Dark Occult

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.

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.

Beth and Stu Davenport moved to the sleepy English village of Meadowford Bridge to give their young son, Gabriel, an idyllic childhood. But one night, a hidden, ancient darkness shatters their dream and changes their lives forever. Years later, Gabriel searches for answers about his mysterious past. As the line blurs between shadow and light and he becomes the prize in a deadly nocturnal game, Gabriel must confront the unrelenting, malevolent force that destroyed his family all those years ago.

Annabelle Mulledy survived a Voodoo attack on her family as a child — but it left her possessed by the spirit of a nearly 200-year-old girl. This girl, however, came with strange abilities bestowed upon her in the afterlife. When Kalfu, an evil Loa, discovers Annabelle, he hopes to use her abilities to his advantage — to escape the spiritual realm and take a corporeal form. When Ogoun, the Loa of War, intervenes, he recruits Annabelle to join him as a student at the Voodoo Academy. Will Annabelle master the arts and fend off Kalfu’s spiritual assaults?

Pepper Boucher is a witch running for her life. Haunted by dreams of murder and witch burnings, Pepper wants nothing more than a normal life, but everything changes when she meets Leon. Will he kill her or save her from a fate worse than death? The murders of the Graves Parish witches are just the beginning. Someone wants Pepper dead and will stop at nothing to see it happen. Her only chance is a rogue vampire and a long-dead witch.

Princess Shara of the High Kingdom survived a mad sorcerer and his demonic master. In the process, she gained a rare and powerful gift, The Divine Key. A power so dangerous that even the archangels fear what might happen. And fear can lead even the mightiest of beings to rash decisions. All in the name of the greater good. Meanwhile, Robert and Blade are enjoying their new life, at least until Blade gets bored with the gladiators. Seeking ever greater excitement, they head for the deadly Serpent Island, where they’ll have more than snakes to worry about.

A fallen angel and an assassin walk into a bar...For nearly 70 years, Murphy's had the worst luck any fallen could ever have. The Collector - a title Murphy never wanted - can't seem to do his job: Collect a soul. And after 70 years, Murphy's not so sure he wants to go back to the Below. Joy is a practitioner of one of the world's oldest professions. Murderer for hire, assassin, hitwoman - Joy's your lady if the money's right. Brought together by a job and dropped into the political machinations of the Above and Below, Murphy and Joy have to decide where their loyalties lie.

"Il Maestro e Margherita" è il romanzo più conosciuto di Michail Bulgakov e capolavoro della letteratura del XX secolo. Dopo svariate stesure viene ultimato dalla moglie dello scrittore un anno dopo la sua prematura morte. Oggetto di censura da parte dell'autorità dell'Unione Sovietica, vede la pubblicazione nella sua integrità solo venti anni più tardi. A rendere il romanzo tanto scabroso è l'impietoso e satirico ritratto della Russia stalinista che l'autore fa emergere attraverso le caratterizzazioni dei numerosi personaggi che prendono parte alla storia: individui meschini e gretti, la cui infima statura morale viene svelata dall'arrivo, inatteso e incredibile, di Satana in persona, incarnato nell'esperto di magia nera Woland, e del suo losco e bizzarro entourage.

Adja wakes to learn he’s got the mojo. The old woman teaches him the ways of Voodoo. He must stand alone, under the guidance of Bear, against Snake, a villain, a murderer, an innate force, but there are other forces amidst the crack between the worlds.

Vesta has just become confident of her newfound abilities within the tarot when a strange new world of alchemy confronts her. Peter has been kidnapped from Chartres Cathedral and her InSight failed to alert her. He is willing to die rather than reveal the formula for immortality. Now she must race to find him before he's murdered setting cataclysmic events into motion. Is the Red King her friend or foe? And what is the secret night chant of the violin's forest? Answers to both will steer her destiny and the fate of humanity.

Combinando a sensibilidade gótica do século XIX de Edgar Allan Poe com uma visão interna ousada, os contos de Lovecraft prenunciam um século psiquicamente conturbado. Situado em uma paisagem da Nova Inglaterra descrita de modo minucioso e historicamente fundamentada, suas histórias angustiantes exploram o colapso da sanidade sob o peso dos eventos caóticos. O universo de Lovecraft é um mundo de sombras onde a realidade e o pesadelo se entrelaçam e a redenção ninguém sabe de onde vem.

I've survived the quest that saw my women and I exploring the ancient planetoid where an Outer God took over the body of our friend. I navigated the treacherous terrain of having one of your girlfriends make a ghost out of another. I've been to hell and back—literally, and I had the scars to show for it.

Otherworldly killings surround an aging role-playing gamer, and a clever detective must decide how far she is willing to go to stop the inhuman violence.

Enormous black-armored knights rampage across town, killing everything in their wake. Their cruel mounts and hellish hounds cause almost as much chaos as the knights themselves. Jen Rice and her friends are helpless to stop as the demonic creatures run rampant through town, killing anyone who gets too close. A rash of high-end thefts has the police department running in circles. Jen is contacted by the thief, who asks her for help. His daughter has been kidnapped by demons, and Jen is the only one he knows he can trust--not only to believe him but to save his daughter.

Makenzie’s life had been going so well until a horrific car accident left her with severe head trauma. Now recovering, she begins to lash out with violence. Her actions put herself and those around her in danger, forcing Makenzie to be committed for additional treatment.

Lilya, Dima's third daughter, may be a hippy and a Natural Witch who dabbles in plants, but Liliya is trouble. She has an unhealthy obsession with the weather, forcing the Romanovs to flee once again. The women finally move into a home that reflects their royal blood, a rundown mansion at the bottom of Witch Hill. Liliya has given birth to a daughter.

On the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, a rural community, some distance from the state’s capital city, a local snake catcher and school teacher find a reptile they assume is just another feral species. However, this one is different. Its bite causes flesh to rot off the bones of their victim. Second, it grows fast. Way too fast. Third, there’s more than one. Lastly, it is not a mere snake. It is the immature form of something much larger, much more dangerous, and mythical, and it falls on this duo to try to stop these creatures before they reach maturity.

This shivering tale chronicles the gruesome murders of seven women suspected of dabbling in witchcraft back in 1901, triggering a terrible curse on the dwellers of the quiet town of Swallowfield. A treacherous bargain was struck with the devil himself for the women to return from their graves years later to unleash unspeakable evil and vengeance on the perpetrators of the homicides, their offspring, and anyone daring to get in their way.

Some families hand down wealth through generations; some hand down wisdom. Some families, whether they want to or not, hand down the secret burdens they carry and the dangerous debts they owe. Lissa Nevsky's grandmother leaves her a big, empty house and a legacy of magic: folk magic, old magic, brought with Baba when she fled the Gulag. In the wake of her passing, the Russian community of Toronto will depend on Lissa now to give them their remedies and be their koldun'ia.

While on a singles tour of Europe, Seattle's own Pia Thomason is looking for a man and trying not to think about her 40th birthday. Too bad her choice of suitors is less than appealing. But when she meets two mysterious strangers in Iceland, Pia becomes immersed in an undead love affair.