Arcana

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Pub Date 15 Jan 2019 | Archive Date 31 Mar 2019

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Description

Callum McGuire is a new M-forcer who once worked the quiet streets of London. As an orphan, Callum has been brought up to believe that all magic is evil, but the more he sees of The M-forcers’ cruel methods (implemented by General Nero Stark, and his second-in-command Sherman Pryce), the more he begins to question whether or not they are right.

And when he unwittingly encounters a member of the rebel group called Arcana, he’s introduced to their world and realises that nothing will ever be the same again.

Join award-winning and bestselling author Paul Kane (the sell-out phenomenon Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, the Hooded Man series, and the bestselling Before) as he shows you a kind of magic you’ve never seen…

Callum McGuire is a new M-forcer who once worked the quiet streets of London. As an orphan, Callum has been brought up to believe that all magic is evil, but the more he sees of The M-forcers’ cruel...


A Note From the Publisher

In an alternate world where real magic exists, its practitioners are hunted down by police officers called M-forcers. But some groups are fighting back!



Paul Kane is the award-winning, bestselling author and editor of over eighty books – including the Arrowhead trilogy (gathered together in the sellout Hooded Man omnibus, revolving around a post-apocalyptic version of Robin Hood), The Butterfly Man and Other Stories, Hellbound Hearts, The Mammoth Book of Body Horror and Pain Cages (an Amazon #1 bestseller). Find out more at his site www.shadow-writer.co.uk which has featured Guest Writers such as Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Charlaine Harris, Robert Kirkman, Dean Koontz and Guillermo del Toro.

In an alternate world where real magic exists, its practitioners are hunted down by police officers called M-forcers. But some groups are fighting back!



Paul Kane is the award-winning, bestselling...


Advance Praise

Blurbs/Quotes about book General quotes, front cover:

“Paul Kane is a first-rate storyteller, never failing to marry his insights into the world and its anguish with the pleasures of phrases eloquently turned.”—Clive Barker

Or, short version, “Paul Kane is a first-rate storyteller!”

(Clive Barker – Bestselling author of The Hellbound Heart, Abarat, Mr B. Gone & The Scarlet Gospels)

Back cover/inside quotes:

“I’m impressed by the range of Paul Kane’s imagination. It seems there is no risk, no high-stakes gamble, he fears to take…Kane’s foot never gets even close to the brake pedal.”—Peter Straub, New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story

“Kane finds the everyday horrors buried within us, rips them out and serves them up in these deliciously dark tales.”—Kelley Armstrong, bestselling author of Bitten, Haunted, and Thirteen) “Paul Kane is a name to watch. His work is disturbing and very creepy.”—Tim Lebbon, New York Times bestselling author of The Cabin in the Woods, The Silence, and Relics

“Paul Kane’s lean, stripped-back prose is a tool that’s very much fit for purpose. He knows how to make you want to avoid the shadows and the cracks in the pavement.”—Mike Carey, bestselling author of the Felix Castor series and The Girl With All the Gifts, Fellsid,e and The Boy on the Bridge

“His stories not only, at his best, put him neck and neck with Ramsey Campbell and Clive Barker, but also in the company of greats like Machen and MR James. You don’t rest easily after reading a Paul Kane story, but strangely your eyes have been somewhat opened.”—Stephen Volk, BAFTA-winning screenwriter of Gothic, Ghostwatch, Afterlife

“He stands out as one of the better writers I’ve read.”—Eternal Night

“Wonderfully dark and satisfying.”—Dark Side Magazine

“Kane is best when taking risks with his bizarre flights of imagination.”—SFX Magazine)

“Kane is a highly regarded author whose influence can be felt across the genre, with a large and notable body of work behind him.”—Starburst Magazine

Blurbs/Quotes about book General quotes, front cover:

“Paul Kane is a first-rate storyteller, never failing to marry his insights into the world and its anguish with the pleasures of phrases...


Marketing Plan

Press release created and announced. Print ARCs sent to syndicated book reviewers and electronic ARCs sent to a list of many electronic book reviewers. Social media book cover announcement by author. All reviews shared on publisher website and author website and blog. Author blog about upcoming release. Post release marketing activities are announcement for WordFire Wednesday social media blast, author announcements on website, book add to WordFire Press website, book announcement in WordFire Press Newsletter to readers group, book add to the Baen Books website, plus book announcement in the Baen Books monthly newsletter. Continued social media tagging and sharing throughout month for tie-in with the author and press.

Press release created and announced. Print ARCs sent to syndicated book reviewers and electronic ARCs sent to a list of many electronic book reviewers. Social media book cover announcement by...


Available Editions

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