This was a mistakeIn an age of utter calamity, two unsavory monks about to be hanged for crimes against humanity and other, more interesting species are instead reluctantly brought before a drunkard king and given a task only slightly better than death: to guide his daughter, the Nightmare Princess, to an unholy matrimony with the Prince of Darkness.Nobody is safeThe hastily formed dysfunctional group of outcasts quickly embark on a drug-laced, alcohol-fueled journey ...

With nowhere left to turn, a discarded fighter resigns to his humiliating end by venturing into his father's secret cellar in search of the dark forces behind a childhood that he struggles to recall. There, he meets a man named Michael who gives him one last opportunity to fight and together they embark on a journey to unlock the real power within.Only that journey is just the beginning of a terror so deep that it threatens to destroy everything worth fighting for.There is ...

Several people have gone missing from a frontier town on the edge of winter and it wasn't long before thoughts turned to Elroy, the simple servant boy who worked for the prosperous Churchill family. Emily, a young teacher, follows her father as he and several others march towards Elroy's cabin looking for answers.What they find instead is a terrifying descent into a dark new reality lashing out from a hole in the ground and the insidious entity living inside of it, one that quickly...

Fear, compassion, evil, courage, hope, wonder, the exquisite terror of not knowing what will happen on the next page to characters you care about deeply—these are the marvels that Dean Koontz weaves into the unique tapestry of every novel. His storytelling talents have earned him the devotion of fans around the world, making him one of the most popular authors of our time, with more than 200 million copies of his books sold worldwide.Christopher Snow is different f...

They're short, they're scrawny, and they're green, but they want to be heroes. The problem? Goblins are supposed to fish and forage, not hunt down and challenge villains.This doesn't daunt Malagach and Gortok. Armed with their wits, their stolen (er, borrowed) books, and their scavenged tools, they mean to rid their mountain home of evil. Or get in lots of trouble trying...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERI see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He’s just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that’s why he’s won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death. But when a childhood friend disappears, Odd discovers somet...

Alice has walked through halls of power at the sides of some of the most powerful men and women in the Nyal Imperium. Her position as a Companion puts her in places she never imagined, including a world that is being evacuated so it can give itself a facelift.Her client wills her a house, fortune and title on his home world, which means that the moment he passes away, she is in deep.Going to the Oefric for judgement, Alice finds her accounts frozen pending further investiga...

In the rubble-strewn wasteland of Alphabet City, a squalid tenement conceals a treasure "beyond all imagining"-- an immaculately preserved, fifth century codex. The sole repository of ancient Hermetic lore, it contains the alchemical rituals for transforming thought into substance, transmuting matter at will...and attaining eternal life.When Rose, an East Village tattoo artist has a torrid encounter with Martin, a battle-hardened loner, they discover they are unwitting pawns on opp...

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City.There are no rules in the dark, no place to feel safe, no escape from the shadows. But to save the day, you must...Seize the Night.At no time does Moonlight Bay look more beautiful than at night. Yet it is precisely then that the secluded little town reveals its menace. Now children are disappearing. From their homes. From the streets. And there's nothing their families can do abou...

Imogen, warrior of the Kirkellan tribes, has never wanted to be anything else. But when the long war between the Kirkellan and the country of Ruskald ends, the terms of the peace treaty require Imogen to be married to the vicious King of Ruskald for five years. Confined to his freezing city, forbidden to fight, Imogen sees nothing but darkness in her future—until the arrival of Elspeth North, heir to the Crown of Tremontane, brings three countries to the brink of war and sets Imogen free.

Can music overcome fey magic? When the chieftain's infant son is stolen away by the fey folk of the Bright Court, Maeve Donnelly journeys beneath the faerie hill to try and save the child. Her only weapon is a simple pennywhistle, and the music running in her bard-gifted blood...Beneath the Knowe is a short story of 7,000 words (approx. 30 pages) originally published in the Northwest Independent Writers Association Anthology "Thirteen."

I am his weapon. I kill by his order. No mercy. No remorse. Death comes on a nightmare made flesh. I never question. Never ask why. So has it been for as long as I can remember... until now.Betrayed. Taken away. I feel the change in me. I am more than a weapon. More than his will alone. I will ask the questions. I will find the answers.Woe to those that dare stand before me...