Matthew Warner: Blood Born

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Conceived in Pain.

Born in Blood.

Sonar4 Publications

Coming January 2011
Trade Paperback & Ebook
Cover image by Deena Warner

As for you, be fruitful and increase in number.

When a rapist stalks the nation’s capital, Detective Christina Randall tries to keep an astounding clue from going public: all the victims become pregnant.

The latest victim is teenager Daniella Connolly. Her mother, Margaret, is a doctor at CalPark Fertility Clinic. But Margaret can’t fathom the bizarre conceptions, either. Isolated in a special hospital ward, they all come to term in just one week.

Multiply on the earth and increase upon it.

Randall learns the rapes are connected to a series of missing-person cases. When a young woman disappears near CalPark — also home to a secretive research lab — suspicion falls on Margaret.

But soon, the rapist returns to claim his progeny. He is not really a he — but an “it.” Worse, the children have appetites just like papa’s. …

From the author of The Organ Donor and Eyes Everywhere comes a new type of monster, one that could spell an end to our species.

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Reviews of Blood Born

"Blood Born kicks off with compelling strangeness and deft police-procedural intrigue, then explodes into a frenzied free-for-all of gore-scarfing, blood-flinging, and monster-hobnobbing horror! Warner amalgamates multi-genre components with a broad landscape of cool characters to unleash a novel that succeeds on all fronts. Blood Born is a macabre, action-packed ton of fun!"

— Edward Lee, author of Lucifer's Lottery,
City Infernal, and The Innswich Horror

"Matthew Warner’s Blood Born is a monstrously good novel. A taut, exciting thriller populated with believable characters and some genuinely shocking scenes. It’s a wild ride from start to finish."

— Brett McBean, author of The Last Motel and The Mother

"Matthew Warner delivers a fast paced, character-driven thrill ride in Blood Born. The novel starts off with a pointy-toothed bang and leaves you breathless and begging for more."

— Jessy Marie Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of Pill Hill Press

"Blood Born grabs you from the start. Intense in its imagery, pacing, and emotion."

— David Dunwoody, author of Unbound & Other Tales and Empire

"Like a spike ramming into your head, the action comes hard and fast. From the outset Warner grabs you by the throat and drags you into a world of believable characters, secret labs and something … tantalizing"

— Lee Pletzers, author of The Last Church & The Game

"Blood Born is the most intense, action packed 'new monster' horror book I've read in a long time. Vivid action scenes coupled with strong characters combine to make this a must-read for horror lovers everywhere. Matthew Warner did an excellent job of writing a book that you won't want to put down until the very last page."

— Chris Bartholomew, Editor of Static Movement

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