I am absolutely delighted to announce that I've signed a two-book deal with Angry Robot, the publishers of The Hollows.
The first book, The Ravening, will be published in November 2024. The second, The Sound of the Dark, will be out in Winter 2025.
The Sound of the Dark is, in fact, the book I'm currently working on (word count currently in the 90,000s,) while in my spare time carrying out some structural edits to The Ravening. I'm hoping to have both completed by early October (fingers crossed, as always.)
I'm thrilled to be working with Simon Spanton as my editor again, and with Caroline Lambe and her wonderful PR team. Huge, huge thanks to all at Angry Robot, and to my world-class agent, Meg Davis, for making it all happen.
Today is a very, very happy day.
More details on both books will follow in due course, and for the full details you can read the official announcement in The Bookseller here. I'll leave you, though, with the cover blurb for The Ravening...
Jenna lost her Mum when she was a girl – a terrifying incident on a lonely road in the woods which no one, least of all Jenna, has ever been able to explain. She’s been angry, defensive and self-reliant ever since. Until she meets Holly and begins to open up just a little.
But just as life is beginning to offer some promise Jenna is ripped away from Holly; kidnapped by a bizarre cult in thrall, so they say, to an ancient demon who offers the promise of eternal life in return for a particular sacrifice. A sacrifice that links Jenna, her mother, and a bloodline reaching back centuries.
With its antlered demon and a shadowy otherworld behind the veil of our world, The Ravening combines cinematic horrors with a compelling story of one woman’s refusal to give up and another woman’s fight for survival against terrible odds…
FOR FANS OF: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, The House of Accidents by Chuck Wendig, and TV’s Stranger Things.
If you'd like to request an ARC of The Ravening, you can do so here.
Till next time,
Daniel. :)
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