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Eat, Brains, Love
by Jeff HartA laugh-out-loud funny, surprisingly romantic, zombie road trip novel filled with heart--and brains. Eat, Brains, Love is perfect for fans of Isaac Marions Warm Bodies. The good news: Jakes dream girl, Amanda Blake, finally knows his name. The bad news: its because they both contracted a mysterious zombie virus and devoured the brains of half their senior class. Now Jake and Amanda are on the run from Cass, a teen psychic sent by the governments top-secret Necrotic Control Division to track them down. As Jake and Amanda deal with the existential guilt of eating their best friends and set off in search of a cure for the zombie virus, Cass struggles with a growing psychic dilemma of her own--one that will lead all three of them on an epic journey across the country and make them question what it means to truly be alive. Or undead.
Ecko Burning
by Danie WareRuthless and ambitious, Lord Phylos has control of Fhaveon city, and is using her forces to bring the grasslands under his command. His last opponent is an elderly scribe who's lost his best freind and wants only to do the right thing. Seeking weapons, Ecko and his companions follow a trail of myth and rumour to a ruined city where both nightmare and shocking truth lie in wait.When all of these things come together, the world will change beyond recognition.Back in London, the Bard is offered the opportunity to realise everything he has ever wanted - if he will give up his soul.
El Legado De La Bestia
by Jason P. Stadtlander Kevin Peralta GarnateoEl modus operandi de este poderoso thriller es el gancho que atrapa al lector desde el primer capítulo y no le deja escapar. En un pueblo costero imaginario de Boston, un asesino en serie mata a víctimas selectas, generalmente parejas. Sin embargo, de manera intrigante, esta bestia brutal sirve a la llamada de una causa mayor. El detective Stanley Devonshire descubre una serie de pruebas con la intención de determinar exactamente cómo el asesino ha conseguido continuar con su horrible conducta sin ser descubierto en lo que parecen ochenta años de empleo del mismo patrón.En principio no hay ningún hilo perceptible que conecte los asesinatos. Así que Stan solicita la ayuda de su amigo de toda la vida de Marblehead, el detective Mark Brown. Se unen al equipo por la fuerza una despampanante agente de policía del estado y un imponente agente federal, quien le sigue en su camino de revelaciones, giro tras giro. Devonshire tiene claro que está cerca de solucionar el caso apilado en su escritorio, pero en su intento de identificar al engañoso asesino, ¿será él o alguien cercano a él la siguiente víctima de la bestia?El legado de la bestia consigue que el lector mantenga la respiración y propone giros a medida que el libro teje una historia de asesinatos cometidos, secretos revelados y justicia deseada. Mientras el autor entrelaza la tentadora amenaza de la revelación de su identidad, el lector es conducido en una dirección incómoda, una dirección que preferiría evitar.
El secreto de Gaudlin Hall
by John BoyneUna novela inquietante que cautiva al lector hasta la última página. Después de perder a su anciano padre, la joven Eliza Caine no tiene más opción que aceptar un puesto de institutriz en la mansión de Gaudlin Hall, en Norfolk. Pero lo que debería ser un trabajo digno y sencillo se convierte en una experiencia espeluznante. En cuanto se apea del tren, un par de manos invisibles intentan arrojarla a la vía, y cuando finalmente llega al caserón, los únicos que salen a recibirla son dos niños, Isabella y Eustace, que aparentemente viven solos. Eliza no sabe quién la ha contratado, y una serie de extraños sucesos la convencen de que algo muy grave está ocurriendo en la casa. Es como si una presencia maligna, que parece querer proteger a los pequeños, se manifestara continuamente, por lo que Eliza comprende que deberá desvelar los secretos que Gaudlin Hall guarda celosamente. Autor de éxitos mundiales como El niño con el pijama de rayas y La casa del propósito especial, John Boyne ha escrito una novela que homenajea a la novela gótica del siglo XIX, con abundantes guiños a Charles Dickens y Wilkie Collins, el relato gira en torno a Eliza Caine, su valerosa e inteligente heroína, que logra superar el miedo a lo desconocido con una fortaleza de espíritu encomiable. La crítica ha dicho...«Muy entretenida, Boyne mantiene al lector en vilo en todo momento y el ritmo es trepidante.»The Times «Una novela maravillosamente siniestra [...], un magnífico viaje a través del miedo, que muestra no sólo cómo éste se crea sino también cómo puede superarse.»The Guardian «Una lección de narración clásica. Boyne trabaja deliberadamente dentro de la tradición y sin embargo nos sumerge en un relato muy original y entretenido que, como todas las historias de fantasmas, reserva su giro inesperado para el final.»The Sunday Independent «Una aventura que encantará a los fans de Dickens e intrigará a quien se atreva a acompañar a la heroína en su viaje.»The Daily Express «Estupenda, accesible y absolutamente entretenida.»The Irish Times «Escrita con brillantez y contención clásica [...]. Boyne logra crear tensión no a partir de los elementos claramente reconocibles sino gracias a la narradora: una mujer de buen corazón atrapada en un mundo claustrofóbico, una protagonista cuya capacidad de adaptación y fortaleza de ánimo nos resultan enormemente atractivas.»The Telegraph
