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The Land of Lost Things: A Novel (The Book of Lost Things #2)
by John ConnollyThe redemptive power of stories and family is revealed in New York Times bestselling author John Connolly&’s atmospheric tale set in the same magical universe as the &“enchanting, engrossing, and enlightening&” (Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale) The Book of Lost Things.&“Twice upon a time—for that is how some stories should continue…&” In this &“dark fairy tale&” (Kirkus Reviews), Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident—a body without a spirit. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud the fairy stories Phoebe loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world. But an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, to journey to a land colored by the memories of childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father—a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; a land where old enemies are watching and waiting… The Land of Lost Things.
Land-of-Mists
by Garry KilworthIt was always Keito's destiny to lead the Polynesian armies against the Celts and the Picts of the Land-of-Mists. And now the time has come. The Warriors are assembled, the boats are ready, and the gods are preparing for the confrontation.Only Seumas, the Celtic warrior taken from his homeland years before, speaks out against the great adventure. But Seumas is an old man now, embittered by the loss of his beloved wife, Dorcha. Not even the love of his son, Craig, can console him.Soon the mighty army is on the move, crossing the sea towards the unknown land, and Seumas and Craig swell its numbers. They encounter storms, magic, monsters and tragedy even before they reach their destination - the cold, rainy land of muted colours that will decide their fate - and that of their gods.LAND-OF-MISTS is the thrilling climax to the wonderfully epic Navigator Kings series.
Land of the Dead: A Stoker's Wilde Novel (Stoker's Wilde)
by Steven Hopstaken Melissa PrusiBram Stoker and Oscar Wilde unite once more to battle spirits and demons invading our world. Third book in the series. Grimdark Magazine called the first book an "addictive, clever and extremely fun horror adventure." Book 3 in the Stoker's Wilde series!Booklist on the first book in this series, Stoker's Wilde: "Pass this volume on to readers who are hungry for more historical stories with a supernatural frame." Science and the supernatural collide in this terrifying tale of witches, reanimated corpses and spirits invading our world from beyond the grave. Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde have returned to their lives in London after their adventures in the American West. Bram is managing a theatre and Oscar is rising to fame and planning his upcoming wedding when they are once again called upon to battle supernatural evil. Grief-crazed scientist Victor Mueller needs Bram&’s unusual blood for his mad quest to bring his dead wife back to life, and he&’ll resort to kidnapping to get it. Meanwhile, a young medium named Lorna Bow runs fake séances in London under the thumb of an abusive uncle. When her mother Endora returns, Lorna learns the truth: they come from a long line of witches, and soon Endora has awakened Lorna&’s dormant powers. When the scientist and the witches combine forces, all Hell breaks loose. Long-dead souls find themselves back in the land of the living, and some of them have scores to settle with our heroes. But as Mueller&’s ambition and her mother&’s desire for vengeance against the men who imprisoned her become clear, Lorna soon finds herself questioning the morality of their work.Bram and Oscar must team up with American secret agent Cora Chase to protect all they hold dear. Only a mission into the Land of the Dead can stop Mueller and Endora from bringing back more souls. Bram&’s wife Florence must call on the monster-fighting skills she honed in America, and even Oscar&’s bride Constance has to face new challenges as she learns how the supernatural has shaped her own history. In an adventure that spans continents – and even other worlds – they confront old enemies and unknown dangers. Teaming up with old friends Teddy Roosevelt and Richard Burton and new allies like Arthur Conan Doyle and Nicola Tesla, they too must harness both science and magic to protect our world from intruders from the Land of the Dead.FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
Land of Unreason (Gateway Essentials #57)
by L. Sprague deCamp Fletcher PrattOn Midsummer's Eve, as everybody knows, you should leave a bowl of milk out for the fairies. Unfortunately - or fortunately - Fred Barber, an American diplomat convalescing in Yorkshire, didn't take the obligation with proper seriousness. He swapped the milk for a stiff dose of Scotch. So he had only himself to blame if the fairies got a bit muddled. Barber found himself in an Old English Fairyland. At the Court of King Oberon, to be precise. The natural - or supernatural - laws there were, to say the least of it, distinctly odd. Things kept changing. This made the mssion with which he was entrusted, as the price of his return to the normal world, even harder than he expected. He had to penetrate the Kobold Hills, where it was said that swords were being made, and discover if an ancient enemy had returned. He was given a magic wand - but not told how to use it. Through the fields and forests he went, meeting dryads and sprites, ogres and two-headed eagles, on the way. Danger, seduction and magic lay all around him. And, as the adventure continued, somehow it darkened and became more seriousness. At the end of Fred Barber's quest lay a shattering revelation.
