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Readers who enjoyed Spawn Origins, Book 1 by Todd McFarlane, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Dave Sim, Neil Gaiman & Greg Capullo also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Wicked by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew, deadly enemies of the Vampire Huntress join forces with the old in the battle that will lead to the Armageddon in The Wicked, the eighth installment in L. A. Banks's hot Vampire Huntress seriesDamali and Carlos have finally tied the knot, but there is no happily ever after on the horizon... -
The Cursed by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe Chairman has been killed and now Lilith, Satan’s Consort, sits on the vampire throne as the Vampire Council’s new Chairwoman. She raises all the dark covens, calling every major dark witch and warlock to do her bidding. Her goal is to distract the team members while the unborn heir to the Dark Realms awaits his own birth. All Lilith needs now is Damali’s newly discovered angelic powers... -
The Darkness by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter the battle at Masada, the Neteru team returns to San Diego believing forty-thousand demons had been eradicated and that Lilith's spawn has been killed. But somehow the treacherous little creature got away. Just as had been prophesized at the dawn of the Armageddon, the anti-Christ has been born and will soon rise to power... -
The Shadows by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe Dark Realms are taking cover after an angel onslaught from On High. The Antichrist has been injured and the fourth biblical seal has been broken. Yonnie and Val, a strange combination of a daywalker and an angel hybrid, have joined Damali and Carlos's team. And the two new Council-level vamps, Elizabeth Bathory and Lucrezia Borgia, are still in recovery from their last mission... -
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The Forsaken by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead, and Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress, and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy---one that not even Damali will anticipate---has been developed... -
Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“There’s more to me than you know…”When Matt Archer’s sister, Mamie, said those words to him three years ago, he had no idea how prophetic they were, or what this would mean for his family.Now, he knows. And it changes everything, bringing the war right to Matt’s doorstep.In the epic conclusion to the Matt Archer series, the endgame is near... -
The Damned by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe only way to Heaven is through the gates of Hell…Damali Richards knows all about a blood rush. The kind that happened when she first went skin-to-skin with former vampire Carlos Rivera. Or the kind that happened on the streets of Philadelphia, when her crew took on the devil’s own... -
The Bitten by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Bitten is the fourth daring and pulse-pounding book in L. A. Banks's Vampire Huntress Legend seriesThe vampire civil war has been averted, deadly were-demons have been beaten back, and now it Damali Richards and Carlos Rivera (now a Council level vampire) will finally have the chance to settle in and explore their deeper, sexier love... -
The Prison of Angels by David Dalglish
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"This world is not safe. Your angels have done great things, but I fear their illusion of safety has been more damaging than they can possibly understand. The ancient evils may be gone, but new ones have replaced them."----Five years have passed since the death of the war god, and now angels watch over the land. It should be a time of peace and prosperity. It is not... -
Infernium by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEven the most powerful love can't save a condemned soulPain is an abyss.How naive of me to think I’d already reached the very depths of it when fate shook my world with a crushing blow. It turns out, there are fathomless levels of pain, like a winding labyrinth of doors leading to shadowy figures and long-forgotten secrets... -
The Hunted by L.A. Banks
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEach millennium brings a new Neteru, a vampire huntress whose mission is to vanquish evil from the world. This millennium's savior has come in the form of Damali Richards, a hip-hop diva with the heart of a warrior and an attitude to match. But a war in Hell has cost Damali both her powers and her past love, Carlos Rivera. Still, Damali can't let her grief stand in her way... -
Omulețul din perete by Marian Coman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsȘi dacă ești doar un personaj în cartea altcuiva?Cala, o femeie superbă și misterioasă, în jurul căreia se învârtesc multe dintre poveștile din carte. Sevăn, un bătăuș get-beget dintr-un sat uitat de lume. Fifi, o bibliotecară care face o descoperire inedită. Tanti Teofana, o ghicitoare care ascunde tot soiul de enigme și comori... -
