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The Lamplighter
by Anthony O'NeillAn atmospheric thriller set in nineteenth-century Edinburgh, Anthony O'Neill's elegant, darkly masterful novel is full of psychological suspense and first-rate horror. Evelyn is a clever orphan at the Fountainbridge Institute for Destitute Girls. Enchanted by a cheerful lamplighter who fires the streetlamp outside her window each evening, she mesmerizes the other girls with flights of fancy. In a time before Freudian awareness of sexuality and the subconscious mind, such tales are forbidden by the institute's governor, who warns Evelyn to cease her nocturnal storytelling. Evelyn defies him -- and is cast out of the orphanage and sacrificed to a shadowy figure claiming to be her long-lost father. Who is this man, and why does he lock Evelyn away in a hunting lodge?Years later, the mutilated body of a professor of ecclesiastical law turns up on one of Edinburgh's finest streets; the grave of a famous colonel is ravaged; a shady entrepreneur is slaughtered while dashing for a train; and a retired lighthouse keeper is ripped to shreds while walking his dog -- all this after Evelyn, now a young woman, has reappeared in the city. What connects the victims? And what of Evelyn, anguished and appealing, who repeatedly claims to have dreamed the murders in great detail -- each time blaming a mysterious "lamplighter"?Leading the official investigation is Carus Groves, a conceited yet effective police inspector desperate to cap his unremarkable career with a sensational case. Heading up the unofficial investigation is a disillusioned professor of logic and metaphysics, Thomas McKnight, and his assistant, Joseph Canavan, a strapping young gravedigger. Using reason, intuition, philosophy, and luck, these men race to solve the murders and unveil the source of Evelyn's torment, and in so doing penetrate the very gates of Hell.
Lanche da Meia-Noite
by Terry M. WestNeste conto de horror altamente aclamado por Terry M. West, Calvin Winslow é um homem casado e infeliz que toma um caminho tarde da noite e encontra uma estrada infernal.
The Land
by Thomas MaltmanA story of violence at the heart of a pastoral landscape, from the author of Indie Next pick and All Iowa Reads selection Little Wolves Recovering from a terrible auto accident just before the turn of the millennium, college dropout and hobbyist computer-game programmer Lucien Swenson becomes the caretaker of a house in northern Minnesota. Shortly after moving in, Lucien sets out to find a woman with whom he had an affair, who vanished along with money stolen from the bank where they had worked together. His search will take him to Rose of Sharon, a white supremacist church deep in the wilderness, where a cabal of outcasts await the end of the world at a place they call The Land. Lucien is visited at the house by a mysterious guest, who may not be who she claims, as well as a vast flock of violent ravens out of an apocalyptic vision. At once a mystery and spiritual noir, The Land explores the dark side of belief, entrenched white supremacy in the Heartland, the uniquely American obsession with end times, and the sacrifices we make for those we love.
The Land Leviathan
by Michael MoorcockSeeking the answer to the mystery of life, Captain Oswald Bastable visits the Temple of the Future Buddha and is thrown through time to a new twentieth century. Plague, anarchy and superstition rule the world where he finds himself. Bands of diseased mutants pillage the continents while pirate U-boats prowl the oceans. But from this chaos emerges Black Attila, commander of the African Hordes and master of the most terrible weapon ever devised by Man - the Land Leviathan, a terrifying ziggurat on wheels, a moving mountain of deadly artillery. At last, after centuries of cruel oppression, the Land Leviathan helps the Black Attila establish Black Power on an unimaginable, global scale. Unimaginable, that is, to anyone except Michael Moorcock who has re-written the history of the twentieth century in his own totally original, biting style.
