Author: Marcus Pelegrimas
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061984108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Welcome to the nightmare . . . There is a world you don't know about, inhabited by supernatural creatures of darkness—vampires, werewolves, and all manner of savage, impossible beasts that live for terror and slaughter and blood. They are all around us but you cannot see them, for knowledge of their presence—so close and so hungry—would surely drive any ordinary human insane. But for centuries a special breed of hunter has kept the monsters at bay, preventing them from breaking through the increasingly fragile barriers protecting our mortal realm. These guardians are called skinners. But beware . . . for there are very few of them left.
Blood Blade (Skinners, Book 1)
Author: Marcus Pelegrimas
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061984108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Welcome to the nightmare . . . There is a world you don't know about, inhabited by supernatural creatures of darkness—vampires, werewolves, and all manner of savage, impossible beasts that live for terror and slaughter and blood. They are all around us but you cannot see them, for knowledge of their presence—so close and so hungry—would surely drive any ordinary human insane. But for centuries a special breed of hunter has kept the monsters at bay, preventing them from breaking through the increasingly fragile barriers protecting our mortal realm. These guardians are called skinners. But beware . . . for there are very few of them left.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061984108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Welcome to the nightmare . . . There is a world you don't know about, inhabited by supernatural creatures of darkness—vampires, werewolves, and all manner of savage, impossible beasts that live for terror and slaughter and blood. They are all around us but you cannot see them, for knowledge of their presence—so close and so hungry—would surely drive any ordinary human insane. But for centuries a special breed of hunter has kept the monsters at bay, preventing them from breaking through the increasingly fragile barriers protecting our mortal realm. These guardians are called skinners. But beware . . . for there are very few of them left.
Howling Legion (Skinners, Book 2)
Author: Marcus Pelegrimas
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061959561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
“Pelegrimas has done the impossible—come up with a fresh and exciting twist on vampire lore.” —Ed Gorman, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: City of Night Enter the world of the Skinners, a dark alternate Earth inhabited by vampires, werewolves, shape-shifting monsters…and the humans who hunt them. In Howling Legion—the phenomenal follow-up to the spellbinding series debut, Blood Blade—author Marcus Pelegrimas thrusts video-game designer and skinner-in-training Cole and his sexy, kick-ass partner Paige into a deadly war of beasts and bloodsuckers. Unrelentingly thrilling, Howling Legion is a perfect escape for Halo and True Blood aficionados, and for fans of Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s vampire epidemic epic, The Strain.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061959561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
“Pelegrimas has done the impossible—come up with a fresh and exciting twist on vampire lore.” —Ed Gorman, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: City of Night Enter the world of the Skinners, a dark alternate Earth inhabited by vampires, werewolves, shape-shifting monsters…and the humans who hunt them. In Howling Legion—the phenomenal follow-up to the spellbinding series debut, Blood Blade—author Marcus Pelegrimas thrusts video-game designer and skinner-in-training Cole and his sexy, kick-ass partner Paige into a deadly war of beasts and bloodsuckers. Unrelentingly thrilling, Howling Legion is a perfect escape for Halo and True Blood aficionados, and for fans of Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s vampire epidemic epic, The Strain.
