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  • Call of the Crocodile by F. Gardner

    Call of the Crocodile by F. Gardner

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A dark fantasy horror novel, set during Halloween. After a boy is eaten alive by a crocodile, his family begins a descent into madness and terror in this odyssey of modern horror.Part of a series of interconnected horror novels that can be read in any order. Each book serves as a stand alone story, yet builds a greater picture behind a sinister mystery in Chicago...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural  fantasy
  • Wool 3 by Hugh Howey

    Wool 3 by Hugh Howey

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The silo has appointed a new sheriff. Her name is Juliette, and she comes not from the shadows of deputies, but from the depths of the down deep...
  • Quicksand House by Carlton Mellick III, Hugo Camacho

    Quicksand House by Carlton Mellick III, Hugo Camacho

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From master of bizarro fiction Carlton Mellick III, author of the international cult hits "Satan Burger" and "Adolf in Wonderland," comes a dystopian nightmare of epic proportions. "You must never leave the nursery. If you leave, you will certainly die."Tick and Polly have never met their parents before...
  • Void's Tale: A Schooled In Magic Novella by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Void's Tale: A Schooled In Magic Novella by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A hundred years before Emily, just after the fall of the Empire and the start of the Necromantic Wars, Void worked for the White Council as an agent of last resort, the sorcerer they called upon when no one else could complete the mission. But this mission may make or break him...
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    dark  book  fiction  horror  young-adult  fantasy
  • Path of Ascension III by Atlas Kane

    Path of Ascension III by Atlas Kane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the path of ascension, Leviathan Academy stands above all others.Alex and J have achieved the power they sought at Wyvern Academy and come out alive after facing down their first demon.Their success will mean little when they face their own limitations though.Both heroes strive for even greater heights as the annual tri-school tournament looms ahead...
  • Duck, Duck, Noose by Sara C. Roethle

    Duck, Duck, Noose by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do the Morrigan, a necromancer, and an ancient Viking have in common? Nothing, except for a common goal. Now that Madeline has been reunited with Alaric and the others, she must align herself with her enemies if she hopes to succeed in what she originally set out to do. Together, Madeline, Alaric, and Mikael will try to take down Estus once and for all . .
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  urban-fantasy
  • Tribe Master 4 by Noah Layton

    Tribe Master 4 by Noah Layton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Expand the tribe. Fight mercenaries. Free slaves.With a new alliance established with the sun-elves, Jack turns his attention to improving his tribe’s perimeter defences and commanding the new ship they have acquired.But after a run-in with a beautiful stowaway, Jack ends up crossing paths with a vicious gang of mercenaries in search of the very woman he is protecting...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror
  • Albury by Alex Kozlowski

    Albury by Alex Kozlowski

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Albury Adrian and his team must face the most terrifying of all enemies. His fellow humans.Book 4 of Alpha Physics continues Adrian's journey to get to Melbourne, and he realizes sometimes the only path to success is to do things slower.He has promised to accept the quest for Jules' sake but his interface is also adamant that completing the quest is the only way he reaches Melbourne...
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    apocalyptic  dark  adult  book  fiction  heroic-fantasy  horror  litrpg
  • Gray Skies by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus

    Gray Skies by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The adventure continues in this third book in the Darkness Rising series! Darkness Rising is a thrilling post-apocalyptic series that follows the survivors of a massive terrorist attack that isn't quite what it seems...
  • Aether Mage 2 by Dante King

    Aether Mage 2 by Dante King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Only a month ago, I found out that I was a mage. Then the Agency that was meant to teach me magic up and disappeared.Thankfully, I've made some friends who can help me learn how to use my new abilities. But with the Agency gone, the supernatural monsters that were kept at bay are plaguing Portland.Protecting the mundane world from monsters has now fallen to me. And it means I'll need more allies...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  urban-fantasy
  • Red by Calvin Demmer

