Author: Ken Catran
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775530744
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
A powerful YA fictional examination of war told through three interlocking stories. Monsters of Blood & Honour contains three stand-alone stories, each with a related theme. In each story a teenager of 17 or 18 interacts with an elderly person who was their age during World War II. Each of these now-elderly people has undergone a traumatic and violent experience, which the modern teen, living in a different world and lifestyle, cannot relate to. However, they are in turn affected to the point of having their perspectives altered. The older characters are: Jooney who was a nurse during the fall of Singapore in 1942; Fred a co-pilot on a Lancaster during the thousand-bomber raids over German cities; and Mr Goodman, 'Old Goodey', an SS man who fought at the great tank battle of Kursk, was wounded and then sent to be a camp guard in Belsen. This book is gripping and suspenseful storytelling by an award-winning master of excellent plot. lines.
Monsters of Blood and Honour
Author: Ken Catran
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775530744
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
A powerful YA fictional examination of war told through three interlocking stories. Monsters of Blood & Honour contains three stand-alone stories, each with a related theme. In each story a teenager of 17 or 18 interacts with an elderly person who was their age during World War II. Each of these now-elderly people has undergone a traumatic and violent experience, which the modern teen, living in a different world and lifestyle, cannot relate to. However, they are in turn affected to the point of having their perspectives altered. The older characters are: Jooney who was a nurse during the fall of Singapore in 1942; Fred a co-pilot on a Lancaster during the thousand-bomber raids over German cities; and Mr Goodman, 'Old Goodey', an SS man who fought at the great tank battle of Kursk, was wounded and then sent to be a camp guard in Belsen. This book is gripping and suspenseful storytelling by an award-winning master of excellent plot. lines.
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1775530744
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
A powerful YA fictional examination of war told through three interlocking stories. Monsters of Blood & Honour contains three stand-alone stories, each with a related theme. In each story a teenager of 17 or 18 interacts with an elderly person who was their age during World War II. Each of these now-elderly people has undergone a traumatic and violent experience, which the modern teen, living in a different world and lifestyle, cannot relate to. However, they are in turn affected to the point of having their perspectives altered. The older characters are: Jooney who was a nurse during the fall of Singapore in 1942; Fred a co-pilot on a Lancaster during the thousand-bomber raids over German cities; and Mr Goodman, 'Old Goodey', an SS man who fought at the great tank battle of Kursk, was wounded and then sent to be a camp guard in Belsen. This book is gripping and suspenseful storytelling by an award-winning master of excellent plot. lines.
Of Blood and Sacrifice
Author: Mary Ann Hinrichs
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664197702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Soon to be eighteen, Ro McBay has never met her father, has never learned his name, and has never seen his photograph. He left on the day of Ro’s birth and never returned. When Ro’s old and extremely odd next door neighbor, Mrs. O’Leary, gets a visit from a handsome, young stranger, Ro’s secret dream of someday meeting her father becomes a nightmare - one which may possibly kill her. After the stranger admits he is a warrior fae sent by Queen Eriu of Faery, he offers Ro a chance at saving her father and the mortal realm. Ro doesn’t know if the distracting Cian Brodie is simply crazy or full-on certifiable. Faeries aren’t real, right? But when Torin, an assassin from the Winter Court, begins hunting Ro as well, she is forced to see the truth for what it is - a death sentence. “No, luv, not a lie, but a horrible truth. My kind are infamous for their brutal honesty and deadly honor. Come with me now, and maybe my liege will keep you.” Forced to choose between death or enslavement, Ro’s destiny is one of blood and sacrifice.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664197702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Soon to be eighteen, Ro McBay has never met her father, has never learned his name, and has never seen his photograph. He left on the day of Ro’s birth and never returned. When Ro’s old and extremely odd next door neighbor, Mrs. O’Leary, gets a visit from a handsome, young stranger, Ro’s secret dream of someday meeting her father becomes a nightmare - one which may possibly kill her. After the stranger admits he is a warrior fae sent by Queen Eriu of Faery, he offers Ro a chance at saving her father and the mortal realm. Ro doesn’t know if the distracting Cian Brodie is simply crazy or full-on certifiable. Faeries aren’t real, right? But when Torin, an assassin from the Winter Court, begins hunting Ro as well, she is forced to see the truth for what it is - a death sentence. “No, luv, not a lie, but a horrible truth. My kind are infamous for their brutal honesty and deadly honor. Come with me now, and maybe my liege will keep you.” Forced to choose between death or enslavement, Ro’s destiny is one of blood and sacrifice.
