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A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret
power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than
his high school crush and a spirit granny?!
Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum
regarding what they’ll believe in and what they won’t. Their quest to
prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes and
paranormal battles they’ll have to participate in to believe!
As Momo and the others fight desperately against the alien invaders, a
recovering Okarun finally comes to and is able to join them.
Unfortunately for him, it’s Tuesday, and that means one thing—the Evil
Eye wants to fight! Thankfully, the invaders quickly capture the Evil
Eye’s attention when they get in the way of his match, and with his
help, the team begins to crush the enemy. But suddenly, Vamola’s suit
is snatched by an octopus-shaped invader, landing the team in dire
straits!
Sharp as a snakebite, Sundial is a gripping novel about the secrets we
bury from the ones we love most, from Catriona Ward, the author of The
Last House on Needless Street.
Rob has spent her life running from Sundial, the family’s ranch deep in
the Mojave Desert, and her childhood memories.
But she’s worried about her daughter, Callie, who collects animal bones
and whispers to imaginary friends. It reminds her of a darkness that
runs in her family, and Rob knows it’s time to return.
Callie is terrified of her mother. Rob digs holes in the backyard late
at night, and tells disturbing stories about growing up on the ranch.
Soon Callie begins to fear that only one of them will leave Sundial
alive...
Acester (known as Ayster) is one of England's oldest cathedrals. It
is also home to a startling assortment of ghosts. They include a
bishop's skeleton, a mischievous imp, a Jacobean actor, an
eighteenth-century murderer, a woman in a mirror, a legless and an
eyeless ghost, a mysterious chorister, and an ugly spider.
Meanwhile, alongside the ghosts, the busy life of a modern
cathedral goes on, spiced by the sparrings between a rather vague
Dean and a very acerbic Canon. This is a book for all who love
stories of ghosts and clergy life in the Church of England.
Discover the first novel in the epic and magical Kingdom of Lies series
. . .
Just hours after humans are born, the gods take what little power we
have. In return, they protect our borders from the vicious, merciless
fae.
The humans who manage to keep their power are known as the corrupt.
And they are put to death.
When my forbidden power is discovered, I’m forced to flee my tiny
village and the life I adore.
To survive, I make a desperate bargain with the mercenary. A dark and
brooding man.
Whose face I have been seeing in my dreams . . .
It’s agreed that I’ll help him into the city. And he’ll help me learn
to wield the strange, dark power I’ve always kept hidden.
The power that may just be the key to my survival.
But the ruthless mercenary is hiding secrets of his own. Secrets that
threaten the safety of everyone I love.
Secrets that could tear this kingdom – and perhaps even this world –
apart . . .
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Let the Right One in
(Paperback)
John Ajvide Lindqvist; Translated by Ebba Segerberg
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Oskar and Eli. In very different ways, they were both victims. Which is
why, against the odds, they became friends.
And how they came to depend on one another, for life itself.
Oskar is a 12-year-old boy living with his mother on a dreary housing
estate at the city's edge. He dreams about his absentee father, gets
bullied at school, and wets himself when he's frightened.
Eli is the young girl who moves in next door. She doesn't go to school
and never leaves the flat by day. She is a 200-year-old vampire,
forever frozen in childhood, and condemned to live on a diet of fresh
blood.
John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel, a huge bestseller in his native Sweden,
is a unique and brilliant fusion of social novel and vampire legend.
And a deeply moving fable about rejection, friendship and loyalty.
Chihiro's cursed past sends him down a quest of bloody vengeance! Chihiro Rokuhira’s father, Kunishige, is the most famous swordsmith in the land. Thanks to his six enchanted blades, the war that has been gripping the nation ends, and peaceful days follow. After the war, he retrieves all six blades and hides them in the cellar of his workshop—but sorcerers raid his home and leave Kunishige dead in front of Chihiro. Many years later, Chihiro wields Kunishige’s seventh and final enchanted blade on a mission to retrieve the stolen swords! The Shinuchi—the strongest sword ever produced by Kunishige—is up for auction. Chihiro’s on a quest to reclaim the famed blade, but first he’ll have to deal with the auction’s guards, who are sworn to protect the auction at all costs. Undaunted in his quest for vengeance, Chihiro vows to cut them all down!
