Will Houdini Weenie be sawed in half or will manage to escape? . Houdini Weenie is performing one night only and each illusion is more dangerous than the last. He's joined by his assistant Lilly and together they will put on a show that will amaze even the most cynical. The art nouveau style harkens back to a time when the magician was king and everyone would come to the theater to see the show.This story is as much fun for the reader as it is for the audience. While written and de...

Every manager's worst nightmare, a complete shutdown of the company due to a cyber-attack known as ransomware. In this book Erik Westhovens and Mike Jansen describe a fictionalized scenario for FiveStar Inc. where management scrambles to deal with an infiltrated IT environment while at the same time the hackers cause chaos and confusion to maximize fear, to get their victim to pay the ransom. All events described are based on real world situations and follow the twelve steps of the Advance...

New Science Fiction, New Horror and New Fantasy from prize winning author Mike Jansen, collected into a stunning anthology showing some of the best dark fiction the Netherlands have to offer.This anthology contains some old, but mostly recent, new work that has appeared in anthologies and magazines. In addition several prize winning stories that reached high rankings or number one positions in some of the Netherlands' most prestigious awards.Enjoy the dark musings of one of...

Die Azoran und ihre Besatzung durchqueren ein Wurmloch – Ziel: ein System am Rand der bekannten Sterne. Was sie dort finden, widerspricht jeder Erwartung. Fremdartige Strukturen, unheimliche Kräfte und ein Rätsel, das größer ist als alles, was die Menschheit bisher kannte. Zwischen Staunen und Furcht wird klar: Manche Entdeckungen verändern nicht nur ein Leben, sondern ganze Zivilisationen.

The city of Heilavn is a future city built on the dried up sea floor of the North Sea in a time that has witnessed the reappearance of the glaciers on the Northern continents. A mixture of European and Scandinavian influences make Heilavn a rich city, but like every city Heilavn too has its dark sides, such as the lawless Lower City and the perhaps even more lawless Upper City.Ramon Vendiaz is a ruthless opportunist who will stoop to anything to get ahead in life. Nothing and no on...

Three mercenaries meet at an inn. During the telling of tales all turn out to be dragon slayers. And outside a storm rages...Get acquainted with the short stories of Mike Jansen. "Inn The Laughing Dragon" was his first ever story. It first appeared in Dutch magazine Ator Mondis 3 in 1991 as "De Laatste Draak" (The Last Dragon). The story is the basis for the dark fantasy novel "The Failing God", first part of a fantasy cycle taking place on and around the fictional island of Cranbo...

In een dystopische toekomst neemt Het David Effect ons mee naar Holland-onder-de-zee waar geavanceerde computer- en biotechnologie strijden met de gevestigde orde om voor eens en altijd uit te maken wie een bepalende stem krijgt in het lot van de mensheid.Mike Jansen schrijft voor de Engelse en Nederlandse markt en publiceert verhalen en boeken op de Engelse en Nederlandse markten. Dit verhaal is eerder verschenen in de Vierde Ragnarok bundel van Babel Publications.

Set in a dystopian future The David Effect takes us to Holland-under-the-sea where advanced technology and bio-engineering do battle with vested powers to decide who will own controlling interests in humanity's destiny.Mike Jansen writes English and Dutch stories, flash fiction and novels and publishes in English, Dutch and Belgian markets.

She's wanted for crimes against the throne. He's the empire's most notorious assassin. With bounties on their heads, they're not likely candidates for heroics, but they're on a quest for redemption. Unfortunately, they'll have to pursue and conquer great threats to earn the emperor's recognition.Three short fantasy stories set in the author's "Emperor's Edge" universe.Ice Cracker II -- When wanted criminals Sicarius and Amaranthe unearth a plot against the military's premie...

Combined for the first time in one volume are the first three books of the internationally bestselling FROSTBORN saga - FROSTBORN: THE GRAY KNIGHT, FROSTBORN: THE EIGHTFOLD KNIFE, FROSTBORN: THE UNDYING WIZARD, and the prequel novel FROSTBORN: THE FIRST QUEST.RIDMARK ARBAN was once a Swordbearer, a knight of renown. Now he is a branded outcast, stripped of his sword, and despised as a traitor.But he alone sees the danger to come, and undertakes the dangerous quest to stop t...

An epic tale of war between dragons and mankind!When the mysterious dragon slayer Bitterwood murders the son of the Dragon-King, the dragons respond with a campaign of genocide against their human slaves. Amid the chaos of war, a band of rebel humans risk everything to fight for freedom, and an end to the Dragon Age. Read the saga that Orson Scott Card called “a magnificent hero story.” Bitterwood, the Complete Collection gathers together all four...

An enforcer wanted dead for crimes she didn’t commit...An assassin wanted dead for crimes he did commit…Normally, they would be enemies, but they both seek the same thing: exoneration.Unfortunately, a nefarious underground organization is attempting to kill the one man who could grant it to them, the emperor. If they want to win their freedom, they’ll have to battle powerful wizards, outscheme master schemers, and defeat bl...