Stephen Gallagher Books In Order
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The Kingdom of Bones | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bedlam Detective | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Authentic William James | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Lost Stories Books
Doctor Who: Mission to Magnus | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: The Hollows of Time | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Song of Megaptera | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: Point of Entry | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thin Ice | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: The Dark Planet | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: The Queen of Time | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: Lords of the Red Planet | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Dying of Paradise / The Last Rose of Summer | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saturn 3 | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silver Dream Racer | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chimera | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ice Belt | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Follower | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Valley of Lights | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oktober | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Down River | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Boat House | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nightmare, with Angel | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rain | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Red Robin | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
White Bizango | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spirit Box | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Painted Bride | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Collections
Little Dead Girl Singing | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Out Of His Mind | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Plots and Misadventures | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Magpie | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Gethsemane | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shepherds' Business | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Melody James | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Fantasy Tales Books
Fantasy Tales 1 | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantasy Tales 2 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantasy Tales 3 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantasy Tales 4 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantasy Tales 5 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantasy Tales 6 | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantasy Tales 7 | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Doctor Who Novelizations Books
The Time of Angels | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Daleks / Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Zarbi | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Crusaders | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Massacre | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Daemons | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Cybermen | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Green Death | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Three Doctors | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Web of Fear | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Space War | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Face of Evil | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Mutants | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Ark in Space | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Time Warrior | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death to the Daleks | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Android Invasion | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Android Invasion: 4th Doctor Novelisation | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the War Games | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Robots of Death | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Underworld | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the State of Decay | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and the Visitation | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Full Circle | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who and theSunmakers | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Logopolis | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Meglos | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Four to Doomsday | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time-Flight | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terminus | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Castrovalva | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arc of Infinity | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mawdryn Undead | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Earthshock | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Five Doctors | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kinda | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snakedance | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Aztecs | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dominators | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enlightenment | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inferno | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Warriors of the Deep | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Highlanders | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Frontios | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Galaxy Four | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gunfighters | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Time Monster | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Krotons | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Planet of Fire | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mind of Evil | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Caves of Androzani | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Myth Makers | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marco Polo | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Invasion | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cybermen - The Invasion | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Awakening | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Two Doctors | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Timelash | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Faceless Ones | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seeds of Death | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ark | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Savages | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Orchid | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Twin Dilemma | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mark of the Rani | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Celestial Toymaker | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The King's Demons | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fury from the Deep | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mind Robber | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rescue | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Reign of Terror | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rescue | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Time Meddler | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ambassadors of Death | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Space Museum | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sensorites | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Romans | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mysterious Planet | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time and the Rani | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Macra Terror | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terror of the Vervoids | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Underwater Menace | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wheel in Space | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Edge of Destruction | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Smugglers | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vengeance on Varos | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ultimate Foe | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Delta and the Bannermen | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dalek's Master Plan: The Mutation of Time | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Paradise Towers | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The War Machines | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Attack of the Cybermen | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragonfire | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chase | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mindwarp | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silver Nemesis | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Planet of Giants | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Happiness Patrol | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Space Pirates | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Remembrance of the Daleks | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Survival | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghost Light | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Curse of Fenric | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Battlefield | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pescatons | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Power of the Daleks | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Evil of the Daleks | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The TV Movie / The Novel of the Film | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Eleventh Hour | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
City of Death | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Christmas Invasion | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Day of the Doctor | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rose | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Crimson Horror | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dalek | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Witchfinders | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fires of Pompeii | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Scaremongers | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Drabble Project | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arrows Of Eros | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Fantasies | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 1 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Now We Are Sick | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Darklands No 1 | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant Book of Best New Horror | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twentieth Annual Collection | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 16 | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Full Fathom Forty | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Writing Crime Fiction | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twisted Histories | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Fears | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Mirages | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Conception of Terror | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beyond the Veil | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stephen Gallagher is an English author of horror, crime and historical fiction books. He was born and raised in Salford, Greater Manchester. He has written several television scripts and novels including BBC TV series Doctor Who for which the author wrote two series Terminus (1983) and Warrior’s Gate (1981). Stephen Gallagher adapted his own book Chimera into a television miniseries of the same name. The author wrote and developed series for ITV, Eleventh Hour featuring Patrick Stewart as the main character working as a government science advisor and investigator. This program was rumored to be the answer to the series Doctor Who but it was more in the tradition of a thriller.
