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Over the course of two award-winning collections and a critically acclaimed novel, The Croning, Laird Barron has arisen as one of the strongest and most original literary voices in modern horror and the dark fantastic. Melding supernatural horror with hardboiled noir, espionage, and a scientific backbone, Barron's stories have garnered critical acclaim and have been reprinted in numerous year's best anthologies and nominated for multiple awards, including the Crawford, International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy awards.

They have lived for centuries in a house of legend and mystery in upper Illinois—and they are not like other Midwesterners. Rarely encountered in daylight hours, their children are curious and wild; their old ones have survived since before the Sphinx first sank its paws deep in Egyptian sands. And some sleep in beds with lids. Now the house is being readied in anticipation of the gala homecoming that will gather together the far-flung branches of this odd and remarkable family.

It looked like another ordinary day in Los Angeles. Then night came...Evil as old as the centuries has descended upon the City of Angels - it comes as a kiss from the terrifying but seductive immortals. Slowly at first, then by the legions, the ravenous undead choke Los Angeles with bloodthirsty determination - and the hordes of monstrous victims steadily mount each night.

Imagine that everyone you have ever known or loved was forced against their will into a state of demonic possession and spiritual slavery. Imagine an unholy cabal of the world's richest and most powerful men directing this sinister plan in order to cement their unbridled control of the planet. Imagine two heroes emerging from that darkness to do battle with the forces of evil.

Kagen Vale is the trusted and feared captain of the palace guard, charged with protection of the royal children of the Silver Empire. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial family is killed, leaving the empire in ruins. Haunted and broken, Kagen is abandoned by his gods and damned forever. He becomes a wanderer, trying to take down as many of his enemies as possible while plotting to assassinate the usurper, the deadly Witch-king of Hakkia. While all around him magic—long banished from the world—returns in strange and terrifying ways.

The Silver Empire is in ruins. War is in the wind. Kagen and his allies are on the run from the Witch-king. Wild magic is running rampant everywhere. Spies and secret cabals plot from the shadows of golden thrones. Kagen Vale is the most wanted man in the world, with a death sentence on his head and a reward for him—dead or alive—that would tempt a saint. The Witch-king has new allies who bring a terrible weapon—a cursed disease that drives people into a murderous rage. If the disease is allowed to spread, the whole of the West will tear itself apart.

Over a decade after violating the ruthless orders of his superiors in the Basilean military, ex-legion captain Dionne emerges from hiding in the Mountains of Tarkis, leading a force of rebels against the dark forces of the Abyss. Desperate to clamp down on the popular rebel leader, the Basilean Duma dispatches a force to bring the former legion officer to justice. Leading the paladins of this force is Tancred, freshly promoted and harboring political ambitions of his own.

Kagen Vale—disgraced former palace guard, damned by his own gods, on the run from bounty hunters and assassins—discovers that no matter where you try to hide, evil can find you. In this standalone short story, Kagen the Damned squares off against a clan of ferocious supernatural predators in service to the Witch-king.

In Ghostwalkers, a gun-for-hire, literally haunted by his bloody past, comes to the struggling town of Paradise Falls, where he becomes embroiled in a deadly conflict between the besieged community and a diabolically brilliant alchemist who is building terrible new weapons of mass destruction...and an army of the living dead!

Русский инженер Пётр Гарин создаёт "гиперболоид" — аппарат, испускающий тепловой луч огромной мощности, способный разрушить любые преграды....

Если ты белая целительница, в которой проснулась темная сила, то тебе прямая дорога из Белого Царства в Темное. А там рукой подать до Академии темной магии, где открыта вакансия магистра по травологии. И если в твоем шкафу припрятаны скелеты, то есть семейные тайны, то самое время этот шкаф открыть, а тайны разгадать.

Quentin needs to put it all behind him, enough of the pity brigade. What better way to do just that than by jumping into Sorrowsong, the greatest MMO that ever existed, that's now available in true VR? But there’s always a catch, or more like a big flaw, unless you consider a mind-reading quest-giver to be a minor glitch. Now the QG is in his head, rooting up memories that are best left buried. The game is playing Quentin.

Эрик Фрайберг живет в мрачном мире пара и техномагии, отгороженном высокой стеной от мира аристократов и белых воротничков. Он мечтает отомстить за смерть отца, вернуть имя и трон, но сейчас ему нужно выжить. А лучше не только выжить, но и стать первым в Городе темных улиц.

For Josh, falling in love does not fit in with his rock and roll lifestyle. And falling for someone who believes in mermaids? Who wants to be one? Well, he wasn't expecting that, either. But the sea is deep with mysteries. Sometimes they wash ashore, whispered in the hush of a quiet tide, and all you have to do is listen. Other times you have to explore the dark beneath the surface yourself, unsure of what you might find....

In diesem fesselnden Abenteuer taucht die Expedition um die Archäologin Helena tief in die Geheimnisse einer mystischen Welt ein. Angefangen mit dem Vermächtnis eines Archäologen bis hin zu einem epischen Duell der Dimensionen, enthüllt die Geschichte das Geheimnis um einen Silbernen Skarabäus und seine Verbindung zu vergessenen Göttern. Mit atemberaubenden Wendungen und einem Wettlauf gegen die Dunkelheit erforscht die Expedition das Labyrinth der Zeit, wo Entscheidungen nicht nur die eigene Reise, sondern das Gleichgewicht der gesamten Welt beeinflussen.

"Schatten über Schloss Raven" nimmt den Leser mit seinen 20 Kapiteln mit auf eine fesselnde Reise voller Rätsel und Geheimnisse. Begleite Victoria Sinclair durch ein Labyrinth aus Licht und Schatten, das das Schloss umgibt, angefangen bei der düsteren Einladung bis hin zur Enthüllung des Schatten-Erbes. Victoria kämpft gegen die undurchsichtige Dunkelheit, wobei jedes Kapitel tiefe Geheimnisse offenbart und schließlich zu einem epischen Finale führt. Tauche ein in eine Welt voller aufregender Wendungen, einer schaurigen Atmosphäre und fesselnder Charaktere.

Das Erwachen der Vergangenheit in 20 spanenden Kapiteln. Tauche ein in die düsteren Mysterien von Eldrath, wo die Schatten der Vergangenheit ein neues Grauen entfesseln. Der Hüter des Lichts, Darian, steht erneut vor einer finsteren Bedrohung, als die Pforte zur Anderswelt sich öffnet und die Unheiligen erwachen. Mit dem Rätsel der Verlorenen und einem geheimnisvollen Artefakt begibt sich Darian auf eine fesselnde Reise durch Zwischenwelten der Schatten, hin zu einem erbarmungslosen Kampf gegen die Ewige Nacht.