Horror Sagas

Maddie is restless in London. She has friends, a job and a sort-of boyfriend, but something in her life is missing. Then she visits the ancient village of Walditch, deep in the Dorset countryside. Something stirs in her, and on a whim she buys a centuries-old cottage and moves there three months later. Her friends think she's crazy, but for Maddie it feels like coming home. Late at night in the cottage, Maddie hears strange noises and sees mist gathering indoors and out.

The Edgar Allan Poe Collection features a selection of works from the pioneering 19th-century poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's works include the dramatic short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" to his perhaps most famous poem "The Raven". This collection promises some of the finest from the master of mystery, horror and the imagination. With the riveting B.J. Harrison as the reader, these words and tales are not to be missed by fans of gothic settings and eerie atmospheres. B. J.

Louis XIV transformed from the Sun King into the King of Shadows when he embraced immortality and became the world’s first vampire. For the last three centuries, he has been ruling the kingdom from the decadent Court of Shadows in Versailles, demanding the blood of his subjects to sate his nobles’ thirst and maintain their loyalty.

In the Highlands of Scotland lies the Hole, a famed passageway under the town of Bethel where hundreds have vanished. After years of ignored recovery wishes, the Hole’s ownership has passed to Elisabeth Wingate. A former child star and British fashion mogul, Elisabeth wants to redeem her scandalous, reckless life. She agrees to finance an expedition to retrieve the legion of bodies that have accumulated over the years, but there’s only one catch: She wants to venture alongside the caving team. But they’re not alone down there....

The perfect weekend away. A remote lodge, old friends... and murder. Set in a remote Scottish lodge in the depths of winter, this explosive and disturbing thriller asks what happens when dark secrets finally come to light. When a group of female friends gather at a beautiful but isolated Scottish island lodge for a weekend away, they're looking forward to relaxing, sharing updates on their lives, reminiscing... The furthest thing from their minds is death. But even though they've known each other since high school, some of these women have secrets.

En man ligger i sitt rum och lyssnar på något i väggen. Det krafsar, slafsar och fräser. Vad är det? Är det råttor som ränner runt i väggen? Och finns det en risk att de kommer att tugga ut hans ögon, hans hals och gnaga av köttet från hans ben om han somnar? Och under marken vilar forntida, hedniska gudar - som bara väntar på ögonblicket då sprickan mellan verklighet och dröm är tillräckligt bred för att de ska kunna bryta igenom. I H. P.

Epic love requires an epic sacrifice.... A long time ago, I borrowed money from a very powerful family. I paid my debt, but they have come for more. They want everything that I have built and they will hurt her if I refuse. Harley doesn’t understand why I have to break her heart. She hates me, but at least she’s okay...for now. But what happens when sending her away isn’t enough? What happens when I lose everything?

Charles Dexter Ward è un giovane proveniente da un'agiata famiglia del Rhode Island, studioso di scienze e antichità, che si imbatte durante le sue ricerche nella figura di Joseph Curwen, suo antenato dall'oscura fama di stregone e negromante. Ben presto il giovane diventa ossessionato dal suo avo e, chiusosi nel suo laboratorio, inizia a studiarne i documenti e a praticare le arti oscure giungendo sino alla soglia della follia. A scoprire gli orrori evocati dalle terribili pratiche messe in atto dal ragazzo sarà il dottor Willett.

Noah har overlevet zombieapokalypsen, men mareridtene om Alberte hjemsøger ham stadig. Nu befinder han sig på en fiskekutter i Skagerrak, for der er ingen zombier på havet. Sammen med fire andre kæmper han fortsat for at overleve, men hvis det skal lykkes, er de fortsat nødt til at gå i land af og til for at finde mad og brændstof. Og inde på land vrimler det med zombier ... Klaus Frederiksen (f. 1976) er uddannet lærer. Han debuterede som forfatter med børnebogen "Williams jul", og siden har han fulgt debuten op med to bøger om zombiernes invasion af kloden.

