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Din Eidyn Corpus #4
dEaDINBURGH: Hunted
Alys, Joey, Bracha and Steph return to face a new foe in the final book of the dEaDINBURGH series. Coming Summer, 2016
One year after the Battle of Edinburgh Castle, Alys Shephard and Joey MacLeod, now leaders of their new community, are confronted by a new threat from the north of the city.
Hunting a man named The Eunuch, they make their fledgling community known to a group of merciless hunters whose cruel culture is based on gladiatorial games.
Meanwhile, Steph, who has unfinished business with Bracha, hunts her former torturer and mentor in the south where a mysterious prophet has gathered a community of disciples.
Mark Wilson definitively concludes his dEaDINBURGH series with dEaDINBURGH: Hunted (Din Eidyn Corpus 4).
One year after the Battle of Edinburgh Castle, Alys Shephard and Joey MacLeod, now leaders of their new community, are confronted by a new threat from the north of the city.
Hunting a man named The Eunuch, they make their fledgling community known to a group of merciless hunters whose cruel culture is based on gladiatorial games.
Meanwhile, Steph, who has unfinished business with Bracha, hunts her former torturer and mentor in the south where a mysterious prophet has gathered a community of disciples.
Mark Wilson definitively concludes his dEaDINBURGH series with dEaDINBURGH: Hunted (Din Eidyn Corpus 4).
302 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 13, 2016
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About the author
Mark Wilson
15 books173 followersMark Wilson is the Amazon-bestselling author of ten works of fiction and one non-fiction memoir.
He also writes Psychological Thrillers under the pseudonym, CP Wilson.
Mark's short story 'Glass Ceiling' won first prize in May, 2015 on Spinetingler's Short story competition and will be included in Ryan Bracha's Twelve Nights at Table Six. dEaDINBURGH reached the quarter finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in 2014 and is a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, 2015.
Mark's works include:
Coming of Age - Bobby's Boy (Lanarkshire Strays).
Pyschological Thriller (Novella) - Head Boy (Lanarkshire Strays).
International Thriller - Naebody's Hero (Lanarkshire Strays).
Science Fiction Thriller - The Man Who Sold His Son (Lanarkshire Strays).
Horror novels - dEaDINBURGH: Vantage, dEaDINBURGH: Alliances, dEaDINBURGH: Origins, dEaDINBURGH: Hunted.
Satire: On The Seventh Day
Psychological Satire: Wake Up And Smell The Coffin
Autobiography - Paddy's Daddy
Mark also writes Crime Thrillers under the pseudonym, CP Wilson.
Mark's acclaimed Lanarkshire Strays series are standalone novels and feature Mark's home county. Lanarkshire Strays is also available as an omnibus edition.
His novels have been well received and feature Scottish characters and locations.
Mark has several other stories in progress:
Alice - A Psychological Crime Thriller - Due February, 2017
The Headnet - Sci-Fi Dystopic Nightmare - Due Easter, 2017
AMSTERDAMned - Horror - Due 2017
Mark currently teaches Biology in a Fife secondary school and is founder of Paddy's Daddy Publishing, a company he set up to assist Scottish authors. He writes in his spare time, in lieu of sleep.
You can visit Mark at markwilsonbooks.com or facebook.com/markwilsonbooks
You can also connect with Mark on twitter: @markwilsonbooks
He also writes Psychological Thrillers under the pseudonym, CP Wilson.
Mark's short story 'Glass Ceiling' won first prize in May, 2015 on Spinetingler's Short story competition and will be included in Ryan Bracha's Twelve Nights at Table Six. dEaDINBURGH reached the quarter finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in 2014 and is a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, 2015.
Mark's works include:
Coming of Age - Bobby's Boy (Lanarkshire Strays).
Pyschological Thriller (Novella) - Head Boy (Lanarkshire Strays).
International Thriller - Naebody's Hero (Lanarkshire Strays).
Science Fiction Thriller - The Man Who Sold His Son (Lanarkshire Strays).
Horror novels - dEaDINBURGH: Vantage, dEaDINBURGH: Alliances, dEaDINBURGH: Origins, dEaDINBURGH: Hunted.
