input to the collection is incredibly well written and I really enjoyed every one... A gem of a book.’ Cult Den FURTHER ENCOUNTERS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES ‘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 ‘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 Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes ‘We hope that there will be many more encounters to come.’ Starburst ‘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 ‘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 ‘If you’re a Sherlockian, you’ll want to add it to your collection.’ Nerds in Babeland 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. 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. ‘A skilfully constructed tale, topped off with a mind-boggling twist.’ The Times ‘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. OBSIDIAN HEART BOOK 3: THE WRAITHS OF WAR MARK MORRIS October 2016 Fantasy/ Paranormal PB 400pp 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, 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. FANTASY FANTASY Introducing zombie hunter Ashley Parker in an exciting new series from Dana Fredsti Gestapo Mars Introducing Carter Sloan, a bioengineered agent in the far future, abandoned in a deep freeze until the Nazi government awakes him for a last assignment – one which will require him to fight and screw his way across the galaxy. Explosive and pulpy science fiction with lots of sex and even more swearing. 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. VICTOR GISCHLER is an American author of humorous crime fiction whose debut novel Gun Monkeys was nominated for the Edgar Award. He is also a comic book writer of titles including X-Men, Wolverine, The Punisher, Deadpool, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Titan Comics’ Grindhouse-style series Sally of the Wasteland. 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 Plague World AN ASHLEY PARKER NOVEL GESTAPO MARS VICTOR GISCHLER September 2015 Science fiction PB 304pp ‘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 ‘A fast-moving zombie tale that reads like a blast of energy.’ Lois Gresh, New York Times bestselling author of Eldritch Evolutions A new urban fantasy series from TV psychic Michelle Belanger In Conspiracy of Angels, the first Shadowside novel, Zack Westland wakes on the shore of Lake Erie, his memory gone. Assaulted by powerful psychic fragments, he learns that he belongs to a tribe of angels - one of several living on Earth since the Blood Wars. Pursued by cacodaimons intent on killing him—again—he seeks to end the war between the tribes.. A strong beginning to this new urban fantasy series with a vivid cast. Author has premises for six books, with the first complete and two more in progress. ‘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 MICHELLE BELANGER is a nonfiction author, a member of the vampire community, and ‘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 a psychic seen regularly on the television series Paranormal State. She’s been featured on programs on HBO, the History Channel, and CNN Headline News and teaches classes around the USA on dreamwalking, energy exchange, and spirit communication. 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. CONSPIRACY OF ANGELS NOVELS OF THE SHADOWSIDE 1 MICHELLE BELANGER October 2015 Crime 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. PLAGUE WORLD AN ASHLEY PARKER NOVEL DANA FREDSTI August 2014 Fantasy PB 320pp FANTASY FANTASY 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? 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 If Ecko can win though, then he might just learn to care – or break the program and get home. ‘Wickedly entertaining.’ Publishers Weekly ECKO RISING DANIE WARE September 2012 Fantasy/ Science Fiction PB 528pp ‘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… ‘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 ‘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, author of X-Men and Lucifer ‘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. ECKO BURNING DANIE WARE October 2013 Fantasy/ Science Fiction PB 464pp ‘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 November 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. TV TIE-INS TV TIE-INS Beauty & The Beast A new series of original novels based on the hit CW series starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan Grimm A new series of original novels based on the hit NBC TV series, inspired by Grimm’s Fairy Tales 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 304pp Now in its third season, and renewed for a fourth to air in 2016, the show has a very loyal fanbase of ‘beasties’. It won the 2014 and 2015 People’s Choice Awards for Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show and Favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actress, plus the 2013 Award for Favourite New Drama. Some Gave All SOME GAVE ALL NANCY HOLDER May 2015 TV Tie-in, PB 388pp 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 the show has been renewed for a fifth season. 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. BEAUTY & THE BEAST 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. GRIMM THE ICY TOUCH JOHN SHIRLEY November 2013 Fantasy / TV Tie-In PB 320pp ‘It’s impossible not to love the new season of Grimm.’ LA Times ‘A cop drama—with a twist… dark and fantastical.’ The Oregonian The Icy Touch When Vincent Keller is approached by the family of a fellow soldier who went missing in Afghanistan, he vows to help them uncover the truth behind her disappearance. Meanwhile, Catherine is working on the case of a young girl so traumatized by the brutal murder of her aunt that she is unable speak. Cat knows how it feels to grow up haunted by a terrifying past, and Vincent will do anything to ensure that justice is served. Together, they will risk everything to prove that even in the darkest place, there is hope. 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… 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. The Killing Time BEAUTY & THE BEAST TITLE TBC NANCY HOLDER May 2016 TV Tie-in, PB 320pp 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 September 2015 TV Tie-in, PB 320pp NCIS: LOS ANGELES NOVEL 2 – TITLE TBC AUTHOR TBC March 2016 TV Tie-in, PB 320pp NCIS: LOS ANGELES NOVEL 3 – TITLE TBC AUTHOR TBC September 2016 TV Tie-in, PB 320pp GRIMM THE CHOPPING BLOCK JOHN PASSARELLA February 2014 Fantasy / TV Tie-In PB 336pp 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. TIM WAGGONER has published more than twenty novels and two short story collections, and his articles GRIMM THE KILLING TIME TIM WAGGONER September 2014 Fantasy / TV Tie-In PB 272pp 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. ADVENTURE TV TIE-INS Spartacus The hit Starz TV show, which combines blood-soaked action, exotic sexuality, villainy and heroism Gabriel Hunt From editor Charles Ardai, Edgar Award-winning author and creator of the acclaimed mystery imprint Hard Case Crime 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. 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? 