Gallagher became a published author in 1978 when Dying of Paradise; a standalone novel was published. In 2007 he published The Kingdom of Bones which marked the beginning of Sebastian Becker series. The author has authored several story collection and novellas and has written under pseudonyms such as John Lydecker and Stephen Couper.
The Kingdom of Bones
The Kingdom of Bones is the first book in Sebastian Becker series by Stephen Gallagher. It is the haunting narrative of Tom Sayers a retired boxing champion who must continue his fights in the ring to clear his name after a series of brutal murder. It is a fast-paced thriller with a subtle touch of the supernatural. The story kicks off as a normal Victorian crime story with a dash of greasepaint and limelight but soon develops into something deeply characterized by subtle shades of expression, a supernatural story, people with scary and shady characters and a tale of unrequited and obsessive love.
The narrative opens up in Victorian British provincial theatre where we meet Tom Sayers, a once flourishing professional boxer now working as a stage manager with a touring company. He is set up for a murder that he did not commit which forces him to exile himself to America where he earns his daily bread by working as a fairground prize-fighter. It is from here where the narrative takes a supernatural twist- it is revealed that Tom Sayer has not only come to America to escape the murder charge, he is also tracking down Louise-a singer with his company. He believes that the young beauty is possessed by a demon named The Wanderer- a demon that grants youth and immortality in exchange for a constant diet of blood through murder. Now Tom’s sole purpose in life has become to find the whereabouts of Louise and save her from the demon. The motive as to why Tom dedicates his life to this mission is never known.
The first book in Sebastian Becker series is a wonderful read. It is an intricate and creative narrative that uses historical characters of the late 1880’s and early 1900’ with most of the action taking place between America and England. The story incorporates a couple of themes. One theme gives the readers an intimate knowledge of the operations of English theatre, the knowledge about occult activities, themes of boxing from carnival to formal as well as the knowledge of early Pinkerton work.
Initially, the reader’s sympathy lies with Tom Sayers, a retired boxer who is now efficiently managing his own company in England. The relationship that exists between Tom Sayers and Detective Sebastian Becker is a bittersweet and a long one that starts when Tom Sayer is wrongly accused as being the man responsible for a series of murders in the wake of his theatre’s engagements. His story unfolds openly from the time he meets (by chance) an old friend Sebastian Becker based n Philadelphia. Becker uses his detective skills to pursue Sayers across America in this tale of crazy obsession and murder.
Gallagher did an excellent job in plot development, world-building, and characterization. The secondary characters are beautifully woven and are all fascinating especially Louise Porter, the woman who Sayers lust for and whom he tries to save from what he terms as possession by the demon. In his quest, he encounters so many strange, mysterious and deadly situations which in the result into a thrilling conclusion. Gallagher’s use of a fictitious version of a real person is a proof that he is a master in this realm of writing. His impressive historical research is vividly portrayed in the realistic recreations of 19th century London Manchester, Richmond, Philadelphia and New Orleans. As the narrative progresses, it becomes less about fighting monsters but instead centers more on finding redemption and salvation from what may be simply a strong psychological idea or a horrid supernatural force.
The Bedlam Detective
The second book in the series is set in 1912 and introduces Sebastian Becker a retired detective now working for London’s Bethlehem Hospital, a notorious insane asylum nicknamed Bedlam- thanks to its chaotic atmosphere.
The former detective now works for Lord Chancellor Lunacy Commission, and he is investigating the rich individuals to determine if they are competent enough to take care of their fortunes or if the Lord Chancellor needs to appoint an overseer for them. As the story opens up, Sebastian is requested to check up on Sir Owain, a rich industrialist who went on an expedition in Amazon forest that left everyone else in his team either dead or missing.
After his return, Owain tarnished his reputation by publishing an account of the expedition that puts the blames of his fellow travel mates on pre-historic monsters that attacked the group. This publication causes the public to ridicule Owain to the point that he leaves London and goes back to his country estate where Sebastian is sent to check on him.
As soon as Sebastian arrives to start investigations, two girls in the nearby village are killed on Owain’s land in the same fashion as the earlier death in Amazon. Owain becomes the main suspect, and it falls to Sebastian to assist the local police in determining the innocence or guilt as well as Owain’s sanity.
Did Sir Owain kill the two girls or did the pre-historic man-eating monster- monster of Arnmouth kill them? If Owain is the killer- could he have also murdered the Amazon expedition team and concocted this fantasy story as a cover-up?
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