Dark Occult

Set in the sixth century, this work of literature is designed to hold mystery and suspense. To an island west of mainland Norway, unusual trouble stirs. Ancient secrets are becoming ever apparent, and strange murders more prevalent. Out in open battle, forgotten forces will fight unseen by mortal eyes. Before any living man can remember, a war was waged between clans that faded into myth. Well, those myths are resurfacing.

The story begins in Paris. Pedro, a struggling artist from Madrid, stands at the Louvre, studying the Mona Lisa, ignoring the crowds of tourists as the painted woman calls to him. As the museum closes, he finally breaks his trance. He realizes that Da Vinci’s masterpiece could be a translation of love; yet there was only desire in Pedro’s heart

In a society that could be ours, or not, in a time that was, or not, there hunkers a stone castle. Inside is Bronwyn, a woman ruined, a woman with a wooden leg. She has a tarot deck able to manipulate destiny, and a list of names. Her time for payback has now come. Somewhere in the cold dark halls another stalks in stealth, cloak swirling, stripped of life, a man who waves crystals over a scarred table, binding each name to an attention-seeking card. Zanderin will play this game, for he, too, seeks something.

Twelve strangers from different realities are kidnapped and left stranded on an Earth where magic has supplanted technology and ancient empires have prospered for many centuries in this work of dark fantasy. Among some are a deadly assassin from the Canadian Armed Forces, a brilliant Irish trauma surgeon, a "nuclear winter" survivor, and a medical marvel whose augmented strength does little to compensate for his irreversible brain damage.

Joining together, nine Babylonian necromantic sorcerers were appointed as secret protectors of the royal court and the city by the King. In the shadowy halls of Babylon’s underground temples, they met under the veil of night, engaging in the most secretive of esoteric rites. In their ancient Akkadian tongues, they shared their dark secrets, communed with the dead, and joined with sister witches for intense sexual magic rituals.

In the near year and a half following her tragic ordeal in She Dreams of Fire, Agatha “Aggy” Grae and her allies have been hunting the remnants of the Umbra coven. By fighting back against the corrupt witches who imprisoned and killed the Fae for their blood, Aggy and her friends have become beacons of hope. But inner turmoil plagues the team, as the price for freedom is a weight upon their souls.

After overwhelming Scotland, the glacier gouged its unstoppable way south. Only a few people remained in the desolate, frozen streets of the cities of Northern England. As the daily blizzards blew stronger and the icebergs on the River Mersey grew larger, Norman and Chrissy Leonard prepared to flee their Liverpool home. When Norman heard - The Roar - he knew the time for preparation had passed. An unspeakable dread twisted inside him at that primordial sound. The glacier was pushing more than just snow and ice ahead of it.

He trazado un círculo, hecho con sangre. Un círculo que delimita Salvación de principio a fin. Nadie puede salir de aquí, y el que lo intente, morirá. Vais a pagar... un sacrificio cada doce meses. Uno por año, como ofrenda por mi sufrimiento.

In this book-length sequel to The Calling, Josh McGinty is recovering from his injuries and pondering all that he has lost. Demons are real, and they walk among us. Has his crazy family been right all these years? And can he find peace in the kind of life his sister January leads?

Last time evil came, it left mayhem and sorrow in its wake. What will be the costs this second time around? Zoey has made it through her first semester of Magic Acadamey, barely. Still reeling from her losses, she realizes she doesn’t quite fit into this school either. While she hunts for those responsible for killing her parents, she uncovers more riddles and secrets. Her relationship with the three "hot" guys grows more complicated, including that one might not have escaped the dark mages unscathed. But can she really trust any of them?

A breakthrough in an investigation leads Alex McEwan to find the address of his old lover, carved into the flesh of a dead murderer. He soon realizes the woman he loves is in danger. While researching a book on Scottish Masonic buildings, Kate Harlow - McEwan's lost love - has become involved with the occult underground, and powers beyond her comprehension.

