The Birmingham News published an interview with Robert McCammon today to promote his booksigning at the Alabama Booksmith (Birmingham, AL) tomorrow (Wednesday, May 30, 2012) at 4 PM.
Birmingham author Robert McCammon continues Matthew Corbett series with “The Providence Rider”
From Subterranean Press:
We have a number of happenings regarding Robert McCammon’s new historical thriller, The Providence Rider, to highlight for you.
- The trade hardcover edition is done, and shipping to our large online and retail accounts.
- Rick will be in our warehouse from June 19-21 to sign/inscribe copies for customers. Those copies will ship immediately thereafter.
- The ebook edition (Amazon|BN.com|Kobo) is out in the wild, and available to order.
Rick’s new one is well on its way to being another success. Thanks to each and every one of you for making that possible.
Also now available, the ebook edition of Robert McCammon’s 1980 novel, Bethany’s Sin.
The Signed, Limited Edition of Bethany’s Sin, one of Robert McCammon’s early novels, is on schedule to be released this fall. In the meantime, the ebook is already out there in the wild (Amazon|BN.com|Kobo).
Subterranean Press has announced the trade hardcover edition of The Hunter from the Woods, which will be available in Fall 2012. You can pre-order the trade hardcover edition from Subterranean here.
Subterranean Press has also published the final part of their 3-part interview with Robert McCammon by Gwenda Bond. She and Robert talk about Matthew, his favorite research finds, the challenges of writing historical fiction, and the exclusive new Matthew Corbett novella that will be included with the limited edition. Robert also shares a tip about something to look for the books that fans of the series won’t want to miss. You can read part all three parts of the interview on the Subterranean site: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Finally, a few reviews have popped up around the ‘net in recent days:
Finally, Lou Pendergrast has created a Robert McCammon group on GoodReads. The goal is to read one Robert McCammon novel each month and discuss it.
From the Publishers Weekly website:
The Providence Rider
Robert R. McCammon. Subterranean (www.subterraneanpress.com), $26.95 (416p) ISBN 978-1-59606-466-9Problem-solver Matthew Corbett’s past comes back to haunt him in McCammon’s intriguing fourth historical thriller (after 2010’s Mister Slaughter). Shanghaied in 1704 from Manhattan to Pendulum Island, the Bermuda home of his nemesis, criminal mastermind Professor Fell, Matthew is tasked with finding out who among Fell’s criminal confederates is leaking to England Fell’s plans to sell a devastating new type of weapon to the nation’s European enemies. Matthew must not only risk betraying his mother country to do Fell’s bidding but also find some way to save his girlfriend, Berry Grigsby, whom Fell is holding in pawn until Matthew completes the job. Once again, McCammon provides a colorful and well-researched depiction of colonial America, enlivened by a rogues’ gallery of well-drawn characters. Hair’s-breadth escapes and the teasing promise that characters who appear to have been disposed of might resurface in future adventures make this a rollicking good yarn. Agent: Cameron McClure, DMLA. (May)
Reviewed on: 03/19/2012
Remember, you can download the first 120 pages of The Providence Rider for free from Subterranean Press! The book will be published in late May 2012.
Subterranean Press posted this on their website this morning:
Robert McCammon — Read the First 120 Pages of THE PROVIDENCE RIDER
Want an early, extensive look at Robert McCammon’s major new historical novel, The Providence Rider? We’re happy to provide one. Please head over to the book’s page, where you’ll find a gigantic free sample of Matthew Corbett’s latest adventure, available as a pdf, and in mobi and epub formats.
Oh, and the image above? They’re the endsheets from the signed limited and signed trade editions. The Providence Rider is going to be one beautiful book, as well as one thrilling adventure. Don’t miss it.
Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 9:39 am.
The T-shirts we did for The Five were popular enough that we decided to offer T-shirts featuring the cover artwork from Mister Slaughter and The Providence Rider. Vincent Chong’s fantastic covers look great on a T-shirt!
The purpose of the shirts is simply to help promote the Matthew Corbett books. In order to keep the costs down, no profit is made from these shirts; the prices shown are the actual costs of the shirts from Spreadshirt.com. A variety of shirt types, colors, and sizes are available. Additional shirt styles can be added to the store, so if you don’t see the type of shirt you want, drop me a line and let me know what you want.
Robert McCammon T-shirts at Spreadshirt.com
Note that the printing and shipping of the shirts is handled entirely by Spreadshirt. In my experience, it takes about 7 to 10 days for U.S. orders to be delivered.
We’re deep in production on Robert McCammon’s upcoming historical thriller, The Providence Rider, which means that praise is starting to roll in. We’re only too happy to share the good words with you.
From Joe R. Lansdale:
“Wow, McCammon is back with a vengeance, and he’s riding high with The Providence Rider. Historical, strange, creepy, and engaging as all of McCammon’s work is. I highly recommend it.”
From William Browning Spencer:
“I just finished reading The Providence Rider. It may be the best of the series so far. Beginning with Speaks the Nightbird, Robert McCammon’s only credible competition is Robert McCammon. As is the case, I suspect, with most lifetime readers, I’m somewhat jaded, less likely to be bowled over by a book. But reading The Providence Rider created a feeling akin to what I experienced reading Kidnapped or A Princess of Mars when I was a kid.”
From Famous Monsters of Filmland:
“The Providence Rider is an absolutely brilliant historical thriller that will keep you turning the pages at a feverish pace as Mr. McCammon takes you along on a grand adventure full of action, intrigue, violence, love and friendship… [The Providence Rider] contains the best of what I liked about the first three books, while adding substance and depth to Matthew, and introducing us to some new and interesting characters that I will be looking forward to getting to know better in future tales.”
From Horror Drive-In:
“In The Providence Rider, Corbett is launched quite literally into his most exotic adventure yet. Already targeted by the nefarious ‘Emperor of Crime’, Professor Fell, Corbett is taken against his wishes to an island where the Doctor reigns supreme. Though Fell has previously marked Corbett for death, he now needs the young problem solver to help him with some of his own troubles… What makes this series work so, other than McCammon’s flawless depiction of the past and the exquisite language he conjures it up with, is the basic decency of Matthew Corbett. The young detective is intelligent, tenacious, honorable, and simply a good human being. Yet no man can face the evils Corbett faces in these books and remain wholly innocent.”
On the production end of things, we’re doing quite well. The signature pages are in hand, while Vincent Chong maintained the high marks he set with the art from Mister Slaughter. (You can see full color and black-and-white examples at The Providence Rider page). Rick McCammon is taking his final proofing pass through the book. We are set to publish, right on time, in May.
Posted on Sunday, February 5th, 2012 at 12:11 pm.
The first three reviews of The Providence Rider have appeared on the ‘net. All are spoiler-free:
The Providence Rider will be published in May 2012 by Subterranean Press. You can pre-order several editions from Subterranean Press.
Artist Vincent Chong recently completed the artwork for the upcoming Subterranean Press release of Robert McCammon’s The Providence Rider, the fourth book in the Matthew Corbett series. He posted a few examples of the artwork on his blog. Vincent wrote:
As with Mister Slaughter, I did a number of B&W interiors, but for this one I also provided colour endpaper art (which you can see below) and two colour interiors, one to go with the new story, Death Comes for the Rich Man (another Matthew Corbett adventure), that accompanies this volume.
You can click on the images below to view larger versions of the art. The Providence Rider can be pre-ordered here.
Congratulations to Vincent, who last year received two British Fantasy Awards for ‘Best Artist’ and for ‘Best-Non Fiction’ for his art book Altered Visions. He was also nominated for the 2011 World Fantasy Award for ‘Best Artist’.
