Pax Britannia's Coming Over All German

Hey.

So in international news, the German publisher LUZIFERverlag has purchased the translation rights to Unnatural History, the first book in the Pax Britannia series. They've just finished work, which will be out shortly.

Read Jonathan Green's announcement on his blog.

Cheers,

David

Vote Time's Arrow for the VSS Award

Hey all!

So in case you don't routinely hang out with people dressed in tweed and decorated with brass (and why not, fine body of men and women), you should know that the Victorian Steampunk Society (I'll confess I feel that the qualifier is unnecessary, both because, as a rule, pretty all steampunk is Victorian and because, in the event that a member wants to muck about with some non-Victorian steampunk, nobody's likely to say they can't...) holds what are probably the most important awards in the steampunk community - the Victorian Steampunk Society Awards - every year at the Asylum.

Now, our one and only Jonathan Green, author of the ever-popular Pax Britannia series, has blogged about this fact and about how the ground-breaking readership-led Time's Arrow, eighth book in the oldest still-ongoing steampunk series in the world, is eligible for this year's award. And I thought, "You know what? He's bloody well right! I must remind my internet 'peeps' right away, so they can get a shift on and nominate it so as it gets onto the short list, what?"

So I urge you to jump on the VSS Awards web page (linked above) and nominate it now, get this fine work on its way to a richly deserved award...

David

Space is about to get a lot weirder, with Eric Brown's latest novel from Abaddon

Weird Space: 

Satan's Reach

by Eric Brown

The universe expands on 25 June (US & Can) and July 4 (UK)

£7.99 (UK) ISBN 978-1-78108-130-3

$7.99/$9.99 (US & CAN) ISBN 978-1-78108-121-1

Available in paperback and ebook

“Eric Brown spins a terrific yarn.”

- SFX on Guardians of the Phoenix

“It’s a runaway success.”

- Tor.com on Weird Space: The Devil’s Nebula

Telepath Den Harper did the dirty work for the authoritarian Expansion, reading the minds of criminals, spies and undesirables, for years. Unable to take the strain, he stole a starship and headed into the void, a sector of lawless space known as Satan’s Reach. For five years he worked as a trader among the stars – then discovered that the Expansion had set a bounty hunter on his trail.

But what does the Expansion want with a lowly telepath like Harper? Is there something in the rumours that human space is being invaded by aliens from another realm? Harper finds out the answer to both these questions when he rescues a young woman from certain death – and comes face to face with the terrible aliens known as the Weird.

Eric Brown continues to expand the Weird Space universe, which he created for Abaddon Books, with a fast paced action-adventure that pits humanity against unimaginable terror from beyond.

About the Author

Eric Brown began writing when he was fifteen, while living in Australia, and sold his first short story to Interzone in 1986. He has won the British Science Fiction Award twice for his short stories, has published over forty books, and his work has been translated into sixteen languages. His latest books include the SF novels The Serene Invasion, Satan’s Reach, and the crime novel Murder by the Book. He writes a regular science fiction review column for the Guardian newspaper and lives near Dunbar, East Lothian. His website can be found at www.ericbrown.co.uk

Looking Back: Some Kind of Paul Kane Interview, You Say?

Hey all,

Obviously we're quite excited about the Hooded Man omnibus that's coming soon, in print (US only) and ebook (everywhere) editions, but it's not quite time yet to give it to you.

I know, I know, and trust me, your frustration is like sweet, sweet nectar to me.

At any rate, to whet your appetites, here's an interview that the amazing and lovely Ms Perry and Mr Shurin of Pornokitsch.com conducted with Paul about the trilogy back in 2010.

Part One • Part Two • Part Three

Check it out.

David

After the world died, a legend rises: this is HOODED MAN!

