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16 November 2010

Have you heard about Rick Yancy's The Monstrumologist series?  They chronicle the tales of Dr. Warthrop and his young assistant Will Henry as they set about studying—and hunting—some of he most terrifying supernatural monsters known to man.

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Sounds good right?  Julia will be reviewing THE MONSTUMOLOGIST soon, but in the meantime, Big Honcho Media has provided two prize packs of the first two books in the series, THE MONSTUMOLOGIST and THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO, for two winners.  See details below

THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST

These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has been for nearly ninety years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets. The one who saved me . . . and the one who cursed me.

So starts the diary of Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a doctor with a most unusual specialty: monster hunting. In the short time he has lived with the doctor, Will has grown accustomed to his late night callers and dangerous business. But when one visitor comes with the body of a young girl and the monster that was eating her, Will's world is about to change forever. The doctor has discovered a baby Anthropophagus—a headless monster that feeds through a mouth in its chest—and it signals a growing number of Anthropophagi. Now, Will and the doctor must face the horror threatening to overtake and consume our world before it is too late.

Read the first chapter HERE

THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO

While attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire, could exist, Dr. Warthrop is asked by his former fiancé to rescue her husband from the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh, which has snatched him in the Canadian wilderness. Although Warthrop also considers the Wendigo to be fictitious, he relents and rescues her husband from death and starvation, and then sees the man transform into a Wendigo. Can the doctor and Will Henry hunt down the ultimate predator, who, like the legendary vampire, is neither living nor dead, whose hunger for human flesh is never satisfied? This second book in The Monstrumologist series explores the line between myth and reality, love and hate, genius and madness.

Read the first chapter HERE

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Rick Yancey is the author of The Monstrumologist series (Book #1 of which won the Michael L. Printz Honor Award in 2010) as well as the critically acclaimed series Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp. He has also written several novels for adults including The Highly Effective Detective and A Burning in Homeland. He earned a BA in English from Roosevelt University in Chicago, and worked as a field officer for the Internal Revenue Service before turning to writing full time in 2004. Rick lives in Florida with his wife Sandy, three sons, two dogs and one lizard. Visit him at http://www.rickyancey.com for more info.

Giveaway Guidelines

  1. Open to US & CA only
  2. Leave a comment that includes:
    1. What monster you would like to be hunted in the next book
    2. A way to contact you if you win
  3. Entries must be received by Midnight MST on Nov 29th.

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45 comments:

  1. I would like to see them hunt a Krakenl that would make for an excellent adventure and make the book take things for a nautical turn.

    karissae(at)gmail(dot)com

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  2. I would like to see them hunt a scylla.
    twoofakind12@yahoo.com

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  3. I'd like to enter!

    1. I would like to see them hunt a poltergeist!

    2. starmetaloak(at)gmail(dot)com

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  4. 1. I would like them to hunt a Yowie

    2. Chllybrd(at)gmail(dot)com

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  5. I would like to see them hunt a Striga!

    Thanks for the giveaway
    kristen_babygurl@hotmail.com

    Kristen
    My Bloody Fairy Tale

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  6. Since I'm Polish, I would also like to see them hunt a Striga.

    joycefierro@mindspring.com

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  7. I'd like to see them hunt the creature from the black lagoon

    sgiden at verizon.net

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  8. I would like to see a skinwalker hunted.

    Skk25@aol.com

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  9. I like creatures with weird names. How about the next book contain a Rougarou ? hehe thanks Supernatural for teaching us about these weird creatures.

    juliecookies(at)gmail.com

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  10. How about some Rusalki? There are a ton of Russian monsters/creatures that could use a spotlight for their varying degrees of scary and shapeshifting... ;)
    @inkgypsy on Twitter if I'm lucky in the roll of the die please!

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  11. I would love to see a siren next time.

    Sue
    okibi_insanity[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  12. I always love a good Zombie story. Either that or a mummy!

    melissapascarelli at gmail dot com

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  13. I was going to say a Siren too, but since Sue beat me to it, I will go with a Harpie...that would be fun.

    Thank you for the giveaway.

    midnytereader@gmail.com

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  14. I would like to see Will hunt a zombie!
    Email: krae991 at yahoo dot com

    -Kelsey

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  15. A would love to see them hunt a siren!

    jennifer[dot]kahl[at]gmail[dot]com

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  16. I think a rugaru would be cool. Not quite a werewolf, but close.