The Monster with a Thousand Faces
Author: Brian J. Frost
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879724597
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Brian Frost chronicles the history of the vampire in myth and literature, providing a sumptuous repast for all devotees of the bizarre. In a wide-ranging survey, including plot summaries of hundreds of novels and short stories, the reader meets an amazing assortment of vampires from the pages of weird fiction, ranging from the 10,000-year-old femme fatale in Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Conqueror to the malevolent fetus in Eddy C. Bertin’s “Something Small, Something Hungry.” Nostalgia buffs will enjoy a discussion of the vampire yarns in the pulp magazines of the interwar years, while fans of contemporary vampire fiction will also be sated.
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879724597
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Brian Frost chronicles the history of the vampire in myth and literature, providing a sumptuous repast for all devotees of the bizarre. In a wide-ranging survey, including plot summaries of hundreds of novels and short stories, the reader meets an amazing assortment of vampires from the pages of weird fiction, ranging from the 10,000-year-old femme fatale in Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Conqueror to the malevolent fetus in Eddy C. Bertin’s “Something Small, Something Hungry.” Nostalgia buffs will enjoy a discussion of the vampire yarns in the pulp magazines of the interwar years, while fans of contemporary vampire fiction will also be sated.
Campus of Blood
Author: Rashaan Willerforde
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595430120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
College freshman Charlie Jackson is excited to leave high school behind and start his studies at Florida State University. He's not prepared, however, for the horror he faces his first week on campus. Within minutes of moving into his dormitory room in Kennedy Village, Charlie notices a certain fraternity house on campus. While the other houses are bright and alive, this one, the house of the Dark Masters, is forbidding. With black bricks and black-painted windows, it seems almost full of death. Late one night, as Charlie peers through binoculars at the house, he witnesses something he should have never seen-a coed being brutally attacked by one of the members, who is a vampire. The girl's dismembered, decapitated, and blood-drained body is discovered the next day in a rural woods. She's the latest victim in a string of similar killings, and Charlie is certain he now knows the culprits. Enlisting the help of his roommate, Frankie, and occult expert Professor Grimm, Charlie vows to eliminate the vampire clan. Charlie is outmatched by these bloodthirsty creatures who are endowed with razor-sharp claws and superhuman speed. The vampires seem to be everywhere, and Charlie is soon to be astonished to discover the depth of the conspiracy.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595430120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
College freshman Charlie Jackson is excited to leave high school behind and start his studies at Florida State University. He's not prepared, however, for the horror he faces his first week on campus. Within minutes of moving into his dormitory room in Kennedy Village, Charlie notices a certain fraternity house on campus. While the other houses are bright and alive, this one, the house of the Dark Masters, is forbidding. With black bricks and black-painted windows, it seems almost full of death. Late one night, as Charlie peers through binoculars at the house, he witnesses something he should have never seen-a coed being brutally attacked by one of the members, who is a vampire. The girl's dismembered, decapitated, and blood-drained body is discovered the next day in a rural woods. She's the latest victim in a string of similar killings, and Charlie is certain he now knows the culprits. Enlisting the help of his roommate, Frankie, and occult expert Professor Grimm, Charlie vows to eliminate the vampire clan. Charlie is outmatched by these bloodthirsty creatures who are endowed with razor-sharp claws and superhuman speed. The vampires seem to be everywhere, and Charlie is soon to be astonished to discover the depth of the conspiracy.
Of Blood and Seduction
Author: Anna Santos
Publisher: Crystal Palace Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
When darkness chooses you as its bride, your only options are to give in or fight back. Siobhan is worried that she may lose her job, along with her colleagues, after her company gets sold. After drowning her sorrows in alcohol and spending the night with a charming stranger, her life is about to change drastically when she discovers that her new boss is the same person she had a fling with. Between a cocky billionaire with a jealous assistant and a handsome doctor who wants to go out with her, Siobhan's love life has never been this exciting. Too bad she may not live enough to enjoy it. Unknowingly to her, both men have different reasons to enter her life. While her boss is adamant about buying her affection, the dreamy doctor needs her for her blood. When her life is at risk, secrets will be revealed, and Siobhan must muster the strength to abandon all and unleash the untapped potential within her blood. Will she be tempted by darkness and fall into its grasp or become the powerful being she never knew she could be?
