Tim Lebbon - 30 Days of Night - Fear of the Dark

Given time, and if the blood stayed away, she thought perhaps she might even welcome the night.

Tim Lebbon is the winner of four British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Scribe Award, and was a finalist for the International Horror Guild and World Fantasy Awards. His books include the official 30 Days of Night movie novelization (a New York Times bestseller), Hellboy: Unnatural Selection, Dusk, The Island, The Map of Moments (with Christopher Golden), Changing of Faces, Exorcising Angels (with Simon Clark), Dead Man’s Hand, Pieces of Hate, Fears Unnamed, White (optioned for film), Desolation, and Berserk . He lives in South Wales with his family. Find out more about the author at www.timlebbon.net.

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