Ghost Rider teams up with a coven of witches to take on Lucifer himself in Carrie Harris’ Marvel prose novel Witches Unleashed, part of Aconyte Books’ Marvel: Untold range. When he escaped from Hell, Johnny Blaze – the Ghost Rider – unintentionally freed Lucifer’s soul too, broken into 666 fragments, and ever since he’s been hunting them down and returning them to Hell. With only a few fragments remaining, Johnny seeks out the LeFay sisters – not actually sisters, but rather sorceress Jennifer Kale, mystic Topaz and half-demon Satana Hellstrom – for help, as one of the final fragments has possessed the body of another Kale. With the powers of a witch at his disposal, Johnny and the witches have no choice but to work together to stop Lucifer before he can complete whatever evil plan he’s concocting.
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The Patriot List – David Guymer
Part of the Marvel: Untold range from Aconyte Books, David Guymer’s The Patriot List turns the tables on the usual Marvel norms and tells a tale of villains pretending to be heroes, featuring the Dark Avengers under the leadership of the brilliant but troubled Norman Osborn. In the wake of a Skrull invasion and the failure of SHIELD, Osborn is now in control of a new team of Avengers, which sees – unbeknown to the general public – hand-picked (and, unsurprisingly, difficult to manage) super-villains masquerading as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Despite the incredible power he wields, Osborn isn’t exactly the most stable of characters, and when a list detailing potential replacements for his faux-Avengers is stolen from under his nose, his response is somewhat less than subtle.
Continue readingPreparing For Reign of the Devourer by David Annandale
Here’s a question: what connects Percy Bysshe Shelley, Howard the Duck, a vampire cow and a murderous surgeon? The answer is that they’re all influences author David Annandale drew upon in one way or another when writing his latest Marvel novel Reign of the Devourer, which is out now (in ebook) from Aconyte Books! After reading his recent guest post about the relationship between horror fiction and visual media, I thought it might be fun to ask David to talk a bit about the books, comics and movies that inspired and influenced him while he was working on Reign of the Devourer, and put together a sort of ‘primer’ for the new novel. If you want to get into the appropriate mindset for the latest (mis)adventures of Doctor Doom, these stories are exactly what you need!
Continue readingAUTHOR INTERVIEW: Carrie Harris Talks Witches Unleashed (plus sample chapters)
Hello and welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview, where today I’m delighted to welcome Carrie Harris back to the site to talk about her latest novel from Aconyte Books, Witches Unleashed. Part of the Marvel: Untold range, this tale features the Ghost Rider and a trio of witches taking on Lucifer himself, and has probably the most metal artwork I’ve ever seen on the cover of a book! It sounds like a total blast, so read on to find out more about this cool new novel, then check out a few sample chapters at the end of the article to get a taste of the book itself.
Continue readingAUTHOR INTERVIEW: David Guymer Talks The Patriot List
Hello and welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview, where today I’m delighted to be chatting to David Guymer about his new novel The Patriot List, the latest instalment in Aconyte Books’ range of Marvel: Untold novels. If you like the idea of a superhero novel where all the ‘heroes’ are actually villains…and especially if you’re a fan of David’s Hamilcar stories for Black Library…then this sounds like a book you’ll want to check out! It’s available now as a global ebook, with the US paperback due very soon and the UK paperback coming in November.
Continue readingCover Reveal: Reign of the Devourer by David Annandale
Hello and welcome to this Cover Reveal article here on Track of Words – for today’s article I’m really, really excited to give you an exclusive first look at the frankly amazing cover art for David Annandale’s Reign of the Devourer, which is the sequel to The Harrowing of Doom and David’s second novel in the Marvel: Untold range from Aconyte Books. I absolutely loved the first book, which I described in my review as mixing “gothic tragedy and bold, cinematic action…to create something powerful and exciting, and it proves to be as spectacular, characterful and downright entertaining as any Marvel movie.” I’m genuinely excited to read the follow up!
Continue readingThe Harrowing of Doom – David Annandale
For his first Marvel novel, The Harrowing of Doom – part of the Marvel: Untold range from Aconyte Books – David Annandale tells a tale of iron will and fierce obsession as Doctor Doom sets out to turn the tables on Hell itself. Each year at midsummer, Doom must battle a champion of Hell to try and free his mother’s soul, an impossible task that he’s fated to lose every time. Setting out to change the terms of the duel and weigh things in his favour at last, Doom enlists the help of the sorceress Maria von Helm and a reluctant Father Zargo and embarks on a bold but risky gamble. Even as he works feverishly on this new project, the security of Latveria is threatened by the deposed crown prince Rudolfo Fortunov.
Continue readingAUTHOR INTERVIEW: David Annandale Talks The Harrowing of Doom
Welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview where today I’m talking to David Annandale about his upcoming Aconyte novel, The Harrowing of Doom! There have been a few Marvel prose novels already released by Aconyte, but this is the first in the Marvel: Untold range – “new tales of Marvel’s Super Heroes and villains”. It’s due out in ebook and as a US paperback on the 1st December, with the UK paperback following on the 7th January 2021.
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