Image
  • Home
  • Books
    • About My Writing
    • The Darkening Dream
      • About the Book
      • Buy the Book Online
      • Sample Chapters
      • Short Story: Harvard Divinity
      • Cast of Characters
      • About the Magic
      • Goodreads Giveaway
    • Untimed
      • About the Book
      • Buy Untimed Online
      • Book Trailer
      • Sample Chapters
      • Cast of Characters
      • Origin of the Idea & Characters
      • What the critics say
      • Press Coverage
      • Goodreads Giveaway
    • Naughty Dark Contest
    • Favorite Fantasy Novels
  • News
  • Reviews
    • The Darkening Dream
      • What the critics say
      • Info for Reviewers
      • Press Coverage
      • Awards
    • Untimed
      • What the critics say
      • Info for Reviewers
      • Press Coverage
      • Awards
  • Bio
  • Gallery
  • Blog
    • All Posts
    • On Writing
    • Reviews
    • Video Games
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Anything Else
  • About
    • About me
    • About my Writing
    • About my Video Games
    • Ask Me Anything
  • Contact

Buy it Now!

Or Enter to Win a Free Autographed Copy

Sample Learn More

Buy it Now!

Watch the Trailer

Or Enter to Win a Free Autographed Copy
Sample Learn More

Round 4: 96 of 100 tickets!

Subscribe by email:

Find Andy at:

Follow Me on Pinterest

The Darkening Dream

  • About the book
  • Where to buy
  • Sample Chapters
  • Short Story: Harvard Divinity
  • Characters
  • About the Magic
  • Reviews
  • Reviewer Information
  • Press Coverage
  • Awards
  • Naughty Dark Contest
  • Goodreads Giveaway

Recent News

  • 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.

E-Book just $2.99. Buy the E-Book, Trade Paperback, Hardcover, or Audiobook!

Buy Sample Characters Reviews Reviewer Info

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
Read More

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
Read More
PreviousNext
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10

NOTES:
* Interested in reviewing The Darkening Dream? More information here.



Special Prize Winners

January 3, 2012
1

The first round of the crazy Naughty Dark Contest already has not one, but two special prize winners! Both winners also wanted signed copies of the original Crash Bandicoot. Thank you!!

Read More→

For sale at B&N and Google

January 3, 2012
0

The Darkening Dream is now for sale at Barnes and Noble and the Google bookstore.

Read More→

Announcing the Naughty Dark Contest

January 2, 2012
5

This is the kickoff post for my new experimental — and hopefully permanent — giveaway program. Via this contest you, dear reader, will have the opportunity to win signed copies of Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter games as well as my
Read More

Read More→

Cover Takes – Opinions Wanted!

December 31, 2011
19

Even after the product launch has begun, I’m still tinkering. My current cover now has an awesome image, but the overall effect isn’t quite bookish enough. So in the interest of total transparency I’ll continue to let you in on every intermediate step of the creative process.

Read More→

Kotaku Dreams

December 30, 2011
5

Gaming site Kotaku has run a quick little feature on The Darkening Dream today. What do you do after founding and retiring from one of video games’ most successful development houses? If you’re Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin, you write
Read More

Read More→

The Look – Pastor Parris

December 29, 2011
1

Pastor John Parris is the junior of my two point of view villains in The Darkening Dream. Given the kind of occult woodblock look I’ve been developing I tend to focus on the character’s magical nature to develop their icon. With Parris
Read More

Read More→

11 reasons you should buy The Darkening Dream

December 26, 2011
6

1. It’s a great book.
2. It’s only $2.99 — but the price might go up soon.
3. You loved Crash Bandicoot.
4. The girl on the cover is really cute…

Read More→

The Darkening Dream for Christmas!

December 25, 2011
8

As a surprise move, I’m stealth launching The Darkening Dream — right now! — although only the Kindle edition. If your stocking has been stuffed with a brand new Kindle, or you already have one, or you read on the
Read More

Read More→

The Look – al-Nasir

December 24, 2011
6

In the process of developing the interior look of my book, The Darkening Dream, I wanted to create glyphs to represent each point of view character. In general, despite my big library of occult titles, I find a lot of references on
Read More

Read More→

New Cover Art is here!

December 22, 2011
6

The new cover for The Darkening Dream is almost done! It still needs a few tweaks and real titles, but it’s real close. As I’ve discussed before, I commissioned a new cover a couple weeks ago from artist Cliff Nielsen, worked through a whole batch of ideas and sketches, shot the model in the studio, and voila!

Read More→

« Previous Page
Next Page »
All Things Andy Gavin
Copyright © 2025 All Rights Reserved
Programmed by Andy Gavin