Bloody Animals

Joe Barboza knew that there were two requirements for getting inducted into the Mafia. You had to be Sicilian. And you had to commit a contract killing. The New Bedford-born mobster was a proud Portuguese, not Sicilian, but his dream to be part of La Cosa Nostra proved so strong that he thought he could create a loophole. Barboza’s legacy, buried for years thanks to the murders or deaths of its participants, is finally coming to light and being told in its unvarnished brutality by one of America’s most respected true crime writers.

When humanity steps into the untamed wild, the food chain violently resets. This visceral collection plunges you into the unforgiving depths of the forest, where isolated hikers, oblivious tourists, and seasoned rangers suddenly find themselves facing an apex predator. From the terrifying crack of ice on a frozen lake to the claustrophobic dread of a remote cabin under siege, these intense narratives explore the brutal reality of man-versus-nature. Every rustling bush. Every snapped branch. Every shadow moving between the pines. These grounded, high-stakes narratives strip away civilization...

Three friends went into the woods. Only one understood the rules. Evan wanted an off-grid expedition to prove a point. Matt wanted to escape his own failures. Kara just wanted to keep the peace. But when their hike leads them miles off the marked trail and deep into an ancient, silent expanse of forest, they realize too late that they have crossed a boundary. Something is pacing them from the tree line. Something massive, territorial, and operating with a flat, unwavering certainty. As their supplies dwindle and the panic sets in, the group is relentlessly hunted by an apex predator that ...

The forest is not empty. It is watching. And it is hungry. From the dense river bottoms of Mississippi to the frozen marshes of Belarus, a prehistoric force is reclaiming the earth. They are not the barnyard animals of nursery rhymes. They are biological tanks equipped with self-sharpening ivory daggers, capable of snapping a human femur like a twig. Killer Boars unearths the terrifying, true history of human conflict with the feral swine. This is not a biology textbook; it is a chronicle of survival, horror, and the grim reality of the food chain. Inside these blood-soaked pages, you will ...

The Road Dies Here. When a brutal winter storm traps Ray Colter and his teenage daughter on a remote mountain highway, their only hope for shelter is a weather-beaten ranger outpost. But the strangers huddled inside the freezing cabin are about to discover that the plunging temperatures are the least of their problems. Outside in the blinding white, an ancient, violent war is reigniting. Caught in the middle of a blood feud between a territorial guardian of the peaks and a mimetic, insatiable force driven by pure starvation, the group must fight to outlast the night. As the outpost's walls ...

The silence of the woods was just the beginning. Caleb Mercer thought he left the nightmare behind in the Bitterroot wilderness. But the ancient, towering terror that hunts by sound hasn't forgotten him—and it has followed him into the sprawling concrete labyrinth of the city. Haunted by an unending, deafening ringing in his ears, Caleb is thrust into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The entity has evolved, turning the urban electrical grid and subway tunnels into a viral acoustic weapon. Worse, Caleb isn't the only one tracking the anomaly. A shadowy, well-funded black-ops foundation is ...

The Magnificent Seven meets The Wind in the Willows in this action-packed fantasy adventure from Daniel Polansky, The Builders. A missing eye. A broken wing. A stolen country. The last job didn't end well. Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's...

When an innocent person is murdered, the suspect list isn't clear. Who would want to kill a friendly, but mousy victim? Could that person know more than they should have working in a large corporation where secrets may hide? A quarreling corporate family may have secrets worth killing over. Or was the victim not so innocent, having a secret life that led to her death? Has Wanda found love? She's not the type to give her heart willingly. Will Wren make an appearance and explain the reason for her absence?

They thought they were the hunters. They were wrong. When cartel assassins track a frightened family in witness protection to a remote cabin deep in the wilderness, they expect an easy job. The forest has other plans. Something ancient lives here. Watching from the trees is a creature humans call Bigfoot—a solitary giant who survives by avoiding conflict and never staying in one place for long. But this time he stays. Told entirely through the sensory, instinct-driven perspective of the creature itself, BIGFOOT: Through His Eyes plunges readers into a brutal wilderness where danger closes...

The Appalachian ridge has always held secrets. When a hunter goes missing in the deep timber, the locals blame the treacherous terrain. Bailey knows the official story is a lie. Her brother vanished in these same woods. She is going in to find out why. She hikes into a region the old-timers refuse to enter. She finds a landscape torn apart by violence. The recovered trail cameras reveal a terrifying truth. A highly coordinated pack of upright lupine predators has claimed the valley. They are fast. They are intelligent. They are hunting her. But the pack is not the only force in the forest. ...

The complete "Beyond the Trods" trilogy of fae fantasy adventures, including: SHADOW’S CALL (Book 1) Magic isn’t an illusion. It’s a reckoning. After her twin sister vanishes without a trace, stage magician Lila is forced to confront a truth she never believed—real magic exists. And when the enigmatic Nick appears, wielding powers that defy reason, Lila is pulled into a dangerous world where nothing is as it seems. Elsewhere, Grace Lackland inherits command of a pirate fleet after her father’s death. Surrounded by danger on all sides, she must hide her weaknesses—or risk losing ...

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme...

Books 7-9 in the bestselling paranormal ghost hunting series, featuring paranormal investigators Ellen and Monty Drew! Ellen claims to possess a sixth sense, but Monty, a former private eye, only believes what he can see. Let the hauntings begin! GHOST WRITER (Book #7) by Chanel Smith Ellen's neighbor and friend, Diana, contacts her about mysterious noises in her apartment that the police cannot explain. Suspecting paranormal activity, Ellen delves into the investigation and discovers an old manual typewriter seemingly operated by a ghostly writer. The message conveyed transcends mere ...

Step into a world where magic reveals its true face, and destinies collide in the shadows. In the wake of her twin sister's mysterious disappearance, stage magician Lila is thrust into a world where illusions give way to undeniable magic. When enigmatic Nick appears, his sorcery defies all logic, plunging Lila into a perilous journey of discovery. Meanwhile, Grace Lackland inherits leadership of a pirate fleet after her father's tragic end. As she navigates treacherous waters, she must shield her vulnerabilities to safeguard her crew's survival. Across distant realms, Lady Bulwark ...

She was born in the forest and abandoned... until Tolbalth, a dragon shape-shifter, found her and raised her as his own daughter. Zadie is not an average teenager. She can communicate with wild animals, her best friend is a white tiger, and she is discovering her own magical powers. Tolbalth, the Destroyer of Men, is a fierce dragon-man shapeshifter who raises and trains Zadie to be a warrior and the protector. But on her eighteenth birthday, everything Zadie has ever believed about her life is challenged when she finds out the shocking truth about her bloody past. Now, she must choose ...

Brought to you by Penguin. English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbul when he makes the acquaintance of Turkish police inspector Colonel Haki. It is from him that he first hears of the mysterious Dimitrios - an infamous master criminal, long wanted by the law, whose body...