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Luke Phillips is a writer with a real passion for monsters. Having studied as a zoologist, his imagination has always been captivated by the darker side of our unnatural history.

From trekking through California looking for Bigfoot to camping out in the Highlands on the trail of real-life reported big cats, Luke has strayed from the mainstream into the eerie world of cryptozoology. There, truth may well be stranger and far scarier than fiction!

He lives in the West Kent town of Sevenoaks in the UK. Shadow Beast is his debut novel and is out now.

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Luke Phillips Hi Jeffrey. Thank you very much for the kind words regarding Daughters of the Darkness. And apologies for the long delay in replying to your question …moreHi Jeffrey. Thank you very much for the kind words regarding Daughters of the Darkness. And apologies for the long delay in replying to your question - I have had issues with my Author dashboard.

However, in short, the answer is...hopefully not. I hope to have it out by the end of 2018. I am about 15,000 words in, and making good progress.

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Luke Phillips Hi Jeffrey, I'm so sorry. For some reason, Goodreads doesn't alert me to questions! I'll answer your very patient line of queries all in one go. The a…moreHi Jeffrey, I'm so sorry. For some reason, Goodreads doesn't alert me to questions! I'll answer your very patient line of queries all in one go. The answer is, within the next two weeks as of today. Hopefully sooner. I'm just waiting on the cover to be finished, and for a final proof read and quote. I'll be making it available as soon as possible. Thank you for hanging in there!(less)
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Maneater Monday: The Wolves of World War I — When Nature Stopped the War

In the winter of 1916, on the frozen Eastern Front, German and Russian soldiers discovered that the greatest danger they faced was no longer each other.The Howling in No Man’s Land

The snow fell thick and soundless over the forests of Eastern Europe.
It swallowed roads, softened the edges of trenches, and buried the dead where they lay.

Along the front lines separating German and Russian forces, sent

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