Lande sconosciute: Libro Fantasy, Suspense e Avventure (Collana: Corvi e Draghi #1)
by A. P. HernándezFuori dalle mura di Düré si sta sviluppando la più grande minaccia che l'umanità abbia mai affrontato. Dopo tanti anni di pace, l'oscurità rinasce, la dea Thënda lascia il regno delle ombre. Lord Tovel, in segreto, sceglie otto dei suoi uomini più valorosi e affida loro una missione: raggiungere Nebula e chiedere l'aiuto di Re Fird. Rodrik e i suoi uomini dovranno lasciare la sicurezza offerta dalle mura di Düré e affrontare un viaggio pieno di intrighi, magia e pericoli.
The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight #1)
by Stephen KingNo. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two-man cockpit crew was also gone. He believed Flight 29 was heading east on automatic pilot. On a red-eye flight from L. A. to Boston, ten passengers wake up to discover everyone else has disappeared. Brian Engle, a trained pilot, remembers something about a strange aurora borealis and turbulence reports over the desert. Now he has to try to land the plane.But the safe haven of Bangor airport is not what it seems. It's eerily empty. The clocks have stopped. The food and drink is tasteless. The fuel doesn't burn. And the sound, like 'radio static', is getting closer. Craig Toomy, an investment banker, believes he knows what's coming. The Langoliers. Which means time is, quite literally, running out . . .A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant read from the masterful Stephen King.
The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight #1)
by Stephen KingNo. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two-man cockpit crew was also gone. He believed Flight 29 was heading east on automatic pilot. On a red-eye flight from L. A. to Boston, ten passengers wake up to discover everyone else has disappeared. Brian Engle, a trained pilot, remembers something about a strange aurora borealis and turbulence reports over the desert. Now he has to try to land the plane.But the safe haven of Bangor airport is not what it seems. It's eerily empty. The clocks have stopped. The food and drink is tasteless. The fuel doesn't burn. And the sound, like 'radio static', is getting closer. Craig Toomy, an investment banker, believes he knows what's coming. The Langoliers. Which means time is, quite literally, running out . . .A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant listen from the masterful Stephen King.(P) 2016 Simon & Schuster Audio
The Langoliers (Playaway Adult Fiction Ser.)
by Stephen KingStephen King&’s unforgettable novella—first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries—about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky.On a cross-country, redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken in Bangor, Maine, to find that the crew and most of their fellow passengers have disappeared. The airport shows no signs of life. Yet they hear &“radio static&” in the distance. Craig Toomey, an irritable investment banker on the verge of a breakdown, believes it is &“The Langoliers,&” monsters he was afraid of as a child who attack those who waste time. It&’s mystery author Bob Jenkins who first theorizes that they have flown through a time rip. Bob declares they have entered a place that forbids time travelers to observe or interfere with past events. It turns out that Craig is right, in a way. Two creatures, followed by hundreds more, emerge from the forest and head for the plane, consuming everything in their path. Can the survivors manage to fly the plane back to Los Angeles, back to the correct time, before The Langoliers succeed in their deadly mission to destroy the plane and the world? Dinah Bellman, the young blind girl whose aunt did not survive the time rip, has the greatest insight of all. A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant read from the masterful Stephen King.