    Red by Calvin Demmer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Inside, the red raged. Its true intentions had united with near-surface primal instincts. It wanted to hunt, kill, and devour...A short story...
  • Secrets & Curses of Cerithia by Shay Taylor

    Secrets & Curses of Cerithia by Shay Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Gods above, I know I am a monster, but I am your monster.” Thea has survived the deadly trials and narrowly escaped heartbreak, but now she faces her greatest challenge—breaking her curse and finding her place in Cerithia. Haunted by Cassius’ betrayal and the loss of her friends in Exile, she struggles to reclaim her identity in a kingdom that feels foreign...
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    dark  romance  fiction  horror  fantasy  book  adult
  • Contamination: The Complete Post-Apocalyptic Series by T.W. Piperbrook

    Contamination: The Complete Post-Apocalyptic Series by T.W. Piperbrook

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Best-Selling Post-Apocalyptic Series, Contamination - The complete series Books 0-7, available for the first time in one special box set! Over 1,200 pages of reading! The infection has begun, ravaging the American Southwest and leaving chaos in its wake. In this new world, there will be no last meal, no dying wish. The only reward left is to survive another day..
  • S.T.Y.X. Humanhive by Arthur Stone

    S.T.Y.X. Humanhive by Arthur Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the Hive. A place where entry is easy – and escape impossible. Where mere survival is so daunting that nine out of ten new immunes perish before the end of their first week. Where reaching even the one year mark earns you the title of veteran...
  • I'm The Bad Guy by Simon Archer

    I'm The Bad Guy by Simon Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Level Up. Kill Everyone Else. Take Their Stuff.All Dantem ever wanted was one teeny tiny, almost insignificant thing…Vengeance on those who wronged him.When he’s suddenly recruited by the world’s largest video game company, he will finally have a way to achieve his dream.Assuming, of course, he has no problem being the bad guy...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  super-powered
  • Shoots and Tatters by Sara C. Roethle

    Shoots and Tatters by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The old gods have returned, and there will be hell to pay. Now that Yggdrasil has been regrown, Madeline must face the old gods' judgment. She shouldn't exist, and they know it. The world has been irreparably changed, and perhaps the Vaettir no longer have a place in it. Madeline had thought that once she destroyed her rival she would be safe. Now she knows just how wrong she was...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  urban-fantasy
  • Arising Son: Part Two: Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine

    Arising Son: Part Two: Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ryan arrives in Empia to further investigate his bloodline. But while searching the temple and exercising his uniques powers, he meets an ancient entity: one of the Guardians, and it challenges all that he is by asking him to do a task.When the person closest to him commits the worst betrayal, the Dark becomes even more enticing...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • Dead Instinct by T.W. Piperbrook

    Dead Instinct by T.W. Piperbrook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can be read as a standalone or companion to the Contamination series...! Don't trust what you eat. Don't trust what you drink. The infection is spreading... In a world plagued with violence and infection, Ken and Roberta Smith want nothing more than to find their son. Having been on the road for four days, they must now cross the remaining three hundred miles of desert wasteland to get to him...
  • Apocalypse Core by Jack Porter

    Apocalypse Core by Jack Porter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One moment, everything was normal. Then the World Core woke up and slaughtered almost everything alive so it could harvest their Chi.After that, it rebuilt everything and put the survivors in a game-like environment, pitting them against monsters and each other.The rules are different now. Chi power is as important as being able to fight.I'm one of the survivors...
  • Frenzied Rebirth by Matthew Peed

    Frenzied Rebirth by Matthew Peed

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Aether Shift. An event that changed the world forever. Unleashing untold powers onto the minds and bodies of humans on Earth. Some were chosen, against their will, to become something new. Azaria, finally allowed leave the house on her own for the first time, ends up as a Dungeon Core, however, the situation gets turned sideways during the process and she's left alone for nearly a year...
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    apocalyptic  dark  litrpg  audiobook  sci-fi  crime  horror  fiction
  • My Graphic Bipolar Fantasies: & Other Short Stories by R.B. Le`Deach

