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Silence in the Shadows by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe stark world continues to change. Each passing day twists it further, pushing the surviving humans closer to the brink of extinction. But, for the first time, there is hope. Clare and Dorran have set their sights on returning home to Winterbourne Hall. It's a daunting journey, but vital...Categorized as:
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Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 4 by Nicholas Knight
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiscover that the Highway to Hell really is paved with good intentionsSupernatural, the hit show from The CW, continued its streak of critical praise and ratings gold as the fourth season upped the stakes for Sam and Dean Winchester and introduced another potent supernatural element into the mix - angels... -
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... -
Paper Children by James Fahy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Phoebe Harkness. When I’m not trying to cure the disease that killed the world, I’m roped into an unwilling role as ambassador between the humans of New Oxford, and the Genetic Others, all those things that go bump and grind in the night. I don’t get paid enough.It’s been six months since the Duke of Sanctum, the infuriating vampire named Allesandro, upped and disappeared... -
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The Return (Demon Fallout) by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZombies are a nightmare of the past, the Lycan wars are over. Mike feels that he can finally settle down after 200 years of war until he hears an impossible message from beyond. Tommy, his adopted son, is in trouble and there is nothing in Heaven or Hell that will stop Mike from helping him...Categorized as:
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Extending Family by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess, wife to two vampire nobles, fiancée to two more, and girlfriend to another. I’m the leader of a new coven that is made up of mostly shifter clans and thriving better than established covens and they love that. But we’re still in a precarious position as our main location for the coven only has the castle... -
Dark Angel by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucian, the first of the fallen archdemons, is a cosmic douche. And he's looking for me. Swell.Without the mark of an archangel, I have no protection against his dark gift. He wants to use me as his puppet, but I'm no one's puppet.The archdemon is up to something. I can feel it. Something really big and equally evil. And he'll stop at nothing until he gets what he wants... -
Team Inez by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Inez Garner, and I’m a vampire princess. It still sounds crazy to me too, but again, the fangs sold me, especially now that I have my own and drink blood. Things have become more complicated as people give me answers, but I’m no longer alone to handle it all. I have Darius and Jaxon, plus my knights, and maybe one of the oldest vampires alive joining us to help keep me alive... -
Darkest Night by Will Hill
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe brave men and women of Department 19 have fought Dracula at every turn, but now Zero Hour has passed and the ancient vampire is at full strength. Inside Department 19, the Operators are exhausted and fractured. Jamie, Larissa, Matt and Kate are each struggling with their own demons. When the friends need each other most, they are further apart than ever... -
Rise of the Werewolf by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man has clawed and climbed his way from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild, to create communities and society.It is on this fragile new shaky ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung...Categorized as:
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Bloodwars by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe twin sons of Harry Keogh, the Necroscope, have taken very different paths. Nathan as his father's powers--to talk to the dead, to travel instantly through space. Like Harry, this new Necroscope fights evil wherever he finds it... -
End of an Age by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Lycan King Xavier is making his final march on the embattled humans to bring on the end of one age and usher in the dawning of a new more fierce one. Where he will dominate over his subjects with an iron claw...Categorized as:
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Immortality's Touchstone by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan Mike battle back from the final outcome? Now that the world needs him the most. New and old threats emerge to claim a war-ravaged world on the verge of collapse. Lana, Bailey and Azile the Red Witch have assembled all that remains of man in one final battle that could determine the fate of mankind forever. And it just might not be enough...Categorized as:
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The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe monster demon is BACK! ...and he’s had twenty-six years to plot his revenge. More horrifying than any Hollywood-animated, computer-generated, mechanical unreality, the winged demon called an efreet will do anything to get what he wants. Pronounce that: An-y-thing Defeated in 1985 by three twelve-year-olds, the monster returns determined to kill them... -
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The Crane Diaries: Bayou Secrets by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep in the bayou is a place so dark even nightmares tremble in fear. It has been whispered about for a century, and even the hunters of New Orleans don't trek into the shadows of Madame's island, a Necromancer more feared than any other. But all that is about to change.A hunter has gone missing... -
The Torn World by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the way the world ends... With the undead walking, vampires hunting, and kitsune closing in, everything seems lost. Layla and the others will need help if there is any hope of survival. But how can you endure in the dying world? Join Layla, Cricket, Amelia, and the other survivors for the final chapter of The Harvesting Series in The Torn World...Categorized as:
