Metaphysical Thriller

Every family has its own little secrets, but none are as big as mine. Ever since my mother was murdered by vampires, my life has been turned upside down. After spending the better part of the school year in an asylum, I finally get to go back home. But with my mother now gone, and only a step father who would rather climb into a bottle than pretend that he cares for me, who could ever call this place home? And to top it all off, now I’m being shipped off to go live with an aunt who I never met, on some strange island no one ever heard of. What a weird place. I hate it here. That is, until...

Book 1 of The Ascension Chronicles - A metaphysical Thriller “★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "I was blown away by this book.” What would you do if unlocking the greatest scientific discovery in history meant facing the ancient forces that guard it? Dr. Ethan Cross thought his life was over. Once a celebrated physicist, now a disgraced academic, he’s haunted by the loss of his wife and the estrangement of his daughter. But when a mysterious compass arrives with a message from a long-dead friend, Ethan is pulled into a quest that defies reason—and the laws of physics. Beneath the sands of Egypt,...

In the underground world of crime, Jet Rusco clashes with gangsters and space thugs. He’s a man who lives on the edge, turned to hustling to survive. A heist gone bad centering on alien tech leads him on a dodgy adventure, forces him to find allies. Who can he trust? Rough-boy Marty, headstrong Deidra, the tech-savvy TK, the kickbutt Wren? Wracked with self doubts and with bounty hunters on his tail, Rusco finds his choices bringing him face to face with a mystical despot who if left unchecked, will subjugate the human-populated free colonies. The question is, can Rusco outwit his enemies...

From the bestselling author of the Noah Hunter series, and Grim Measures, comes a novel that spans centuries as a farmer from the 1700s and an FBI agent travel through time to stop a black hole from destroying the world. "Darling has crafted a truly fantastic time-travel novel. Riveting, page-turning, and mind-bending from end to beginning..." - James Downe, author of Sisters of Jade. FBI Special Agent Bradley Holman has been hand-picked to investigate the mother of all cover-ups: a three-hundred-year-old meteorite fragment, sealed away in Fort Knox, was stolen from under the government’s...

A British special agent is murdered for an unusual artifact. On any given day, the experts at Atlanta’s International Archaeological Agency crisscross the globe to rescue ancient relics long feared lost to time, war, or thieves. IAA agents have recovered billions’ worth of missing antiquities, have wiped out entire networks of smugglers, and have even solved a murder at the Vatican. Their successes have made headlines from Tokyo to Turin to Tulsa. But some mysteries require deeper investigation—enigmas so puzzling that they’ve defied the explanations of history, science, and faith ...

there is no happy ending. Loneliness is a code to be cracked. Be careful what you compile. Maya Corbell is a digital sin-eater. By day, she trawls the darkest corners of the internet for Veracity, scrubbing the web of its violence and filth. It is a soul-crushing, isolating existence. By night, she copes through a secret, desperate ritual: Technomancy. By weaving her hair into intricate, circuit-like braids, Maya hacks into the ambient electromagnetic field of the server farm, building a sanctuary in the static. Her sanctuary is a pristine, eternal 1999 shopping mall. And waiting for her by...

Wilson has blended H. P. Lovecraft's dark vision with his own revolutionary philosophy and unique narrative powers to produce a stunning, high-tension story of vaulting imagination. A professor makes a horrifying discovery while excavating a sinister archaeological site. For over 200 years, mind parasites have been lurking in the deepest layers of human consciousness, feeding on human life force and steadily gaining a foothold on the planet. Now they threaten humanity's extinction.

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room - haunting and mysterious tales that move at the breathless pace of a thriller.

Meanwhile, Gillan McArdle’s academic career is ending because of one stupid lapse of judgement. Offered a short-term contract, he lands on the Hebridean island of Harris to investigate obscure animal bones. Quickly dismissing the unicorn skull as a thinly disguised fake, he can’t deny there’s something unusual about these bones. Baited by rumors of a majestic tusked horse roaming the uplands, Gill begins to suspect someone is manipulating him. As he gradually unravels the mystery of the skull, he grasps a disturbing conclusion: If this creature does exist, the evidence suggests it’s a killer.

