The Library at Hellebore

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, thats what Alessa Li is told when shes kidnapped and forcibly enrolled. But theres more to Hellebore than meets the eye. On graduation day, the faculty go on a ravenous rampage, feasting on Alessas class. Only Alessa and a group of her classmates escape the carnage. Trapped in the schools 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.

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!<BR><BR>Dark academia meets cosmic horror in this murderous tale of betrayal and broken hearts at an elite academy for the gods and monsters of the world, perfect for fans of The Atlas Six, If We Were Villains and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.<BR>

Uncover the lost years of Critical Role's unrelentingly upbeat, undead spellcaster in this original prequel novel to Laudna's adventures with Bells Hells.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>And so, Laudna is content.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>The little voice is right, she knows.<BR><BR>But still, she thinks of more. And when she reaches for that dream, what reaches back will change everything.<BR><BR>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.

Eine knallharte Horrorgeschichte, die Charles Stross als das 'möglicherweise vielversprechendste Horror-Debüt des Jahres' bezeichnet. Finalist für den British Fantasy Award und den Locus Award 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.