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Brief Cases by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsBrief Cases is the sequel anthology of Side Jobs, and will be released before Peace TalksSet to include the following stories:An exclusive novellette from the perspective of Maggie and Mouse.“Curses” — from The Naked City, edited by Ellen DatlowTakes place between Small Favor and Turn Coat... -
![Code Zero by Jonathan Maberry]()
Code Zero by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor years the Department of Military Sciences has fought to stop terrorists from using radical bioweapons—designer plagues, weaponized pathogens, genetically modified viruses, and even the zombie plague that first brought Ledger into the DMS. These terrible weapons have been locked away in the world’s most secure facility. Until now...Categorized as:
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![Dogs of War by Jonathan Maberry]()
Dogs of War by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDogs of War: Robots are no longer science fiction. Autonomous, programmed to react like animals: fast, relentless, deadly. From microscopic nanobots to massive self-guided aircraft. This technology is here, it's accessible, and it's dangerous. What's even scarier is that almost anyone can get their hands on it... -
![Rage by Jonathan Maberry]()
Rage by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRage is the first title in Jonathan Maberry's brand new Joe Ledger spin-off series of international weird science thrillers.A small island off the coast of Japan is torn apart by a bioweapon that drives everyone—men, women, and children—insane with murderous rage. The people behind that attack want Korea united or destroyed. No middle ground. No mercy... -
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![Kill Switch by Jonathan Maberry]()
Kill Switch by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat do you do when the power goes off?A terrorist group has acquired one hundred E-bombs. Each bomb's electromagnetic pulse is powerful enough to blow out all power and all technology from a major city. The terrorists plan to hit one hundred American cities in a campaign of destruction... -
![Reckoning by Jeff Menapace]()
Reckoning by Jeff Menapace
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife in the swamp just got wilder… “The Swamp Massacre.” That’s what the media dubbed it. A family on a boat tour through the Florida Everglades. Abducted by the infamous Roy family. Forced to endure hell. Five years later, an aspiring filmmaker and her friends are keen on making a documentary about the incident... -
![Dark Days by James Ponti]()
Dark Days by James Ponti
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMolly’s up against the undead—and the fate of Manhattan is in her hands—in the third and final book of the Dead City trilogy, which Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins says “breathes new life into the zombie genre.”Molly and the Omegas fight to contain the storm unleashed by Operation Blue Moon...Categorized as:
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![Joe Ledger: Special Ops by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter]()
Joe Ledger: Special Ops by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaptain Joe Ledger--former cop, former Army Ranger, and currently the top-kick of Echo Team, an elite squad of first-class shooters who roll out to face down the world's most dangerous terrorists. Not fanatics with explosive vests or political hostage takers... -
![Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry]()
Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sequel to 'Dead of Night', bringing back beloved characters Desdemona Fox and Billy Trout as they race against time to quarantine a zombie epidemic while caught in a military strike.Stebbins Little School is full of bodies. It's unthinkable to Desdemona Fox... -
![Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend]()
Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWorking at a dead-end retail job in the middle of nowhere can be hard. The long hours. The helpless customers. The enormous eldritch horror living deep below the building… As the only full-time employee at the twenty-four hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all... -
![Rectify Injustice by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle]()
Rectify Injustice by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSophia Beaufont hopes that she can turn an enemy into an ally. She just has to trqck down the steampunk cyborg.The problem is that Trin Currante thinks that Dragon Elite want her dead. And she's excellent at avoiding death - as her history of surviving and prevailing over adversity has shown.Meanwhile, Hiker still still struggles to hone his powers. . -
![The Women in the walls by Tim McGregor]()
The Women in the walls by Tim McGregor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the detective she's fallen for needs help, a reluctant psychic must put aside her feelings to help him unravel a horrific crime. HAMILTON - Trying to maintain a normal life, psychic Billie Culpepper struggles to block out the dead souls that haunt her every move but her attempts to suppress her ability only serve to isolate her even more... -
![The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry]()
