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Crowbones by Anne Bishop
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer-before it's too late... -
![Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff]()
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom holy cup comes holy light;The faithful hands sets world aright.And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,Mere man shall end this endless night.It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness... -
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Zero Hour by Will Hill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJamie Carpenter and the rest of Department 19 know when the world will end. It ends when Zero Hour comes. And Zero Hour…is here.As Dracula continues his rise, Department 19 is desperately trying to keep the forces of evil at bay. Then, an unexpected source brings a ray of hope, sending Jamie and Larissa on a dangerous mission to find the one thing that could turn back the darkness for good... -
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Battle Lines by Will Hill
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's always darkest before dawn. Secret government unit Department 19 is recovering from evil vampire Valeri Rusmanov's deadly attack on their base. The Department’s newest member, teenage operator Jamie Carpenter, is tasked with training up a new squad, as his friends and colleagues desperately search for ways to try to stop what is coming... -
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![The Rising by Will Hill]()
The Rising by Will Hill
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJames Bond meets Dracula in this epic saga of one boy and a ton of weapons versus the world's oldest evil--vampires as you've never seen them before! Sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter's life was violently upended when he was brought into Department 19, a classified government agency of vampire hunters that was formed to deal with a little problem . . . known as Dracula... -
![Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer]()
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsDexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market — until she’s betrayed.Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet—her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired... -
![Imajica by Clive Barker]()
Imajica by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsImajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. At its heart lies the sensualist and master art forger, Gentle, whose life unravels when he encounters Judith Odell, whose power to influence the destinies of men is vaster than she knows, and Pie 'oh' pah, an alien assassin who comes from a hidden dimension... -
![The Minority Council by Kate Griffin]()
The Minority Council by Kate Griffin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMatthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up... -
![A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs]()
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe #1 bestselling series returns with a thrilling new story arc set in America!Vintage photographs reveal the never-before-seen world of peculiar America with a stunning addition—full-color images.Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida... -
![Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz]()
Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsHong Kong has been taken over by the Old Ones and has become Necropolis, City of the Dead. Once in, there is no way out… Evil has been unleashed on the world and only five children – with special powers – can save it... -
![Blood-Kissed Sky by J.A. London]()
Blood-Kissed Sky by J.A. London
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere's nowhere left to hide. I thought vampires were our enemies - they controlled our lives, isolated our cities, and demanded our blood - until I met Victor. With Victor taking over as the new Lord Valentine, things were supposed to get better. Instead, they're worse than ever. Day Walkers, a new breed of vampires who can walk in the sun, are terrorizing the city... -
![A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks]()
A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsEight centuries ago the first Knight of the Word was commissioned to combat the demonic evil of the Void. Now that daunting legacy has passed to John Ross - along with powerful magic and the knowledge that his actions are all that stand between a living hell and humanity's future.Then, after decades of service to the Word, an unspeakable act of violence shatters John Ross's weary faith...Categorized as:
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![Full Throttle by Joe Hill]()
Full Throttle by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in “Faun.” A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind the wheel of an antique Bookmobile to deliver fresh reads to the dead in “Late Returns... -
![Chaos Unleashed: by Drew Karpyshyn]()
Chaos Unleashed: by Drew Karpyshyn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Legacy, a magical barrier protecting humanity from Chaos, has crumbled.Four unlikely champions, each touched with Chaos magic at birth, are all that can stop the return of Daemron the Slayer. Armed with the Talismans of power the four champions, the Children of Fire, must find the Keystone, a fabled place where, or so it is said, the Legacy can be restored... -
