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The Wrong Turn
by Tracey Chizoba Fletcher<p>In this dark fantasy adventure, an aimless young man finds his soul put to the ultimate test in the Land of the Dead.<p> <p>At twenty-eight years old, Chike wasn’t so much living as merely existing. He took each day as it came, with no particular plan or purpose. But now Chike faces a choice that could be described as life-or-death . . . if it weren’t for the fact that he was already in the Land of the Dead . . .<p> <p>Chike had been lost in thought when a simple wrong turn brought him to an abandoned house. By the time he felt the strange sensation of being transported, it was already too late. Now he must find the exit back to the Land of the Living, or risk forfeiting his soul. But something is terribly wrong in this strange other realm—something he could potentially set right . . . if he chooses to try.<p>
The Wrong Turning: Encounters with Ghosts
by Stephen JohnsonIntroduced and edited by broadcaster Stephen Johnson, a curated selection of chilling ghost stories from world literature.Why do people love ghost stories, even if they don&’t believe (or say they don&’t believe) in ghosts? Is it simply the adrenaline rush that comes from being mesmerized and terrified by a great storyteller, or do these tales yield deeper meanings—telling us things about our own inner shadows? Stephen Johnson brings together some of the most memorable encounters with ghosts in world literature, from Europe, Russia, the United States, and China. Recurring themes and imagery are noted, interpretations suggested—but only suggested, since ambiguity and resistance to rational interpretation are key elements in the best ghost stories. As the writer Robert Aickman observed, often the decisive moment comes when someone, somehow, makes a &“wrong turning&”—literally, perhaps, but at the same time psychologically, even morally—and some mysterious nemesis takes over.Old favorites by M. R. James, Ambrose Bierce, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman are interlaced with extracts from longer works by Emily Brontë, Henry James, and Alexander Pushkin,, along with slightly left-field apparitions from Tove Jansson and Flann O&’Brien. With such expert guides, who knows what we will be led to encounter in the haunted chambers of our minds?
Wulfe Untamed: A Feral Warriors Novel (Feral Warriors #8)
by Pamela Palmer“Palmer brings it home in the thrilling conclusion to her dark and sensual Feral Warriors series. A worthy and satisfying finale that fans will cheer for.” —RT Book ReviewsThey are called Feral Warriors—an elite band of immortals who can change shape at will. Sworn to rid the world of evil, consumed by sorcery and seduction, their wild natures are primed for release . . .The most enigmatic and tortured of the Feral Warriors, Wulfe is haunted by the quiet beauty of a human woman who no longer remembers him. Once a captive of both the Mage and the Ferals, Natalie stole a piece of his heart before he took her memories and sent her safely back to her fiancé. But now the Mage are threatening her again, and Wulfe will risk anything to protect her.Natalie Cash is stunned when she’s saved by a wolf who shifts suddenly into a splendidly built, if badly scarred, man, a man with the kindest eyes. Swept into a world of intrigue and danger beyond her comprehension, she turns to the powerful Wulfe, finding a passion she’d only dreamed of. But when time runs out, they must trust one another and surrender to a wild, untamed love.“It is rare for the last book of a longstanding series to be one of the best but that is certainly the case here. Pamela has outdone herself with book eight. Well done!” —Monsters & Critics“A fast paced, amazing journey through author Pamela Palmer’s Feral Warrior world. I had been hoping for Wulfe’s story and wasn’t disappointed with this one.” —Fresh Fiction
Wuthering Heights (Wordsworth Classics)
by Emily BronteYou'll be burning the midnight oil to discover the tortured tales of the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights.Discover a passionate tale of love lost, found, and avenged in Wuthering Heights. Lockwood, a wealthy man from England, rents a house from an eccentric gentleman named Heathcliff, who is the tortured master of Wuthering Heights. Through Lockwood and the housekeeper, Nelly, the story of Heathcliff’s adoption, upbringing, revenge, and love for Catherine is told. The unconventional relationships and complex story structure will keep you turning pages long into the night.
Wuthering Heights (Legend Classics)
by Emily BrontëOnce a novel criticised for its display of mental and physical cruelty, Wuthering Heights is now a considered a 19th century classic. It's themes of gender inequality and violence driven by passion still resonate with readers today.
Wuthering Heights (First Avenue Classics ™)
by Emily BrontëMr. Earnshaw, the owner of the Wuthering Heights manor, adopts a young orphan named Heathcliff to raise alongside his two children, Hindley and Catherine. Though Hindley hates him, Heathcliff forms a close relationship with Catherine. As an adult, Catherine marries Edgar, a wealthy neighbor who detests Heathcliff, and Heathcliff flees. Spurred on by feelings of abandonment and betrayal as well as the loss of his beloved, Healthcliff seeks revenge on everyone who wronged him. This unabridged version of Emily Brontë's classic English Gothic novel is taken from the 1910 copyright edition.
