Metaphysical Thriller

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.

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 ...

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...

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 #1 bestselling author of the Noah Hunter series, and Grim Measures, comes the sequel to Edge of Time. Where a former FBI agent and time traveler Brad Sheppard is once again thrust into the quantum realm so there will be a future worth returning to. Former FBI agent and time traveler Brad Sheppard witnesses an impossible murder in the Late Middle Ages, but upon returning to the present, his family has vanished. History has been rewritten. With nothing left to lose, Brad tears through the quantum realm and the centuries, desperate to restore his wife and daughter. But he must do so ...

When novice monk Tenzin Dorje is told by his lama that the Red Army is invading Tibet, his country's darkest moment paradoxically gives him a sense of purpose like no other. He accepts a mission to carry two ancient, secret texts across the Himalayas to safety. Half a century later, in a paradox of similarly troubling circumstances, Matt Lester is called upon to convey his own particular wisdom as a scientist, when Matt's nanotech project is mysteriously moved from London to a research incubator in Los Angeles.

“Time is not a river but an ocean. Remember.” These words, engraved on a mysterious watch, are the only guidance a young boy has in a world that is quietly coming apart. At five years old, under a shifting night sky, he received a burden no child should carry: the complete memories of a life he hasn’t lived yet. For years, he exists as a prisoner of his own foreknowledge, a silent observer of a script he cannot change. He knows the tragedies before they strike. He knows the secrets before they are told. But when the timeline begins to crumble, creating anomalies that defy logic, he ...

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.

The mind is a maze. Your memories are its key. A detective tasked with solving the seemingly impossible murder of an influential scientist finds a clue that leads him to Credence, a corporation that uses mass beliefs to change reality, enabling space travel. In a not-so-distant future, the murder of a notorious neuroscientist threatens the closure of Credence, a federal corporation where the powerful minds of exceptional individuals—the Believers—are harnessed into mass beliefs capable of teleporting spaceships to the other side of the universe. To avoid the deaths of the colonists in ...

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 ...

THE MACHINE ANSWERS PRAYERS. BUT EVERY MIRACLE TAKES SOMETHING BACK. Buried beneath two-billion-year-old Antarctic rock, an international research team discovers an impossible machine with no power source, no measurable interior, and no recognizable controls. Then a grieving technician kneels before it and prays. The machine answers in the voice of his dead mother. Soon, it begins offering gifts that should not be possible: Messages from the dead Knowledge no living person could possess Miraculous healings Evidence that consciousness may survive death But the miracles come with a cost. ...

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.

Briana is the wildest girl in school. When she challenges Kyle, her best friend, to a dangerous swim across the lake, she discovers an underground spring that contains a magical substance: the "green water." The mysterious, glowing liquid heals any physical wound, triggers a heightened sense of awareness, and evokes superhuman abilities. But there is a catch: once you drink the green water, you are addicted forever. When ruthless government agents learn of its existence, Kyle and Briana are thrown on extraordinary adventure that takes them far beyond their imaginations. Readers of all ages ...

What if humanity's greatest discovery wasn't a new world... but a second chance? In the year 2045, Earth stands on the edge of collapse. As hope begins to fade, a daring mission is launched toward Saturn, carrying extraordinary individuals on a journey unlike anything humanity has ever attempted. Among the crew are Dar, a determined leader burdened by impossible choices, and Mariah, a compassionate scientist whose endless curiosity drives her to question not only the universe around her, but humanity's place within it. What begins as a mission of exploration soon becomes something far ...

When starship shaman Jaya Romanov and her new mate partner, galactic bounty hunter and robot wolf shifter, Vulf Trent, saved the galaxy from the deadly actions of a determined geriatric terrorist, they forgot that old Earth truism: no good deed goes unpunished. Now, the galaxy is exploding with unexpected aliens, greedy politicians—well, that’s normal enough, it’s what the politicians will attempt that is worrying—and a radically new aspect to sha energy that has the potential to change everything. And then there’s the mystery of Jaya’s father…who is he? Some big secrets are ...

Army doctor Angelo Sanderson is an unlikely veteran of supernatural combat. A classified mission thrust him into a world most people never have to fear; a world of monsters, mysteries and magic. Coming home to Boston was meant to be about returning to ordinary life. After all, he has no magic of his own. But Doctor Effie Eliades does. Effie is a healer by profession and by magic. She’s known Angelo forever. He’s her brother’s best friend. She grew up knowing that she could trust him with anything. Now, she’ll have to trust him with her secrets and her life because a supernatural ...

The world didn’t just break; it collapsed inward. Five years after the Great Migration, Pete and the settlement of Fortitude live on the edge of a dying world, hiding from the shadow of a brutal organization called DAJ. But the desert holds secrets older than the collapse. When a golden vortex tears through the silence of Joshua Tree, a messenger from Nāga Loka emerges with a chilling truth: the ancient enemies of the Mahāsiddhas—the Asuras and Danavas—have returned, feeding on a civilization already hollowed out by fear. From the sun-baked Mojave to the mist-shrouded ridges of ...

Kyle and Briana find themselves ensnared in the bizarre Evergreen Colony, hopelessly addicted to the magical green water. At first glance, Evergreen appears to be a utopia. Each of the nearly five hundred members enjoys extraordinary physical and mental abilities, perfect health, and nearly eternal life. But there's a catch: once you drink the water, you can never leave. Kyle soon discovers that one man may have secretly developed an antidote--the former Evergreen Patriarch. Can Kyle track him down without being killed, or will they be trapped in the colony forever?

She could have bitten me. She chose not to. Thorn is the kind of dangerous you don't walk away from. She found me at my lowest: beaten, humiliated, with nothing left to lose. She made me an offer I should have refused. One night of power. Real power. Enough to make them pay. But there was no bite. No blood exchange. No transformation under a full moon. What she slid into my veins was something else entirely. Something engineered from her own blood. The Vampire Formula. It worked. But by morning it was gone. That's when I understood the trap. Because now I needed it back. And the more I took...