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![Creeping Jenny by Jeff Noon]()
Creeping Jenny by Jeff Noon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe third book in Jeff Noon's widely acclaimed 'Nyquist Mysteries' find our protagonist caught up in a new mystery that delves into nightmares, Saints and the answer to his father's disappearanceNyquist finds himself in a village where everyday is a different type of nightmare and whose bizarre rules are governed by whichever Saint rules that day...Categorized as:
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![Diary of the Displaced - Omnibus by Glynn James]()
Diary of the Displaced - Omnibus by Glynn James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is a place where nightmares are real. A dark and terrifying place that is hidden from the world we know, by borders that only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross... -
![The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley]()
The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe bloodsoaked concluding volume of Kameron Hurley’s epic fantasy, the Worldbreaker Saga, is unleashed.The Dhai nation has broken apart under the onslaught of the Tai Kao, invaders from a parallel world... -
![Impact Winter by Travis Beacham]()
Impact Winter by Travis Beacham
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"They came after the impact and the firestorms. When the sun went dark. Like they’d been there all along. Just waiting."From executive producers of The Walking Dead and Travis Beacham, the writer of Pacific Rim, comes a heart-stopping Audible Original featuring a brilliant British cast. It’s the near future and seven years since a comet hit the earth and blotted out the sun... -
![The Snow by Flint Maxwell, Matt Godfrey]()
The Snow by Flint Maxwell, Matt Godfrey
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is how the world ends: with a single snowflake. After a tragic accident at work, all Grady Miller wanted was an escape, and he finds it with two of his closest friends. Together, the three of them travel south to Prism Lake for the upcoming holiday, where they plan on spending the sunny weekend drinking, grilling, and relaxing... -
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Impact Winter Season 2 by Travis Beacham
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe hit Audible Original series from executive producers of The Walking Dead and the writer of Pacific Rim returns for its highly anticipated second season.Six months have passed since the Vampire Queen fell silent, and the world balances on a knife’s edge... -
![The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll]()
The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHave you ever loved a magical book above all others? Have you ever wished the magic were real? Welcome to The Land of Laughs. A novel about how terrifying that would be.Schoolteacher Thomas Abbey, unsure son of a film star, doesn't know who he is or what he wants--in life, in love, or in his relationship with the strange and intense Saxony Gardner...Categorized as:
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![All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman]()
All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Blood Moon rises. The Blood Veil falls. The Tournament begins.Every generation, at the coming of the Blood Moon, seven families in the remote city of Ilvernath each name a champion to compete in a tournament to the death.The prize? Exclusive control over a secret wellspring of high magick, the most powerful resource in the world--one thought long depleted...Categorized as:
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![The Change by Teyla Branton]()
The Change by Teyla Branton
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere are only two ways to kill Unbounded, and fire isn’t one of them—as law school dropout Erin Radkey learns the hard way. By fluke of a recessive gene, she has become Unbounded, a nearly immortal being with paranormal abilities. Erin’s Change separates her from her loved ones and alters everything she believes to be true...Categorized as:
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![Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman]()
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 54 ratings“A prodigiously imaginative collection.”—New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice “Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic...Categorized as:
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![Host by Faith Hunter]()
Host by Faith Hunter
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic ice age envisioned by Faith Hunter in Bloodring and Seraphs, humans continue their fight to survive amid the warlike forces of Light and Darkness—and struggle to understand the seraphic and demonic beings who have invaded their world....After risking her life to save the residents of Mineral City from a fallen seraph of the underworld, Thorn St... -
![Lord of Illusions by Clive Barker]()
Lord of Illusions by Clive Barker
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBased on The Last Illusion, a short story in Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume 6, this book is being released to tie in with the film starring Scott Bakula. Harry D'Amour, private investigator, thought he had seen the worst that flesh could suffer, but he hadn't... -
![Dante's End by Ariana Nash]()
Dante's End by Ariana Nash