Hooded Man

by Paul Kane

The fight back begins in North American bookstores on 11^th June

$12.99/$14.99 (US & CAN) ISBN 978-1-78108-168-6

Available in paperback and ebook

“Incredible… Paul Kane is a gifted writer.” – Terrorizer.com

“A tale that will keep you glued to the last page.” – Falcata Times on Broken Arrow

After the success of its School’s Out Forever collection, Abaddon Books is releasing a trio of Robin Hood-inspired post-apocalyptic novels by Paul Kane in an omnibus exclusively for the North American market.

When civilisation died and the world descended into a new Dark Age, Robert Stokes lost everything, retreating into the woods near Nottingham to turn his back on it all.

But foreign mercenary and arms dealer De Falaise sees England as ripe for conquest – and when he and his army arrive at Nottingham, Stokes is reluctantly drawn into the resistance.

From Sherwood he leads the fight and takes on the mantle of the world’s greatest folk hero. The Hooded Man and his allies will become a symbol of freedom, a shining light in the horror of a blighted world, but he can never rest: De Falaise is only the first of his kind.

Filled with impressive action and desperate characters, this hard-edged dystopian omnibus collects the novels Arrowhead, Broken Arrow and Arrowland.

About the Author

Paul Kane has been writing professionally for more than 14 years. His genre journalism has appeared in such magazines as The Dark Side, Death Ray, Fangoria, SFX, Dreamwatch and Rue Morgue, and his first non-fiction book was the critically acclaimed The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy. His award-winning short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic and has been collected in Alone (In the Dark), Touching the Flame, FunnyBones and Peripheral Visions. His novella Signs of Life reached the shortlist of the British Fantasy Awards 2006, The Lazarus Condition was introduced by Mick Garris, creator of Masters of Horror, and RED featured artwork from Dave McKean. In 2008 his zombie story ‘Dead Time’ was turned into an episode of the Lionsgate/NBC TV series Fear Itself. He currently lives in Derbyshire, UK, with his wife – the author Marie O’Regan – his family, and a black cat called Mina.

Where's (Coyote's) Wally?

Hey buds,

So I'm back! Feels good. Hope you were all well-behaved when I was away, and didn't cause Jon or Ben or Michael any trouble. We wouldn't want... trouble.

Anyway.

While I was away, I noticed that Pat Kelleher, author of the brand new e-novella Gods & Monsters: Drag Hunt (which I've talked about before), has found himself speculating about his creation.

As you know, the novella (which went on sale through all good ebook channels on Tuesday 7th) is about "Kai"—the native American god Coyote—losing his penis and going on a quest to find it.

Pat, then, naturally found himself asking,

"Where would Coyote's penis hide, if it were lost out in the world?"

It's a fair question. I mean, dude is seriously equipped; it's not an easy thing to conceal. You'd need somewhere it could go where it would look like stuff around it, camouflage it a bit.

This is what Pat dug up.

Architecture's a pretty obvious area for Coyote's wayward member to slip in, as it were, unnoticed. They even refer to "erecting" a building...

Then again, Kai's a pretty naturalistic guy; he'd probably prefer to blend into the landscape. And, you know, he's got the stones for it.*

Something more ephemeral, maybe? Icebergs come and go, they change their shape, they float around. That might appeal to Coyote's old chap, who—after all—is pretty much as tricky as its owner.

At this point, I assume, Pat's search for "interesting things in the world that look like willies" had turned into "David needs a month or two of sleepless nights, filled with endless screaming horror."

So there you go. Have any of you seen Coyote's willy hiding out in the world?

Cheers,

David



*I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry. Last time I use that line. I promise.

Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty, And Despair

Hey chaps, chapettes, chapesas, Chap Peterson, Kevin "Chap" O'Reilly, Charlie Chaplin impressionists, the line-up of the band The Chap, the editorial staff of The Chap, and the residents of the community of Chap, Virginia:

 

So my life has recently undergone A Bit Of A Change. Thought you might want to see.

 

 



Her name is Beatrix Elizabeth Rose Moore, she was born on Wednesday 8th May in the evening, and she is basically already cooler than you.