The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSaturday 09:11 Hours: A blast rocks a London hospital and thousands are dead or injured… 10:09 Hours: Joe Ledger arrives on scene to investigate. The horror is unlike anything he has ever seen. Compelled by grief and rage, Joe rejoins the DMS and within hours is attacked by a hit-team of assassins and sent on a suicide mission into a viral hot zone during an Ebola outbreak...Categorized as:
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![The Best of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale]()
The Best of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGodzilla’s in a twelve-step program. A soul-sucking Mummy stalks Elvis and John F. Kennedy. Joe Bob Briggs has a moral dilemma: If your girlfriend turns zombie on you, what do you do?And that’s the tame stuff.In this red-hot collection from world-champion Mojo storyteller Joe R. Lansdale, you’ll find his best, most outrageous stories... -
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![Dial D for Deadman by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Dial D for Deadman by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Space Team Universe just got a whole lot darker. In an alien city torn apart by crooked cops and ruthless criminals, private detective, Dan Deadman, specializes in cases unusual and bizarre... -
![Unstoppable by Jonathan Maberry, Bryan Thomas Schmidt]()
Unstoppable by Jonathan Maberry, Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn anthology of new stories by top authors set in the New York Times Bestselling universe of Maberry's Joe Ledger Horror Thriller series about government agents fighting zombies, plagues, and other supernatural terrors... -
![Soldier On by Shawn Chesser]()
Soldier On by Shawn Chesser
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings73700 words. Approximately 300 pages.Edited by Monique HappyMonique Happy Editorial ServicesSoldier On is Book Two in the Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picking up on day four where “Trudge: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse” left off.Day one began the same as any other Saturday in Portland, Oregon. After months of rain people were out and about enjoying the sights and sounds of summer... -
![Night Terror by John Passarella]()
Night Terror by John Passarella
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlerted to strange happenings in Clayton Falls, Colorado, Bobby sends the boys to check it out. A speeding car with no driver, a homeless man pursued by a massive Gila monster, a little boy chased by uprooted trees — it all sounds like the stuff of nightmares... -
![The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry]()
The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJoe Ledger and the DMS (Department of Military Sciences) go up against two competing groups of geneticists. One side is creating exotic transgenic monsters and genetically enhanced mercenary armies; the other is using 21st century technology to continue the Nazi Master Race program begun by Josef Mengele. Both sides want to see the DMS destroyed, and they've drawn first blood... -
![Shrouds of Darkness by Brock E. Deskins]()
Shrouds of Darkness by Brock E. Deskins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrooklyn is home to thousands of drug dealers, murderers, rapists, thieves, gang bangers, and mafia. There are also some really unpleasant people--like me. My name is Leo Malone, and I'm a vampire. I've lived in Brooklyn for nearly a century, and I've grown to like the place. I used to be a Sheriff; the law enforcement within the vampire enclave... -
![Smoke on the Water by Craig Halloran]()
Smoke on the Water by Craig Halloran
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe unexpected never rests … Now that she's no longer an FBI agent, Sidney is restless. She drops Megan off at Grandma and Grandpa's so she can have some adult time, and then she goes to the shooting range. An old guy called Big Jake out-shoots her and then saves Sid from two huge goons who smell like the Drake. And then Big Jake turns up dead... -
![Predatory Animals by Gabriel Beyers]()
Predatory Animals by Gabriel Beyers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIN THE TOWN OF SHADELAND, PEOPLE ARE VANISHING.After suffering a near-death accident, Casper Brown awakens with a strange new connection to three stray dogs recently adopted by his family. Casper’s nights are filled with dreams of the dogs’ activities; at times he can even see through their eyes. And what he witnesses has him worried for his family’s safety... -
![Helicoprion by Michael Cole]()
Helicoprion by Michael Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA series of violent shark attacks off the shores of northern California draw the attention of pessimistic Detective Luke Jansen. Despite reports of shark sightings by witnesses, the injuries appear to be more reminiscent of a chainsaw-wielding maniac rather than shark bites.Things get stranger when marine biologist Elise Sheldon encounters the creature... -
![The List by Christopher Coleman]()
The List by Christopher Coleman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's been four months since the world exploded in a detonation of white death, and Danielle is now alone in the cordon.Except for the crabs.The crabs are still here. And though the melting snows have thinned their numbers, the ones that survived are now stronger. Smarter. Hungrier.Danielle's life has been driven by survival for the past few weeks, but now escape is the only thing that matters... -
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![This Rotten World by Jacy Morris]()