My Name Is Lydia by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSupernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate a young girl who appears to be possessed by an evil spirit... -
Infernal Angel by Edward Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe city of Hell. That's what Hell is now, an endless metropolis bristling with black skyscrapers, raging in eternal horror. The moon is black and the sky is blood red. Screams rip down the streets and through alleys. The people trudge down sidewalks on their way to work or to stores, just like in other cities. There's only one difference. In this city the people are all dead... -
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ReVamped by J.F. Lewis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsREVIVED. REFRESHED. AND READY FOR REVENGEEric has lost his strip club, his Mustang, and even Marilyn, the elderly love of his (mortal) life. Even his body was obliterated. In short, they almost got him. But when you're a vampire, "almost" is a very important word... -
Under Rotting Sky by Matthew V. Brockmeyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty unforgettable tales of transgression and horror from Matthew V. Brockmeyer, the award-winning author of KIND NEPENTHE. In "Mine" a child hangs precariously between the isthmus of innocence and evil, shedding his humanity for the altar of a wolf pup.A horrifying and ancient legend reveals itself with a shocking new twist in "A Dirty Winter Moon...Categorized as:
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Everything Has Teeth by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA city where people are turning gleefully insane. Inescapable blood-sucking bugs. A serial killer who may have discovered proof of alien life. A kinky proposal to "even out" an instance of infidelity. A man whose fingernails are growing at an out of control rate. Twisted new spins on the legends of John Henry and Humpty Dumpty. The all-time worst bathtub in which to bathe a child... -
Hallowed Eve by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething terrible happened in Pine Creek.Eve Taylor must return home for her grandmother’s funeral but has every intention of making it a short visit. Too many memories live in the small town where she grew up, memories of a Halloween best forgotten. Trey Rainwater has been waiting for Eve. He knows she’ll be staying for longer than she’d planned and has every intention of making sure she does... -
The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBinsa is a “living goddess,” chosen by the gods to dispense both mercy and punishment from her place on the Scarlet Throne. But her reign hides a deadly secret. Rather than channeling the wisdom of an immortal deity, she harbors a demon. But now her priests are growing suspicious... -
Horror House of Perversion 2: The Slaughtered Lambs by Carl John Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome back to the house for wronged women…Rock band “The Slaughtered Lambs” are in town.When young fans Swallow and Kasey are invited to the band’s official afterparty, they believe it will be the greatest night of their lives.They are wrong.They don’t know what horrors lie in store for them, or what relentless, brutal depravity awaits behind the closed doors of the mysterious Slaughterhouse... -
Terminal by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom award-winning author Brian Keene comes a darkly suspenseful tale of crime and the common man--with a surprising jolt of the supernatural . . . Tommy O'Brien once hoped to leave his run-down industrial hometown. But marriage and fatherhood have kept him running in place, working a job that doesn't even pay the bills. And now he seems fated to stay for the rest of his life... -
House Infernal by Edward Lee
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA CITY, BUILT WITH BLOOD AND BONES... Three things are about to join a crypt in Hell with a house on Earth... Nuns molested and drained of blood. A virginal student seduced by the perverse and taunted by things worse than ghosts. And six Angels, imprisoned in Hell and made pregnant by God knows what... — A HOUSE, BUILT FOR THE CHURCH, BUT DESIGNED BY SATAN... When Venetia Barlow begins work at St... -
The Shadow Children: (Shadow Hall Academy Origins Book 1) by L.C. Hibbett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEverything you know is a lie. Find the truth at Shadow Hall Academy! Millions of pages read in Kindle Unlimited and tens of thousands of worldwide downloads in its first year--readers are raving about L.C. Hibbett's best selling paranormal fantasy trilogy. Now available in a complete set! "An Academy series with a difference. Harry Potter meets Raven Cycle meets Fallen. Unmissable!" - N.M... -
Mysteries of the Worm by Robert Bloch
