[IDEXED]Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke!

[Kealan Patrick Burke]

I am into the book about 50 pages. I have two comments so far. 1. The story grabs you from the beginning, I immediately wanted to know what was next. 2. You said you wrote this in 2008. Since this story went a couple of years without being published I must assume other publishers passed on this before CD picked it up. I again want to thank CD and other small presses for allowing me to read great stories that the mainstream publishers do not see fit to publish.

Actually, CD was the first place I sent it and they snapped it up almost immediately. Afterward my agent did pitch it to a number of New York editors, every single one of whom said the same thing: "Great book, but we wouldn't know how to market it. What else does he have?" - the same response they've given every book I've written. So yes, even though it happened in the reverse order, you're correct. Without Rich, Brian and everyone at CD, this book would still be sitting on my hard drive. It's just one of the many reasons these guys rock. Without them, I'd probably have quit writing (at least for publication) back in the early 2000s.

[peteOcha]

Just got that email as well! Good books coming soon!

[gsconquest]

Just got notice today that an ARC is on the way courtesy of CD. Couldn't have come at a better time because I was seriously thinking of pulling the trigger on Kin after reading all the great reviews and comments. Can't wait to get my hands on this one.

[Ben Staad]

I just cracked this book open today and so far very good. Thanks Kealan!

[Martin]

I am into the book about 50 pages. I have two comments so far. 1. The story grabs you from the beginning, I immediately wanted to know what was next. 2. You said you wrote this in 2008. Since this story went a couple of years without being published I must assume other publishers passed on this before CD picked it up. I again want to thank CD and other small presses for allowing me to read great stories that the mainstream publishers do not see fit to publish.

Another cool review for KIN (no spoilers):

"If you took the moral quandaries about revenge, justice and violence against evil from Dennis Lehane’s Patrick Kenzie novels, spread it over the sprawling cast of a Stephen King thriller, and mixed it with the Southern Gothic grotesques of Eudora Welty, you might end up with something like Kealan Patrick Burke’s new novel, Kin...an unflinching examination of the aftermath of atrocities, both foreign and domestic, rural and urban; it is a gripping portrayal of fully realized villains and flawed heroes; it is a treatise on the cycle of violence and on the bonds of family; and it is, ultimately, a novel about the redemptive power of defiance." - Litstack.com

[Kealan Patrick Burke]

Another cool review for KIN (no spoilers):

"If you took the moral quandaries about revenge, justice and violence against evil from Dennis Lehane’s Patrick Kenzie novels, spread it over the sprawling cast of a Stephen King thriller, and mixed it with the Southern Gothic grotesques of Eudora Welty, you might end up with something like Kealan Patrick Burke’s new novel, Kin...an unflinching examination of the aftermath of atrocities, both foreign and domestic, rural and urban; it is a gripping portrayal of fully realized villains and flawed heroes; it is a treatise on the cycle of violence and on the bonds of family; and it is, ultimately, a novel about the redemptive power of defiance." - Litstack.com

[Martin]

First time I had read it and I really enjoyed it.

Oooh, nice choice! Carmilla is great.

[Kealan Patrick Burke]

Got mine today, nice Halloween treat for me in my mailbox! I just finished reading Carmilla so I will start it tonight.

Oooh, nice choice! Carmilla is great.

[Kealan Patrick Burke]

Hi Martin: If memory serves, I finished KIN back in 2008.

Glad you dug Jim's story too! He's an absolute gent.

[Dave1442397]

Got mine yesterday, but damn, that 'to-read' pile is just growing by the day! I'll get to it eventually.

[Martin]

Got mine today, nice Halloween treat for me in my mailbox! I just finished reading Carmilla so I will start it tonight.

[Martin]

How long ago did you write this story? Not sure why but when a book is published I always assume that the story was recently written. P.S. Loved the guest story on the Blog today.

I'll be getting my copies tomorrow too. It'll probably be the first book I've written that I'll have to sit down and read cover-to-cover because I've forgotten quite a bit of it. Rough few years followed the writing of that one.

[Kealan Patrick Burke]

My copy came in today as well, though have to wait until tomorrow to pick it up from the post office. Can't wait to pick this one up

I'll be getting my copies tomorrow too. It'll probably be the first book I've written that I'll have to sit down and read cover-to-cover because I've forgotten quite a bit of it. Rough few years followed the writing of that one.

[Kealan Patrick Burke]

My copy came in today. Pretty cool being Halloween and all. It's an absolutely beautiful book. I've already gotten started on it and it's really good so far.

That's wonderful news! Hope you enjoy it!

[RJK1981]

My copy came in today as well, though have to wait until tomorrow to pick it up from the post office. Can't wait to pick this one up