Category: I Travel By Night

Paul Simpson at Sci-Fi Bulletin has posted an extensive new interview with Robert McCammon in which they discuss I Travel by Night, The Five, and why The Village isn’t likely to ever see print.

Sci-Fi Bulletin: Interview: Robert McCammon (part 1)

Sci-Fi Bulletin: Interview: Robert McCammon (part 2)

Also, Staffer’s Book Review posted a short but very enthusiastic review of I Travel by Night. You can read their review here.

The reviews for I Travel by Night keep popping up, along with reviews of some of Robert McCammon’s older novels. Here are some of the more recent reviews:

The ebook editions of Robert McCammon’s new novella I Travel by Night are now available for Kindle, NOOK, and Kobo!  You can purchase them using the links below.

The book will be available via iTunes soon.

The trade hardcover edition is in-stock and can be purchased from Subterranean Press.

 

If you purchased Robert McCammon’s new historical vampire novella I Travel by Night from Subterranean Press, the trade edition is now shipping! The limited editions won’t ship for another six weeks or so (they’re awaiting the slipcases). If you haven’t purchased I Travel by Night yet, or if you’d like to read more about it and read an excerpt, click here.

You can read a couple of reviews of I Travel by Night here and here.

New reviews of Robert McCammon’s upcoming vampire novella I Travel by Night are showing up around the ‘net.

Rick Kleffel’s Agony Column says:

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For all the literary skills that McCammon brings to the novella, the most important is his ability to put them all together with a sense of fun. Yes, he takes his characters and his world seriously, but there’s a devil-may-care attitude at work here as well. ‘I Travel By Night’ knows precisely what it is and it hits that target so easily that readers might not notice all the perfectly-aligned pieces of the puzzle. ‘I Travel by Night’ is bound to make you smile — and wish that you had fangs to smile with.

Peter Schwotzer on LiteraryMayhem writes:

With his first foray into Horror in many a year, Robert McCammon further cements his status as one of the best authors of this or any generation.

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For those of you horror fanatics who remember when Mr. McCammon reigned supreme in the horror genre and for those who have not yet experienced Mr. McCammon’s horror roots this book as a must and I give it my highest recommendation.

Rick Kleffel has also posted a new 4 1/2-minute podcast with excerpts from an interview with Robert McCammon. You can read more about the podcast and download it here, or you can just download the MP3 here. The full audio interview will be posted soon.

From Subterranean Press:

While he was working on the iconic cover for Robert McCammon’s new vampire novella, Michael Whelan first took a crack at depicting one of the many creatures that Trevor Lawson faces down. This painting depicts one of them, in mid-transformation, to something that is no longer human, and beyond vampire. Michael was kind enough to send along the image, which will be exclusive to the Signed, Limited Edition of I Travel by Night.

Michael Whelan's interior plate for the signed, limited edition of I Travel by Night
Michael Whelan’s interior plate for the signed, limited edition of I Travel by Night

From Subterranean Press:

Legendary Artist Michael Whelan has turned in a killer, positively Gunslinger-esque dust jacket for Robert McCammon’s new vampire novella, I Travel by Night. We’ve heard rumblings that this will not be Trevor Lawson’s only foray chronicled by Mr. McCammon, so order now to get in on the ground floor of what is sure to be one of the most compelling tales of his distinguished career.

About the Book:

I Travel by Night marks Robert McCammon’s triumphant return to the sort of flamboyant, go-for-broke horror fiction that has earned him an international reputation and a legion of devoted fans. The terrors of the Dark Society, the gothic sensibilities of old New Orleans, and the tortured existence of the unforgettable vampire adventurer Trevor Lawson all combine into a heady brew that will thrill McCammon’s loyal readers and earn him new ones as well.

For Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society’s clutches. In the decades since, he has roamed late nineteenth century America, doing what good he can as he travels by night, combating evils mundane and supernatural, and always seeking the key to regaining a mortal life.

That key lies with his maker, and now Lawson hopes to find LaRouge at the heart of a Louisiana swamp with the aid of a haunted priest and an unexpected ally. In the tornado-wracked ghost town of Nocturne, Lawson must face down monstrous enemies, the rising sun, and his own nature. Readers will not want to miss this thrilling new dark novella from a master storyteller.

Limited: 474 signed numbered copies, housed in a custom slipcase: $75
Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover edition: $35

From Publishers Weekly:
“Southern gothicist and paranormal historian McCammon (Gone South; The Wolf’s Hour) combines the two genres in this fun, fast novella… An explosive confrontation with the Dark Society in a bayou ghost town opens the door to more stories of Lawson and his companions, deftly sketching the wider world’s parameters without shortchanging personal conflicts.”

Publishers Weekly has posted their review of Robert McCammon’s upcoming historical vampire novella, I Travel by Night. You can read their review, with minor plot spoilers, here. The opening sentence of the review is:

Southern gothicist and paranormal historian McCammon (Gone South; The Wolf’s Hour) combines the two genres in this fun, fast novella.

You can pre-order the signed limited edition or the trade hardcover from Subterranean Press here (you can also read an excerpt there). The trade hardcover can also be ordered from Amazon US here.