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When old Henry Kidd was accidentally turned into a vampire by the priest who was trying to save his life, Henry's life changed. First for the better while he was in charge of his feeding but then for the worse when the feeding became a frenzy. He killed his grandson's girlfriend and his grandson was distraught, standing outside in the night urging his grandfather to kill him as well. Henry agrees to do it but tries to die himself at the same time. The go out to sea in a boat and Henry takes his blood but when he dribbles his own blood into Simon, his grandson's, mouth the sun shines through...

When the Minton Cruisers under 12 football team reached the safety of the hotel in Columbia, they thought their troubles were over but far from it, the captain's brother took over when he was taken to hospital and he did not believe a word they said. He thought that his brother had saved them and was injured doing it. In the end, Stuart, the spokesman for the group offered to go out in a helicopter to show them everything they told them was true. Some boys had no intentions of going back near the jungle and refused. Instead four went, including Stuart. To make things worse the helicopter ...

After the shootout at the 99th precinct, the rest home run by her mother, Calliaster Doyle starts to relax. When she finds out that her mother is saving up to pay for and operation on her grandfather's back she decides to find out what secrets the key her father gave her, holds. With the help of Drummond she manages to get enough information out of her father, who is now at the retirement home as well, being looked after by her mother. Unfortunately, Michael, the man who takes over from the dead Luigi Clo decides to regain the money, to look good for his boss. As Cally is waiting outside ...

When Duncan Lee left the union army at the end of the civil war, he had very little money and there were not many jobs about. He rode past town after town and decided to ride into Martinsburg. He chose the day to ride in just after the bank had been robbed. When he asked about work the deputy laughed and suggested that he catch up with the posse so that he could share in the reward when they caught the perpetrators. He gave him flyers with the gangs description on them and likenesses. He chose to ride out the way he came in but when he came to a wide plain he chose to go up the rocks on the...

After surviving a hurricane, 17-year-old Nadifa Duale finds himself imprisoned and enslaved deep beneath an empty expanse of North American farm country - a place where men with ambitions of racial cleansing come to practice their nightmares unchecked on those declared missing. But when a mad scientist’s experiment to hold on to power goes terribly wrong, Nadifa and his fellow captives find themselves in a new kind of fight for survival, one where they might be thankful for the electric fence surrounding their prison. Because now, the dead do not stay dead.

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Ghosts of Piccadilly takes you on a captivating journey through time, delving deep into the rich history of Piccadilly, London. This is not a ghost story, but a collection of intriguing tidbits, personal letters, and biographical pieces about famed personas who have made Piccadilly their home. As we stand still amidst the silence of the bustling city, well unfold the stories of the now-vanished buildings and the lives that were once intertwined with them. Well discuss the tales of love, gambles, life, and death, exploring more of the individuals that hold my interest, such as Byron, while ...

SHE ESCAPED ONE WORLD — ONLY TO WATCH ANOTHER FALL APART. After stepping through the portal, Jessica Chao finds herself stranded in a reality on the edge of collapse — a post-apocalyptic Earth ravaged by runaway climate change. With humanity splintered into desperate factions, survival is a daily battle... and returning home feels impossible. But Jessica’s fiercest enemy may not be the wasteland around her — it may be the war inside her own mind. Haunted by anxiety and crippling self-doubt, she struggles to stay afloat as chaos reigns. When a new, hidden threat emerges — one ...

Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Ein Kampf gegen einen mächtigen Fluch. Eine letzte blutige Geschichtsstunde. Fox Stryker, seine Tochter Trixi und ihre Begleiterin Phoebe sind noch immer in der Vergangenheit gefangen. Ihre einzige Chance auf Rettung wartet in Paris, wo ihnen ein unbekannter Verbündeter helfen soll, nach Hause zurückzukehren. Doch bei einem Ritual, mit dem das Trio aus den düsteren Katakomben der französischen Hauptstadt zurück in die Gegenwart gelangen will, geht etwas schief. Unfreiwillig geraten die drei ins Paris des Jahres 1789.

Is the man in charge of Eden’s resistance a traitor? An off-world army led by the malevolent Black Lord is crushing Eden's farmers, burning their fields, and destroying their villages. Eden's people are pacifists, but if they don't resist the invaders, they will be forced to grow the cash crop the Black Lord is selling across the galaxy. Fiercely independent teen Karoline wants to join the resistance. Her father was its bold, inspiring leader, who died fighting for Eden’s freedom. Defying the enemy is Karoline’s birthright. Her destiny. But after her father’s death, another man took...

The "Aristotle Collection" presents a comprehensive exploration of the profound works of one of history's greatest philosophers. Featuring "The Athenian Constitution," "Poetics," and "The Parva Naturalia," this anthology delves into Aristotle's insights on governance, literature, and the natural world. Accompanied by Will Durant's "The Story of Philosophy," which contextualizes Aristotle's contributions to Greek science and philosophy, this collection offers readers a multidimensional understanding of Aristotle's influence.

In der Stadt der Engel treibt etwas Teuflisches sein Unwesen ... und sein Blutdurst ist unstillbar ... Um die traumatischen Ereignisse in New York City zu verarbeiten, reist Penny Archer nach Los Angeles. Hier schlägt sich ihre Schwester Cassandra als Schauspielerin durch und steht nach einer jahrelangen Durststrecke endlich vor dem großen Durchbruch. Doch die Dreharbeiten zu Cassandras neustem Film werden kurz nach Pennys Ankunft von einigen grausamen Morden überschattet, die erschreckende Parallelen zu einer bis heute ungeklärten Mordserie aus den Achtzigerjahren aufweisen.

Life moved on for the team but they were being watched and stalked. Someone had plans for them and they were not nice plans. At first they did not know anything about it but they soon twigged. As soon as they started investigating, the man watching them ended up in the river. It was a dead end but they soon found out about it, the hard way.

He was a cop. Now he’s been turned into something else—and the system that built him wants him to disappear. In the crumbling corridors of Neo-Manchester, order is enforced by the Corp, and faith is rationed by the Temple. Kris is a uniform beat cop, sharp, principled, and expendable. When he digs too deep into a forbidden case, the system turns on him. Left for dead, he’s forcibly remade with black-market tech, rebuilt into something faster, colder, and infinitely more dangerous. But the upgrade did not kill his conscience.

Sie lauert hinter den Spiegeln ... und niemand kann ihr entkommen ... Auf der Flucht vor den Erinnerungen an ihre grausamen Erlebnisse verschlägt es die frühere Ghostwriterin Penny Archer nach Berlin. Am Tiefpunkt angekommen und von Verzweiflung geplagt, hofft sie, hier endlich ihren Frieden zu finden. Doch die Mächte des Bösen verfolgen sie überallhin. Rätselhafte Studentenmorde, zerschlagene Spiegel und entsetzlich verstümmelte Leichen erschüttern die deutsche Hauptstadt und stellen die Polizei vor viele Rätsel.

Alles ist vorbereitet … und das Tor zur Hölle öffnet schon bald seine Pforten … Mitten in San Francisco plant eine Gruppe wahnsinniger Satanisten das Unglaubliche: Sie wollen mittels eines uralten Rituals den Fürsten der Finsternis auf die Erde zurückholen. Um Satan einen würdigen Empfang zu bereiten, schrecken die Psychopathen auch vor Menschenopfern nicht zurück. Die frühere Ghostwriterin Penny Archer, die nur durch Zufall in der Stadt ist und noch immer mit einem schweren Schicksalsschlag zu kämpfen hat, wird unfreiwillig in die Machenschaften der Satanisten hineingezogen.

Die Geister der Vergangenheit sind erwacht ... und sie wollen. blutige Rache .. Die in Ungnade gefallene Enthüllungsjournalistin Penny Archer nimmt aus Verzweiflung und Geldnot einen ganz speziellen Job an. Sie soll als Ghostwriter die Memoiren des alternden. Bestsellerautoren Walther Coogan schreiben. Als sie sich dafür auf den Weg nach Hawaii macht, wo derl menschenscheue Autor in einem alten Strandhaus bereits an dem Buch arbeitet, ahnt sie nicht, welche Hölle sie hier bald. durchleben muss.

SPILLING BLOOD, SEASON 2 (Episodes 5-10, A Vampire Horror Thriller) It has been one year since the events of Season I. Emily Steel, still a young and inexperienced vampire, struggles to deal with her new existence, feeling homesick and distant from the life she has lost. Her only companion is an undead werewolf. Where once she feared vampires, Emily now fears the uncertainty of an unlife she doesn’t fully understand, and the hunger for the blood of the living which cannot be denied. Despite her vampiric urges, Emily finds herself with feelings for a mortal. Though he too has feelings for ...

The year is 1918. An influenza epidemic imperils the world. A world war rages, igniting protests on the American homefront and threatening to end professional baseball. Labor unrest is everywhere. The Red Sox are struggling to reach the World Series. Will Beaman is asked to investigate the disappearance of a derelict who has been hanging around Fenway Park bragging about becoming rich on fixed games. Will's search for the missing man triggers threats on his life, plunks him into the midst of Boston's volatile gambling community, identifies a host of rough-and-tumble suspects, and draws him ...

Squeeze Play in Beantown revolves around an attempt to bring about Sunday baseball to nineteenth century Boston, where recreation on the Sabbath was prohibited by law. Rowe’s protagonist, Will Beaman, seeks to have the National League’s Boston Beaneaters play the Cincinnati Reds on a Sunday late in the torrid 1897 pennant race between Boston and Baltimore. Frederic Remington’s first exhibition of his western art, feminist Emma Goldman's push for radical reforms, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald’s ambition to be mayor of Boston, and England’s return of the famous William ...