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Den 22. november 1963 lød tre skud i Dallas, John F. Kennedy døde, og verden var forandret for altid. MEN hvad nu hvis man kan ændre historiens gang? Skal man så gøre det? Det spørgsmål må 35-årige Jake Epping stille sig selv, den dag hans gamle ven Al viser ham en tidstunnel skjult i den lokale diner. Jake er en helt almindelig mand; high school-lærer, fraskilt og sympatisk - og ikke mindst skeptisk over for tidstunneller. Men Al har forberedt sig godt og overtaler Jake til at tage turen tilbage til 1958, bo der i fem år og gøre et forsøg på at forhindre mordet på Kennedy.

The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by H.P. Lovecraft; Edgar Allan Poe; M.R. James; Oscar Wilde; Joseph Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; Mary Shelley; Robert Louis Stevenson; and Henry James.

Fünf Pistoleros jagen nachts in einer Geisterstadt Vampire – aber wer wirklich die Jäger und wer die Gejagten sind, steht noch nicht fest. Game-Guru Amoxx Bloodshed, seine Freundin Little Bit Crazy und drei weitere Testspieler starten den Probelauf des neuen Horror-Games mit Begeisterung. Hier gibt es keine Außenwelt, hier gibt es keine Hilfe, hier gibt es nur die Pistoleros und ihre blutgierigen Gegner. Man muss sämtliche Monster erledigen und dann zum Kampf mit dem Endgegner antreten.

Panik und Entsetzen herrscht auf einer Insel im Ägäischen Meer. In gewissen Zeitabständen erscheint dort eine Dämonin, die unter den dort Lebenden schreckliche Ernte hält. Niemand wagt sich gegen die Teufelin zur Wehr zu setzen. Denn immer wenn die Knochenreiter erscheinen, weiß man, dass die Dämonin wieder ein Opfer braucht. Und die Knochenreiter, diese grausamen Boten des Unheils, sind unbesiegbar.

There is a secret war growing beneath the streets of London. The immense Sixty-One Nails follows Niall Petersen, from a suspected heart attack on the London Underground, into the hidden world of the Feyre, an uncanny place of legend that lurks just beyond the surface of everyday life. The ancient peoples are at war - but is Niall really the one who can wield the dark magic of the Untainted, and save them all?

Tief auf dem Grund des Ozeans betreibt die US-amerikanische Regierung ein geheimes Labor, in dem verbotene Experimente durchgeführt werden. Die junge FBI-Biologin Cathrin Turner ist entschlossen, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen. Unterstützung erhält sie dabei von dem Reporter Jennings, der die Story seines Lebens wittert. Doch kaum sind die beiden dort angekommen, geraten die Versuche außer Kontrolle und jeder ist sich plötzlich selbst der Nächste. Einer kleinen Gruppe von Menschen gelingt es, vor den unheimlichen Mutanten, die das Labor bedrohen, zu fliehen.

Die Uhr auf dem Kaminsims schlug fünfmal. Mrs. Edith Marbel trat an das Fenster und blickte in den trüben Himmel. Dichter Regen fiel auf London. Als sie hinter sich ein Geräusch hörte, drehte sie sich rasch um. Wieder hörte sie ein Geräusch, ein Schaben und Scharren. Ketten klirrten. Dann erklang ein schauriges, dumpfes Gelächter. Mrs. Marbel presste die Hand vor den Mund. Sie begann zu zittern. Plötzlich füllte sich das Zimmer mit Schreckensgestalten, teuflisch grinsenden Fratzen, Dämonen.

Jack wirbelte herum, doch der grünliche Nebel und das teuflische Gesicht waren verschwunden. So wurde Jack Callum zum Todfeind der Geister – dies ist sein erstes Abenteuer.

In der Wüste von Nevada, nahe Las Vegas, errichtet der Paläontologe Sondstrup einen Vergnügungspark mit lebensecht nachgebildeten Dinosaurier-Skulpturen. Der Fotoreporter Craigh Sanders und seine Kollegin Betty sollen eine Reportage über das ungewöhnliche Projekt machen. Doch schon bald beschleicht die beiden ein seltsames Gefühl. Haben die grausigen Morde der letzten Nächte etwas mit dem Park zu tun? Es scheint, als ob die Opfer riesigen Bestien in die Klauen geraten seien.