He's a kidnapper. An agent of the Council...and her mate. When strong-willed, courageous Nicole Demakis sacrificed herself for her friend and rode away with Aaron Katsaros, a known assassin, she had no idea how much it would change the course of her life. Aaron, the sexy, brooding leopard, is destined to be hers, but the Council may have other plans for them. It's up to Nicole to show the leopard that he can change his spots and succumb to his deepest and most yearning desires.

In this gothic-styled ghost story that simmers with strange, Warren shows once again her flair for exploring the mundane - themes of love, loss, grief, and guilt manifest in a way that is both hauntingly familiar and eerily askew. People come to The Angelsea, a rooming house near the beach, for many reasons. Some come to get some sleep, because here, you sleep like the dead. Dora arrives seeking solitude and escape from reality. Instead, she finds a place haunted by the drowned and desperate, who speak through the sleeping inhabitants.

When an American man discovers that he's the last descendant of the De la Poer family, he travels to England to take over their crumbling estate. Accompanied only by his cat, the man follows the incessant sound of rats to a dark place beneath the estate, unearthing horrible, dark, gruesome secrets about his ancestors and the type of activities they partook in. Taken by madness, the man falls into a dark pit of despair and commits unthinkable crimes. This jarring story from a renowned writer of horror fiction utilizes fear-inducing themes to entice its audience.

No time like the present to figure out one's future. That's a nice platitude, but what if you are a demon? And the former Queen of Hell? Pandora saved an angel, Katie, when she could have stayed in hell and all but assured Earth would fall to Moloch. But now, she has a conundrum. Further complicating things, Katie is acting very out of character, and Pandora needs to help her friend find her bearings once more.

A year after awakening, things have only become worse. The Vatacan's raids on Zharevo have become more frequent and much bolder. Still struggling to come to terms with what he'd become, Ivan is thrust into a web of despair when given the impossible task of retrieving someone much more important to him than any of his ladies. Along with the good comes a whole lot of bad when he finds out the hard way that he is far from being the apex predator.

Queenie is the aging matriarch of the Faraday family, and even death can’t break her hold over her 11-year-old granddaughter, Rowan. She’s buried with a locket that contains a lock of Rowan’s hair, and soon afterwards, Rowan is befriended by a mysterious, uncannily intelligent girl of her own age. Only her aunt Hermione suspects how sinister this is, but will retrieving the locket save her niece? By the time anyone sees what effect the ghostly influence on Rowan is having, it may be too late for her.

The Easton family has just moved into their new fixer-upper, a beautiful old house that they bought at a steal, and Alice, the youngest of the family, is excited to explore the strange, new place. Her excitement turns to growing dread as she discovers a picture hidden under the old wallpaper, a child’s drawing of a family just like hers. Soon after, members of the family begin to disappear, each victim marked on the child’s drawing with a dark black X. It’s up to her to unlock the grim mystery of the house before she becomes the next victim.

A Mosca, in un afoso pomeriggio di primavera, due letterati stanno elencando le prove dell'inesistenza di Dio. Lo straniero che si intromette nella discussione è di tutt'altro parere. Non solo, ma è stato presente al processo di Gesù. Si tratta infatti del Diavolo, nei panni del mago Woland, e la sua spettacolare comparsa getterà nel caos il burocratismo sovietico e l'élite letteraria del tempo. Satira devastante e fantastica, il romanzo, in parte ambientato nella capitale sovietica e in parte nell'antica Gerusalemme, è uno dei massimi capolavori della letteratura.

The solar eclipse is a time to celebrate. The followers of El Baan have other plans. They need to complete seven sadistic sacrifices on the nights leading up to the eclipse to release their dark god from his immortal shackles. Astral druids, living in a secluded abbey, deep within the mountains are the only ones who can stop El Baan’s high priest, but the passive druids must find and train someone to do the one thing that betrays the very essence of their beliefs...to kill. The Soulless One is their champion.