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The Twins (GemQuest #1)
by Gary Alan WassnerThe mighty Lalas are dying. The great, sentient trees are departing the world that they have protected since the beginning of time, leaving the people bereft and confused. The fabric weaves of its own will, weaving around the Twins, binding them inextricably into the cloth, as they are violently thrust into a threatening world. Separated at birth, Davmiran and Tomas, heirs to the throne of Gwendolen, struggle to find the truth that will save their world. Assisted by a group of extraordinary warriors, scholars, magi and friends, Tomas chooses his battles and demonstrates his strength and fortitude. But Davmiran lies unconscious in the Heights of Lormarion, as the world awaits his revival so that he, too, can fulfill his unique and compelling destiny."For the first time in a long time, I lost myself in someone else's creation. We all remember fondly the words we grew up reading, be they Narnia, Middle Earth or Lankhmar. Mythical places that shaped our imaginations and our creative minds, became a part of who we are. In these book we were unfettered, free to dream, to strive, to escape the mundane world that would hold us prisoner. That is the storytelller's greatest gift. Gary Alan Wassner has that gift."--Steve Savile, author of the Ogmios Short Novels series, the Jack Stone Thrillers and the Salley Reardon Supernatural Mysteries"This is epic fantasy at its best. Wassner masterfully weaves plot-lines and characters together to keep readers hooked from page one."--Dag Rambraut, owner of sffworld.com
The Sea Lark's Song (The Witch of Two Suns #2)
by Diana Marcellas"Mother OceanDaughter SeaStrength UnchangingStrengthen Me"The Shari'a are an ancient race. They are un-warlike and they are ruled by their shamanic witches. The Allemanii are more recently arrived in their locale and are both awed and made fearful by the magical powers of the witches. After generations of peaceful coexistence, a cataclysm occurred out of nowhere and the Allemanii turned on their neighbors and hosts, slaughtered most of them and scattered the survivors. Suddenly, to be a Shari'a is proscribed and to be caught practicing their magic is to be hunted to the death.In MOTHER OCEAN, DAUGHTER SEA, Brierly was a secret healer who was betrayed by someone she had trusted. In SEA LARK'S SONG, exposed as a Shari'a healer, on the run and now aware of a secret truth about what had happened to her people--and in love with one who may put her life at risk even more--Brierly must hide in the mountains and sort her way through a tangle of secrets as she attempts to bring her lost people, and their magical, healing power, back into the world.Her true love faces an almost overwhelming challenge: he must struggle against centuries of fear, hatred, secrecy and conspiracy to turn his own people away from the commitment to destruction. If he does not, not only will Brierly and her people's survival be at risk but his own people may end up facing a similar fate, as destructive as the one they had wrought upon the Shari'a.
Dark Delicacies III: Haunted (Dark Delicacies #3)
by Jeff Gelb Del Howison & Jeff GelbIn this third installment of the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology series, editors Del Howison and Jeff Gelb examine what it means to be Haunted in all of its different permeations. From the constant haunting visits of a locale to being haunted by our own thoughts and memories to being haunted by the spirit of evil, Haunted explores the emotions of obsession, desire and pain. We are all haunted by something. The horror is in how we deal with it. Join twenty of the genres finest authors as they deal with their ghosts.Includes stories by Kevin J. Anderson, Clive Barker, Michael Boatman, Heather Graham, Richard Christian Matheson, David Morrell, Chuck Palahniuk, Victor Salva, Simon R. Green, and many more!
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One
by Paula GuranJoin twenty-five masterful authors and talented newcomers with more than 400 pages of the disturbing, unnerving, haunting, and strange. This outstanding annual exploration of the year&’s best dark fiction delivers tales of deathly possession, the weirdly surreal, mysterious melancholy, and frighteningly plausible futures. Confront your own humanity and the fears that stir you—from the darkly supernatural and painfully familiar to the disquieting terror of the unknown.