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRobert Bloch has become one with his fictional counterpart Ludvig Prinn: future generations of readers will know him as an eldritch name hovering over a body of nightmare texts. To know them will be to know him. And thus we have decided to release a new and expanded third edition of Robert Bloch’s Mysteries of the Worm... -
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The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA city threatened by unimaginable horrors must trust their most hated outcast, or lose everything, in this crushing epic fantasy debut.After ten years on the run, dodging daemons and debt, reviled magician Edrin Walker returns home to avenge the brutal murder of his friend. Lynas had uncovered a terrible secret, something that threatened to devour the entire city... -
Soul Trade by Caitlin Kittredge
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSoul TradeA Black London NovelCaitlin Kittredge The crow-mage Jack Winter returns —to crash a secret gathering of ghost hunters, soul stealers, and other uninvited guests, both dead and alive… Normally, Pete Caldecott stays far away from magical secret societies... -
The Dark Path by Luke Romyn
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVOTED ONE OF THE TOP 10 HORROR NOVELS OF 2009.TOP 20 BEST SELLING HORROR ON AMAZON.#1 BEST SELLING HORROR ON FICTIONWISE."The 21st Century's Newest Master-of-Horror... Rivaling both Stephen King and Thomas Harris, without doubt, the edgy and provocative Luke Romyn is destined to emerge as the 21st century's newest Master-of-Horror... -
Vigilante of Shadows by Miranda Stork
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAodhan clutched uselessly at his head, groaning. He knew it was useless, because the voice was not inside his head. It followed him, skimming across buildings and land... -
Death of the Body by Rick Chiantaretto
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI grew up in a world of magic. By the time I was ten I understood nature, talked to the trees, and listened to the wind. When the kingdom of men conquered my town, I was murdered by one of my own—the betrayer of my kind. But I didn't stay dead.I woke to find myself in a strange new world called Los Angeles... -
Gluttony by Marissa Honeycutt
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the most damaged of sins embrace redemption? By night, fallen angel Triel Ekron is a successful nightclub and restaurant owner in Las Vegas. By day, he enjoys assassinating humans in the most creative of ways... -
The Rutting Season by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSomething very strange is happening in LeHorn's Hollow... Eerie, piping music is heard late at night, and mysterious fires have been spotted deep in the woods. Women are vanishing without a trace overnight, leaving behind husbands and families. When up-and-coming novelist Adam Senft stumbles upon an unearthly scene, it plunges him and the entire town into an ancient nightmare... -
Vampire Wars: The von Carstein Trilogy by Steven Savile
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Von Carsteins are the most infamous vampires to stalk the Warhammer Old World. This three-book saga chronicles their rise and fall in one bumper omnibus edition... -
A Darker Shade of Sorcery by William Collins
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLibrarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B01A3L1PS6.The lonely and grieving Evan Umbra is the newest Venator to enter Veneseron, the school for demon hunters. A Venator is a wizard, a spy and a demon hunter rolled into one. They’re taught how to wield their sorcery and enchanted weaponry by orcs, elfpires and aliens alike... -
Bound by Sorcery by Antara Mann
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA supernatural apocalypse is brewing. And only secret magic can defeat it. Alexandra Shaw may be an elemental mage, but she prefers the quiet life, running her struggling occult bookshop. With secrets of her own and a magical lineage shrouded in mystery, she keeps a low profile... -
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A is for Antichrist by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***A short story of 22 pages*** HAPPY BIRTHDAY… A boy’s sixteenth birthday is a special occasion. It’s a time where he becomes a man. It’s a time that brings many changes. But Isaac’s sixteenth birthday brings him more changes than most. He is not quite himself and suddenly his friends don’t seem so much like friends anymore... -
The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTen writers are selected for a summer-long writing retreat with the most celebrated and reclusive author in the world. Their host is the legendary Roderick Wells. Handsome, enigmatic, and fiendishly talented, Wells promises to teach his pupils about writing, about magic, about the untapped potential that each of them possesses... -
Hellbent by Anthony McGowan
