Showing results by author "Keith R.A. DeCandido"

Thomas Malone thought he'd seen it all during his 25 years in the Birmingham homicide division. But then they found the body of a woman suspended above the opening of the mineshaft known as the Vertical, blood dripping into the chasm below. At the bottom of that shaft, two clues - a typed manuscript and a business card, blank but for a name on the front and a single sentence on the back.

Tharizdun, the Chanied God, has released the Voidharrow - a liquid crystal imbued with his will and all the chaos of the Abyss - into the universe, and with it comes a transformative engine of pestilence. When exposed to the Voidharrow, individuals look as though they've been stricken by disease as the Abyssal liquid twists and deforms them into chaotic demonlike creatures. Behold the Abyssal Plague!When a trading caravan manned by grafters and con men comes across a dead man in the desert they open the door to an Abyssal realm long since destroyed.

When she jumped off a Ferris wheel in Central Park and survived, Claire Bennet changed the world. Now Evos - Evolved Humans - are exposed.

Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff's End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure - or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff's End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can. Gan Brightblade is one of the world's greatest heroes and a personal friend of the Lord and Lady of Cliff's End.

Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff's End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure-or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff's End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can.

Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff's End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure - or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff's End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can. A new drug called Bliss is sweeping across the slums of Goblin Precinct.

Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff's End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff's End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can. Arra Cynnis is the youngest child in one of the most powerful families in the wealthy district of Unicorn Precinct.

The mutated spree killer known as the Claw has returned, leaving bloody victims all over Super City. While Homicide detectives try to find out who the Claw really is, uniformed officers must deal with the Bolt's escape from the drunk tank, and the bumblings of aspiring hero Knight Dude. Meanwhile, the Superior Six claim they'll cooperate with the police and stop the Claw - but they are busy fighting the Brute Squad and stonewalling the cops. The SCPD must find out the Claw's deadly secret, before he claims another victim!

The Olodumare Hegemony rules the entire solar system. Led by Oba Isembi, the primary agents of his rule are the Ori-Inu: highly trained telepathic operatives, who do the Oba's dirty work. They are found and trained by Orisha.

When Ori-Inu start disappearing, Isembi sends his finest Orisha, Hembadoon, to investigate. But when he is injured in a refinery explosion, it's up to Folami-Isembi's best, most powerful Ori-Inu-to learn the truth about the missing operatives.

Detective Elias Vondelikos hat Monate damit verbracht, sich in das Team von Apollo, einem der gefährlichsten und wahnsinnigsten Superschurken in ganz Super City, einzuschleichen. Nun muss er nicht nur verhindern, dass seine Tarnung auffliegt, sondern auch tatkräftig mit anpacken. Doch die Arbeit für den verrückten Bösewicht birgt hohe Risiken, und ehe Vondelikos so recht weiß, wie ihm geschieht, gerät ein Auftrag völlig außer Kontrolle und der Detective in ernsthafte Gefahr.

Super City ist keine gewöhnliche Metropole, denn es gibt hier eines im Überfluss: Superhelden und Bösewichte, die mit übernatürlichen Kräften ausgestattet sind und sich gegenseitig das Leben zur Hölle machen. In ihrem ewigen Kampf nehmen sie nur wenig Rücksicht auf ihre Umgebung oder die zivile Bevölkerung. Eine eigene Behörde ist daher dafür zuständig, die Superhelden und ihre Gegenspieler im Zaum zu halten: die tapferen Männer und Frauen des Super City Police Departments.

Mit ihrem Sprung von einem Riesenrad im Central Park hat Claire Bennett die Welt verändert. Nun weiß die Menschheit von der Existenz der Evos. "Heroes Reborn" basiert auf den faszinierenden Charakteren und der reichhaltigen Mythologie der weltweit erfolgreichen NBC-Serie "Heroes" sowie der lang erwarteten Fortsetzung "Heroes Reborn".

Als der schwerverletzte Spectacular Man in ihre Wohnung taumelt, wird Lieutenant Therese Zimmermans Leben vollkommen auf den Kopf gestellt. Denn hinter der Maske des Verwundeten verbringt sich niemand Geringeres als ihr On-Off-Geliebter Marc McLean. Zur gleichen Zeit untersuchen Kristin Milewski und Jorge Alvarado einen scheinbar eindeutigen Fall. Vier Obdachlose wurden ermordet, und alles deutet darauf hin, dass die Tat von einem mächtigen Superschurken ausgeführt wurde.