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Ninth House (Ninth House Series #1)
by Leigh Bardugo"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people... Impossible to put down." —Stephen KingThe smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.Goodreads Choice Award WinnerLocus FinalistGalaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.Don't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, Hell Bent.
Ninth Key (Mediator Series #2)
by Meg CabotThe first time the ghost confronted Suze, the ghost was screaming and crying really loud. She woke Suze up from her dead sleep and asked her to go find Red and tell him it wasn't his fault that she was dead and that he did not kill her.
The Ninth Metal (The Comet Cycle #1)
by Benjamin Percy&“[In THE NINTH METAL] debris from a comet drops a fabulously valuable new metal on Northfall, MN., turning it into a bloody, brawling boomtown. Great characters, fine writing, totally engrossing.&” —Stephen King &“Take one part dystopia, one part sci-fi, two parts apocalypse, then ride them roughshod through a bleak and bloody western, and it still wouldn't get close to what Ben Percy does here, which is blow open the core of humanity's dark heart.&” —Marlon James, Booker Prize award-winning author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf&“Whether you choose to think of him as the Elmore Leonard of rural Minnesota or the Stephen King of Science Fiction, Ben Percy—with his extraordinary and unrelenting eye—dishes up humanity like some kind of otherworldly blue plate special, at once deeply familiar and wildly new.&” —Margaret Stohl, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Caster Chronicles&“When Benjamin Percy publishes a novel, I have got to read that novel. The Ninth Metal continues his streak of thrilling, incisive genre bending goodness. It&’s a sci-fi novel, a crime novel and a super-hero novel, too. Audacious and intelligent and exactly what I was dying to read.&” —Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling IT BEGAN WITH A COMET… At first, people gazed in wonder at the radiant tear in the sky. A year later, the celestial marvel became a planetary crisis when Earth spun through the comet&’s debris field and the sky rained fire. The town of Northfall, Minnesota will never be the same. Meteors cratered hardwood forests and annihilated homes, and among the wreckage a new metal was discovered. This &“omnimetal&” has properties that make it world-changing as an energy source…and a weapon. John Frontier—the troubled scion of an iron-ore dynasty in Northfall—returns for his sister&’s wedding to find his family embroiled in a cutthroat war to control mineral rights and mining operations. His father rightly suspects foreign leaders and competing corporations of sabotage, but the greatest threat to his legacy might be the US government. Physicist Victoria Lennon was recruited by the Department of Defense to research omnimetal, but she finds herself trapped in a laboratory of nightmares. And across town, a rookie cop is investigating a murder that puts her own life in the crosshairs. She will have to compromise her moral code to bring justice to this now lawless community. In this gut-punch of a novel, the first in his Comet Cycle, Ben Percy lays bare how a modern-day goldrush has turned the middle of nowhere into the center of everything, and how one family—the Frontiers—hopes to control it all.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series Box Set: (Tears Of The Giraffe, Morality For Beautiful Girls And The Kalahari Typing School For Men)
by Alexander McCall SmithHere are three heartwarming books in Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series—now available in a convenient ebook box set. This box set includes books 2-4 of the series: Tears of the Giraffe, Morality for Beautiful Girls, and The Kalahari Typing School for Men. Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.
No Absolution
by Nancy M BellJake Winncott has a troubled past and living in the cesspool of London’s East End in the Victorian era isn’t helping to ease his mind any. Bedeviled by his dead father’s evangelistic shade, Jake sets out do his bidding and cleanse the tainted women of Whitechapel in their own heart’s blood. This is Jack the Ripper as he has never been portrayed. The author takes the reader deep into the tormented heart of the man he might have been and explores a fictional past that might explain his savagery. While the text is gritty at times, and roughly follows the historical timeline of the facts, Jake Wincott is purely a figment of the author’s imagination. N. M. Bell gives the infamous mad man a human face.
