About the book: 2021 / Robert Rick McCammon (born July 11, 1952, Birmingham, Alabama, USA) is an American horror writer. Robert McCammon, "the genius from Alabama", is one of the most popular authors of mystery and horror novels. Already with his first book, “Baal” (1978), he attracted attention, became one of the best-selling authors, but became truly famous after the novel “They Thirst” (1981). “Baal” sold 300,000 copies, which by American standards is very good for a first-time author. The second novel written was "Night Ship", but the second one was published, "The Sin of Immortality" ("Night Ship" was accepted for publication by Avon, but the publisher heard that a film was being made about the Nazis with a roughly similar plot and postponed the publication of this novel, and McCammon, who had already signed a contract with the publisher, urgently wrote another novel). After They Thirst, McCammon began to be considered a “name” author—that is, an author whose books were destined to sell well. The next novel, “The Mysterious Path,” the most “pop,” the most moralizing of all his works, helped the author gain recognition among the most conservative literary circles; its cover was featured on the publishing house's catalogs and it was included in the number of books recommended for reading by the Literary Guild Book Club. The Usher's Lot, a gothic novel with elements of horror, was initially rejected by the publisher and "laid on the shelf" for more than a year. (This novel is undoubtedly better than all his previous ones - such is often the fate of really good books.) Then it was published, in fact, only for the reasons that McCammon, a well-selling author, had not had a new book for several years. After the release of Swan's Song, McCammon became the most popular horror author for a time. This novel spent 4 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and the first edition sold almost a million copies (and there have been four in total to date). And the next novel, “Bite,” also sold about a million copies during its first publication. The novel “The Hour of the Wolf” had similar success. The novel "A Boy's Life", an autobiographical fantasy, in addition to commercial success, also received literary awards. After Southbound, McCammon took time out to be a full-time father. In 2002, McCammon returned to literature with a new novel, “Speaks the Nightbird,” which the following year brought the author the “Southeastern SF Achievement Award” (awarded to science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors born or living in the Southeastern region). eastern USA). In 2007, the sequel to “The Voice”, “The Queen of Bedlam,” was released, which tells about the further adventures of Matthew Corbett, the main character of the previous novel. The author is currently working on the third part of the series and hopes to finish it this year. Proposed title: "Mr. Slaughter”, in total the author plans to write nine or ten novels about Matthew Corbett. In the spring of the same year, filming of a film based on McCammon's story "Blue World" is scheduled to begin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Contents: Matthew Corbett: 1. Voice of the night bird (Translation: Mikhail Levin)2. Queen of Bedlam (Translation: Mikhail Levin)3. Mr. Slaughter (Translation: Mikhail Levin)4. Rider of the Vanguard (Translation: Mikhail Levin)5. River of Spirits (Translation: Natalia Moskovskikh)6. Freedom of the Mask (Translation: Natalia Moskovskikh)7. Cardinal Black (Translation: Elena Belikova, Natalia Moskovskikh) Swan Song: 1. Song of Svan. Book one (Translation: Oleg Kolesnikov)2. Song Svan. Book two (Translation: Oleg Kolesnikov) Novels outside the cycles: 1. Hour of the Wolf (Translation: Oleg Kolesnikov)2. The sin of immortality (Translation: Oleg Kolesnikov)3. Kusaka (Translation: Ekaterina Alexandrova)4. On the way to the south 5. The Mysterious Path (Translation: G. Zheboldov, Oleg Kolesnikov)6. They crave 7. Listener (Translation: Elena Belikova, Natalia)