Epic Horror

With no magic talent of her own, Anne de Vernase must take on her sister's magical legacy to unravel the secrets behind the dark sorcery besieging the royal city of Merona-and to uncover the truth behind her sister's death. For Portier de Savin-Duplais, failed student of magic, sorcery's decline into ambiguity and cheap illusion is but a culmination of life's bitter disappointments.

Chalon is about the 11th book in the series or maybe the 12th. Ahi ended up being two books. This book has its own unique type of gimmick, like the others. I tried to make this book in a way that it takes place all in a day. I read that there was a book that takes place all in a day. I forget the name of it. Chalon explores a day in the life of a character. The Book takes day during the course of one day.The problem was that the book jumped from character to character. Mine focuses only on Chalon. You get a fairly good idea of his entire life story in a day. The book has a couple of horror ...

When a series of dark rituals devastates the fledgeling Church of Canta, Jane and Cinzia realize they have ignored the movements in the shadows for too long. Daemons lurk at the edge of the world, and they are done knocking. With Knot at her side, Cinzia deals with dark beings to fight the greater evil. Meanwhile, Astrid's attempts to elude the Black Matron backfire, and she faces that which she fears above all things: her own past. Winter, in hopes of regaining something of her old life, returns to Pranna to find the village nothing like it used to be.

When a band of shadowy fanatics abducts Javin Wollstone’s sister, Bella, from his care, his family’s only hope to bring her home is turning to a hard-bitten band of mercenaries, the Black Furies, led by Commander Rusk. Javin follows Rusk and his men through a maze of political intrigues, religious fanaticism, and centuries of distrust.

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While Europe is enduring the Nazi invasion and England is on the verge of falling, Miss Crabtree and her students must face the greatest danger of their lives as they stand against those who wish to destroy their beloved homeland and use the Unnaturals for their own devices. With the Everlast close behind their every move, Fleur, Lucy, and the Loams set out toward Germany to destroy the Ahnenerbe before they can capture their friends and to stop the atrocities happening before their eyes. Will Fleur and Lucy survive and find their way home to Rivenwood, or will the Ahnenerbe prevail?

Kara freut sich darauf, in dem wirklich sehr kuriosen Kuriositätenkabinett ihres Onkels auszuhelfen. Doch als sie dort eines Tages ein mysteriöses Loch in der Wand entdeckt, nimmt ihr Leben eine dramatische Wendung. Sie beginnt, die Gänge hinter der Wand zu erkunden - zusammen mit Simon, dem exzentrischen Barista aus dem Café. Das Loch erweist sich als Portal in eine wenig einladende parallele Welt, in der tückische Weidenbäume ein Eigenleben führen und unheimliche Gestalten hausen, von denen die meisten nicht gerade wohlgesonnen sind. Wenn man jetzt nur wüsste, wo nochmal der Ausgang war.

The Bram Stoker Award-Winning saga continues… Matthew Maule has seen many horrific things in his 500 years as one of the most powerful vampires in the world. But even his formidable talents cannot predict the unthinkable acts about to occur within his own home. When the vampire Dickon and his human partner appear in the middle of the night frightened for their lives, Matthew offers them protection. They carry with them a small Egyptian statue of great value and many secrets.

Jenny Huang's day starts out stressful enough. Between an argument with her overbearing mom and a surprise pop quiz in first-period English, she's counting down the weeks until she can escape to college. To top it all off, she's working up the nerve to ask her best-friend-slash-crush to prom. But when an earthquake rips her high school into another realm, Jenny suddenly has much bigger problems to contend with. The Survival Challenge is in effect, trapping Jenny and her classmates in a hellish battle royale.

He wasn't a Visionary, but he was an incredible writer of other people's secrets.It began in an impossible request, her aging great uncle Lou asks her great Niece, to try to look through great uncle’s scribbles, papers, diaries, older notes. But these reflect a man’s life, when he first bought “store bought” shoes because he found himself “drafted” and will be sent to fight soon, in a war in the army military. When Granny had a vision of her brother’s journey of what was later “Called the Trail of Tears” and later when he spent much of his life on long cattle rides which ...

