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MASTER OF THE MOORS
by Kealan Patrick Burke

A new novel from Kealan Patrick Burke to be released this fall which will feature new cover and interior art by Steve Gilberts.

Limited edition:   $45 US  
Lettered edition: $250 US -SOLD OUT-

Description

Sixteen-year-old Jane Mansfield and her blind brother Neil live in a manor on the edge of the Brent Prior moors. It is a dreary place populated by the dispirited and the disillusioned, where the young nurture desperate dreams of escape. And Jane is no different. But her plans to run away to the city are crushed one very ordinary morning when the quiet in Brent Prior is shattered by an inexplicable act of violence.

In the wake of the tragedy, Jane's beloved father is stricken by a strange illness, and she and her brother fall under the care of the manor's caretaker and maid.

Then, as if attuned to the melancholy that has stricken Mansfield House, a fog rolls in. Villagers begin to vanish. Lithe fleeting shadows are glimpsed in the mist, and a disfigured man arrives in Brent Prior.

A man who has come back to settle an old score.

A man who calls himself the Master of the Moors.

Print Run

450 Limited numbered hardcovers signed by Kealan Patrick Burke.

26 Lettered deluxe hardcovers with a metal traycase signed by Kealan Patrick Burke and Steven Gilberts.

(Each lettered copy will come with a page from the draft of the story signed by Kealan Patrick Burke)

Praise for Kealan Patrick Burke

'...one of the most clever and original talents in contemporary horror.'

                - Booklist

'The future of horror has many names, but one of them with lights around it is Kealan Patrick Burke. Keep both eyes on this one!'

                - Al Sarrantonio
                  Author of Hallows Eve and Toybox, editor of 999

'Burke is a newcomer worth watching.'

                - Publishers Weekly

'Kealan Patrick Burke shines a light on the darkness--both the kind that lurks in supernatural shadows, and the kind that lives beneath all-too-human skin. If you're looking for chills of the classic variety crafted with a contemporary touch, don't miss this promising young writer's work.'

                - Norman Partridge
                  Author of Dark Harvest and Mr. Fox & Other Feral Tales

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