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMonsters are made, not born... Most called him the Jailor. Some called him a monster. If he had a name, nobody had survived meeting him long enough to tell it. They said he sat atop a mound of skulls and marked each death on his throne, like notches on a bedpost. Some tales told of how he had wings as dark as night, and of how he wore a crown of razor wire woven around four horns... -
![The Whatnot by Stefan Bachmann]()
The Whatnot by Stefan Bachmann
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Oh, the Sly King, the Sly King, in his towers of ash and wind." Pikey Thomas doesn’t know how or why he can see the changeling girl. But there she is. Not in the cold, muddy London neighborhood where Pikey lives. Instead, she’s walking through the trees and snow of the enchanted Old Country or, later, racing through an opulent hall...Categorized as:
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![A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen]()
A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne of Us is Lying meets A Deadly Education in this fantasy thriller that follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.Ren Monroe has spent four years proving she’s one of the best wizards in her generation... -
![The Helm of Midnight by Marina J. Lostetter]()
The Helm of Midnight by Marina J. Lostetter
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA legendary serial killer stalks the streets of a fantastical city in The Helm of Midnight, the stunning first novel in a new trilogy from acclaimed author Marina Lostetter.In a daring and deadly heist, thieves have made away with an artifact of terrible power--the death mask of Louis Charbon... -
![The Body Library by Jeff Noon]()
The Body Library by Jeff Noon
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJeff Noon returns with a staggering hallucinogenic sequel to A Man of Shadows, taking hapless investigator John Nyquist into a city where reality is contaminated by the imagination of its citizensIn a city dissolving into an infected sprawl of ideas, where words come to life and reality is contaminated by stories, John Nyquist wakes up in a room with a dead body.. -
![Fury by Rachel Vincent]()
Fury by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1986: Rebecca Essig leaves a slumber party early but comes home to a massacre—committed by her own parents. Only one of her siblings has survived. But as the tragic event unfolds, she begins to realize that other than a small army of six-year-olds, she is among very few survivors of a nationwide slaughter.The Reaping has begun... -
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Blessed by a Demon’s Mark by E.S. Moore
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a job like this, there’s no retirement plan Kat Redding’s life is dangerous enough when she’s hunting the rogue vampires who prey on Pureblood humans. But now that Kat is thinking of getting out of the killing business, she’s faced with a slew of new problems... -
![Darkside by Tom Becker]()
Darkside by Tom Becker
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLondon has a secret: a hidden borough of monsters and mayhem, founded by Jack the Ripper and known as Darkside. It's a place of evil and danger, but also excitement and mystery - and it's Jonathan's last hiding place. Alone and on the run, he finds his troubles - and adventures - have only just begun... -
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![Double Dead by Chuck Wendig]()
Double Dead by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCoburn’s been dead now for close to a century, but seeing as how he’s a vampire and all, it doesn't much bother him. Or at least it didn't, not until he awoke from a forced five-year slumber to discover that most of human civilization was now dead-but not dead like him, oh no.See, Coburn likes blood. The rest of the walking dead, they like brains. He’s smart. Them, not so much...Categorized as:
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![Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands]()
Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis holiday, spend quality time with family and loved ones—living and dead . . .There's no place like home for the horrordays—unless you'd prefer a romantic midnight walk through a ghost-infested graveyard . . . or a haunted house candlelight dinner with the sexy vampire of your dreams... -
![Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace]()
Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWasp's job is simple. Hunt ghosts. And every year she has to fight to remain Archivist. Desperate and alone, she strikes a bargain with the ghost of a supersoldier. She will go with him on his underworld hunt for the long-lost ghost of his partner and in exchange she will find out more about his pre-apocalyptic world than any Archivist before her. And there is much to know...Categorized as:
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![The Mound by H.P. Lovecraft, Zelia Bishop]()
The Mound by H.P. Lovecraft, Zelia Bishop
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"The Mound" is a horror/science fiction novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written by him as a ghostwriter from December 1929 to January 1930 after he was hired by Zealia Bishop to create a story about an Indian mound which is haunted by a headless ghost. Lovecraft expanded the story into a tale about a mound that conceals a gateway to a subterranean civilization, the realm of K'n-yan... -
![Fallen by Tim Lebbon]()
