And, now we have a canopy for The Calamities, courtesy of Del Rey and the Boland Design Co (who additionally did the stellar Staircase within the Woods cowl)!

The outline:

The inheritor to one of many world’s most influential households reckons with the demonic secret to their energy, on this modern darkish fantasy that melds occult magic with stunning household drama from the New York Instances bestselling creator of The E-book of Accidents.

Mourning Mayne is aware of he’ll someday bear the responsibility of managing his household’s huge empire of wealth and energy. However the feckless Mourning has all the time struggled to just accept this legacy, which is certainly one of cruelty, domination, and exploitation… and one thing even darker.

As a result of the Maynes are not any extraordinary household: Hidden in our world are the fiends—half-human, half-demon, and possessed of darkish magic born from shopping for human souls—and the Maynes are one of many oldest and most influential fiendish households.

However when Mourning’s estranged father, the formidable and terrifying Hadrian Mayne, calls for that he return to the fold, Mourning has to decide whether or not to just accept his legacy and embrace his function within the household, or to forge his personal future, and with it, change the course of the world.

As a result of alongside the best way dwelling, he’ll meet Key, a black-market vendor of human souls, and Quinn, an artist who could maintain the darkish reality behind the destiny of the fiends. Alone, they’ve all struggled with the darkness of their fiendish nature…however collectively, they may discover a path out of the shadows.

And, in fact, the pre-order hyperlinks:

First, you will get a replica signed and customized and despatched on to you, courtesy of my native retailer, Doylestown Bookshop — and the identical is true of the upcoming Staircase within the Woods paperback, too.

Or, you possibly can procure from:

Bookshop.org | Your native indie retailer, wherever which may be | Libro.fm | B&N | Amz | BAM | Apple | Kobo | And I’ll add extra hyperlinks as we get nearer…

Oh, and the guide releases on August 18th.

I gained’t get too deep into speaking in regards to the guide now — it’s occulty and demony and creepy and peculiar and I had lots of enjoyable writing it. I’m doing line-edits now and simply re-reading it jogs my memory what a blast I had with it. Agares Home and the Dantalion and founts of elixir! Stolen souls and twisted love and dangerous fathers! There’s additionally a sure orange cat in it. And a sure demon. However you’ll see that once you get the guide.

Additionally will certainly have extra issues to announce within the coming days — and I think I’ll be on tour with it, as effectively!

Oh, and naturally, that is solely the primary guide.

The second guide, Chaos Reigns, will likely be out (I consider) the next 12 months.

Within the meantime —

Don’t go promoting your soul to any demons, yeah?