Land of Dreams
by James P. BlaylockWhen a boat-sized shoe and giant spectacles wash up on the shore, three of the town's orphans - Jack, Skeezix, and Helen - know there's something fishy going on, and the old ghost in the orphanage attic is inclined to agree. An evil carnival comes to town, run by a sinister gentleman who can turn himself into a crow. A mouse-sized man hiding in the woodwork leaves Jack an elixir that might, just might, allow him to cross during Solstice to another world, a mysterious land of dreams that holds the key to Jack's past and all their adventures.Land Of Dreams is a phantasmagorical adventure reminiscent of Charles Finney's The Circus of Dr. Lao and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.REVIEWS:"... a singular American fabulist." -- William Gibson"Land Of Dreams is Blaylock's best yet - powerful, magical, suspenseful and funny, this novel sails us through the supernatural backwaters of the northern California coast, and none of its readers will ever quite be able to leave its landscape of rotting waterfront towns, and strange songs echoing in from the sea, and vast, unknown cities visible on dubious horizons. Blaylock is the best of contemporary writers, and Land Of Dreams is destined to be one of the field's classics." -- Tim Powers"Striking, beautifully turned surreal fantasy... Weird, complex, wise, original, delightful: pounce!" -- Kirkus Reviews
The Land of Lost Things: A Novel (The Book of Lost Things #2)
by John ConnollyThe redemptive power of stories and family is revealed in New York Times bestselling author John Connolly&’s atmospheric tale set in the same magical universe as the &“enchanting, engrossing, and enlightening&” (Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale) The Book of Lost Things.&“Twice upon a time—for that is how some stories should continue…&” Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident—a body without a spirit. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud the fairy stories Phoebe loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world. But an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, to journey to a land colored by the memories of childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father—a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; a land where old enemies are watching and waiting… The Land of Lost Things.
Land-of-Mists
by Garry KilworthIt was always Keito's destiny to lead the Polynesian armies against the Celts and the Picts of the Land-of-Mists. And now the time has come. The Warriors are assembled, the boats are ready, and the gods are preparing for the confrontation.Only Seumas, the Celtic warrior taken from his homeland years before, speaks out against the great adventure. But Seumas is an old man now, embittered by the loss of his beloved wife, Dorcha. Not even the love of his son, Craig, can console him.Soon the mighty army is on the move, crossing the sea towards the unknown land, and Seumas and Craig swell its numbers. They encounter storms, magic, monsters and tragedy even before they reach their destination - the cold, rainy land of muted colours that will decide their fate - and that of their gods.LAND-OF-MISTS is the thrilling climax to the wonderfully epic Navigator Kings series.
Land of the Dead: A Stoker's Wilde Novel (Stoker's Wilde)
by Steven Hopstaken Melissa PrusiBram Stoker and Oscar Wilde unite once more to battle spirits and demons invading our world. Third book in the series. Grimdark Magazine called the first book an "addictive, clever and extremely fun horror adventure." Book 3 in the Stoker's Wilde series!Booklist on the first book in this series, Stoker's Wilde: "Pass this volume on to readers who are hungry for more historical stories with a supernatural frame." Science and the supernatural collide in this terrifying tale of witches, reanimated corpses and spirits invading our world from beyond the grave. Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde have returned to their lives in London after their adventures in the American West. Bram is managing a theatre and Oscar is rising to fame and planning his upcoming wedding when they are once again called upon to battle supernatural evil. Grief-crazed scientist Victor Mueller needs Bram&’s unusual blood for his mad quest to bring his dead wife back to life, and he&’ll resort to kidnapping to get it. Meanwhile, a young medium named Lorna Bow runs fake séances in London under the thumb of an abusive uncle. When her mother Endora returns, Lorna learns the truth: they come from a long line of witches, and soon Endora has awakened Lorna&’s dormant powers. When the scientist and the witches combine forces, all Hell breaks loose. Long-dead souls find themselves back in the land of the living, and some of them have scores to settle with our heroes. But as Mueller&’s ambition and her mother&’s desire for vengeance against the men who imprisoned her become clear, Lorna soon finds herself questioning the morality of their work.Bram and Oscar must team up with American secret agent Cora Chase to protect all they hold dear. Only a mission into the Land of the Dead can stop Mueller and Endora from bringing back more souls. Bram&’s wife Florence must call on the monster-fighting skills she honed in America, and even Oscar&’s bride Constance has to face new challenges as she learns how the supernatural has shaped her own history. In an adventure that spans continents – and even other worlds – they confront old enemies and unknown dangers. Teaming up with old friends Teddy Roosevelt and Richard Burton and new allies like Arthur Conan Doyle and Nicola Tesla, they too must harness both science and magic to protect our world from intruders from the Land of the Dead.FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
Land of Unreason (Gateway Essentials #57)
by L. Sprague deCamp Fletcher PrattOn Midsummer's Eve, as everybody knows, you should leave a bowl of milk out for the fairies. Unfortunately - or fortunately - Fred Barber, an American diplomat convalescing in Yorkshire, didn't take the obligation with proper seriousness. He swapped the milk for a stiff dose of Scotch. So he had only himself to blame if the fairies got a bit muddled. Barber found himself in an Old English Fairyland. At the Court of King Oberon, to be precise. The natural - or supernatural - laws there were, to say the least of it, distinctly odd. Things kept changing. This made the mssion with which he was entrusted, as the price of his return to the normal world, even harder than he expected. He had to penetrate the Kobold Hills, where it was said that swords were being made, and discover if an ancient enemy had returned. He was given a magic wand - but not told how to use it. Through the fields and forests he went, meeting dryads and sprites, ogres and two-headed eagles, on the way. Danger, seduction and magic lay all around him. And, as the adventure continued, somehow it darkened and became more seriousness. At the end of Fred Barber's quest lay a shattering revelation.
