My name is Cyn and in case you didn't notice-I have a serious addiction to books. Especially the dark, spooky, horror, snarky type to name a few...
Today I'm hosting author Mark N Drake. Mark contacted me bringing his books to my attention. And while I've yet to read any of them they sound pretty fascinating, especially since he describes them as having a Lovecraftian vibe. Plus I LOVE the cover on Those Under the Hill.
So... without further ado...
A gritty detective story that spirals into the realms of Lovecraftian Horror, 'The Gathering of Shadows' will delight fans of the genre as they travel with Jack Glennison from the stolid certainty of 1920s England to a world of lost temples, ancient gods, whispered chants and terrifying visitations.
Glennison is a failed scholar, a frustrated policeman, a discharged soldier… and now a private detective about to get out of his depth. When a glamorous blonde arrives at his less-than-glamorous Manchester office, her missing person case has "straying husband" written all over it.
But Jack's investigation soon takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself on a steamer bound for half-forgotten Darkisle in the Irish Sea. Here he finds himself confronting both dark forces and his own forgotten past.
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It's May 1922, eight months after events during his first visit to Darkisle shook Jack Glennison's world. Now he's being pulled back there to find out what happened to a young boy who disappeared from the family farm. But any hopes Jack had that this might be a regular missing person case soon evaporate in the unseasonal heat of a Darkisle spring. Why haven't the boy's parents raised the alarm? What is the source of their unexplained wealth? And what links the uncanny events that have happened recently on nearby Slee Top hill?As Jack's investigation takes him across the island, he realises that if he thought he knew just what Darkisle could throw at him, he was sadly mistaken. For Darkisle holds more ancient magical secrets than he ever expected. And some secrets are best left buried.This second book in the Glennison Darkisle Cases delves deeper into the hostile Lovecraftian world of Darkisle, where nothing is quite as it seems....What readers are saying about this series:“I eagerly look forward to future entries in the series.” “Looking forward to further adventures.”“Can't wait to read whatever is next. Write quickly, Mr. Drake, please.”“Looking forward to more… good stuff!”“I look forward to more in the series.”
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Mark N Drake is a British author of Lovecraftian fiction (though he has been known to write for other genres as well). Most of his works feature his fictional creation Darkisle, a British island of dark secrets and whispered terrors. His first novel, ‘The Gathering of Shadows’, was published in 2020. It was the first in a series of Cthulhu Mythos-inspired novels centred upon the cases of private detective Jack Glennison. Based in the Northern England of the 1920s, the stories follow Glennison as he explores Darkisle and gradually learns of the ancient horrors that stalk that island… and beyond. The follow up novel, ‘Those Under The Hill’, was published in 2021. More in the series are planned. Despite a misspent youth spent seeking out Panther horror paperbacks in second-hand bookshops, Mark graduated in Applied Physics and became a defence research scientist. Later, he went on to work in Higher Education management and return to education, obtaining an MBA. He lives in County Durham with his family. When not writing, he retreats to his shed to invent games.
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Thanks Cyn! :-)
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