A boy raised as a spy flees from his master and into the snow-clad mountains, finding shelter in the company of the mysterious yamabushi monks. There, he is awoken to a world where freedom of the spirit is as vast as the trails threading through the forests. Yet the boy is to find the ghosts of the life he has left behind are not so easily forgotten...After a fateful lapse in his duties, a boy raised as a spy must flee the castle that has been his home. Forced into the wild mountains and weakened by hunger and fatigue he is taken in by the yamabushi, ascetics living in isolation in the mountains. There he is taken to a temple high upon the mountains overlooking the capital of Kyoto, home of the legendary warrior monks well versed in martial arts - a force to be reckoned with even against mighty samurai armies. The boy's solace is short-lived however, for he is soon drawn back into the web of conflict, and he to find that all is not as it first seems to be...The Clever Hawk is speculative fiction based on fact and folklore, in a time of bloodshed and upheaval in a land with a fascinating depth and complexity of history. Views: 290
Asteroid mining is hard work, and hard men do it. The kind of men who won't let anything stop them. Not even the end of the world.A short story about an asteroid miner and his Artificial Intelligence companion returning an asteroid to Earth, only to find that there is a large problem. They are going to pulverize the moon. Views: 290
1908, Simple, ColoradoLilly Luna's mother gave birth to her in an asylum for the mad. Growing up in an insane asylum exposed her to horrors few could imagine, and yet her compassion and ability to heal frightens the broken and the healthy alike. The town fears her. The sane shun her. Morgan Healy's father runs the creepy and rumor-maligned asylum. Morgan's lineage is filled with insanity. Morgan holds together his crumbling family, hoping to escape his father's legacy and the terrible secret it holds. When Lilly is hired as companion for Morgan's sister, Morgan and Lilly form a reluctant alliance to corral the evil that seeps from Tranquil View and threatens not only the town, but also their growing love. Views: 290
Harry Keogh is moving on. Though the search for his missing wife and child continues, his heart now lies in Edinburgh with Bonnie Jean—a beautiful Scottish werewolf whose friendly pack and flourishing pub have given him a place he can almost call home.
But from the rocky heights of Sicily, the diabolical Francezci brothers plot the wolf-pack’s destruction; and down in the terrible Pit beneath Le Manse Madonie, an ancient evil schemes.
The vampires conspire. They reach a decision. They choose a vector. Mafia thug Mike Milazzo is no good to anyone, anytime, anywhere . . . which makes him perfect. Disposable.
The brothers infect him with a deadly poison—an engineered plague that even a werewolf could never survive—and they offer him a terrible bargain: successfully contaminate the wolf-pack, and receive the antidote. Fail, and die!
Mike has everything to lose. So does Harry Keogh. But the Necroscope lost everything once before, and he isn’t about to do it again… Views: 290
It's been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and disappeared into it, but ghost-hunter Cas Lowood can't move on.
His friends remind him that Anna sacrificed herself so that Cas could live—not walk around half dead. He knows they're right, but in Cas's eyes, no living girl he meets can compare to the dead girl he fell in love with.
Now he's seeing Anna everywhere: sometimes when he's asleep and sometimes in waking nightmares. But something is very wrong...these aren't just daydreams. Anna seems tortured, torn apart in new and ever more gruesome ways every time she appears.
Cas doesn't know what happened to Anna when she disappeared into Hell, but he knows she doesn't deserve whatever is happening to her now. Anna saved Cas more than once, and it's time for him to return the favor. Views: 290
Hank tells about his holiday loving town during the the Christmas blizzard of '09, but things aren't as merry as they seem on the surface. He visits Mr. Everett, a harmless white haired old man who needs someone to watch over him until the morning. While there, he accidentally discovers the shocking secret of holiday cheer, and the truth could jeopardize how the world perceives Christmas spirit.Henry Van Waes, known as Hank around his small, holiday loving town tells about the the Christmas blizzard of '09. As he makes his way home from shopping trip in the city, we learn that things aren't so merry after all. Shortly before the clock strikes midnight, at the request of the town sheriff, Hank visits Mr. Everett, a harmless white haired old man who needs someone to watch over him until the morning. It isn't long before he accidentally discovers the shocking secret of holiday cheer and his decision to reveal the truth could jeopardize how the world perceives Christmas spirit. Views: 289
The packed cruise ship is a terrific nesting ground for a Lord and Lady of the Wamphyri on the run from E-Branch and the new Necroscope, Jake Cutter. By the time the ship is reported missing, the few beings still living on board will no longer be human . . . and the Wamphyri will be long fled to their next conquest.