Lande sconosciute: Libro Fantasy, Suspense e Avventure (Collana: Corvi e Draghi #1)
by A. P. HernándezFuori dalle mura di Düré si sta sviluppando la più grande minaccia che l'umanità abbia mai affrontato. Dopo tanti anni di pace, l'oscurità rinasce, la dea Thënda lascia il regno delle ombre. Lord Tovel, in segreto, sceglie otto dei suoi uomini più valorosi e affida loro una missione: raggiungere Nebula e chiedere l'aiuto di Re Fird. Rodrik e i suoi uomini dovranno lasciare la sicurezza offerta dalle mura di Düré e affrontare un viaggio pieno di intrighi, magia e pericoli.
The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight #1)
by Stephen KingNo. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two-man cockpit crew was also gone. He believed Flight 29 was heading east on automatic pilot. On a red-eye flight from L. A. to Boston, ten passengers wake up to discover everyone else has disappeared. Brian Engle, a trained pilot, remembers something about a strange aurora borealis and turbulence reports over the desert. Now he has to try to land the plane.But the safe haven of Bangor airport is not what it seems. It's eerily empty. The clocks have stopped. The food and drink is tasteless. The fuel doesn't burn. And the sound, like 'radio static', is getting closer. Craig Toomy, an investment banker, believes he knows what's coming. The Langoliers. Which means time is, quite literally, running out . . .A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant read from the masterful Stephen King.
The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight #1)
by Stephen KingNo. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky is now available as a stand-alone publication.The flight attendants were gone; almost all the passengers were gone; Brian Engle was willing to bet the 767's two-man cockpit crew was also gone. He believed Flight 29 was heading east on automatic pilot. On a red-eye flight from L. A. to Boston, ten passengers wake up to discover everyone else has disappeared. Brian Engle, a trained pilot, remembers something about a strange aurora borealis and turbulence reports over the desert. Now he has to try to land the plane.But the safe haven of Bangor airport is not what it seems. It's eerily empty. The clocks have stopped. The food and drink is tasteless. The fuel doesn't burn. And the sound, like 'radio static', is getting closer. Craig Toomy, an investment banker, believes he knows what's coming. The Langoliers. Which means time is, quite literally, running out . . .A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant listen from the masterful Stephen King.(P) 2016 Simon & Schuster Audio
The Langoliers (Playaway Adult Fiction Ser.)
by Stephen KingStephen King&’s unforgettable novella—first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries—about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky.On a cross-country, redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken in Bangor, Maine, to find that the crew and most of their fellow passengers have disappeared. The airport shows no signs of life. Yet they hear &“radio static&” in the distance. Craig Toomey, an irritable investment banker on the verge of a breakdown, believes it is &“The Langoliers,&” monsters he was afraid of as a child who attack those who waste time. It&’s mystery author Bob Jenkins who first theorizes that they have flown through a time rip. Bob declares they have entered a place that forbids time travelers to observe or interfere with past events. It turns out that Craig is right, in a way. Two creatures, followed by hundreds more, emerge from the forest and head for the plane, consuming everything in their path. Can the survivors manage to fly the plane back to Los Angeles, back to the correct time, before The Langoliers succeed in their deadly mission to destroy the plane and the world? Dinah Bellman, the young blind girl whose aunt did not survive the time rip, has the greatest insight of all. A spine-tingling, propulsive novella, The Langoliers is a brilliant read from the masterful Stephen King.
