The Official James McCann Site.
Growing up on the icy plains of Manitoba, I spent most of my time as a teen reading comics and playing Dungeons and Dragons. Both of these hobbies taught me my storytelling tools that I now use as an author and creative writing instructor.
Unlike the creatures of the night of which I write, I live peacefully in the daylight with my Shih Tzu, Conan. I am currently working on my fourth novel, Kane.
I also attend many of the open mics around Vancouver.
DAWN!
(Rancour Chronicles BOOK THREE)
Coming this Christmas...
Legend has a new Goth club for teens, called the After Dusk. Its main attraction is live music performed by a boy named Pyre.
When Dawn's best friend disappears, she knows the After Dusk is somehow at fault. And when Kane Prophet, small town boy from Minitaw, moves to Legend, she sees in him the chance to uncover the truth.
Vampyres may not fear the day, but soon they will fear Dawn.
PYRE!
(Rancour Chronicles BOOK TWO)
"A riveting read about an ordinary boy caught in an extraordinary war between vampires and werewolves. Pyre burns up the pages. I couldn’t put it down!"
Mari Mancusi
- Author of Boys that Bite
Jonathan Pyre and Nick Bender are arch rivals — both nuts about Karen, the head cheerleader at Fillmore High. After a fight between the two, Nick forces Jonathan to vandalize a neighbor’s house.
The unlucky Jonathan is caught in the act and agrees to complete chores for the owner as penance. Soon, what began as an adolescent rivalry takes a sinister turn — Whittaker, the neighbor, is actually a vampire locked in a ruthless battle with Rancour, a werewolf dedicated to ridding the world of Whittaker and his ilk.
As Jonathan finds himself becoming stronger, with hypersensitive hearing and vision, he wonders: Is it the physically demanding chores? Puberty? A tumor? Whatever it is, it gives him the confidence he needs to pursue Karen.
However, when dead bodies begin piling up, Jonathan realizes the truth — he’s been secretly enlisted as a foot soldier in the war between werewolf and vampire.
This absorbing novel blends humor, suspense, and nail-biting horror in a format that engages even the most reluctant readers.
(Rancour Chronicles BOOK ONE)
"Vampires, werewolves, and teenage angst the supernatural has often been worked into teen tales, but rarely in quite the way that Vancouver author James McCann has done in his first novel."
Quill and Quire, October 2005
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