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Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction. From the bloodsucking plant in "The American's Tale" to the bloodsucking wife in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," he reveled in the horror created by creatures who survived on the blood of men and women.

Long lost to the public in out-of-print pulp magazines, dusty Victorian anthologies, and the pages of now defunct newspapers, these vintage vampire stories have truly proved immortal. Resurrected now for the year 2011, this is a stunning collection of nineteenth-century vampire stories by heavyweights such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Bram Stoker. These rare stories are arranged in chronological order from 1846 to 1913 and are compiled by two of the world's leading vampire anthologists and experts.

In the years since Ariel took the throne, Rudeus has been keeping busy carrying out missions for Orsted and even finding time to save an old friend from slave traders. Then a letter arrives from the Doldia Village, seeking his help with the Sacred Beast's shocking disappearance! Can Rudeus explain his unintended dognapping? Or is he about to have yet another diplomatic incident on his hands?

Война с Орденом Ворона уводит Хаджара все дальше и дальше от изначальной цели. На этот раз - в другой мир, мир Духов и Фэйре. Генерал уже бывал там, но еще никогда прежде - не пытался выкрасть сокровище у одной из Королев. К чему приведет это приключение и закончится ли все только им, ведь без поддержки таинственной и могущественной секты Сумеречных Тайн война с Орденом обречена на провал.

修炼一途，乃窃阴阳，夺造化，转涅盘，握生死，掌轮回。武之极，破苍穹，动乾坤！…… 修煉一途，乃竊陰陽，奪造化，轉涅盤，握生死，掌輪迴。武之極，破蒼穹，動乾坤！

Man schreibt das Jahr 1463 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung. Seit über hundert Jahren herrscht in der Galaxis weitestgehend Frieden. Die Liga Freier Terraner, in der Perry Rhodan das Amt eines Terranischen Residenten trägt, hat sich auf Forschung und Wissenschaft konzentriert. Mithilfe uralter Transmitter will man die riesigen Entfernungen zwischen Sonnensystemen und sogar Galaxien überwinden.

最强修真者，被数以千计修真者围攻，最终转世异世。对方云来说，没有治不好的病，只要你能付出相应的代价……最強修真者，被數以千計修真者圍攻，最終轉世異世。對方雲來說，沒有治不好的病，只要你能付出相應的代價……

网游荣耀中被誉为教科书级别的顶尖高手，因为种种原因遭到俱乐部的驱逐，离开职业圈的他寄身于一家网吧成了一个小小的网管…… 網遊榮耀中被譽為教科書級別的頂尖高手，因為種種原因遭到俱樂部的驅逐，離開職業圈的他寄身於一家網吧成了一個小小的網管……

「最悪だな。ミカエル陣営に、ヴェルザードさんまで加わったのか……」ミカエル率いるセラフィム軍団の侵攻計画が進む中、
その対策のために開かれたワルプルギスに集結する八星魔王たち。

Scarcely a year after the events of Cyador's Heirs, Lerial uses his mastery of Order and Chaos, the competing natural forces that shape his world and define the magic that exists within it, to utterly destroy an Afritan military force crossing into Cigoerne. Five years later, Lerial, now an overcaptain and a field commander of Cigoerne's Mirror Lancers, must lead three companies of troops into Afrit on a mission of mutual interest.

King of Dragon Kings. Driven, ruthless, shrewd. The weight of survival for Constantine and his brethren has pushed him to set aside his own yearnings - for now. He's the most powerful of all Dragon Kings, and Con will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who dares to threaten his existence. For years, Con has hidden his pain - his desperation - for there is one smoldering beauty that he craves above all else, even if he feels he doesn't deserve her. However, his enemies are at every corner. There is no one left to trust. But none of that matters anymore.

Some fall prey to those holding a gun for the first time. Others cannot be defeated even by the most experienced shooters in the world, unless their luck comes to save the day. Cheater’s accuracy is unparalleled, and Lady Luck is on his side. He has all the marks of a champion, and champions never miss. The true aim of his heart, though, is not one that can be hit with a single fortunate shot. No, she is far to the west, beyond several of the Continent’s most dangerous locations: the bleak boundaries dividing regions from one another.

As a Breed warrior and the son of the Order's founder and commander, Darion Thorne is an exacting tactician and a lethal combatant, yet nothing can prepare him for the catastrophic act that forces him to step to the helm of the Order as its leader. With their adversaries growing bolder and more brazen with every strike, Darion knows he must take the war to them before it's too late to stop them at all. Yet of all their enemies, the one most dangerous for Darion is Selene. Determined to recover four powerful crystals stolen from her ages ago, Selene will go to any lengths to have them.

Pellar is an orphan taken in by Masterharper Zist. Though born mute, Pellar is a gifted tracker, and when Zist sets off to take over as harper for Natalon's coal-mining camp, Pellar - along with his fire-lizard, Chitter - joins him on a secret mission of his own: to find out if reported thefts of coal are the work of the Shunned, criminals condemned to a life of wandering and hardship.

The brutal struggle for power in post-nuclear America continues for the nine barons who rule the new world order. These emissaries of a long lost race are facing extinction from within their own ranks and from the rebel forces fighting to reclaim earth and expose the horrifying truth of mankind’s heritage. Computer programs from the world before the Skydark are being salvaged and use to power the cities and villes of the 22nd century. An enforcer turned renegade, Kane and his group learn of a mother load of tech hidden deep within the ocean of the western territories.

Für Perry Rhodan gehen die "Spezialisten der USO" auf die Jagd nach den Aktivatoren...

Nach dem überstandenen Nebellockdown brennt Cam darauf, endlich seine Zwillingskräfte ausprobieren zu können. Bei aller Neugier plagen ihn allerdings auch Ängste und Zweifel. Was, wenn er die Kräfte nicht kontrollieren kann? Was, wenn der Geminus seine Gefühle manipuliert und Cam nicht mehr er selbst ist, wenn er den Zwilling ruft? Doch Cam ist nicht der Einzige, dem die Zwillingskraft innewohnt. Auch Blaine trägt einen Geminus in sich – und er hat große Pläne mit ihm.

Isolated survivors of World War III, they huddled together for safety, surrounded by savage barbarians and bizarre, deadly mutants. The Warriors must stop the tyrant who inhabits Elvis Presley's Graceland 100 years after World War III.

Carolyn Stoddard is knocked unconscious when the sports car she and Barnabas are riding in skids on a patch of ice. She regains consciousness in Collinwood with Barnabas and Quentin Collins at her side - but the year is 1870! And Collinwood is being terrorized by a savage killer. Carolyn likes Quentin and refuses to believe that even in werewolf form, he could be the murderer.

On assignment in the Philippines, archaeologist Annja Creed meets with a contact to verify some information. Easy enough. But when the man doesn't turn out to be whom he said he was, Annja finds herself handcuffed, blindfolded and kidnapped. And to make matters worse, she's a prisoner of the dreaded Abu Sayyaf, a notorious terrorist group. Desperate to escape, Annja is able to flee after slaying one of her captors. But she soon gets lost in the hostile jungle, which is rumored to be haunted by the spirits of Moro warriors who fought off conquistadors with their blades.