Satire: On The Seventh Day
Psychological Satire: Wake Up And Smell The Coffin
Autobiography - Paddy's Daddy
Mark also writes Crime Thrillers under the pseudonym, CP Wilson.
Mark's acclaimed Lanarkshire Strays series are standalone novels and feature Mark's home county. Lanarkshire Strays is also available as an omnibus edition.
His novels have been well received and feature Scottish characters and locations.
Mark has several other stories in progress:
Alice - A Psychological Crime Thriller - Due February, 2017
The Headnet - Sci-Fi Dystopic Nightmare - Due Easter, 2017
AMSTERDAMned - Horror - Due 2017
Mark currently teaches Biology in a Fife secondary school and is founder of Paddy's Daddy Publishing, a company he set up to assist Scottish authors. He writes in his spare time, in lieu of sleep.
You can visit Mark at markwilsonbooks.com or facebook.com/markwilsonbooks
You can also connect with Mark on twitter: @markwilsonbooks
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July 20, 2016
dEaDINBURGH: Hunted (Din Eidyn Corpus #4) Mark Wilson
dEaDINBURGH: Hunted (Din Eidyn Corpus #4)
So, my favourite series of books comes to a final conclusion. I would be dismayed but the ending of this series leaves a door open for similar fayre from the talented Mark Wilson (Can’t really elaborate further without spoiling plot..Y’know the score).
Anyone who’s followed my reviews on here will know how much I’ve enjoyed the series thus far. The story began with the initial imprisonment of plague sufferers under the grounds of St. Marys church in Edinburgh and how centuries later all hell was let loose in Edinburgh when the crypts were opened and zombie-like survivors ate and killed through the population of Modern day Edinburgh. In a short time, the UK government erected a wall / fence around the entirety of Edinburgh sealing in survivours and Zombies (The Ringed) alike.
Throughout the series we have gotten to meet some of the survivours including the main young heroes of the tales (Alys and Joe), as well as other regulars like Steph, James and one of my favourite villains of all time, “Bracha” (whose true identity is revealed in book 3 of the series, causing your humble narrator to spit out his rice crispies in utter shock and mirth!) There have been important characters throughout the books, none more so I guess, than Joe and Steph’s parents and Joes adopted father Figure, Jock.
Wilson brings them all to life with unnerving reality (especially given the nature / genre of the books) Each and every character is brought to life, flaws and all. This is no twee Young Adult series…not by a long chalk. The killings, battles, fights and even the family relationships are brutal. But there is humour, sadness and Uplifting moments aplenty throughout all of the first 3 books of the series and (thank you Mr Wilson) an epic good versus evil battle. (theres also a story changing twist to the end of book 2 Deadinburgh, Alliances). I thought that was it….,game over after the defining book 3 battle. I was gutted. I felt that there was so much more to build on.
I was right.
This final instalment not only ties up all the loose ends brilliantly, it also introduces brilliant new characters like The Deacon, Jess, The Eunuch and a whole new sinister cult, founded decades earlier when they sealed their privileged arse's in a golf club house community and its surrounding lands, away from contamination and the Ringed.
Joe’s father makes an unexpected and unwelcome return and thankfully, for everyone’s entertainment, the twisted and tortured Bracha returns.
This is where it’s difficult to discuss without giving too much away to you unfortunates who haven’t read any of the series.
Behind the scenes of the internal hunts, battles, infections and slayings is an even more sinister monster…and after Joe and Alys meet up with Joes father an even bigger event unfolds that puts the entire world at risk.
Will it survive, will our heroes survive? ..I swear that I read the final few chapters open mouthed as Wilson uses his literary talents to paint images of despair, hope, victory, defeat, death and life and more death firmly in your mind’s eye.
I was genuinely happy / sad when it all finally ended as Wilson has such a brilliant knack of drawing you in emotionally to his characters. The ending for these particular group was nigh on perfect for me…and around this ending Wilson intertwined some new twists and tales that firmly opened the door for a new adventure that left me with a smile on my face whilst my brain and heart were mourning the final end of the Deadinburgh stories.
I can’t recommend this book (and its 3 predecessors ( dEaDINBURGH: Vantage , dEaDINBURGH: Alliances and dEaDINBURGH: Origins enough.
