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.

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 ...

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...

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 Austin, Texas, burned-out attorney Robert Cole receives a mysterious call offering him millions to help those failed by the system. His first case leads him to Selina Ward, a disillusioned prosecutor, and together they search for a missing boy named Thomas Brandt. What begins as a missing child case rapidly spirals into something far more profound as Robert and Selina discover that Thomas carries a fragment of divine power within his DNA—a "Word" that entities beyond human comprehension desperately want to control. At the center of this cosmic conspiracy stands Silas Drake, a tech ...

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...

In a future where reality itself is being rewritten, humanity’s greatest enemy is not an army, a weapon, or even a machine. It is the loss of its own mind. Blending epic science fiction with philosophical depth, SAIFA explores questions that feel increasingly urgent in an age of artificial intelligence and digital systems that shape human thought. What happens when technology begins to understand us better than we understand ourselves? What if the greatest power the human mind possesses is not intelligence—but the ability to shape our own consciousness? Part speculative fiction and part...

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.

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

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. ...

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.

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 ...

Demigods is a sweeping metaphysical thriller that begins on the sun‑drenched coast of Monaco and spirals into a world where art, mysticism, and human evolution collide. Hans Winters is no ordinary wanderer. Gifted with an uncanny mind, a body hardened by endless pilgrimage, and abilities he barely understands, he drifts across Europe winning just enough at casinos to survive until the criminal underworld notices. When a seductive stranger named Monaco lures him into a trap, Hans discovers he is being hunted not for what he has done, but for what he is. His only hope lies with Augustin ...

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?

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 ...

[This is book 2 in a four book series entitled The Vampire Chronicles. The books should be read in order. "Vampire Island of Nightfall" is book 1). The Binding Ceremony failed. Mia was taken deep into the living heart of the island before the covenant could be completed — leaving the ancient magic unstable, the Council shaken, and Jude desperate to reach her. Inside the mountain, Mia awakens to a presence that watches, listens… and wants. The island itself is alive, aware of her in ways no one expected — and deeply intrigued by her bond with Jude. As Mia and Jude fight to stay ...

They knew us before we began to walk upright. Shamans called them guardians, mythmakers called them tricksters, pagans called them gods, churchmen called them demons, folklorists called them shape-shifters. They've obligingly taken any role we've assigned them, and, while needing nothing from us, have accepted whatever we thought was their due?

Book of the Year & Best Science Fiction Novel : PPI 2025 (France) “I had given up hope. In this book, I found what I had previously encountered only in the works of the great American classics.” — Rh Wong, Science Fiction Author, ★★★★★ “It had been a long time since I’d found a book that kept me up at night. The last one to do that was The Three-Body Problem.” — Adrien, Amazon Reader, ★★★★★ “As a literary reviewer for more than ten years and a juror for several awards, I can say that Uluru ranks among the year’s finest publications in the genre.” — ...