    My Graphic Bipolar Fantasies: & Other Short Stories by R.B. Le`Deach

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book is the product of a sick mind; a product of the "Southern Madman." There are 104 Fantasies inside that are not based in reality, interspersed with 70 Short Stories of somewhat sane thought of heavy opinion. The theme of the Fantasies is Law and Order and the author and the good guys always win. In a few places, it is quite tame...
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    dark  adult  book  drama  fiction  horror
  • Oppose the System by System Lad

    Oppose the System by System Lad

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Most will die. Some will survive. A small few will thrive.The mysterious Overlords destroyed all electronics on Earth, imposed a game-like System, and unleashed ravenous horrors upon the planet.Hi, I’m Zach. I was a production assistant at a Hollywood studio doing my best to make ends meet. That all changed when some unknown programmers imposed The System on Earth and destroyed life as we knew it...
  • Commune: Book One by Joshua Gayou

    Commune: Book One by Joshua Gayou

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For dinosaurs, it was a big rock. For humans: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). When the Earth is hit by the greatest CME in recorded history (several times larger than the Carrington Event of 1859), the combined societies of the planet’s most developed nations struggle to adapt to a life thrust back into the Dark Ages...
  • The Stand by Iain Rob Wright

    The Stand by Iain Rob Wright

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What do you do when your rescuers can’t rescue you…The fungus cannot be stopped. Not even by an army.Ryan and Aaron finally reach ‘safety,’ but soon learn that there is far more at stake than just their own lives. Other people are in peril; people who will surely die without rescue. It’s time for Ryan to decide what kind of big brother he wants to be...
  • The Last City by Logan Keys

    The Last City by Logan Keys

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Imprisoned on an island, no one expected her to survive. Sixteen-year-old musical prodigy, Liza, has dreamed of freedom most her life, but home is now doomed by inequality and disparity. After an undead plague, the remaining citizens are ruled by an evil regime called Authority. It takes a girl whose miraculously returned to spark the first flames of revolution...
  • Cuddly Holocaust by Carlton Mellick III, Chiara Gamberetta

    Cuddly Holocaust by Carlton Mellick III, Chiara Gamberetta

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The war between humans and toys has come to an end. The toys won. Teddy bears, dollies, and little green soldiers-they've all had enough of you. They're sick of being treated like playthings for spoiled little brats. They have no rights, no property, no hope for a future of any kind. You've left them with no other option-in order to be free, they must exterminate the human race...
  • Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries, Mark Allan Gunnells

    Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries, Mark Allan Gunnells

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are monsters in this world. And they used to be us. Now it's time to euthanize to survive in a hospice where Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible. Euthanize to survive Post-infection Chicago. Christmas. Inside The Hospice, Emily and her fellow nurses do their rounds...
  • The Nothing Within by Andy Giesler

    The Nothing Within by Andy Giesler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Root is... different.Though raised in a fearful society that reveres tradition and conformity, she’s irreverent, outspoken, and deeply curious. Her blindness sets her even further apart.Centuries after the Reckoning, a global biotech plague, savage chimeras still threaten human survival. After Root hears a voice that no one else can hear, she flees into the wilderness...
  • Limbus, Inc. - Book II by Brett J. Talley

    Limbus, Inc. - Book II by Brett J. Talley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “The world is a stage, life is a play, and we are the puppets. It’s better not to ask who pulls the strings...
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    dark  adult  anthologies  fiction  horror  fantasy
  • The Terrible Thing That Happens by Carlton Mellick III

    The Terrible Thing That Happens by Carlton Mellick III

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is a grocery store. The last grocery store in the world. It stands alone in the middle of a vast wasteland that was once our world. The open sign is still illuminated, brightening the black landscape. It can be seen from miles away, even through the poisonous red ash. Every night at the exact same time, the store comes alive. It becomes exactly as it was before the world ended...
  • Dead Meat: Day 2 by Nick Clausen

