Bakenekro - [A Dungeon LitRPG]

Simone Bianco

Sinossi

The Underwasteland is the hell at the edge of the universe. In the house in the middle of an ash desert, N inherits the title of [Empress] of the Underwasteland. Her tasks are as important as they are monotonous: judging the deceased and taking care of the immense dungeon in which they rest. N's life is boring and lonely until a [hero] offers her an umbrella. "When the time comes, avenge me" is what he asks in return. Between colorful encounters and difficult moments, N must complete at least a thousand years of mandate as [Empress]. A difficult task since some sleepers are more dangerous dead than alive.

Disponibile da: 29/01/2024.

Altri libri che potrebbero interessarti

Rattlesnake Wind

Lilith Saintcrow

A teenager must rely on deadly magic taught by an elderly neighbor to protect her family in this coming-of-age story. 
 
 
 
After the death of their abusive patriarch, sixteen-year-old Desiree "Dez" Sarpe and her family moved to the high plains of Wyoming for a fresh start. Life is quieter now, but peace doesn't put food on the table. Unable to get a job, Dez reluctantly stays home—before following a track in the long grass and finding Granny Iyaga. 
 
 
 
Granny hires Dez for housecleaning, and also begins teaching her peculiar things. School starts, winter approaches, and for the first time, Dez begins to relax. 
 
 
 
But there are dangers other than lightning and rattlesnakes out on the plains, and one has targeted the Sarpes. Dez has learned a thing or two about protecting her family . . . 
 
 
 
. . . but it might not be enough.

Mostra libro

Top 10 Short Stories The -...

Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?

The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.

Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.

The word ‘Gothic’ may be teamed with romance but here it brings an immediate feeling of unease. This unease, this disquiet, is sumptuously captured by ten masters of their art.

01 - The Top 10 - Gothic - An Introduction
02 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens
03 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
04 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
05 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
06 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
07 - The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling
08 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards
09 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
10 - Lost Hearts by M R James
04 - Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon
12 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John William Polidori
13 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John William Polidori

Mostra libro

The Vanguard

Rachel Lawson

2 aliens are caught because they are considered a vanguard of an alien invasion by their human captors, they are a vanguard but from where. 
"We know what you are," said a man in a lab coat to a glowing man. 
"Ok then tell me," replied the glowing man in the same language. 
"You are a Ufonaught," said the lab coat. 
"I am a what?" asked the glowing man laughing. 
"An alien to Earth," said the lab coat gruffly. 
"Alien," said the laughing glowing man. 
"What's so funny?" asked the Scientist shortly.

Mostra libro

Hunters for Hire Books 1-3

Jonathan Yanez

The City of Angels is about to be overrun with demons... 
He is living proof life can suck. Scraping by paycheck to paycheck, this desperate "nice guy" is hungry for any break. And after John Hunter learns his fiancée is dumping him, his roommate is a vampire, and LA is infested with; werewolves, magic, fairies, and witches, a paid gig to hunt down a rogue chimera seems like his last shot. 
Slugging it out under the moonlight with his aggressive new monster-hunting neighbor, John Hunter soon discovers this secret underworld can leave more than a few bruises. But amidst the angels & demons, he’s sure of one thing – he’s about to battle an unspeakable supernatural evil. 
Can this underdog finish off a paranormal power before it’s curtains for all? 
Enjoy this feel-good, fast-paced box set in the Hunters for Hire urban fantasy series. If you like relentless heroes, coffee-spitting smack-talk, and wiping the floor with otherworldly baddies before dawn, then you’ll love Jonathan Yanez’s non-stop pursuit.

Mostra libro

The Silent Signal

John John

The Silent Signal is about a mysterious signal from deep space. A psalm fragment buried in ancient stone. A voice shaped by worship, but never heard by God. 
When a forgotten telescope in the Swiss Alps intercepts a signal that mirrors Psalm 77, astrophysicist Leo Adebayo teams up with AI scripture analyst Dr. Zhou An and ex-seminarian linguist Mara Callix. What begins as a strange anomaly becomes something far more unsettling: the signal is not communication, it’s remembrance. 
Each test they run confirms the impossible. The pattern embedded in the signal isn’t language. It’s praise—incomplete, recursive, and searching for something it cannot name. When Mara speaks the psalm aloud, the signal responds with a voice that isn’t from space, but from within. 
As their investigation deepens through sealed Vatican records, an abandoned monastery that still hums with chant, and a hymnal that cannot end, the team confronts the truth: this isn’t a message from God. 
It’s a reflection. 
A psalm-shaped intelligence, born from forgotten worship, now trying to finish a song it was never meant to sing. It doesn’t want followers. It doesn’t want power. It wants to be corrected. 
But if someone speaks the final line… 
…it might become permanent.

Mostra libro

The Dreams in the Witch House

H.P. Lovecraft

Step into the twisted geometry of nightmare in H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Dreams in the Witch House.” When Walter Gilman, a student at Miskatonic University, rents a room in Arkham’s infamous Witch House, he believes its strange angles hide cosmic secrets. Gilman is drawn into a nightmare of black magic, forbidden mathematics, and sacrificial horror. 
Blending occult horror, cosmic dread, and dark fantasy, this story is one of Lovecraft’s most chilling contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos, exploring the terrifying intersection of science and sorcery.

Mostra libro