Year: 2023

The author photo for Seven Shades of Evil and huge news from The Alabama Booksmith!!

Robert McCammon as “The Wicked Gambler”

Robert McCammon’s walking stick is going to one lucky fan!

The elegant walking stick Robert McCammon used in his period photo shoot for Seven Shades of Evil will belong to one lucky fan when the book is published. The first 500 signed first editions purchased from The Alabama Booksmith will come with an entry in a drawing that will take place at the launch party. All previous pre-orders from The Alabama Booksmith have already been entered.

Seven Shades of Evil launch party set

The Alabama Booksmith announces details of the official launch party for Seven Shades of Evil. The event will take place on Saturday, October 28, 2023. At 2:30, in the upstairs auditorium, Mr. McCammon will talk about the new book and take questions. At 3:30, he will draw the name of the lucky winner of the beautiful walking stick and then go downstairs to sign books.

Because of limited space for the talk, reservations are required. There is no charge for tickets, but they must be requested as books are purchased. Each copy purchased from The Alabama Booksmith may receive one seat. No reservations are needed for the booksigning, and space is unlimited.

You can pre-order a signed first edition of Seven Shades of Evil here:
https://www.alabamabooksmith.com/signed-copies/seven-shades-evil

Seven Shades of Evil: Stories from Matthew Corbett’s World will be published by Lividian Publications in October 2023. The book contains stories set in the world of Matthew Corbett and featuring various characters from the previous novels. Lividian has revealed the Table of Contents:

  • *The Four Lamplighters (features Matthew and Hudson)
  • Night Ride (features Matthew)
  • The House at the Edge of the World (features Hudson)
  • The Scorpion’s Eye (features Minx)
  • *Skeleton Crew (features Katherine)
  • The Pale Pipesmoker (features Katherine and Minx)
  • *Wandering Mary (features Matthew)
  • *Incident on The Lady Barbara (features Berry)

“*” indicates stories that are new to this collection. Two of the others were previously published in limited editions, and the other two were published on RobertMcCammon.com.

From Lividian Publications:

JUST ANNOUNCED! Seven Shades of Evil by Robert McCammon!

Seven Shades of Evil by Robert McCammon
Brand New Trade Hardcover Coming This October!
Preorder Today, Pay When the Books Are Ready to Ship!

Lividian Publications is proud to be publishing a deluxe trade hardcover edition of Seven Shades of Evil by Robert McCammon, the ninth volume in his acclaimed Matthew Corbett series. This beautiful hardcover edition features exclusive Vincent Chong full-color artwork for the dust jacket and will be published this October in a very limited First Edition/First Printing run!

About the Book:
Seven Shades of Evil is the ninth volume in bestselling author Robert McCammon’s acclaimed series of historical thrillers featuring Matthew Corbett, and this fascinating installment features a wide range of adventures undertaken by both Matthew and his friends over the years.

From murder plots that aren’t what they seem, to creepy forests with possible supernatural evils, to a remote manor whose occupants are in the clutches of a ruthless master, these stories are an intriguing blend of everything wonderful that has drawn readers to the Matthew Corbett series for more than twenty years.

Seven Shades of Evil is the penultimate volume in the Matthew Corbett series, and the perfect table setter for the final adventure of the multifaceted character USA Network has called “the Early American James Bond.” This is another masterful volume from one of America’s most skilled authors, featuring some of his most memorable, compelling, and chilling characters.

Read more or place your preorder (no payment required yet) on our website!

Or read more about the signed, slipcased, and numbered Limited Edition and join the Wait List:

 

Luzifer Verlag has published their hardcover German translation of Freedom of the Mask, the sixth book in the Matthew Corbett series. The book features great cover art by Michael Schubert, who did the art for the other titles, too. Matthew Corbett and der Maskierte Rächer is available now from the Luzifer Verlag website, as well as from Amazon DE and other retailers. It’s also available in ebook formats.

Lividian Publications is publishing three more Robert McCammon novels in trade paperback formats in 2023!

The Border will be published on July 25, The King of Shadows will be published on September 19, and The Listener will be published on December 12.

In addition to offering the books separately, Lividian will offer a bundle of a limited run of true first printings of these trade paperbacks. This bundle of all three books is for collectors, to be shipped together, that are guaranteed to be from the first printings and are marked as such on their copyright pages. Books purchased individually or from Amazon, et al, may be print-on-demand books, due to the worldwide shortage of paper that’s still happening.

The combined retail value of the three books is $72.97, but the bundle price is just $49 and supplies are limited!

For more details, please visit the product pages at Lividian Publications:

Here is Vincent Chong’s new cover for the trade paperback edition of The King of Shadows:

Audible has acquired the audiobook rights to Seven Shades of Evil, the next book in the Matthew Corbett series. Seven Shades of Evil features stories set in Matthew Corbett’s world. If all goes according to plan, it will be released in Fall 2023 by Lividian Publications in lettered, limited, and trade hardcovers, in ebook by Open Road, and an Audible audiobook. The official announcement of the book’s release is coming in May.

Lividian Publications posted their schedule for several upcoming Robert McCammon releases this year. You can read their entire post here.

The Matthew Corbett news is that 2023 will see the release of Seven Shades of Evil, the collection of short stories from Matthew Corbett’s World, including four new stories, and a trade paperback release of The King of Shadows on September 19, 2023! They’re also releasing a limited edition of Gone South and trade paperbacks of The Listener and The Border.

Here are the excerpts from their announcement regarding the Matthew books:

* Three new Robert McCammon trade paperbacks will be announced publicly for preorder on April 24 through the Lividian website and some of our favorite retailers, along with Amazon and the other big chains.  The Border will be published on July 25, The King of Shadows will be published on September 19, and The Listener will be published on December 12. There will be a “first printing” bundle of all three books, which will ship in July. Join our mailing list for the official announcement.

* In early May, we will be announcing our trade hardcover, Limited Edition, and Lettered Edition of Seven Shades of Evil by Robert McCammon, the next volume in his acclaimed Matthew Corbett series. The Limited Edition and Lettered Edition will be offered on May 1 to those who purchased the same edition of The King of Shadows directly from our site. On May 3, my Patreon supporters will be offered their advance ordering window. Any copies of the Limited Edition and Lettered Edition that remain, along with the trade hardcover, will be offered to the Lividian mailing list and via our favorite retailers on May 8.

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Hunter