Jonathan Maberry - Dead Mans Song

Praise for Jonathan Maberry and Ghost Road Blues

Jonathan Maberry rushes headlong toward the front of the pack, proving that he has the chops to craft stories at once intimate, epic, real, and horrific.

Bentley Little, author of
The Burning and Death Instinct

Every so often, you discover an author whose writing is so lyrical that it transcends mere storytelling. Jonathan Maberry is just such an author.

Tess Gerritsen, New York Times

bestselling author of The Mephisto Club

Jonathan Maberry writes in the grand poetic horror tradition of Poe and Robert McCammonKing and Koontz.

Stuart Kaminsky, 2005 recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America

Maberry knows that true horror lies in the dark, hidden places in the human heart and to take this journey with him is genuinely chilling.

T. J. MacGregor, author of Cold As Death

This is horror on a grand scale, reminiscent of Stephen Kings heftier works.

Publishers Weekly

Ghost Road Blues is a superbly woven, chilling tale that makes you wonder who the real monsters arehumans or the undead.

L. A. Banks, author of The Vampire Huntress Legends series

As effective an opening as Ive ever read, and the jolts just keep on coming.

Jeremiah Healy, author of The Only
Good Lawyer and Turnabout

Haunting, complex, terrifying, and deeply humane.

Gary A. Braunbeck, Bram Stoker Awardwinner, author of Destinations and Prodigal Blues

Stunning! A fierce and new talent!

Ken Bruen, international bestselling author of American Skin and The Guards

You might want to keep the night-light on for this one. Really.

Laura Schrock, Emmy Awardwinning writer/producer

If I were asked to select only one new voice in horror fiction to read today, it would be Jonathan Maberry.

Katherine Ramsland, author of The Science of Vampires

This is the real deal.

Necrofile

It is hard to believe this is Jonathan Maberrys debut novel because his writing is of such high caliber and his storyline is comparable to that of a master writer of horror.

Harriet Klausner, Midwest Review

A grand workhighly recommended.

MaximumHorrors.com

Prepare to be scared. Maberry frightens, amuses, and makes you think, often on the same page. Move over, Stephen King.

J. A. Konrath, author of Dirty Martini

Maberry writes with a masterful skill that will scare the bejabbers out of you!

John Lutz, bestselling author of Single White Female

Jonathan Maberrys books should be on everyones must-read list.

Yvonne Navarro, author of Species and Aliens: Music of the Spears

Jonathan Maberry is writing as well as anyone in the business right now.

Steve Hamilton, author of A Stolen Season

Savagely beautiful, intricate, and deftly written.

Jack Fisher, Flesh and Blood Magazine

Bristling with scares, thick with atmosphere, and rich with a picturesque sense of place. Highly recommended!

Jay Bonansinga, bestselling author of Shattered and Twisted

If you have an appetite for evil, youll love sitting down to Ghost Road Blues , which is deliciously creepy.

Richard Sand, author of the award-winning Lucas Rook mystery series

Jonathan Maberry is writing big, scary books that feel just right.

Bill Kent, author of Street Legal, Street Fighter, and Street Money

A wild mlange of soulful blues music and gut-wrenching horror!

Brinke Stevens, horror actress and author

Terrifying. Maberry gets deep into the heads of his troubled charactersand ours.

Jim Fusilli, author of Hard, Hard City and Tribeca Blues

Maberrydelivers scare after scare.

Scott A. Johnson, author of An American Haunting

Unputdownable!

Michael Penncavage, editor of Dark Notes from New Jersey

Jonathan Maberry delivers! Echoes of King, Bradbury, Poe, Wellman, and Straub.

C. Dean Andersson, author of I Am Dracula and Raw Pain Max

This is the best book Ive read this year!

Daves News and Reviews

Teeming with demons, brutality, and madness, but equally brimming with beauty, love, and wisdom.

Kim Paffenroth, Ph.D., author of Gospel of the Living Dead

Dark, scary, and so darn well written, one might think this book was something Stephen King wrote and forgot about many years ago.

Michael Laimo, author of Dead Souls and The Demonologist

Ghost Road Blues reminded me why Im afraid of the dark.

Charles Gramlich, author of Cold in the Light

Gruesome, scary, and bloody good fun.

Simon Clark, author of Vampyrrhic, London Under Midnight, and Night of the Triffids

Ghost Road Blues will leave you breathless. Make sure you read it with the lights on.

David Housewright, Edgar Awardwinning author of Pretty Girl Gone and Tin City

Steeped in the blues and saturated with violence and foreboding.

Bev Vincent, author of The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen Kings Magnum Opus

Ghost Road Blues is a hell of a book.

Jemiah Jefferson, author of Wounds, Voice of the Blood, Fiend , and A Drop of Scarlet

Evocative and chilling, Maberrys fiction is the work of a dark magician with a poets soul.

Tim Waggoner, author of Darkness Wakes, Pandora Drive , and Like Death.

Ghost Road Blues manages to touch every kind of horror from creepy chills to gruesome gore and builds to an unforgettable climax.

H. R. Knight, author of What Rough Beast

Maberry writes with a kind of rhythmic, lyrical quality one might find in the work of Cady, Conrad, or even Faulkner.

Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Awardwinning author of Currency of Souls, The Turtle Boy, and Vessels

A wonderful novel from a fresh new voice in the genre.

Nate Kenyon, author of Bloodstone

Dark and mischievousfun and inspiredJonathan Maberry knows how to serve up the creepy goods!

Jim ORear, horror film stuntman and haunted attraction consultant

Full of real characters and plenty of eerie atmosphere.

David Wellington, author of Monster Island and Monster Nation

Ghost Road Blues is, hands-down, the best horror novel of 2006.

Bryan Smith, author of Deathbringer and House of Blood

A chilling talelyrical, melodic, and dark. Maberry breathes new life into modern horror fiction.

Scott Nicholson, author of The Home and The Harvest

A fine blend of authentic supernatural folklore and conventional villainy in a fully realized contemporary setting.

Don DAmmassa, author of the Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction

Ghost Road Blues is high-octane storytelling meant for chilly, full-moon nights.

W. D. Gagliani, author of Bram Stoker Award finalist Wolfs Trap

Vivid, fast-paced, and deliciously dark.

Bruce Boston, author of Flashing the Dark and Masque of Dreams

This is a fun, fun read and creepy as hell.

Gregory Frost, author of Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories

Reading Maberry is like listening to the blues in a graveyard at the stroke of midnight.

Fred Wiehe, author of Strange Days and The Burning

Unnerving and brisk!

Noreen Ayres, author of the Smokey Brandon mystery series

Believable and nerve-shattering!

E. F. Watkins, author of Dance with the Dragon and Paragon

Frightening!

Montgomery County Intelligencer

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