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Old Haunts
Alan Shaw is at it again.
From homeless urchin to world-class adventurer, Alan has tackled magic, myths and machines, lost love and made one fatal mistake. In an effort to come to terms with what he has done, Alan heads into the East and disappears from the world.
His new partner, the loyal and straight-talking pilot, Merry, might just bring him out of his darkness. Or maybe Alan's curse will take them both to places from which they can never return. Ancient dangers return to smother the world in sand, the demonic cult leader Volkert rises again, and Alan's past will come back to deliver a haymaker. But those are the least of his worries because, on the streets of London, Mister Slay is leaving a wake of fear and blood, daring Alan to return home.
With his life as a Privateer taking him from China to Chicago, Egypt to the East End, the danger and wry wit keeps coming in this much-anticipated sequel to a Steampunk epic adventure.
From homeless urchin to world-class adventurer, Alan has tackled magic, myths and machines, lost love and made one fatal mistake. In an effort to come to terms with what he has done, Alan heads into the East and disappears from the world.
His new partner, the loyal and straight-talking pilot, Merry, might just bring him out of his darkness. Or maybe Alan's curse will take them both to places from which they can never return. Ancient dangers return to smother the world in sand, the demonic cult leader Volkert rises again, and Alan's past will come back to deliver a haymaker. But those are the least of his worries because, on the streets of London, Mister Slay is leaving a wake of fear and blood, daring Alan to return home.
With his life as a Privateer taking him from China to Chicago, Egypt to the East End, the danger and wry wit keeps coming in this much-anticipated sequel to a Steampunk epic adventure.
265 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 23, 2018
4 people want to read
About the author
Craig Hallam
22 books79 followersCraig Hallam is an international best-selling author from Doncaster, UK. His work spans all aspects of Speculative Fiction and Mental Health non-fiction, and poetry.
Since his debut in the British Fantasy Society journal, his tales have nestled between the pages of magazines and anthologies the world over. His novels and short stories have filled the imaginations of geeks, niche and alternative readers with their character-driven style and unusual plots.
Craig has recently chronicled his experiences of living with depression and anxiety in the international best-seller, Down Days. Topping the Amazon charts in the UK and US at the start of COVID, the book has since been a finalist for the Independent Author Network’s Book of the Year Awards and read the world over.
His latest novel, Make Believe, is the first book in an exciting new series called The Hexford Witches, based entirely in the Yorkshire Dales.
Craig’s next project is a literary Gothic series based in contemporary Yorkshire. The first book will highlight the ghosts of the area’s industrial past and the families who were left broken by the closure of the local mines. While one man grieves for the loss of his wife and is hunted by recurring visions of a large black dog hunting him, his granddaughter is also preyed upon by the boys and men of an honourless society.
Find Craig’s books and social media at: Linktr.ee/craighallamauthor
Since his debut in the British Fantasy Society journal, his tales have nestled between the pages of magazines and anthologies the world over. His novels and short stories have filled the imaginations of geeks, niche and alternative readers with their character-driven style and unusual plots.
Craig has recently chronicled his experiences of living with depression and anxiety in the international best-seller, Down Days. Topping the Amazon charts in the UK and US at the start of COVID, the book has since been a finalist for the Independent Author Network’s Book of the Year Awards and read the world over.
His latest novel, Make Believe, is the first book in an exciting new series called The Hexford Witches, based entirely in the Yorkshire Dales.
Craig’s next project is a literary Gothic series based in contemporary Yorkshire. The first book will highlight the ghosts of the area’s industrial past and the families who were left broken by the closure of the local mines. While one man grieves for the loss of his wife and is hunted by recurring visions of a large black dog hunting him, his granddaughter is also preyed upon by the boys and men of an honourless society.
Find Craig’s books and social media at: Linktr.ee/craighallamauthor
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February 17, 2020
Excellent work, Mr Shaw... um, I mean Mr Hallam.
A thoroughly captivating series of stories, full of thrills, wicked humour, and dastardly deeds foiled, but that ending... so chillingly dark. I'd say you don't have to be a steampunk junkie to enjoy Old Haunts, but if you are, then it will provide a most satisfying fix.
What I quite liked about this book is that -- compendium of standalone tales though it is -- it very much reads and feels like a singular novel. But I guess that's just me being a writerly nerd.
Oh, for the sake of transparency, I should add that I share a publisher with the author, but this has no bearing on my reaction to his work. I very much enjoyed it. Can't wait for the next volume in the trilogy.
A thoroughly captivating series of stories, full of thrills, wicked humour, and dastardly deeds foiled, but that ending... so chillingly dark. I'd say you don't have to be a steampunk junkie to enjoy Old Haunts, but if you are, then it will provide a most satisfying fix.
What I quite liked about this book is that -- compendium of standalone tales though it is -- it very much reads and feels like a singular novel. But I guess that's just me being a writerly nerd.
Oh, for the sake of transparency, I should add that I share a publisher with the author, but this has no bearing on my reaction to his work. I very much enjoyed it. Can't wait for the next volume in the trilogy.
February 23, 2019
enjoyed the adventurres
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