Matthew Corbett has always been a restless soul. After a long hiatus, McCammon returned in 2002. Speaks the Nightbird was published by a small Alabama company called River City Publishing.
I remember it so well. In '02 I was still Moderator at Shocklines. Rumors were floating around about a new Robert McCammon novel on the way. We were all beyond excited. Someone mentioned River City Publishing, but we knew nothing definite. So what did I do? The River City website had contact information, so I picked up the phone and called them. A very nice lady picked up, and she graciously answered all my questions. The dream was true. Robert McCammon was coming back. She even sent me a signed advance reading copy.
Speaks the Nightbird surpassed all expectations. Best of all, McCammon was just getting started.
Matthew returned home to Pocket Books with the second in the Corbett series. The Queen of Bedlam was even better than Speaks the Nightbird. Yet Dear Matthew, and Mr. McCammon, deserved far better than the spit-and-toilet paper hardcover Pocket/Simon and Schuster released. My copy already has brown pages.
Matthew Corbett broke free of the constraints of mass market published after The Queen of Bedlam and he sailed stormy seas over to the greener shores of Subterranean Press. Subterranean makes great books that are as sturdy as they are beautiful. It was a comfortable home, and Corbett enjoyed the bounty for several years and four adventurous books. It was a joyous period for Robert McCammon fans, and we rejoiced as were read Mister Slaughter, The Providence Rider, The River of Souls, and Freedom of the Mask.
Young Corbett departed the Subterranean fortress and lit out for other pastures. His voyage landed on the ramparts of Cemetery Dance Publications with Cardinal Black. The cries of happiness were heard from pole to pole.
Matthew Corbett, problem solver extraordinaire, ever seeks out new challenges, so he plunged on to new, unexpected territory. His trek brought him to Lividian Publications, run by former Cemetery Dance Managing Editor Brian James Freeman. The latest, and if we are to believe the scuttlebutt, penultimate Matthew Corbett novel, The King of Shadows, has now been published in an absolutely stunning deluxe, slipcased edition. Trade hardcovers are due in December.
I almost always pass on the expensive hardcovers, but this is Robert McCammon and Matthew Corbett. I bought the limited edition and I don't feel a bit guilty about it.
Matthew has been represented in beautiful hardcovers before, but The King of Shadows is, without a doubt, the most gorgeous book in the series.
Devout readers know that Matthew was about to embark on a treacherous endeavor at the close of Cardinal Black. A foolhardy one, perhaps, but Corbett's code of honor is ironclad. He and his party begin their sojourn, but are forced to make a tantalizing detour. McCammon defies all expectations in The King of Shadows. It's the most uncanny escapade poor Matthew has yet experienced.
The King of Shadows is also my favorite of the entire series. I've loved them all, but none have bewitched and delighted me as much as much as this one. The magnificent Lividian production surely helped. It really does make a difference.
I pray Matthew Corbett cools his heels at Lividian, and his many devoted readers will see the end of his saga at that most worthy repose.
Written by Mark Sieber
I remember it so well. In '02 I was still Moderator at Shocklines. Rumors were floating around about a new Robert McCammon novel on the way. We were all beyond excited. Someone mentioned River City Publishing, but we knew nothing definite. So what did I do? The River City website had contact information, so I picked up the phone and called them. A very nice lady picked up, and she graciously answered all my questions. The dream was true. Robert McCammon was coming back. She even sent me a signed advance reading copy.
Speaks the Nightbird surpassed all expectations. Best of all, McCammon was just getting started.
Matthew returned home to Pocket Books with the second in the Corbett series. The Queen of Bedlam was even better than Speaks the Nightbird. Yet Dear Matthew, and Mr. McCammon, deserved far better than the spit-and-toilet paper hardcover Pocket/Simon and Schuster released. My copy already has brown pages.
Matthew Corbett broke free of the constraints of mass market published after The Queen of Bedlam and he sailed stormy seas over to the greener shores of Subterranean Press. Subterranean makes great books that are as sturdy as they are beautiful. It was a comfortable home, and Corbett enjoyed the bounty for several years and four adventurous books. It was a joyous period for Robert McCammon fans, and we rejoiced as were read Mister Slaughter, The Providence Rider, The River of Souls, and Freedom of the Mask.Young Corbett departed the Subterranean fortress and lit out for other pastures. His voyage landed on the ramparts of Cemetery Dance Publications with Cardinal Black. The cries of happiness were heard from pole to pole.
Matthew Corbett, problem solver extraordinaire, ever seeks out new challenges, so he plunged on to new, unexpected territory. His trek brought him to Lividian Publications, run by former Cemetery Dance Managing Editor Brian James Freeman. The latest, and if we are to believe the scuttlebutt, penultimate Matthew Corbett novel, The King of Shadows, has now been published in an absolutely stunning deluxe, slipcased edition. Trade hardcovers are due in December.
I almost always pass on the expensive hardcovers, but this is Robert McCammon and Matthew Corbett. I bought the limited edition and I don't feel a bit guilty about it.
Matthew has been represented in beautiful hardcovers before, but The King of Shadows is, without a doubt, the most gorgeous book in the series.
Devout readers know that Matthew was about to embark on a treacherous endeavor at the close of Cardinal Black. A foolhardy one, perhaps, but Corbett's code of honor is ironclad. He and his party begin their sojourn, but are forced to make a tantalizing detour. McCammon defies all expectations in The King of Shadows. It's the most uncanny escapade poor Matthew has yet experienced.
The King of Shadows is also my favorite of the entire series. I've loved them all, but none have bewitched and delighted me as much as much as this one. The magnificent Lividian production surely helped. It really does make a difference.
I pray Matthew Corbett cools his heels at Lividian, and his many devoted readers will see the end of his saga at that most worthy repose.
Written by Mark Sieber
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