King Blood
by Simon Clark
Warm
Rick Kennedy feels pretty good. Tonight there's going to be the party of the
summer. The brother he hasn't seen for years has just flown in, and this is
the night Rick plans to do something about Kate Robinson -- the beautiful girl
he just can't get out of his mind. In the pleasant village of Fairburn the evening
air is warm...
Warmer
And this is the night that Rick encounters
the mysterious stranger in the woods.
Hot
Soon he wakes to find 30,000 refugees
choking the streets. People are running
for their lives. Only there's nowhere
to run.
Hotter
The ground heats up inexorably. Roads
melt. Cities erupt into flame. Lakes
boil. Pockets of natural gas explode
like nuclear bombs and geysers of scalding
water flood through whole communities.
Burning
Survivors search desperately for
refuge in a landscape burning forever
hotter beneath their feet. But they have
yet to confront the Grey Men -- and the
demons inside themselves...
About the Author:
Simon Clark lives in Doncaster, England with his family. When his first novel, Nailed by the Heart, made it through the slush pile in 1994 he banked
the advance and embarked upon his dream of becoming a full-time writer. His
subsequent novels include Blood Crazy, Darkness Demands, Death's Dominion and The Night of the Triffids, which continues the story of Wyndham's
classic The Day of the Triffids. His revival of the wickedly ambulatory
Triffid plants won the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award for best
novel. He also created and co-presented "Winter Chills" for the BBC TV. His latest
book from Severn House is The Midnight Man, a story of ghosts, madness
and murder that features Vincent Van Gogh during one of the most turbulent periods
of his life in 1888. Simon also experiments in short film, one of which, "Dear
Simon, Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?" has been featured in the UK's Channel
4 ShortDoc series, and earned the accolade "the ultimate in TV democracy."
Available in two states:
Limited edition of 1,000 signed copies ($50)
Traycased Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in
leather, with a satin ribbon page marker and additional full-color artwork ($175)
Production Status:
This title is undergoing one last round of proofreading and then it'll be ready for the printer.
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