Sole Survivor: A Novel
by Dean KoontzA catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead -- no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter.A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, Joe encounters a woman named Rose, who claims to have survived the crash. She holds out the possibility of a secret that will bring Joe peace of mind. But before he can ask any questions, she slips away.Driven now by rage (have the authorities withheld information?) and a hope almost as unbearable as his grief (if there is one survivor, are there others?), Joe sets out to find the mysterious woman. His search immediately leads him into the path of a powerful and shadowy organization hell-bent on stopping Rose before she can reveal what she knows about the crash.Sole Survivor unfolds at a heart-stopping pace, as a desperate chase and a shattering emotional odyssey lead Joe to a truth that will force him to reassess everything he thought he knew about life and death -- a truth that, given the chance, will rock the world and redefine the destiny of humanity.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Witch Hunter
by Max SeeckA shocking murder in an affluent Helsinki suburb has ties to witchcraft and the occult in this thrilling U.S. debut from Finnish author Max Seeck.A bestselling author&’s wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black evening gown, sitting at the head of an empty dining table. Her most chilling feature—her face is frozen in a ghastly smile.At first it seems as though a deranged psychopath is reenacting the gruesome murders from the Witch Hunt trilogy, bestsellers written by the victim&’s husband. But investigator Jessica Niemi soon realizes she&’s not looking for a single killer but rather for dozens of believers in a sinister form of witchcraft who know her every move and are always one step ahead.As the bodies start piling up, Jessica knows they won&’t stop until they get what they want. And when her dark past comes to light, Jessica finds herself battling her own demons while desperately trying to catch a coven of killers before they claim their next victim.
Babysitting Nightmares: The Phantom Hour (Babysitting Nightmares #2)
by Rayanne Vieira Kat ShepherdThe supernatural never sleeps in the second book of this spooky middle grade series!Clio has already had one brush with the paranormal, and she’s dead set on making it her last. But her new babysitting job is in a haunted house! At first, Clio’s excited to work at the historical Victorian mansion in town—until doors start closing behind her, objects move on their own, and messages appear from beyond the grave. Clio enlists the help of her three best friends, Tanya, Maggie, and Rebecca, to uncover long-buried secrets from the past. Can Clio face her fear and solve the mystery of the haunted mansion? An Imprint Book "Babysitting Nightmares makes me believe in the power of female friendship to survive anything—even a haunted house and visits from the Nightmare Realm! A crackling, suspenseful tale of true sisterhood." —Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series“These spooky stories of friendship and paranormal adventure will have young readers flipping pages well past their bedtime.”— Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, New York Times Bestselling author of Book Scavenger"Fast-paced, action-packed, and just as fun as it is frightening, this series is a sure winner. The cast of real, relatable characters and the thrillingly vivid prose only further ensure that readers—reluctant, eager, or somewhere in between—will be left looking forward to more of Shepherd's delightfully creepy tales." —Jarrett Lerner, author of EngiNerds?"A wicked fun friendship series, packed with deliciously creepy scares." —Lauren Myracle, co-author of the New York Times-bestselling Upside-Down Magic series
The Realm: Book One (The Realm)
by L. Marie Wood Eric BattleYou thought you were dead.Waking up and looking all around you, you realize all you learned about The Afterlife was a fantasy. You don't know where you are, but you do know it's not a pleasant or suitable place. You need to run. Hard and fast.Eventually, you meet others doomed to live in this terrifying Realm with you. Here are gathered the newly dead from all over the universe. A formidable race of giant beasts hunts them. The likes of which have never been seen by those in the living world. This place is like nothing you ever learned about in life - neither Heaven nor Hell, neither Purgatory nor Sheol.You encounter clusters of people huddled together for safety. You're a lone wolf – they don't trust you, nor you them. Perhaps with good reason.Patrick is key to the future of The Realm. He must right old wrongs and fight against all the terrors it has in store. He must fight to save his family and, most importantly, all of his descendants. His revelations will impact the living world, as well as what comes next.Patrick is the future of humanity.Can he succeed?