Elegy
by Tara HudsonA stalker ghost, misguided Seers, and spellbinding wraiths in the French Quarter of New Orleans-- Amelia Ashley has faced them all. Now shes back in Oklahoma, and all she wants to do is spend the rest of her afterlife with her living boyfriend, Joshua Mayhew. But the demonic forces return to give her an ultimatum: turn herself over to the darkness or watch them murder one living person per week until she does. As the body count rises, Amelia thinks she might really be doomed, until the forces of light give her another option. She can join them in their quest to gather souls, with a catch: Once she joins them, she can no longer save the people shes lost to the darkness . . . and she can never see Joshua again. Faced with impossible choices, Amelia decides to take her afterlife into her own hands . . . and fight back.
Elevator in Sài Gòn
by ThuânPersonal and political, tragic and bitingly satirical, an ethereal journey through Hanoi, Saigon, Paris, Pyongyang, and Seoul. A young Vietnamese woman living in Paris travels back to Saigon for her estranged mother’s funeral. Her brother had recently built a new house in Saigon, and staged a grotesquely lavish ceremony for their mother to inaugurate what was rumored to be the first elevator in a private home in the country. But shortly after the ceremony, in the middle of the night, their mother mysteriously fell down the elevator shaft, dying in an instant. After the funeral, the daughter becomes increasingly fascinated with her family’s history, and begins to investigate and track an enigmatic figure, Paul Polotsky, who emerges from her mother's notebook. Like an amateur sleuth, she trails Polotsky through the streets of Paris, sneaking behind him as he goes about his usual routines; meanwhile, she researches her mother’s past—zigzagging across France and Asia—trying to find clues to the spiraling, deepening questions her mother left behind unanswered—and perhaps unanswerable. Still banned in Vietnam, Elevator in Sài Gòn is a thrilling novel combining elements of the detective thriller, historical romance, postcolonial ghost story, and a biting satire of life in a communist state.
Eloise
by Judy FinniganYesterday I almost saw her.I was standing on the sun deck, looking out to sea, revelling in the unexpected warmth of the February sun. A butterfly trembled on a nearby buddleia and suddenly I smelled her perfume.She wasn't there, of course. How could she be when I had seen her lying in her coffin just two weeks ago, the day before she was buried, her casket surrounded by the scented candles she loved?She lay in Cornish ground now...She was a daughter, a wife, a mother. She was a friend. But what secrets did Eloise take to her grave? Compulsively-readable and haunting, this is the Sunday Times bestselling debut novel from Book Club champion, Judy Finnigan.
Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
by Michael MoorcockGollancz is very proud to present the author's definitive editions of the saga of Elric, the last emperor of Melniboné. Michael Moorcock and his long-time friend and bibliographer John Davey have collaborated to produce the most consistent and coherent narrative from the disparate novels, novellas, short stories and non-fiction about Elric. From his early life in Melniboné all the way through to his final days, these seven volumes will be the definitive telling of the albino prince's story. Elric is one of the great creations of modern fantasy, and has inspired legions of imitators. If you know his story already, then this definitive edition will finally let you read the entire saga in the author's preferred order. If you've never experienced the chronicles of the albino with the soul-sucking sword, then this is the perfect place to start.Containing stories, novellas, supplementary material and commentary, these editions of Elric are the finest yet.
Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura (ELVES)
by James BarclayThousands of years ago the elves were enslaved by the Wytch Lords. Murdered in their thousands, worked to death in slave gangs and divided against themselves, the wounds inflicted by man run deep - and elves have very long memories. Two of them - Auum and Takaar - led the rise against their enslavers, and united their people against men in order to free their nation. Now Calaius is at peace ... but that doesn't mean their nation is safe.Men need their help.The Wytch Lords have rallied, men's magic has grown more powerful, and their politics have become altogether more dangerous. Especially now: one of the mages has created a spell, called Dawnthief, which has the potential to destroy all living things on the planet. All four magical colleges are fighting to seize it and, in the background, the Wytch Lords have schemes of their own. Schemes which involve crushing the elven nation for good. Whoever seizes the spell, it places the elves in tremendous danger. But can Auum and Takaar overcome their differences and work together to save Calaius? And even if they can, is it not already too late ... ?Find out more on his website, www.jamesbarclay.com, or you can follow @barculator on Twitter.
