Laughing Boy's Shadow

From the cover:

"Your problem, city, is that you have no soul.

Declan Shea learns the depth of this lie through a series of brutal events, as systematically, an evil as old as the city itself strips him of every last shred of hope and humanity. A road accident, a bag lady, a bird man, renegades from L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz, all of these nightmares converge in one horrific moment under a dark bridge. Declan's live can never be the same because that city, the one without a soul, has chosen him as its champion.

As war rages in the dark places of Newcastle, Declan Shea must fight to survive.

How do I know?

My name is Declan Shea. It is all that I have left. I come back here to look at the lights across the water, out of reach like the gates of heaven. More than anything, I want to start walking. You won't understand what that means, not yet, but you will..."

Limited to 100 signed (by Steven Savile, Robert Sammelin and Gary Braunbeci) and numbered hardcover copies