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Luke Phillips

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Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

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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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Average rating: 4.19 · 1,188 ratings · 130 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shadow Beast (Thomas Walker, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 729 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daughters of the Darkness (Thomas Walker, #2) 4.46 avg rating — 245 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantom Beast 4.35 avg rating — 203 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Unseen Shadows: Big-Cat Sightings in Britain – Autumn 2025 Round-Up

From Suffolk harvest fields to moorland mist in North Wales, a fresh wave of “panthers,” pumas and dark-coated felids stirred Britain’s rural imagination through October and November.

As dusk creeps ever earlier, as hedgerows thin and fields lie fallow, the old hush seems to awaken once more. Reports of something alien abroad: black silhouettes crossing lanes, long tails vanishing between trees

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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

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'Salem’s Lot

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Luke Phillips said: " I’m really enjoying working my way through some of King’s earlier books. Salem’s Lot has always stood out to me as his homage to the classic Hammer vampire horrors and bloodsucking lore in general.

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