    Dead Meat: Day 2 by Nick Clausen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The dead have awakened.Driven by insatiable hunger.In eternal search of fresh meat.The infection spreads like the plague.Nothing stands between the undead and humanity...
  • The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani

    The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Winner of the Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Novella of 2020"Can you hear the bell chime?"A girl suffering from paralyzing night terrors finds a missing poster hanging from the door of her apartment building. On that poster is a photograph of a frighteningly familiar face.It’s her.Only, she’s never seen this photo before and something about its grin scares her...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  psychological  suspense
  • Nightfall by Daniel Barnett

    Nightfall by Daniel Barnett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Tomorrow died on the last morning of May. There were those who saw it happen, who watched the shadow fall, who felt the chop of the guillotine as the world lost its head. Everyone else witnessed only the aftermath, for the event itself lasted no longer than a moment...
  • Sarah et Sid by Eve Patenaude

    Sarah et Sid by Eve Patenaude

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Le rêve brisé que je traîne derrière moi : le ballet.Je m’appelle Sarah et, autrefois, j’en faisais. Oh, je danse toujours… mais nue. Dans un bar. Ça reste de la danse. Voilà ce que je me répète sans cesse pour ne pas m’écrouler, pour tenter d’oublier à quel point ma vie est misérable… En plus, je dois de l’argent à Carl, mon patron...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror
  • Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories by Harlan Ellison

    Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories by Harlan Ellison

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Harlan Ellison is undoubtedly one of the most audacious, infuriating, brazen characters on the planet. Which may help explain why he is also one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth. Slippage simply presents recent, typical Ellison. In a word, masterful...
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    dark  adult  anthologies  dark-fantasy  fiction  horror  sci-fi
  • The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

    The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes.Eight stories of literary dark fiction from a master storyteller. Exploring the shadow side of love, these are tales of grief, obsession, control. Intricate examinations of trauma and tragedy in raw, poetic prose...
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    dark  adult  anthologies  fiction  horror  lgbtq  spooky
  • The No Hellos Diet by Sam Pink

    The No Hellos Diet by Sam Pink

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "The thought of calling off work is like the thought of suicide, just nice to think about."In The No Hellos Diet, Sam Pink brings you straight into a world you've never been to before -- your own life. Find yourself working at a department store where everyone must wear red and khaki clothing. Find yourself throwing out garbage for fifty cents more than minimum wage...
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    dark  fiction  horror  humor  literary-fiction  book  adult
  • The Age of Hysteria by Ryan Schow

    The Age of Hysteria by Ryan Schow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you’re between a rock and a hard place, choose the rock…Pinned down in a hot zone with a woman he’s not even sure he likes, Roque “Rock” Dimas is herded into the fiery center of an extinction-level event where only two choices exist: run for your life, or burrow in to the last place anyone sane would go and confront the enemy directly...
  • The Aging by Jack Hunt

    The Aging by Jack Hunt

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Something bad is happening....One touch and a person begins aging rapidly. Years in a single day. Before anyone can react or stop it, entire cities are crippled.As survivors flee to their homes, Elizabeth and her children watch with an increasing sense of dread as the death toll climbs. Then, when a terrifying way to slow the aging is witnessed online, the enormity of the event becomes clear...
  • Borderlands by Thomas F. Monteleone, David B. Silva

    Borderlands by Thomas F. Monteleone, David B. Silva

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Borderlands is a horror anthology series not concerned with traditional elements of horror fiction. Borderlands is about breaking the mold and pushing the genre and its finest writers to the edge. Hailed as the anthology series of the 90s, Borderlands will remind you that horror can indeed be horrific. Read about a farmer who disdains his wife for a giant potato..
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    dark  adult  anthologies  fiction  horror  fantasy
  • The Serpent Mage by Greg Bear