Elysian Fields (Sentinels of New Orleans #3)
by Suzanne JohnsonA necromancer dredges up a historic terror in this urban fantasy thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans.New Orleanians are under attack from an undead serial killer. The Axeman of New Orleans was supposed to have claimed his last victim in 1919—so what’s he doing stalking the streets now? A tip from the undead pirate Jean Lafitte leads DJ Jaco to the unknown necromancer behind the Axeman’s resurrection. And his ultimate target is a certain blonde wizard. Namely, DJ.Getting the Axeman back in his grave isn’t easy—especially when DJ has more trouble piling up around her. Jake Warin’s loup-garou nature is spiraling downward, enigmatic neighbor Quince Randolph is acting weirder than ever, the Elders are insisting on lessons in elven magic from the world’s most annoying wizard, and former partner Alex Warin just turned up on DJ’s to-do list. Not to mention big maneuvers are afoot in the halls of preternatural power.Suddenly, moving to the Beyond as Jean Lafitte’s pirate wench could be DJ’s best option.
Empower
by Jessica ShirvingtonIt's all come down to this. The final battle between Angels and Exiles is about to begin in this stunning conclusion to the must-read series Entertainment Weekly calls "addictive." Two years ago, Violet Eden walked away from her home, her friends, the Academy, and hardest of all, she walked away from her soul mate, Lincoln. But it's time to stop running. Violet must find out who she really is--and exactly what she is capable of--before the abilities the angels gave her are turned against them. She is all that stands between the forces of good and evil... It's time to make a choice
Empower: Violet Eden Chapters: Book Five (Violet Eden Chapters)
by Jessica ShirvingtonWho will Violet choose?It has been two years since Violet Eden walked away from the city, her friends, her future and - most painfully - her soulmate, Lincoln. Part angel, part human, Violet is determined to stand by the promises she made to save the one she loves.Living with the perpetual coldness of a broken soul she survives day to day as a Rogue Grigori in London. But when an unexpected visitor shows up at her door, the news he bears about someone she swore to protect forces Violet to confront emotions she'd sought to bury.Even worse, she fears that this might all lead back to the night she tries hardest to forget. And to what was taken without her permission.Violet is returning to New York . . . and she knows exactly who is going to be there.With Phoenix in her dreams and Lincoln in her heart Violet knows it is only a matter of time before the final choice must be made.Empower is the final explosive book in The Violet Eden Chapters.The Violet Eden ChaptersBook One: EmbraceBook Two: EnticeBook Three: EmblazeBook Four: EndlessBook Five: Empower
Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
by Algernon BlackwoodThe empty house -- A haunted island -- A case of eavesdropping -- Keeping his promise -- With intent to steal -- The wood of the dead -- Smith: an episode in a lodging-house -- A suspicious gift -- The strange adventures of a private secretary in New York -- Skeleton Lake: an episode in camp.
En la hierba alta (Flash Relatos #Volumen)
by Stephen King Joe Stephen HillDos hermanos que viajan en coche por la ruta 73 deciden parar a descansar un rato cuando, de repente, oyen unos gritos de auxilio de un niño perdido entre la hierba alta que crece junto a la carretera. Cal y Becky DeMuth son dos hermanos que mantienen una relación casi telepática, pues sus vidas han montado en el mismo tándem desde su nacimiento. Cuando Becky se queda embarazada, decide marcharse a San Diego a cada de sus tíos hasta que nazca el bebé. La unión entre los hermanos es tan fuerte que Cal deja sus estudios para acompañarla y cruzar con ella el país en coche. Incluso planean juntos el futuro del niño. Pero la casualidad intercede en el transcurso del viaje. Al mediodía realizan un alto en el camino junto a un campo de hierba altísima: Cap apaga la radio para tener un momento de calma y Becky abre las ventanillas, sofocada por el calor. De haber sido de otra manera, nunca habrían oído la voz de auxilio de aquel niño atrapado en la espesura. Deciden adentrarse en el campo y tomar sendas distintas para encontrar al niño cuanto antes. Por primera vez en su vida, los hermanos quedarán separados, aunque sea tan solo por unos metros de hierba. Sin embargo, nunca habían estado tan lejos. Una historia terrorífica narrada con la maestría insuperable de Stephen King.