The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition
by Adrianna CuevasIn Pura Belpré Honor–winning author Adrianna Cuevas's new spooky middle grade novel. Frani must fight to stop the undead from rising in her father’s body-farm laboratory—that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD. No one has ever called Frani Gonzalez squeamish. Seriously, whether it’s guts (no big deal), bugs (move aside, she’s got this), or anything else that you might find at the Central Texas Forensic Anthropology Research Facility, to her and her dad, the university’s body farm is just home.Having bodies buried in her backyard doesn’t exactly make Frani the most popular kid in school, and the imaginary spider that lives in a web in her brain isn’t helping either. Arañita’s always to blame for the distracted thoughts weaving through Frani’s mind. But when a hand reaches out of the ground and grabs her ankle, Frani realizes that she’s got bigger problems.Not everything is as it seems at the body farm, and now Frani must help the teenage zombie that crawled out of the dirt…before he gets too hungry. But as more and more zombies begin to appear—and they seem to get less and less friendly—can Frani embrace the true nature of her brain and count on new friendships to solve the body farm's mystery before it's overrun with the undead?
No Child of Mine
by Nichelle Giraldes"No Child of Mine is a hauntingly powerful, equal parts a ghost story and a tale of what we are prepared to do for love. " — Darcy Coates, USA Today bestselling authorThere's something in the dark. And it's starting to whisper...Essie Singh has defined herself by her ambitions, a fiercely independent woman whose only soft spot is her husband, Sanjay. She never imagined herself as a mother. It was never a part of the plan. But then she finds out she's pregnant. As her difficult pregnancy transforms her body and life into something she barely recognizes, her husband spends the nights pacing in the attic, slowly becoming a stranger, and the house begins to whisper.As Essie's pregnancy progresses, both her and Sanjay's lives are warped by a curse that has haunted her family for generations, leaving a string of fatherless daughters in its wake. When she's put on bedrest, Essie trades the last aspects of her carefully planned life for isolation in what should be a welcoming home, but she isn't alone. There's something here that means to take everything from her…
No Conventional Miss: Christian Seaton: Duke Of Danger The Forgotten Daughter No Conventional Miss
by Eleanor WebsterShe's always been different... Amaryllis Gibson is an unlikely debutante. She favors fact over fashion, cares not for "proper" conversation and is haunted by ghostly visions which could land her in the madhouse! Marriage is definitely the last thing on Rilla's mind... But when she's caught in a compromising position with Viscount Wyburn, suddenly she finds herself betrothed! And worse, his powerful presence only increases her visions. By shedding light on the viscount's past, can Rilla gain his trust and win him round to her more...unconventional traits?
No Dawn and No Horizon
by John Glasby A.J. MerakAll the known planets had been conquered and colonized. Pluto was the last - as far as man could go into space. Beyond the frozen planet lay an immeasurable gulf of light years which no man could cross in a single lifetime. But one man kept trying to find the answer.
No Dolls Allowed (Frightville #1)
by Mike FordThe perfect dollhouse needs the perfect doll.When Mara hears about a new store called Frightville, she can't wait to check it out. On its shelves are strange and unusual gifts of all kinds. It's there that she comes face-to-face with Charlotte, a small figurine of a friendly-looking girl.Mara instantly feels that Charlotte is meant to live with her. But once Charlotte is in the dollhouse, strange things start to happen. There are odd noises in the night, and objects from Mara's room start to go missing. Is Mara imagining things, or is this doll actually haunted?
No Dominion (Joe Pitt #2)
by Charlie HustonJoe Pitt's life sucks. He hasn't had a case or a job in God knows how long andJoe Pitt's life sucks. He hasn't had a case or a job in God knows how long and his stashes are running on empty. What stashes? The only ones that count to a guy like Joe: blood and money. The money he uses to buy blood; the blood he drinks. Hey, buddy, it's that or your neck-you want to choose? The only way to lay his hands on both is to take a gig with the local Vampyre Clan. See, something new is on the streets, a new high, a high so strong it can send a Vampyre spazzing through Joe's local watering hole. his stashes are running on empty. What stashes? The only ones that count to a guy like Joe: blood and money. The money he uses to buy blood; the blood he drinks. Hey, buddy, it's that or your neck-you want to choose? The only way to lay his hands on both is to take a gig with the local Vampyre Clan. See, something new is on the streets, a new high, a high so strong it can send a Vampyre spazzing through Joe's local watering hole.
