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Myke Cole is an expert at ratcheting up suspense and delivering pulse-pounding adventure that leaves audiences breathless. In Shadow Ops: Control Point, the world has seemingly gone mad. People are waking up with magical powers, such as the ability to raise the dead or call forth storms. The only thing staving off a plunge into chaos is the Supernatural Operations Corps, headed by Oscar Britton. But when Oscar exhibits a power of his own, the hunter becomes the hunted.

The Dresden Files have taken the genre of paranormal mystery to a new level of action, excitement, and hard-hitting magical muscle. Now, in Death Masks, Jim Butcher’s smart-guy private eye may have taken on more than he ever wanted to handle. Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing...

Bobby Dollar, Anwalt der verlorenen Seelen und Engel auf Erden, wird von seinem Himmelsmentor in die Hölle geschickt. Er soll dort dem Sklavenhändler Rhipash eine kryptische Botschaft übermitteln. Das passt Bobby wunderbar, will er doch die Teufelin Caz wiedersehen, in die er sich unsterblich verliebt hat. So macht er sich auf zur Höllenpforte - um im Innern ein unvorstellbar großes Reich vorzufinden. Tagelang läuft Bobby von einem Höllenkreis zum nächsten, und endlich findet er Rhipash.

For millennia, the Librarians have secretly protected the world by keeping watch over dangerous magical relics. Cataloging and safeguarding everything from Excalibur to Pandora’s Box, they stand between humanity and those who would use the relics for evil. Ten years ago, only Flynn Carsen, the...

"Ich bin Artimus - der das ewige Leben suchte…und ewigen Schrecken fand." Nach und nach kommen Lea und ihre Begleiter den verwerflichen Forschungen des Alchemisten Artimus auf die Spur. Ein Tagebuch, das der alte Mann hinterlassen hat, gibt Einblick in verbotene Experimente, mit denen der Tod besiegt werden sollte. Erfolgreiche Experimente.

Seit Lea von einem Skolnik gebissen wurde, spürt sie beängstigende Veränderungen an sich, die immer weiter voranschreiten. Deshalb beschließt Telon, das unheimliche Wesen zu fangen, um mehr über die seltsamen Vorgänge zu erfahren. Bald muss er erkennen, dass seine Gefährtin nicht nur krank ist, sondern auch im höchsten Maße gefährlich.

Die Versuche, den Drachen Katarak zur Strecke zu bringen, sind kläglich gescheitert. Gerade, als Lea und ihre Freunde die Heimreise antreten wollen, entdecken sie einige Ungereimtheiten in den Aussagen des Hohen Rates von Inoria. Die Norländer verfolgen diese Spur und tappen in eine tödliche Falle. Schließlich muss Lea erkennen, dass nichts so ist, wie es den Anschein hat - während der wahre Feind kurz davor steht, seine finsteren Absichten zu offenbaren...

Ein neues perfides Spiel von Faldarun, dem Wanderer, verschlägt Lea in die ferne Stadt Validor. Dort läuft sie prompt einer kleinen Gruppe desertierter Dämonensoldaten in die Arme, die sich auf der Flucht vor ihrem Heermeister in den Weiten der Steppe verbergen.

Die Drachenprinzessin kehrt endlich zurück nach Norland. Prompt wird sie von einem wilden, unheimlichen Tier angefallen und gebissen. Der Vorfall ist schnell wieder vergessen - bis Lea plötzlich Stimmen hört, die von ihr verlangen, schreckliche Dinge zu tun. Sie wird von Albträumen geplagt und stellt merkwürdige Veränderungen an sich fest. Eines Morgens klebt Blut an ihren Händen - das Blut eines Menschen.

The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country and in every nation, people began to develop terrifying powers - summoning storms, raising the dead, and setting everything they touch ablaze. Overnight the rules changed...but not for everyone. Colonel Alan Bookbinder is an army bureaucrat whose worst war wound is a paper-cut. But after he develops magical powers, he is torn from everything he knows and thrown onto the front-lines.

Constance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she's sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to reset her destiny and become the one thing she's never been: ordinary. Ever since she was granted a wish at birth by her fairy godmother, Constance Verity has become the world's great adventurer. She is a master of martial arts and a keen detective and possesses a collection of strange artifacts. Constance has spent the past 28 years saving the world, and she's tired of it.

“Miller gives us an incisive and beautifully written story of love, revenge, and the power (and failure) of family in a scarily plausible future. Blackfish City simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder. Plus, it has lots of action and a great cast of characters. Not to mention an...

It was a dark and stormy knight, and nine dark defenders embarked upon a most perilous quest. They're the ultimate defenders of humanity, modern day knights who do dark deeds for all the right reasons. In this all-star collection, nine of today's hottest paranormal authors bring us thrilling, all-new stories of supernatural knights that are brimming with magic mystery and mayhem.

A chilling and dark fantasy from bestselling author Raymond E. Feist. Successful screenwriter Phil Hastings decides to move his family from sunny California to a ramshackle farmhouse in New York State. The idea is to take some time out, relax and pick up the threads of his career as a novelist...

Ashley was just trying to get through a tough day when the world turned upside down. A terrifying virus appears, quickly becoming a pandemic that leaves its victims, not dead, but far worse. Attacked by zombies, Ashley discovers that she is a "Wild-Card" - immune to the virus - and she is recruited to fight back and try to control the outbreak.

This full cast recording features narration from Arthur Morey; Charlie Thurston; David Stifel; James Anderson Foster; Joe Barrett; Kate Udall; Laural Merlington; Laurence Bouvard; Luke Daniels; Robert Fass; Shelley Atkinson; Tavia Gilbert; and Will Damron From bestselling author Neal Stephenson...

A finalist for the 2017 Locus Award for Best Novella! It’s December in the English village of Lychford – the first Christmas since an evil conglomerate tried to force open the borders between our world and… another. Which means it’s Lizzie’s first Christmas as Reverend of St...

Lea gerät in die Fänge des grausamen Heermeisters Turrek und erfährt von seinem Plan, die Wiedergängerarmee gegen Validor marschieren zu lassen, um alle Bewohner der Stadt zu vernichten. Mithilfe der Macht des silbernen Horns könnte sie diesen Angriff verhindern - riskiert dadurch jedoch den Tod ihres Gefährten Palis.

In modern America, two soldiers will fight their way through the magical legacies of Poe and Hawthorne to destroy an undying evil - if they don't kill each other first. US Army Captain Dale Morton is a magician soldier - a "craftsman." After a black-ops mission gone wrong, Dale is cursed by a Persian sorcerer and haunted by his good and evil ancestors. Major Michael Endicott, a Puritan craftsman, finds gruesome evidence that the evil Mortons, formerly led by the twins Roderick and Madeline, have returned, and that Dale might be one of them.

Aahz discovers that the shabby-looking sword he bought at a flea market in a remote dimension is Ersatz, leader of the Golden Hoard, a fabled collection of powerful magical treasures that can turn any ordinary being into a hero. They go in search of the other members of the Hoard, only to find that they're not the only ones looking. A dancer named Calypsa, working with Aahz's old friend Tananda, is seeking to collect them to free her grandfather from the dreaded wizard Barrik.