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Marvelous creations, including a short story set in the world of The Matrix and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children's fiction, can be found in this extraordinary collection, which showcases Gaiman's storytelling brilliance as well as his entertaining (and dark) sense of humor.

Rafael De La Cruz has spent centuries hunting vampires with his brothers. With each passing year, his capacity to feel emotions has grown weaker and weaker, until finally there's barely a memory of one left - only sheer willpower keeps him from turning into the very abomination he hunts. But it'll take more than will to keep him away from the woman who is meant to be his and his alone.

From the author of the acclaimed and provocative novels Fallen and The Preservationist comes a tale about a man who believes he is touched by the hand of God then instructed by that God to slaughter his enemies. It is the story of "this worldly existence of men and brutes, desire and unkindness" and of the woman, Dalila, at the center of it all.

Verdrängte Erinnerungen, blutige Liebesbeweise, mörderische Wahrheiten. Wie weit darf Liebe gehen? Als Liseys berühmter Mann stirbt, weckt sein Nachlass in ihr albtraumhafte Erinnerungen und Ahnungen, die bald grausame Gewissheit werden...

This third edition to the Prince Roger Series takes the Bronze Barbarians across the Eastern Ocean of Marduk, facing giant sea monsters, pirates, and the barbarian nations that dwell on the other side. Their destination is a spaceport held by humans of questionable loyalties. As Roger comes nearer to making his way home, he learns that his attempted assassination was part of a larger plot. Not all is as it seems on Earth or on Marduk.

Jewell Parker Rhodes follows up her acclaimed Voodoo Dreams with a present-day mystery surrounding the gifts of an ancestor of the Voodoo Queen. Doctor Marie Levant can't explain why she's drawn to New Orleans, or why it's comforting and unsettling at the same time. And she can't shake her haunting dreams. But when she delivers a dead woman's baby, Marie knows malevolent forces are at work, and it's up to her to stop them.

Blackstone Audio presents an eclectic mix of stories, plays and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Gore, sex, horror, literature and edifying morals - what more could you want from an audiobook?

Über das sagenhafte Atlantis mit den See-Königtümern und das geheime Alte Reich herrscht ein Geschlecht von Priesterkönigen, das die Naturgewalten - die schöpferischen wie die zerstörerischen - in magischen Kulten bannt. Aus der Nacht der Dämonen brechen die Menschen auf zum strahlenden Tag des Lichts. Doch die Mächte des Bösen lauern darauf, von Neuem entdeckt zu werden...

Excalibur wird von Professor Jacob Biggs aus seinem Grab geborgen. Er weiß, dass dieses Schwert nie im Sinne von Macht missbraucht werden darf. Doch für seinen Sohn Lance zählt Geld und die Begleichung seiner Schulden mehr als die geheime Kraft einer alten Waffe. In Trance macht er sich auf, um seine Feinde zu vernichten...

Songs on Bronze is the first major retelling of Greek mythology in half a century; a set of lively, racy, dramatic versions of the great myths, which, in a multicultural society, are recognized more than ever as stories without equal.

In vier Episoden erzählt Ivar Leon Menger, der Autor der neuen Folge von "Die Dr3i", schaurige Geschichten, die unter die Haut gehen. Von einer unheimlichen Person bedrängt zu werden, in der eigenen Wohnung gefangen zu sein oder einem sadistischem Zahnarzt ausgeliefert zu sein. Niemand möchte mit Fabian tauschen...

Vor vielen hundert Jahren schuf der Teufel in der finstersten Tiefe der Hölle einen Spiegel: Einen unheimlichen, magischen Spiegel, der die Eigenschaft hatte, alles Gute, das sich darin betrachtete, augenblicklich ins Gegenteil zu verkehren. Der Versuch, den Spiegel den Engeln und selbst Gott vorzuhalten, schlug fehl, und so fiel der Spiegel in die Welt der Menschenzurück und blieb verschwunden. Eines Tages jedoch wurde er wiederentdeckt...

Lords und Ladies - Terry Pratchetts Scheibenwelt als Hörspiel. Mitsommernacht. Alles gerät durcheinander. Kornkreise fallen vom Himmel, die Bienen werden nervös. Sogar Zwerge und Trolle sind besorgt. Im kleinen Scheibenwelt-Königreich Lancre pfuschen ein paar selbsternannte Nachwuchs-Hexen an der Kausalität herum, während die drei gestandenen Hexen von Lancre ihre eigenen Probleme haben...

Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve the star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran on the most unforgettable adventure of his life.

Opening with the young Clark Kent on a date, this novel takes an entirely fresh approach to the emergence of his superpowers and the start of his newspaper career, following him from rural 1930s Kansas across America to Hollywood in its golden age and then to New York City. He meets a worldly Lois Lane and conniving political boss Lex Luthor, and begins his battles against criminal masterminds, mad scientists, and super villains inspired by fascists.

On the wall before him, in the dimness of the room, a great circular screen glowed opaquely, awaiting his touch: a doorway into time and space, a doorway to beauty and deadly peril and everything that made livable for him a life that had, perhaps, gone on too long. The shadows leaped backward into three-dimensional vividness that wavered for a moment and then sharpened into focus upon a desert landscape under a vivid crimson sky.

Castle Joiry had been taken. The heavy boots of invaders rang in the hallways, and the arching ceiling echoed back the clash of falling swords. Still struggling violently, Joiry's commander was brought before the conqueror. Standing tall, armor running red with blood, Jirel of Joiry refused to surrender her home and vowed to her enemy that his victory would cost him his life, and more. That very night, Joiry's lady crept by secret ways to the castle's deepest dungeon.

Im Jahre 2044 stehen sich an einer Überlappungsfront zwischen dem Universum der Druuf und dem Einsteinraum die Flotten des Robotregenten von Arkon und der Druuf gegenüber. Die Gefahr, dass dabei die Position der Erde verraten und die noch schwache Menschheit durch den Robotregenten annektiert wird, wächst ständig.

Kidnapped at an early age, Ansset has been raised in isolation at a mystical retreat called the Songhouse. His life is filled with music, and having only songs for companions, he develops a voice that is unlike any other. But Ansset's voice is both a blessing and a curse, for it reflects all the hopes and fears of his audience, and, by magnifying their emotions, can be used either to heal or to destroy.

It is the late 21st century, and due to the economic breakdown and rising crime rate, nearly every citizen has fled Toronto. The city is a slum, populated by the homeless, the poor, and criminals like Rudy, who uses the power of voodoo to help him control the booming drug market. But also left behind are people like Ti-Jeanne, who hope to use voodoo to help rebuild the city, even as Canada's privileged population turns to Toronto to begin harvesting human organs.