Welcome to a new cover reveal!

Today we have the pleasure of collaborate with Angry Robot to help host the reveal of the cover of The Sound of the Dark, a new novel written by Daniel Church (The Ravening, The Hollows).

Let's take a look at the blurb:

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…

The Sound of the Dark will be released the 28th October, 2025.

The cover has been designed by Sarah O'Flaherty

In this post:

Daniel Church

I grew up in Manchester, and I still live in the North of England, with the love of my life. I love nature, hills, woods, forest, lakes, rivers, the sea and dogs.

I also write horror fiction.

My first novel, The Hollows, was published in 2022, and was a finalist for the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel. 

My second novel, The Ravening, will be published in September 2024.