 

So I may be a sluggish replying to email for the next week or so. I still love you!*

 

Cheers,

 

David

 

*But not as much as her.

Knight of Shadows Cover Reveal!

Hola, mi nerdinos.

So I've made passing reference to another new world we're launching this year: Hunter of Sherwood, a revisionist Robin Hood setting rolling out this summer with Toby Venables' (of Viking Dead fame) Hunter of Sherwood: Knight of Shadows. So you'll be hearing more about Hunter and Knight as the launch date closes in, but I thought, for starters, you might want to whet your appetite with Luke Preece and Pye Parr's beautiful cover.

Sweeeeet.

GODS! MONSTERS! YES!

Hey you guys!

Yes, you. No shut up, I'm talking to you. Just come over here and listen, because this is important.

So we may have already blathered at you about this cool stuff upcoming, but did you realise that today's the day we launch Gods and Monsters?

I know, right? I told you this was important.

So Gods and Monsters is the latest new world in Abaddon's stable, a dark, hectic urban fantasy in which the gods are all real, and all here... and they're exactly as colossal a collection of douches as you remember them being from the old myths.* It is a world in which men rising up to defy the gods is less a case of tragic hubris leading to inevitable destruction and more an important part of the working week.

And we are, with no little excitement, launching today, with not one, but two titles!

So, yes. The ebook versions of Chuck Wendig's full-length novel Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits and Pat Kelleher's exclusive novella-length ebook Gods and Monsters: Drag Hunt are both hitting the electronic shelves at Kindle, iTunes, Nook and elsewhere today. The dead-tree edition of Unclean Spirits hits the shelves in the US today, and in the UK Thursday.

If you're not buying/downloading/grabbing and reading these two books, it's because you hate your eyes. And if that's the case, heaven help you.**

Gods and Monsters: Unlean Spirits

iTunes US • iTunes UK

Kindle Store US • Kindle Store UK

Barnes & Noble US • Nook UK

Gods and Monsters: Drag Hunt

iTunes US • iTunes UK

Kindle Store US • Kindle Store UK

Barnes & Noble US • Nook UK

CHUCK WENDING SIGNING!

BUT WAIT! Before you (understandably) rush off to buy these fine texts and immeasurably improve your lives, there's more!

Because Chuck's going to be at the Rebellion Publishing stand at Book Expo America 2013 in New York, signing and giving away exclusive Unclean Spirits posters.

You can come find him from 3-4pm on Saturday 1st June - the public opening day of the Expo (buy tickets to the expo here) - at Stand #2748. We'll be extremely happy to see you.


*Assuming, here, you read one of the cool myth books, with rape and shapeshifting and torture and murder and yay. If you read some kind of Bowdlerised Roger Lancelyn Green bullshit (seriously, I loved my RLG books as a teenager, but they were some kind of confusing crap), you may be forgiven for trying to work out who was willing to conduct three marriage ceremonies for Freya and various dwarves on the same night, and why exactly they did that.

**Okay, the "heaven" line wasn't deliberate, but kinda works, so let's say it was.

Ebook Exclusive: Drag Hunt!

Hey mofos,

So you're no doubt acutely aware that whiskey-drinking, bile-spewing, beard-sporting nogoodnik penmonkey Chuck Wendig, who vomits his brainmeatwordings out at the world through the interwebface at Terribleminds.com, has graced us with another book, in the form of Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits (which you will, I am sure, remember us telling you about only very recently). 

It is an urban fantasy of the very urbanest and most fantastic, with an army of cruel, self-serving gods romping up and down the US heartland torturing, traumatising, transforming and manipulating mortals in a kind of Hesiod-meets-Kerouac-meets-Saw-III way. It's got gods and tricksters, Devils and angels, guns and bombs, stolen cars, golden chains and magical flying penises in it. It's basically better than other books, and it's out next week.

What you may not have known is that at the very exact same time as we're unleashing Unclean Spirits, we're bringing out a second book (well, an exclusive novella-length ebook) in the same world by No Man's World creator Pat Kelleher, and it's called Drag Hunt. 