The Language of Cannibals (Mongo Mystery #8)
by George C. ChesbroA circus-performer-turned-PI uncovers dark secrets in a Hudson River town in this novel of “bloodcurdling adventure” and “genuine suspense” (Publishers Weekly). With a genius IQ, a past career as a circus acrobat, and a black belt in karate, criminology professor Dr. Robert Frederickson—better known as “Mongo the Magnificent”—has a decidedly unusual background for a private investigator. He also just so happens to be a dwarf. When his friend, FBI agent Michael Burana, suspiciously drowns in the small town of Cairn, New York, Mongo’s pursuit of the truth takes him up the Hudson River to the scene of the crime. Long known as a village populated by artists, intellectuals, and writers, Cairn has recently become home to ultraconservative political commentator Elysius Culhane, whose autobiography title, If You’re Not Right You’re Wrong, is less a pun than a personal manifesto. Mongo couldn’t care less about politics, but there’s something about Culhane that just isn’t right. And as Mongo and his brother, Garth, attempt to discern the real reason for Agent Burana’s death, they will uncover a conspiracy that could leave them both swimming with the fishes . . . The Language of Cannibals is the 8th book in the Mongo Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Language of Dying
by Sarah PinboroughIn this emotionally gripping, genre-defying novella from Sarah Pinborough, a woman sits at her father's bedside, watching the clock tick away the last hours of his life. Her brothers and sisters--she is the middle child of five--have all turned up over the past week to pay their last respects. Each is traumatized in his or her own way, and the bonds that unite them to each other are fragile--as fragile perhaps as the old man's health. With her siblings all gone, back to their self-obsessed lives, she is now alone with the faltering wreck of her father's cancer-ridden body. It is always at times like this when it--the dark and nameless, the impossible, presence that lingers along the fringes of the dark fields beyond the house--comes calling.As the clock ticks away in the darkness, she can only wait for it to find her, a reunion she both dreads and aches for...
The Language of Dying
by Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES comes a beautiful, harrowing, heartbreaking story, filled with exquisite truths.'A beautiful story, honestly told' Neil GaimanTonight is a special terrible night. A woman sits at her father's bedside, watching the clock tick away the last hours of his life. Her brothers and sisters - all broken, their bonds fragile - have been there for the past week, but now she is alone. And that's when it always comes. The clock ticks, the darkness beckons.If it comes at all.
The Language of Fear
by Del JamesA collection of fifteen short stories that explore the dark side of the human experience, including that of a heavy metal star locked in a war with his TV set, and a married man about to murder his wife at the behest of a dial-a-porn hooker.
Lankar of Callisto
by Lin CarterJANDAR THE LOST ALIEN...in the mysterious and treacherous domain of the insidious Mind Wizards. Searching for him is a fearless armada of his loyal friends, and a stranger who knows him better than anyone on Callisto. The stranger, Lankar, is none other than Lin Carter, accidentally transported through the Gate Between the Worlds to the land of the Thanatorians. Aware of Jandar's plight, Lankar joins the search beyond the world's edge and suddenly finds himself battling for his own existence against the most nightmarish creatures on the planet - the gruesome flesh robots of Kuur and the fiendish Mind Wizards of Callisto themselves...
The Lantern
by Deborah LawrensonA modern gothic novel of love, secrets, and murder-set against the lush backdrop of Provence Meeting Dom was the most incredible thing that had ever happened to me. When Eve falls for the secretive, charming Dom in Switzerland, their whirlwind relationship leads them to Les GenÉvriers, an abandoned house set among the fragrant lavender fields of the South of France. Each enchanting day delivers happy discoveries: hidden chambers, secret vaults, a beautiful wrought-iron lantern. Deeply in love and surrounded by music, books, and the heady summer scents of the French countryside, Eve has never felt more alive. But with autumn's arrival the days begin to cool, and so, too, does Dom. Though Eve knows he bears the emotional scars of a failed marriage-one he refuses to talk about-his silence arouses suspicion and uncertainty. The more reticent Dom is to explain, the more Eve becomes obsessed with finding answers-and with unraveling the mystery of his absent, beautiful ex-wife, Rachel. Like its owner, Les GenÉvriers is also changing. Bright, warm rooms have turned cold and uninviting; shadows now fall unexpectedly; and Eve senses a presence moving through the garden. Is it a ghost from the past or a manifestation of her current troubles with Dom? Can she trust Dom, or could her life be in danger? Eve does not know that Les GenÉvriers has been haunted before. BÉnÉdicte Lincel, the house's former owner, thrived as a young girl within the rich elements of the landscape: the violets hidden in the woodland, the warm wind through the almond trees. She knew the bitter taste of heartbreak and tragedy-long-buried family secrets and evil deeds that, once unearthed, will hold shocking and unexpected consequences for Eve.