أحبَّ قدماء المصريين الهدهد كثيرًا وهم الذين أطلقوا عليه هذا الاسم الذي انتشر وأصبح معروفًا به في كلّ لغات العالم وهم الذين اختاروه له إذ يترامى إلى آذانهم صوت...

As part of the Greatest Generation, Major Anthony Spinelli, a World War II fighter pilot, flew into combat to save his family and keep them free. Two years later, he lost them in the blink of an eye, leaving Tony rudderless and without purpose. Then, on a dark, moonless night, in the skies above 1947 New Mexico, he has an encounter that will change humanity forever. However, when an accident threatens to unleash unimaginable destruction, Tony must race against time and unwinding plots to save us...and maybe himself along the way.

This is complete collection of American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Christian humanism. Stephen King has called Lovecraft "the twentieth Century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.

Settled in is hardly the phrase Azaria would use after being a dungeon core for a month. It isn't that hard to say that she has managed to make a splash on the city of Neo-Chicago. To the point that the top guy, Neo himself has apparently taken an interest in her. Azaria has to deal with them and hopefully not break anything else while being the cutest dungeon core in town. Not that anyone can see her.

The Aether Shift. An event that changed the world forever. Unleashing untold powers onto the minds and bodies of humans on Earth. Some were chosen, against their will, to become something new. Azaria, finally allowed leave the house on her own for the first time, ends up as a Dungeon Core, however, the situation gets turned sideways during the process and she's left alone for nearly a year. Lance, an individual with a hidden past has been struggling in the changed world that is Earth. Meeting Azaria through a twist of fate, what will change with the two brought together.

Azaria has finally learned the purpose of the Aether Shift. With the fate of the world and perhaps more on her shoulders, she fights to unite the people of Earth against a foe that has never known defeat. With Lance and her lost timeline copy, Serena, along with many others to help her challenge the odds against them, can they work together to bring about a miracle or will they fall just like all those before them?

Annja Creed is in London on a secret archaeological dig on the grounds of Hampton Court Palace. The body of a decapitated medieval woman is unearthed. Annja helps to determine her cause of death and identify her. Who murdered her and why was she silenced? The grisly discovery leads Annja and Roux Dupree to a secret society of knights as they uncover a royal conspiracy. In the 1500s, King Henry VIII had two of his wives arrested and beheaded. Is this new body connected to the dead queens?

They called him the Young Pretender, a Prince of England whose throne was stolen from him. Charles Stuart risked a blood bath for his crown. To fund his war between Scotland and England, Charles had millions in gold buried by his followers and lost to time. Annja, Roux, and Garin team up to hunt for the Jacobite treasure from the underground alleys in Edinburgh, to the misty hills, lochs, and castles of The Highlands.

Para resolver definitivamente uma antiga disputa de terras, o Duque de Northallerton pretende oferecer a mão de sua filha Caroline em casamento para o Duque de Lynchester. Caroline fica desesperada ao descobrir os planos de seu pai, pois está loucamente apaixonada por outro, o charmoso e bonito Edward Dalkirk! Para proteger sua irmã mais velha, Elfa implora secretamente ao Duque de Lynchester para que ele se case com ela no lugar de sua irmã.

Trapped in a cave in the Hindu Kush, Annja Creed has a dream vision of the Monkey King, trickster hero of the Chinese classic Journey to the West, who charges her to protect her rescuer, a historian seeking the scepter that may have inspired the Monkey King’s magic staff. The key lies in a lost journal from the Dunhuang Library, an ancient trove of knowledge deep in the Gobi Desert. But unseen rivals will kill to protect the secret or claim it for themselves. Annja begins her own journey, protecting her friend from danger and death, in the footsteps of the Monkey King himself.

Orson is a young boy whose mother works at the U.S. Army base in Germany in the 1950s. There, he becomes a fan of a G.I. stationed at the base, one Elvis Presley, whose music is played over and over on the radio. When Orson is caught stealing recordings of Elvis' tunes from the PX, the attendant publicity catches the star's attention, and he comes to visit his young fan. Thus begins a lifelong friendship.