Caveney, Philip
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1951- ) UK advertising copywriter and author, primarily of horror and Young Adult fantasy, beginning with his first novel, The Sins of Rachel Ellis (1978), a Timeslip tale. Two of his series are fantasy: the Sebastian Darke sequence beginning with Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools (2007), whose protagonist is a half-elf jester; and the Alec Devlin sequence beginning with The Eye of the Serpent (2008). The Movie Maniacs sequence beginning with Night on Terror Island (2011) traps its young protagonists within the world of various movies (see Virtual Reality). Also of sf interest is 1999 (1997), a Near Future noir thriller set in Manchester, England as the Millennium approaches. England begins to turn into a police state, a preternaturally powerful Drug destroys a swathe of teenagers, and the protagonist discovers, deep Underground, a virulent cult about to come to the surface (see Horror in SF). [JC]
Philip Richard Caveney
born Prestatyn, Wales: 30 December 1951
works
series
Sebastian Darke
- Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools (London: The Bodley Head, 2007) [Sebastian Darke: hb/David Wyatt]
- Sebastian Darke: Prince of Pirates (London: The Bodley Head, 2008) [Sebastian Darke: hb/Johnny Duddle]
- Sebastian Darke: Prince of Explorers (London: The Bodley Head, 2008) [Sebastian Darke: hb/Johnny Duddle]
Alec Devlin
- The Eye of the Serpent (London: Random House/Red Fox, 2008) [Alec Devlin: pb/Songe Riddle]
- Empire of the Skull (London: Random House/Red Fox, 2009) [Alec Devlin: pb/]
- Maze of Death (London: Random House/Red Fox, 2010) [Alec Devlin: pb/]
Movie Maniacs
- Night on Terror Island (London: Random House/Andersen, 2011) [Movie Maniacs: pb/]
- Spy Another Day (London: Random House/Andersen, 2012) [Movie Maniacs: pb/]
- Space Blasters (London: Random House/Andersen, 2013) [Movie Maniacs: pb/]
individual titles (selected)
- The Sins of Rachel Ellis (New York: St Martin's Press, 1978) [hb/Bert Dodson]
- 1999 (London: Headline/Feature, 1997) [hb/Steve Crisp]
- Watchers (Edinburgh, Scotland: Fledgling Press, 2013) [pb/]
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