Brilliance Audio will release the audiobook edition of The King of Shadows on MP3 CD on August 30, 2022. The audiobook, which is read by Edoardo Ballerini, is currently only available through Audible.
German publisher Luzifer Verlag has announced that they will publish a German translation of Freedom of the Mask on April 30, 2023! Luzifer has previously published translations of the first five Matthew Corbett books, in addition to Boy’s Life and The Border. The cover art for MATTHEW CORBETT und der maskierte Rächer is by Michael Schubert. The title translates as Matthew Corbett and the Masked Avenger.
MATTHEW CORBETT und der maskierte Rächer at Luzifer Verlag
Pre-order links from various stores can be found on the Luzifer page.
The world-renowned Alabama Booksmith is now taking pre-orders for signed copies of the trade hardcover edition of The King of Shadows, to be published December 6, 2022! All copies purchased from Alabama Booksmith are priced at normal list price and will be hand-signed by Robert McCammon.
An in-person signing by Robert McCammon at the Alabama Booksmith is planned—COVID permitting—for early December, but the exact date has not been determined yet. Stay tuned!
Pre-order a signed copy of The King of Shadows from Alabama Booksmith
Lividian Publications will release the trade hardcover edition of The King of Shadows in on December 6, 2022. The pre-order links for the book have just gone live on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The book can also be pre-ordered directly from Lividian Publications and other sellers.
Pre-order The King of Shadows trade hardcover from:
The ebook and audiobook editions will be released on June 28, 2022.
Audiobook: Audible US | Audible CA | Amazon UK | Audible AU
Ebook: Kindle (Amazon US) | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Kobo CA
Robert McCammon asked me to post this video of author Pete Mesling performing his original composition “Remembering Fount Royal.” Pete wrote:
This is a piece I wrote recently. It’s inspired by the setting of Robert McCammon’s first Matthew Corbett novel, SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD. I call it “Remembering Fount Royal.” It’s by no means a definitive recording, but I hope you dig it.
As we previously announced, Lividian Publications will release the trade hardcover edition of The King of Shadows in December 2022, after trade paperback releases of the five Matthew Corbett books between Mister Slaughter and Cardinal Black from July through November.
However, the limited edition of the book—which has long been sold out—will begin shipping from Lividian around the end of June 2022.
The trade hardcover edition can be pre-ordered from Lividian Publications. Amazon, B&N, and other pre-order links will be available in the coming months.
I can also now announce that Open Road Media and Audible will release the ebook and audiobook editions of The King of Shadows on Tuesday, June 28, 2022! The audiobook will once again be narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.
Here are the pre-order links for the audiobook!
Update 2022-06-15: Here are the ebook pre-order links!
- Kindle (Amazon US) | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU
- Barnes & Noble
- Kobo
Here is the cover for the Open Road ebook edition of The King of Shadows.
German publisher Luzifer Verlag has acquired the German translation rights to Freedom of the Mask, book six in the Matthew Corbett series. Luzifer has been on a roll for the past few years, publishing German editions of the first five Matthew Corbett books, plus Boy’s Life and The Border. Presumably, their edition of Freedom of the Mask will be published in 2023. More info when I have it!
Polish publisher Vesper has posted a book trailer for their translation of Speaks the Nightbird.
The upcoming Lividian Publications trade paperback editions of the Matthew Corbett books can now be pre-ordered from Amazon US, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million (BAM!), and Book Depository.
 Available July 19, 2022 Pre-order from Lividian Pre-order from Amazon Pre-order from B&N Pre-order from BAM! Book Depository Amazon UK |
 Available August 23, 2022 Pre-order from Lividian Pre-order from Amazon Pre-order from B&N Pre-order from BAM! Book Depository Amazon UK |
 Available September 20, 2022 Pre-order from Lividian Pre-order from Amazon Pre-order from B&N Pre-order from BAM! Book Depository Amazon UK |
 Available October 18, 2022 Pre-order from Lividian Pre-order from Amazon Pre-order from B&N Pre-order from BAM! Book Depository Amazon UK |
 Available November 15, 2022 Pre-order from Lividian Pre-order from Amazon Pre-order from B&N Pre-order from BAM! Book Depository Amazon UK |