It was announced in March that Daniel Kraus would once again posthumously team-up with acclaimed director George A. Romero for Pay the Piper releasing September 2024. Now, we have a beautiful cover by illustrator Evangeline Gallagher.
After successfully completing The Living Dead in 2020, where Kraus tackled the challenging task of finishing George A. Romero’s partially written novel, Daniel is now set to undertake the completion of the unfinished manuscript for Pay the Piper. Daniel Kraus worked closely with the Romero estate to bring this unfinished work to us all.
While exploring the University of Pittsburgh Library’s System’s George A. Romero Archival Collection in 2020, Kraus discovered an unfinished novel titled Pay the Piper. After obtaining approval from the Romero estate, Daniel completed his second and final collaboration with the esteemed writer.
Kraus, a New York Times bestselling author, has an impressive track record. He collaborated with Guillermo del Toro on novels such as The Shape of Water and Trollhunters, the former an adaptation of the feature film and the latter became a Emmy-winning Netflix series. Kraus also wrote the highly successful Whalefall in 2023, now optioned for a feature film and named Capes and Tights 2023 Book of the Year.
Pay the Piper is available for pre-order and will hit bookstores everywhere on September 3, 2024.
About Pay the Piper
Alligator Point, Louisiana, population 141: Young Renée Pontiac has heard stories of “the Piper”—a murderous swamp entity haunting the bayou—her entire life. But now the legend feels horrifically real: children are being taken and gruesomely slain. To resist, Pontiac and the town’s desperate denizens will need to acknowledge the sins of their ancestors—the infamous slave traders, the Pirates Lafitte. If they don’t . . . it’s time to pay the piper.
The Pay the Piper Cover
