Shadows of Existence, my second book on the newest, rarest, and most mysterious animals of the world, is out after multiple delays in publication. There remain some minor publisher-induced glitches in the text, and we disagreed on whether to put the most relevant or the most spectacular illustrations in, but the important thing is Hancock House is now shipping the book.
Shadows continues the scientific detective work of its predecessor, Rumors of Existence (Hancock, 1995). The book includes four sections:
- New Creatures (discovered from 1990 through 2005)
- In the Shadows of Extinction ("extinct" species which have been or may be rediscovered)
- The Classic Mystery Animals (an open-minded review of sasquatch, sea serpents, and the like)
- Miscellanea, which reports on such topics as the possible identity of several whales which have been spotted, but not classified.)
What sets this book apart, I hope, is not only the text, but the Resources section, with its 95 pages of books, periodicals, websites, and end notes. It there is anything readers want to know about new species, rare species, or cryptozoology, I think I've provided a good starting point.
I'm very proud of this book. It's available from the publisher at www.hancockhouse.com and should soon be in the major online bookstores as well.
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