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Finn Carey never quits. A young Irishman working in the mills of Massachusetts, he’ll fight tooth and nail for his family. But when the ship carrying them from Ireland drifts ashore with no one left alive, Finn refuses to believe they’re gone. Tales spread of an evil escaped from the ship, of churches and cemeteries defiled. Convinced they’re connected to the whereabouts of his kin, Finn leaps into a desperate race against a foe whose determination matches his own.

While on a mission to avenge the death of his lover, the immortal peyote-eating magician Celwyn is hired to deliver an automat, Professor Kang, to a priest. But Celwyn quickly learns that everything he's been told is a lie. Now his ship, the Zelda, is stuck in a horrific storm and Celwyn knows he must reconsider his allegiance if he is to steer his vessel in the right direction and continue his quest.

I had my whole life mapped out in front of me from childhood. I was going to marry my best friend, and we were going to have a perfect life together until we grew old and died together. Funny how life isn’t so simple as we would like it to be. Marrying my childhood best friend seemed like everything was going to be perfect. One night, my best friend, my love, my husband was snatched away from me in a blink of an eye by death himself. After a year, I sold everything and moved away from our home, our past, to start anew.

In a supernatural love affair between an alcoholic private eye and a Russian dominatrix, their quest for love upsets the balance of the universe, triggering a civil war between mythological beings. The story juxtaposes the sacred and the profane, intertwining sexuality and violence with Eastern mysticism.

Cathy Dorne is looking forward to winter break. Teaching is her passion but she's vastly overdue for a break from the classroom and a visit from her sister. But before the final bells rings, her principal is found dead of an apparent heart attack. And if that wasn't enough of a shock, Cathy is then confronted by the dead woman's ghost only to discover everything might not be as apparent as it seems.

After staking their claim on the unforgiving Prairie, the three Hamm brothers' straw bale house is destroyed by a freak tornado. Can the brothers stop the dastardly blowhard behind it all? Or will their dreams get blown away?

A dazzling mixture of crime, romance, magic and myth from the acclaimed author of The Psychology of Time Travel. The Kendrick family have been making world-famous dolls since the early 1800s. But their dolls aren't coveted for the craftmanship alone. Each one has a specific emotion laid on it by its creator. A magic that can make you feel bucolic bliss or consuming paranoia at a single touch. Though founded by sisters, now only men may know the secrets of the workshop.

When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanity's great explorers. But in space, nothing goes according to plan. The crew wake from hypersleep to discover their captain dead in his allegedly fail-proof safety pod. They mourn, and Cormac sends a beautifully written eulogy back to Earth. The word from ground control is unequivocal: no matter what happens, the mission must continue.

When a shepherd returns home with a bite mark and becomes violent, the village elders are consumed with worry. They send Judas, the fastest boy in the village, to get aid. Judas thinks the elders are overreacting. After all, the stories of an undead army, raised by a high priestess of the Goddess of Death, are only tall tales. But when Judas diverts from his urgent errand to earn a few extra coins from a Roman soldier, he finds himself facing monsters straight out of a nightmare.

Handsome, wealthy and successful, lawyer Nick Diamond is a man who commands and expects respect from everyone he meets. People think he is a man to be trusted. They are wrong. Because away from his glittering life in upper-class Chelsea, Nick is keeping a dark and dangerous secret. One that takes him to the slum estates of Glasgow and a very different world. Nick will do anything to keep his secret under wraps, because if it’s ever revealed it would be his downfall.

The Cost is a story of a cost engineering consultant named Doug Benson who does his best to help companies understand and improve cost. When Doug arrives at Electronica, the company is on a verge of bankruptcy and hardly even knows why. He must use all his cost engineering knowledge and leadership skills amidst some considerable corporate drama all the while fighting his own personal demons in order to give Electronica a chance.

Globetrotting outlaw Dracula finds a powerful ally in an Egyptian crypt - Frankenstein’s monster himself. Can these fiends thwart the werewolf regime and take back the night?

Oak Grove, Georgia. It's a tiny mountain town where nothing ever seemed to happen. Until dreams began to come true. Dreams that could more aptly be called nightmares. Monsters, wild animals, nefarious traps, anything is possible. No one is safe. The only thing they have in common is a teenage girl, Natalie Mullin, who dreams about each new horror as they happen. But why does she dream of them? And can she stop them before she dreams of everyone she loves?

Continuation from Justice: Tenacity, BSC book 10. Web is our next installment in the BSC West saga… BSC book 11, Phoenix Series book 4: Web and Alexia share a connection through work chats. Her being FBI, him being a man with one name. His no real name or past doesn’t enter that shared relationship. Alexia’s Asperger’s doesn’t interfere in her job as a member of the Investigator Team for the EROP Unit. Web has no problem navigating around her need for heads-up before plans are changed or the meltdowns when she’s afraid. Web, the Clubs and Alexia’s outed Director of the FBI dad...

Quando vidi per la prima volta il disegno del gatto nella scatola avevo appena compiuto 14 anni, facevo la terza media, era il 2006. Mai avrei pensato che questo disegno mi avrebbe perseguitato per tutta la vita. È arrivato il momento per me di capire cosa c'è dietro. Gli enigmi non mi spaventano, basta mettere in fila i passaggi, uno dopo l'altro, facile." Gabriella Greison, fisica, scrittrice, divulgatrice, affronta con questo romanzo la grande sfida di rendere narrativa e comprensibile a tutti la fisica quantistica.

My name is Henry Hollis, and my life took a turn recently that I didn’t see coming. The easy way to say it is that I got a job offer, but that doesn't do justice to the situation. Maybe they should have told me the job would get me tangled up with mobsters and space aliens. Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered. Times being what they are, I took the job, and every day since has been just this side of madness. After some reflection on the situation, I've decided to keep a journal of my experiences on this runaway train I'm riding. I hope you'll forgive the coffee stains.

A funny tale with some humour and plenty of blood. When a funeral turns into a bloodbath, a little magic can keep it flowing.

***Adult Readers Only*** Blaze is a proud Drakonian warrior who wants nothing more than to serve his people and his king. The fact that the king is his father has not affected his determination. The biggest challenge he faces is the growing desire he has for the one female who is forbidden to him. He has a long journey ahead with plenty of obstacles in his way. When the survival of his people is at stake, he must make a choice that could cost him everything. Get ready for the next installment of the Dragon Warrior Series.

We've all heard the old stories of "Bloody Mary", the mirrored death that awaits from calling her name in the dark. There have even been many people that have tried it with no success. However, Mary has been sleeping for over 100 years, but now, now she has awakened.

Wonderland and the Looking Glass World have been joined to Oz, saving three faery lands from destruction - but nothing is as simple as this when the Cheshire Cat is involved. Meanwhile, the March Hare leads a renegade army from Wonderland and Mombi plots to bring even more chaos in an effort to escape Oz. Glinda must delve into her own past - but will what she discovers require the greatest sacrifice of all? And as three magical realms seek to find balance, an eternally young boy makes his way to Oz with secrets of yet another faery world - Neverland.