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConor O'Neil is in Hell. No, really. While chasing his dog, he got run over by an ice-cream truck, and now he's sentenced to eternal damnation. He's stuck in a corner of Hell specifically designed for his maximum torture -- lined with bookshelves and droning educational radio programs. Then he realizes that his personal version of Hell might be someone else's idea of Heaven -- and vice versa... -
Black & Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings** Winner of the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel **Forget everything you know about Halloween. The stories are distortions. They were created to keep the Church of Midnight hidden from the world. Every October 31st a gateway opens to a hostile land of sacrificial magic and chaos... -
Hell Is Coming by N.P. Martin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 1 of The Watcher's SeriesHell Is Coming is an action packed urban fantasy novel featuring demons and those who hunt them, as well as a young girl's coming of age story.Eleven years after her father was murdered and her mother was taken by a demon, 18 year old Leia Swanson is now fighting to save her brother, Josh, who has gone missing... -
The White Queen by P.J. Fox
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe captivating sequel to The Demon of Darkling Reach... Having survived the harrowing experience of her courtship, Isla must now make a decision. A decision that will affect the course of her life and that, if she chooses unwisely, indeed might end that life before it's truly begun... -
Dark World by Danielle Q. Lee
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I used to be human, but now, I'm just a monster."Scarlet Prince used to be human. Now she doesn’t know what she is. All she knows for certain is that the urban legend is real—and she’s become a part of it... -
Nameless: The Darkness Comes by Mercedes M. Yardley
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuna Masterson sees demons. She has been dealing with the demonic all her life, so when her brother gets tangled up with a demon named Sparkles, ‘Luna the Lunatic’ rolls in on her motorcycle to save the day... -
Ghosts & Echoes by Lyn Benedict
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe new urban fantasy series that has readers jumping at shadows. Chicago cop Adam Wright has picked up a spiritual hitchhiker, the ghost of a dead man who desperately wants to live again. So he turns to supernatural P.I. Sylvie Lightner to rid him of the spirit-a spirit she finds strangely familiar... -
A Devil in the Details by K.A. Stewart
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen it comes to demons, always read the fine print. Jesse James Dawson was an ordinary guy (well, an ordinary guy with a black belt in karate) until one day he learned his brother had made a bargain with a demon. Jesse discovered there was only one way to save his brother: put up his own soul as collateral, and fight the demon to the death... -
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Damnable by Hank Schwaeble
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter being disgraced and wrongly imprisoned, special military operative Jake Hatcher finds himself standing watch against an unimaginable threat to humanity. For he's about to discover that the streets of New York City have become a secret battleground between forces he cannot comprehend... -
Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHellraiser: The Toll tells the story of what happened between Clive Barker's iconic works The Hellbound Heart and its follow up, The Scarlet Gospels. Thirty years after Kristy Cotton escaped from the clutches of the Hell Priest, Pinhead, and lived to fight another day, her life has never been the same... -
Here Be Monsters: An Anthology of Monster Tales by Samantha Anderson, M.T. Murphy
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEight tales of vampires, werewolves, demons, zombies, and other horrors:M.T. Murphy - Blackmail.S.M. Reine - Something Wrong.India Drummond - The Reaver.Anabel Portillo - Lux.Jeremy C. Shipp - Figs.Samantha Anderson - Deals and Demons.Sara Reinke - Periphery People.M.T. Murphy - Spider Bag... -
Plague of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNyx is Queen of Hell and ruler of the Angels who were banished there – the Descended. And when the rest of the Angels are called home, Nyx finds herself stuck on the Earth with the Son of God. To her surprise, she learns that he is no happier than she. God's son thought he was sent down to judge humanity. Instead, he becomes a sacrifice for a cause he does not believe in – their redemption... -
Palace of Fires by Bill Bennett
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe turned and saw them. Three black shapes in a crowd of colour, moving slowly like scuttling roaches.Three women, dressed in leathers, carrying biker helmets.They laughed and joked as they walked through the market, yet they radiated a palpable evil.Lily knew it was all a hideous charade. They had come here to find someone.They had come here to hunt...
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