This Rotten World by Jacy Morris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sickness runs rampant through the world. In Portland, Oregon it is no different. As the night takes hold, eight men and women bear witness to the horror of a zombie outbreak. This Rotten World is the zombie novel that horror fans have been waiting for... -
![Material Witness by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter]()
Material Witness by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHere is another highly entertaining short story featuring Jonathan Maberry's compelling hero, Joe Ledger.This short thriller takes Joe Ledger into the mysterious, troubled town of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania, the setting for Maberry's chilling Pine Deep Trilogy. In Pine Deep, nothing is what it seems... -
![Galvanism and Ghouls by Tilly Wallace]()
Galvanism and Ghouls by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTogether beyond death... A new unnatural horror is about to rattle Hannah Miles' quiet existence, and it's not the short-tempered viscount prowling the hallways. Someone is creating a monster by stitching together pieces of different people. When a limb makes an escape attempt, Viscount Wycliff is called to investigate... -
![Dead Man's Song by Jonathan Maberry, To Be Announced]()
Dead Man's Song by Jonathan Maberry, To Be Announced
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the powerful imagination of a horror master comes a bone-chilling tale set in a small town where good and evil are joined in a terrifying, deadly battle. Evil endures. Once an idyllic Pennsylvania village, Pine Deep awoke one morning to find itself bathed in a massive bloodletting... -
![What Vengeance Comes by Anthony M. Strong]()
What Vengeance Comes by Anthony M. Strong
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn impossible killer stalks the Bayou…NYPD detective John Decker thinks his family’s dark past is behind him when he’s offered the job as town sheriff in his sleepy southern hometown. Happy for a change in scenery, and a quieter way of life, he accepts the position... -
![Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland]()
Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAngel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming back to haunt her, more zombie hunters are popping up, and she’s beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend is involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, that’s right—the zombie mafia... -
![The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson]()
The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNo one expected the apocalypse would be broadcast via phone call... -
![Outbreak Chaos by Boris Bacic]()
Outbreak Chaos by Boris Bacic
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHeld in captivity by an evil group, Heather must find a way to save her sister. She’ll learn the hard way that the group doesn’t let people leave without heavy consequences.After narrowly escaping death, James and Angela find refuge in Krista’s house. They think they’re safe for the night. They’re dead wrong, and they realize it too late when they hear scratching inside the closet... -
![Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey]()
Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsWhat do you do after you’ve crawled out of Hell to wreak bloody revenge? If you’re Stark you turn to bounty hunting, tracking and decimating whatever rogue monsters you’re paid to kill. Stark hates the work, but he needs the money, especially the big bucks Lucifer is offering. In town as an adviser on a biopic of his life, Lucifer needs protection, and he wants Stark as his bodyguard... -
![Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L. Howard]()
Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJohannes Cabal is back -- a little older, a little wiser, but just as sharply funny, cuttingly sarcastic, and unexpectedly violent as ever. For necromancer Johannes Cabal, dealing with devils, demons and raising the dead is pretty much par for the course. But when his attempt to steal a rare book turns sour, he is faced by a far more terrifying entity -- politics... -
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![Charmed and Dangerous by Jordan Castillo Price, Rhys Ford]()
Charmed and Dangerous by Jordan Castillo Price, Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMagic takes many forms. From malignant hexes to love charms gone amok, you’ll find a vast array of spells and curses, creatures and conjurings in this massive collection—not to mention a steamy dose of man-on-man action. Charmed and Dangerous features all-new stories of gay paranormal romance, supernatural fiction and urban fantasy by ten top m/m paranormal authors... -
![The Book of Bad Things by Dan Poblocki]()
The Book of Bad Things by Dan Poblocki
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne kid's trash is another kid's terror in this spooky supernatural mystery.When Cassidy Bean leaves New York to spend the summer upstate, she's disappointed to find that Whitechapel is not the quiet, pleasant suburb she remembers. Ursula Chambers, the strange old hermit at the end of the cul-de-sac, has passed away under mysterious circumstances...Categorized as:
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![Exorcist Road by Jonathan Janz]()
Exorcist Road by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Possessed by a demon...or by the urge to kill?"Chicago is gripped by terror. The Sweet Sixteen Killer is brutally murdering sixteen-year-old girls, and the authorities are baffled.A seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy has attacked his entire family and had to be chained to his bed. His uncle, police officer Danny Hartman, is convinced his nephew is possessed by a demon... -
