Horror Sagas

Una Alcott come non l'avete ancora mai conosciuta in questi cinque racconti gotici e dell'orrore, dove mistero ed inganno fanno da sfondo alle passioni più scabrose. Attraverso storie di eredità maledette, ville infestate e giochi pericolosi, l'autrice di "Piccole donne" arriva a sondare i luoghi più remoti dell'animo umano, dimostrando la sua maestria nella sua interezza.

Sometimes hope is the most dangerous thing of all. When their brother dies, sisters Freya and Tamsin lose the one thing that connected them. But when Tamsin goes missing a year later, Freya is determined to find her. Guided by a trail of diary entries, revelations are unveiled about the grief that drove Tamsin to the edge of a cliff - and into the arms of a mysterious stranger... A man who promised hope but demanded sacrifice.

Dormael and D’Jenn bring a dangerous artefact home to the Conclave, hoping to answer the riddle behind an ancient mystery. But their homecoming only raises more questions as they discover an undercurrent of lies beneath the surface - lies that have been eating at the foundation of the Conclave itself, and subverting all they’ve sworn to uphold. Caught in a web of treachery, they must uncover the truth to free themselves, and keep an ancient weapon from falling into the wrong hands.

Winnipeg is divided between two worlds that are the world of natural human beings and the world of Supernatural beings. Supernatural beings are animals that have the shape of human beings, and by looking at them, we thought that they are natural human beings, but supernatural beings are instead the tigers and eagles. Supernatural beings have the phantoms called again ghosts, and their phantoms are the animals who that are.

Lady Olivia Sophia Allen Townsend is not only young and beautiful, but considered by most in her polite social circle to be far too eccentric for her own good. Olivia’s been able to see and speak to spirits since she was very young, but the years of shunning by her peers caused Olivia to turn her back on those who need her the most; the spirits caught between two worlds. That is until the night her best friend Lilly comes to her asking for help. You see, Lilly can’t remember what happened to her, and finds herself in need of Olivia’s unique gifts to help her figure it out.

The follow-up to J.A. Cummings's Nightchild finds Tobyn and Araminah Reyes in London, England. After Tobyn takes a keen interest in a young nobleman, Ara tries to keep the Kris family functioning. As Tobyn's obsession takes hold, enemies old and new begin to emerge.

Chaos gathers like a dark cloud above Omara - as the evil Anakhizer prepares to unleash a storm of wizard war upon the last stronghold of the human race. Only the stolen power of Orhung's rod can bring salvation to the doomed world. But the wondrous instrument lies in the perilous deplanes beneath the nice. And Brannog, now King among the Earthwrought - along with a beautiful girl possessing remarkable gifts - must embark on a dangerous quest to battle the ultimate in corruption and return hope to his land.

A series of ritualistic murders are discovered six months after Max Elliot turned in his badge. Victims of the media-dubbed “Chinatown Surgeon” are little more than piles of flayed skin. The bones of each body were stolen. This torturous method of execution had only been seen once before and that case remained unsolved.

1958. Gli anni passano, tra ricevimenti fastosi, unioni insolite e rivelazioni travolgenti, ma non portano quiete per i membri della famiglia Caskey. Dopo l’età dell’oro, ritornano giorni foschi. Qualcosa di terribile incombe su Perdido, i suoi abitanti e i suoi fiumi. Il tempo delle profezie è ormai giunto. Sesto e ultimo episodio della saga bestseller dell’autore amato da Stephen King.

1946. Come un organismo vivente, la famiglia Caskey si sviluppa e si trasforma, tra riavvicinamenti inattesi, rancori sordi e separazioni inevitabili le relazioni si evolvono. Ormai a capo della segheria e punto di riferimento del clan, Miriam lavora instancabilmente per rendere i Caskey sempre più ricchi. Una scoperta sorprendente e miracolosa distribuirà la ricchezza anche in città. Ma sarà sufficiente questa improvvisa fortuna, ora che la natura reclama il suo debito? Quinto episodio della saga bestseller dell'autore amato da Stephen King.

La determinazione di Elinor finalmente dà i suoi frutti. I nemici di ieri diverranno gli amici di domani e i mutamenti giungeranno da luoghi inaspettati. Anche per il mondo si apre una nuova èra, portatrice però di pericolo e distruzione: il conflitto in Europa farà affluire sangue nuovo a Perdido. Nella proprietà dei Caskey, gli uomini vanno e vengono. Come marionette che non sanno di essere appese a un filo. Quarto episodio della saga bestseller dell’autore amato da Stephen King.

In a remote part of California just above the coastal town of Devilswood, Ravencrest Manor, imported stone-by-stone from England more than two centuries ago, looms tall and terrifying, gathering its dark and unnatural powers, and drawing those it wants as its own.

Ravencrest Manor is the most beautiful thing new governess Belinda Moorland has ever seen, but as she learns more about its tangled past of romance and terror, she realizes that beauty has a dark side. Who is the man digging in the garden beyond Belinda’s bedroom window? Who - or what - is watching her from the vents? Belinda is thrust into a world of waking nightmares where there is no distinction between the living and the dead, and there are no limits to the horrors that await.

Taylor fights to survive in a hostile world that wasn't even created for humans. As she tries to navigate the netherworld, she looks for an ancient necklace that will stop the war between the witches and werewolves. Things only get worse when she crashes on a mysterious island with supernatural creatures that want her dead. She strikes a deal with her immortal husband to rally support for the fey war and help him with a curse placed on his family if he grants her a divorce.

Tobyn Reyes believed his grandmother's spell would protect him. Instead it opened the door to a new realm of magic and immortality... Tobyn was a man like no other: half Irish, half Spanish gypsy and all chovihano. Under the protection of his grandmother's spell, he enjoyed the glow of his own uniqueness. That glow caught the attention of another uncommon man, the vampire Michel Dumas.

The patriarch of the Licht family, Abraham has raised a brood of talented con artists, children molded in his image, and experts in The Game, his calling and philosophy of life. Traveling from one small town to the next across the continent, from the Northeast to the frontier West, they skillfully swindle unsuspecting victims, playing on their greed, lust, pride, and small-mindedness. Despite their success, Abraham cannot banish a past that haunts him: the ghost of his ancestor Sarah Licht, a former con woman who met with a gruesome fate.

"Frankenstein" begins in epistolary form, documenting the correspondence between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville. Walton sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame and friendship. The ship becomes trapped in ice, and, one day, the crew sees a dog sled in the distance, on which there is the figure of a giant man. Hours later, the crew finds a frozen and emaciated man, Victor Frankenstein, in desperate need of sustenance.

Arved Winter wurde vor kurzem seines Amtes als Pfarrer in einer Trierer Gemeinde enthoben, weil er von der Kanzel herab verkündete, er glaube nicht mehr an Gott...

Simon Bughin sospecha que detrás del inesperado suicidio de su hermana se esconde una secta satánica. Sus investigaciones le llevan a Shimts, un pequeño pueblo del norte de Escocia. Allí conoce a Max, un joven dibujante de cómics reservado y tímido, que ha llegado hasta ese apartado lugar porque su madre también se acaba de suicidar sin razón aparente.

In the 1920s, Henry Manning ruled Ravencrest with an iron fist. He held debauched parties that would have inspired Jay Gatsby himself. From the Manning fortune to a beautiful wife, the silent-film star known as the White Violet, Henry had it all...including a loyal cult that worshipped the demon Forneus.