The Sea of Lost Girls: A Novel
by Carol GoodmanIn the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages—a twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one woman’s carefully hidden past might destroy her future.Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Now she’s the wife to a respected professor at an elite boarding school, where she also teaches. Her seventeen-year-old son, Rudy, whose dark moods and complicated behavior she’s long worried about, seems to be thriving: he has a lead role in the school play and a smart and ambitious girlfriend. Tess tries not to think about the mistakes she made eighteen years ago, and mostly, she succeeds. And then one more morning she gets a text at 2:50 AM: it’s Rudy, asking for help. When Tess picks him up she finds him drenched and shivering, with a dark stain on his sweatshirt. Four hours later, Tess gets a phone call from the Haywood school headmistress: Lila Zeller, Rudy’s girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not far from where Tess found Rudy just hours before. As the investigation into Lila’s death escalates, Tess finds her family attacked on all sides. What first seemed like a tragic accidental death is turning into something far more sinister, and not only is Tess’s son a suspect but her husband is a person of interest too. But Lila’s death isn’t the first blemish on Haywood’s record, and the more Tess learns about Haywood’s fabled history, the more she realizes that not all skeletons will stay safely locked in the closet.
Abarat: Absolute Midnight (Abarat #3)
by Clive BarkerClive Barker, author of The Thief of Always, delivers an epic battle filled with fantasy and adventure that readers won't want to put down!Candy Quackenbush, her allies, and her enemies are back in Abarat: Absolute Midnight, the third book in Clive Barker's New York Times bestselling Abarat series."The waiting is over. Tomorrow there will be no dawn. Only midnight, absolute and eternal." Mater Motley, the Old Mother of Darkness herself—following the events of Abarat and Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War—has crafted a scheme that may destroy the Abarat, a vast archipelago where every hour is an island in one eternal day.When Candy discovers Mater Motley's secret plot, she realizes that only she can bring an end to the destruction. Only she can stop the complete darkness threatening to abolish all hope and happiness from the Abarat.
Babysitting Nightmares: The Vampire Doll (Babysitting Nightmares #4)
by Kat Shepherd“Fans of Goosebumps and the updated Baby-Sitters' Club graphic novels will find lots to like in this delightfully monstrous mash-up.” —School Library Journal on Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow HandAnchored by a strong friendship between smart, savvy girls, Kat Shepherd's Babysitting Nightmares: The Vampire Doll is the fourth in a fun adventure series filled with “safe scary” jump scares that will appeal to contemporary readers as well as fans of mysteries.Tanya has always been the unflappably cool and collected one in her friend group. So when she begins babysitting for her neighbor’s great-niece, she’s surprised to find herself super freaked out by the doll collection in the house. They’re just toys right?But when her babysitting charge becomes a little too attached to the doll, Tanya realizes the doll might be the incarnation of a supernatural threat Tanya and her friends have faced before.There are a handful of black-and-white illustrations by Rayanne Vieira for the key spine-tingling moments.Read the whole series:Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow HandBabysitting Nightmares: The Phantom HourBabysitting Nightmares: The Twilight CurseBabysitting Nightmares: The Vampire DollAn Imprint Book“These spooky stories of friendship and paranormal adventure will have young readers flipping pages well past their bedtime.”—Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, New York Times-bestselling author of Book Scavenger <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Dead Lies Dreaming (Laundry Files #10)
by Charles StrossWhen magic and superpowers emerge in the masses, Wendy Deere is contracted by the government to bag and snag supervillains in Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross' Dead Lies Dreaming: A Laundry Files Novel. As Wendy hunts down Imp—the cyberpunk head of a band calling themselves “The Lost Boys”— she is dragged into the schemes of louche billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge. Rupert has discovered that the sole surviving copy of the long-lost concordance to the one true Necronomicon is up for underground auction in London. He hires Imp’s sister, Eve, to procure it by any means necessary, and in the process, he encounters Wendy Deere. In a tale of corruption, assassination, thievery, and magic, Wendy Deere must navigate rotting mansions that lead to distant pasts, evil tycoons, corrupt government officials, lethal curses, and her own moral qualms in order to make it out of this chase alive.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
All the Rules of Heaven (All That Heaven Will Allow #1)
by Amy LaneAll That Heaven Will Allow: Book OneWhen Tucker Henderson inherits Daisy Place, he’s pretty sure it’s not a windfall—everything in his life has come with strings attached. He’s prepared to do his bit to satisfy the supernatural forces in the old house, but he refuses to be all sweetness and light about it. Angel was sort of hoping for sweetness and light. Trapped at Daisy Place for over fifty years, Angel hasn’t always been kind to the humans who have helped him in his duty of guiding spirits to the beyond. When Tucker shows up, Angel vows to be more accommodating, but Tucker’s layers of cynicism and apparent selfishness don’t make it easy. Can Tucker work with a gender-bending, shape-shifting irritant, and can Angel retain his divine intentions when his heart proves all too human?
