Occult Horror Fantasy

After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before his eyes, Special Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers, chasing them across the country and into Mexico. But then, things go terribly, tragically wrong; the kidnappers escape; and a shattered Pendergast retreats to his New York apartment and shuts out the world. But when a string of bizarre murders erupts across several Manhattan hotels, NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta asks his friend Pendergast for help.

After Grand-mere Ursule gives her life to save her family, their magic seems to die with her. Even so, the Orchires fight to keep the old ways alive, practicing half-remembered spells and arcane rites in hopes of a revival. And when their youngest daughter comes of age, magic flows anew. The lineage continues, though new generations struggle not only to master their power, but also to keep it hidden. But when World War II looms on the horizon, magic is needed more urgently than ever.

Just when you thought you’d done enough to earn a rest and hot shower, the alarm had to sound. Some nights just never got any better, and this night was no exception for Max. Nothing said awkward at the next office Christmas party like giving the ok to slice and dice your partner before hopping on the elevator to kill another member of your team. No one was going to remember Max did it to save lives, the team would only be able to focus on the lives he helped take. It wasn’t like he felt good about what he had to do, but the deck was stacked against him now, and Max had to start looking...

He was Ramses the Damned in ancient Egypt, but awoke in opulent Edwardian London as Dr. Ramsey, expert in Egyptology. He mixes with the aristocrats and samples their voluptuous lifestyle, but it is for his beloved, Cleopatra, that he longs, and will do anything to be with....

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend, and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds...and remembers.

Another day, another zombie. Have you ever woken up and thought today was going to be different, only to have it be a lot more of the same? That was how Max felt after finally getting some shuteye. Only Max’s same old, same old was the zombie apocalypse. Holly still needed to get to Flagstaff, and when they made it maybe they really could change the world. Who would have guessed things weren’t nearly as bad as we thought? Flagstaff was still hours away, and the Bronco wasn’t going to make it the whole way without more gas. Walking wasn’t a real option, at least not if the virus was ...

A recent legacy made Cassandra Palmer heir to the title of Pythia, the world's chief clairvoyant. It's a position that usually comes with years of training, but Cassie's circumstances are a little...unusual. Now she's stuck with a whopping amount of power that every vamp, fey, and mage in town wants to either monopolize or eradicate - and that she herself doesn't dare use.

They say no good deed goes unpunished, and Cain is living proof of it. His quest to help the gorgon Dusa and his favorite bartender, Aura, went terribly right and horrifically wrong. Now, the sword Soultaker has claimed two more souls and added them to its undead army. Zeus and Mars tell Cain to fix the situation, or they'll erase him permanently along with everyone he cares about. To free souls from Soultaker, Cain needs information from the original Thanatos, Greek god of death.

All Essie ever wanted was to have a normal life but in the end she found herself drawn back to Beldam House because she just can’t stop her witchiness. Into this coven of chaos stumbles gorgeous, clueless Josh, their new landlord—and he’s just discovered his tenants haven’t paid rent since the 1700s! As Josh is drawn further into the lives of the inhabitants of Beldam House, Essie is determined to keep him at broomstick’s length. That is, until a family secret, lying hidden for centuries, puts Josh firmly under her spell.

New York City, New Year's weekend, 2001. Jillian Guthrie, a troubled young journalist, stumbles onto a tantalizing mystery: the same man, unaged, stands alongside Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and Gandhi in three different photographs spanning eighty-five years of history.

Father John has lived his whole life without knowing a woman's touch. Hard at first, his self-denial grew easier over time, as he learned to master his urges with a regimen of prayer, cold showers, and jigsaw puzzles. That changes the day that Debra Rocks enters his confessional. A rough-talking adult film actress, she has come to ask him to pray for a murdered costar.

Max was looking for a little R&R after his team's last mission and was excited to get the chance to head back to Phoenix. It wasn't every day he got the chance to relax in his hometown. The only bad news was Max was on call, and couldn't let anyone know he was back home. To ease the sting Director Chen secured Max a courtside seat for the Sun's game, and Max couldn't wait to watch their first number one pick dominate the competition. Unfortunately, as it seemed with most good things in life his night was cut short when his partner called about a mission. At least this time he wouldn't have ...

A Discovery of Witches introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Shadow of Night and The Book of Life carried Deborah Harkness's series to its spellbinding conclusion, and the trilogy has now sold more than two million copies in the United States and appeared in 38 editions around the world. All Souls fans have been captivated from the start by the many sources of inspiration Harkness draws on in her novels. Here, with her signature historian's touch, she offers an encyclopedic look at the series.

What do you do after you’ve escaped Hell, gone back, uncovered the true nature of God, and then managed to become the new Lucifer? Well, if you’re James Stark, you have to figure out how to run Hell while also trying to get back out of it... again. Plus there’s the small matter of surviving. Because everyone in Heaven, Hell, and in between wants to be the fastest gun in the universe, and the best way to do so is to take down Lucifer, a.k.a. James Stark.

When Lord Henry Baltimore awakens the wrath of a vampire on the hellish battlefields of World War I, the world is forever changed. For a virulent plague has been unleashed—a plague that even death cannot end.

Holly’s escape chopper had gone down, and Max had a decision to make. Was it worth the risk going after Holly knowing she might already be dead, or should he head directly for his parents’ house? Whatever happened, Max knew his family was the most important thing, but Holly might be his golden ticket if they needed to buy their way out of the hot zone. With the decision made, Max started running all the while mumbling a silent prayer that he made the right choice. Out Of The Bag is the fourth episode in the Rise Of The Necrotics Series: 1. Game Night 2. Outbreak 3. Trapped 4. Out Of The...

Max wasn't exactly thrilled with how his night had gone so far. Ramirez had been shot, and his partner Gordon had been bitten by one of those things. The black lines creeping from the wound on his partner’s forearm didn't bode well for his chances of making it out of this alive, but there was always a chance. Max was determined to make damned sure if there was a miracle to be had, Gordon was going to get it. Going back to the creepy house with an underground lab wasn't high on Max's list of priorities, but staying away wasn't in the cards. All he could hope for now was that the men he ...

No one could survive the zombie apocalypse without some top notch gear. In Phoenix, Arizona, there was only one place to go if you were looking to score military grade hardware; Bob's Bargain Basement. Bob was the kind of guy that thought the world would end any day and planned accordingly. While most of the world thought he was a bit of an overzealous nutjob, Max was sure happy that there was at least one paranoid prepper in town, or as recent events had proved, maybe one not so paranoid prepper. That didn't mean Bob would look kindly on Max's plan to break in and rob him blind. Necessity ...

The number one New York Times best-selling author of the Otherworld series delivers her most suspenseful novel yet, where the discovery of Cainsville’s dark past and the true nature of its inhabitants leads to murder, redemption, love, and unspeakable loss. Olivia Taylor Jones’s life has exploded. She’s discovered she is not only adopted, but her real parents are convicted serial killers. Fleeing the media frenzy, she took refuge in the oddly secluded town of Cainsville.

These beautifully crafted, emotionally resonant stories speak of the unknown encroaching upon the familiar, the inscrutable power of grief and desire, and the thinness between all our layers. Where nature rubs against small towns, in mountains and woods and bedrooms, here is strangeness seen through a poet's eye.