A
Vampire Novel with Actual Bite!
As the modern world establishes itself and pushes the
supernatural into the shadows, the supernatural fights back.
The
Darkening Dream is a chilling new dark fantasy novel by Andy Gavin,
creator of Crash Bandicoot and Jak &
Daxter. The book has received rave reviews and is on sale for only
99 cents on Amazon Kindle from June 25th-29th! Download your copy here.
In
addition, Andy is doing a big giveaway, including a $100 gift certificate to
Amazon, signed copies of his books, video games, posters, and more!
Tweet,
like, follow, share, blog and grab a copy of his book to enter.
Long-time
readers of dark historical fantasy (Tim Powers, Guy Gavriel Kay, Katherine
Kurtz) will appreciate the weaving together of mythology, occult, and religion,
while younger readers and fans of HBO dramas (True Blood,
Carnivàle) or urban fantasy (Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim Harrison, Jim
Butcher) will be drawn to the twisted imagination, graphic action, and romantic
tension.
About
The Darkening Dream
Even
as the modern world pushes the supernatural aside in favor of science and
steel, the old ways remain. God, demon, monster, and sorcerer alike plot to
regain what was theirs.
1913,
Salem, Massachusetts – Sarah Engelmann’s life is full of friends, books, and
avoiding the pressure to choose a husband, until an ominous vision and the
haunting call of an otherworldly trumpet shake her. When she stumbles across a
gruesome corpse, she fears that her vision was more of a premonition. And when
she sees the murdered boy moving through the crowd at an amusement park, Sarah
is thrust into a dark battle she does not understand.
With
the help of Alex, an attractive Greek immigrant who knows a startling amount
about the undead, Sarah sets out to uncover the truth. Their quest takes them
to the factory mills of Salem, on a midnight boat ride to spy on an eerie
coastal lair, and back, unexpectedly, to their own homes. What can Alex’s
elderly, vampire-hunting grandfather and Sarah’s own rabbi father tell them?
And what do Sarah’s continuing visions reveal?
No
less than Gabriel’s Trumpet, the tool that will announce the End of Days, is at
stake, and the forces that have banded to recover it include a 900 year-old
vampire, a trio of disgruntled Egyptian gods, and a demon-loving Puritan
minister. At the center of this swirling cast is Sarah, who must fight a
millennia-old battle against unspeakable forces, knowing the ultimate prize
might be her very soul.
The
Reviews Are In
"A
vampire novel with actual bite." ~The Kirkus Reviews
"A
gorgeously creepy, strangely humorous, and sincerely terrifying tale."
~Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Mr.
Gavin has brought something refreshingly new to a genre now suffused with
poorly-concealed bodice-rippers which have more in common with Fabio than Bram
Stoker: depth. His big baddies are scary, not romantic interests, and the added
religious lore is complex and engaging. Don't expect another Twilight -- the
story can get downright creepy, so be prepared for a return to the old horror
sensibilities of supernatural fiction." ~Amazon
Review
"With
Mr. Gavin's video-game pedigree, I was expecting something aimed squarely at
the 18-25 year old fanboy contingent; what I got in The Darkening Dream was
something wholly unexpected: A period novel with a female protagonist, a
crash-course on Judaism in the colonial years, and multi-layered series of plot
arcs featuring a crazy cast of natural and supernatural characters populating
turn of the century America." ~Amazon Review
"…A
perfect blend of mystery, magic and myth. A grown-up Grimm's fairy tale...
emphasis on grim."
~Amazon Review
About
the Author
Andy
Gavin is an unstoppable storyteller who studied for his Ph.D. at M.I.T. and
founded video game developer Naughty Dog, Inc. at the age of fifteen, serving
as co-president for two decades. There he created, produced, and directed over
a dozen video games, including the award winning and best selling Crash
Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter franchises, selling over 40 million units
worldwide. He sleeps little, reads novels and histories, watches media
obsessively, travels, and of course, writes. Find out more here.