![I Smell Smoke by Craig Halloran]()
I Smell Smoke by Craig Halloran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo Signs Of Smoke Sidney thinks she’s getting the hang of things only to find herself at odds once again with her annoying and unappreciative supervisor, Cyrus Tweel. To make matters worse, there’s been no talk about the Black Slate or the whereabouts of Smoke, leaving her in the dark and feeling more isolated than ever. During a stakeout with Cyrus, strange things begin to emerge... -
![Dark War by Tim Waggoner]()
Dark War by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatt Richter won't let a little thing like death keep him from cracking his latest case.But there's a new evil power rampaging through the streets of Nekropolis. The last battle has begun... -
![Demonic Indemnity by Craig McLay]()
Demonic Indemnity by Craig McLay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDemon boss. Bloodsucking coworkers. Supernatural insurance is scary business...As the first human in 3,200 years to work in the Special Investigations Unit of Crimson Seal Insurance, Tim Lovecraft knows his days of processing run-of-the-mill claims for werewolf maulings and poltergeist home invasions are over... -
![The Compleat Crow by Brian Lumley]()
The Compleat Crow by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaster of occult arts...‘He was tall and broad-shouldered, and it was plain to see that in his younger days he had been a handsome man. Now his hair had greyed a little and his eyes, though they were still very bright and observant, bore the imprint of many a year spent exploring – and often, I guessed, discovering – along rarely trodden paths of mysterious and obscure learning... -
![Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula by Stephen Seitz]()
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula by Stephen Seitz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter Mina Murray asks Sherlock Holmes to locate her fiancee, Holmes and Watson travel to a land far eerier than the moors they had known when pursuing the Hound of the Baskervilles. The confrontation with Count Dracula threatens Holmes' health, his sanity, and his life... -
![From Dusk Till Dawn: A Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino]()
From Dusk Till Dawn: A Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe screenplay of Tarantino's film "From Dusk until Dawn," this is the story of two kidnappers who use a lapsed preacher and his two teenage children as human shields in their escape to Mexico. Mayhem ensues when they encounter a group of creatures who exist only from dusk until dawn... -
![Where There's Smoke by Craig Halloran]()
Where There's Smoke by Craig Halloran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnexpected happenings … Months after bringing down the last mark on the Black Slate, Sidney finds herself more isolated than ever. Buried in paperwork at the FBI her feelings about the Deep Black operation begin to fester. Just when she’s about to lose it, Section Chief, Ted Howard, intervenes. The Black Slate has another assignment. But there’s a problem. John Smoke is nowhere to be found... -
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![Rulers Of Darkness by Steven G. Spruill]()
Rulers Of Darkness by Steven G. Spruill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is midnight at the historic Washington Cathedral when police discover the murdered woman--her throat shredded by human teeth. When other such murders follow, Dr. Katherine O'Keefe and her ex-lover, Detective Merrick Chapman are assigned to track down the "vampire" killer. They discover a bizarre abnormality in the killer's blood... -
![Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child]()
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsPendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent-returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult.William Smithback Jr., a prominent New York Times reporter, was killed in a brutal attack in his Upper West Side apartment. His wife, Nora Kelly, an archeologist at the Museum of Natural History, was injured as well... -
![City of Night by Dean Koontz, Ed Gorman]()
City of Night by Dean Koontz, Ed Gorman
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of…DEAN KOONTZ’S CITY OF NIGHTThey are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created–and they must be destroyed... -
![White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland, Daniel Dos Santos]()
White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland, Daniel Dos Santos
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOur favorite white trash zombie, Angel Crawford, has enough problems of her own, what with dealing with her alcoholic, deadbeat dad, issues with her not-quite boyfriend, the zombie mafia, industrial espionage and evil corporations. Oh, and it’s raining, and won’t let up... -
![Flesh Circus by Lilith Saintcrow]()
Flesh Circus by Lilith Saintcrow
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Cirque de Charnu has come. They will clean out the demons and the suicides, and move on. As long as they stay within the rules, Jill Kismet can't deny them entry. But she can watch -- and if they step out of line, she'll send them packing... -
![Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry]()
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsWhen you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing...Categorized as:
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