Korath, the vampire who lurks in Jake Cutter's mind, is determined to gain control of Jake's life, and Jake is equally determined not to let him have it. But to win this struggle Jake must confide in Ben Trask-and Trask, the head of E-Branch, is likely to want Jake dead the minute he learns of Jake's intrusive passenger!
The spore garden planted under London by the third Wamphyri, Lord Swartz, is bearing bitter fruit indeed as a mysterious sleeping sickness-with a vampiric taint-slowly spreads among the population of Great Britain.
E-Branch action teams have more on their plates than they can handle. They must locate terrorists who threaten the world with nuclear homicide; permanently close the Gate between the Wamphyri world and Earth; analyze the spore plague; and locate and destroy the three Wamphyri.
In Brian Lumley's Necroscope: Avengers, even the powers of Harry Keogh, the original Necroscope, summoned from the Great Beyond via the combined powers of E-Branch's strongest agents, may not be enough to defeat the monsters who have brought Earth to the brink of total destruction. Views: 289
Larco, a scientist on the planet Snub, continues his quest for knowledge and is determined to visit the planet Plop Plop.Larco, a scientist on the planet Snub, continues his quest for knowledge and is determined to visit the planet Plop Plop. The Snub grand council has gone, and Snub Nubbins turn to Larco for guidance. From the darkest depths of the dark side, comes a Wobbly, Larco is shocked. The Wobbly had been watching through the wall of light for thousands of palliums. Larco has problems believing his stories, but he likes them. The Wobbly is a Wizard, and Larco builds his first Bok Bok under the watchful eyes of experience. Views: 289
7 billion zombies. 1 man.When the zombie apocalypse hits America, not a soul is left alive.Except Amo. He's a comic book artist. He's a video game world builder. He's just a regular guy living in New York city, with only his wits, creativity and basic decency to guide him.He's alone against 7 billion zombies.Will he survive?7 billion zombies. 1 man.When the zombie apocalypse hits America, not a soul is left alive.Except Amo. He's a comic book artist. He's a video game world builder. He's just a regular guy living in New York city, with only his wits, creativity and basic decency to guide him.He's alone against 7 billion zombies.Will he survive?'Robinson Crusoe' meets the zombie apocalypse like you've never seen it before, packed with adventure, gore and a mind-blowing twist.A tale of post-apocalyptic, zombie survival action that kicks off the Zombie Ocean series, continued in Book 2, The Lost. Burning questions will be raised and answered, like:- How do you survive when the whole world wants to eat you?- Where does hope come from when you're the last one alive?- Where are all the zombies going, and what on Earth do they really want?Would you survive? Measure yourself against Amo- scroll up and get your copy now.If you like apocalyptic stories like 'I Am Legend', 'The Girl with All the Gifts' or 'The Walking Dead' you will love this book.Reviews"A thoroughly enjoyable zombie romp unlike any other piece of zombie lore I've come across." - Dominic McCann"Loved this! A surprising twist on the zombie novel. - Mike"Not your typical Zombie apocalypse book! Loved the ending." - M. Barker"By far this is the BEST zombie book I have ever read." - Cherie Unsworth"I loved it. You never know what is coming next." - Shelly Newkirk Views: 289
HOLLYWOOD. COLOSSAL. COMPELLING. CORRUPT.
Where the only sin is “not making it” . . . where beautiful people do very ugly things to get to the top . . . where desperate men and women plummet overnight from the peak of power to the lethal valley of the dolls:
DAWN—The superstarlet with a child’s face and a woman’s passions—ready for fame, ripe for corruption.
HARKER—The great director, internationally praised, universally feared. A genius on the set—a monster in the bedroom.
TOMMY—He stands apart from their deadly games—until he suddenly wakes to find himself trapped in the 24-hour nightmare called Hollywood.
THE STAR STALKER is a searing, no-holds-barred novel that tells it the way it really is. Views: 289
The definitive 10-volume set of Robert E. Howard's weird fiction and poetry (with all texts meticulously restored to the original versions as published in Weird Tales and other magazines) continues with volume 6, GARDENS OF FEAR! This collection of classic Howard begins with the Conan story "Queen of the Black Coast," and also includes "The Haunter of the Ring," "The Garden of Fear," "The Devil in Iron," "The Voices Waken Memory," "The People of the Black Circle," and "A Witch Shall Be Born."** Views: 288
