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Reverend Deacon Elder does the Lord’s work in his own unique way. A former marine with the ability to detect and cast out demons, Deke goes where the need—and the evil—is greatest. After receiving a terrifying warning of a botched exorcism, Deke shows up in Somerton, Tennessee, ready for battle. The demon possessing sixteen-year-old Carlyss Bolerjack had only partially been driven out, and Deke must convince a traumatized Carlyss to submit to a second exorcism.

When San Francisco PD asks Argonaut to assist them in solving a series of strange bank robberies, Cassius Black and Morgan King uncover a disturbing plot that points to an unknown artifact hidden somewhere in the city. Their investigation soon has them crossing paths with a desperate Brianna, who seeks their help in finding her missing daughter. When the witch reveals the shocking circumstances surrounding her daughter's birth as well as the deadly magic sealed inside the young girl's body, the Argonaut agents realize their case is linked to Eden.

Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She's still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind. Being around him awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline kick of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head—wanted: dead or half-alive—means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones.

Normalerweise kann Agent Paula Tennant sich sehr gut in mörderische Gehirne hineinversetzen und sich die brutalen Geschehnisse an Tatorten vergegenwärtigen. Es gibt da jedoch diesen toten Winkel in ihrer Wahrnehmung, diesen dunklen Raum, den sie einfach nicht einsehen kann. Und in diesem toten Winkel steht der Mann, den sie seit ihrer Studienzeit bewundert und in den sie sich ernsthaft verlieben könnte. Paula hat keine Ahnung, dass ausgerechnet ihr Mentor und Boss jener Spezies Mensch angehört, die sie so sehr verabscheut.

Across London, hospital patients are dying - in shockingly unnatural circumstances. A sadistic young woman is targeting them as they lie helpless in their beds, eking out every last sensation of pain as their lives ebb to an excruciating close. The killer is a sadist, but careful too, so the police bring in forensic psychologist Dr. Alex Madison to track down what is clearly an extraordinary and damaged mind.

Ariane has found refuge in Illinois, and now plans her rightful return to vampire society. She must stay in control while hiding in nature, while foes old and new converge on her territory.

As Vampire Sorcerer Athan travels the world of Anatolia freeing demi-humans, an ancient threat lurks in the most remote parts of the world. It forces him to join hands with an unlikely mantis girl, an ancient dragon chick that is too powerful for her own good, and a voluptuous mimic that can morph into a deadly sword.

Chuck Burke dies surrounded by clutter, isolation, and the remains of a life that never found its way—but Middle Falls, Oregon, offers the rarest gift of all: a do-over. Waking in his nineteen-year-old body with all his memories intact, Chuck sets out to break the cycle of hoarding that has destroyed him. But as the weight of old patterns bears down, it's not just his life at stake—it's his chance to love, to connect, and to truly live. In this quietly powerful tale of recovery and renewal, Chuck must learn that real change isn't about what he can keep—it's about what he's willing to release.

Querido Lector, normalmente, en la sinopsis o te describo la trama, o te doy pinceladas de lo que te espera en la próxima investigación. Sin embargo, esta vez, no puedo darte ninguna pista. Como habrás podido averiguar, la historia anterior, Vivo porque mato, acaba con un hito. A Álex le sucede algo y por eso no te puedo adelantar qué pasará en esta. Para no estropear esta maravillosa y tremenda intriga, tendrás que leerla sin que te dé más detalles. Te invito a que confíes en mí como escritor. No puedo desvelarte otros detalles, o perderías parte de la sorpresa y de la trama.

Kaum aus der Haft entlassen, tritt Ex-Sträfling Jericho Bender einen neuen Job als Wachmann an. Er soll nachts die Ruine einer verlassenen Bibliothek bewachen, in der vor Jahren ein fürchterliches Feuer gewütet hat. Eine vermeintlich simple Aufgabe, die Jericho jedoch bald an den Rand des Wahnsinns treibt. Nacht für Nacht wird er in dem alten Gemäuer Zeuge unerklärlicher Phänomene. Was er anfangs noch als Hirngespinst abtut, verknüpft er bald mit der düsteren Geschichte der Bibliothek, die einst einem geisteskranken Kindermörder als Versteck diente.

