Things on the Robert McCammon front have been really busy of late, so we thought we’d offer a quick guide to what’s going on.

Baal

  • Limited Edition: All copies shipped and en route to customers or already in their hands.
  • Deluxe Limited: Waiting on slipcases. Projected to ship in Jan/Feb.
  • Lettered Edition: Waiting on traycases. Projected to ship in Jan/Feb.
  • Ebook: Now available for Kindle and Nook.

The Hunter from the Woods

  • Limited Edition: All copies shipped an en route to customers or already in their hands.
  • Lettered Edition: Waiting on traycases. Projected to ship in Feb/Mar.
  • Ebook: Now available for Kindle and Nook.

The Providence Rider

We’ve just approved the rough sketches for the five black-and-white interior illustrations that will appear in all editions of the book. In addition, we’ve given Vincent Chong the okay for the two color plates exclusive to the limited and lettered editions, and the full-color endsheets (about which, see more below). The bonus novella—the first time Matthew encounters the supernatural—has been dropped into the limited edition and is being proofed. The Providence Rider is likely to be our most attractive McCammon production yet, and one hell of a thrill ride of a novel. We expect it to land on many fans’ lists of favorites of 2012, so don’t miss out.

We’ve decided to add the full-color endsheets to the signed trade copies (but not the unsigned trade edition), to make them an even better value to collectors. There are only 1000 of these, unlike the nearly 2000 copies that Robert McCammon signed for The Five, so please get your order in soon.

Two McCammon limiteds that aren’t on our immediate schedule, Bethany’s Sin and Stinger, have already been fully designed, and are working their way through the production process. 2012 is really going to be the year of McCammon here at SubPress.

Feel free to head over to our site to order all but the ebooks, where Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal are accepted.

From Subterranean Press:

 

This is our big one for 2012. Robert McCammon’s latest Matthew Corbett historical thriller, The Providence Rider.

For the first time in the Corbett novels, the signed, limited hardcover will feature a long additional story about Matthew, one that cannot be reprinted for two years following its debut in our edition. We’ll also have signed copies of the trade hardcover available, though not nearly so many as we did for his last novel, The Five.

Here are the full details:

The Providence Rider is the fourth standalone installment in the extraordinary series of historical thrillers featuring Matthew Corbett, professional problem solver. The narrative begins in the winter of 1703, with Matthew still haunted by his lethal encounter with notorious mass murderer Tyranthus Slaughter. When an unexplained series of explosions rocks his Manhattan neighborhood, Matthew finds himself forced to confront a new and unexpected problem. Someone is trying-and trying very hard-to get his attention. That someone is a shadowy figure from out of Matthew’s past: the elusive Professor Fell. The professor, it turns out, has a problem of his own, one that requires the exclusive services of Matthew Corbett.

The ensuing narrative moves swiftly and gracefully from the emerging metropolis of New York City to Pendulum Island in the remote Bermudas. In the course of his journey, Matthew encounters a truly Dickensian assortment of memorable, often grotesque, antagonists. These include Sirki, the giant, deceptively soft-spoken East Indian killer, Dr. Jonathan Gentry, an expert in exotic potions with a substance abuse problem of his own, the beautiful but murderous Aria Chillany, and, of course, the master manipulator and “Emperor of Crime” on two continents, Professor Fell himself. The result is both an exquisitely constructed novel of suspense and a meticulous recreation of a bygone era.

This signed, limited edition of this generous volume also contains a new, utterly compelling Matthew Corbett adventure, “Death Comes for the Rich Man.” This 11,500-word novella, which has never before been published and will not be reprinted anywhere else for at least two years, takes place between the events of Mister Slaughter and The Providence Rider. In the course of this startling tale, Matthew is approached by a wealthy, dying man with an urgent, if impossible, request: to keep Death itself at bay. Filled with danger, mystery, and an almost tangible sense of place, these superbly crafted narratives represent Robert McCammon at his best and historical fiction at its finest and most developed.

Important note: We had a great time hosting Rick McCammon here at the SubPress warehouse, where he signed the better part of 2000 copies of The Five. For The Providence Rider, we wanted to make signed copies available to his fans once again, but make it a bit easier on Rick, both travel- and wrist-wise. There will only be 1000 signed (uninscribed) trade copies of The Providence Rider available. Please get your order in early if you’d like to snag one.

Lettered: 26 signed, deluxe bound copies, housed in a custom traycase
Limited: 474 signed numbered copies, bound in leather, with the bonus novella, artwork not in the trade hardcover, and bound in a custom slipcase
Trade (unsigned): Fully cloth bound hardcover copies
Trade (signed): Fully cloth bound hardcover copies, signed by the author

Robert McCammon’s newest book, The Hunter from the Woods, is now available in ebook format for Kindle and NOOK. The book is a collection of short stories featuring Michael Gallatin, the main character from The Wolf’s Hour. It was also published by Subterranean Press this week as a signed limited edition hardcover.

Buy The Hunter from the Woods for Kindle

Buy The Hunter from the Woods for NOOK

Hunter From the Woods by Robert McCammon.jpgFrom Subterranean Press:

More Robert McCammon is on the way. We’ve shipped about a quarter of the copies of The Hunter from the Woods to those who ordered direct, with more being bagged and boxed every hour. Hunter contains three novellas and three short stories centering on Michael Gallatin, the werewolf hero of McCammon’s classic novel, The Wolf’s Hour. We currently have fewer than 30 copies left available for sale.

We’re turning away tons of orders from our wholesale and large online retailers, so your best bet is to order direct.

Posted on Friday, December 9th, 2011 at 10:59 am.

  • Japanese illustrator Kazuki Tamada sent in his latest illustration inspired by a Robert McCammon novel. The image to the left was inspired by Mystery Walk.  Click on the image or click here to view a larger version of the images and Kazuki’s other illustrations.

 

  • Several new covers have been added to the Book Cover Gallery: the Advance Uncorrected Proof of The Providence Rider, a new Russian edition of Stinger, and a new Russian edition of Best New Horror, which reprints Robert McCammon’s short story “Pin.”  Click on the images below to view larger versions of each.

 




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Posted on Subterranean’s website:

The Signed, Limited Edition of Robert McCammon’s Baal is in stock and shipping. Long the Holy Grail because of its elusiveness and high price, first editions of this classic McCammon hardcover have sold for $600+ on the collector’s market through the years. We’re pleased to bring it out of the darkness, at a fraction of that price.

Our edition features a full-color dust jacket and interior illustrations by Tomislav Tikulin, is smythe sewn, with a full cloth binding. It’s also limited to only 1000 numbered copies, each signed by the author. Please get your order in soon. We already have more orders from our wholesale and large online retail accounts than we’ll be able to fill, but are taking care of our direct customers first.

We’re already at work on Bethany’s Sin, the next in our series of McCammon’s classic titles, and will be able to match numbers with Baal for those who request it.

Limited: 1000 signed numbered hardcover copies: $75

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