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Kyle Sangster ruled a magical realm as its near-divine emperor, forged in battles against the nine armies of hell and bound by pacts with gods who summoned him. After a decade of epic adventures, he found a way home to the parents and friends he loves. But he wakes in his 17-year-old body, fresh from a year-long coma, in a hometown far too curious about him.

It’s Halloween in Black Rock Falls and among the small town’s annual festivities, Sheriff Jenna Alton and her deputy David Kane are called to a gruesome discovery. Where there was once a plastic mannequin in a coffin, now stands the lifeless body of a young woman, her pale skin illuminated under the heavy stormy sky. Taking in the victim’s long dark hair and still blue eyes, it’s the bite marks on her neck that have Jenna’s fearing what kind of monster could have inflicted such wounds. Could this be the most sick and twisted murderer Black Rock Falls has ever seen?

Opening my eyes, I see a nurse standing over my bed. She wipes away my tears as she tells me I was in a car crash and it was my fault. Confused, I only remember snapshots of my life, but I’m not convinced the crash was an accident. My marriage had been perfect, until my husband, John, met Rebecca. He said they were just friends and that I was imagining things when I saw them cosied up like they were on a date.

Madison hesitates before hitching her pink tulle prom dress and running as fast as she can into the wilderness. The ripped edge of her skirt snags on a tree root and she falls to the forest floor. As she catches her breath, she hears the unmistakable sound of heavy boots closing in on her. He knows where she is…

This comprehensive and creepily guide explores the dark and eerie landscapes of horror down the centuries and across the world–from prehistoric death rituals and early monster myths to modern manifestations of the subject in art, literature, and film.

Surviving the first days of the apocalypse, William is a wreck and hiding in an attic. The daily acid storms, floating elementals, and bizarre mutated animals are the least of his problems. The reality-warping apocalypse has rules and a system much like those in video games. To survive, he must learn how the new uncooperative system works, choose a class without any real knowledge of what it does and create a place safe from the spawning horrors.

Amazon Bestselling Author D.K. GREY, creator of INHERITED SECRETS and DARKENED SECRETS, returns with ECHOED SECRETS— Book Three in the chilling Hale Mansion SECRETS Collection, where supernatural horror, spiritual warfare, and the evils of humanity collide. Nearly twelve years have passed since the events of INHERITED SECRETS, and six years since the haunting aftermath of DARKENED SECRETS. Amber Hale’s intuitive gifts and extrasensory perception (ESP) are intensifying as she steps into adolescence. The Hybrid Curse stirs once more—rooted in ancient forces, shaped by psychology, and ...

With the threat of rogue elementals escaping from the element bond and fear of another attack by the Draasin Lord, life at the edge of Terndahl is difficult for Tolan. Without any magic of his own, he spends his days working a menial job as a carpenter’s apprentice. When an elemental attack draws the attention of the Inquisitors from the Academy, everything changes.

The best of Deep Magic: Volume 1—fantastical worlds of space adventures, changelings, and dragons await—stories with depth, strong protagonists, high tension, all told while pulling at your heartstrings, or making you smile with understanding. In this volume, you'll find twenty-two stories, including many novelettes. Go on adventures from deep space to ancient Rome (with magic), to Mars, and many other new fantasy worlds.

Amazon Bestselling Author D.K. GREY, creator of INHERITED SECRETS, DARKENED SECRETS, and ECHOED SECRETS, returns with WHISPERED SECRETS— the chilling finale to the Hale Mansion SECRETS Collection, where supernatural horror, spiritual warfare, and generational trauma reach their haunting climax. Now a college freshman, Amber Hale returns with her parents to the Cartwright Mansion—built atop cursed ground and saturated with generations of silence, suffering, and secrets. As she steps into being a young woman, Amber stands at a pivotal threshold—coming of age at eighteen, with her ...

Rising thriller author D.K. GREY, creator of INHERITED SECRETS, returns with DARKENED SECRETS—the chilling second installment in the Hale Mansion SECRETS Collection. Supernatural forces haunt the Hale bloodline and their properties. Dark legacies. Rising tensions. A new mansion with lurking shadows and secrets. Never rebuild on cursed ground! Although the old mansion and mental hospital were destroyed, their darkness lingers—woven into the land itself, spreading anguish and torment. Professor Dom Hale never wanted the estate. Selling it should have severed his ties to its grim past. But...

From debut author D.K. GREY comes a gripping psychological thriller unraveling the chilling secrets of a forgotten family legacy, set against the haunting backdrop of a secluded mansion with a dark past. A family feud. Buried secrets. And a mansion cloaked in shadows. Never live near a mental hospital! I’m a distinguished professor from out of town—not a detective. Yet my life flipped upside down when I unexpectedly inherited this eerie mansion. It belonged to my mysteriously quiet Uncle Frederick, who left it to me instead of his younger, charismatic brother, Uncle Henry—the once-...

A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most interesting and often controversial subjects in the world - from ancient animal worship and shamanism, through alchemy and divination to modern Wicca and the resurgence of the occult in 21st-century literature, cinema, and television.

When secretary Annie Parkes is snatched from the street outside of her workplace, David Kane is tasked with finding her. Strong, highly skilled, and secretive, he’s a loner and an outsider; the only man the military trust to find Annie before her kidnappers make good on their promise to kill her. But as Kane pulls Annie from a derelict building, gunshots ringing through the deserted streets around them, he realizes rescuing her is just the beginning. He needs to keep her close to find out who is behind her capture, and to keep her safe.

Jason spends his time trying to protect Dragon Haven and understand the dragon misfits now that he has prevented Lorach from using them. He searches for more misfits, but quickly learns he won't be able to save them all. When word of an attack on the Dragon Guard suggests Lorach is renewing their attempt to destroy the rebellion, Jason leaves to investigate. What he finds changes everything he knows about the misfits. Saving the dragons means risking everything he's gained. If he fails, the rebellion will fail and Dragon Haven will fall.

The Anthropology Book introduces key concepts from different branches of the subject, such as cultural anthropology, ethnography, and biological anthropology, and explains how they have developed over the past century. The audiobook explores the origins of human life and cultures, and how societies develop traditions, laws, and languages.

Having stopped Lorren and saving the egg, Jason now faces his most dangerous threat as Lorach moves on Dragon Haven. With the city under attack from a strange new power, only with an understanding of the misfit dragons will Jason - and the dragons - finally be free. When even Dragon Haven seeks to use their power, Jason is forced to make a choice between the people who took him in and the dragons he pledged to protect.

A History of Ghosts, Spirits & the Supernatural charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in the world, covering everything from Neolithic ancestor-worship and ancient necromancy to modern-day ghost-hunting and "creepypasta" tales, and from the Japanese onryo ("vengeful spirit") to the La Llorona ("weeping woman") of Latin America.

Using a bold approach, The Physics Book sets out more than 80 key concepts and discoveries that have defined the subject and influenced our technology since the beginning of time. With the focus firmly on unpicking the thought behind each theory—as well as exploring when and how each idea and breakthrough came about—seven themed chapters examine the history and developments in areas such as energy and matter, and electricity and magnetism, as well as quantum, nuclear, and particle physics.

Trained to kill from a young age, Gavin Lorren finally escaped that life. No more killing innocents. No more working alone. Holed up in a quiet city that has outlawed magic, Gavin finds himself drawn into dangers unlike any he’s ever faced before. Each job tests him more than the last, and each tied to the kind of magic he’d hoped to avoid.