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To the uninitiated, Savannah shows only her bright face and genteel manner. Those who know her well, though, can see beyond her colonial trappings and small-city charm to a world where witchcraft is respected, Hoodoo is feared, and spirits linger. Mercy Taylor is all too familiar with the supernatural side of Savannah, being a member of the most powerful family of witches in the South. Despite being powerless herself, of course. Having grown up without magic of her own, in the shadow of her talented and charismatic twin sister, Mercy has always thought herself content.

Eden ist eine der fähigsten FBI-Agentinnen, bevor sie bei einem Einsatz von drei Kugeln niedergestreckt wird. Das Leben der elfjährigen Ximi scheint besiegelt, nachdem schwer bewaffnete Männer ihr Dorf in Guatemala überfallen haben. Wie eng die Schicksale dieser ungleichen Menschen verknüpft sind und wie viele Grenzen und rote Linien in ihrer beider Leben überschritten werden, erzählt dieser Psychothriller, dem wahre Missstände in den USA zugrunde liegen.

A fast-paced thriller set on the streets of a London rife with undercover magic. Abras, as they are known, can harness these illegal powers, but for con artist Amanda Coleman - whose father was a powerful and abusive practitioner - magic is anathema. When her criminal crew decide to hire an Abra to help with their heists, they don’t expect to raise a demon, or to quickly lose control of it. Now Coleman and her crew must travel across Siberia to a remote stone circle in order to kill this murderous creature, who has destroyed everything they hold dear.

Major and Lucy Armstrong's four children are spread around the globe and are in a race against time to return to Texas before societal collapse takes America to the depths of human depravity. They use their ingenuity, grit, and faith to persevere but find themselves facing a most unexpected enemy. The Lone Star Series is a thought-provoking, gut-wrenching look into a postapocalyptic country devastated by nuclear destruction.

At a passing glance, County Road 951 is an entirely unremarkable stretch of blacktop, a two-lane scar across the Cascade foothills of Central Oregon. But the road is known by another name, coined by locals who’ve had to clean up after all those scenic detours went horribly wrong: The Devil’s Driveway. When Livia and her long-time friends take the Driveway as a shortcut to a much-needed weekend getaway, what begins as a morning joyride quickly becomes anything but. Soon, they’re driving for their lives, pursued by a horror beyond anything they ever imagined.

Fitting into the Old World isn't going very well for Boulder boundary witch Allison "Lex" Luther: she may have earned a place in a vampire's service, but now it seems as if every supernatural creature in town has found a reason to hate her. And when Lex and her partner are assigned to investigate the suspicious disappearance of two vampires during the night of the full moon, they find themselves with more questions than answers.

The phone rang, and like a fool I answered. Mistake number one. Then I agreed to do a job for the Hidden Council. Definitely mistake number two. Now I've lost count of my bad choices, same as I have the bodies, as they're piling up faster than a troll after free chalk. As I get to grips with this new magic I've been gifted, the city remains under a spell of violence, and it's down to yours truly to deal with it. But I'm a noob at this job, ill-prepared and with my own personal demons to fight.

Jakob genießt sein Leben. Daheim fühlt er sich geborgen und seine Freundin liebt ihn wie verrückt. Alles scheint perfekt zu sein. Bis zu dem Tag, an dem seine Eltern einem grausamen Mord zum Opfer fallen. Die Schuld daran gibt er sich selbst. Danach fühlt Jakob sich leer. Nur Baby Martha hält ihn davon ab, sich vollends aufzugeben. Für ein Lächeln von ihr ist er bereit, jedes Opfer zu bringen, um sich den Weg zurück ins Leben zu erkämpfen.

This is a story from the "Chilling Ghost Stories" collection.

"Rejsen til SELU" er tredje bind i Line Kyed Knudsens horrorserie om pigen Emily. Emily og de andre kæmper for at overleve i Nationalparken. Men der er snart ikke mere mad, og jo længere de bliver, jo større er risikoen for, at zombierne finder vej til deres lejr. De er nødt til at forlade parken, og deres eneste mulighed er rumforskningscenteret SELU, hvor de håber på at finde nogle af de svar, de søger.

Seïs se voit contraint d'abandonner Naïs en Principauté pour retourner de toute urgence à Macline. Mais voilà, la jeune femme s'approche dangereusement de Noterre... au risque de tomber entre les griffes du lion blanc. Toutes les fondations du pays sont menacées et risquent de s'effondrer, et au-delà, celles de leur propre existence. Parviendront-ils à protéger leur univers, leur croyance et leur vie ? Réussiront-ils à se retrouver en dépit du fossé qui les sépare désormais ?