Raven (booklet)

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Raven is the name of a horror series by Wolfgang Hohlbein .

It first appeared from 1981 to 1984 as a sub-series in the ghost crime thriller . From 1993 Raven was reissued in Demon Land . The novel "The Spider Plague", published again in 1996, was the last novel in the Demon Land series. The 12th novel in the series was rewritten as an independent booklet series in 2003 by Frank Rehfeld based on ideas from Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf and Wolfgang Hohlbein.

action

The main character of the series is the London private investigator Raven. He and his companion Inspector Card do not initially believe in the supernatural. But they have to give up this attitude in the fight against the Shadow Riders. Raven specializes in mysterious cases. In the further course of the series they have to save the world from magicians, the undead and from the demon race, the Thul Saduun.

Volumes and radio plays

Publication dates of the booklet novels

Source. Gruselromane.de

  1. Shadow Rider (Author: Wolfgang Hohlbein)
    • as ghost thriller No. 408 on July 7th, 1981
    • as demon land no.85 on January 12, 1993
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 1 on September 30, 2003
  2. The sword of evil (Author: Wolfgang Hohlbein)
    • as ghost thriller No. 434 on January 5th, 1982
    • as demon land No. 95 on June 1st, 1993
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 2 on October 7, 2003
  3. The Revenge of the Shadow Riders (Author: Wolfgang Hohlbein)
    • as ghost thriller no.458 on June 22nd, 1982
    • as demon land No. 121 on May 31, 1994
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 3 on October 14, 2003
  4. Horror trip to the shadow land (Author: Wolfgang Hohlbein)
    • as ghost crime thriller No. 459 on June 29, 1982
    • as demon land No. 128 on September 6, 1994
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 4 on October 21, 2003
  5. Merlin's bad self (Wolfgang Hohlbein)
    • as ghost thriller No. 479 on November 16, 1982
    • as demon land No. 135 on December 13, 1994
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 5 on October 28, 2003
  6. The Phantom of the U-Bahn (Author: Wolfgang Hohlbein)
    • as ghost thriller No. 503 on May 3, 1983
    • as demon land No. 142 on March 21, 1995
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 6 on November 4th, 2003
  7. The crystal skull (Author: Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf)
    • as ghost thriller No. 507 on May 31, 1983
    • as demon land no.149 on June 27, 1995
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 7 on 11/11/2003
  8. The Magician of Maronar (Author: Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf)
    • as ghost thriller No. 514 on July 19, 1983
    • as demon land No. 156 on October 3rd, 1995
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 8 on November 18, 2003
  9. In the Tower of the Living Dead (Author: Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf)
    • as ghost thriller no.519 on August 23, 1983
    • as demon land no.163 on 9/1/1996
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 9 on November 25, 2003
  10. The Monster of Stonehenge (Author: Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf based on an exposé by Wolfgang Hohlbein)
    • as ghost thriller no.530 on November 8, 1983
    • as demon country no.170 on April 16, 1996
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 10 on December 2nd, 2003
  11. The spider plague (Author: Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf)
    • as ghost thriller No. 548 on March 13, 1984
    • as demon land No. 176 on July 9, 1996
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 11 on December 9, 2003
  12. The Shadow Chronicle (Author: Wolfgang Hohlbein and Frank Rehfeld)
    • as Hohlbeins Raven No. 12 on December 16, 2003

more publishments

The novel booklets were newly published as a book series by Weltbild-Verlag:

  • 1: Shadow Rider
  • 2: The crystal skull
  • 3: In the Tower of the Living Dead

The first 3 volumes were also published in 2006 as radio plays by Verlag Lübbe.

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. http://gruselromane.de/raven/index.htm