The House on the Borderland: Large Print (Haunted Library Horror Classics)
by William Hope HodgsonIN A RUINED HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF AN ABYSS LIES THE DIARY OF A MADMANFishing buddies Tonnison and Berreggnog didn't bargain for what they found while on holiday near the remote Irish village of Kraighten. While walking along the riverbank, they're astonished to see that the river abruptly ends. It reappears as a surge from a chasm some 100 feet below the edge of an abyss, where also stand the remains of an oddly shaped house, half-swallowed by the pit.Exploring the ruins, the friends discover the moldering journal of an unidentified man—the Recluse—who had lived in the house with his sister and faithful dog years ago. Its pages reveal the man's apparent descent into madness—how else to account for his chronicles of otherworldly visions, trips to other dimensions, and attacks by swine-like humanoid creatures that seem to have followed him home? After one particular vision in which he witnesses the end of the earth and time itself, the Recluse awakens in his study to find nothing has changed—except that his dog Pepper is dead, dissolved into a pile of dust. And then the "swine things" return...Praised by H. P. Lovecraft as one of the most influential works of "cosmic horror," William Hope Hodgson's 1908 masterpiece The House on the Borderland broke free of the Gothic horror conventions of the day with its eerie mix of sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural elements. Terry Pratchett called it "the Big Bang in my private universe," and modern horror master Ramsey Campbell, in his introduction to this volume, hails the book as "an enduring classic of cosmic terror."
La sirène de Harry: Contes de mer de Steve Vernon # 2
by Steve VernonCela s'est passé au début de septembre, la période de l'année où la ville fait tout son possible pour se souvenir de ce qu'était la chaleur, juste une fois de plus avant que l'hiver ne commence. Un groupe de pêcheurs sans abri attrape quelque chose qui POURRAIT être en fait une sirène. " comme si John Steinbeck s'était saoulé avec Manly Wade Wellman et que les deux avaient collaboré pour un pari idiot.
