“With Deadbeat Druid, David R. Slayton once again delivers magical action that’s as hard and gritty as trailer-park gravel, coupled with a heart-wrenching tale of characters bound by a love greater than Death and stronger than the chains of Hell. It’s a triumphantly subversive marriage of Americana and the occult, and a shining example of all that is fresh and exciting in the urban-fantasy genre.” —David Mack, New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Arts series
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- Dark Moon, Shallow Sea
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Release Date: 10/31/23
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Retail CD Audiobook, MP3 CD, Digital Audiobook, eBook
The first in a new epic fantasy series from David R. Slayton, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea is a powerful story of divine betrayal, ghosts, and self-discovery, perfect for fans of the Dark Souls series or Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.
When Phoebe, goddess of the moon, is killed by the knights of the sun god, Hyperion, all who follow her are branded heretics. With Phoebe gone, the souls of the dead are no longer ferried to the underworld, and instead linger on as shades who feast on the blood of the living.
Raef is a child of the night. He lives in the shadows, on scraps, eking out a meager existence as a thief. But when an ornate box is sequestered in the Temple of Hyperion, the chance of a big score proves too great to resist. What he finds within propels him on an odyssey across the sea and back again, altering the course of his life forever.
Seth is a knight of the sun. But unlike the others of his order, the fire of Hyperion only brings him pain. He believes he deserves this penance, exacted for his unknown origins. Tasked with recovering the contents of the box, Seth must also venture beyond the horizon if he’s to learn the truth about himself.
In a dying world divided by the greed of those in power, Raef and Seth find their destinies intertwined—and learn they might have more in common than they ever imagined.
- Dark Moon, Shallow Sea
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Release Date: 10/31/23
Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Retail CD Audiobook, MP3 CD, Digital Audiobook, eBook
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- Thriller
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Edited by Don Bruns
Stories by Don Bruns, Dahlia Rose, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, Heather Graham, William Kent Krueger, Neil S. Plakcy, David R. Slayton, Rick Bleiweiss, and Jeffery Deaver
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Release Date: 7/11/23
Formats: Retail CD Audiobook, MP3 CD, Digital Audiobook, Hardcover, eBook, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover
From Beat It to Billie Jean, the songs we know and love take on a brand-new, thrilling connotation in this anthology edited by Don Bruns.
In this second collection in the Music and Murder Mystery series, nine award-winning, bestselling authors have written their own interpretations of the Thriller song list. With original work from some of the best mystery authors out there, the anthology includes stories from Heather Graham, Jeffery Deaver, William Kent Krueger, Dahlia Rose, and David R. Slayton, among others.
With poignant, frightening, and intriguing stories from some of the best writers in the genre, this eerie collection is sure to keep you up at night—and maybe even haunt your dreams.
- Thriller
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Edited by Don Bruns
Stories by Don Bruns, Dahlia Rose, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, Heather Graham, William Kent Krueger, Neil S. Plakcy, David R. Slayton, Rick Bleiweiss, and Jeffery Deaver
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Release Date: 7/11/23
Formats: Retail CD Audiobook, MP3 CD, Digital Audiobook, Hardcover, eBook, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover
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- Deadbeat Druid
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Directed by Meredith Lustig
Read by Michael David Axtell
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Release Date: 6/04/24
Formats: Digital Audiobook, Large Print Hardcover, eBook, MP3 CD, Retail CD Audiobook, Trade Paperback, Hardcover
The living cannot be allowed to infect the dead.
Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend instead became a trap that sent Adam’s beloved Vicente into the realm of the dead, where none living are meant to be.
Bound by debt, oath, and love, Adam blazes his own trail into the underworld to get Vicente back, and to end the threat of the warlock once and for all. But the road to hell is paved with far more than good intentions. Demons are hungry, and ghosts are relentless, and what awaits Adam in the underworld is nothing he is prepared to face.
If that weren’t enough, Adam has one more thing he must do if he and Vicente are to return to the world of the living: find the lost heart of Death herself.
- Deadbeat Druid
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Directed by Meredith Lustig
Read by Michael David Axtell
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Release Date: 10/18/22
Formats: Digital Audiobook, Large Print Hardcover, eBook, MP3 CD, Retail CD Audiobook, Trade Paperback, Hardcover
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- Trailer Park Trickster
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Directed by Meredith Lustig
Read by Michael David Axtell
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Release Date: 3/05/24
Formats: Digital Audiobook, eBook, MP3 CD, Retail CD Audiobook, Trade Paperback, Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover
They are my harvest, and I will reap them all.
Returning to Guthrie, Oklahoma, for the funeral of his mysterious and beloved aunt Sue, Adam Binder once again finds himself in the path of deadly magic when a dark druid begins to prey on members of Adam’s family. It all seems linked to the death of Adam’s father many years ago—a man who may have somehow survived as a warlock.
Watched by the police, separated from the man who may be the love of his life, compelled to seek the truth about his connection to the druid, Adam learns more about his family and its troubled history than he ever bargained for, and finally comes face-to-face with the warlock he has vowed to stop.
Meanwhile, beyond the Veil of the mortal world, Argent the Queen of Swords and Vic the Reaper undertake a dangerous journey to a secret meeting of the Council of Races . . . where the sea elves are calling for the destruction of humanity.
- Trailer Park Trickster
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Directed by Meredith Lustig
Read by Michael David Axtell
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Release Date: 10/12/21
Formats: Digital Audiobook, eBook, MP3 CD, Retail CD Audiobook, Trade Paperback, Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover
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- White Trash Warlock
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Directed by Meredith Lustig
Read by Michael David Axtell
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Release Date: 11/07/23
Formats: Digital Audiobook, eBook, MP3 CD, Retail CD Audiobook, Trade Paperback, Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover
Not all magicians go to schools of magic.
Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. But for much of Adam’s life, that power has been a curse, hindering friendships, worrying his backwoods family, and fueling his abusive father’s rage.
Years after his brother, Bobby, had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby’s wife.
It isn’t long before Adam becomes the spirit’s next target. To survive the confrontation, save his sister-in-law, and learn the truth about his father, Adam will have to risk bargaining with very dangerous beings … including his first love.
- White Trash Warlock
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Directed by Meredith Lustig
Read by Michael David Axtell
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Release Date: 10/13/20
Formats: Digital Audiobook, eBook, MP3 CD, Retail CD Audiobook, Trade Paperback, Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover