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Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier….

Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions grow out of control. As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217, and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive?

En un mundo extrañamente parecido al nuestro Roland Deschain de Gilead persigue a su enemigo, el hombre de negro. Roland, solitario, quizá maldito, anda sin descanso a través de un paisaje triste y abandonado. Conoce a Jake, un chico de Nueva York pero de otro tiempo, y ambos unen sus destinos. Ante ellos están las montañas. Y mucho más allá, la Torre Oscura....

A Stephen King ghost story in the grand tradition, Riding the Bullet is the ultimate warning about the dangers of hitchhiking. Lock those car doors before listening!

The Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape.

There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, 12-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zigzag up the cliffside. At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. One day a stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me."

Der Klassiker von 1998 erstmals als deutsches Hörbuch. Seit dem Tod seiner Frau bringt der Bestsellerautor Michael Noonan keine Zeile mehr aufs Papier. Da er in seinen Träumen immer wieder sein Sommerhaus in Maine sieht, zieht er sich dorthin zurück, um die Schreibblockade endlich zu überwinden. Doch auf dem Haus liegt ein Fluch. Wird auch Michael in den Bann des Bösen geraten

Die Polizei zieht Privatermittlerin Holly Gibney zurate. Ein anonymes Schreiben hat eine Mordserie angekündigt. Das erste Opfer ist eine harmlose Frau, in der Hand hält sie einen Zettel. Der Name darauf verweist auf eine Geschworene, die an der Verurteilung eines Unschuldigen beteiligt war, der im Gefängnis erstochen wurde. Der verrückte Täter tötet als "Sühneakt" Ersatzopfer anstelle der Geschworenen? "Die Schuldigen am Tod des Unschuldigen sollen leiden", hieß es. Das wahllose Morden geht weiter.

Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect. Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He's just a regular 12-year-old, except he's not just smart, he's super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use....

Automne : quatre garçons turbulents s'aventurent dans les forêts du Maine, à la découverte de la vie, de la mort et des présages de leur destin… Hiver : dans un club étrange, un médecin raconte l'histoire d'une femme décidée à accoucher quoi qu'il arrive… Le grand Stephen King transcende l'horreur avec son style singulièrement entraînant, sa façon imagée de rendre le décor et les personnages, et ses intrigues haletantes, suspendues au bord du gouffre. Différentes saisons : des joyaux de l'épouvante.

Le premier livre de Stephen King est un hallucinant roman d’anticipation sur un virus de laboratoire qui se répand pour changer à jamais la face de la planète. Un groupe de survivants cherchent à survivre au milieu du chaos et de la destruction.

Revisit the famous and fantastic realms conjured up by the world's most celebrated authors of fantasy in Legends - the greatest collection of original fantasy short novels ever published, where the best of the best tell all-new original tales set in the lands they created. Each audiobook presents the novels complete and unabridged, and will be sensational listening for the millions of fans of these writers and worlds.

Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free trade and, since the 1980s, open capital markets is beginning to fracture. With disappointing growth rates across the Western world, nations are no longer willing to sacrifice national interests for global growth, nor are their leaders able - or willing - to sell the idea of pursuing a global agenda of prosperity to their citizens.

When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to 'kill thirteen innocents and one guilty' in 'an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man', Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realises that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.

Climb aboard Stationary Bike, a streamlined fever dream of a tale, in which an ordinary household object assumes otherworldly powers and a familiar journey takes a terrifying twist.

Three more short stories from the “Crossroads” series that will help keep you entertained late into the night. Discover the bright imagination, suspense, thrilling drama, picturesque visions, and the third look into the true meaning of the “Crossroads” series.

As Professor Smith-Bayne succumbs to an inexplicable compulsion to see the old TNT factory in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, he is seized by a horrific presence of unimaginable force. The Mothman has selected him for a reason. As Smith-Bayne and his wife research, they find there's a chilling pattern over the centuries: George Washington, restaurateur Joe Pasconi, writer Alison True—all were approached by the same organization, all suffered catastrophic repercussions when they didn't comply with its wishes. Every fresh discovery increases the danger. When a deadly crash claims the life of...

The award winning series of classic and contemporary fiction returns with a collection of darkly funny short stories by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Aimee Bender, A.M. Homes, Nathan Englander, Kim, Addonizio, and George Saunders. Readers include Anjelica Huston, Neil Gaiman, Michael Imperioli, Harris Yulin, Christina Pickles, Jefferson Mays, and Christine Ebersole.

In einem entvölkerten Amerika versucht eine Handvoll Überlebender die Zivilisation zu retten. Ihr Gegenspieler ist eine mythische Gestalt, die man den Dunklen Mann nennt, die Verkörperung des absolut Bösen. In der Wüste von Nevada kommt es zum Entscheidungskampf um das Schicksal der Menschheit.

Der siebzehnjährige Charlie Reade hat kein leichtes Leben. Seine Mutter starb, als er drei war, und sein Vater ist dem Alkohol verfallen. Eines Tages offenbart ihm der von allen gemiedene mysteriöse Nachbar auf dem Sterbebett ein Geheimnis, das Charlie schließlich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise in eine andere, fremde Welt führt. Dort treiben mächtige Kreaturen ihr Unwesen. Die unterdrückten Einwohner sehen in Charlie ihren Retter. Aber dazu muss er erst die Prinzessin, die rechtmäßige Herrin des fantastischen Märchenreichs, von ihrem schrecklichen Leiden befreien.