No Doors, No Windows: Stories
by Harlan EllisonYou have nothing to fear but fear itself. The only trouble is, fear comes in so many different shapes and sizes these days--the rejection by a beautiful woman, the threat of impending nuclear holocaust, the erratic behavior of wackos walking the streets who only need a wrong word and there they go to the top of an apartment building with a sniperscope'd rifle. Fear is all around you, and the minute you get all the rational fears taken care of, all battened down and secure, here comes something new. Like the special fears generated in these sixteen incredible stories. Fear described as it has never been described before, by the startling imagination of Harlan Ellison, master fantasist, tour guide through the land of dreadful visions, unerring observer of human folly and supernatural diabolism.
No es otra historia de fantasmas
by Steve VernonTommy ha venido a casa desde la ciudad para visitar una última vez a su papá. Está determinado a descubrir el fondo de todos los secretos que guarda su padre tras la pantalla de humo de sus narraciones y encanto. Resulta que algunos secretos es mejor no revelarlos. No es historia de fantasmas es una pequeña historia sobre el regreso a casa, los fantasmas de los que nunca puedes escapar, y el amor que nunca muere. Es una historia que te llevará hasta el verdadero corazón del arte de la narración.
No Escape
by Maren StoffelsFollowing the success of her unputdownable debut, Escape Room, Maren Stoffels is back with a new standalone horror novel about a twisted game master who has no intention of letting their players go.&“You have been chosen to participate in a new Escape Room. You can bring one person. The one you trust the most. Your very best friend.&”When Lexi receives an invitation to participate in a brand-new escape room, along with her best friend Tess, she&’s thrilled. They could both use the distraction after a recent tragedy. But once inside, they learn that they must compete against one another.What do you do when your best friend suddenly becomes your biggest adversary, and every choice you make puts her in danger? How far will you go to win?
No Filter
by Kelley SkovronFrom the author of The Ghost of Drowned Meadow comes another haunted tale that's as touching as it is terrifying.Janessa "Jinx" McCormick loves photography because it’s like real life, except she can make it perfect. Using her late father’s camera, Jinx takes photos for nearly everyone in her small town of Greenbelt, making her something of a local celebrity. But one day as she’s touching up a new photo, Jinx sees…something in the background of the image. A shadow that she’s certain wasn’t in the frame when she captured the shot.Though it’s too dark and hazy to see exactly what it is, the shadow looks roughly like a figure. And soon Jinx notices something even more unsettling. With each new shot she takes, the figure is always there.And it’s slowly moving closer to the camera.
No Flame But Mine (The Lionwolf Trilogy #3)
by Tanith LeeThe Lionwolf scrolls conclude in this epic fantasy adventure set in a snowbound world where redemption and revenge collide The powerful mage Thryfe gropes through the steel-white snows that have covered the huddles of ruins, abandoned villages, and casualties of the White Death. He is searching for the stunning witch Jemhara, but his magic mirror can only see her past, not her present, and the sorcerer fears that a mad force abroad on the ice-locked earth is keeping them apart. At last, he finds Jemhara in the rebuilt town of Kandexa. Their impassioned and bizarre love rekindles, resulting in the birth of a boy with red hair, blue eyes, and golden skin: He is Lionwolf reborn from the land of the dead. But the vicious dark lord Zzth has been burning under the sea, waiting for the moment of his inevitable return, planning for mutilation, destruction, and frigid ruin.
No Ghouls Allowed
by Victoria LaurieOn a trip to Georgia to see her father, M. J. Holliday finds herself trapped in a haunted mansion and discovers...THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN--FROM THE DEAD M.J. has had a distant relationship with her father since her mother died more than two decades ago. But when M.J., her boyfriend, Heath, and BFF, Gilley, take a break from their show, Ghoul Getters, and visit her family home in Valdosta, Georgia, they find Montgomery Holliday a changed man. The source of his happiness seems to be his new fiancée, the charming Christine Bigelow.But despite the blush of new love, Montgomery and Christine are dealing with a big problem in the form of the antebellum mansion she is having renovated. After a series of strange accidents, the work crew is convinced the place is cursed, and the contractor has walked off the job. At Christine's request, M.J. and her pals agree to find out if they're really dealing with some spirited saboteurs and a possessed plantation home.