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21
Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1849016720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction. Praise for Stephen Jones: 'The best horror anthologist in the business is, of course, Stephen Jones, whose Mammoth Book of Best New Horror is one of the major bargains of this as of any other year.' Roz Kavaney 'An essential volume for horror readers.' Locus 'Stephen Jones . . . has a better sense of the genre than almost anyone in this country.' Lisa Tuttle, The Times Books
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1849016720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction. Praise for Stephen Jones: 'The best horror anthologist in the business is, of course, Stephen Jones, whose Mammoth Book of Best New Horror is one of the major bargains of this as of any other year.' Roz Kavaney 'An essential volume for horror readers.' Locus 'Stephen Jones . . . has a better sense of the genre than almost anyone in this country.' Lisa Tuttle, The Times Books
Skinner's Rules (Bob Skinner series, Book 1)
Author: Quintin Jardine
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755353838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Edinburgh's hardest cop hunts a serial killer... The book that launched a legend: Skinner's Rules is the first novel in the bestselling Bob Skinner series by acclaimed author Quintin Jardine. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter James. 'Remarkably assured novel... a tour de force' - New York Times As head of Edinburgh's CID, Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Skinner has seen it all... but even he is shocked by the savagely mutilated corpse discovered in a dark alleyway. The victim is identified as a successful young lawyer, and the motive for the brutal death remains a mystery. Then further seemingly random killings in the city begin to suggest a vicious serial killer is on the rampage. But when the lawyer's fiancée is also murdered, Skinner realises that someone is in deadly earnest... What readers are saying about Skinner's Rules: 'Quintin Jardine is by far the best author of crime fiction I have ever read' 'Brilliant book, with strong characters who are likeable and believable. Well worth reading if you like crime thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat' 'Quintin Jardin starts to build the rich character of Bob Skinner from the start, capturing the quintessence of both Edinburgh and a crime investigation... You'll pick it up and not put it down'
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755353838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Edinburgh's hardest cop hunts a serial killer... The book that launched a legend: Skinner's Rules is the first novel in the bestselling Bob Skinner series by acclaimed author Quintin Jardine. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter James. 'Remarkably assured novel... a tour de force' - New York Times As head of Edinburgh's CID, Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Skinner has seen it all... but even he is shocked by the savagely mutilated corpse discovered in a dark alleyway. The victim is identified as a successful young lawyer, and the motive for the brutal death remains a mystery. Then further seemingly random killings in the city begin to suggest a vicious serial killer is on the rampage. But when the lawyer's fiancée is also murdered, Skinner realises that someone is in deadly earnest... What readers are saying about Skinner's Rules: 'Quintin Jardine is by far the best author of crime fiction I have ever read' 'Brilliant book, with strong characters who are likeable and believable. Well worth reading if you like crime thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat' 'Quintin Jardin starts to build the rich character of Bob Skinner from the start, capturing the quintessence of both Edinburgh and a crime investigation... You'll pick it up and not put it down'
Vampire Uprising (Skinners)
Author: Marcus Pelegrimas
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062018728
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
“Pelegrimas has done the impossible—come up with a fresh and exciting twist on vampire lore.” —Ed Gorman, New York Times bestselling co-author of Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: City of Night “Twilight fans hungering for more vampire/werewolf drama can look forward to Skinners.” —USA Today In Vampire Uprising, the fourth blood-curdling excursion into the Skinners universe, author Marcus Pelegrimas pulls out all the stops. Blood flows, long-hidden secrets are revealed—and purest evil walks the earth once more. Aficionados of the dark fantasy novels of Jim Butcher, gamers hooked on Halo, graphic novel readers, and moviegoers who like to sit in the dark and immerse themselves in the bloody doings of Blade and Saw will love the dark world Pelegrimas conjures up in Vampire Uprising.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062018728
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
“Pelegrimas has done the impossible—come up with a fresh and exciting twist on vampire lore.” —Ed Gorman, New York Times bestselling co-author of Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: City of Night “Twilight fans hungering for more vampire/werewolf drama can look forward to Skinners.” —USA Today In Vampire Uprising, the fourth blood-curdling excursion into the Skinners universe, author Marcus Pelegrimas pulls out all the stops. Blood flows, long-hidden secrets are revealed—and purest evil walks the earth once more. Aficionados of the dark fantasy novels of Jim Butcher, gamers hooked on Halo, graphic novel readers, and moviegoers who like to sit in the dark and immerse themselves in the bloody doings of Blade and Saw will love the dark world Pelegrimas conjures up in Vampire Uprising.
The Wizard Lord
Author: Lawrence Watt-Evans
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765310260
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Wizard Lord's duty is to keep the world in its delicate balance. He must govern lightly to protect his domain from power-hungry interlopers, such as certain wizards who previously fought to rule the world...But if the Wizard Lord himself strays from the way of the just, then it is up to the Chosen to intercede. The Chosen ones are the Leader, the Seer, the Swordsman, the Beauty, the Thief, the Scholar, the Archer, and the Speaker. Each are magically-infused mortal individuals who, for the term of their service, have only one function--to be available to remove an errant Wizard Lord, whether by persuasion or by stronger means. Breaker, a young man of ambition, has taken the mantle of Swordsman from its former bearer who wished to retire. Never did he realize that he would be called to duty so quickly, or that the balance of power in his world would be so precarious. He had a duty to perform. A world to save. So why does he still have doubts...not just about himself, but about the entire balance of power?