Enthralling 5 out of 5
dEaDINBURGH: Hunted (Din Eidyn Corpus #4)
So, my favourite series of books comes to a final conclusion. I would be dismayed but the ending of this series leaves a door open for similar fayre from the talented Mark Wilson (Can’t really elaborate further without spoiling plot..Y’know the score).
Anyone who’s followed my reviews on here will know how much I’ve enjoyed the series thus far. The story began with the initial imprisonment of plague sufferers under the grounds of St. Marys church in Edinburgh and how centuries later all hell was let loose in Edinburgh when the crypts were opened and zombie-like survivors ate and killed through the population of Modern day Edinburgh. In a short time, the UK government erected a wall / fence around the entirety of Edinburgh sealing in survivours and Zombies (The Ringed) alike.
Throughout the series we have gotten to meet some of the survivours including the main young heroes of the tales (Alys and Joe), as well as other regulars like Steph, James and one of my favourite villains of all time, “Bracha” (whose true identity is revealed in book 3 of the series, causing your humble narrator to spit out his rice crispies in utter shock and mirth!) There have been important characters throughout the books, none more so I guess, than Joe and Steph’s parents and Joes adopted father Figure, Jock.
Wilson brings them all to life with unnerving reality (especially given the nature / genre of the books) Each and every character is brought to life, flaws and all. This is no twee Young Adult series…not by a long chalk. The killings, battles, fights and even the family relationships are brutal. But there is humour, sadness and Uplifting moments aplenty throughout all of the first 3 books of the series and (thank you Mr Wilson) an epic good versus evil battle. (theres also a story changing twist to the end of book 2 Deadinburgh, Alliances). I thought that was it….,game over after the defining book 3 battle. I was gutted. I felt that there was so much more to build on.
I was right.
This final instalment not only ties up all the loose ends brilliantly, it also introduces brilliant new characters like The Deacon, Jess, The Eunuch and a whole new sinister cult, founded decades earlier when they sealed their privileged arse's in a golf club house community and its surrounding lands, away from contamination and the Ringed.
Joe’s father makes an unexpected and unwelcome return and thankfully, for everyone’s entertainment, the twisted and tortured Bracha returns.
This is where it’s difficult to discuss without giving too much away to you unfortunates who haven’t read any of the series.
Behind the scenes of the internal hunts, battles, infections and slayings is an even more sinister monster…and after Joe and Alys meet up with Joes father an even bigger event unfolds that puts the entire world at risk.
Will it survive, will our heroes survive? ..I swear that I read the final few chapters open mouthed as Wilson uses his literary talents to paint images of despair, hope, victory, defeat, death and life and more death firmly in your mind’s eye.
I was genuinely happy / sad when it all finally ended as Wilson has such a brilliant knack of drawing you in emotionally to his characters. The ending for these particular group was nigh on perfect for me…and around this ending Wilson intertwined some new twists and tales that firmly opened the door for a new adventure that left me with a smile on my face whilst my brain and heart were mourning the final end of the Deadinburgh stories.
I can’t recommend this book (and its 3 predecessors ( dEaDINBURGH: Vantage , dEaDINBURGH: Alliances and dEaDINBURGH: Origins enough.
Enthralling 5 out of 5
July 13, 2017
Fantastic ending!
December 3, 2018
After the outing of who Bracha is I didn't expect any better twists than that but I was so wrong. Loved the ending which is very clever and a more than fitting way to end this fine and imaginative take on the zombie genre. A definite stand out in this field.
Ray Smillie
Ray Smillie
July 1, 2016
Mark Wilson's cult series draws to a spectacular close, and for me it's the best book of the lot.
Set some time after the explosive events of the first three books, 'Hunted' picks up as the blossoming community of Edinburgh castle settles into some degree of a normal life, despite the horrors that exist beyond their walls. Life doesn't remain bliss for too long, however, as one of their number is cruelly murdered by a former friend. It sets in motion a horrific chain of events as we meet new characters for whom violence and death are a way of life, and old characters who battle their inner demons and urges to reform.
As usual, Mark Wilson weaves beauty and horror together like candy floss and barbed wire, and it works like a dream for him. He avoids cliché like cliché was a former friend who fucked his wife and left him to raise cliché's children.