Drag Hunt tells the story of one of the characters from the first book, on a bit of a private mission. Or a mission for his privates. It's—actually, fuck it; I'll let the blurb tell you:

COYOTE HAS LOST HIS PENIS.

The Native American trickster god and Richard Green, one of his mortal marks, find themselves unwitting bedfellows as they seek to regain what they have both lost. The trail leads them to England, where they find murdered Anglo-Saxon spirits, a reclusive god of the forge, a London gentleman’s club exclusively for deities and a terrifying conspiracy.

If Coyote is going to save the world and get his mojo back, it’s going to take everything in his bag of tricks—and he’s suffering from the ultimate performance anxiety.

Awesome, right? I'm doing you a favour by pointing this out to you, basically; you won't be able to enjoy your Pimms this sunny weekend knowing you were missing out on the literary event of the century.

"You had me at 'COYOTE HAS LOST HIS PENIS.' Kelleher writes something here that is magical, hilarious, disturbed, and inspired."

—Chuck Wendig.

£3.49 in the UK, $3.99 in the US. Check it.

iTunes US • iTunes UK

Kindle Store US • Kindle Store UK

Barnes & Noble US • Nook UK

A window into our worlds: check out the Abaddon & Solaris YouTube channel!

With author interviews, book launches, and readings the new Abaddon & Solaris YouTube channel is perfect for a little lunchtime viewing if you're looking for new reading challenges and fancy plunging into our plethora of worlds.

The team behind the two imprints is beavering away to bring you audiovisual entertainment to go alongside your reading pleasure and we'll be adding more fresh content about our forthcoming titles, as well as trailers, so keep your eyes glued to our Twitter and Facebook feeds for alerts about the latest videos.

In the meantime, welcome to our worlds...

The launch of Gideon's Angel...

Scott K. Andrews talks about School's Out Forever...

Gaie Sebold discusses Babylon Steel...

The launch of Solaris Rising 2...

Coming in May! Chuck Wendig's new world for Abaddon - Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits

Gods and Monsters:

Unclean Spirits

by Chuck Wendig

The gods descend on May 9th

£7.99 (UK) ISBN 978-1-78108-095-5

$9.99/$12.99 (US & CAN) ISBN 978-1-78108-096-2

Available in paperback and ebook

“If you’re looking for a sassy, hard-boiled thriller with a paranormal slant,

Wendig has established himself as the go-to man.” – The Guardian

“Chuck Wendig has raised the bar of the urban fantasy genre” – New York Journal of Books on Blackbirds

The master of in-your-face visceral horror, Chuck Wendig, returns to Abaddon Books with a brand new title and a brand new world that is not to be missed – Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits!

The gods and goddesses are real. A many-headed pantheon—a tangle of divine hierarchies—once kept the world at arm’s length, warring with one another for mankind’s belief and devotion. It was a grim and bloody balance, but a balance just the same. When one god triumphed, driving all other gods out of Heaven, it was back to the bad old days: cults and sycophants, and the terrible retribution the gods visit on those who spite them.

Five years ago, it all went wrong for Cason Cole. He lost his wife and son, lost everything, and was bound into service to a man who chews up human lives and spits them out. Now, as the man he both loves and hates lies dying at his feet, Cason is finally free. And no gods, demi-gods, acolyte, or monstrous abomination is going to stop him from getting back what’s his...

Wendig is a massive talent with a huge online following and Gods and Monsters is a brand new world he has created for Abaddon Books. Pat Kelleher is to continue the series with the e-title Gods and Monsters: Drag Hunt, which will launch online on the same day as Unclean Spirits.

Abaddon Books appoints David Moore as new commissioning editor

Abaddon Books is very pleased to announce that desk editor David Moore is to be the imprint’s new commissioning editor.

