Melanie porwano od matki, kiedy mia?a zaledwie trzy latka. Po sze?ciu latach odnaleziono chor? psychicznie dziewczynk?, w?druj?c? nago noc? po ulicach miasta. Melanie nie m?wi, prawie nie reaguje na bod?ce, zamkni?ta w swoim w?asnym wewn?trznym ?wiecie.Policja znalaz?a w domu, gdzie j? przetrzymywano, potwornie zmasakrowane zw?oki naukowc?w, kt?rzy dokonywali, w tajemniczym szarym pokoju, eksperyment?w na dziewczynce. Nawet poddana regresji hipnotycznej Melanie nie potrafi wyja?ni?, co z ni? zrobiono, powtarza tylko: drzwi do grudnia… Tymczasem gin? kolejne osoby zwi?zane z eksperymentem w szarym pokoju, wszystkie zamordowane w ten sam brutalny spos?b. Porucznik Haldane, prowadz?cy ?ledztwo, stopniowo odkrywa straszliw? prawd? o tych zbrodniach…Oryginalna, trzymaj?ca w napi?ciu, znakomita lektura. Dean Koontz w najlepszej formie!
Six months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye and the Motor City Hammer in the zombie-infested mountains of the Rot Ruin. It's also six months since Benny Imura and Nix Riley saw something in the air that changed their lives. Now, after months of rigorous training with Benny's zombie-hunter brother Tom, Benny and Nix are ready to leave their home forever and search for a better future. Lilah the Lost Girl and Benny's best friend Lou Chong are going with them.Sounds easy. Sounds wonderful. Except that everything that can go wrong does. Before they ...
While at her friend, Mary K's house, Alisa steals a Book of Shadows from Mary K's elder sister, Morgan. Alisa is inexplicably drawn to the book. She makes the shocking discovery that this Book of Shadows was written by her mother, which means that Alisa is half-witch. She turns to Morgan and Hunter, both blood-witches, for support and development of her powers. Her revelation comes just in time, for the dark wave is upon them and the witches of the Kithic coven join forces to defeat this evil before it destroys everything in its path.
En El Rey de Amarillo. Relatos macabros y terror?ficos -t?tulo que hace referencia a una obra imaginaria, «El Rey de Amarillo», cuya lectura provoca estupor, locura y tragedia espectral, y de la que el Necronomic?n lovecraftiano es deudor- hemos seleccionado los cinco relatos de corte fant?stico de la colecci?n original (dejando de lado los que no lo son): La m?scara, En el Pasaje del Drag?n, El Reparador de Reputaciones, La demoiselle d’Ys y, el m?s famoso, El Signo Amarillo -obra maestra del cuento macabro de suspense, con un final escalofriante-. El volumen se completa con El Creador de Lunas y Una velada placentera, proc…
Cassandra Palmer may be the world's chief clairvoyant, but she's still magically bound to a master vampire. Only an ancient book called the Codex Merlini possesses the incantation to free Cassie-but harnessing its limitless power could endanger the world…
The year is 1972. Widowed Christina Parr, her daughter Morgan, and her brother-in-law Jeremy have returned to the remote northern Ontario mining town of Parr''s Landing, the place from which Christina fled before Morgan was born, seeking refuge. Dr. Billy Lightning has also returned in search of answers to the mystery of his father''s brutal murder. All will find some part of what they seek-and more. Built on the site of a decimated 17th-century Jesuit mission to the Ojibwa, Parr''s Landing is a town with secrets of its own buried in the caves around Bradley Lake. A three-hundred-year-old horror slumbers ...
De nos jours, ? la Nouvelle-Orl?ans, un jeune homme a ?t? convoqu? dans l’obscurit? d’une chambre d’h?tel pour ?couter la plus ?trange histoire qui soit. Tandis que tourne le magn?tophone, son myst?rieux interlocuteur raconte sa vie, sa vie de vampire.Comme l’interviewer, nous nous laissons subjuguer, fasciner et entra?ner ? travers les si?cles dans un monde sensuel et terrifiant o? l’atroce le dispute au sublime.V?ritable livre culte, premier volet des d?sormais incontournables «Chroniques des vampires», renouvelle totalement l’un des mythes les plus riches et les plus ambigus du fantastique.
Nunca un vampiro le hab?a contado su vida a un mortal. Louis de Pointe du Lac, con un cansancio de siglos a sus espaldas, es el primero en hacerlo frente a un periodista de San Francisco, al que le explica c?mo ha sido su existencia desde que fuera vampirizado por Lestat de Lioncourt en 1791. Louis y Lestat no son en realidad como la gente se imagina. Viven de la sangre humana y la muerte no les alcanza, es cierto, pero son sensibles e inteligentes, vulnerables, humanos y tal vez tienen m?s de v?ctimas que de verdugos...
Перед читателем разворачивается фантастический опасный неповторимый подземный мир. В нем обитают демоны, аспиды, гончие, василиски, души, обреченные на муки в адских слоях, и наконец, сам Падший. Здесь идет бесконечная борьба за власть, в крови замешаны древние тайны, соединяются и расстаются навеки души. Кто-то совершает предательство ради любви, а кто-то из-за нее же вновь обретает силу духа. Светлое воинство осуществляет безумные вылазки в стан врага ради спасения оступившихся. И однажды душа принесет с собой свет в их мир,свет, который не смогут скрыть даже толщи мрака и боли.
