Due for Release in September 2012
The Corpse-Rat King by Lee Battersby
The Corpse-Rat King by Lee Battersby
Marius don Hellespont and his apprentice, Gerd, are professional looters of battlefields. When they stumble upon the corpse of the King of Scorby and Gerd is killed, Marius is mistaken for the monarch by one of the dead soldiers and is transported down to the Kingdom of the Dead.
Just like the living citizens, the dead need a King — after all, the King is God’s representative, and someone needs to remind God where they are.
And so it comes to pass that Marius is banished to the surface with one message: if he wants to recover his life he must find the dead a King. Which he fully intends to do.
Just as soon as he stops running away.
UK/RoW
6 Sep 2012
B-format paperback
£7.99 UK
ISBN 9780857662866
US/CAN
28 Aug 2012
mass-market paperback
$7.99 US $8.99 CAN
ISBN 9780857662873
eBook
28 Aug 2012
£5.49
ePub ISBN 9780857662880
The ebook is available from The Robot Trading Company once The Corpse-Rat King is released. The print books I presume will be available in all the usual places; the publishers don’t say!
Published by Angry Robot, The Corpse-Rat King sounds to be an intriguing story with plenty of action, both natural and supernatural, on the way. This is on my “look-for” list!