The Language of Cannibals (The Mongo Mysteries #8)
by George C. ChesbroA circus-performer-turned-PI uncovers dark secrets in a Hudson River town in this novel of &“bloodcurdling adventure&” and &“genuine suspense&” (Publishers Weekly). With a genius IQ, a past career as a circus acrobat, and a black belt in karate, criminology professor Dr. Robert Frederickson—better known as &“Mongo the Magnificent&”—has a decidedly unusual background for a private investigator. He also just so happens to be a dwarf. When his friend, FBI agent Michael Burana, suspiciously drowns in the small town of Cairn, New York, Mongo&’s pursuit of the truth takes him up the Hudson River to the scene of the crime. Long known as a village populated by artists, intellectuals, and writers, Cairn has recently become home to ultraconservative political commentator Elysius Culhane, whose autobiography title, If You&’re Not Right You&’re Wrong, is less a pun than a personal manifesto. Mongo couldn&’t care less about politics, but there&’s something about Culhane that just isn&’t right. And as Mongo and his brother, Garth, attempt to discern the real reason for Agent Burana&’s death, they will uncover a conspiracy that could leave them both swimming with the fishes . . . The Language of Cannibals is the 8th book in the Mongo Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Language of Dying
by Sarah PinboroughIn this emotionally gripping, genre-defying novella from Sarah Pinborough, a woman sits at her father's bedside, watching the clock tick away the last hours of his life. Her brothers and sisters--she is the middle child of five--have all turned up over the past week to pay their last respects. Each is traumatized in his or her own way, and the bonds that unite them to each other are fragile--as fragile perhaps as the old man's health. With her siblings all gone, back to their self-obsessed lives, she is now alone with the faltering wreck of her father's cancer-ridden body. It is always at times like this when it--the dark and nameless, the impossible, presence that lingers along the fringes of the dark fields beyond the house--comes calling.As the clock ticks away in the darkness, she can only wait for it to find her, a reunion she both dreads and aches for...
The Language of Dying
by Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES comes a beautiful, harrowing, heartbreaking story, filled with exquisite truths.'A beautiful story, honestly told' Neil GaimanTonight is a special terrible night. A woman sits at her father's bedside, watching the clock tick away the last hours of his life. Her brothers and sisters - all broken, their bonds fragile - have been there for the past week, but now she is alone. And that's when it always comes. The clock ticks, the darkness beckons.If it comes at all.
The Language of Fear
by Del JamesA collection of fifteen short stories that explore the dark side of the human experience, including that of a heavy metal star locked in a war with his TV set, and a married man about to murder his wife at the behest of a dial-a-porn hooker.
The Lantern: A Novel
by Deborah Lawrenson“A whirlwind love affair, a wife who dies under mysterious circumstances, and a string of murder—and ghosts!—all set in a crumbling countryside estate in Provence. This haunting tale is everything you could want in a Gothic mystery that doesn’t also include a heroine named Jane Eyre.” — RedbookSet in the lush countryside of Provence, Deborah Lawrenson’s The Lantern is an atmospheric modern gothic tale of love, suspicion, and murder, in the tradition of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Drawn to a confident and artistic wealthy older man she barely knows, bookish Eve recklessly embarks on a whirlwind affair that soon offers a new life and a new home—Les Genévriers, a charming yet decaying hamlet nestled amid the fragrant lavender fields of Provence.But with autumn’s arrival the days begin to cool—and so, too, does Dom. Though Eve knows he bears the emotional scars of a failed marriage—which he refuses to talk about—his silence arouses suspicion and uncertainty. And, like its owner, Les Genévriers is also changing. Bright, warm rooms have turned cold and uninviting; shadows now fall unexpectedly; and Eve senses a presence moving through the garden. Is it a ghost from the past—or a manifestation of her current troubles with Dom? Can she trust Dom—or could her life truly be in danger?An evocative tale of romantic and psychological suspense, The Lantern masterfully melds past and present, secrets and lies, appearances and disappearances—along with our age-old fear of the dark.
