Today, we’re thrilled to bring you the cover reveal of LUCIFER & SON, the third book in The Sooty Feathers series by David Craig

Unfamiliar with the series? Here’s a run through:

Sooty Feathers Series synopsis:

The Sooty Feathers series tells a masterful gothic tale about a supernatural war for control of the Second City of the British Empire, and the struggle of flawed characters of uncertain virtue who try to avert it. It is set in a late 19th century Glasgow ruled by undead – from the private clubs, town houses and country manors of the privileged to the dung-choked wynds and overcrowded slums of the poor. Undead unrest, a fallen angel, and religious zealots intent on driving out the forces of evil, set the stage for a diabolical conflict of biblical proportions.

Book 1 was Resurrection Men

Book 2 was Lord of the Hunt

Book 3 is Lucifer & Son

Elsewhen Press will be launching Lucifer & Son at Worldcon Glasgow with the paperback available from August 5th, but if you can’t wait until then, the ebook will be available from 5th July. You can find out more on the Elsewhen Press website.

Let’s find out what David has in store for this third instalment:

The Devil you know.

October 1893

The living and undead alike fall like autumn leaves as a supernatural war ignites in Glasgow. The reclusive vampyre lord, Niall Fisher, rules the city from his crypt through his undead regent, Margot Guillam, and the secret society known as the Sooty Feathers. That rule is now challenged by the city’s former master, Arakiel, a demon overthrown by Fisher two centuries prior.

  As deaths and disappearances rise, Lady Delaney and her apprentice Kerry Knox gather allies to free Glasgow from the demons and undead alike. Body snatcher Wilton Hunt is one such ally, thanks to the machinations of the corrupt Bishop Redfort who plays his own game. Another is the uncompromising Wolfgang Steiner, a Templar Inquisitor as ruthless as the foe he fights.

  But one among this band is Lucifer’s son, vengeance drawing him and his father back into the war, risking the revelation of his diabolical paternity. For Lady Delaney and the others, is the hour desperate enough to make common cause with the Devil?

  From the glittering balls of high society to dung-caked slums, from a decrepit castle to tunnels beneath the city itself, blood is spilled and betrayal reigns. An exhausted stalemate looks nigh as Death’s scythe reaps without discrimination, but Arakiel plots to draw out Fisher for one last, decisive battle. And crucial to this scheme is an unwitting Lucifer, who must face the consequences of an ancient sin.

And finally, the cover:

Cover design and artwork by Alison Buck

Thoughts from David:

“In writing Lucifer & Son, I’m thrilled to deliver scenes I planned out thirteen years ago, when I began what has become known as the Sooty Feather series, an urban fantasy set in Victorian Scotland. To see characters, good and bad, living and otherwise, grow over the course of these books has been a real challenge and pleasure. Books upon books of maps and photographs of 1890’s Glasgow have helped me construct a city that is almost a character itself, from the neo-gothic and classical buildings of the rich to the crumbling slums of the poor. Most of the streets, many of the buildings, and at least one of the pubs still exist today.

The journey undertaken by the protagonists has not been an easy one, marked by hardship and loss, and this novel sees the culmination of many plotlines.

  Alison Buck’s covers have captured the essence of these stories, from the famous gothic landmarks and crowded slums to the Highland pagan stones of a fictionalised Loch Aline, and now to the distinctive Georgian manor, Pollok House, known in the books as Dunkellen House. This estate to the south of Glasgow is the scene of several significant scenes in the series, and Alison has captured it wonderfully.

  One more to go.”

David Craig Author Bio:

Aside from three months living on an oil tanker sailing back and forth between America and Africa, and two years living in a pub, David Craig grew up on the west coast of Scotland. He studied Software Engineering at university, but lost interest in the subject after (and admittedly prior to) graduation. He currently works as a workforce planning analyst for a public service contact centre, and lives near Glasgow with his wife, daughter and dog.

Find out more about Lucifer & Son on the Elsewhen Press website.