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Blood Brothers by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe vampires have been vanquished! Harry Keogh and the armies of the dead have destroyed the evil that once plagued the world. Nathan and Nestor, secret twin sons of the Necroscope and a proud gypsy woman, were children when their father, his humanity poisoned by his fearsome struggles, sacrificed himself to save mankind... -
The Last Aerie by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNestor and Nathan Kiklu are the twin sons of Harry Keogh, the Necroscope... -
The Shadow Aspect by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Layla took the final step through the labyrinth, she thought she was saving the ones she loved. She couldn't have been more wrong.Layla and the other survivors find themselves caught in a war for our world, the unwitting victims of a grudge seething for eons. Surviving the zombie apocalypse has become the least of their worries as they come up against vampires, shapeshifters, and fae...Categorized as:
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Curses & Blood by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought my life was finally going my way. Boy, was I wrong.When a new job lands in my lap from the Dark Witch Court, with a very large paycheck, I take it. It should have been an easy gig. I was wrong again.Nothing is what it seems. When members of the Gray Council wind up dead, a new evil closes in and I find myself on a dangerous path... -
Witch Wood by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarm none, and be ready for zombies.Amelia’s practice of Wicca marks her as a curiosity both at home and at school. Knowing how to see auras, heal, and cast spells comes naturally to her. Only Madame Knightly, the ancient matriarch and owner of Witch Wood Estate, doesn’t seem to mind...Categorized as:
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Crescent Moon by James Fahy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat do you do when your world is turned upside down?When you discover your father had a direct hand in the genocide of much of the world’s human population?Phoebe Harkness’ life has changed forever. Thirty years after a cataclysmic world war that eviscerated one third of the human population, a new sub-species of vampire-like drones has set its teeth to the survivors of humanity... -
The Living by Isaac Marion
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBefore he was a flesh-eating corpse, R was something worse. He remembers it all now, a life of greed and apathy more destructive than any virus, and he sees only one path to redemption: he must fight the forces he helped create... -
The Knowing by Ninie Hammon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the hot call comes over the radio: “Code Red! Active shooter at Carlisle Elementary School,” Police Sergeant Jack Carpenter has one job and only one job. Find the gunman; take him out. He rushes into the school, fully armed and focused on cold, hard reality. But what happens to him in the next few hours shatters the world as he has always known it... -
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The Numbing by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Supernatural Apocalypse NovelEvil awaits.After the devastating events on Prism Lake, Grady and the other survivors head south, hoping to find safety in one of the rumored "Cities of Light."But as they embark on their journey, they quickly discover the monsters aren't the only things out in the snow they must fear.They may not even be the worst things..Categorized as:
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Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKayla made her choice and now she has to live with it. She stays with the Day Takers, hiding in the city, staking vampires. But fighting vampires as a human is difficult.Sylas constantly pressures Kayla to choose the life of a Day Taker. But until Kayla knows what Monarch is planning, she can’t make her choice. Plus there’s Aiden. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t stop thinking about him...Categorized as:
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Necroscope IV: Deadspeak by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBrian Lumley's Necroscope novels are one of the horror genre's most towering achievements. They chronicle the adventures of Necroscope, Harry Keogh, his successor, Jake Cutter, and the psychically gifted agents of E-Branch, Britain's super-secret spy organization, and their battles against the malevolent, shape-shifting Wamphyri and their spawn... -
Deadspawn by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere's a maniacal murderer on the loose, brutally slaughtering young women with a ferocity that rivals that of vampires Harry Koegh has spent his life combatting. The Necroscope's been asked to solve the crimes...asked by the dead spirits of the madman's victims. Harry cannot turn down a request from the dead...even if it costs him his soul... -
The Raven by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFearing that mankind is heading toward nuclear extinction, a group of geneticists unleash a plot to save the world. They've discovered that mythological creatures such as werewolves, vampires, witches, and satyrs were once real, and that these monstrous genetic strands are still present in human DNA... -
Purging Fires by Brandon Hale
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, the only way to get rid of an infestation is to light a fire. A purging fire. There are those who believe the rise of the vampire is nature’s own purging fire, set to rid the world of the infestation known as humanity.The Day Soldiers disagree.Since the Battle of New York a year ago, life has not been easy for the Day Soldiers. They have taken a beating...Categorized as:
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The Scene by R.M. Gilmore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHavoc ensues when journalist Dylan Hart takes on the story of a lifetime. Exsanguinated hookers? Vampires in real life? What more could the public want? As the death toll rises, Dylan discovers she's put herself on the killer's radar and will have to fight to survive... -
Deadland: Untold Stories of Alice in Deadland by Mainak Dhar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe latest thriller in the bestselling Alice in Deadland series. In the Amazon.com bestselling Alice in Deadland series, we meet a fifteen-year-old girl called Alice living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland ravaged by undead Biters. Alice follows a bunny-eared Biter down a hole, triggering an adventure that forever changes her life and that of everyone in the Deadland...Categorized as:
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Amplified by Alexia Purdy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho wants to be the prey in a world full of hunters?In the aftermath of the end of her world, April Tate decides that it’s high time to leave the city that never sleeps, Las Vegas...Categorized as:
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Hunting The Snark by Mainak Dhar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thrilling new adventure in the bestselling Alice in Deadland series.It has now been close to two years since Alice followed a bunny eared Biter down a hole, triggering off events that changed her life and that of everyone in the Deadland.The Central Committee has been overthrown in Shanghai and the people of the Mainland freed from its tyranny...Categorized as:
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Taste of Vampire by D.S. Murphy
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA vampire prince. A beautiful rebel. A love that could topple the kingdom. The covenant protects both races. Without the elite, the infection from the poisonous ash would turn us into monsters. Without the humans, the bloodlust from the elixir would drive the elite mad. I've always been a loyal citizen. I've always believed the lies they tell us... -
Midway by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStep right up, ladies and gentlemen, for the beginning of the end. Carnie. Ride jockey. Roustabout. White trash. Tilt girl. Gypsy. Cricket has been called a lot of things, but she never thought survivor of the zombie apocalypse would be one of them. One day she’s barking on the midway, and the next day, the world is eating itself alive...Categorized as:
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Fatpocalypse by Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMISSED BOOKS 1-4?The "Fat Vampire Value Meal" contains books 1-4 in the Fat Vampire series at a 33% discount. Get it here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/.. -
How To Be Dead by Dave Turner
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Dave Marwood is trapped in a soul crushing dead end job. He’s in love with his work colleague Melanie and his only friend Gary is a conspiracy theory nut. His life is going nowhere until he has a Near Death Experience - though Death thinks of it as a Near Dave Experience... -
The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan you survive the cold?After the initial series of summer blizzards, the snowfall has decreased, but the temperatures continue to drop, the icy wind still blows, and with each passing day, the darkness lasts longer and longer.It is in the darkness the monsters thrive... -
المرتد by حسن الجندي
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsتناول الشاكوش والمسمار ووضع المسمار على حرف الـ(م) وضرب بالشاكوش على رأس المسمار قائلا: "يا أيها الموكل بحرف الميم اسألك باللذى خلقك بأن تحضر مطلوبي هنا، يا مغترف من بحور معادن جواهر الأسرار.. وينابيع ملكوت جبروت الأنوار، يا من شممت دخنتي وحضرت إلى مقامي توكل بإحضار الخادم، توكل بإحضار الخادم بما يخرج من طبع حرف الميم، توكل فيما أمرتك به بحق طهيتف شمالييتـ أحضر مطلوبي داخل الدائرة . -
Hell's Teeth by James Fahy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNew Oxford. A third of the human population has been lost. The wars came, and they created a monster. The Pale, a subhuman, vampire-like drone. Then they lost control.In the thirty years that followed, humankind sought to rebuild itself within the walls of New Oxford. But society had become fractured – humans now lived incongruously among Genetic Others, themselves a group of many subspecies... -
Unchosen by Katharyn Blair
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Charlotte Holloway, the world ended twice.The first was when her childhood crush, Dean, fell in love—with her older sister.The second was when the Crimson, a curse spread through eye contact, turned the majority of humanity into flesh-eating monsters.Neither end of the world changed Charlotte. She’s still in the shadows of her siblings...Categorized as:
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Heku by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChevalier has never been told no. For thousands of years he’s sat on the Equites Council, ruling body of his heku faction, and for thousands of years his every order has been followed immediately and without question.One of the most important rules of the heku, is that no one is to feed from unwilling donors... -
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Os Sete by André Vianco
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMergulhadores encontram uma caravela naufragada no litoral do Rio Grande do Sul e dela retiram vários objetos, inclusive uma grande caixa de prata. Quando a caixa é aberta, sete vampiros do Rio D'Ouro (Portugal), acordam e passam a espalhar terror no Brasil... -
Regulation 19 by P.T. Hylton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrank Hinkle thinks life will be safer in his hometown. Frank is very wrong.A mind-bending suspense novel about a small town with a supernatural secret.Things have changed in Rook Mountain, Tennessee, since Frank went away. His brother Jake has been missing for seven years, a fact no one bothered to share with Frank... -
Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience... -
Deathless by Scott Prussing
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeathless is book two in The Blue Fire Saga, a paranormal romance series filled with passion, suspense and supernatural danger. Summary:After rescuing her brother from the caverns of a vampire coven and helping to cure her mother of a vampire bite, Leesa Nyland hopes she’s done dealing with all things supernatural... -
Frequency by Casey L. Bond
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the Infected attacked, something horrific happened to Porschia Grant. Porschia in Frenzy was scary; Porschia with hallucinations is terrifying. There has to be a reason, and there must be a cure for the episodes refusing to release her from their tentacles of insanity...Categorized as:
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Shining Fury by Rick Gualtieri
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHELL HATH NO FURY...At first glance, most see only a shy girl from New York, but to the denizens of the night -- vampires, witches, and their ilk -- I am a nightmare given flesh, born to raze their kind from this very Earth. I am the Icon, the Shining One, the last defender of humanity against the oncoming tide of darkness...
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