Il mulino insanguinato
by Martin BarkawitzGli amici Christian e Leberecht vagano per la desolata Germania, nel dopoguerra del XVII secolo. Incontrano una donna misteriosa e bella che possiede un mulino. Si scopre essere una strega pericolosa. Christian si innamora di lei e non riesce a salvare il suo amico Leberecht dalle sue creature infernali. Deve combattere contro la strega e contro i suoi sentimenti per aiutare una ragazza innocente, ma improvvisamente il fantasma di Leberecht torna in suo aiuto. "Il mulino insanguinato" è un romanzo dark fantasy in classico stile gotico. Traduzione di Monja Areniello
O Último Grande Rato De Biblioteca Do Texas: UM CONTO SOBRE LIVROS E OBSESSÃO
by Steve VernonSteve Vernon presta uma homenagem aos autores de terror e aos bibliófilos nesse conto do Texas Jack Page, um colecionador de livros que também coleciona livros de terror que tem um final surpreendente. Na véspera do seu aniversário de 48 anos, Texas Jack Page esvaziou as suas últimas sete caixas de livros, colocando um por um em frente à sua porta – um homem do tamanho de um barril de vinho se enterrando dentro de um brilhante trailer prata de alumínio, uma tumba de livros. “A história é excelente. Um velho colecionador de livros chamado Texas Jack Page olha para sua vida, seus amores, suas esperanças e seus arrependimentos, e emite filosofias sobre os livros que o mantiveram seguindo em frente. Os leitores avídos e os colecionadores vão reconhecer um pouco de si mesmos no Texas Jack Page; e outros irão se sentir tocados pelo seu sofrimento. Dizer mais iria estragar a experiência, então digo apenas que essa história fez o meu coração doer enquanto ao mesmo tempo me fez sorrir. Minhas palavras não seriam suficiente para descrever esse livro. O conto é lirico e sábio, o livro é algo para se maravilhar, escrito com paixão.” - Whispers of Wickedness “Steve Vernon presta homenagem aos autores de terror e aos bibliófilos nesse conto do Texas Jack Page, um colecionador de livros que também coleciona livros de terror. A sua obsessão com o seus livros, começando quando ainda era novo, continua dominando a sua vida e o leva para um estranho desenvolvimento.” - Monster Librarian
Dans l'obscurité, dans l'abîme: Contes de mer de Steve Vernon # 1
by Steve VernonC'était le premier voyage en mer de Billy McTavish. Il s'était engagé à servir comme escorte de convoi sur le THISTLE, une corvette de la Marine royale canadienne. Grâce à l'attaque des U-Boat et aux bombardements de la Luftwaffe, Billy avait cru avoir vu toute l'horreur que l'Atlantique pouvait offrir à un jeune marin canadien. Mais Big Jimmy Noonan avait d'autres idées ... C'est le premier d'une série de courtes histoires basées autour de la mer.
Bloodlines: Uma herança de US$ 250 milhões...e uma mansão mal-assombrada!
by William B. TaylorAlex Tinsdill nunca pensou que um simples teste de DNA o levaria a uma herança de US$ 250 milhões e à Mansão Cove Point, uma enorme propriedade construída durante a Era Dourada na Costa do Ouro em Long Island, Nova York. A herança de Alex não vem sem um custo, no entanto, quando duas parentes gananciosas logo aparecem, determinadas a separar Alex de suas novas riquezas. A Mansão Cove Point tem um passado sombrio e um segredo sinistro que está prestes a ser revelado! Bloodlines: A Mansão Cove Point é uma leitura rápida que mistura o sobrenatural com uma quantidade certa de humor negro.
La bruja de la suerte: un misterio paranormal de las brujas de Westwick (Las brujas de Westwick #2)
by Colleen CrossCendrine West no tiene tiempo para descansar. Está a punto de conseguir un nuevo empleo, y la tensión con el atractivo sheriff Tyler Gates no deja de crecer. Todo cambia cuando es secuestrada por una bruja malhumorada, su tía Pearl, que se ha empeñado en vengar la prematura muerte de su amiga. Irán a Las Vegas o morirán en el intento… por las razones equivocadas. Rocco Racatelli es un apuesto hombre de negocios de Las Vegas y el próximo objetivo de la mafia. Salió perdiendo en un trato que hizo con la suerte y ahora quiere venganza. Cuando la tía Pearl empieza a estar ansiosa por ayudar, la misión Vegas Vendetta acaba convirtiéndose en una disputa territorial. A medida que las brujas se adentran en el sórdido mundo subterráneo de la ciudad del pecado, los cadáveres se acumulan y los secretos quedan al descubierto. El calor de Las Vegas no es lo único que quema… Rocco intenta ganarse el corazón de Cen, pero ella solo tiene ojos para el hombre que ha dejado atrás en Westwick Corners. Solo tiene que resolver un asesinato, vencer la magia de su malhumorada tía y derrotar a la mafia de Las Vegas. ¿Qué podría salir mal? Cuando el crimen organizado choca con la magia desorganizada puede ocurrir cualquier cosa. Mientras aumenta el número de muertes, lo que está claro es que Cen necesita algo más que un milagro en medio del desierto para poner cada cosa en su lugar.
