

So if the Speaks the Nightbird series does move forward at FX, they'll have plenty more stories about Corbett to choose from for future seasons. The Matthew mentioned in the plot description is Matthew Corbett, a "professional problem solver" who has been featured in six more McCammon novels so far. He recently completed the eighth book, THE KING OF. His latest novel, CARDINAL BLACK, is the seventh book in the Matthew Corbett series. There are more than four million copies of his books in print. Speaks the Nightbird is being produced by Shay Prentice, Kevin Nicklaus, Kevin Matusow of The Traveling Picture Show Company, and Mark Wolper of Wolper Organization. Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including the award-winning BOY'S LIFE and SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD.

In the Carolinas of 1699, a traveling magistrate and his clerk, Matthew, arrive in Fount Royal to hold a trial for an accused witch, a beautiful young woman named Rachel Howarth, a trial that reveals that Fount Royal has become a battleground between good and evil and that not even the innocent are safe.įX is now developing a potential series based on the novel, and UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB (pictured above) writer/director Stephen Susco is writing the adaptation. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for MISTER SLAUGHTER By Robert R. McCammon, 9780655685272, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. There are gruesome murders, hidden treasure and a cast of shady well drawn suspects. First published in 2002 (and available for purchase at THIS LINK), author Robert McCammon's novel Speaks the Nightbird told "a dark and chilling tale about a witch-hunt in the seventeenth century Carolina colonies." Its a 17th century whodunit fast paced and thoroughly engaging.
