Ancient Horror

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?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Asylum comes the final book in the creepy fantasy series praised as “darkly delightful.”* Fleeing the nightmares of Coldthistle House, Louisa and her friends have taken up in a posh new London residence. But religious zealots from the...

Examines werewolf tales and stories from early Greece, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Eastern Europe, China, and Japan, as well as legends of other shapeshifting creatures such as were-tigers, were-jackals, and were-caribou Looks at the various ways people become werewolves, including...

En el apogeo del imperio inca el pueblo va a tener que trabajar unido para llegar a construir la ciudad sagrada desde la que se gobernará todo el territorio inca. Una joven con ojos como esmeraldas está destinada a ser la hija del sol y así ha sido vaticinado por un sacerdote en la lectura de los astros. Pero para poder cumplir con su destino la joven tendrá que viajar hacia el templo de Inticancha. Sin embargo los dioses parecen querer someter a toda clase de pruebas a Nuba y Airun, los padres de la joven, que se encontrarán con inimaginables peligros a lo largo de su viaje a la ciudad sagrada.

Lanista Laeca is the master of a gladiator school in Rome that has fallen on hard times. His business of providing skilled fighters for the Coliseum has begun to fail, and he is desperate to find a new spectacle of glory and battle to please the bloodthirsty crowds. He finds his answer in the cannibal corpse creatures brought to him from a distant land by a retired soldier, and soon the gladiators of House Laeca are being pitted against ravenous beasts that once were men. Will sword and shield win victory over tooth and claw?

En esta novela el autor nos traslada al siglo sexto a. C. a la ciudad de Tartessos en el sur de la península ibérica, siendo su principal caudillo Argantonio, que tiene a su servicio multitud de mercenarios de distintos pueblos de la península. Entre estos mercenarios están Sembeles y su primo Alongis, que se enamora en una fiesta de Nefele, una bailarina y quiere comprársela a su amo, pero no tiene dinero para hacerlo. Unos mercenarios celtas al darse cuenta, le proponen que les ayude a encontrar la tumba de un rey, que está llena riquezas que repartirán con él.

"Bayou's Hex" is a tale of voodoo. An ancient curse and chant open Pandora's box in a Louisiana tavern...and all hell breaks loose.

Maria Dahvana Headley blends history, romance, and the supernatural for a fantastic tale set in ancient Egypt. Upon hearing news of her husband Antony’s death, Cleopatra is distraught. In an effort to resurrect him, she summons the fearsome warrior goddess Sekhmet. Striking a deal with the deity, Cleopatra pays a terrible price in the bargain and is transformed into a terrifying vampire-like creature whose lust for blood is only matched by her desire to exact vengeance upon those who have wronged her.

Who protects you and the world from supernatural destruction? This novella will give you the answer in the most exhilarating and unexpected way. A battle-hardened centurion is sent on a special mission to the wilds of Roman Britain to investigate the strange and ghastly murders of his brothers-in-arms. With the help of a warrior Queen, Magnus will encounter deathly forces, battle rival clans, and transform, not only himself but an entire nation. The Order of St. Michael forms in tenuous times, under dour circumstances, and stands as the world's foremost defense against darkness.

A military experiment propelled Cynthia 50 years into the future, from 1968 to 2018. There was a place between Then and Now that she began to consider the Seed of Creation. There for a moment, this nexus of realities pushed against her sanity and left an indelible impression on her soul. After spending years in a mental facility, she is released to live a life of adventure as she encounters an ancient evil in Egypt, Nazis in New York, a still-living Jack Parsons in the in-between, and finally, the son of her heart.

Algernon Henry Blackwood (March 14, 1869 - December 10, 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The following recording includes the short stories "The Olive" and "Ancient Lights."

""Robert Dallek brings to this majestic work a profound understanding of history, a deep engagement in foreign policy, and a lifetime of studying leadership. The story of what went wrong during the postwar period…has never been more intelligently explored."" —Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of...

Over 100 years before Julius Caesar's assassination, Rome marched against Carthage and left it in ruin. Contrary to recorded history, Rome fought not to eliminate her greatest rival but for the survival of all mankind. A secret lost to time is now revealed, told through the eyes of a witness to the horrible darkness spreading out of Carthage. Mixing historical fact with elements of Lovecraftian horror, The Darkness out of Carthage explores the Third Punic War with the question, "What if Rome fought not to be the world's conqueror, but its savior?"

Experience one of Poe’s classics with crisp, clear audio. Orange Island Book Shop is proud to present Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales like you’ve never heard them before.

Lightning strikes the pole sending electric waves racing across dark castle walls into the laboratory and the lifeless body stitched together by a scientist called " mad " because he wants to create life in a lifeless creature. He dreams of a son, a companion, an incredible recreation of life, anything but,,,,a monster. Lightning flashes... It's alive ! This exciting full-cast presentation is like nothing you've ever heard before!

Among the ancient artifacts concealed in a London Victorian mansion lies an ornate human-sized sarcophagus which houses the body of an ancient Egyptian sorceress dead for centuries...or is she?

There's a legend in this valley about a ghostly horseman that rides by night. There are many such legends and for schoolteacher Ichabod Crane the darkness of night holds a special fascination...and fear. For often there is truth in stories, especially ghost stories. And one fated night, Ichabod Crane will discover that the horseman of the legend is indeed... headless!

Whether searching for the buried treasure of Captain Kidd in "The Gold Bug" or seeking revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado," the words of the master storyteller will thrill and envelop the listener.

The St. Charles Players present multi-cast dramatizations of some of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest works, including The Black Cat, The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether, The Purloined Letter, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

En la historia de Dorian Gray, que gracias a que tiene un retrato que envejece por el puede dedicarse a las mayores depravaciones y vicios, sin que lo afecten, es un personaje universal, cuyas aventuras hasta su tragico final, se consideran entre las obras maestras de la literatura inglesa.