Zombie stuff doesn't really fly with me, but as with the majority of Wilson's previous works, the settings are just that. They're what's happening in the background as he sells you his incredible characters and scenes, and it works for him. It really really works for him.
It's the final book of the series so expect some favourites to perish, and expect some surprises as he ties up his loose ends. This grand finale is magnificent. Five easy stars.
Set some time after the explosive events of the first three books, 'Hunted' picks up as the blossoming community of Edinburgh castle settles into some degree of a normal life, despite the horrors that exist beyond their walls. Life doesn't remain bliss for too long, however, as one of their number is cruelly murdered by a former friend. It sets in motion a horrific chain of events as we meet new characters for whom violence and death are a way of life, and old characters who battle their inner demons and urges to reform.
As usual, Mark Wilson weaves beauty and horror together like candy floss and barbed wire, and it works like a dream for him. He avoids cliché like cliché was a former friend who fucked his wife and left him to raise cliché's children.
Zombie stuff doesn't really fly with me, but as with the majority of Wilson's previous works, the settings are just that. They're what's happening in the background as he sells you his incredible characters and scenes, and it works for him. It really really works for him.
It's the final book of the series so expect some favourites to perish, and expect some surprises as he ties up his loose ends. This grand finale is magnificent. Five easy stars.
July 28, 2016
I have always liked Mark Wilson's books. They are so varied in scope and story, but all have the same resounding quality of workmanship put into them.
When I first got the first book in the dEaDINBURGH series, I will be totally honest, I did not have high hopes of what a "zombie" book would offer. I was surprised. It was a delight to read. And as the series progressed, it became less about Zombies and more about relationships, struggles and ideas that resonate throughout society.
As I came to the conclusion, I was sort of dreading how it was going to end. But the circle turned, the world revolved, and it sat very well with me, when I finished it at about 5am.
Would not hesitate to recommend this series to anyone. Its well written, well paced, and a good solid adventure.
When I first got the first book in the dEaDINBURGH series, I will be totally honest, I did not have high hopes of what a "zombie" book would offer. I was surprised. It was a delight to read. And as the series progressed, it became less about Zombies and more about relationships, struggles and ideas that resonate throughout society.
As I came to the conclusion, I was sort of dreading how it was going to end. But the circle turned, the world revolved, and it sat very well with me, when I finished it at about 5am.
Would not hesitate to recommend this series to anyone. Its well written, well paced, and a good solid adventure.
July 9, 2016
Brilliant conclusion to the dEaDINBURGH series. Absolutely loved it.
July 16, 2016
I loved this book series. I know I've enjoyed a book, when I'm desperate to find out what happens, but try not to read too quickly as I don't want it all to end!
What a great ending though!!!!
What a great ending though!!!!
February 25, 2018
This series is one of my favorites. With reality TV, crazy royals, and zombies how could it not be?? The final book in the series did not disappoint. I'm so sad some of the best characters stories are over. I loved the ending. What a great full circle of events. Buy the whole series on Amazon because you will want to read it more than once. These are also great reads for teens. There is even a great story arch of the abuse of social media. Hopefully some day I will get to Edinburgh. These books have inspired me to visit!
August 5, 2017
Good series
I loved the dEaDINBURGH books! I was really tired of all of the zombie books, shows and movies, but this series was different somehow. I liked the characters, and enjoyed following their stories. It was good in a realistic way. I would recommend this book.
I loved the dEaDINBURGH books! I was really tired of all of the zombie books, shows and movies, but this series was different somehow. I liked the characters, and enjoyed following their stories. It was good in a realistic way. I would recommend this book.
July 4, 2017
Great ending!
I loved this series, so hard! A great zombie tale, and an even greater love story, for me! What a great ending to a series! I was completely happy with the series ending.
I loved this series, so hard! A great zombie tale, and an even greater love story, for me! What a great ending to a series! I was completely happy with the series ending.
May 9, 2018
Great series. If you want action and horror, these are the four books to read!
June 9, 2018
No do not end
You are right! A great book I do not want this series to end please come back with other survivors the writing style is wonderful.
You are right! A great book I do not want this series to end please come back with other survivors the writing style is wonderful.
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