Hochspannende Fantasy, in der der Horror sich schleichend seinen Weg bahnt. Der Kölner Schriftsteller Ralf Weiler erhält den Brief eines Anwalts, worin ihm das beträchtliche Erbe eines verstorbenen Onkels in Aussicht gestellt wird. Sofort reist er in das Eifeler Burgstädtchen Manderscheid. Doch das unverhoffte Glück steht auf wackeligen Füßen, denn er wird im Auftrag des Verstorbenen auf die Suche nach einem wertvollen Buch geschickt, in dem die grauenhafte antike Gottheit Somniferus ihre mächtigen Arme nach den heute Lebenden auszustrecken scheint.

Für Kapitän Benjamin Spooner Briggs gestaltet sich die Suche nach einer geeigneten Mannschaft für sein neuerworbenes Schiff, die Mary Celeste, unerwartet schwer. Das Gerücht, der Zweimaster sei ein Unglücksschiff, auf dem es spuke, hat sich im Hafen von New York unter den abergläubischen Seelauten verbreitet. Kapitän Briggs will dennoch von all dem nichts wissen. Die Mary Celeste soll eine Ladung Industriealkohol nach Genua transportieren und es darf keine Zeit verloren werden. Und so sticht die Mary Celeste am 7. November 1872 hoffnungsvoll in See.

Will Shaw just wants a simple life. A former Army Ranger and ex-con, he’s trying to leave his past and demons behind...but he can’t escape what he is. Something inside of him wants to come out. Everyone has an animal spirit, but very few can call upon their primal power. Some are heroes, others monsters. They are skinwalkers...skinners. Children have been going missing. When the mysterious and seductive Janae Jones comes to Will for help taking down a ring of child traffickers known as “The Pack", Will knows he can’t refuse.

Stumbling off the bus in Midtown, Harley Martin thought she found an escape from her old life. She soon realizes it was anything but that. Low on cash and options, she manages to find herself a cheap but surprisingly nice apartment. The catch? The last tenant, Brody Walsh, killed himself. Or did he? As disturbing dreams and hauntings start to occur, Harley realizes there may be much more behind the previous tenant's death than a simple suicide.

Die "Dämonenland"-Reihe vereint Peter Dubinas schauerlichste und spannendste Geschichten. Im Garten von Schloss Morgan in England wird die Jamaikanerin Abigail Riordan von einer fallenden Statue erschlagen, aber ihr Bruder glaubt nicht an einen tragischen Unfall. Seine Schwester war eine erfolgreiche Dämonenjägerin und was er in der Gruft des Schlosses vorfindet lässt seine schlimmsten Ängste wahr werden. In New York City wird Alan Bates von wiederkehrenden Albträumen geplagt: bei einem Prozess der Inquisition verflucht der Angeklagt den Richter und alle seine Nachfahren.

Twelve strangers from different realities are kidnapped and left stranded on an Earth where magic has supplanted technology and ancient empires have prospered for many centuries in this work of dark fantasy. Among some are a deadly assassin from the Canadian Armed Forces, a brilliant Irish trauma surgeon, a "nuclear winter" survivor, and a medical marvel whose augmented strength does little to compensate for his irreversible brain damage.

Omara is on the brink of war as the terrible forces of Anakhizer gather in the west. Against their assembled might, Simon Wargallow and a handful of allies journey secretly into the forbidden lands, bearing the rod of power. They enter the Deepwalks, an ancient and terrifying forest, where they learn the real nature of the horrors that threaten to engulf Omara. At last they must reach the edge of their world, where they are forced to confront the ultimate evil.

After the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a young girl again. Spending time at her grandmother's country estate in the south of England is her chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that haunt her. Until she meets a mysterious stranger.... Alexander Reade is 157 years dead, with secrets darker than the lake surrounding Grange Hall and a lifelike presence that draws Chloe more strongly than any ghost before. But the bond between them awakens the vengeful spirit of Alexander's past love, Isobel.

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.

Colección de 10 sorprendentes relatos en los que la tensión, el terror, y los finales inesperados y sorprendentes, son la tónica general.

A través de las palabras de un extraño, Álex descubre que Clara, su novia, de la que no sabe nada desde que un par de días antes le enviase un whatsApp diciéndole que necesitaba tiempo para pensar, no ha desaparecido por su propia voluntad, y está en realidad en su poder.La vida de Álex se ve de repente transformada en una vertiginosa toma de decisiones en la que cualquier error puede conducir a la muerte de Clara.