Endless
by Jessica ShirvingtonLOVE WILL KILL US ALL Violet Eden thought she was getting things under control. Then all hell breaks loose--literally. In the war between angels and exiles, she's about to face the biggest baddie of all time. Except she's not nearly ready. The dark exile Phoenix is still messing with her head--not to mention her heart. And her undeniable attraction to Lincoln has gotten downright dangerous. When Hell unleashes its worst, Violet must embrace every facet of her angel self to save the people she cares about and the world as she knows it. But death is not the worst thing she will face...
Eternal (Winterhaven #3)
by Kristi CookTrue love and destiny collide in the conclusion to the Haven trilogy, which Booklist called "a blend of the Gemma Doyle trilogy, the Twilight saga, and Lois Duncan's thrillers." Forced to endure the violent punishment of the Tribunal for murders he has no recollection of committing, Aidan is slowly rotting away in a Paris dungeon. Violet is all but an unreachable dream to him now. But unlike Aidan, Violet has not given up hope as she works tirelessly with Matthew, her guardian and protector, to prove Aidan's innocence and unravel the haunting vision that plagues her thoughts-the death of someone closest to her. Determined to set Aidan free, Violet discovers that a dangerous vampire war is brewing-and that Aidan may be at the center of it all. It's only when the war reaches the doors of Winterhaven and tragedy strikes the school that Violet has to finally accept her fate. But that could mean losing Aidan-forever. With no other option, Violet must choose between true love and fulfilling her destiny... unless she can find a way to have them both.
Everyone Loves A Good Train Wreck: Why We Can't Look Away
by Eric G. WilsonWhy can't we look away? Whether we admit it or not, we're fascinated by evil. Dark fantasies, morbid curiosities, Schadenfreude: as conventional wisdom has it, these are the symptoms of our wicked side, and we succumb to them at our own peril. But we're still compelled to look whenever we pass a grisly accident on the highway, and there's no slaking our thirst for gory entertainments like horror movies and police procedurals. What makes these spectacles so irresistible? In Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck, the scholar Eric G. Wilson sets out to discover the source of our attraction to the gruesome, drawing on the findings of biologists, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, philosophers, theologians, and artists. A professor of English literature and a lifelong student of the macabre, Wilson believes there's something nourishing in darkness. To repress death is to lose the feeling of life, he writes. A closeness to death discloses our most fertile energies. His examples are legion and startling in their diversity. Citing everything from elephant graveyards and Susan Sontag's On Photography to the Tiger Woods sex scandal and Steel Magnolias, Wilson finds heartening truths wherever he confronts death. In Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck, the perverse is never far from the sublime. The result is a powerful and delightfully provocative defense of what it means to be human - for better and for worse.
Ex-Communication
by Peter Clines"All of us try to cheat death. I was just better prepared to do it than most folks." In the years since the wave of living death swept the globe, St George and his fellow heroes haven't just kept Los Angeles' last humans alive--they've created a real community, a bustling town that's spreading beyond its original walls and swelling with new refugees. But now one of the heroes, perhaps the most powerful among them, seems to be losing his mind. The implacable enemy known as Legion has found terrifying new ways of using zombies as pawns in his attacks. And outside the Mount, something ancient and monstrous is hell-bent on revenge. As Peter Clines weaves these elements together in yet another masterful, shocking climax, St. George, Stealth, Captain Freedom, and the rest of the heroes find that even in a city overrun by millions of ex-humans... ...there's more than one way to come back from the dead.
Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge
by David LubarMaster of the macabre David Lubar turns his attention to dark and twisted tales for teens with Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge: A group of high school girls takes revenge on their sadistic gym teacher in the most fitting way possible. Two stowaways find themselves on a ship for the dead. An ancient predator stalks the wrong victim. Here are thirteen tales of death, murder, and revenge from the fertile and febrile imagination of master storyteller David Lubar - his first story collection for the teen audience.
Fade to Black (A Rojan Dizon Novel #1)
by Francis KnightFrom the depths of a valley rises the city of MahalaIt's a city built upwards, not across - where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from the sunlit summit, and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under.Rojan Dizon doesn't mind staying in the shadows, because he's got things to hide. Things like being a pain-mage, with the forbidden power to draw magic from pain. But he can't hide for ever.Because when Rojan stumbles upon the secrets lurking in the depths of the Pit, the fate of Mahala will depend on him using his magic. And unlucky for Rojan - this is going to hurt.
