A Macabre Myth of a Moth-Man [Hardcover]

Brad Fear (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2008

WATCH OUT… THIS AIN’T GONNA BE PRETTY… Meet Moth: he’s half his namesake and half social misfit. Moth’s been pretty ticked off. A year ago sciencey people locked him in a lab, stuck needles in him and shone lights in his eyes. He wasn’t very happy about this, so now him and his mate ‘Ozzy’ (a quite unpleasant chap of green skin, yellow eyes and lots of teeth) are out for good ol’ fashioned retribution. Meet Nina. She’s a barmaid and wants to work with animals. Nina’s been roped into helping some friends with their amateur ‘Moth-man’ documentary. Of course, she doesn’t believe in such silly myths, but she needs something to take her mind off her ex-boyfriend. Unluckily for Nina, her world is about to be blown apart by the ugly-as-sin truth… Looks like Moth and Nina have got enough on their plates… and that’s not including the gas-mask wearing cult, the ticking, blade-fingered robot or the old man with the crows flying around him… 'A MACABRE MYTH OF A MOTH-MAN' is the debut novel of author Brad Fear: a union of urban fantasy and noir, chronicling the tale of a seemingly clueless insect detective.

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About the Author

BRAD FEAR was born on March 26th 1986 and raised in Somerset, England (home of Great Britain's largest concentration of the greeting 'Alright my luvvver...'). He spent a year and a half studying Scriptwriting for Film and TV at Bournemouth University, but didn't finish the course. This was partly because he preferred writing outlandish tales of moth-men to one-off television dramas and mostly because he had all the social skills of a grapefruit (and not the talkative kind of grapefruit).He currently resides in the town of Bridgwater and lives with his pet tarantulas -Cassandra and Shelob- and a Chinese Water Dragon called Colin (no, really! It's a kind of lizard! Quick, type it into Google, I can wait...). His hobbies include writing, sketching, walking on the hills when the mood takes him, buying animals that no-one else has, reading excessive numbers of graphic novels and philosophical pondering.He enjoys curry and drinking Irn Bru. Buy him these and he will instantly like you. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (September 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438902646
• ISBN-13: 978-1438902647
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,474,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Comic Adventure!, February 28, 2009

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This review is from: A Macabre Myth of a Moth-Man (Hardcover)

An Extremely well written tale by an exciting young author. If you enjoy comic books and like rooting for fantastic heroes, you should enjoy this novel.

As the story unfolds you will find yourself becoming emotionally involved with the characters, loving some and hating others. The main character is a combination insect and human, also known as the Moth-man. His main goal is to find out who is responsible for his present state of affairs and then to terminate that individual. His best friend is a grotesque looking figure named Ozzy, that he found living in the sewers of the city. Also in the picture is his girlfriend Nina, at least she was his girl before the transformation. The readers will have no trouble hating the loathsome villains that the Moth-man encounters in his travels throughout this novel. There is also plenty of action in the story to keep a person interested all the way to the end.