A press release from Stuart Douglas of Obverse Books:
Obverse Books is delighted to announce the release of the final book in the initial quartet of Obverse Quarterlies, Zenith Lives!
With new stories from Paul Magrs, Mark Hodder, George Mann, Stuart Douglas and a brand new 30,000 word novella from Michael Moorcock, this volume is the first ever short story collection to feature Sexton Blake’s most memorable nemesis.
Available directly from obversebooks.co.uk and all good online retailers, Zenith Lives! costs £9.99, or is available as part of an annual subscription.
About the Authors:
Michael Moorcock was born in London in 1939. He began to write while still at school, and amongst many other achievements worked on the Sexton Blake Library, following a childhood spent reading about the exploits of Blake and his villainous nemesis M. Zenith the Albino. His most recent work is the Doctor Who novel, The Coming of the Terraphiles. Michael Moorcock now lives in Texas.
Paul Magrs was born in November 1969 in northern England. Magrs was sole writer for the first three series of Doctor Who audios from AudioGo, starring Tom Baker, and has just released the first in a new series of supernatural novels from Headline, 666 Charing Cross Road. He is also the author of the best-selling Brenda and Effie series and the creator of Iris Wildthyme.
Mark Hodder is the caretaker of BLAKIANA (www.sextonblake.co.uk), a website he created to catalogue and celebrate the adventures of Sexton Blake. Hodder worked for many years in London as a commercial copywriter, but, in 2009, relocated to Valencia, Spain, where he wrote his debut novel, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (the first of the Burton & Swinburne series), which won the Philip K. Dick Award 2010. It was followed by The Curious Case Of The Clockwork Man and Expedition To The Mountains Of The Moon, plus the author’s first non-series novel, A Red Sun Also Rises.
George Mann was born in 1976 and has been described as “leading the charge” for the increasingly popular steampunk genre. He is best known for his Newbury and Hobbes and Ghosts series, which have been a success on both sides of the Atlantic.
Stuart Douglas is the driving force behind Obverse Books. A long-time fan of pre-war adventure fiction, Douglas is currently working on his first novel.