The Library at Hellebore

Deacon James ist ein Bluesmusiker aus Georgia, ein schwarzer Mann mit Problemen, denen er nicht entkommen kann, und einer Musik, die ihn nicht loslässt.Seine Welt gerät aus den Fugen, als er auf einer Zugfahrt nach Arkham albtraumhafte Visionen von klaffenden Mäulern und gierigen Tentakeln hat. Er begegnet einem Verrückten namens John Persons, der behauptet, Deacon trage einen Samen in seinem Kopf, der die Welt zerstören könnte, sobald er keimt. Persons' irres Geschwätz verfolgt Deacon bis zum nächsten Gig, wo sein Saxophonspiel nicht nur das Publikum von den Stühlen reißt, sondern auch Monstrositäten aus anderen Dimensionen heraufbeschwört. Auf der Flucht trifft er auf ein Mädchen, das ebenfalls gefährliche Kräfte in sich birgt.  Gemeinsam versuchen sie, Arkham zu entkommen, doch der Song in Deacons Kopf wird immer mächtiger, und bald wird er ihm nicht mehr entrinnen können. (lib)

The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously powerful: the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the world-eaters and apocalypse-makers. Hellebore promises redemption, acceptance, and a normal life after graduation. At least, that?s what Alessa Li is told when she?s kidnapped and forcibly enrolled. But there?s more to Hellebore than meets the eye. On graduation day, the faculty go on a ravenous rampage, feasting on Alessa?s class. Only Alessa and a group of her classmates escape the carnage. Trapped in the school?s library, they must offer a human sacrifice every night, or else the faculty will break down the door and kill everyone.

Cat joins her old friends, who are in search of the perfect wedding venue, to spend the night in a Heian-era manor in Japan. Trapped in webs of love, responsibility and yesterdays, they walk into a haunted house with their hearts full of ghosts. This mansion is long abandoned, but it is hungry for new guests, and welcomes them all - welcomes the demons inside them - because it is built on foundations of sacrifice and bone. Their night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as the house draws them into its embrace. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart. And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

Uncover the lost years of Critical Role's unrelentingly upbeat, undead spellcaster in this original prequel novel to Laudna's adventures with Bells Hells.For as long as she can remember, Laudna has had a friend. A mentor. A little voice whispering in her cropped ear, promising that, no matter how monstrous she becomes or how far she wanders, there will always be someone to guide her.And so, Laudna is content.But the thought of more-of life, of love, of the magic stirring in her still veins-is unrelenting in its familiarity. More is the dream of a little girl trapped behind the bloodstained walls of Whitestone, and the nightmare of the woman who now stalks the woods outside them. More, Laudna's little voice reminds her, is dangerous. From Tal'Dorei to Marquet, the world is infested with heroes destined to rid their kingdoms of creatures like Laudna.The little voice is right, she knows.But still, she thinks of more. And when she reaches for that dream, what reaches back will change everything.Written by USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw, Critical Role: Bells Hells-What Doesn't Break delves into the unexplored years before Laudna joins up with the crew of Bells Hells, following her departure from Whitestone and solo adventures on the road toward Jrusar.

A sensuous and strange horror novella full of creeping dread and delicious gore, twisting mermaid myths into something sharp, dangerous, and hungry, for fans of Christina Henry, Carmen Maria Machado and Eric LaRocca. After the murder of her husband and the fall of his empire, a mermaid and her plague doctor companion escape into the wilderness. Deep in the woods, they stumble across a village where children hunt each other for sport, sacrificing one of their own at the behest of three surgeons they call "the saints.? These saints play god with their magic, harvesting the best bits of the children for themselves and piecing the sacrifices back together again.To save the children from their fates, the plague doctor must confront their past, and the mermaid must embrace the darkest parts of her true nature.

John Persons ist ein Privatdetektiv mit einem unangenehmen Auftrag von einem ungewöhnlichen Kunden: Ein zehnjähriger Junge hat ihn angeheuert, um seinen Stiefvater McKinsey zu töten - einen missbräuchlichen, gewalttätigen und abscheulichen Mann. Während seiner Ermittlungen entdeckt Persons, dass McKinsey von einer fremden Präsenz befallen ist, die sich unaufhaltsam ausbreitet. Persons jedoch ist der ideale Jäger, denn er ist bestens mit dem Okkulten vertraut und hat im Laufe seiner eigenen, uralten Existenz bereits Götter und Dämonen gejagt und sie zwischen seinen Zähnen zermalmt. Die Frage ist, ob er den Stiefvater ausschalten kann, ohne die Kontrolle über seine eigene, schreckliche Macht zu verlieren.