Fallen by Tim Lebbon
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom award-winning author Tim Lebbon comes this harrowing tale of an epic journey, crossing the forbidden boundary separating us from all we fear the most.…To the unknown corners of Noreela, the Voyagers have traveled, returning with fantastic tales of their journeys and discoveries... -
![Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman]()
Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Saturnalia carnival marks three years since Nina walked away from Philadelphia’s elite Saturn Club—with its genteel debauchery, arcane pecking order, and winking interest in alchemy and the occult. In doing so, she abandoned her closest friends and her chance to climb the social ladder... -
![Children of Icarus by Caighlan Smith]()
Children of Icarus by Caighlan Smith
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is Clara who is desperate to enter the labyrinth and it is Clara who is bright, strong, and fearless enough to take on any challenge. It is no surprise when she is chosen. But so is the girl who has always lived in her shadow. Together they enter. Within minutes, they are torn apart forever... -
![California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout]()
California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen Daniel Blackland was six, he ingested his first bone fragment, a bit of kraken spine plucked out of the sand during a visit with his demanding, brilliant, and powerful magician father, Sebastian.When Daniel was twelve, he watched Sebastian die at the hands of the Hierarch of Southern California, devoured for the heightened magic layered deep within his bones... -
![Black Feathers by Joseph D'Lacey]()
Black Feathers by Joseph D'Lacey
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt is the Black Dawn, a time of environmental apocalypse, the earth wracked and dying.It is the Bright Day, a time long generations hence, when a peace has descended across the world.In each era, a child shall be chosen. Their task is to find a dark messiah known only as the Crowman... -
![Dead Boys by Gabrielle Squailia]()
Dead Boys by Gabrielle Squailia
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“If China Miéville, Neil Gaiman and Hunter S. Thompson had a ménage à trois, Dead Boys would be the lovechild. A cracking book.”—Jay Kristoff, author of StormdancerA decade dead, Jacob Campbell is a preservationist, providing a kind of taxidermy to keep his clients looking lifelike for as long as the forces of entropy will allow... -
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![Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw]()
Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTen years ago Kate Winters' parents were taken by the High Council's wardens to help with the country's war effort. Now the wardens are back...and prisoners, including Kate's uncle Artemis, are taken south on the terrifying Night Train. Kate and her friend Edgar are hunted by a far more dangerous enemy... -
![Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935 by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935 by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn indispensable collection of HP Lovecraft's best work from his distinctive collaborative pieces, prose-poems and early tales of the gruesome and bizarre, through to his later, more mature work: the Cthulhu Mythos. With an introduction by Colin Wilson, Crawling Chaos is must-have for every horror/ fantasy fan... -
![Eight Will Fall by Sarah Harian]()
Eight Will Fall by Sarah Harian
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPitched as Six of Crows meets Suicide Squad, this dark YA fantasy follows eight criminals as they battle their way through a subterranean realm of horrors and certain death.In a world where magic is illegal, eight criminals led by rebellious Larkin are sent on a mission to rid their realm of an ancient evil lurking beneath the surface... -
![The Island: Part One by Michael Stark, Michael R. Stark]()
The Island: Part One by Michael Stark, Michael R. Stark
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe Fever struck hard and fast, rising out of the slums and claiming victim after victim. At first, reports trickled across the wire in small segments relegated to the final seconds of the broadcast news. Lost among stories of failing economies and political bickering, few noticed what proved to be the birth pangs of a monster... -
![Slave Girl of Gor by John Norman]()
Slave Girl of Gor by John Norman
Rated: 3.34 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTaken as a possession, Judy Thornton, an Earth resident, is found meandering in the wilderness of the Earthlike planet of Gor. In keeping with the uncivilized culture of the Goreans, she is trained and used as a slave. What her masters don't know is that Judy is more than just a beautiful chattel. She has the power to obliterate Gor and all that is related to it... -
![Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett]()
Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is the time of the Great Depression. Thousands have left their homes looking for a better life, a new life. But Marcus Connelly is not one of them. He searches for one thing, and one thing only. Revenge. Because out there, riding the rails, stalking the camps, is the scarred vagrant who murdered Connelly's daughter. No one knows him, but everyone knows his name: Mr. Shivers...
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