    The Serpent Mage by Greg Bear

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Michael is released from the land of the Sidhe, all he wants is to lead a normal life in L.A. But there are hauntings in the streets, bodies in a hotel, and an ancient creature summoned from a loch. Now Michael must become a Mage to save his country...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  urban-fantasy  fantasy
  • The Ways by Glynn James

    The Ways by Glynn James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 3 of the Diary of the Displaced series.Alone again.Sitting on the ledge in the darkness of The Corridor.A sword thrust through his chest.His faithful companion, DogThing - thrown to the horde of Zombies below.The scaffold bridge that was his only escape - destroyed.Rudy, Adler, Reg and Marie - all separated by the closed portal.The portal key - stolen.His weapons - thrown into the darkness...
  • It All Started by R.S. Merritt

    It All Started by R.S. Merritt

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alternative cover edition of ASIN B06XC1W26SSteve wakes up after a horrible couple of weeks in which he has lost his girlfriend, his job, his savings and the majority of his self-respect with a serious hangover. Dragging himself out of bed and meandering over to the window he looks out into a courtyard full of bodies and burning shrubbery. He opts to go back to sleep and see if it all goes away...
  • Desecrating Solomon by Lucian Bane

    Desecrating Solomon by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***WARNING*** This is a dark, gothic, slightly erotic romantic thriller that contains elements that may be disturbing and offensive. Please read with caution if you are triggered by events depicting violence and various forms of abuse. On the seventh day of the seventh year... she desecrates. Evil keeps a formidable schedule in Weston, West Virginia...
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    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  suspense
  • Contagion by Baileigh Higgins

    Contagion by Baileigh Higgins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A survivor is born...Life is different now. Harsh. Unforgiving. Lonely.After finding a new home, Ava battles to keep those under her care safe and protected. She is confronted daily by new dangers, while struggling to contain her grief over the loss of her lover, Brian. Nonetheless, she is determined to hold on to hope and build a new tomorrow for them all...
  • Through the Ravenous Night We Ride by Calvin Demmer

    Through the Ravenous Night We Ride by Calvin Demmer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Secret societies, serial killers, malevolent criminals, and other evils stalk these pages.A short story collection...
    Categorized as:
    dark  horror  anthologies  fiction  crime  supernatural  adult
  • Shadow Flare by D.N. Erikson

    Shadow Flare by D.N. Erikson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Magical cults are better left alone. Especially when they've got friends in high places. When twenty-three bodies are discovered on the edge of the Fallout Zone, the FBI calls in Ruby Callaway and Colton Roark to investigate. From the powerful dark magic branded into the bodies, Ruby quickly determines those responsible: the Crusaders of Paradisum...
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    apocalyptic  dark  adult  alpha-mc  book  dystopia  female-mc  fiction
  • Animosity by James Newman

    Animosity by James Newman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Andrew Holland is a bestselling horror writer. While none of Andy's neighbors has any interest in reading his macabre books, they're pleased to have a celebrity author living among them. Then, one morning, Andy finds the body of a child several hundred feet from his front door. A little girl who has been raped and murdered. And everything changes on Poinsettia Lane. Andy's neighbors turn on him...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery  suspense
  • Swordsman of the Rift by Brandon Varnell, Dominique Goodall

    Swordsman of the Rift by Brandon Varnell, Dominique Goodall

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bryan Jenson is a former Marine who’s been running from his past. When an acquaintance comes to him with a job, he takes it. He doesn’t care about the pay or the job specifics. He just wants to escape the nightmares...
    Categorized as:
    dark  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • The Awakening by T.W. Piperbrook

    The Awakening by T.W. Piperbrook

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Special $.99 cent launch price for one week only!** Missed Outage 1? Get it here at: amazon.com/dp/B00L2KZH3W Tom Sotheby has escaped the forest, but he is far from safe. His wife has been butchered. The town he once knew is a barren white wasteland. And the beasts won't rest until he's dead. His only hope is to get to town, to safety he isn't sure exists..
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