A sudden burst of radiation is detected beneath the desert in Iran. Alex Hunter – code name Arcadian – and his highly trained incursion team are dropped into the ruins of Persepolis. All they find is an empty underground facility – nothing to explain the gamma spike. It is as if a black hole has swept everything away.... Israel is threatening nuclear war. And someone, or something, is draining the fluids from the bodies of Iranian soldiers in the desert.

Seit Jahrhunderten durchlebt Gotheim eine wechselhafte Geschichte, geprägt von Kriegen, in die die Stadt mittelbar oder unmittelbar verwickelt wird. Ihr Reichtum beruht auf dem Export von Waffen, und immer, wenn sich neues Unheil ankündigt, erwachen die Todesfabriken der schwarzen Zitadelle, gebaut auf Moorland, zu neuem Leben und speien Feuer, Eisenstaub und Ruß. In fünf Erzählungen zeichnet Tobias Reckermann den Abstieg Gotheims in die Finsternis nach.

Bei einer solchen Gelegenheit sah ich den dunklen Fremden, der in der gewölbten Türöffnung des Hauses stand, dieses riesige Schattenwesen, dessen Gewand um es herumfloss, als werde es von einem Sturm bewegt, obwohl die Nacht ruhig war. Aus meinem Versteck in sicherer Entfernung beobachtete ich, wie das Wesen eine Hand aus Mitternacht erhob, die dem Mond Zeichen machte. Dann warf es seinen Kopf zurück, sodass es aussah, als wollte es heulen. Doch das einzige Geräusch, das ich hörte, war ein leises Summen aus dem Innern des alten Gebäudes.

Silas Czerny, Maler und Ex-Junkie in Frankfurt am Main, kommt in Kontakt mit der neuen Droge OpenMind. Noch in derselben Nacht vollendet er ein Gemälde, das seinen verblassten Ruhm wieder neu aufleben lässt. Wenig später kommt es zu mysteriösen Unfällen und Amokläufen, Vorboten für ein großes, zerstörerisches Ereignis.

Ich stieß auf die Weltkarte in einem Reiseführer aus den 1970er-Jahren, und mir war auf Anhieb bewusst, dass sie dort nicht hineingehörte. Vermutlich hätte ich sie nicht weiter beachtet, wäre da nicht diese Notiz am Rand gewesen. Sechs unheimliche Geschichten entführen den Leser an verschiedene Orte kosmischen Grauens.

Caleb Cantrill still can't find where he hid the bandit's gold or his cavern of riches. The only thing it seems he can find is more and more of the monstrous blight he unleashed on the peaceful valley he now calls home. Adding to his troubles, his twenty-four-hour reprieve from the gang is up soon, and the bandits will be returning, looking for their gold, or his life is forfeit. Kitty Welch is swept up in a corrupt scheme which may result in her arrest and deportation back to Scotland. Though she wants to flee, there is something keeping her in the valley.

Caleb Cantrill is an Irishman whose luck may have just run out. He has two fortunes in gold and can't remember the location of either. And that's the least of his worries. A gang of blood-thirsty bandits are riding north to claim his first fortune, sovereign gold, which he fled with after a bank job went wrong. His second fortune, an immense gold strike, comes with a monstrous blight attached, one he accidentally unleashed onto a small mountain town nestled in the heart of a remote Canadian valley.

In this thrilling conclusion to the CLAW Emergence trilogy, Caleb Cantrill, Doc Brown, Sandy, and the rest of the town must now battle the trinity of horrors that have claimed the peaceful mountain valley. If they fail, not only will the town be wiped from the map, but the entire continent could be overrun with the monstrous blight that has been unleashed. The life of Kitty Welch hangs in the balance, her whereabouts unknown. If human predators don't get to her first, the inhuman ones might just finish the job.

The Preserve in Bath—the British Area 51—is the secret government dumping ground for all things supernatural and out of space. It is one of the most heavily-guarded places in the world. However, it's not what protects it that makes it so dangerous but the things that are inside...

No one ever said being a werewolf was easy. Take Delia, for instance. She’s spent much of her life fighting against her own nature, plagued by nightmares of childhood trauma, and trying to find her place in the world. Many werewolves are just like her: ostracized by their families, forced to live alone and in secret as they await those nights when the Change overtakes them.