In diesem atmosph?risch ungeheuer dichten Roman schildert Stephen King, der weltweit als "Edgar Allan Poe der Gegenwart" gefeiert wird, den uralten mythischen Kampf zwischen Gut und B?se. Die Gemeinschaft der Freunde kann "es" t?ten, weil ihre Freundschaft und Liebe zueinander st?rker ist als die Gewalt des B?sen.Titel der englischen Originalausgabe: »It«
Paen Scott is a Dark One: a vampire without a soul. And his mother is about to lose hers, too, if Paen can't repay a debt to a demon by finding a relic known as the Jilin God—in five days. When he hires half-elf private investigator Samantha Cosse to help him, he sets her elf senses tingling. Which makes it pretty much impossible to keep their relationship on a professional level. Especially since Sam is convinced that she is Paen's Beloved—the woman who can give him back his soul, whether he wants it or not...
Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras, hear people's thoughts, and know a person's life story by touch. Going out of her way to shield herself from human contact to suppress her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school — but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.Ever sees Damen and feels an instant recognition. He is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many secrets. Damen is able to make things appear and disappear, he always seems to know what she's thinking — and he's the only one who can silence the noise and the random energy in her head. She doesn't know who he really is — or what he is. Damen equal parts light and darkness, and he belongs to an enchanted new world where no one ever dies.
The South American Jungle Guards Many Secrets…and a remarkable site nestled between two towering Andean peaks, hidden from human eyes for thousands years.Dig Deeper…through layers of rock and mystery, through centuries of dark, forgotten legends.Into Ancient Catacombs…where ingenious traps have been laid to ensnare the careless and unsuspecting; where earth-shattering discoveries — and wealth beyond imagining — could be the reward for those with the courage to face the terrible unknown.Something is Waitinghere where the perilous journey ends, in the cold, shrouded heart of a breathtaking necropolis; something created by Man, yet not humanly possible. Something wondrous. Something terrifying.
Этот сериал смотрят во всем мире уже пятый год. Он вобрал в себя все страхи нашего времени, загадки и тайны, в реальности так и не получившие научного объяснения.Если вы хотите узнать подробности головоломных дел, раскрытых и нераскрытых неугомонной парочкой спецагентов ФБР, если вы хотите заглянуть за кулисы преступления, если вы хотите взглянуть на случившееся глазами не только людей, но и существ паранормальных, читайте книжную версию «Секретных материалов» — культового сериала 90-х годов.
The world has become a different place since Tally Youngblood upset the Uglies, Pretties, Specials apple cart. What it's like? Well, visualize an all-day, everyday version of American Idol,where everybody's a contestant and there are cameras everywhere. In this constant competition, teenager Aya Fuse ranks as a nobody; 451,369 to be exact. Of course, such obscurity has its small rewards, all of which have now become endangered by her friendship with the Sly Girls. Another futuristic thriller by Uglies trilogy author Scott Westerfeld.
Fifteen-year-old Alison Shaw may not be beautiful, but she doesn’t really care: She’d much rather read a good book than primp in front of a mirror. But Alison’s gorgeous mother, Risa, knows that beauty can be a key to success and wishes only the best for her daughter — a wish that may come true after Risa marries widowed plastic surgeon Conrad Dunn. Conrad claims that he can turn Alison into a vision of loveliness, so the teenager reluctantly agrees to undergo the first procedure. Then Alison discovers a picture of Conrad’s first wife and notes, to her horror, a resemblance between the image in the photo and the work her stepfather is doing on her. Though, Risa refuses to acknowledge the strange similarities, Alison digs further into her stepfather’s murky past, uncovers dark secrets and even darker motives — and realizes that her worst fears are fast becoming reality.
There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce—and goes out of his way to make that very clear—she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret… even if it kills her.
Doug Lee is undead quite by accident — attacked by a desperate vampire, he finds himself cursed with being fat and fifteen forever. When he has no luck finding some goth chick with a vampire fetish, he resorts to sucking the blood of cows under cover of the night. But it's just not the same.Then he meets the new Indian exchange student and falls for her — hard. Yeah, he wants to bite her, but he also wants to prove himself to her. But like the laws of life, love, and high school, the laws of vampire existence are complicated — it's not as easy as studying . Especially when the star of is hot on your trail in an attempt to boost ratings. .Searing, hilarious, and always unexpected, is a satirical tour de force from one of the most original writers of fiction today.
Saber-tooth tigers attack Los Angeles in Rovin's gung-ho second novel of cryptozoological horror. (In the first, Vespers, Rovin imagined mutant bats tearing up New York City.) The new novel opens in classic horror style, on a Santa Barbara hillside, as something large but unseen stalks a bobcat that's in turn stalking a dog: soon there are "streams of blood, all that remained of a bobcat on its final hunt." Cut to anthropologist Jim Grand, mourning the recent demise of his beloved wife. Cut to two engineers investigating a sinkhole near that hillside; in minutes they, too, are dead, but ...
