Best Mike Carey Books

The Naming of the Beasts

Felix Castor • Book 5

by Mike Carey

Exorcist Felix Castor's double-dealing finally backfires spectacularly, leaving him with blood on his hands and a crisis that forces him to confront the inevitable consequences of his moral compromises.

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Exorcist Felix Castor's double-dealing finally backfires spectacularly, leaving him with blood on his hands and a crisis that forces him to confront the inevitable consequences of his moral compromises.

Dead Men's Boots

Felix Castor • Book 3

by Mike Carey

A serial killer's methods match those of a long-dead American murderer, pulling Castor into both a legal battle and a supernatural mystery. Third Castor novel deepens the mythology while ramping up the personal stakes.

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A serial killer's methods match those of a long-dead American murderer, pulling Castor into both a legal battle and a supernatural mystery. Third Castor novel deepens the mythology while ramping up the personal stakes.

Vicious Circle

Felix Castor • Book 2

by Mike Carey

When Felix Castor's fellow exorcists start turning up dead, his investigation pulls him deeper into London's occult underworld. Sharp supernatural noir with genuine menace lurking beneath the cynical humor.

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When Felix Castor's fellow exorcists start turning up dead, his investigation pulls him deeper into London's occult underworld. Sharp supernatural noir with genuine menace lurking beneath the cynical humor.

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology

by Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero, Brian Keene, Carrie Ryan, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Isaac Marion, Jay Bonansinga, Joe R. Lansdale, John Skipp, Max Brallier, Mike Carey, Mira Grant, Neal Shusterman, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Ryan Brown, John A. Russo, Craig E. Engler, Chuck Wendig, Brendan Shusterman

Celebrating the 1968 film that launched zombie culture, twenty horror masters contribute new stories expanding on that original farmhouse nightmare. Essential for understanding how one movie changed horror forever.

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Celebrating the 1968 film that launched zombie culture, twenty horror masters contribute new stories expanding on that original farmhouse nightmare. Essential for understanding how one movie changed horror forever.

Zombies: More Recent Dead

by Paula Guran, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Kathleen Tierney, Stephen Graham Jones, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Vaughn, Carrie Ryan, Matthew Johnson

Literary horror's finest writers use zombies to explore survival, society, and what makes us human in the first place. The anthology avoids shambling clichés by focusing on character-driven stories that happen to feature the undead.

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Literary horror's finest writers use zombies to explore survival, society, and what makes us human in the first place. The anthology avoids shambling clichés by focusing on character-driven stories that happen to feature the undead.