Books by David Hine

Victor Hugo's scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain's political system tells a story of Gwynplaine, the two-year-old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted, then abandoned. Years later he is re-introduced to the aristocratic life, and resolves to become the voice of the voiceless, whether he is heard or not.

As they count their losses following their battleagainst the Sphere of Power, The Marked explore their origins, following athread of tales starting with the rescue of Lovecraft from the mysteriousKah-Loh-Lu, back through history to the first woman to be marked with the powerof magic. Collects THE MARKED#6-10

The dream of a peaceful Utopia turns into a nightmareas war breaks out on Perdita. To save her people, Sonata journeys to The Citadelto find the last of the Old Gods. An epic tale of love, betrayal and madness...A story not to be missed, with a fantastic new world and new charactersintroduced!Collects SONATA #7 -12

It seems that Faraway Hills, the modern community built on the site of the far, far older Crouch Heath, did not satisfy all the needs of the community. When the Castavette Estate reappeared on the edge of town, years after it had been demolished, those needs, those urges, those cravings were satisfied. But what price will be exacted by The Bad Bad Place? David Hine and Mark Stafford, the team responsible for The Man Who Laughs and Lip Hook, bring a new tale of dreams turned dark, and a mother''s soul blackened with revenge.

Their magic is channeled through their tats! The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world against evil forces. With no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of Hybrid Sorcery. The party is over for The Marked. You'll believe in magic - terrifying, soul-destroying magic.

Somewhere in the British Isles, at the end of a neglected road, there is a village called Lip Hook. A car speeds towards the village. The driver is a beautiful woman, the passenger a man with a gunshot wound. The two seek shelter at the Hanged Man Inn, where the woman persuades the inn-keeper to accept payment in kind. As the woman extends her services to more of Lip Hook's men a false faith grips the community - and reason, logic and humanity begin to disappear.

This is an analysis of the revolution of the last two decades that has built an extensive new regulatory apparatus governing British public ethics. The book sets the new machinery in the wider institutional framework of British government. Its main purpose is to understand the dilemmas of regulatory design that have emerged in each area examined. -- .

In the aftermath of Artifacts, Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado reconstructed the fabric of the universe to save his daughter Hope and resurrect his previously murdered lover, Jenny Romano. What seemed like an innocent transgression to set things right for himself has created cracks that have allowed older, greater evils to enter our world.