No Guilt of Bloodshed (Splatter Western)
by John Baltisberger"If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him." -- Exodus 22:2 1859 Malechai ben Pallache, a Ukranian-Jew and soldier of fortune who has made his way through the world fueled by blood and pain has been enlisted to hunt down Dragan, the bastard priest who kicked off the pogroms before fleeing to California. But the profane holy man has more than blood on his hands, he has also stolen a box that holds terrible evil. Brodie is infested with hungry demons and dangerous men, gold and vice drawing in the worst that humanity or demonkind have to offer, all standing between Malechai and the priest. But, he does not travel alone. Joined by a succubus of terrible power and the silent golem Mishpat, Malechai will stop at nothing to find Dragan and bring his twisted reign to an end. What follows is a blood-drowned, hatred-fueled battle of wills, bullets, and mutilation that will forever stain the ground of Brodie California.
No Humans Involved: Book 7 in the Women of the Otherworld Series (Otherworld #7)
by Kelley Armstrong'Armstrong has a good ear for dialogue, and the main characters, especially Jaime and Eve, stand out in full colour.' - Winnipeg Free Press'The Women of the Otherworld universe has expanded and gained further definition with this latest entry. . . . If Kelly Armstrong writes it, then you should add it to your reading list if you want a darn good tale.' - HuntressReviews.comNO HUMANS INVOLVED stars necromancer Jaime Vegas. She's on a television shoot in Brentwood, Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. Invisible hands brush her arms, she sees movements out of the corner of her eye, unintelligible fragments of words are whispered in her ear. Jaime's used to seeing the dead and hearing them clearly. But now, for the first time in her life, she knows what humans mean when they say they're being haunted. Jaime is determined to get to the bottom of this, but she doesn't realise how low her investigation will take her, or what human-based horror she will uncover. As Jamie delves through the dark underside of Los Angeles she'll need as much Otherworld help as she can get to survive unscathed. But Jeremy, the alpha-werewolf is there by her side to offer his protection. And maybe more than that . . .Book seven in Kelley Armstrong's bestselling Otherworld series.Books by Kelley Armstrong: Women of the Otherworld series Bitten Stolen Dime Store Magic Industrial Magic Haunted Broken No Humans Involved Personal Demon Living with the Dead Frost Bitten Walking the Witch Spellbound Thirteen Nadia Stafford Exit Strategy Made to be Broken Wild JusticeRocktonCity of the LostA Darkness AbsoluteThis Fallen PreyWatcher in the WoodsAlone in the Wild Darkest Powers The Summoning The Awakening The Reckoning Otherworld Tales Men of the Otherworld Tales of the Otherworld Otherworld Nights Otherworld Secrets Otherworld Chills Darkness Rising The Gathering The Calling The Rising Cainsville Omens Visions Deceptions Betrayals Rituals
No Humans Involved: Book 7 in the Women of the Otherworld Series (Otherworld #7)
by Kelley Armstrong'Armstrong has a good ear for dialogue, and the main characters, especially Jaime and Eve, stand out in full colour.' - Winnipeg Free Press'The Women of the Otherworld universe has expanded and gained further definition with this latest entry. . . . If Kelly Armstrong writes it, then you should add it to your reading list if you want a darn good tale.' - HuntressReviews.comNO HUMANS INVOLVED stars necromancer Jaime Vegas. She's on a television shoot in Brentwood, Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. Invisible hands brush her arms, she sees movements out of the corner of her eye, unintelligible fragments of words are whispered in her ear. Jaime's used to seeing the dead and hearing them clearly. But now, for the first time in her life, she knows what humans mean when they say they're being haunted. Jaime is determined to get to the bottom of this, but she doesn't realise how low her investigation will take her, or what human-based horror she will uncover. As Jamie delves through the dark underside of Los Angeles she'll need as much Otherworld help as she can get to survive unscathed. But Jeremy, the alpha-werewolf is there by her side to offer his protection. And maybe more than that . . .Book seven in Kelley Armstrong's bestselling Otherworld series.Books by Kelley Armstrong:Women of the Otherworld seriesBittenStolenDime Store MagicIndustrial MagicHauntedBrokenNo Humans InvolvedPersonal DemonLiving with the DeadFrost BittenWalking the WitchSpellboundThirteenNadia StaffordExit StrategyMade to be BrokenWild JusticeRocktonCity of the LostA Darkness AbsoluteThis Fallen PreyWatcher in the WoodsAlone in the WildDarkest PowersThe SummoningThe AwakeningThe ReckoningOtherworld TalesMen of the OtherworldTales of the OtherworldOtherworld NightsOtherworld SecretsOtherworld ChillsDarkness RisingThe GatheringThe CallingThe RisingCainsvilleOmensVisionsDeceptionsBetrayalsRituals
No Longer Human Complete Edition (manga)
by Usamaru Furuya Osamu DazaiOsamu Dazai's classic tale retold by Usamaru Furuya is now in a complete omnibus edition!No Longer Human, the searing semi-autobiographical novel by Osamu Dazai, Japan&’s Dostoevsky, trades its original prewar setting for the brave new world of the aught years in this adaptation by the enfant terrible of manga. This unique omnibus, previously available in three installments, features left-to-right (rather than &“flipped&”) art drawn by the creator himself for Western audiences. Find out how a self-described clown awakens to his dark genius.
