BAD MOON RISING, the final book of the Pine Deep Trilogy (which began with 2006’s Bram Stoker Award-winning GHOST ROAD BLUES and continued with 2007’s DEAD MAN’S SONG) will be released everywhere on May 8. And some of your favorite horror movies celebrities will be in the thick of the action, kicking some undead ass!

"One of the best supernatural thrillers of recent years."
--John Connolly, author of The Unquiet

"Jonathan Maberry writes densely layered prose full of real characters
and plenty of eerie atmosphere. He's in tune with both the dark side
of human nature and the simple goodness that can redeem us all."
--David Wellington, author of Monster Island: A Zombie Novel

The townsfolk of Pine Deep are getting ready for the big Halloween Festival –the biggest in the nation. Thousands of tourists are pouring into town; horror movie celebrities are everywhere. Everyone wants to share in the spooky fun.

"Jonathan Maberry lands solidly on his feet in territory
once dominated by Manly Wade Wellman and Joe Citro."
--Gary A. Braunbeck, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner

“Maberry will scare the bejibbers out of you!”
--John Lutz, Shamus Award winner and author of Chill of Night


But in the darkness at the edge of town something is moving, preparing to strike. An army of the undead and the living dead is about to launch a red wave of destruction that will this funfest to a bloodfest. Only Malcolm Crow, Val Guthrie, Mike Sweeney and a small band of their friends suspect what is about to happen, but they may be too few and too late to prevent this ancient and powerful evil from waging all-out war on the world of the living.

“Jonathan Maberry rushes headlong toward the front of the pack,
proving that he has the chops to craft stories at once intimate, epic, real, and horrific.”
--Bentley Little, author of The Burning

“Reminiscent of Stephen King . . . This is horror on a grand scale.”
--Publishers Weekly


BAD MOON RISING is the action-packed conclusion to the award-winning Pine Deep Trilogy. The action started with GHOST ROAD BLUES and DEAD MAN’S SONG, and now culminates in the ultimate battle of good vs evil.

“This is an immensely entertaining American horror saga
in the tradition of Stephen King or Robert McCammon.
Just open the book and it’s Halloween.”
-Fangoria

“Jonathan Maberry roars back into the horror scene
with a most worthy sequel to his Stoker winner, Ghost Road Blues.”
--Creature Feature
The book also features a fun twist: real horror industry celebrities appear in the story as themselves, and they get caught up in the bloody action. So, expect to see TOM SAVINI (make-effects wizard); STEPHEN SUSCO (screenwriter for the Grudge flicks); JAMES GUNN (screenwriter of the new Dawn of the Dead); gorgeous scream queens BRINKE STEVENS and DEBBIE ROCHON; KEN FOREE (star of the original Dawn of the Dead); JIM O’REAR (stuntman and haunted attraction consultant); and JOE BOB BRIGGS (drive-in movie critic and actor). Also making the scene is blues legend MEM SHANNON.

These stars aren’t just doing walk-ons --they actually get into the action. Question is...will they make it out of Pine Deep alive?

“This is a fat rich gorgeous tale that demands to be paid attention to.
Maberry is not fooling around.”
--Cemetery Dance

BAD MOON RISING is coming for you on May 8. When the darkness invades...where will you make your stand?

www.jonathanmaberry.com


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