Wuthering Heights (The Penguin English Library)
by Emily Brontë"May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then"Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)
by Emily Bronte Ruben Toledo'May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then' Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.
Wylding Hall
by Elizabeth HandFrom the award-winning author of Waking the Moon, a short novel of unexpected terror When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their unique music, they hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient country house with dark secrets. There they create the album that will make their reputation, but at a terrifying cost: Julian Blake, the group's lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen or heard from again. Now, years later, the surviving musicians, along with their friends and lovers--including a psychic, a photographer, and the band's manager--meet with a young documentary filmmaker to tell their own versions of what happened that summer. But whose story is true? And what really happened to Julian Blake?
Wyrd
by Curt PiresA gritty and bright fantasy spy thriller starring a suicidal hero who just can't die.Full of color and violence, this mystery stars a depressed hero with an indestructible body and a forgotten past. When the U.S. Government runs up against situations too strange for them to handle alone they only have one asset to call--Pitor Wyrd. Whatever mission needs doing, whatever mystery needs solving, the roguishly handsome Wyrd acts as a one-man black ops team. With each mission, Pitor is brought closer to his mysterious past, each step pointing to the true ramifications of the Nazi's experiments with the occult during the end of World War II. From Curt Pires, the writer of The Tomorrows, The Forevers, and Pop, with art by Antonio Fuso, the artist of Survival Fetish, G. I. Joe: Cobra, and James Bond.Collects Wyrd #1-4
Wyrd Sisters: A Discworld Novel (Witches #2)
by Terry PratchettIn Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters, Granny Weatherwax teams with two other witches—Nanny Ogg and Margat Garlick—as an unlikely alliance to save a prince and restore him to the throne of Lancre, in a tale that borrows—or is it parodies—some of William Shakespeare's best-loved works.Meet Granny Weatherwax, the most highly regarded non-leader a coven of non-social witches could ever have. Generally, these loners don't get involved in anything, must less royal intrigue. But then there are those times they can't help it. As Granny Weatherwax is about to discover, it's a lot harder to stir up trouble in the castle than some theatrical types would have you think. Even when you've got a few unexpected spells up your sleeve.The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Wyrd Sisters is the sixth Discworld book and the second in the Witches collection. The Witches collection includes:Equal RitesWyrd SistersWitches AbroadLords and LadiesMaskeradeCarpe Jugulum
The X-Files: Ground Zero (The\x-files Ser.)
by Kevin J. AndersonFBI agents Mulder and Scully take on a radioactive case in this eerie thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author . . .Dr. Gregory, a renowned nuclear weapons researcher, is not only dead—he’s been charred to a radioactive cinder.Since this is a death on Federal property, Mulder and Scully are hastily called in. As FBI agents who specialize in unexplained phenomena, they are the investigators of the X-Files, strange and inexplicable cases which are also mysteries that the FBI doesn’t want solved.When a second victim, completely unrelated to nuclear science or Dr. Gregory, is obliterated in the New Mexico desert, and then a third dies the same way in Washington, DC, Mulder and Scully begin to focus on the frightening dimension of their task. The bizarre deaths cannot be a coincidence. And as they work to uncover the secret unifying element that unites these deaths, it becomes clear that this twisted puzzle has fatal consequences for the entire world . . .
The X-Files: Goblins
by Charles GrantOpening the X-Files... MeetMulder and Scully, FBI. The agency maverick and the female agent assigned to keep him in line. Their job: investigate the eeriest unsolved mysteries in modern America, from pyro-psychics to death row demonics, from rampaging Sasquatches to alien invasions. The cases the Bureau wants handled quietly, but quickly, before the public finds out what's really out there. And panics. The cases filed under "X."
The X-Files: Skin
by Ben MezrichWhen moonlighting medical students "harvesting" skin from a corpse for temporary use accidentally take it from the wrong donor, the results are catastrophic: a New York City hospital ward is destroyed in a bloodbath, and an elderly professor, admitted for a routine skin graft, is suddenly the city's most wanted fugitive.Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are the only ones to suspect something more ominous than a medical procedure gone awry. As the FBI agents investigating the "X-Files"--strange and inexplicable cases the Bureau wants to keep hidden--Mulder and Scully are determined to track down the forces they suspect are behind the murderer.While the police hunt the fleeing professor, Mulder and Scully track the skin that was grafted onto him, a trail that leads from the morgue to the headquarters of a cutting-edge biotech company to the jungles of Thailand. Together they begin to uncover an unholy and totally deniable alliance between a battle-trained plastic surgeon, international politicians, and a legendary Thai monster known as the "Skin-Eater."
