The Blackham Mansion Haunting releases tomorrow! Those who pre-ordered it will start receiving it today. Thank you to everyone — the support for this title has been truly overwhelming! I hope you enjoy it.
(And if you do, please let me know! There’s no kinder way to help promote my books than by leaving a review at Amazon!)
The Blackham Mansion Haunting releases July 24, 2015, one week from today! You can pre-order it from Amazon; they often distribute it a day early.
In the meantime, the first chapter of the novel is now available for immediate reading right here at michaelrichan.com.
Join Winn, Deem, David and Carma as they explore the abandoned, dilapidated remains that hold frightening secrets of the past!
The next book in The Downwinders series, The Blackham Mansion Haunting, is available for pre-order now at Amazon!
Order it today to receive it July 24th (or maybe July 23rd, if Amazon behaves as usual and sends it one day early!)
The book description:
Blackham Mansion was built next to a graveyard for a reason. Spiritualists who gathered there to make contact with ghosts knew the deceased were only a few feet away. Over the years, they became very successful at rousing the dead and inquiring about the afterlife.
Too successful.
Deem, a gifted nineteen-year-old, learns that the long-abandoned mansion holds secrets she must investigate. She becomes wrapped up with the unusual house located downwind, where years ago the brunt of Nevada’s nuclear testing fallout rained down from the skies. As a result, Blackham Mansion isn’t any ordinary haunted house. The entities inside — some helpful, some monstrously hideous — are things she’s never dealt with before. Her friends Winn, Carma, and David try to help, but the forces inside the house overtake them all.
Winn and Deem come face to face with a terrifying reality: Be careful what solutions you hope for; sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
The Blackham Mansion Haunting is a fast-paced mystery with an unusual twist on the paranormal. It is the fourth book in The Downwinders series, part of The River universe. Fans of The River series will find the unpredictable ghosts and mutations of the River even more frightening and terrifying in this place where surprises lurk around every corner, and deception is the order of the day.
Hello! It’s June already! Where’d spring go? Next thing you know we’ll be unpacking the Christmas ornaments. The older I get, the more time accelerates. I wish someone had told me about this when I was younger. Maybe they did and I wasn’t listening.
Anyway.
Two bits of news, the first book in my new series, The Dark River, has completed its final edit and is in the hands of Amazon. They bake it for several days before they ship it out, so it’ll be nice and hot. It’ll be released on June 12, but if you pre-order it now, there’s a chance you’ll get it June 11. Some people reported receiving It Walks At Night the day before its official release. The book is called A, but I’ve listed the title as The Dark River: A, since just A seemed a little too short to be recognized as a title. I’m very excited about the book, and the future of the Dark River…such an intriguing place. I’m looking forward to spending some time there with Derick.
The second bit of news is about the next Downwinders book. No official title yet, though I’ve had one in the oven for a while, and if it comes out nice, I may use it! I’m just over half-way through writing it, and enjoying every minute of it. I love it when a book surprises me and takes a turn I didn’t expect. (“How can that happen?” you ask? “You’re writing it!” you say? Well, I don’t really know how it happens, it just does, and I enjoy the hell out of it when it does!) Winn, Deem, Carma, David and Lyman are all back, engaged with a haunted house in Southern Utah that has deep, dark secrets. If you haven’t signed up for my new release email list, please do, and I’ll send you an email when it’s available! If I’m lucky, it’ll be released in July.
That’s all from me for now. Time to pull the cover off the barbecue and start summer! I hope yours is great, and thanks for following!
Mike
Today is the last day to pick up Blood Oath, Blood River for free, and The Impossible Coin for just 99 cents at Amazon! If you haven’t yet jumped into this series, now is excellent timing!