Cobe II: El Camino Ligeramente Torcido Hacia Ninguno
by Greg AlldredgeEl inmortal infeliz trabaja para descubrir cómo otros seres eternos están haciendo lo imposible ... muriendo. Viviendo la vida de un perro. Arregladores, así se llaman, un grupo de seres sobrenaturales que mantienen funcionando el mundo en el que viven. Las cosas se rompen, las arreglan. Lucky es un arreglador inmortal, pero ¿qué sucede cuando los inmortales comienzan a aparecer muertos? Lucky y Muerte necesitan descubrir qué les está sucediendo a los Fixers antes de que el mundo, tal como lo conocen, termine en el caos. Sin cielo ni infierno del que hablar, ¿quién podría estar detrás de este último lío? Lea Cobe II: El camino ligeramente torcido hacia Ninguno para conocer el destino de Lucky
Zombie Wars Online - Episodio 4
by Marla BrazielI giochi sono aperti, Matt e i suoi amici intraprendono la missione della scuola superiore sperando di trovare acqua per sostenere il grupo. Matt scopre che gli zombie non sono gli unici predatori in Zombie Wars Online. Sarà in grado di farsi forza o la disperazione del gioco lo spingerà oltre il baratro? Zombie Wars Online combina il meglio dell'horror e del gaming in un mondo in continuo cambiamento, in cui ogni episodio introduce un nuovo trauma per mano dell'hacker a un'esperienza di gioco già orrenda. Attenzione: Contiene linguaggio adulto e contenuto violento non adatto ai minori di 18 anni. Si consiglia la lettura a un pubblico adulto. Questo è l'Episodio 4 di una serie.
Zombie Wars Online - Episodio 2
by Marla BrazielIl gioco sta cambiando: Matt e i suoi amici scoprono che degli hacker hanno preso il controllo del loro passatempo preferito, e ora sono intrappolati al suo interno, La sopravvivenza non dipende più solo dagli elementi nel gioco. Nel mondo esterno, i giocatori cadono come mosche per la disidratazione. Ora la domanda è, chi li ucciderà prima? Gli zombie o gli elementi fuori dal loro controllo? Questo è il secondo episodio di una serie.
Cobe II: O caminho ligeiramente tortuoso para Nenhum (Cobe Volume: 2 #2)
by Greg AlldredgeUm caminho ligeiramente tortuoso para nenhum dos dois O infeliz imortal trabalha para descobrir como outros seres eternos estão fazendo o impossível ... morrendo. Vivendo a vida de um cachorro. Fixers, é assim que são chamados, um grupo de seres sobrenaturais que mantêm o mundo em que vivem funcionando. Coisas quebram, eles consertam. Lucky é um Fixer Immortal, mas o que acontece quando Immortals começam a aparecer mortos? Lucky e Death precisam descobrir o que está acontecendo com os Fixers antes que o mundo como eles sabem que termina em caos. Sem céu ou inferno para falar, quem poderia estar por trás dessa bagunça? Leia Cobe II: O caminho ligeiramente tortuoso para nenhum dos dois para saber o destino de Lucky
Zombie Wars Online - Episodio 6
by Marla BrazielMatt e Cade si affrontano per scendere a patti con le loro differenze. Con le scorte che iniziano a scarseggiare e nuovi cambiamenti aggiunti al gioco, i ragazzi devono decidere se valga la pena rischiare e intraprendere una missione molto pericolosa. L'esito può decidere la vita o la morte di tutto il gruppo. Zombie Wars Online combina il meglio dell'horror e del gaming in un mondo in continuo cambiamento, dove ogni episodio introduce un pericolo aggiunto da un hacker a un'esperienza di gioco già orrorifica.