The X-Files: A Picture Book (Pop Classics #2)
by Kim SmithOne the most beloved TV shows of all time is now a sweet, silly, sci-fi bedtime story! In The X Files: Earth Children Are Weird, best pals Dana (Scully) and Fox (Mulder) have pitched a tent in the backyard for a sleepover. But the night is full of strange sounds, lights, and shadows. Surely there’s a rational, scientific explanation for everything . . . or is there? With beautiful illustrations of pint-sized Dana and Fox, this humorous and not-scary-at-all story will introduce the cult TV show to an entire new generation of fans.
X-Ops Exposed (X-Ops #8)
by Paige TylerHE LEFT TO KEEP HER SAFE Believing he's too dangerous to be among people, feline hybrid Tanner Howland retreats deep into the forests of Washington State—with no choice but to leave behind the woman who's captured his heart. What he doesn't know is that she followed him...SHE WOULDN'T STAY BEHINDHeartbroken and determined, Dr. Zarina Sokolov tracks Tanner into the wild. Her presence unleashes Tanner's protective instinct—big time. Locals have been disappearing and he is desperate for Zarina to leave. As the kidnappings escalate, Tanner must embrace the dangerous instincts he fears so much. But with Zarina at his side, he'll have to learn to control his animal impulses, or lose himself—and the woman he loves—to the beast within.BONUS CONTENT: ebook includes a second full-length novel, Hungry Like the Wolf, Book 1 in Paige Tyler's sizzling SWAT Series!X-Ops Series:Her Perfect Mate (Book 1)Her Lone Wolf (Book 2)Her Wild Hero (Book 3)Her Fierce Warrior (Book 4)Her Rogue Alpha (Book 5)Her True Match (Book 6)Her Dark Half (Book 7)X-Ops Exposed (Book 8)What readers are saying about Paige Tyler's X-Ops Series:"Does it get any better than this? Tyler...is an absolute master!"—Fresh Fiction "Sexy, smart and suspenseful!"—HelenKay Dimon, award-winning author "Action-packed and suspenseful...a thrilling read."—Omnivoracious "Hot and wild."—Cynthia Eden, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
X-Rated Bloodsuckers (Felix Gomez, Book #2)
by Mario AcevedoWhen Felix Gomez returned from the War in Iraq with a disdain for daylight and a raging thirst for blood, he knew he couldn't settle for an ordinary 9-to-5 job. So after his discharge, the newly undead ex-infantryman chose the career that he felt best suited his vampiric tendencies: private detective. Now he's been approached by sexy porn star Katz Meow, who wants Felix to investigate the murder of her once-equally agile friend and fellow toiler in the video sex-biz, Roxy Bronze. But his investigation into L.A.'s hardcore jungle is turning into a triple x-rated nightmare populated by hot babes, sleazy producers, sleazier politicians, sham evangelicals, and fanatical secret societies. And here on the seamy underside of Tinseltown, "immortal" doesn't necessarily mean "unkillable."
Xibalba
by David Wood Heloisa Miranda SilvaUma descida sombria para o mundo dos mortos. As lendas o chamam de Xibalba – O Lugar do Medo. Mas algumas lendas são verdadeiras. A descoberta de um tesouro em Yucatán coloca os ex-SEALs da Marinha Americana, Dane Maddock e Bones Bonebrake, na busca pela lendária cidade dos mortos maia, e no caminho de inimigos mortais. Desde ruínas antigas até selvas perigosas, Maddock e Bones precisam ser mais espertos que a perversa Irmandade da Serpente, e encontrar a lendária cidade antes que um antigo inimigo desvende seus segredos e mergulhe o mundo em sombras. Será que eles conseguem sobreviver à descida até Xibalba?
XIBALBA- Una Aventura de Dane Maddock: Un oscuro descenso al mundo de los muertos.
by David WoodUn oscuro descenso al mundo de los muertos. Las leyendas lo llaman Xibalba – el Lugar del Miedo. Pero algunas leyendas son verdaderas. El descubrimiento de un tesoro en Yucatán sitúa a los ex marines SEALS, Dane Maddock y Bones Bonebrake en la búsqueda de la legendaria Ciudad Maya de los muertos, y en el camino hacia mortíferos enemigos. Desde antiguas ruinas hasta peligrosas junglas, Maddock y Bones deberán burlar a la corrompida Hermandad de la Serpiente, y encontrar la legendaria ciudad, antes de que un viejo enemigo descubra sus secretos, y hunda al mundo en la sombra. ¿Podrán sobrevivir el descenso al Xibalba?