Fading Amber (The Cambion Chronicles #3)
by Jaime ReedFinding your soul mate is the ultimate dream come true. But for Samara Marshall, it's a matter of life and death. . .After falling for a Cambion and then turning into one herself, Samara never thought her senior year could get more complicated. The gaps in her memory, the mysterious deaths, and the constant danger that threaten her once quiet town have a common thread: Tobias, a demon with a lot of enemies. He's also Samara's other soul mate and he's suddenly disappeared. Samara knows the key to finding Tobias lies with her inner demon, who has her own agenda and threatens to take over completely. But Samara isn't the only one who wants to find Tobias. His enemies are getting closer, and their plans for retribution could mean deadly consequences for Samara and her true soul mate, Caleb. . .."Jaime Reed's books are irresistible." --Ann Aguirre, author of EnclavePraise for The Cambion Chronicles"Sexy and snarky! I dare you not to laugh while reading this fantastic debut."--Kody Keplinger, author of Shut Out"With a sassy, kick-ass heroine, Jaime Reed's Living Violet will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --Eileen Cook, author of Unraveling Isobel "Jaime Reed's books are irresistible. They couldn't be more delicious if they were made of cake and frosted in chocolate." --Ann Aguirre, author of Enclave
Fae: Fae - Book 3 (Fae #1)
by C.J. AbediIn this YA bestseller, optioned for film by Ridley Scott, the battle between Light and Dark is about to begin. Caroline Ellis' sixteenth birthday sets into motion a series of events that have been fated for centuries. A descendant of Virginia Dare, the first child born in the lost colony of Roanoke, and unaware of her birthright as the heir to the throne of the Light Fae, it isn't until Caroline begins a tumultuous relationship with Devilyn Reilly that the truth of her heritage is revealed. Devilyn is the only Fae who is both of the Light and of the Dark, and struggles to maintain that precarious balance to avoid succumbing to the power of the Dark within him. He is the only one who can save Caroline from those who would destroy her and destroy all hope for unity among the Fae. He promises Caroline that he will protect her at all costs, even when it means protecting her from himself. Told from the alternating perspectives of Caroline and Devilyn, FAE draws on mysteries, myths and legends to create a world, and a romance, dangerously poised between Light and Dark.
Fall of Night (Morganville Vampires #14)
by Rachel CaineThanks to its unique combination of human and vampire residents, Morganville, Texas, is a small college town with big-time problems. When student Claire Danvers gets the chance to experience life on the outside, she takes it. But Morganville isn't the only town with vampire trouble. . . Claire never thought she'd leave Morganville, but when she gets accepted into the graduate program at MIT, she can't pass up the opportunity. Saying goodbye to her friends is bittersweet, especially since things are still raw and unsettled between Claire and her boyfriend, Shane. Her new life at MIT is scary and exciting, but Morganville is never really far from Claire's mind. Enrolled in a special advanced study program with Professor Irene Anderson, a former Morganville native, Claire is able to work on her machine, which is designed to cancel the mental abilities of vampires. But when she begins testing her machine on live subjects, things quickly spiral out of control, and Claire starts to wonder whether leaving Morganville was the last mistake she'll ever make.
Fantastic Tales
by Iginio Ugo TarchettiLawrence Venuti, winner of a Guggenheim fellowship and the Global Humanities Translation Prize, among many other awards, has translated into English these Italian Gothic tales of obsessive love, mysterious phobias, and the hellish curse of everlasting life.In this collection of nine eerie stories, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti switches effortlessly between the macabre and the breezily comical. Set in nineteenth-century Italy, his characters court spirits and blend in with the undead: passionate romances filled with jealousy and devotion are fueled by magic elixirs. Time becomes fluid as characters travel between centuries, chasing affairs that never quite prosper. First published by Mercury House in 1992.
Far Far Away
by Tom McnealJeremy Johnson Johnson hears voices. Or, specifically, one voice: the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. <p><p>But Jacob can't protect Jeremy from everything. When coltish, copper-haired Ginger Boultinghouse takes a bite of a cake so delicious it’s rumored to be bewitched, she falls in love with the first person she sees: Jeremy. In any other place, this would be a turn for the better for Jeremy, but not in Never Better, where the Finder of Occasions—whose identity and evil intentions nobody knows—is watching and waiting, waiting and watching. . . . <p>And as anyone familiar with the Brothers Grimm know, not all fairy tales have happy endings. <p><p>Veteran writer Tom McNeal has crafted a young adult novel at once grim(m) and hopeful, full of twists, and perfect for fans of contemporary fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Holly Black's Doll Bones.