{"id":30372,"date":"2024-07-05T13:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxebridge.com\/emma\/?p=30372"},"modified":"2024-07-05T13:18:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:18:02","slug":"dr-cuba-novel-series-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxebridge.com\/emma\/dr-cuba-novel-series-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"“Dr. Cuba” Novel Series Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another rough cover concept for DR. CUBA with art by Samo94<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m thrilled to announce I have completed the first in a series of crime fiction \/ horror novels, DR. CUBA<\/strong>. And while that is at the editor’s for final proofreading before publication, I am just about two-thirds of the way complete with the sequel, THE THREE HEADS OF DR. CUBA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The series is my love letter to the earliest silent crime and horror movies and serials, such as Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Fant\u00f4mas, The Golem, <\/em>and Homunculus.<\/em> In DR. CUBA<\/strong>, set in 1945, a huge series of gold heists plagued the world, threatening to destabilize entire economies. Inspector Heiner Thumann, having fled Germany and taken up a post at Scotland Yard, is sent to South America to investigate the crime wave, attributed to a shadowy figure known only as “Dr. Cuba.” At the same, a stoic, unnamed figure — who claims to lack a soul — sets New York City’s Chinatown underground on fire as he seeks a ship to take him on a secret mission of his own design.<\/p>\n

The story spans multiple continents as Inspector Thumann must uncover the secret of Dr. Cuba’s global ambitions, including world-spanning criminal conspiracies and mysterious, ancient occult practices.<\/p>\n

In THE THREE HEADS OF DR. CUBA<\/strong>, Inspector Thumann returns to Germany in 1946 to investigate three separate crime waves. A series of murders leaves behind blood-drained corpses, while elsewhere, prostitutes are being disemboweled by an unnamed killer. Finally, rumors swirl throughout Germany that a giant beast called “The Golem” is hunting Nazis hiding within the country. Soon, Thumann suspects the three crime waves may be connected to a resurgent Dr. Cuba.<\/p>\n

The third book,\u00a0tentatively titled\u00a0THE BLASPHEMIES OF DR. CUBA<\/strong>, will likely explore some weird occult angles and rope in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, as well as draw inspiration from the famous film<\/span>\u00a0The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You can read a few sample chapters (in PDF format) right here!<\/p>\n