Maison d'édition: Bu Classics Books
A solicitor travels to Transylvania and unwittingly unleashes an ancient evil upon Victorian London. As a small group of men and women band together against the undead count, they face a horror that threatens to consume their souls. The ultimate battle between science and superstition unfolds in this foundational masterpiece of gothic terror.
Rosalie Parker runs the independent UK publishing house Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Her previous collections include The Old Knowledge (Swan River Press 2010) and Damage (PS Publishing 2016). "In the Garden" was selected for Best New Horror 21 (2010), and "Random Flight" for Best British Horror 2015. Rosalie lives in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, the magnificent landscape of which inspires and sometimes provides the settings for her writing. TOUR GUIDE: The sand shimmered and sparkled under the midday sun. Millicent wriggled her toes in her sandals and looked up at Fabian as he addressed the party of tourists. Behind them, the calm blue sea rippled rhythmically over the beach.Voir livre
Living in a haunted house is going to be the death of me . . . Potentially literally. In an attempt to cleanse whatever entity Trina and I let into my house after our bout with a Ouija board, things have only gotten worse. When the entity begins to sap Drake's strength, I realize I have to do something and that something needs to be done now . . . While Drake does definitely drive me crazy with his pretentious airs, his womanizing ways and his jealousy, the idea of coming home to an empty house leaves me feeling . . . well, empty. Yes, it's true—I'm pretty fond of my ghostly Casanova. Meanwhile, whatever this entity is, it's getting stronger and more aggressive. It appears to be mimicking the attacks of the Axeman, a murderer who terrorized New Orleans over one hundred years earlier. And there's only so much Ryan can do to help me, considering he's corporeal. When forced to make a decision to protect Drake, I'll face a consequence that could put my blossoming relationship with Ryan on hold . . . forever. Contains mature themes.Voir livre
Beyond the village of Raven’s Edge stands the Gateway to the Dead – a crumbling stone arch marking the site where a long-ago battle raged and the dead were buried where they fell. But it’s the forgotten mansion hidden in the trees behind it that holds the real mystery… Lady Peony has lived at Blackheath Hall for decades, invisible to the world – until a ghostly soldier begins knocking at her door. But Lady Peony is no fool. In her experience, where there are spirits, there are schemers. And someone wants her out of that house. As DI Ben Taylor and DS Harriet March begin their investigation, bitter winds howl through Raven’s Edge and strange mists curl around the battle site. Harriet must untangle what’s real from what’s imagined. Is there truly a ghost haunting the old house, or is someone very much alive using supernatural tales as cover for their own deadly agenda? Atmospheric, chilling and deliciously gothic, this cosy mystery wraps ancient legends and murder into one unputdownable story. Perfect for fans of Fiona Leitch, Agatha Christie and readers who like their crime with a shiver down the spine! What readers are saying about this series: ‘Lots of twists and a totally blindsiding ending! Super!’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘There are lots and lots of twists and turns. As with the first book, as soon as you think you’ve worked it out, you realise you’ve fallen for a red herring. Cracking pace and a good read.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Just when you think you’ve worked it out, or you’ve decided who to trust, there’s another twist! Lots of secrets, and who’s telling the truth and who’s not? Cracking pace, good cast, fabulous setting, and I’m looking forward to the next one in the series.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Mystery and intrigue… a set of characters who would be fun to watch on a television series… a talented author has written a cannot-put-down story.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A mystery within a mystery. Murder revolving around a fairy tale, lies, deceit, humour and more. Likeable characters and a good storyline with twists.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a twisty, upside down, maze of a book… The opening chapter is a cracker.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a twisted, tangled web! And I positively loved it!… a real page-turner. I devoured this book and loved every single page.’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Voir livre
How far are you willing to go for the ones you love … and how far are you able to go? For Nathan Bray, this philosophical thought experiment becomes brutally real when an inexplicable event causes the oceans of the world to disappear, leaving him stranded on the dried-out ocean floor with his seven-year-old daughter.Voir livre
London's older inhabitants are still there, but the luckiest people never see them. For those who do notice, they keep a bookshop in Bloomsbury that's only there sometimes. They run a frost fair on the frozen Thames. They live in the cellar of a Wapping pub and in the soot-filled flues of a Blackheath Victorian terrace and in the dark water under the Regent's Canal. It's fair to say that they take an interest in the living — in writers who have run out of ideas, journalists who have run out of stories, publicans who want a little more than the brewery can offer, couples whose compassion isn't what it seems. And they are entirely, by nature, unmoved by human suffering. The London Fae is a novel in stories — a mythopoetic portrait of a city haunted not by the benign and whimsical but by forces that are ancient, exacting, and without mercy. The bargains in these stories are real. The blood debts accrue. The reckonings, when they come, are calibrated precisely to the particular way each person chose not to be honest with themselves. Spindledrift Goodfellow keeps his books. Jenny Greenteeth keeps her canal. Ned Ludd haunts the underground railway. Queen Mab keeps her theatre of forgetting, and does not care in the least what the tickets cost her audience. Only at the city's stone heart does something stranger and more ambiguous stir — something that, for those paying attention, might bring something closer to hope. Dark, funny, and rooted in genuine scholarship, The London Fae asks what it would mean to live in a city where we still owe the old ones their due, and whether any of us are honest enough to settle our account.Voir livre
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Barzai the Wise, an erudite prophet, challenges the celestial with his disciple Atal, ascending the enigmatic peak of Hatheg-Kla to meet the 'gods of earth'. Yet, elation withers into dread as they uncover a dark secretVoir livre