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. ‘This might prove to be the not-at-all-guilty pleasure of the season.’ Entertainment Weekly Swords and Ashes 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. GABRIEL HUNT: HUNT AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY JAMES REASONER March 2014 Adventure, PB 288pp ‘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 JAMES REASONER is an acclaimed crime, western, and military novelist, author of more than 200 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 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? ‘If you’re a fan of the show, the book won’t disappoint you.’ City of Film 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… ‘Raises the action bar to nosebleed heights… Pulp adventure fans will be thrilled to see the genre so smashingly resurrected.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Villainy and heroism with some blood-soaked action thrown in for good measure.’ TV Overmind ‘A book that will stretch your imagination and help you to travel back to a time.’ Killer Aphrodite Hunt at the Well of Eternity Praise for James Reasoner ‘Thanks to Clements, you might very well want to re-read it.’ Open Letters Monthly ‘A fun stand-alone romp of an adventure with familiar characters.’ Geek Lore ‘A pulp adventure series with classic style and modern sensibilities… Escapism at its best.’ Publishers Weekly Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear GABRIEL HUNT: HUNT THROUGH THE CRADLE OF FEAR CHARLES ARDAI April 2014 Adventure, PB 336pp 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 CHARLES ARDAI is an Edgar and Shamus Award winner, the creator of Hard Case Crime and the author of Little Girl Lost and Songs of Innocence. 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. SPARTACUS MORITURI MARK MORRIS August 2012 TV Tie-in PB 304pp 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. Hunt at World’s End 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… Praise for Nicholas Kaufmann: GABRIEL HUNT: HUNT AT THE WORLDS END NICHOLAS KAUFMANN May 2014 Adventure, PB 304pp ‘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. ADVENTURE HORROR/CRIME Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles A hugely enjoyable and fiercely clever romp from award-winning novelist Kim Newman, author of Anno Dracula Praise for Christa Faust: 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. 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… ‘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 GABRIEL HUNT: HUNT BEYOND THE FROZEN FIRE CHRISTA FAUST June 2014 Adventure, PB 288pp CHRISTA FAUST is a successful horror and crime writer. 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. MORIARTY: THE HOUND OF THE D’URBERVILLES KIM NEWMAN September 2011 Crime PB 496pp ‘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 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… An English Ghost Story Praise for David J. Schow: ‘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 DAVID J. SCHOW is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of horror novels, short stories and HUNT AMONG THE KILLERS OF MEN 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. 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. AN ENGLISH GHOST STORY KIM NEWMAN October 2014 Horror PB 320pp 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… ‘Thoroughly enjoyable… master storytelling.’ Lauren Beukes, New York Times bestselling author Praise for the Raymond Benson: A brand-new original novel from the award-winning author of Anno Dracula, set in a school for unusual girls in the 1920s. ‘Evocative and entertaining.’ Chicago Tribune ‘An adroit writer… tight, tough, thrilling.’ Booklist ‘Lots of tension and suspense… a gem.’ Chicago Sun-Times RAYMOND BENSON August 2014 Adventure, PB 288pp ‘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 ‘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 Hunt Through Napoleon’s Web HUNT THROUGH NAPOLEON’S WEB ‘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 ‘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 DAVID J. SCHOW July 2014 Adventure, PB 320pp GABRIEL HUNT: ‘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 ‘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 Hunt Among the Killers of Men GABRIEL HUNT: ‘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 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. The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School THE SECRETS OF DREARCLIFF GRANGE SCHOOL KIM NEWMAN October 2015 PB 400pp ANGELS OF MUSIC KIM NEWMAN October 2017 PB 400pp 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). CLASSIC HORROR CLASSIC HORROR 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 BLACK WINGS OF CTHULHU VOLUME 1: TWENTY-ONE TALES OF LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR S. T. JOSHI (ED) March 2012 Horror, PB 512pp 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. 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. SHADOWS OVER INNSMOUTH STEPHEN JONES (ED) September 2013 Horror, PB 496pp ‘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 BLACK WINGS OF CTHULHU VOLUME 2: FURTHER TALES OF LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR S. T. JOSHI (ED) February 2014 Horror, PB 400pp 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. Shirley, Melanie Tem, John Langan, Chet Williamson, Richard Gavin, Tom Fletcher, Jonathan Thomas, Don Webb and Jason C. Eckhardt. ‘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. FORTHCOMING IN 2016 - Black Wings of Cthulhu Volume 4 S. T. JOSHI is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, NEWTALES OF LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR S. T. JOSHI (ED) March 2015 Horror, PB 512pp 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 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 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. ACOLYTES OF CTHULHU ‘Good, slimy fun… There are a number of genuinely frightening pieces here.’ San Francisco Chronicle Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth Black Wings of Cthulhu Volume 3 contains seventeen stories by some of the BLACK WINGS OF CTHULHU VOLUME 3: ‘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 384pp CLASSIC HORROR 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 Caitlin Kiernan, 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 and other works by Lovecraft further expands upon the theme of doomed expeditions and cosmic horror, with never-beforeseen contributions by Jonathan Maberry (foreword), Kevin J. Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, Greg 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 Alien, Alien vs Predator, and Predator ™ & © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Beauty & The Beast © CBS. All rights reserved. Crimson Peak © Legendary Entertainment LLC. All rights reserved Grimm ™ & © Universal Network Television LLC. All rights reserved. NCIS: Los Angeles © CBS. All rights reserved. Resident Evil © Capcom. All rights reserved. Spartacus ™ & © Starz Entertainment, LLC. All rights reserved. Warcraft © Legendary Entertainment LLC. All rights reserved.
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