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Lake Mountain by Steve Gerlach
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Now in paperback format ...
At Lake Mountain, death is only the beginning.
Get this fantastic novel from Australia's master of dark fiction!

— Book Description
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Cover artwork (in progress) by Edward Miller

ISBN : 978-0-9555185-9-1
Paperback : 216x138mm : ? pages

£ price to be confirmed

Due to be published 2008

Her name is Raven...

Raven – a bird of large size, with black lustrous plumage and raucous voice, who feeds chiefly on carrion or other flesh. The Raven is mischievous and thievish, and is regarded as an evil omen and of mysterious character.

Quick-sighted, sagacious and bold, Ravens take away by force; to seize or divide and spoil. They plunder. They devour voraciously; feed hungrily or greedily; they prey on or upon.

Her friend is Amber...

Thrown out of home by her alcoholic father, and with no place to stay, Raven is the only friend Amber has. Raven takes her in and lets her stay in her small trailer at the Pine Hill Trailer Park. Amber relies on Raven, she needs her, she can’t live without her...

But then there’s the body. And the need to flee...

And the road to Lake Mountain is their only hope of escape. Until they meet Tyler...and everything changes.

For their destinies lie along the long, lonely track to Lake Mountain. It's gonna be one hell of a road-trip...

Download Chapter 1 (12 pages) : LakeMountain.pdf : 128kb

— About The Author
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Steve Gerlach is one of Australia's foremost leading dark thriller writers. His fast-paced, cut-to-the-bone style is a refreshing voice in the dry, barren Australian literary scene. Find out more on his website at : www.stevegerlach.com

Steve's background includes many varied roles. He has worked as an editor for a book publisher; as the editor-in-chief of an Australian motorcycle magazine; editor and publisher of an international crime magazine, Probable Cause; a researcher and columnist for a major Australian daily newspaper; a Technical Publications Officer in the security industry; marketing executive for an international telecommunications software company; and currently works in the field of international transit producers.

"Lake Mountain is a buddy-story of the darkest kind...A Thelma and Louise gone mad." — Elizabeth Massie

"Steve Gerlach is really an unusual writer - he writes with grit and blood and real human darkness in his stories...and normally, I wouldn't go for this level of noir crossed with horror, but...I loved Lake Mountain." — Doug Clegg

"Lake Mountain surpasses everything that's gone before. This is the most extreme and refined Gerlach novel to date. A psychological slaughterhouse of power." — The Meat Socket Magazine

"Lake Mountain is so extreme, it out-hitches Hitchcock. It's a story where ROPE meets PSYCHO in a modern-day tale of high-charged, hard rock gothic thrills and chills." — Oh Yeah! Magazine

"Lake Mountain by Steve Gerlach is unrelenting, this is another page-turning thriller from the heir-apparent to Richard Laymon's legacy. Seriously, if you dig Laymon, you'll dig this. But here's the thing. It's very easy to compare Steve to Dick. The influence is obviously apparent. But Steve's voice has truly grown with this book. He is his own writer, with his own style that, while offering a nod to Laymon, now becomes something more." — Brian Keene

— About The Artist
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Edward Miller is the pseudonym of award-winning British fantasy artist Les Edwards, a professional illustrator for over thirty-five years. He has worked in many fields and areas but is best known for the huge number of book jackets he has produced in the Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror genres. He is a seven time recipient of the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist, has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award three times, and for a Chesley Award on two occasions. Plus he is an enthusiastic member of the British Fantasy Society.

See the spectacular galleries of artwork at : www.edwardmiller.co.uk and www.lesedwards.com