L'antre du Diable: Un thriller surnaturel captivant (Un thriller de Néphilim #1)
by Jeff AltabefMon nom est Steven Cabbott, et je suis un ancien espion avec un passé sombre. J'essaie de changer, mais certaines habitudes vous collent à la peau, et tuer est l'une de ces habitudes. •GAGNANT : Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Meilleur thriller (été 2018) •GAGNANT : Readers' Favorite Book Award - Médaille de bronze : Fiction - Surnaturel (2019) •FINALISTE : Next Generation Indie Book Award - Paranormal (2019) J'ai récemment commencé à voir des démons et j'ai même dû en combattre quelques-uns. Je soupçonne que cela a quelque chose à voir avec ma mère qui est folle à lier. Elle a tué mon père quand j'étais jeune, prétendant qu'il était un démon. Je pensais qu'elle était folle. Maintenant, je n'en suis plus si sûr. Je suis rentré chez moi pour découvrir la vérité sur mon passé, quand mon ancien amour, Kate, m'a demandé de l'aide. Je n'avais pas eu de ses nouvelles depuis seize ans, mais je lui dois bien ça. Une secte mystérieuse a kidnappé sa fille adolescente, et je suis la seule chance qu'elle a de la récupérer. Ce qui semble être une simple affaire se transforme en un combat bien plus important entre la lumière et les ténèbres. Il semble que le paradis et l'enfer veuillent utiliser mes services, ce qui m'oblige à faire un choix plutôt difficile. Pour ne rien arranger, un ange déchu veut une relation romantique malsaine avec moi et n'accepte pas de refus. Du moins, c'est ce que je pense, mais pour être honnête, je n'ai qu'une vague prise sur la réalité pour le moment. Si vous aimez Jim Butcher, Michael Anderle, Shayne Silvers ou K.F. Breene, vous adorerez la série « Un thriller de Néphilim», acclamée par la critique. EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRÉSENTE un regard intriguant et passionnant sur une grande bataille entre le bien et le mal, qui pourrait mener à la fin des temps, avec le premier
L’apocalissi di Wildermoor: libro primo Accolito
by Chris Tetreault-BlayLo avevano creato per dar vita a un nuovo mondo. Poi però tornò per distruggerlo. Nel 1684 la figlia di Franklin James, Evelyn, scompare di casa nel cuore della notte. Partiti alla sua ricerca, i soccorritori si spingono fino ai confini più segreti di Wildermoor, finendo direttamente nelle grinfie del Consiglio della Luce Eterna. Centinaia di anni dopo l’ispettore Truman Darke tenta in ogni modo di incastrare Colin Dexler, sospettato di aver commesso un inspiegabile omicidio di inaudita brutalità. Un altro delitto capovolgerà però le vite di entrambi. Diventato ora il principale sospettato, Truman fugge in cerca di risposte, scoprendo così tratti misteriosi e impensabili del suo passato e trovandosi ad affrontare un male oscuro rimasto in agguato nelle tenebre per oltre trecento anni.
Lapvona
by Ottessa MoshfeghUNO DE LOS LIBROS MÁS ESPERADOS DEL AÑO SEGÚN THE GUARDIAN, THE TIMES O HARPER 'S BAZAAR, POR LA AUTORA DEL FENÓMENO MI AÑO DE DESCANSO Y RELAJACIÓN, GANADORA DE LOS PREMIOS PEN/HEMINGWAY, PUSHCART Y O. HENRY «Como suele pasar con las obras de Ottessa Moshfegh, nunca has leído una novela como esta».Virginia Feito «La mejor escritora de su generación».Lourdes Ventura, El Cultural En la aldea medieval de Lapvona, el pequeño Marek vive en la más absoluta pobreza con su padre Jude, viudo, devoto y agresivo. Cojo, con la cara deforme y una concepción distorsionada de la realidad, Marek solo halla consuelo en su temor de Dios y en sus visitas a Ina, una anciana con saberes ocultos que vive alejada del mundo. Cuando una muerte violenta lo sitúa en el epicentro de la vida palaciega, Marek pasa a convertirse en un auténtico aristócrata dentro de la corte del corrupto y ensimismado señor feudal que gobierna Lapvona. Sin embargo, su nuevo estatus se verá amenazado por la llegada de una misteriosa mujer embarazada, de rasgos sospechosamente similares a los suyos. Moshfegh hace brillar como nunca el candoroso sadismo que ya es su seña de identidad en este «cuento de hadas para la edad moderna» (Virginia Feito), una hipnótica historia donde se funden brujería, superstición y crudeza, que pone de manifiesto su «brillante intelecto y mente insaciable» (The New York Times). «La gran