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By Nazarea Andrews. 2014
Separated from Finn, captive of the Order, Nurrin has no hope left. But she has survived twenty years of zombies,…
and she has the unshakable faith that Finn will find her. But Finn is a long way away. The Order's influence runs deeper than was ever suspected, and politics are shifting--and zombies may not be the most dangerous thing she's facing. Finn always thought the war stripped him of all he had to lose. But with Nurrin missing and doors closing in his face, he realizes there is always more for the world to take--and he will drag the remains of civilization down with him before he gives up on the only promise that matters. Sequel to "The horde without end", followed by "The ruin of the world". 2014.By Stephen King. 2008
In the emotional aftermath of her baby's sudden death, Em starts running. Soon she runs from her husband, to the…
airport, down to the Florida Gulf and out to the loneliest stretch of Vermillion Key, where her father has offered the use of a conch shack he has kept there for years. Em keeps up her running'barefoot on the beach, sneakers on the road'and sees virtually no one. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences. 2008.By Stephen King. 1999
While her brother and mother argue up ahead on the Maine hiking trail, nine-year-old Trisha stops to relieve herself and…
becomes lost for days in the wilderness. Her imaginary conversations with Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon help her cope with the evil thing that's following her. 1999.By Clive Barker. 1989
Armageddon begins quickly. It is 1971. In the small Californian town of Palomo Grove four girls go swimming in a…
mysterious and haunted lake. Nine months later several children are born. Their prize is the Art, the greatest power known to mankind. Dreams will be made real. At last the grove will see the Great and Secret Show. It will never be the same again; nor will the world. Strong language. Followed by "Everville" (DC17398). 1989. (Book of the art ; 1)By James Herbert. 1994
When sightings of ghosts are reported in Sleath, a small and usually peaceful village in the Chiltern Hills, David Ash,…
a psychic investigator, is sent to investigate. What he uncovers there drives him to the very edge of insanity and in the final night of horror, awesome and malign forces are unleashed in the supernatural storm that threatens to consume the village. Sequel to "Haunted", followed by "Ash". 1994.By Charles Stross. 2011
Covert agent Bob Howard is learning about a top-secret dossier that vanishes with his boss. Determined to discover the contents…
of this memorandum, Howard runs afoul of Russian spies, ancient demons, and apostles of a hideous cult planning to raise the Eater of Souls from the undead. Sequel to "The Jennifer morgue", followed by "The apocalypse codex". 2011.By Katharine Kerr. 2001
In the year 850, Prince Maryn prepares to assume the throne. The ill-fated love affair between the prince and the…
magical Lilli comes to an end. Raena and Rhodry continue their rivalry two centuries later. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The Black Raven". c2001. (Dragon mage ; 3)By Joe Hill. 2016
When a bizarre virulent plague breaks out in the world's major cities, causing victims to spontaneously combust, a dedicated nurse…
resolves to survive until her baby is born, and receives protection from a mysterious infected man who uses his fire symptoms to help others. Bestseller. 2016.By Simon Bestwick. 2016
Alice Collier moves back to the suburb of Crawbeck, on a hill outside the English city of Manchester, following the…
end of her marriage and loss of her daughter. Her new house looks ordinary, but sometimes, the world outside the windows isn’t the one you expect to see. John Revell, an old flame of Alice’s, reluctantly comes to her aid when the house begins to reveal its secrets. The hill on which it sits is a place of legends – of Old Harry, the Beast of Crawbeck, of the Virgin of the Height and of the mysterious Red Man – and home to the secrets of the shadowy Arodias Thorne. And now Alice and John are all that stand between him and rest of our world. 2016.By Terry Pratchett. 1999
Sam Vimes is a man on the run and if he cannot make it through the forest to civilization there…
is going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They are bright, they are fast, they are werewolves - and they are catching up. Sequel to "Carpe jugulum" (DC30610). 1999. (Discworld ; 24).By George H Szanto. 2001
The tale of an eighteenth-century ranch-owning Mexican noblewoman who was feared and revered by many people. A woman of beauty,…
intelligence, remarkable intuition, and an uncompromising sense of justice, her beloved husband dies unexpectedly during a session of passionate lovemaking. He comes back as an otherworldly presence to watch over her, give her practical advice and take note from his new vantage point of how those around his wife and three daughters conduct themselves. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2001.By Richard Dalby, E. F. Edward Frederic Benson. 2001
United by a perfect chilling atmosphere and graceful literary style, these ghostly stories range from the horror of vampires, homicidal…
ghosts and monstrous spectral worms and slugs to the satire of humorous tales that poke fun at charlatan mediums and fake seances. 2001.By Benjamin Percy. 2017
The Dark Net is real. An anonymous and often criminal arena that exists in the secret, far reaches of the…
Web, some use it to manage Bitcoins, pirate movies and music, or traffic in drugs and stolen goods. And now, an ancient darkness is gathering there as well. These demons are threatening to spread virally into the real world unless they can be stopped by members of a ragtag crew. But they have no idea what the Dark Net really contains. 2017.By Barb Hendee, J. C Hendee. 2017
In the dark reaches of the eastern continent, Tris Vishal travels from village to village, using his power to put…
unsettled spirits to rest. He works alone, having learned that letting people close only leads to more death. Still, he finds himself accepting the help of the Mondyalítko woman who saves his life--a woman whose gifts are as much a burden as his own. Mari Kaleja thirsted for vengeance since the night her family was taken from her. She has searched far and wide for the one she thinks responsible, known only as "The Dead's Man." But before she can kill him, she has to be sure. Mari hopes traveling with Tris will confirm her suspicions. But as they embark on a hunt where the living are just as dangerous as the dead, she learns the risks of keeping your enemy close. Because it's no longer clear who is predator and who is prey. 2017.By Sheridan Le Fanu, Paul M Chapman. 2007
Set in the village of Chapelizod, near Dublin, in the 1760s the story opens with the accidental disinterment of an…
old skull in the churchyard, and an eerie late-night funeral. This discovery relates to murders, both recent and historical, whose repercussions disrupt the complacent pace of village affairs and change the lives of many of its notable characters forever. 2007.By Elizabeth Kostova. 2005
Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters…
addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an evil hidden in the depths of history. 2005.By Nancy Springer. 1988
Bobbi Yandro has psychic powers and is troubled by what seems to be the ghost of her father. Given a…
horse, Shane, for her birthday, Bobbi runs away and eventually arrives at the home of witch Hazel where Bobbi learns more about Shane and herself. c1988.By Kay Hooper. 1994
Josie Douglas came to the isolated country cottage with her research, a good alibi, and a gun, hoping to have…
enough time to unravel the facts behind the tragedy that, years before, had shattered her life. Instead, a series of strange coincidences, a ghostly visitor, and a mysterious brass key provide another mystery: a house haunted by its own dark past. There's also Marc Westbrook, a landlord who embodies the meaning of the term drop-dead handsome, but can Josie trust him with the secret that drove her into seclusion? 2008, c1994.By Joan Aiken. 1991
A young boy in the 18th century records his experiences with ghosts and family tragedy in a journal. A century…
later, the journal is found by the manor tenant, Henry James, whose attempts to publish the writings are thwarted. Now the manor is occupied by E.F. Benson who inadvertently brings the whole business into the open. 1991.By Shirley Jackson. 1985
Hill House, an ugly, abandoned old mansion, attracts four strangers to its haunted domain. Dr. Montague, an occult scholar, visits…
the house with three other people to find evidence of haunting. At first, they find little of interest beyond some odd noises, but the House is gathering its powers to make one of them its own. 1985, c1959.