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Sacrifice
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Katee Robert
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All my life, I’ve wanted nothing more than to escape my father’s
compound. Half human, half vampire, I have none of the perks and all of
the weaknesses. Well, my father’s finally found a use for me. He’s sent
me to Malachi Zion, the last vampire in his family. My role is to play
resident blood bank and, should Malachi knock me up, my father gets
access to a whole new bloodline to control.
No one asks me what I want. But the longer I spend with Malachi, the
more I realize that he’s not the monster I first thought, which makes
it harder to resist the heat that flares between us. And then his two
friends show up and complicate things exponentially. As long as we’re
stuck in this house together, I’m a trap just waiting to be sprung.
But if we break free, there’s nothing holding these vampires to me… In
gaining the one thing I want more than anything—my freedom—I might just
lose everything.
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Queen
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Katee Robert
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A proud culture oppressed for centuries. An island over-run by bestial gods. And a girl with the power to raise the fallen . . . For three hundred years the wild island of Croí has been subject to the Empire of the Answering. Clans have been subjugated, their language outlawed, their religion reduced to the whisper of fugitive priests. Until Croí's prayers are answered. The Gods return. Feral and majestic, they stride the land as colossi, throwing the Empire into chaos. The dispossessed and the vengeful struggle for power. A ruthless priestess rallies the faithful, offering a simple choice - believe, or die - even as the empire's Queen makes the first moves in a long and dangerous game. But for all their machinations, one woman will decide the fate of them all . . . Sister Wake, unwilling saint of the Goddess of Death.
"This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on
gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while
creeping me all the way out. So good."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, author
of The Other Black Girl Now in paperback, Steel Magnolias meets
Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a
women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to
their small Southern town. Bonus features: * Reading group guide
for book clubs * Hand-drawn map of Mt. Pleasant * Annotated
true-crime reading list by Grady Hendrix * And more! Patricia
Campbell's life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a
workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile
mother-in-law needs constant care, and she's always a step behind
on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her
book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their
love of true crime. At these meetings they're as likely to talk
about the Manson family as they are about their own families. One
evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an
elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor's handsome nephew, James
Harris, into her life. James is well traveled and well read, and he
makes Patricia feel things she hasn't felt in years. But when
children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written
off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is
more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a
monster of a different kind-and Patricia has already invited him
in. Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patricia's
life and try to take everything she took for granted-including the
book club-but she won't surrender without a fight in this
blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.
Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and
mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell
it. Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood.
The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call
him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast,
alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she
can turn to for help. Together, they ignite a battle between pagan
and Puritan - one that threatens to destroy the entire village,
leaving nothing but ashes and bloodshed in their wake. "If it is a
devil you seek, then it is a devil you shall have!" This terrifying
tale of bewitchery features more than two dozen of Brom's haunting
paintings, fully immersing readers in this wild and unforgiving
world.
Nine spine-tingling stories from the creator of Sherlock Holmes
Mournful cries in an ice-bound sea, a potion that allows the user
to commune with ghosts, an Egyptian priest who cannot die, and a
mesmerist of unrivaled power. Brace yourself for these and other
chilling encounters in The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror. Even
before he created Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle terrified
and delighted readers with tales of suspense, haunted by mysterious
forces that defy rational explanation. These stories capture the
unique draw of the uncanny and the curiosity that compels us all to
ask, "Could it be true?" Presented by the Horror Writers
Association, and introduced by award-winning author Daniel
Stashower, this collection illuminates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
talent for the macabre and the supernatural. The Parasite and the
other stories in this collection showcase Conan Doyle at his most
inventive, sure to entertain both new readers and his most
dedicated fans.
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