L'antre du Diable: Un thriller surnaturel captivant (Un thriller de Néphilim #1)
by Jeff AltabefMon nom est Steven Cabbott, et je suis un ancien espion avec un passé sombre. J'essaie de changer, mais certaines habitudes vous collent à la peau, et tuer est l'une de ces habitudes. •GAGNANT : Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Meilleur thriller (été 2018) •GAGNANT : Readers' Favorite Book Award - Médaille de bronze : Fiction - Surnaturel (2019) •FINALISTE : Next Generation Indie Book Award - Paranormal (2019) J'ai récemment commencé à voir des démons et j'ai même dû en combattre quelques-uns. Je soupçonne que cela a quelque chose à voir avec ma mère qui est folle à lier. Elle a tué mon père quand j'étais jeune, prétendant qu'il était un démon. Je pensais qu'elle était folle. Maintenant, je n'en suis plus si sûr. Je suis rentré chez moi pour découvrir la vérité sur mon passé, quand mon ancien amour, Kate, m'a demandé de l'aide. Je n'avais pas eu de ses nouvelles depuis seize ans, mais je lui dois bien ça. Une secte mystérieuse a kidnappé sa fille adolescente, et je suis la seule chance qu'elle a de la récupérer. Ce qui semble être une simple affaire se transforme en un combat bien plus important entre la lumière et les ténèbres. Il semble que le paradis et l'enfer veuillent utiliser mes services, ce qui m'oblige à faire un choix plutôt difficile. Pour ne rien arranger, un ange déchu veut une relation romantique malsaine avec moi et n'accepte pas de refus. Du moins, c'est ce que je pense, mais pour être honnête, je n'ai qu'une vague prise sur la réalité pour le moment. Si vous aimez Jim Butcher, Michael Anderle, Shayne Silvers ou K.F. Breene, vous adorerez la série « Un thriller de Néphilim», acclamée par la critique. EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRÉSENTE un regard intriguant et passionnant sur une grande bataille entre le bien et le mal, qui pourrait mener à la fin des temps, avec le premier
L’apocalissi di Wildermoor: libro primo Accolito
by Chris Tetreault-BlayLo avevano creato per dar vita a un nuovo mondo. Poi però tornò per distruggerlo. Nel 1684 la figlia di Franklin James, Evelyn, scompare di casa nel cuore della notte. Partiti alla sua ricerca, i soccorritori si spingono fino ai confini più segreti di Wildermoor, finendo direttamente nelle grinfie del Consiglio della Luce Eterna. Centinaia di anni dopo l’ispettore Truman Darke tenta in ogni modo di incastrare Colin Dexler, sospettato di aver commesso un inspiegabile omicidio di inaudita brutalità. Un altro delitto capovolgerà però le vite di entrambi. Diventato ora il principale sospettato, Truman fugge in cerca di risposte, scoprendo così tratti misteriosi e impensabili del suo passato e trovandosi ad affrontare un male oscuro rimasto in agguato nelle tenebre per oltre trecento anni.
Lapvona
by Ottessa MoshfeghUNO DE LOS LIBROS MÁS ESPERADOS DEL AÑO SEGÚN THE GUARDIAN, THE TIMES O HARPER 'S BAZAAR, POR LA AUTORA DEL FENÓMENO MI AÑO DE DESCANSO Y RELAJACIÓN, GANADORA DE LOS PREMIOS PEN/HEMINGWAY, PUSHCART Y O. HENRY «Como suele pasar con las obras de Ottessa Moshfegh, nunca has leído una novela como esta».Virginia Feito «La mejor escritora de su generación».Lourdes Ventura, El Cultural En la aldea medieval de Lapvona, el pequeño Marek vive en la más absoluta pobreza con su padre Jude, viudo, devoto y agresivo. Cojo, con la cara deforme y una concepción distorsionada de la realidad, Marek solo halla consuelo en su temor de Dios y en sus visitas a Ina, una anciana con saberes ocultos que vive alejada del mundo. Cuando una muerte violenta lo sitúa en el epicentro de la vida palaciega, Marek pasa a convertirse en un auténtico aristócrata dentro de la corte del corrupto y ensimismado señor feudal que gobierna Lapvona. Sin embargo, su nuevo estatus se verá amenazado por la llegada de una misteriosa mujer embarazada, de rasgos sospechosamente similares a los suyos. Moshfegh hace brillar como nunca el candoroso sadismo que ya es su seña de identidad en este «cuento de hadas para la edad moderna» (Virginia Feito), una hipnótica historia donde se funden brujería, superstición y crudeza, que pone de manifiesto su «brillante intelecto y mente insaciable» (The New York Times). «La gran revelación de la literatura estadounidense reciente».Xavi Ayén y Francesc Bombí-Vilaseca, La Vanguardia «Tan perturbadora como siempre, Ottessa Mossfegh bucea en la perversión y la codicia de un indeterminado pueblo europeo».Jaime Cedillo, El Cultural «Su prosa resulta incómoda y perversa, pero fascinante».Woman «En la honestidad de sus preguntas irresueltas arroja más luz que muchos otros en la facilidad de gatillo de sus