One of the books I've been most looking forward to in 2012 is nearly here. Gary McMahon's Concrete Grove was a real favourite of mine last year. A relentless tale of urban horror, it touched upon issues of social deprivation, despair and hopelessness; themes that I find personally engaging as a result of my own background and interests. I've said before now, that I think McMahon's voice is one of the strongest to emerge recently in dark fiction, and I've no reason to expect that this second instalment in the Concrete Grove Trilogy will be anything less than superb. Check out the exciting new teaser trailer below.
Twenty years ago three young boys staggered out of an old building, tired and dirty yet otherwise unharmed. Missing for a weekend, the boys had no idea of where they'd been. But they all shared the same vague memory of a shadowed woodland grove…and they swore they'd been gone for only an hour.
When Simon returns to the Concrete Grove to see his old friends and unearth painful memories from his childhood, things once buried begin to claw their way back to the surface. The hummingbirds are flying again, bringing a warning of something terrible. Bad dreams take on physical form and walk the streets of the estate. A dark, hideously patient entity is calling once again from the shadows, reaching out towards three terrified boys who have now grown into emotionally damaged men. And the past is about to catch up with them all, staining their lives with a darkness they could never truly escape. Welcome back to the Concrete Grove. The place you can never really leave...
Here is my review of the first book in the Concrete Grove Trilogy.
Silent Voices is released March 27 (US/CAN) and April 12 (UK) from Solaris Books
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