Mad wizards wrenched open a gateway to hell on Eotrus land. A gateway that's determined to stay open. What is the young knight, Claradon Eotrus, to do when he discovers that the man he recruited to help him close that gateway is either the greatest hero the world has ever known or the devil himself, thrown down from the heavens by the gods in olden days? Is he out to save Midgaard or destroy it? Does he serve the Norse gods: Odin, Thor, and the rest, or did he slay them? And if he's truly the harbinger of doom, how can Claradon stop him? How can he even survive him?

After spending some time in the realm of Oracle, Lance has started to grow accustomed to his life as a combat mage. Arcwind village has fallen under his protection, his dragonblood abilities continue to evolve, and his budding relationships with the three beautiful arcanists at his side continue to blossom. He has become a living weapon, and even the threat of the mighty Kel’sar clan aren’t enough to shake his draconic confidence. But Lance has a problem.

Having survived the harrowing experience of her courtship, Isla must now make a decision - a decision that will affect the course of her life and that, if she chooses unwisely, indeed might end that life before it's truly begun. But before she can take control of her future, there are things she needs to know about the lover who remains so much a stranger. Is this dark, tormented man merely misunderstood? Or is he, in fact, the Devil made flesh? What truly motivates him - and what does he want from her?

New York Times best-selling author Keri Arthur brings her Dark Angels series to a breathtaking conclusion as half-werewolf, half-aedh Risa Jones treads a knife's edge between the salvation of the human race and its total annihilation. The search for the last key to the gates of hell has begun, and half-werewolf, half-aedh Risa Jones is in more danger than ever - and one misstep could prove ruinous.

A former warrior caught between gods and priests must fight for the survival of his family in this dark epic fantasy debut, set in a harsh arctic world inspired by Scandinavian indigenous cultures. On the forbidding fringes of the tundra, where years are marked by seasons of snow, humans war with immortals in the name of their shared gods. Irjan, a human warrior, is ruthless and lethal, a legend among the Brethren of Hunters. But even legends grow tired and disillusioned. Scarred and weary of bloodshed, Irjan turns his back on his oath and his calling to hide away and live a peaceful life as a farmer, husband, and father. But his past is not so easily left behind. When an ambitious village priest conspires with the vengeful comrades Irjan has forsaken, the fragile peace in the Northlands of Davvieana is at stake.

Christopher Fryer presents: THE EPIC OF GLENDA MESH A modern retelling of “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” written in 2100 BC. Glenda Mesh is a badass junior in high school who rules the modern-day city of Babylon like a monster because her parents are rich and she doesn’t care about anyone but herself. Who dares to stop her when she’s also the best track and field star in the country? No one, that’s who. Until one day a red-headed orphan girl named Enkidu comes into town with a sad backstory and a grudge against tyrants like Glenda. When Glenda faces the reality that she’s become the ...

Alien invaders plunge earth into a post-apocalyptic world of shapeshifters and alternate realities. Below the surface of everyday life, humans are being used in dramas that help the alien civilization find a new god for their society. Strange new gods appear on earth. Young college student Kristen-Kate McCutchan and biomedical engineer Stephen D. Spiros are on separate quests to expose the alien threat. Both are subverted by strange controlling forces and find themselves merging minds with a mysterious other. They team up and try to put a face on this other, the fate of the human race in ...

Utterly ambitious in size and scope, this final installment of the Sendyne Empire Trilogy picks right up with the action and intrigue, with a shocking and blood-soaked conclusion, dripping from the blade to the page. Technology is still moving at insane speeds, as the demonic entities, known as the Vannunkye, further their goals by aiding the diabolical genius, Udo the Originator, with everything the Sons of the Planet require to usher in a new age. What Udo and the Cabal do not realize, however, is that many other pieces are in play, and they are not the only chosen agents of chaos that ...

There are others in the Proving Grounds, like the Silver Lady, Jezebel. She had her own plans, which don't align with Daxas'. Not to mention that the threat from without is undiminished. Timian, and others, are still gunning hard for Daxas. They want what he has, an abundance of soul energy, and the Wolf King must die for them to get their grubby little mitts on it.

William Hill knew his chances of avoiding the virus sat squarely between slim and none. With experts predicting a global pandemic, his choices boiled down to not if, but where he would die. While the rest of the world built barricades and set up distribution points for food, he chose a simpler end. The island had been one of the last and best times with his father. He couldn't think of a better place to spend his final days.