Publisher: Crystal Palace Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
When darkness chooses you as its bride, your only options are to give in or fight back. Siobhan is worried that she may lose her job, along with her colleagues, after her company gets sold. After drowning her sorrows in alcohol and spending the night with a charming stranger, her life is about to change drastically when she discovers that her new boss is the same person she had a fling with. Between a cocky billionaire with a jealous assistant and a handsome doctor who wants to go out with her, Siobhan's love life has never been this exciting. Too bad she may not live enough to enjoy it. Unknowingly to her, both men have different reasons to enter her life. While her boss is adamant about buying her affection, the dreamy doctor needs her for her blood. When her life is at risk, secrets will be revealed, and Siobhan must muster the strength to abandon all and unleash the untapped potential within her blood. Will she be tempted by darkness and fall into its grasp or become the powerful being she never knew she could be?
The X-Files: The Official Collection - Little Green Men, Monsters and Villains Vol.2
Author: Natalie Clubb
Publisher: Titan Comics
ISBN: 1782769161
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Publisher: Titan Comics
ISBN: 1782769161
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Story of Blood
Author: Stephan D. Alexander
Publisher: Letras
ISBN: 6060713076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The man was determined to see what happened and he climbed and climbed the mountain while in distance he was hearing the sound of scared animals even the monsters were scared and crying. But he did not let this stop him and he pushed forward and forward until he reached the pick of the Mountain; there he saw something that he had never seen before it was a blue but bright light that was eating the vegetation even the stones seem to cry, a bluish light. He approached a big blue and broken object it seemed to be a stone, he tried to touch it but it was too hot; he could not understand what he was seeing; he approached the liquid and the liquid itself was hot and hurt his hand as he was approaching the blue stone that was in front of him it seem to create a heat around him and it was sending more and more heat. He felt extremely tired and decided to sleep next to the big and broken rock that was next to him, it was beautiful, it was blue it seemed to affect everything in its path and yet it was warm, it seemed like safety, it seemed like home, so he closed his eyes and started to dream. In his dream he saw for the first time in his life images that were not familiar to him that were coming like a movie inside his head something that he had never experienced before; he was not controlling this, he was like a spectator and another person was the narrator.
Publisher: Letras
ISBN: 6060713076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The man was determined to see what happened and he climbed and climbed the mountain while in distance he was hearing the sound of scared animals even the monsters were scared and crying. But he did not let this stop him and he pushed forward and forward until he reached the pick of the Mountain; there he saw something that he had never seen before it was a blue but bright light that was eating the vegetation even the stones seem to cry, a bluish light. He approached a big blue and broken object it seemed to be a stone, he tried to touch it but it was too hot; he could not understand what he was seeing; he approached the liquid and the liquid itself was hot and hurt his hand as he was approaching the blue stone that was in front of him it seem to create a heat around him and it was sending more and more heat. He felt extremely tired and decided to sleep next to the big and broken rock that was next to him, it was beautiful, it was blue it seemed to affect everything in its path and yet it was warm, it seemed like safety, it seemed like home, so he closed his eyes and started to dream. In his dream he saw for the first time in his life images that were not familiar to him that were coming like a movie inside his head something that he had never experienced before; he was not controlling this, he was like a spectator and another person was the narrator.
