Apex Book Company is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the latest title in Brian Keene's lost world fantasy series, Beneath the Lost Level, coming out December 2026. This project continues the adventure of Aaron Pace as he explores an abandoned, underground civilization, and must face a new monster like nothing he's ever encountered before. Will he and his loved ones ever see the sun again?
Apex Book Company has published award-winning titles such as Plague Birds by Jason Sanford (Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award Finalist), Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon (Philip K. Dick Award Finalist), and Weird horror cult hit Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt.
Brian Keene is the author of over fifty books and three-hundred short stories—mostly horror, crime, fantasy, and nonfiction. They have been translated into over a dozen languages and have won numerous awards. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is credited with inspiring pop culture's recurrent interest in zombies. He has also written for such media properties as Doctor Who, Thor, Aliens, Harley Quinn, The X-Files, Doom Patrol, Justice League, Hellboy, Superman, and Masters of the Universe. He was the showrunner for Realm Media and Blackbox TV's Silverwood: The Door.