On Halloween 2018, Candlemark & Gleam will unleash Wolfman Confidential, the third installment of Justin Robinson’s neo-noir pulp monster universe in which humans have become a downtrodden minority. The work won high praise from Game Vortexer and Skiffy & Fanty, and boasts a pitch-perfect cover by Candlemark founder Kate Sullivan who also gave full-throated visual voice to the other two titles in the City of Devils series.
Intrepid gumshoe Nick Moss of City of Devils and Fifty Feet of Trouble fame (well, notoriety) is a WWII veteran, a Night War survivor, the last human PI left in LA. In his latest hardboiled outing, Nick heads into the (were)wolves’ den: the fearsome LAPD, a-slither with corruption, snitches, politicking, and vendettas. Nick is searching for a shadowy monster slayer, for an invisible man with dangerous info who, well, vanished…and for a killer of talented human beauties—while trying to avoid being turned or killed outright by powerful monsters, some of whom are his employers or their lieutenants. But Nick’s uneasy past further complicates matters, as he discovers that nothing remains confidential in the City of Devils.
Because GoodReads giveaways are no longer free and our coffers are of the usual size for indie micro-presses, we’re doing a direct giveaway for Wolfman Confidential. You can enter it by leaving a comment to this post or by sending an email (with subject line “Wolfman Confidential Giveaway”) to our website address. Please rest assured that your email will only be visible to the site admin.
The giveaway will run from start of October 5 to end of October 30 EST, and random winners will be picked to receive a maximum of three print copies of the novel. For up to 200 requests, there will be one award copy. For up to 400 requests, two copies; and beyond that, three copies. We will contact the winners to request addresses when the giveaway is completed.
When Wolfman Confidential appears, the world won’t know what hit it! In the meantime, you can keep senses sharp and appetites whetted by checking out Nick’s earlier exploits. And on October 29th at 8pm EST Justin will do a live reading of “Brains”, a City of Devils short story, in the Reanimated Writers Facebook group. A video of the event will be available afterwards.
Note added on October 31: the giveaway is now closed. We’ll pick winners and contact them within this week.
Sounds really interesting and different. Usually it’s the supernatural creatures that are ridiculed and shunned in magical realism universes. I most definitely want to check out the dynamic between humans and so-called ” monsters” when the traditional roles are reversed!
You’re quite right — Justin’s take is unique!
I’ve been waiting for this ever since I finished 50 Feet of Trouble and Robinson teased the next book. Can’t wait.
It’s the best of the series so far! (she says objectively)
If the giveaway is open to UK residents, count me in. I’ve been looking forward to this one.
Awesome, can’t wait to read this
I can’t wait! City of Devils got me hooked on Justin’s writing and I love the worldbuilding and clever, twisted plots in this series.
Can’t wait to get my mitts on a copy of this one, and you can bet I will whether I win it or not. And even if I do win, I’ll just pass it off to a friend so I can buy my own!
My thanks to everyone for participating in the giveaway of Wolfman Confidential! The winner was notified and received their copy. I hope you join us in future giveaways; our current one is for the mythic space opera Finders by SF legend Melissa Scott, slated to launch on December 10. You can find out about how to enter for a chance to win a copy of the work here.