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By Raymond E Feist. 2009
A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor.…
To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mystic herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers. Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a clever young thief, he will confront an ancient evil and do battle with the dark powers that threaten the enchanted realm of Midkemia. Followed by "A darkness at Sethanon" (DC37493). 2009. (Riftwar Saga ; 2)By John L Campbell. 2014
In the weeks following the Omega Virus outbreak, survivors form desperate clusters, uniting to defend against hordes of the walking…
dead. But they can only hide for so long. Father Xavier Church never wanted to be a leader. Nonetheless, he’s grown attached to his fellow survivors, and he won’t let anyone cause them harm - though he may be the one who inadvertently leads them to destruction. As the numbers of the dead swell, the living are running out of safe havens - especially when the biggest threats lie within their own ranks. Sequel to “Omega Days”. Followed by “Drifters”. 2014.By James Herbert. 1984
A little deaf-mute girl called Alice has a vision in which a lady in shimmering white says she is the…
immaculate conception. Suddenly Alice can hear and speak again and can perform miracles. Soon the site of the visitation, beneath an ancient oak tree, has become a shrine - a holy place for thousands of pilgrims. But Alice is no longer the guileless child overwhelmed by her new saintliness. She has become the agent of something corrupt, a vile force that is centuries old. Innocence and evil have become one. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. 1984.By Loren D Estleman. 1978
Purports to be a true account by Dr. Watson of events falsified by “an Irishman named Bram Stoker.” He claims…
that it was Holmes who rid England of Count Dracula in 1890. 1978.By Meg Cabot. 2005
Sixteen-year-old Susannah Simon is a mediator who can see and speak with ghosts. As a bridge between the living and…
the dead, she gets called on to help troubled ghosts take care of unfinished business. Soon after she and her mother move from New York City to sunny California, Suze meets the sexiest boy she's ever seen. But there are two problems: he's a ghost, and he's haunting her room. Followed by "Ninth Key". Junior and Senior High. 2005.By James Herbert. 1987
Hidden in a small valley is Neath, a house that holds a dark secret. Living there is a psychic called…
Kline who is part of that dreadful secret. Together with the guardian of the house, they serve a force that threatens mankind. Sensing a terrible danger, they look to an outsider to protect them all. His name is Halloran and he will combat physical corruption, find love of a perverse nature and confront the darkness of his own soul. Descriptions of violence. 1987.By Alvin Schwartz, George Irving. 2007
Ghoulish stories of ghosts and witches, startling "jump" stories, macabre songs, frightening legends, and modern-day horror stories. Tales of hauntings,…
walking corpses, dancing bones, vampires, monsters, and narrow escapes from death. Let the faint of heart beware! For grades 4-7 and older readers.By Catherine Gildiner. 2005
Inmate Kate Fitzgerald, a Freud expert, is offered parole by prison psychiatrist Gardonne if she can uncover what researcher Anders…
Konzak has found that will "make psychoanalysis obsolete". When key players - who were all last seen with Kate - begin turning up dead, she suspects she's being set up - who would believe a convict who murdered her husband? All she can hope is that following the threads of Konzak's research will keep her one step ahead of Gardonne, and lead her to the real killer. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2005.By Mildred B Davis. 1977
By R. L Stine. 1996
Greg Banks has to give an oral report of a true story for his English class. But when he talks…
about the old camera he found last summer, his teacher, Mr. Saur, doesn't believe him and gives Greg an F. The only way Greg can get a better grade is to bring the evil camera to school and take a picture. Sequel to "The Beast From the East". Followed by "Ghost Camp". Grades 4-7. 1996. (Goosebumps ; 44)By Stéphanie Gervais. 2018
Clara va passer quelques jours chez son frère aîné qui habite Québec. Pour s'y rendre, elle décide de faire du…
covoiturage. Prendre la dangereuse route 175 de nuit et traverser une réserve faunique des plus sauvages en compagnie d’un jeune conducteur qu’elle ne connaît pas, recruté sur Internet, ne lui fait pas peur! Une heure après leur départ, Clara et son conducteur, Alex, sont plongés en plein cœur d’une tempête de neige infernale. La voiture tombe en panne. Les deux adolescents sont pris au piège. Pourquoi Alex et Clara ont-ils la désagréable impression qu’on les pourchasse dans ces bois terrifiants ? Qui peut bien vouloir s’en prendre à eux dans cet environnement hostile et sauvage? Les deux adolescents sortiront-ils indemnes de cette tempête ? Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2018.By Stephen King, William Olivier Desmond. 1999
Un romancier à succès, reclus dans sa maison près du lac, rencontre des problèmes d'inspiration suite à la mort de…
son épouse. Des phénomènes bizarres se produisent dans sa résidence d'été et s'intensifient lorsqu'il s'éprend d'une jolie veuve. Descriptions régulières de nature sexuelle, quelques descriptions de violence, et beaucoup de langage grossier. 1999.By Stephen King, William Olivier Desmond. 1997
Rose Daniels, mariée depuis 14 ans à un homme tyrannique et violent, s'enfuit dans une ville lointaine. Elle y commence…
une nouvelle vie et troque son alliance contre le tableau de Rose Madder, qui devient le joint de départ d'un rêve étrange. Mais le mari de Rosie n'a de cesse que de la retrouver. Beaucoup de langage grossier, descriptions régulières de violence. 1997.By Mercedes Lackey. 1994
Jennifer Talldeer, also known as Kestrel-Hunts-Alone, is an Osage shaman-in-training as well as a private investigator in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She…
is looking into an accident at a construction site on which an Indian burial ground has been discovered. As she begins her probe, Jennifer suspects a conspiracy. She also questions why her grandfather has not made her a full shaman. Some strong language and some violence. 1994.By Clive Barker. 1996
Wildlife photographer Will Rabjohns is attacked by a six-hundred-pound female bear and slips into a coma. While he's unconscious, long-buried…
memories from his childhood return, including the evil perpetrated by Jacob Steep and Rosa McGee. Will recovers to explore unresolved issues. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1996.By Christopher Fowler. 1990
After ad-man Harry Buckingham is questioned about the death of his estranged father, he pursues his own investigation into the…
mysterious messages received by the late Mr. Buckingham. A fast-paced horror story set in modern-day London. 1990.By Ira Levin. 1967
Ignoring the warnings of an old friend, Rosemary and her husband move to an apartment in Manhattan which has been…
the scene of witchcraft, cannibalism, and suicide. Then Rosemary becomes pregnant under strange circumstances in a threatening environment. 2005, c1967.By Gillian Cross. 1987
Roscoe's Leap is the name of the strange old house where Stephen and Hannah have grown up. For Hannah it…
means a place where the heating is always breaking down but for Stephen it is a place of secrets, a place where something once happened to him, something dark and terrifying. Grades 4-7. 1987.By Stephen Knight. 1979
While investigating a rash of strange murders by the elusive Deptford Strangler in London in 1902, a retired police inspector…
and his nephew discover that a similar series of murders occurred in the year 1454 in Rogano, Italy. 1979.By Roald Dahl. 1983