Legacy of Blood
Author: Heather Graham
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369748832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In the streets of Paris, someone wants to paint the town red… When Special Agent Jeannette LaFarge is called in to investigate a vineyard in the Reims region of France, the last thing she expects to find is multiple bodies with every vein bled dry. It’s yet another case tailor-made for Blackbird. Joining her is recent recruit Detective Daniel Murray, eager to use his newfound abilities to track down whoever is terrorizing Paris and its surrounding areas. With each ashen victim grows the realization that those responsible weren’t inspired by vampiric creatures of the night but by Elizabeth Báthory herself. The Hungarian noblewoman’s unspeakable crimes against her people are being reenacted in both the City of Lights and across the French countryside. Unless the two of them act quickly, the upcoming harvest promises to yield blood instead of wine. The Blackbird Files Book 1: Death Behind Every Door Book 2: Market for Murder Book 3: Legacy of Blood
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369748832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In the streets of Paris, someone wants to paint the town red… When Special Agent Jeannette LaFarge is called in to investigate a vineyard in the Reims region of France, the last thing she expects to find is multiple bodies with every vein bled dry. It’s yet another case tailor-made for Blackbird. Joining her is recent recruit Detective Daniel Murray, eager to use his newfound abilities to track down whoever is terrorizing Paris and its surrounding areas. With each ashen victim grows the realization that those responsible weren’t inspired by vampiric creatures of the night but by Elizabeth Báthory herself. The Hungarian noblewoman’s unspeakable crimes against her people are being reenacted in both the City of Lights and across the French countryside. Unless the two of them act quickly, the upcoming harvest promises to yield blood instead of wine. The Blackbird Files Book 1: Death Behind Every Door Book 2: Market for Murder Book 3: Legacy of Blood
Our Old Monsters
Author: Brenda S. Gardenour Walter
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476619425
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure in modern horror. These "old monsters" have their origins in Aristotle as studied in the universities of medieval Europe, where Christian scholars reconciled works of natural philosophy and medicine with theological precepts. They codified divine perfection as warm, light, male and associated with the ethereal world beyond the moon, while evil imperfection was cold, dark, female and bound to the corrupt world below the moon. All who did not conform to divine goodness--including un-holy women and Jews--were considered evil and ascribed a melancholic, blood hungry and demonic physiology. This construct was the basis for anti-woman and anti-Jewish discourse that has persisted through modern Western culture. Nowhere is this more evident than in horror films, where the witch, the vampire and the werewolf represent our fear of the inverted other.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476619425
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure in modern horror. These "old monsters" have their origins in Aristotle as studied in the universities of medieval Europe, where Christian scholars reconciled works of natural philosophy and medicine with theological precepts. They codified divine perfection as warm, light, male and associated with the ethereal world beyond the moon, while evil imperfection was cold, dark, female and bound to the corrupt world below the moon. All who did not conform to divine goodness--including un-holy women and Jews--were considered evil and ascribed a melancholic, blood hungry and demonic physiology. This construct was the basis for anti-woman and anti-Jewish discourse that has persisted through modern Western culture. Nowhere is this more evident than in horror films, where the witch, the vampire and the werewolf represent our fear of the inverted other.
Empire of Blood
Author: Richard A. Knaak
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
ISBN: 0786961872
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Faros is Krynn's last hope against the plague that threatens to destroy it in this final title in the Minotaur Wars trilogy The War of Souls has ended, but Krynn is still rife with conflict. The elven land of Silvanesti is no more, replaced by the minotaur colony of Ambeon. And in Nethosak, new emperor sits on the throne, his dark Protectors backed by the magic of the Forerunners. Resistance to the empire is all but crushed. The rebellion's last hope, Faros, struggles with personal demons. But when he is unexpectedly bolstered by the very gods he has renounced, the legitimate heir rises up against terriyfing obstacles, both all too real and fantastical. A plague of abominations descends upon Faros’s forces as they storm the capital—forcing a memorable showdown with the evil usurpers.
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
ISBN: 0786961872
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Faros is Krynn's last hope against the plague that threatens to destroy it in this final title in the Minotaur Wars trilogy The War of Souls has ended, but Krynn is still rife with conflict. The elven land of Silvanesti is no more, replaced by the minotaur colony of Ambeon. And in Nethosak, new emperor sits on the throne, his dark Protectors backed by the magic of the Forerunners. Resistance to the empire is all but crushed. The rebellion's last hope, Faros, struggles with personal demons. But when he is unexpectedly bolstered by the very gods he has renounced, the legitimate heir rises up against terriyfing obstacles, both all too real and fantastical. A plague of abominations descends upon Faros’s forces as they storm the capital—forcing a memorable showdown with the evil usurpers.