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Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula by Valdimar Ásmundsson; translated by Hans Corneel De RoosBram Stoker's Dracula takes on a life of its own in this first ever English translation of a 1901 Icelandic adaptation. Adding details such as new characters and plot variations, author Valdimar Ásmundsson may have been working from an early draft of Stoker's original. Whether you're fascinated by changes to the classic vampire tale or just looking for a dark and chilling adventure, you won't want to miss Power of Darkness.
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| Ararat: A Novel by Christopher GoldenAfter an avalanche uncovers an ancient boat (maybe Noah's Ark) on Turkey's Mt. Ararat, an archaeological team finds human-like remains inside a coffin -- and the skeleton has horns! Then the explorers are trapped by a blizzard, and terrifying things happen. Is the evil coming from a supernatural power? Once you start reading award-winning Christopher Golden's Ararat, you won't be able to put it down. |
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The demonists : A Demonist Novel
by Tom Sniegoski
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series and the Remy Chandler series, a new dark fantasy series filled with demons, exorcisms, and the fight against the worst that hell has to offer. There is more to our world than meets the eye--darker things, crueler things. Exorcist John Fogg and his wife, psychic medium Theodora Knight, know what lurks in the shadows. But even they're not prepared for the worst Hell has to offer. It was supposed to be a simple exorcism, a publicity stunt to firmly establish John and Theodora's thriving paranormal investigation empire in the public eye. But something went wrong, leading to an on-air massacre that unleashed a malicious host of demons and left Theodora catatonic, possessed by countless spirits. John sets out on a desperate quest to find a cure for his wife, but his obsession brings him face-to-face with an even more terrifying problem: Theodora's possession is only one piece of a deadly plot that is threatening the entire world. Because an ancient evil is about to make Earth its battlefield--and without John and Theodora's intervention, there is no chance for salvation.
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| NK3 by Michael TolkinThis post-apocalyptic thriller portrays a global epidemic of amnesia, in which only a few people (called the Verified) retain complex skills. An elite Verified community luxuriates behind a wall in Los Angeles, while other survivors wander through the desolate realms outside. But some of these outsiders fully retain their memories, and their challenge to the Verifieds' dominance leads to a climactic battle, which fans of Max Brooks' World War Z may enjoy. |
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| The Girl from Rawblood: A Novel by Catriona WardAn ancestral curse, a ghostly mansion on England's brooding Dartmoor, a teenager in love, and disaster: The Girl from Rawblood presents a gripping narrative, starting in 1910 and moving back and forth through generations of young Iris Villarca's family. Publishers Weekly declares that author Catriona Wade's debut "perfectly balances sensory richness with the chills of the uncanny," recalling authors such as Wilkie Collins, Diane Setterfield, and Shirley Jackson. |
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A game of ghosts : a Charlie Parker thriller
by John Connolly
Internationally bestselling author John Connolly returns with another "superb fusion of noir and the supernatural" (My Bookish Ways) in this latest thriller in his gripping Charlie Parker series. It is deep winter and the darkness is unending. A private detective named Jaycob Eklund has vanished and Charlie Parker is assigned to track him down. Parker's employer, Edgar Ross, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has his own reasons for wanting Eklund found. Eklund is no ordinary investigator--he is obsessively tracking a series of homicides and disappearances, each linked to reports of hauntings. Now Parker is drawn into Eklund's world: a realm in which the monstrous Mother rules a crumbling criminal empire, in which men strike bargains with angels, and in which the innocent and guilty alike are pawns in a game of ghosts...
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| Cat Out of Hell: A Novel by Lynne TrussIn Cat Out of Hell, librarian Alec Charlesworth learns that each generation of cats spawns a few Überkatzen who can carry out dastardly plots, and he sets out with his faithful dog Watson to right the wrongs of one of those evil cats. Grammar maven Lynne Truss (author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves) crafts an "anti-narrative that reads like M.R. James on bad acid with a laugh track" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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The Devil's evidence : a novel
by Simon Kurt Unsworth
Thomas Fool, head of the Information Office in Hell, accompanies a political delegation to Heaven, only to discover a dead body and must begin a murder investigation where none should exist, in this sequel to The Devil's Detective.
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