With fall just around the corner, we’re gearing up for some big releases!
On September 23rd, Christopher Golden’s Of Saints and Shadows hits bookstores. In it, a secret sect of the Catholic Church, armed with an ancient book of the undead called The Gospel of Shadows, has been slowly destroying vampires for centuries. Now the book has been stolen, and the sect races to retrieve it before their purpose is discovered: a final purge of all vampires. As the line between saints and shadows grows ominously faint, private eye Peter Octavian is drawn into the search. And he’ll do anything to find the book … for Peter Octavian is also a vampire. Ostracized by his kindred for refusing to take part in the ‘blood song’, he cannot stand by and watch while they are destroyed. In a deadly game with a driven, sadistic assassin, the trail leads to Venice at the time of carnival, where the Defiant Ones, as the vampires are known, are engaged in a savage battle for their lives. Filled with plot twists, mystery, sex and violent death, Of Saints and Shadows is a spine-tingling thriller which opens the door to the world of Peter Octavian.
And on October 7th, we’ve got one of Publishers Weekly top ten most anticipated horror/Scifi Fall 2016 releases: Laird Barron’s Swift to Chase. Combining hardboiled noir, psychological horror, and the occult, Swift to Chase continues three-time Shirley Jackson Award winner Barron’s harrowing inquiry into the darkness of the human heart.
Check out more of our upcoming releases below!
Giveaway alert! When you purchase a copy of any of the Limbus titles (Limbus 1, 2 or 3) from Amazon starting September 1st, 2016, simply email us a copy of your receipt and we’ll send you a paperback copy of The Gods of H.P. Lovecraft while supplies last. Yessir, it’s that easy! See the full details under Giveaways.
That’s it, that’s all, folks. Until next month!
Jess
JournalStone Network Assistant Editor
NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES
IN THE GRAVEYARD ANTEMORTEMSeventeen-year-old Lisa Jacobs is determined to solve her father’s gruesome murder. But before she can investigate in her own small town, she is forced to spend the summer with her Uncle Clayton, the owner of Grand Hallow—a massive funeral and mortuary operation the size of a small city.
Her move to Grand Hallow only deepens the mystery as she begins to suspect the strange and chilling occurrences there are linked to her father’s death.
With the help of her acid-tongued best friend and deadbeat brother, Lisa must unravel the secrets of Grand Hallow—before it’s too late.
In the Graveyard Antemortem is a mystery/suspense novel with a healthy dash of horror.
MOON CITY:A LIMBUS, INC. NOVEL
The Slaughter Man Series
Dean Fulsome, once a modest slaughterhouse worker, is now Limbus Inc’s director of Solar System operations. A series of horrendous murders on remote Moon City forces Dean to put his entire life on hold and take an interstellar transport far from his normal jurisdiction to lead an investigation.
The victims are a rare species of alien known as the Deitii. Rumors suggest they share genetics with the entity that created all known universes.
God
As more of the Deitii show up dead, the unknown killer in Moon City starts possessing shocking godlike powers, making him nearly unstoppable even for Limbus Inc’s most seasoned assassins.
Dean is no hired assassin or mercenary, and yet he may be the only one in Moon City who can save the universe from a terrifying new power. Strength, cunning and intelligence will not be enough however. In order to beat this kind of enemy, Dean will need to make sacrifices that may very well haunt him for the rest of his life.
A secret sect of the Catholic Church, armed with an ancient book of the undead called The Gospel of Shadows, has been slowly destroying vampires for centuries. Now the book has been stolen, and the sect races to retrieve it before their purpose is discovered: a final purge of all vampires. As the line between saints and shadows grows ominously faint, private eye Peter Octavian is drawn into the search. And he’ll do anything to find the book … for Peter Octavian is also a vampire.
Ostracized by his kindred for refusing to take part in the ‘blood song’, he cannot stand by and watch while they are destroyed. In a deadly game with a driven, sadistic assassin, the trail leads to Venice at the time of carnival, where the Defiant Ones, as the vampires are known, are engaged in a savage battle for their lives. Filled with plot twists, mystery, sex and violent death, Of Saints and Shadows is a spine-tingling thriller which opens the door to the world of Peter Octavian.
SWIFT TO CHASE
Introduction by Paul Tremblay
Publishers Weekly top ten list for most anticipated horror/Scifi Fall 2016 releases.
Laird Barron’s fourth collection gathers a dozen stories set against the backdrops of the Alaskan wilderness, far-future dystopias, and Giallo-fueled nightmare vistas.
All hell breaks loose in a massive apartment complex when a modern day Jack the Ripper strikes under cover of a blizzard; a woman, famous for surviving a massacre, hits the road to flee the limelight and finds her misadventures have only begun; while tracking a missing B-movie actor, a team of man hunters crashes in the Yukon Delta and soon realize the Arctic is another name for hell; an atomic-powered cyborg war dog loyally assists his master in the overthrow of a far-future dystopian empire; following an occult initiation ritual, a man is stalked by a psychopathic sorority girl and her team of horrifically disfigured henchmen; a rich lunatic invites several high school classmates to his mansion for a night of sex, drugs, and CIA-funded black ops experiments; and other glimpses into occulted realities a razor’s slice beyond our own.
Combining hardboiled noir, psychological horror, and the occult, Swift to Chase continues three-time Shirley Jackson Award winner Barron’s harrowing inquiry into the darkness of the human heart.
