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Swans Song - Buch 1: Nach dem Ende der Welt. Der legendäre Endzeit-Thriller. Düster, brutal und mit epischer Wucht erzählt. In diesem Endzeit-Thriller beschreibt der Bestsellerautor die Welt nach der atomaren Apokalypse. Die menschliche Zivilisation bricht zusammen und die wenigen Überlebenden werden in eine vorindustrielle Welt katapultiert, in der sie zu hungrigen Bestien mutieren. Der nukleare Winter senkt sich wie ein Leichentuch über die verkohlte Erde.

Es ist 1964 in dem kleinen idyllischen Städtchen Zephyr, wo die Bewohner entweder in der Papierfabrik am Tecumseh River oder in dem örtlichen Milch­betrieb arbeiten. Es ist ein einfaches Leben, aber doch voller Wunder für den zwölfjährigen Cory Mackenson. Eines Morgens werden er und sein Vater Zeuge, wie ein Auto vor ihnen von der Straße abkommt und in einem See versinkt. Am Steuer aber befand sich ein nackter, geschundener Körper, mit Handschellen an das Lenkrad gefesselt.

Die Einwohner von Fount Royal sind überzeugt, dass eine Hexe für die unerklärlichen Tragödien in ihrem Dorf verantwortlich ist. Sie verlangen, dass die schöne Witwe Rachel Howarth vor Gericht gestellt und wegen Hexerei hingerichtet wird. Der Prozess wird vom reisenden Richter Isaac Woodward mithilfe seines scharfsinnigen jungen Gerichtsdieners Matthew Corbett geführt. Matthew glaubt an Rachels Unschuld und muss sich bald dem wahren Bösen stellen, das in Fount Royal umgeht.

1699 in den Carolina-Kolonien Amerikas... Die Einwohner von Fount Royal sind überzeugt, dass eine Hexe für die unerklärlichen Tragödien in ihrem Dorf verantwortlich ist. Sie verlangen, dass die schöne Witwe Rachel Howarth vor Gericht gestellt und wegen Hexerei hingerichtet wird. Der Prozess wird vom reisenden Richter Isaac Woodward mithilfe seines scharfsinnigen jungen Gerichtsdieners Matthew Corbett geführt. Matthew glaubt an Rachels Unschuld und muss sich bald dem wahren Bösen stellen, das in Fount Royal umgeht.

"Chico", a story by Robert McCammon, was first published in his short fiction collection Blue World.

"Yellachile's Cage", a story by Robert McCammon, was first published in his short fiction collection Blue World.

Father John has lived his whole life without knowing a woman’s touch. Hard at first, his self-denial grew easier over time, as he learned to master his urges with a regimen of prayer, cold showers, and jigsaw puzzles. That changes the day that Debra Rocks enters his confessional. A rough-talking adult film actress, she has come to ask him to pray for a murdered costar. Her cinnamon perfume infects Father John, and after she departs he becomes obsessed.

Strange Candy”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in 2012 on robertmccammon.com.

"The Red House”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in the 1985 anthology Greystone Bay and was selected for inclusion in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 1985.

"Yellowjacket Summer”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in The Twilight Zone magazine, October 1986.

"I Scream Man”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in the Winter 1984 edition of The Horror Show.

"Children of the Bedtime Machine”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in the 2012 anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.

"White", a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in 2014 on robertmccammon.com.

"He'll Come Knocking at Your Door", a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in 1985 in the anthology Halloween Horrors.

Father John has lived his whole life without knowing a woman's touch. Hard at first, his self-denial grew easier over time, as he learned to master his urges with a regimen of prayer, cold showers, and jigsaw puzzles. That changes the day that Debra Rocks enters his confessional. A rough-talking adult film actress, she has come to ask him to pray for a murdered costar.

Bethany's Sin is a tiny, picturesque village in rural Pennsylvania. Its tree-lined streets, beautiful houses, and manicured exteriors offer - or appear to offer - both peace and a place of refuge. Evan Reid, a man haunted by his memories of the Vietnam War and by a history of viscerally disturbing dreams, comes to the village with his wife and daughter, hoping to make a fresh start after a series of discouraging setbacks. At first, all goes as planned.

It is not just the living ships of the monstrous Gorgons or the motion-blurred shock troops of the armored Cyphers that endanger the holdouts in the human bastion of Panther Ridge. The world itself has turned against the handful of survivors, as one by one they succumb to despair and suicide or, even worse, are transformed by otherworldly pollution into hideous Gray Men, cannibalistic mutants driven by insatiable hunger.

"Something Passed By", a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in his short fiction collection Blue World and was selected for inclusion in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection.

Baal was Robert McCammon's first novel, a debut that would lead to some of the finest popular fiction of our time. This deluxe new audio edition from Subterranean Press will give McCammon's many fans both newcomers and longtime fans - the opportunity to trace the development of an extraordinarily talented man. The story begins with a horrific rape on the streets of New York City. Nine months after that violation, a most unusual child is born. His name is Jeffrey Harper Raines...

"Doom City”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in 1987 in Greystone Bay II.