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765310260
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Wizard Lord's duty is to keep the world in its delicate balance. He must govern lightly to protect his domain from power-hungry interlopers, such as certain wizards who previously fought to rule the world...But if the Wizard Lord himself strays from the way of the just, then it is up to the Chosen to intercede. The Chosen ones are the Leader, the Seer, the Swordsman, the Beauty, the Thief, the Scholar, the Archer, and the Speaker. Each are magically-infused mortal individuals who, for the term of their service, have only one function--to be available to remove an errant Wizard Lord, whether by persuasion or by stronger means. Breaker, a young man of ambition, has taken the mantle of Swordsman from its former bearer who wished to retire. Never did he realize that he would be called to duty so quickly, or that the balance of power in his world would be so precarious. He had a duty to perform. A world to save. So why does he still have doubts...not just about himself, but about the entire balance of power?
Land of Mist and Snow
Author: Debra Doyle
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061860549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Called to duty at last, Lieutenant John Nevis faces his assignment with trepidation. Boarding the USS Nicodemus—a sloop of war built in a single night at the top of the world—Nevis wonders uneasily at its strange aura of power, its cannonballs of virgin brass . . . and its uncanny ability to glide swiftly through the waters without steam or sail. As great armies clash all around them, the mission of Lieutenant Nevis and the Nicodemus crew is shrouded in an impenetrable gray mist of magic and malevolence. For a fearsome adversary awaits on roiling waves—an awesomely powerful vessel fueled by cruelty and terror; a demon raider driven by an insatiable lust . . . for blood.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061860549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Called to duty at last, Lieutenant John Nevis faces his assignment with trepidation. Boarding the USS Nicodemus—a sloop of war built in a single night at the top of the world—Nevis wonders uneasily at its strange aura of power, its cannonballs of virgin brass . . . and its uncanny ability to glide swiftly through the waters without steam or sail. As great armies clash all around them, the mission of Lieutenant Nevis and the Nicodemus crew is shrouded in an impenetrable gray mist of magic and malevolence. For a fearsome adversary awaits on roiling waves—an awesomely powerful vessel fueled by cruelty and terror; a demon raider driven by an insatiable lust . . . for blood.
Blood Meridian
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
The Breaking (Skinners)
Author: Marcus Pelegrimas
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062079506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
“One of the most underrated paranormal fantasy sagas out there.” —Paul Goat Allen “An action-packed, blood-soaked ripsnorter of a monster-hunter series.” —Tom Piccirilli, author of The Midnight Road “Twilight fans hungering for more vampire/werewolf drama can look forward to Skinners.” —USA Today Humankind’s last defense against the darkness, Skinners are back in The Breaking. Book five in Marcus Pelegrimas’s phenomenal dark, nonstop urban fantasy series finds creature-hunters Paige and Cole desperately trying to forestall the Apocalypse in the face of terrifying shapeshifter carnage and inexplicable threats from fellow Skinners. Fans of Jim Butcher and dedicated Halo gamers will be swept away by The Breaking, and the other installments in series Barnes and Noble previously named among the Year’s Best Paranormal Fantasies.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062079506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
“One of the most underrated paranormal fantasy sagas out there.” —Paul Goat Allen “An action-packed, blood-soaked ripsnorter of a monster-hunter series.” —Tom Piccirilli, author of The Midnight Road “Twilight fans hungering for more vampire/werewolf drama can look forward to Skinners.” —USA Today Humankind’s last defense against the darkness, Skinners are back in The Breaking. Book five in Marcus Pelegrimas’s phenomenal dark, nonstop urban fantasy series finds creature-hunters Paige and Cole desperately trying to forestall the Apocalypse in the face of terrifying shapeshifter carnage and inexplicable threats from fellow Skinners. Fans of Jim Butcher and dedicated Halo gamers will be swept away by The Breaking, and the other installments in series Barnes and Noble previously named among the Year’s Best Paranormal Fantasies.
King of Battle and Blood
Author: Scarlett St. Clair
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728258421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
An instant USA Today bestseller! From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Clair, the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone series, comes a new fantasy filled with danger, darkness, and insatiable romance. Their union is his revenge. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court. Except it isn't the court she fears most—it's Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king—fierce, savage, merciless—chose her as consort. The answer will shatter her world. Adrian X Isolde Series King of Battle and Blood Queen of Myth and Monsters
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728258421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
An instant USA Today bestseller! From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Clair, the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone series, comes a new fantasy filled with danger, darkness, and insatiable romance. Their union is his revenge. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court. Except it isn't the court she fears most—it's Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king—fierce, savage, merciless—chose her as consort. The answer will shatter her world. Adrian X Isolde Series King of Battle and Blood Queen of Myth and Monsters