The Beast Without - (Arcadia Trust) 2nd Edition by Christian Baines (Paperback)

About the Book

Blending horror, intrigue, action, humour, and queerness, the acclaimed Arcadia Trust series of paranormal mysteries returns with an all-new edition of its first installment, The Beast Without.

Book Synopsis

Reylan is everything a Sydney vampire aspires to be: wealthy, handsome and independent, carefully feeding off companions plucked from the gay bars of Oxford Street.

When one of those companions is killed by Jorgas, a hot-headed young werewolf prowling his streets, Reylan reluctantly puts his cherished lifestyle of blood and boys on hold to help a mysterious alliance of supernatural beings track down the beast. It can't be that hard... not when Jorgas keeps coming after him.

But there's more to this werewolf than a body count and a bad attitude. As their relationship grows deeper and more twisted, Reylan tastes Jorgas' blood, reawakening desires the vampire had thought long dead. And what evolves between them may be far more dangerous than some rival predator in the dark...

Review Quotes

"A writer with a bold, original vision, not beholden to the limits of conventional genre tropes." - Michael Rowe, author of Enter, Night and Wild Fell

"Baines' brave new underworld is well devised, multi-layered, and dense with political and personal agendas-and it's frightening: so much so that I found myself looking over my shoulder more than once at night." - Felice Picano, author of Like People in History

"Baines has a gift for twisted psyches, playing the supernatural to expose the human evils at play, and a talent for turns of phrases that leave you shuddering even as you turn the page." 'Nathan Burgoine, author of Light

"Christian Baines has struck gold with his debut novel." - The Novel Approach Reviews

"I love the world created here. It has the same feel as Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Series, with a little more grit, and of course, the added m/m element. There is plenty of paranormal elements involved, some more gruesome than others, but it is a very colorful and interesting story." - The Blogger Girls

"Just fantastic! I'm just amazed by the imagination the author put into this, from the culprit to the resolution I just couldn't put it down." - Love Bytes Reviews

"Something of a mashup of Clive Barker and Noel Coward." - Prism Book Alliance