David will oversee Abaddon Books’ new commissions as well as creating more new original shared worlds – joining series such as the zombie-themed novels of Tomes of the Dead, the post-apocalyptic Afterblight Chronicles, and the Steampunk adventure pulp of Pax Britannia.

This year Abaddon Books will launch two new series – Chuck Wendig’s Gods and Monsters (named as one of the ‘Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy books of 2013’ by io9) and Toby Venables’ Guy of Gisburne, as well as more in the Weird Space series by SF legend Eric Brown.

Editor-in-chief of Abaddon Books and Solaris, Jonathan Oliver, said: “Ever since David started with Rebellion Publishing, it’s been clear that he has an incisive eye for what makes a story work and an editorial hand that gets the best out of a book, while maintaining a great relationship with the author. I’m really excited to be handing over the Abaddon reins to David and can’t wait to see what he plans for the imprint.”

David said: “I’ve loved every minute of my time with Abaddon Books so far: we punch above our weight, take risks, produce the books we want to and have fun doing it. Getting a chance to take the helm on the imprint Jon put so much of his love and energy into, to steer it through the next few years and stamp my own mark on it, is incredibly exciting. Also scary. Very scary. I’ve already changed trousers twice today.”

Born and raised in Australia, David has lived in three different countries, but as of last year has spent more than half his life in the UK. A life-long geek, passionate reader and aspiring writer (he began the first of, to date, five unfinished novels, Eight-legged Aliens, on a Commodore 64), David has been writing for magazines and websites for 15 years, working in the publishing industry for three, and picking on people’s grammar and spelling since he could walk. His past career has been mixed, to say the least, including bar and theatre work, providing technology support in the banking sector and filling tea and coffee pots in an architectural firm. He lives in Reading with his wife, Tamsin.

Nazi Zombie Army - Free ebook!

Wotcher all,

Hold on to your machineguns brains hats, because this is pretty damn exciting...

Rebellion's new World-War-II-meets-zombie-horror first-person-shooter, Nazi Zombie Army, is available for download from Steam as of 5pm GMT today.

Based on their hugely successful Sniper Elite V2 game, NZA pitches the history-changing Karl Fairburne against a rising tide of the Fuhrer's most blasphemelicious forces (that's totally a word; trust me, I'm an editor).

Put it this way: Indiana Jones hates Nazis, right? He also hates the undead. That's why he's always in tombs and stuff; basically making sure they're dead. So this is Nazi zombies! Not downloading this game and killing these things is basically exactly the same as spitting directly in Indiana Jones's face. Right exactly in his face. 

I can't believe you'd do that.

Anyway, all this entertaining diversion aside, the point is that Abaddon's own Jonathan Green, of Pax Britannia, Warhammer 40K and Fighting Fantasy fame, has written a story (not quite a novella; maybe a novellette?), Gotterdammerung, to introduce the game, and we're just plumb giving it away. Totally. Download it here:

.mobi ebook (for Kindle)

.epub ebook (for iPad, Nook and Kobo)

.pdf file (for anything)

Green's no stranger to Weird War II stuff; if you loved his rollicking steampunk/Weird War II/time travel weirdness Anno Frankenstein (and I know you totally did), then I guarantee this is up your street.

Download it, enjoy it, then buy the game and kill some festering Fritz. You know you want to.

www.nazizombiearmy.com

Coming soon...

Steampunk is the genre to watch, says a computer. Pfft, we knew that yonks ago...

They've taken down the greatest chess minds in the world and solved some of the mightiest conundrums the universe has to offer. And now, IBM's supercomputer has come to predicting the future. Turns out the Next Big Thing is going to be.....

Steampunk.

Seriously.

Behold: "Retailers attending the National Retail Federation Convention in New York yesterday (Jan. 14) got an ear-load, and eye-load, from researchers about the next big trend steaming toward the retail industry. Based on an analysis of more than half a billion public posts on message boards, blogs, social media sites and news sources, IBM predicted that ''steampunk" will be the next major trend to bubble up and take hold of the retail industry."