revelación de la literatura estadounidense reciente».Xavi Ayén y Francesc Bombí-Vilaseca, La Vanguardia «Tan perturbadora como siempre, Ottessa Mossfegh bucea en la perversión y la codicia de un indeterminado pueblo europeo».Jaime Cedillo, El Cultural «Su prosa resulta incómoda y perversa, pero fascinante».Woman «En la honestidad de sus preguntas irresueltas arroja más luz que muchos otros en la facilidad de gatillo de sus respuestas».Eva Blanco, Vogue «Historia, mito y folclore. [...] Su estilo afilado regresa con Lapvona, [...] una historia medieval en forma de crítica astuta sobre la vida moderna».Elle «Una escritora bendecida, como Henry James o Vladimir Nabokov, con la genialidad y la crueldad».The New Yorker «Ottessa Moshfegh es ya la next great thing de la literatura norteamericana. ¿Contrapartes en español? Sara Mesa, Mariana Enríquez o Elvira Navarro».Rodrigo Fresán, Vanity Fair «Desenfrenada, perversa y voraz».The Washington Post «Una obra sublime en el sentido más estricto: poderosa, incontenible y aterradora».ArtReview «No podrás parar de leer. Una fantasía medieval que podría ser un cuento de hadas adaptado por Margaret Atwood o Ursula K. Le Guin».Barnes & Nobles («Uno de los libros más esperados») «En la tradición de Flannery O’Connor o Katherine Dunn [...], Moshfegh muestra la monstruosidad que se halla en cada uno de nosotros y la convierte en algo normal e incluso divertido».Nylon «Extraña y profundamente humana».Library Journal «Es a la vez familiar y siniestra. Un auténtico triunfo».Publishers Weekly «Como un cuadro de Francis Bacon, muestra al animal humano en su caos natural, en toda su vitalidad, absteniéndose de todo juicio moral».Rob Doyle, The Guardian «Me ha recordado a El gigante enterrado de Kazuo Ishiguro, pero con más fluidos corporales».Literary Hub («Uno de los libros más esperados de 2022»)
La larga marcha (Jet Ser.)
by Stephen KingUna inquietante novela futurista donde la realidad supera a la fantasía más terrorífica. El escenario: una sociedad ultraconservadora que ha llevado al paroxismo sus rasgos más perversos, dominada por un estado policial. El acontecimiento: la más extraordinaria competición deportiva, una agotadora marcha a pie donde un resbalón puede ser el último. Los competidores: cien adolescentes elegidos por sorteo decididos a pasar sobre los cadáveres de sus compañeros para llegar a la meta. El premio: fama y fortuna para el ganador, es decir, para el único superviviente... Solo uno será el triunfador.Los 99 restantes morirán.
Lars von Trier Beyond Depression: Contexts and Collaborations
by Professor Linda BadleyLars von Trier built a reputation as a provocateur from the start—but in the late 2000s, he entered an even more inflammatory phase. Amid Cannes controversies, Antichrist (2009), Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac (2013–14), and The House That Jack Built (2018) brandished the cinematic virtuosity von Trier once banned under the Dogme 95 Manifesto while subjecting audiences to “extreme” cinema. Following von Trier’s experience of clinical depression in 2006 and 2007, these films took an aggressively personal and retrospective turn against the backdrop of the director’s controversy-courting public appearances.Playing against widespread assumptions, Linda Badley takes a reparative approach, offering an in-depth examination of these four films and the contexts that produced them. Drawing on numerous interviews with the director and his collaborators as well as inside access to archival materials, she provides a thorough and comprehensive account of von Trier’s preproduction and creative process. Highlighting a transmedial turn, Badley tracks von Trier’s artistic touchstones from Wagner, Proust, and the Marquis de Sade to Scandinavian erotic cinema and serial killer genre tropes. She considers his portrayals of mental illness and therapy, gender and sexuality, nature and extinction, shedding light on the thematic concerns that unite these films as a distinct cycle. Offering nuanced readings of these films, the book emphasizes the significance of von Trier’s work for current critical and philosophical debates, showing how they engage with notions of the Anthropocene, “dark ecology,” and the postcinematic.
