You can watch a lengthy recorded interview with me on the Sci-Fi London website, in which I talk (in quite a lot of depth!) about Procession of the Dead and how I came to write it. Although I usually come across quite concisely in most printed interviews, I actually do love to go off on a long, fast-talking spiel when giving free reign, and this captures me in full, sometimes frenetic flow!!! Click here for the link to the video: http://www.sci-fi-london.com/news/article/1210282552/6/d-b-shan-video#

Renowned for his very spooky young adult novels, Procession of the Dead is Shan’s first foray into the world of adult horror fiction – and it’s certainly creepy.
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Best known for his children’s books, and building on their success, Procession of the Dead (part of The City Trilogy) - first published 10 years ago, but now revisited - sees Shan’s first foray into adult literature surface as a gritty, noirish, urban fantasy.
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Fave book of 2008 to date! *****

I was actually unfamiliar with D.B. Shan prior to reading this book, but I’ve genuinely become a bit of a convert and am interested in seeing what else he’s got to write! I hope this book is released in a wider format in the states at some point, but for now, keep it on your radar or find a copy on eBay.
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As trilogies go, D B Shan’s ‘City’ has been a long time coming. Procession of the Dead was originally released, as the author’s début novel, under the title Ayuamarca, in 1999. The second book swiftly followed, but the third never saw light of day. Given the author’s success – oddly enough, in children’s literature – the trilogy has been extensively re-edited by the author and re-released to a more receptive and eager public.
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Procession of the Dead comes from the Incan word Ayuamarca, which literally translated gives the book its title. It is also the Incan name for the month of November, and the title of the novel’s 11th chapter. In fact all of the chapter titles are taken from the Incan names for the months. It is a clever hook that Shan bases his narrative on; were the reader so inclined, they could research and dissect the minutia that Shan has layered into what was in 1999 his first novel. Sadly, I was not so inclined.
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