Maison d'édition: BookRix
The story of Arabella and the Farmhouse continues. Who and what will she discover this time? Continuing the story of the Acreage, the buildings present occupants meet with its past, and their own!
Bound by misery. Marked by sin. Set free by death. Barely into their teens, without homes, they dwell in neon shadows, the violent eddies of urban America. They trade their innocence for money, abuse their hopes, and then a monster comes ... A monster without fangs or claws, but more deadly. Because of them, he has lost everything: his wife, his family. And he vows to clean the streets of Chicago ... for good. One of the street kids and a man of the cloth form a desperate pact. Together, they will find the madman whose basement has become a chamber of horrors ...Voir livre
A collection of strange stories that take place in the oft weird and wonderful great outdoors. Contents: "The Pool of the Stone God" by A. Merritt An encounter with a strange statue. "The Wood of the Dead" by Algernon Blackwood An encounter with a ghost, whose appearance is an omen of death. "Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp" by Algernon Blackwood Men on a moose hunting trip find a dead man washed ashore. "Genius Loci" by Clark Ashton Smith A painter’s strange account of a meadow. "Uneasy Lie the Drowned" by Donald Wandrei A troubling lake crossing. "The Moon-Bog" by H. P. Lovecraft A man acquires a family estate with unfortunate results. "The Tree on the Hill" by H. P. Lovecraft A tree with strange properties. "The Hunt" by Jennifer Gill A young lady’s first hunt of the season. "The Death of Halpin Frayser" by Ambrose Bierce A man apparently dies at the hands of his deceased mother. "Chickamauga" by Ambrose Bierce A child strays into the forest...Voir livre
One secret could destroy a family. One lie could save them. The brilliant prequel to The Boy Who Saw, a gripping thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Simon Toyne, featuring the enigmatic Solomon Creed. A stranger Solomon Creed is an outsider with an unknown past, travelling through a remote part of Texas. He doesn’t look for trouble – but trouble finds him. A family At a roadside diner, he runs into a worn-down family whose ancestral land and home is about to be auctioned. But when Solomon suspects it’s worth a lot more than they think he decides to take things into his own hands. A secret As Solomon races to find hard evidence of the land’s true value, he uncovers a dark truth – hidden for generations – that changes everything. But how far is he willing to go to save a family from potential ruin? And how far will others go to stop him? In Broken Promise, Simon Toyne, the bestselling author, masterfully combines suspense, action, and supernatural elements in a metaphysical adventure. This literary fiction is a testament to Toyne's visionary storytelling and his status as a Sunday Times bestselling author. For fans of James Rollins (Arkangel), Lincoln Child (Deep Storm), Douglas Preston (Extinction), David J. Gatward (Grimm Up North), and Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code).Voir livre
The intervention of a quadriplegic saved Nguyen Huu Minh from a mugging on the streets of Baltimore while attending Johns Hopkins University. That man’s faith changed Minh’s life. Minh’s new faith brings him into conflict with his father’s business interests in Vietnam and the mysterious powers supporting his father. Estranged from his father and shunned by his family, Minh learns to support himself by working as a translator for Americans coming to Vietnam during the waning years of the war. Finally, with the fall of Vietnam, another man’s intervention provides Minh with what he needs to flee the doomed country. With a boat, a crew, and a group of passengers, including a young French nun, Sister Carlene, and the thirty-five orphans she has charge of, Minh starts his escape to Thailand. But Minh learns that there are some enemies that cannot be fled from; instead, these adversaries must be faced and resisted. He discovers that he is in the middle of a war, not with flesh and blood, but with spiritual powers bent on destroying him and all those seeking escape. Minh discovers what intervention is when he must risk everything to save those he loves. In the process, he experiences the reality of the spiritual war that rages unseen by most. Charles de Andrade’s books draw on places he has lived, people he’s met, friends he’s made, and stories he’s been told.Voir livre
Welcome to Dark Rivers, a rustic northern town forgotten by most and beloved by few. At its heart is Cannibal House, a crumbling Victorian mansion lorded over by Old Wick, a mysterious wanderer whose arrival in Dark Rivers signals a change—a strangeness that seeps into the bloodstream of the town. For Nix, waging her own private war with multiple sclerosis, a haunted house and a cryptic drifter aren’t the strangest things she’s ever encountered. No, what unnerves Nix is the adolescent girl who has come into her house. Her name is Daphne, and she is a vampire. Daphne talks of Mister Brightbones, the one who gave her the vampire’s kiss—that touch of immortality. A gift that could free Nix from from her chronic illness, giving her a second life, written in blood. But every gift has a price. Every choice changes the world. And as Dark Rivers teeters on the edge of annihilation, Nix must decide whether eternity is worth damning herself, and possibly the entire world . . .Voir livre