Xibalba - Un’avventura di Dane Maddock
by David Wood Manola MannLe leggende lo chiamano Xibalba, il Luogo dell’Orrore: alcune leggende hanno un fondo di verità. Successivamente alla scoperta di un tesoro nello Yucatan, gli ex Navy SEAL Dane Maddock e Bones Bonebrake organizzano una spedizione alla ricerca della leggendaria città maya dei morti, che li porterà a scontrarsi con nemici mortali. Tra antiche rovine e giungle pericolose, Maddock e Bones dovranno sconfiggere la violenta Confraternita del Serpente e trovare la città leggendaria prima che un vecchio nemico ne scopra i segreti e getti il mondo nelle tenebre. Riusciranno i nostri eroi a sopravvivere alla discesa nei meandri dello Xibalba?
Xombies: Apocalypticon
by Walter GreatshellSurvivors of a cataclysmic zombie-making plague leave a temporary safety of a refitted nuclear sub to scavenge for food and supplies on land. But they soon find themselves facing new terrors on the surface and mutiny below.
Xombies: Apocalypso
by Walter GreatshellA group of women have been discovered who are immune to the Agent X plague. The secret of their immunity can provide a cure for human and inhuman alike-unless the Xombies find them first.
Xstabeth
by David KeenanINCLUDES 'PREQUEL' THE TOWER THE FIELDS THE TRANSMITTERS'This book spoke, it said "read me" from the very first sentence as if it were alive, it gave me visceral joy' Kim Gordon'Reading [Xstabeth] feels like being cut open to the accompanying sound of ecstatic music' Edna O'Brien'Prepare for more of that inimitable Keenan narrative voodoo brilliance' Wendy ErskineIn St Petersburg, Russia, Aneliya is torn between the love of her father and her father's best friend. Her father dreams of becoming a great musician but suffers with a naivete that means he will never be taken seriously. Her father's best friend has a penchant for vodka, strip clubs and moral philosophy.When an angelic presence named Xstabeth enters their lives - a presence who simultaneously fulfils and disappears those she touches - Aneliya and her father's world is transformed. Moving from Russia to St Andrews, Scotland, Xstabeth tackles the metaphysics of golf, the mindset of classic Russian novels and the power of art and music to re-wire reality. Charged with a consuming intensity and a torrential rhythm that pulses with music, it is an offering of transcendence and a love letter to the books of Chandler, Nabokov and Dostoevsky, by a writer who is rewriting the rulebook of contemporary fiction.
Yarım Kalan Aşk
by Massimo Marino Ülfet ÇağlıbulanıkYarım Kalan AŞKBütün haklar saklıdır.Bu kitabın hiç bir bölümü, yazarın izni olmaksızın herhangi bir formatta yeniden üretilemez ya da elektronik ortamda ya da herhangi bir depolama sisteminde çoğaltılamaz, kaynak gösterilmek suretiyle alıntı yapılabilir. Bu eser, kurgusaldır. Bütün isimler ve karakterler kurgusaldır. Canlı ya da ölü herhangi bir kişiyle benzerliği tamamen rastlantısaldır.
Year of the Orphan: A Novel
by Daniel FindlayThe Road meets Mad Max in this stunning debut with a gutsy, charismatic young female protagonist—for fans of Station 11, The Passage, and Riddley Walker.In a post-apocalyptic future where survivors scavenge in the harsh Australian Outback for spoils from a buried civilization, a girl races across the desert, holding her treasures close, pursued by the Reckoner.Riding her sand ship, living rough in the blasted landscape whose taint she carries in her blood, she scouts the broken infrastructure and trades her scraps at the only known settlement, a ramshackle fortress of greed, corruption, and disease known as the System. It is an outpost whose sole purpose is survival—refuge from the hulking, eyeless things they call Ghosts and other creatures that hunt beyond the fortress walls.Sold as a child, then raised hard in the System, the Orphan has a mission. She carries secrets about the destruction that brought the world to its knees. And she's about to discover that the past still holds power over the present. Given an impossible choice, will the Orphan save the only home she knows or see it returned to dust? Both paths lead to blood, but whose will be spilled?With propulsive pacing, a rich, broken language all its own, and a protagonist whose grit and charisma are matched by a relentless drive to know, The Year of the Orphan is a thriller of the future you won’t want to put down.