Epic Horror

'Extraordinary! I don't love it because it is scary... rather, I love this book because of the amazing storyline! There are so many layers to this book.... fascinating stuff! - Amazon Customer Her beauty and her power were unmatched. And she was the Dark Guardian's muse... Ryan returns to Empia to not only search for the final secrets of the Pantheon, but to also get clarity on a legend that might aid him. But he gets more than he bargained for and it will either enlighten or destroy him. And the whole world too. The final battle between Light and Dark begins...

Survivors from a flooded kingdom struggle alone on an ark. Resources are scant, and ravenous beasts circle. Their fangs are sharp. Among the refugees is Iraxi. Ostracized and despised, she’s a commoner who refused a prince and who’s pregnant with a child that might be more than human. Her fate may be darker and more powerful than she can imagine.

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.

Feeling the weight of sustained injuries, Halm decides upon his future with the Ten, prompting a crippled Pig Knot to contemplate his own remaining days. And an act of vengeance drives Borchus into hiding. Within the underbelly of the Pit, arrangements are made to introduce Sunja’s most despised and dangerous criminals into the games, including a captured group of Nordish Jackals. Meanwhile, the House of Ten prepares for a day of blood matches—when the gladiator known as Junger is sure to become a legend.

A brave warleader on a quest for a mythical weapon, Axon Coponiv is forced to look outside her trusted party for help when one of her own is mysteriously slain. She turns to Zev Asterling, a failed businessman, displaced aristocrat, and psuedo-detective, to help her find out who killed her man and why. The mystery deepens as Zev realizes that the killer must be someone close to Axon, perhaps even one of the others in her band.

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.

Life on the run, with a heritage you never asked for, isn't easy for Taylor. The witches came at her hard, but she fought for a chance at life and destroyed Halo's Diamond so they couldn't sacrifice her. But now, the witches and werewolves want revenge and will stop at nothing. Taylor and her friends decide to seek refuge with Jesse's dad in the mountains of France. The ancient castle sits on a beautiful mountaintop deep in the French Alps. But will it be enough to keep Taylor safe from so many immortal enemies?

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.

Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly erotic dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling, wholly satisfying ways possible. But Callie soon realizes that her dreams are alarmingly real. She has a demon lover - an incubus - and he will seduce her, pleasure her, and eventually suck the very life from her. Then Callie makes another startling discovery....

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.

Mason will soon leave Nalnora, but he’s going out with a bang. As the Master continues to topple and possess the weaker elven Houses, Mason decides to up their offense. Guns might be deadly...but a bazooka decimates. Especially one powered by runes. So, with the help of his few elven allies, Mason works to loosen the Master’s grip on Nalnora one last time. The Master’s army marches for war, but Mason is ready for them.

Book two of the sequel series to the best-selling Last Survivors series. Who will survive The Arches? A place of recovery has become a place of death as one survivor's worsening illness puts three in danger. Will the secrets of The Arches lead to the death of them all?

In the five years since the downfall of Malcolm Blackheart and his dark mistress, Lathwi has led a life free of human complications. Now two old acquaintances intrude on her solitude. Pawl has come in search of help against an infestation of ghosts, while Luke bears dire news of dragonslayings. Lathwi recruits her mother, Taziem, to hunt down and destroy the murderers, and then sets out with Pawl to restore the dead to their rest.

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 ...

Death is inescapable in the wild. Blackthorn's army marches toward the Ancient City as power struggles ensue in Brighton. Several outcasts gather in the collapsed world of the Ancients. Will they find answers and survive, or will they perish?

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 ...

What lengths would you go to, so you could save the life of the one that you love? When one man who is so tortured with grief at the prospect of losing his bride that he has lost faith in God and turned to a darker being ready to strike a deal with the most evil one of all...the one called the Devil. So begins a war between good and evil and the birth of the vampire and a blood thirsty army is created. Not all of these creatures can control their hunger and when they do the most unthinkable thing, the lycans rise, fueled by a hunger for vengeance.

When Emma became nanny to John Chen's daughter, she never expected to be caring for the child of a Chinese god, or that all the demons in hell would want him dead. Now she’s in love with John, and they are hunted from China to Europe by a race of demons. But who are the real pawns in this deadly celestial game?

Joren has spent his youth playing on the slopes of the Ymr Mountain, pretending to be a great warrior destined for glory. But as a shepherd’s son, his only destiny is to take up a crook and follow in his father’s footsteps. All of that changes quickly, though, as Joren begins to have horrific waking nightmares of a face twisted in rage and hate, silently screaming at him. At the same time, a group of legendary warriors from the south, the Knights Seraphin, arrive at the sheepfold, igniting Joren’s thirst for adventure and driving his nightmares away. In the days that follow, however, ...

From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala. It's a city built upwards, not across - where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from the sunlit summit, and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under. Rojan Dizon doesn't mind staying in the shadows, because he's got things to hide. Things like being a pain-mage, with the forbidden power to draw magic from pain. But he can't hide forever. Because when Rojan stumbles upon the secrets lurking in the depths of the Pit, the fate of Mahala will depend on him using his magic.