We don't need a supercomputer to tell us this - we've been publishing Steampunk since Abaddon Books was born in 2005! Jonathan Green and Al Ewing have between them created the world's biggest* Steampunk series: PAX BRITANNIA!

Whether it's the adventures of silver-tongued adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver or the time-spanning epics of Pax Omega, Pax Britannia has consistently delivered the Steampunk goods with a pulpy edge.

The next big thing? Abaddon has you covered ........ in steam. Er.....


* To quote the Simpsons: "Great meaning large or immense, we use it in the pejorative sense!"

Chuck Wendig's GODS AND MONSTERS: UNCLEAN SPIRITS is 'essential' buy, says iO9

Those harbingers of good taste over at iO9 have picked Gods and Monsters: Unlean Spirits by Chuck Wendig as one of the 'essential science fiction and fantasy books that are coming in 2013'.

The writer of Double Dead and Bad Blood is knocking it out of the park with this inspired insanity about the deities of a polytheistic pantheon who survive on Earth - immortal, bored, falling into old patterns of collecting sycophants and worshippers in order to war against one another in the battle for the hearts of men. But they bring with them demi-gods, and they bring with them their monstrous races—crass abnormalities created to serve the gods, who would do anything to reclaim the seat of true power.

Here's what iO9 has to say:

The author of the Blackbirds/Mockingbird novels turns his hand to full-on hotpants epic fantasy, with a tale of gods and goddesses battling on Earth — until a single monotheistic god decides to try and wipe them all out, with an army of angels. Sounds pleasingly demented.

Excited? We know we are - Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits is out in May and you can pre-order this bad boy right here!

Peace on Earth and in Weird Space, too: a new universe this Christmas for you.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, Abaddon Books gave to me... a brand new Space Opera in a brand new universe to see. Weird Space is vast and includes human smugglers, veterans and ne’er-do-wells who are all part of the Expansion, as well as their neighbours, The Vetch. An evil race threatens both the Expansion and the Vetch, one that invades the bodies of both and uses them as hosts. Now both will have to work together for a chance to survive. Give the gift of a rare and brave new world this Christmas with The Devil’s Nebula. 

The Devil’s Nebula, Weird Space | Eric Brown

£7.99, ISBN: 978-1-78108-022-1

Brand New Series, Brand New Universe!

Best-selling author Eric Brown has created a brand new shared world for Abaddon Books: Weird Space. This thrilling space-opera series will begin with the release of The Devil’s Nebula. Brown will introduce readers to the human smugglers, veterans and ne’er-do-wells who are part of the Expansion – and their uneasy neighbours, the Vetch Empire.

When an evil race threatens not only the expansion, but the Vetch, too – an evil from another dimension which infests humans and Vetch alike and bends individuals to do their hideous bidding, only co-operation between them can mean the difference between a chance of survival and no chance at all.

Happy Christmas (War Is Over)... except not for them.

On the tenth day of Christmas, Abaddon Books gave to me... an adventure of the otherworldly kind, where First World War soldiers find themselves stranded on an alien world. The Pennine Fusiliers are still fighting four months later in the trenches, tanks and air. A Lieutenant Everson seeks the truth from an alien prisoner and calms insurrection in his troops while promoting it the aliens’. The Black Hand Gang reunites with Ivanhoe, the tank, and its crew while chasing the man that may be responsible for their predicament, and together they face the horrors of the Croatoan Crater. Lieutenant Tulliver soars above alien gravity to see the scale of the planet’s mystery, and makes an unsuspected ally to do so. This holiday, don’t miss this genre-shattering mix of WWI soldiers meets Science Fiction!

The Alleyman, No Man’s World | Pat Kelleher

£7.99, ISBN: 978-1-78108-025-2

The thrilling third No Man’s World book!

Four months after the Pennine Fusiliers vanished from the Somme, they are still stranded on the alien world. As Lieutenant Everson tries to discover the true intentions of their alien prisoner, he finds he must quell the unrest within his own ranks while helping foment insurrection among the alien Khungarrii.

