I’m thrilled to be sharing the cover of Daniel Church‘s upcoming horror book, The Sound of the Dark, to be released on October 28 2025 from Angry Robot Books! This vaguely unsettling cover seems perfect for the story. I love the idea of a podcaster investigating a decades-old mystery involving a murder-suicide case and the abandoned RAF base connected to it. Check out the cover and the description below:
In 1983 experimental artist Tony Mathias began work on a new installation – it was to be a collage of visuals and sounds collected at an abandoned RAF base called Warden Fell. Various stories and rumours swirled around the place but Tony was interested only in the echoes of history. But soon after visiting the site to tape-record the sounds there, he returned to the caravan where he was staying with his family and killed his wife, his two children and then himself. Another dark twist in Warden Fell’s history?
But the past reaches out. Decades later Cally Darker, gets the chance to investigate the terrible story and perhaps even solve the mystery – a fantastic exclusive story for her true-crime podcast.
Tony’s actress sister Stella is desperate for the mystery to be solved before she dies will do all she can to help and passes on the tapes left behind by her brother. But before long, Cally realises that Warden Fell has a far older and darker story to tell. Be careful what you listen to…
Set in the lonely and craggy Warden Fell in Lancashire, The Sound of the Dark explores loneliness, isolation, the physical and psychological damages of sensory overwhelm…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Daniel Church grew up in Manchester, and still lives in the North of England with the love of his life. He loves nature, hills, woods, forest, lakes, rivers, the sea and dogs. He also writes horror fiction. His first novel, The Hollows, was short-listed for the 2023 British Fantasy Society’s Horror Novel of the Year, and The Ravening was published in September 2024. Find Daniel on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dannythechurch.bsky.social
This one sounds so good. Cool cover too!
Sounds amazing, and that’s a great cover!
I like they didn’t choose some super horrific cover, lol
I’m liking the sound of this book! I always feel drawn to books that feature a podcaster, especially a true crime podcaster. Should be a great read!
I loved The Hollows, the Ravening slightly less but still enjoyed myself. I’m definitely checking this one out.
This sounds interesting and I really love the cover!!
Ooh i like the cover, it somehow manages to get a sense of menace across without going down the blood & gore path. This sounds like a really interesting read too.
This sounds great. I loved the Hollows, not as much the Ravening, but I will very much look forward to this one’s release.
Lynn