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The Darkening Dream

  • About the book
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  • Sample Chapters
  • Short Story: Harvard Divinity
  • Characters
  • About the Magic
  • Reviews
  • Reviewer Information
  • Press Coverage
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  • Dream a Little Dream
  • Hark, I hear The Darkening Dream
  • Summer Night's Dream Sale
  • Dream Sale
  • Thanksgiving Dream - only $0.99
  • Harvard Divinity
  • BlogTalkRadio Interview
  • More Awards
  • Video Games, Novels, and Ideas
  • Big Giveaway Winners!
  • Big Giveaway!
  • Round 2 Closed!
  • Award Time!
  • The Darkening Dream in Publishers Weekly
  • The Darkening Dream - Free Today!
  • More Special Prize Winners!
  • Kindle Select - The Sales
  • Brace yourself for Hardcover
  • Kindle Select - The Results
  • The Darkening Dream - Free on Kindle

The Darkening Dream

“Gorgeously creepy, strangely humorous, and sincerely terrifying” — Publishers Weekly
“Wonderfully twisted sense of humor” and
“A vampire novel with actual bite” — Kirkus Reviews
“Steampunk Lovecraftian Horror by way of Joss Whedon”

A new dark fantasy novel by Andy Gavin.

As the Nineteenth Century gives way to the Twentieth, modern science and steel girders leave little room for the supernatural. But in dark corners the old forces still gather. God, demon, and sorcerer alike plot to regain what was theirs in Andy Gavin’s chilling debut, The Darkening Dream.

1913, Salem, Massachusetts – Sarah Engelmann’s life is full of friends, books, and avoiding the pressure to choose a husband, until an ominous vision and the haunting call of an otherworldly trumpet shake her. When she stumbles across a gruesome corpse, she fears that her vision was more of a premonition. And when she sees the murdered boy moving through the crowd at an amusement park, Sarah is thrust into a dark battle she does not understand.

With the help of Alex, a Greek immigrant who knows a startling amount about the undead, Sarah sets out to uncover the truth. Their quest takes them to Salem’s brutal factory workrooms, on a clandestine maritime mission, and down into their foe’s nightmarish crypt. But they aren’t prepared for the terrifying backlash that brings the fight back to their own homes and families. Can Alex’s elderly, vampire-hunting grandfather and Sarah’s own rabbi father help protect them? And what do Sarah’s darkening visions reveal?

No less than the Archangel Gabriel’s Horn, destined to announce the End of Days, is at stake, and the forces banded to recover it include a 900 year-old vampire, a trio of disgruntled Egyptian gods, and a demon-loving Puritan minister. At the center of this swirling conflict is Sarah, who must fight a millennia-old battle against unspeakable forces, knowing the ultimate prize might be herself.

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Dream a Little Dream

The e-book versions of The Darkening Dream will be on sale for only 99 cents this week through at least Friday February 14th!

Hark, I hear The Darkening Dream

Ten months in the making, The Darkening Dream audiobook is finally ready!

Summer Night’s Dream Sale

The Darkening Dream e-books are on sale for just $0.99 until June 7!

Dream Sale

The Darkening Dream e-books are on sale for just $0.99 until March 8!

Thanksgiving Dream – only $0.99

To celebrate Thanksgiving, the Kindle version of The Darkening Dream is on sale for only 99 cents from Wednesday November 20 until Sunday the 25th! Take the plunge, it's certainly a great deal...

Harvard Divinity

A good villain is neither black nor white. Take Pastor John Parris. Is he a villain or victim? Well… villain, but even the most evil come from somewhere. In this short story, we explore some important questions about the creepy little man...

BlogTalkRadio Interview

Yesterday I did a really fun one hour radio interview on BlogTalkRadio about The Darkening Dream, with tangents into writing, video games, TV, and all that good stuff...

More Awards

The Darkening Dream has recently won a few more book awards for both the novel itself and the awesome cover.

Video Games, Novels, and Ideas

Since I’ve created thirteen video games and written two novels I’m often asked how the process compares between the two. This is a complex topic, but here goes one stab at it, focusing on the generation of the idea. The idea part 1: The What Both games and novels start with a basic idea, and
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Big Giveaway Winners!

The Darkening Dream$0.99 sale and giveaway week is over and was a resounding success. It’s time to announce the winners: Grand Prize Winner: Amy Eye $100 Amazon Gift Card, a signed paperback copy of The Darkening Dream, a signed copy of the video game Crash Bandicoot, a 13″x18″ poster of the book cover, collectable bookmarks
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Big Giveaway!

June 25, 2012
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This week, Monday June 25 through Friday June 29, the Kindle version of my novel The Darkening Dream is on sale for just 99 cents! To celebrate I’m running a cool giveaway…

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Round 2 Closed!

May 31, 2012
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Round 2 of my byzantine Naughty Dark Contest is over and there are three lucky winners to announce!

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Award Time!

May 24, 2012
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I’m excited to announce that The Darkening Dream recently won some International Book Awards!

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The Darkening Dream in Publishers Weekly

April 7, 2012
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The Darkening Dream is featured in Publishers Weekly, the “Special Spring Announcement” (i.e. the extra booklet ghetto where us Indie books go). Still, this is kinda cool.

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The Darkening Dream – Free Today!

April 2, 2012
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The Darkening Dream, my dark fantasy novel, is free on Amazon for the Kindle for just 24 hours — all of April 3, 2012.

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More Special Prize Winners!

March 14, 2012
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The second round of the crazy Naughty Dark Contest now has three special prize winners! Unfortunately, my broken wrist has slowed down my mailing speed, but I’m finally getting some of this off my plate.

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Kindle Select – The Sales

February 29, 2012
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On February 7-8 I ran a Kindle Select sale giving away The Darkening Dream free (Kindle version) for 48 hours. Free downloads were fantastic and the book was nailed to number 4 overall in the Kindle store for almost two days (details
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Brace yourself for Hardcover

February 12, 2012
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My publisher might be small (one book released and another in the queue) but I was determined to produce a hardcover edition for my debut novel. Find out why and how below the fold.

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Kindle Select – The Results

February 10, 2012
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On February 7 and 8 I put The Darkening Dream on 48 hours of Kindle Select free promo. The book tore through the charts to “sell” (I mean give away) over 21,000 copies. In the first 24 hours it propelled itself to
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The Darkening Dream – Free on Kindle

February 7, 2012
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The title pretty much says it all. The Darkening Dream, my dark fantasy novel, is free on Amazon for the Kindle for just 48 hours — all of February 7 and 8, 2012.

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