Cyrus Darian and the Wicked Wraith

The Misadventures continue …
When his best friend Miles abandons him and decides to work for a ruthless social climber, Cyrus finds himself alone and lacking direction.
London is once again under attack, this time from a mysterious wraith …
Then Cyrus is enlisted to help protect a young female magician from the deadly creature’s grasp.
But who and what is Selene? And why does the creature want her so much?
In order to learn the truth Cyrus must once again set sail on another misadventure …

‘Raven Dane has an unrivalled talent for weaving multiple groups with individual agendas into a coherent plot.’ Dave Brzeski, British Fantasy Society

232pp. B-format paperback novel.
ISBN 978-1-84583-967-3
Published August 2019

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

RAVEN DANE is a UK based author of dark fantasy, steampunk novels and horror short stories. Her first books were the dark fantasy Legacy of the Dark Kind trilogy, Blood Tears, Blood Lament and Blood Alliance. These were followed by a High Fantasy spoof, The Unwise Woman of Fuggis Mire.

Her steampunk novels so far are the award winning Cyrus Darian and the Technomicron, and sequels Cyrus Darian and the Ghastly Horde and Cyrus Darian and the Wicked Wraith. She has had many short stories published, including one in a celebration of forty years of the British Fantasy Society and in international horror anthologies. These have included Tales of the Lake 2, alongside Richard Chizmar, Ramsey Campbell, Tim Lebbon and the late Jack Ketchum. She also had a story in the late Billie Sue Mosiman’s Frightmare –Women Write Horror which was shortlisted for a prestigious Bram Stoker award in 2016.

She has appeared in two international lists of best female horror writers. In 2013, she was signed up by Telos Publishing for her collection of Victorian ghost stories, Absinthe and Arsenic and in 2015, the alternative history/ supernatural novel, Death’s Dark Wings.

A lifelong Doctor Who fan, Raven was delighted and honoured to be part of the script team on a spin off film, White Witch of Devil’s End by Reeltime Pictures in 2017. She also contributed to the novelisation of the film, published by Telos.

Raven brought out a horror novella, The Bane of Bailgate in 2018 and is currently working on a Victorian-based supernatural novel, The Arcane.