Beyond the trenches, Lance Corporal Atkins and his Black Hand Gang are reunited with the ironclad tank, Ivanhoe, and its crew. On the trail of Jeffries, the diabolist they hold responsible for their predicament, they are forced to face the obscene horrors that lie within the massive Croatoan Crater. Above it all, Lieutenant Tulliver of the Royal Flying Corp, soars free of the confines of alien gravity, where the true scale of the planet’s mystery is revealed. However, to uncover the truth, he must join forces with an unsuspected ally.

Love Abaddon Book’s Tenth Day of Christmas? Then check this out too!  

Black Hand Gang, No Man’s Land | Pat Kelleher

£7.99, ISBN: 978-1-906735-84-5

Ironclad Prophecy, No Man’s Land | Pat Kelleher

£7.99, ISBN: 978-1-907992-15-5

Take me to Paris for Christmas - but with an Englishman to save the day.

On the ninth day of Christmas, Abaddon Books gave to me... thrilling steampunk action against an Eiffel Tower setting. One terrorist, ‘Le Papillon’ wants to ruin everyone’s lives in Paris, by turning it into a nightmare. Hero of the  British Empire, Ulysses Quicksilver, is determine to stop him, he also just has to clear his own name from murder and get back to England to stop the love of his life from heading to the Moon. He’ll have to ride Time’s Arrow to get in all done by the ticking deadline. You know, no big deal. Paris in the winter can only be made better by steampunk and you can enjoy it just that way this Christmas.

Time’s Arrow, Pax Britannia | Jonathan Green

£7.99, ISBN: 978-1-78108-064-1

Fantastic steampunk action in the capital of France.

Paris. City of lights. City of lovers. City of dreams. Yet if one man gets his way, its inhabitants will soon be forced to endure a nightmare such as they have never known. But Hero of the British empire Ulysses Quicksilver is determined to get in his way... although he has problems of his own to deal with first, before he can try to rescue the French capital from its earth-shattering fate.

Arriving at a murder scene, Ulysses is forced to go on the run, so that he might track down the real killer. His intention: to clear his good name, and get back to England in one piece and as quickly as possible; for the love of his life is about to take a most ill-advised trip to the Moon. But the terrorist known only as ‘Le Papillon’ is preparing to bring chaos to the capital.

Love Abaddon Book’s Ninth Day of Christmas? Then check this out too!  

The Ulysses Quicksilver Omnibus, Pax Brittania | Jonathan Green

£9.99, ISBN: 978-1-905437-34-4

Monster's Holiday: they would love to have you for Christmas Dinner.

On the eight day of Christmas, Abaddon Books gave to me... the return of Coburn, the vampire surrounded by zombies that we all love. Coburn is back, but this time he’s in San Francisco chasing his vampire sire for revenge – there’s some Bad Blood between them to say the least. But if that’s not enough, there’s a wacky ketamine cult on Alcatraz that’s eating super-zombie flesh like it’s the communal bread. Never a dull moment in this world. Make sure you add this hugely entertaining sequel to your Christmas list.

Bad Blood, Double Dead | Chuck Wendig

£3.49 or £2.99, Ebook format

The astonishing sequel to Double Dead!

San Francisco after the zombie apocalypse. Vampire-predator turned human-protector Coburn is on the trail of his vampire sire. When he finds him, it is not to catch up on the good times, but take revenge.

Alcatraz. Super-zombies. A ketamine-trip cult of New Age weirdos who eat the flesh of the zombie as some kind of grotesque communion. This is another tale from the inimitable Chuck Wendig.

Love Abaddon Book’s Eighth Day of Christmas? Then check this out too!  

The Best of Tomes of the Dead, Vol. 02 | Simon Bestwick, Gary McMahon and Jasper Bark

£10.99, ISBN: 978-1-907992-17-9