No Man's Land
by Fabio Listrani Jeff Conner Jonathan MaberryBook #5 in IDW's shambling series of original Zombies vs Robots prose collections. Fully illustrated by the fantabulous Fabio Listrani, this new anthology features fresh tales of rotting flesh and rusting metal, undead unrest and mechanical mayhem. Once again IDW expands the apocalyptic hellscape of its unique signature franchise. A world where brain-eaters roam and warbots rule is truly a No Man's Land.
No Olvidado: La Historia de Lilly (No Olvidado #1)
by Bonnie TaylorNo Olvidado - La Historia de Lilly ¡Reservar uno de la serie de misterios paranormales no olvidados es un viaje emocionante para los sentidos! Con solo dieciséis años, Lilly Roberts ha tenido más que su parte de tragedia personal. Primero, sufrió la pérdida de su madre, ahora, perdiendo a su hermano mayor en un trágico accidente en un camino nevado. Lilly descubre que los fantasmas son reales. Convencida de que su hermano, Tony, ha enviado un mensaje desde más allá de la tumba, Lilly solicita la ayuda de su arrogante vecino de al lado, Kyle. Juntos, inician una investigación secreta sobre el accidente automovilístico en la autopista 66. ¡Auges de romance! Lilly y Kyle encuentran algo más que una forma de lidiar con su dolor. ¡Ellos se enamoran! Lilly abre una puerta al mundo espiritual e invita involuntariamente al mal a pasar Atormentada y atormentada, Lilly espera que una vez que resuelva el misterio de la muerte de su hermano, la puerta se cierre. ¡Ella esta equivocada! Presentación de la Highgate Paranormal Research Society Se llama a un equipo único de cazadores de fantasmas profesionales para el caso, pero ¿tienen lo necesario para salvar a Lilly de la oscuridad?
No One Gets Out Alive
by Adam NevillStephanie Booth is a young woman who works various temp jobs and is always strapped for cash. Because of this, she has always had fairly poor living environments and she is overjoyed when she finds a decently priced apartment in the Perry Barr neighborhood. While she does have some initial misgivings about the decision, the positives seem to outweigh the negatives and Stephanie eagerly signs on as a tenant. Soon after Stephanie begins to experience several strange and inexplicable phenomena that make her start to regret moving in, as she hears odd noises and feels a presence that begins to grow more hostile with each passing night.
No Place for Monsters (No Place for Monsters)
by Kory MerrittIn this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls "wildly imaginative and totally terrifying," two unlikely friends face down their worst fears in order to stop their small town—and themselves—from disappearing. <P><P>Levi and Kat are about to discover a very dark side to their neighborhood. <P><P>Nothing ever seems out of place in the safe, suburban town of Cowslip Grove. Lawns are neatly mowed, sidewalks are tidy, and the sounds of ice cream trucks fill the air. But now . . . kids have been going missing—except no one even realizes it, because no one remembers them. Not their friends. Not their teachers. Not even their families. <P><P>But Levi and Kat do remember, and suddenly only they can see why everyone is in terrible danger when the night air rolls in. Now it is up to Levi and Kat to fight it and save the missing kids before it swallows the town whole.