In an announcement about the availability of The River of Souls signed trade editions, Subterranean Press also revealed that they’re working on a limited edition of The Queen of Bedlam, the second Matthew Corbett book. The announcement stated that it “will be the most limited McCammon edition we’ve ever published.” No other details are available at this time, but we’ll keep you posted!
From Subterranean Press:
Just a quick note to let you know that the signed trade copies of The River of Souls are now sold out. We still have plenty of unsigned trade copies available for preorder.
Lettered: 26 signed, deluxe bound copies, housed in a custom traycase: $500Limited: 474 signed numbered copies, bound in leather, with the bonus story, artwork not in the trade hardcover, and housed in a custom slipcase: $125
Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover copies (first 500 copies signed by Robert McCammon): $24.95
Subterranean Press has posted the details of the release of Robert McCammon’s The River of Souls, the fifth book in the Matthew Corbett series.
We’re pleased to announce The River of Souls, Robert McCammon’s latest installment in the Matthew Corbett series of historical thrillers. Please note that we’ll have fewer signed copies of the Trade Edition than ever before, so don’t hesitate to get your order in. For those who own the Limited or Lettered Edition of the previous volume, The Providence Rider, the exclusive preorder period for River runs until February 28. After that, copies wll be opened to the general public.
About the Book:
Important Note: Only those who own a Limited or Lettered Edition of The Providence Rider may order the same edition of The River of Souls at this time, unless you order both. Anyone may order the trade edition.
The year is 1703. The place: the Carolina settlement of Charles Town. Matthew Corbett, professional “problem solver,” has accepted a lucrative, if unusual, commission: escorting a beautiful woman to a fancy dress ball.
What should be a pleasant assignment takes a darker turn when Matthew becomes involved in a murder investigation. A sixteen-year-old girl has been stabbed to death on the grounds of a local plantation. The suspected killer is a slave who has escaped, with two family members, into the dubious protection of a nearby swamp. Troubled by certain discrepancies and determined to see some sort of justice done, Matthew joins the hunt for the runaway slaves. He embarks on a treacherous journey up the Solstice River, also known as the River of Souls. He discovers that something born of the swamp has joined the hunt… and is stalking the hunters with more than murder in mind.
What follows is a shattering ordeal encompassing snakes, alligators, exiled savages, mythical beasts, and ordinary human treachery. The journey up the River of Souls will test the limits of Matthew’s endurance, and lead him through a nightmarish passage to a confrontation with his past, and a moment that will alter his life forever.
Gripping, unsettling, and richly atmospheric, The River of Souls is a masterful historical adventure featuring the continuing exploits of a young hero the USA Character Approved Blog has called “the Early American James Bond.”
The Limited and Lettered Editions will contain the 10,000 word bonus story, “The Scorpion’s Eye”, as well as full-color illustrations not in the Trade Hardcover.
The first 500 folks who order the Trade hardcover will receive a signed (but not inscribed) copy.
Lettered: 26 signed, deluxe bound copies, housed in a custom traycase: $500
Limited: 474 signed numbered copies, bound in leather, with the bonus story, artwork not in the trade hardcover, and housed in a custom slipcase: $125
Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover copies (first 500 copies signed by Robert McCammon): $24.95
The book is also available for pre-ordering from Amazon US, B&N, Amazon UK, and Amazon CA.
- ISBN: 978-1-59606-629-8
- Length: 256 pages
The River of Souls will be published in May 2014. Ebook editions and, hopefully, an audiobook edition will also be available.
Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Vincent Chong.
You can view a larger version of the cover art here.
Audible’s Daily Deal for Friday, January 10, 2014, is Robert McCammon’s Speaks the Nightbird! The audio version of the first book in the Matthew Corbett series is on sale for only $5.95 until 11:59 PM ET. While you need to create an Audible account (which can be the same as an Amazon account) if you don’t have one, you do not need to be an Audible member to get the book at this special price.
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe a witch has cursed their town with inexplicable tragedies – and they demand that beautiful widow Rachel Howarth be tried and executed for witchcraft. Presiding over the trial is traveling magistrate Issac Woodward, aided by his astute young clerk, Matthew Corbett. Believing in Rachel’s innocence and desperate to exonerate the woman he has come to love, Matthew begins his own investigation among the townspeople. Piecing together the truth, he has no choice but to vanquish a force more malevolent than witchcraft in order to save his beloved Rachel – and free Fount Royal from the menace claiming innocent lives.
Click here to purchase the audiobook edition of Speaks the Nightbird.
The ebook editions of Speaks the Nightbird are available now! You can order the book now from Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (NOOK), and Kobo.com. Those are the U.S. links; the Speaks the Nightbird ebook is available everywhere, including Amazon UK and Amazon CA.
Update: the book is available via iTunes now, too.
The ebook editions of Speaks the Nightbird are available for pre-ordering now! The ebook will be released on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. You can pre-order the book now from Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (NOOK), and Kobo.com. Those are the U.S. links; the Speaks the Nightbird ebook will be available everywhere, including Amazon UK and Amazon CA.)
All four published books in the Matthew Corbett series are now available in ebook editions (though Mister Slaughter and The Providence Rider are not yet available outside of North America). Links to order the books can be found in the right-hand sidebar on this site.
Robert McCammon has written a new update/essay for his website that discusses what he’s working on. He includes a brief paragraph that teases the plot of the next Matthew Corbett book, The River of Souls, which will be published by Subterranean Press in late Spring/early Summer 2014.
You can read the update here.
Breaking news! Subterranean Press tweeted the following this morning:
Happy to announce that we’ve just bought the next Matthew Corbett novel, RIVER OF SOULS, from @RobertMcCammon. More pre-colonial thrills.
More information to come, of course.
The audiobook version of Speaks the Nightbird has received an Earphones Award from AudioFile magazine. From their website:
AudioFile awards Earphones to truly exceptional presentations that excel in all the following criteria:
- Narrative voice and style
- Vocal characterizations
- Appropriateness for the audio format
- Enhancement of the text
The audiobook is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and produced by Audible, Inc. You can read the AudioFile review on their website. The audiobook has also been nominated for a 2013 Audies Award.
There are also audiobooks of The Queen of Bedlam, Mister Slaughter, and The Providence Rider. They, too, are narrated by Edoardo Ballerini. You can find them on the Audible website.
Robert McCammon has completed the writing of The River of Souls, the fifth Matthew Corbett novel. He has turned it into his agent, and though it’s too early to know when it will be published, it will probably be available in early 2014.
You can watch a video of Robert McCammon reading the first chapter from The River of Souls here.