Professor Solan Darkwood knows her monsters. As a leading mythologist in the spawling city of Armancras, she understands more than most about the creatures that may have once lurked at the fringes of humanity. She also happens to suffer from a crippling case of social phobia. Still, this is the least of her problems. When a strange man walks into one of her lectures and begins taking notes, she has no idea of the trouble he brings with him.
Nursing a broken heart in the company of a new found friend, Edward Blackburn, she is let in on a dark secret concealed within the subterranean depths of the city. What she learns has the power to change the very nature of life itself. What’s more, Professor Darkwood soon finds that she is part of a much larger agenda, one that was set in motion many years before.
‘The Monstrous Burden of Professor Darkwood’ is a steampunk fantasy with a brooding heart, full of giant monsters, strange creatures and killer robots.
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About the Author
John Robert Mills is a Dublin born writer whose first novel ‘The Monstrous Burden of Professor Darkwood’ was released on Amazon in January 2015.
Initially experimenting with short stories in previous years, in 2011 John got busy writing his first full-length novel which he completed largely on the train to his job as an English and History teacher. The book was spawned from an idea of a Pied Piper type situation wherein the rats were replaced with thirty foot giants. However, as the characters developed and the world of Mohbriah took shape, these creatures became only part of a much more complex landscape. Although ‘The Monstrous Burden of Professor Darkwood’ is largely steampunk, the novel also has elements of urban and classic fantasy.
John is currently working on a sequel to ‘Monstrous Burden’ and this is half-finished. He is also working on a few steampunk short stories which also contain elements of horror and mystery. These should be out this year and will hopefully become part of an expanding collection that will be updated yearly. Lastly, John also has plans to release a steampunk adventure within an Irish setting, but he first wishes to add at least another title to the continuing saga of Professor Darkwood.
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