Richard Lee Byers is the author of over thirty novels and the co-creator of the critically acclaimed Young Adult series The Nightmare Club. The Rite was a finalist for the Origins Award. His other books include the horror tales: The Vampire’s Apprentice, Dark Fortune, and Dead Time; the fantasy stories, Unclean, Dissolution, The Enemy Within, The Rage, The Ruin, The Black Bouquet, Queen of the Depths, and the Shattered mask, and the X-Men novel Soul Killer. His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies.
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