respuestas».Eva Blanco, Vogue «Historia, mito y folclore. [...] Su estilo afilado regresa con Lapvona, [...] una historia medieval en forma de crítica astuta sobre la vida moderna».Elle «Una escritora bendecida, como Henry James o Vladimir Nabokov, con la genialidad y la crueldad».The New Yorker «Ottessa Moshfegh es ya la next great thing de la literatura norteamericana. ¿Contrapartes en español? Sara Mesa, Mariana Enríquez o Elvira Navarro».Rodrigo Fresán, Vanity Fair «Desenfrenada, perversa y voraz».The Washington Post «Una obra sublime en el sentido más estricto: poderosa, incontenible y aterradora».ArtReview «No podrás parar de leer. Una fantasía medieval que podría ser un cuento de hadas adaptado por Margaret Atwood o Ursula K. Le Guin».Barnes & Nobles («Uno de los libros más esperados») «En la tradición de Flannery O’Connor o Katherine Dunn [...], Moshfegh muestra la monstruosidad que se halla en cada uno de nosotros y la convierte en algo normal e incluso divertido».Nylon «Extraña y profundamente humana».Library Journal «Es a la vez familiar y siniestra. Un auténtico triunfo».Publishers Weekly «Como un cuadro de Francis Bacon, muestra al animal humano en su caos natural, en toda su vitalidad, absteniéndose de todo juicio moral».Rob Doyle, The Guardian «Me ha recordado a El gigante enterrado de Kazuo Ishiguro, pero con más fluidos corporales».Literary Hub («Uno de los libros más esperados de 2022»)
La larga marcha (Jet Ser.)
by Stephen KingUna inquietante novela futurista donde la realidad supera a la fantasía más terrorífica. El escenario: una sociedad ultraconservadora que ha llevado al paroxismo sus rasgos más perversos, dominada por un estado policial. El acontecimiento: la más extraordinaria competición deportiva, una agotadora marcha a pie donde un resbalón puede ser el último. Los competidores: cien adolescentes elegidos por sorteo decididos a pasar sobre los cadáveres de sus compañeros para llegar a la meta. El premio: fama y fortuna para el ganador, es decir, para el único superviviente... Solo uno será el triunfador.Los 99 restantes morirán.
Lars von Trier Beyond Depression: Contexts and Collaborations
by Professor Linda BadleyLars von Trier built a reputation as a provocateur from the start—but in the late 2000s, he entered an even more inflammatory phase. Amid Cannes controversies, Antichrist (2009), Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac (2013–14), and The House That Jack Built (2018) brandished the cinematic virtuosity von Trier once banned under the Dogme 95 Manifesto while subjecting audiences to “extreme” cinema. Following von Trier’s experience of clinical depression in 2006 and 2007, these films took an aggressively personal and retrospective turn against the backdrop of the director’s controversy-courting public appearances.Playing against widespread assumptions, Linda Badley takes a reparative approach, offering an in-depth examination of these four films and the contexts that produced them. Drawing on numerous interviews with the director and his collaborators as well as inside access to archival materials, she provides a thorough and comprehensive account of von Trier’s preproduction and creative process. Highlighting a transmedial turn, Badley tracks von Trier’s artistic touchstones from Wagner, Proust, and the Marquis de Sade to Scandinavian erotic cinema and serial killer genre tropes. She considers his portrayals of mental illness and therapy, gender and sexuality, nature and extinction, shedding light on the thematic concerns that unite these films as a distinct cycle. Offering nuanced readings of these films, the book emphasizes the significance of von Trier’s work for current critical and philosophical debates, showing how they engage with notions of the Anthropocene, “dark ecology,” and the postcinematic.
The Last American Vampire
by Seth Grahame-SmithNew York Times bestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith returns with the follow-up to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter--a sweeping, alternate history of 20th Century America as seen through the eyes of vampire Henry Sturges. THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE In Reconstruction-era America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Kerouac-influenced trip as Seth Grahame-Smith ingeniously weaves vampire history through Russia's October Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the JFK assassination. Expansive in scope and serious in execution, THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE is sure to appeal to the passionate readers who made Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a runaway success.