    Thanks!
    Katie
    bigferret at email dot com

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  17. I think a Yeti would be fun to hunt. Thankss for the giveaway.

    lizzi0915 at aol dot com

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  18. I'd like them to hunt a Selkie next.

    Sara M
    sara_UFblog [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  19. I would love for them to hunt a big foot.

    jlynettes @ hotmail . com

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  20. It would be nice to see them hunt faeries. Every book always makes them out to be good sweet creatures but it would be cool to see bad faeries.
    Thanks for the great giveaway!
    apk1princess@live.com

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  21. I love discovering monsters from legends I've never heard of before. How about a monster of East Asian or Hindi origin? That would rock!

    cass at feministdracona dot net

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  22. Hmmmm, what about a banshee for hunting in the next book.

    Deidre
    deidre_durance at hotmail dot com

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  23. I would like them to hunt a Siren!
    throuthehaze at gmail dot com

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  24. id like them to hunt and incubus or a succubus

    elizabethjhoskins@gmail.com

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  25. Can I choose NOT to be chased? Because that thought just creeps me out!

    Thanks for the giveaway.

    taffy(dot)lovell@gmail.com

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  26. How about a skinwalker of some sort, but not the normal wolf or coyote skinwalker.

    bkwolf(dot)whitaker@gmail(dot)com

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  27. haven't seen to many Golems out there...

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  28. Gorgon. Gorgons live for thousands of years (if they don't get their heads cut off) and yet besides the Doctor... there hasn't been many people facing them in modern stories.

    shenlon@hotmail.com

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  29. I'd like to see them hunt a Chimera.
    peacelily_2006(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  30. How about a chupacabra?

    acm05atjuno.com

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  31. I would like to see a fae hunted! sophieamontreal AT gmail DOT com

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  32. Remember that movie "NightBreed" It was a popular B+ type movie, in my neck of the woods back in the 90's. It's based on a Clive Barker Book. There were some really Awesome, Scary Monsters in that movie. IMDB advises lost cut footage has been found & that their is more content leading to a longer,graphic version of the movie & that Horror Buffs are begging to get this movie re-released. Doesn't look like we'll get it but who knows. But the premise behind this movie is sound but not being able to go in daylight might be getting over done with those folks tired of vamp type stuff. Great contest question & post. I'd luv to win these. Have a great Turkey Day ;D
    Stephmartin71(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  33. Hmm...a succubus would be cool. I like the siren and fey ideas too.

    folksohana at gmail dot com

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  34. Would love to enter....

    My pick....a fearie of course and then maybe he will fall in love with her....:D

    willowdust@gmail.com
    Im a follower

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  35. I think it would be cool if they could hunt a Chimera.
    Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!
    chickenherder@hotmail.com

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  36. it would be cool if they could hunt something invisible, or maybe a shapeshifter?
    thanks for the giveaway!
    ninefly(at)gmail(dot)com

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  37. Oooh, these books look interesting.

    Any monster? Hmm.. outside my Greek Mythology range there aren't any monsters I know, but maybe something out of Norse mythology.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    asianperson at gmail dot com

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  38. I agree with the person who mentioned the chupacabra! That should be the next creature. >:I

    Tzuki.Hikaru (at) gmail (dot) com

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  39. Would be interesting to see how hunting for a shapeshifter or a witch.

    dorcontest at gmail dot com

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  40. A Banshee. I like that one, dont really see many of them around.

    bacchus76 at myself dot com

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  41. I think that a fearie would be good. They're never really hunted. Thanks for the giveaway!

    lvtink21@wi.rr.com

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  42. How about the Mothman?

    lovemybabysquid@yahoo.com

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  43. Mary D
    zenrei57 (at) hotmail dot com

    I'd like to see them hunt a Jen (genie)

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  44. It would be cool to see them hunt a Doppelganger. There are seldom so few good takes on them and I believe the author should give it a try considering how his writing just gave me happy chills. ^.^

    Rin
    Midnightstar124@Gmail.com

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  45. Wow, all the good monsters are taken! But I like the Siren for the next hunt...

    Nancy
    ntuuling@tx.rr.com

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