The Last American Vampire
by Seth Grahame-SmithNew York Times bestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith returns with the follow-up to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter--a sweeping, alternate history of 20th Century America as seen through the eyes of vampire Henry Sturges. THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE In Reconstruction-era America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Kerouac-influenced trip as Seth Grahame-Smith ingeniously weaves vampire history through Russia's October Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the JFK assassination. Expansive in scope and serious in execution, THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE is sure to appeal to the passionate readers who made Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a runaway success.
The Last American Vampire
by Seth Grahame-SmithVampire Henry Sturges returns in the highly anticipated sequel to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter-a sweeping, alternate history of twentieth-century America by New York Times bestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith.THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIREIn Reconstruction-era America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. Henry's will be an expansive journey that first sends him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Kerouac-influenced trip as Seth Grahame-Smith ingeniously weaves vampire history through Russia's October Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the JFK assassination. Expansive in scope and serious in execution, THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE is sure to appeal to the passionate readers who made Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a runaway success.
The Last Apprentice: Attack of the Fiend
by Patrick Arrasmith Joseph Delaney"I see your future clearly. Your master will be dead, and you will be alone. It would be better if you had never been born." Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts. But now a new danger is threatening Tom's world: the witches are rising and the three most powerful clans are uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil. Tom and the Spook set out to stop the witches before they unleash the demon. But when Tom finds himself on his own, he wonders if he has the courage and cunning to defeat the most powerful enemy he has ever encountered.
The Last Apprentice: Fury of the Seventh Son (The Last Apprentice #13)
by Patrick Arrasmith Joseph DelaneyThe thirteenth--and final--book in the internationally best-selling fantasy adventure series that inspired the forthcoming major motion picture Seventh Son. <P><P>Finally, Tom Ward, the spook's last apprentice, will confront the Fiend for the last time. Tom Ward has battled boggarts, ghasts, witches, dark gods, and the most terrifying creatures to roam the earth. He's allied with the witch assassin Grimalkin, with a powerful boggart, and with Alice . . . the young witch who is also his true love. And he has kept one step ahead of the Fiend, the most evil being in the world. Now, he will vanquish the Fiend once and for all. But it will require a terrible sacrifice: not everyone Tom cares about will survive the final battle. <P><P>The Last Apprentice series is soon to be a major motion picture, Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue, Djimon Hounsou, and Julianne Moore as Mother Malkin. It's a suspenseful thrill ride that's "spine-tingling" (Publishers Weekly) and "anything but tame" (Horn Book). But don't read it after dark!
The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane (Last Apprentice #2)
by Joseph DelaneyNow it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs of the cathedral lurks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat; a force so evil that the whole county is in danger of being corrupted by its powers. The Bane! As Thomas and the Spook prepare for the battle of their lives, it becomes clear that the Bane isn't their only enemy. The Quisitor has arrived, searching for those who meddle with the dark so he can imprison them-or worse. Can Thomas defeat the Bane on his own? Is his friend Alice guilty of witchcraft? And will the Spook be able to escape the Quisitor's clutches?
The Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer
by Joseph DelaneyIt's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke. Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor. Tom doesn't know who the stranger is or what he wants, but the Spook suddenly decides it's time to travel to his winter house, Anglezarke. Tom has heard it will be a bleak, forbidding place, and that menacing creatures are starting to stir somewhere on the moors nearby. Can anything prepare Tom for what he finds there? What if the rumors about the evil beast called the Golgoth are true? And how much danger will Tom be in if the secrets the Spook has been trying to hide from the world are revealed?
The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale
by Joseph DelaneyThe Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward. But Tom's is only one story. There are others. . . . The Spook himself was once an apprentice. How did he begin his training? And what of Alice, the young witch who is Tom's closest ally? How did she overcome her dark past? What did the witch assassin Grimalkin do to become the most deadly and feared witch in the county? And, collected in a gallery of horrors, discover the rest of the county's menacing villains and relive the vicious battles waged against them. Enter a land where creatures of the dark creep out of the shadows. Do you dare?