In the heart of New Orleans, where the echoes of jazz and ancient magic fill the air, Detective Jason Chalk thought he had a firm grasp on the city's shadows. But his world begins to unravel when a routine investigation leads him into a realm where faith and mysticism blur into something much darker. Aida Devine, a captivating dancer at one of the city's leading gentlemen's clubs, has always intrigued him. As their connection deepens, Jason discovers that she holds secrets far beyond what he imagined. Can Jason and Aida navigate New Orleans’ hidden spiritual landscape, where Catholic ...

Hugo Award winner Elizabeth Bear has been called one of the best science fiction authors of her generation. In Dust she skillfully spins a classic science fiction trope - the lost generation ship - into a complex and compelling tale of fallen angels, secretive family politics, and sexual taboo.

Un hombre despierta entre ruinas. La voz de Thoth lo llama y el desierto abre la primera puerta. Para salir con vida, Hermes deberá superar siete templos, cada uno guardado por una ley que mueve la realidad: Correspondencia, Vibración, Polaridad, Ritmo, Causa y Efecto, y Generación. Mientras aprende a alinear la mente y la materia, una presencia —Leviatán— acecha para quebrarlo y sellar el conocimiento para siempre.

Involved in a tragic accident under suspicious circumstances, award-winning journalist Jake Woods teams with detective Ollie Chandler to uncover the truth. This Randy Alcorn best seller finds Jake drawing upon all his resources in an ever-intensifying, dangerous murder investigation. Unaware of the imminent threat to his own life, Jake struggles for answers to the mystery at hand and is plunged into a deeper search for the meaning of his own existence.

The House of Rune Series Finale The world is burning and I alone am the only one who can save it. I almost had him! I had Tegan right where I wanted him, and yet he still managed to escape. But there is no time to feel sorry for myself. I’ve got bigger problems. After Calantha’s club gets raided by an unknown enemy, the boys and I are sent running for our lives. I managed to get away. Problem is…they didn’t! Now what am I supposed to do? I can’t do this alone. Guess I better rescue them. Easier said than done… But with the help of some new friends, I’m off to do the impossible...

When dreams are engineered, who controls reality? It’s 2021 and Paul Freeman just landed a job with Asteria Pharmaceuticals, a world leader in revolutionary drug development. Paul knows the company’s future is riding on the success of their latest product—a sleeping pill designed to interact with the human genome to deliver the perfect eight-hour sleep cycle. Just a few blocks from Asteria’s Atlanta headquarters, troubled self-help guru Donny Ford is selling a different kind of drug, empowering followers to take control of their lives using a sacred meditation technique skeptics ...

Fall of the Dark Magicians A Metaphysical Fantasy Thriller Stephanie never believed in prophecy—until she fell into a dying world where lightning soldiers rule and the veil of reality is beginning to tear. Now hunted across a collapsing desert, she must confront a secret order of dark magicians, awaken a power she doesn’t understand, and face a truth she was never meant to remember The veil is thinning. The spell is breaking. And everything she thought was fiction... is real. Fall of the Dark Magicians is a metaphysical fantasy novel of awakening, power, and prophecy for fans of The OA,...

A secret government unit is formed under the oversight of Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator. The case: In a historic mansion in New Orleans’ French Quarter, a senator’s wife falls to her death from a balcony. Most think she jumped, distraught over the loss of her young son. Some say she was pushed. And yet others believe she was beckoned by the ghostly spirits that inhabit the house - once the site of a serial killer’s grisly work.

Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China - dubbed the true Shangri-La - and heads south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers.

All that G. K. Chesterton’s critics and comrades labeled him—devotional, impious, confounding, intelligent, humorous, bombastic—he wove into The Man Who Was Thursday. This thriller sends characters bobbing around a delightfully confusing plot of mythic proportions. There are so many twists and turns that soon you’ll be tangled in a story that you cannot put down...even if you’re not entirely sure why!

Some climbs end in triumph. Others demand your soul. John Kavanagh has chased every thrill the world could offer, but Mount Everest is different. The mountain does not care about records or glory—it strips men bare, exposing the secrets they’ve buried and the failures they cannot outrun. High on its slopes, whispers of his past grow louder, and shadows of those who climbed for the wrong reasons claw at him with icy hands. Only a mysterious Sherpa seems to see the truth behind the adventurer—and offers John a chance at redemption. But redemption has a cost. Pulled through time and ...