Coming Soon: Legion of the Damned

After weeks of tweaking and adjusting I've finally reached the end of the project to create the cover for book three of the Deadland Chronicles.

Permit me to introduce you to

Legion of the Damned: 

Coming of age in a post apocalyptic world.

Coming soon to an e-book retailer near you.

No firm date on release has been set as of yet but I'll keep everyone posted. It was fun figuring out how to do this one. I had to stage the bear on a small stage I built in my workshop. Here's one of the raw shots. 

Once I worked this out it was simply a matter of working out the rest of the details using royalty free images. The two eyes in the background occurred naturally and I just had to tweak one of them using the liquify filter in photoshop.

So what do yo think of this cover? Your comments are greatly appreciated.

Cover Reveal: Out of the Dark

‘Out of the Dark #1’

We are temporary. Finite.

The choices we’ve made, the people we have loved. Who we used to be no longer matters.

Because now it is all about the ending. And the ending always comes too soon.

There’s fear in the dark. And behind every drop of light, the shadows creep and the darkness comes in the form of clawing, red-eyed monsters. They hunt us—stalk us…they are desperate to destroy us.

But I have a reason to fight the darkness and everything in it. A small glimpse of light that lives within my golden-haired daughter, Lilly. She is my strength. She is my everything.

Every life is an untold story, each scene unfolding until the final act. But our ending has yet to be written, and I will continue to protect us, until I can not.

Add it to your bookshelves here:
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Riley delivers a story that is equal parts thrilling and breathtaking. It beautifully illustrates the lengths we go to survive and what it means to love when we've lost everything.
NYT & USA Today bestselling Author A. Meredith Walters

Riley’s ‘Out of the Dark’ holds a special place in my heart. Before I’d devoured it, I’d never read a book that so beautifully and eloquently captured the distressing, aching love a mother holds for her child. It is built into the heart strings of a woman, natural and containable.

In her most unique and mysterious way, Riley has given us a transcendent picture of love in the midst of a terrifying climate. She has shown us what it means to choose your family, that it is a matter of honor and earning and not a matter of a blood bond and obligation. I am honored to have read this book pre-release and I know it will stick to me like honey, nearly goes past biological and into spiritual. glued onto the fabric of who I am as a human being.
Speculative fiction author - Eli Constant

A beautifully written story that makes you realize that you should always have hope, even in the most desperate of circumstances. It will tug at your heart strings, until by the end, there isn’t a dry eye in the house.
Goodreads & Amazon reviewer

Claire C. Riley is a USA Today and International bestselling author. She is also a bestselling British horror writer and an Amazon top 100 bestseller.

Her work is best described as the modernization of classic, old-school horror. She fuses multi-genre elements to develop storylines that pay homage to cult classics while still feeling fresh and cutting edge. She writes characters that are realistic, and kills them without mercy.

Claire lives in the United Kingdom with her husband, three daughters, and one scruffy dog.

‘She writes characters that are realistic and then kills them without mercy’
– Eli Constant author of Z-Children, Dead Trees, Mastic and much more.

Claire is the author of:

Odium The Dead Saga Series (3 books),

Odium Origins Series (3 books),

Limerence (The Obsession Series) (2 books),

Thicker than Blood series (2 books),

 

Shut Up & Kiss me,
Plus much more.

www.clairecriley.com

www.facebook.com/ClaireCRileyAuthor

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Cover Reveal: August's Gardens by Michelle Barclay

It has been three years since Michelle Barclay published her debut novel Morrigan's Shadows. Readers can return to the same world of horror and fantasy this summer with its sequel August's Gardens. The cover is ready and the novel is not far behind. Look for it at all major online retailers on August 18, 2015. 

Morrigan is beyond death, trapped in a hellish nightmare from which only the Artist can save her. The Fiend is behind enemy lines learning to reap what he has sown. The Artist reaches deep into his past to find a reason for the strange woman he now must rescue from the vile Dark Man. The Winged Man is forced to wait while all of the elements he needs to start war with hell itself fall into place. Will he fight alone or will his shattered family unite with him?

About the Author

Michelle Barclay is the author of Morrigan's Shadows, Rot and the upcoming novel August's Gardens. She lives on the South Shore in Massachusetts with her husband. 

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