«Siempre me han gustado los chicos malos. Y cuando crecí, se convirtieron en hombres malos…» En su juventud, la bailarina rusa Luba se enamoró de un hombre malo; un guapo aunque peligroso tratante de ámbar raro que desaparecía durante meses , pero que esperaba que ella lo dejara todo cuando llamaba. A pesar de todo Luba no podía negar la atracción hacia el seductor Chey, pero su apasionada y turbulenta relación llegó a su fin cuando Luba huyó de Rusia al descubrir una impactante secreto sobre su amante. Desde los clubes de élite privados de Nueva Orleans hasta la mansión londinense de la enigmática estrella de rock Viggo Franck, Luba se embarca en un viaje de autodescubrimiento y acepta las excitantes y tentadoras experiencias que su nueva vida como bailarina le ofrece. Sus aventuras la llevan a conocer a una apasionada violinista pelirroja llamada Summer y a Lauralynn, una mujer con deseos muy oscuros. Pero ¿de verdad su nueva vida puede satisfacer a Luba o anhelará para siempre al único hombre que sabe que no le conviene?<

Heyne Anthologie

<p>Geschichten des Grauens und der Angst</p><p>herausgegeben von Manfred Kluge</p><p>Die Spuk-Insel</p><p>Die Zaubernacht in den Hochlanden</p><p>Der Fall Chugoro</p><p>Jeanettes Hände</p><p>Die Geschichte vom schläfrigen Tal</p><p>Das Seegespenst</p><p>Die Johannisnacht</p><p>Die Angst</p><p>Folter durch Hoffnung</p><p>Der schwarze Kater</p><p>In der Gruft</p><p>Das unersättliche Haus</p><p>Die Katze, der Gerichtsdiener und das Skelett</p><p>Spuk im Klub</p><p>Sareva, meine Hexe</p><p>Die Dämonin</p><p>Die Witwe vom Belgrave Square</p><p>Vampir zu sein dagegen sehr …</p><

Summer ha conseguido trabajo en Nueva York, y Dominik decide trasladarse a la Gran Manzana para estar con ella y cumplir su sueño de escribir una novela. Pero la fama de Summer como violinista es imparable, y apenas tienen tiempo para estar juntos. Por si fuera poco,un personaje del pasado volverá a aparecer, presionando a Summer para que juegue con él una última vez.<

La renombrada violinista Summer Zahova regresa a Londres, la ciudad donde todo empezó para ella. Libre y soltera en la hedonista capital, Summer se embarca e una serie de ardientes aventuras, aceptando las excitantes y nuevas oportunidades y viajando a Europa para cumplir sus sueños. Cuando roban el valioso violín de Summer, el destino lleva de vuelta al rico y carismático Dominik a su vida. Ninguno de los dos puede negar la obsesión que sigue existiendo entre ellos, pero su historia ha dejado sus cicatrices, y ambos comprenden que el amor y la pasión no siempre pueden ir de la mano. Summer sabe que si juega con fuego acabará quemándose, pero hay algunos placeres que a los que es difícil renunciar… ¿Podrán Summer y Dominik superar por fin los obstáculos que hay entre ellos? ¿Elegirá Summer seguir a su cabeza o a su corazón?<

Heyne Anthologie

<p>Schaurige Geschichten von klassischen und modernen Gespenstern. </p><p>Ausgewählt und herausgegeben von Manfred Kluge.</p><

<p>In this, John David Krygelski’s third and perhaps most powerful novel yet, he creates a spine-tingling story of suspense, drama, and intrigue.</p><p>After the only child of the President commits suicide, he proposes an institution where people who have lost all hope may enter. Aegis, intended to be a civilized alternative to suicide, is opened. There are only two rules in Aegis: no communication is allowed between the outside world and those who enter, and once individuals go in… they can never leave.</p><p>Twelve years pass and what began as a noble social experiment has turned into a hideous nightmare, fraught with controversy and public outrage. Elias Charonis selected to be the first to enter Aegis and be allowed to leave. Ostensibly sent in to investigate the claims of abuse, a darker and heinous personal motive arises.</p><p>With pulse-pounding suspense, takes the reader through at wisting, turning plot to an explosive and electrifying climax.</p><

<p>At the end of World War II, a garrison of the Twenty-eighth Japanese Army is deployed to Ramree Island, off the coast of Burma, to fight the Allies’ severe counteroffensive. While on the island, Superior Private Minoru Kasuga questions a local villager about the terrible smell coming from the saltwater creek. To his horror, the old man tells him it is the stench of death from the breath of man-eating crocodiles that inhabit Myinkhon Creek.</p><p>Fierce fighting drives the battalion to the island’s east coast, and they must evacuate to Burma by crossing the creek. Just before they embark, Kasuga smells the same putrid odor that he’d questioned the villager about and warns his commanding officer of the underwater danger. His sergeant ignores him, thinking Kasuga is obsessed with wild stories from the villagers, and he tells the soldiers to cross the creek.</p><p>Ordered to save the penned-in garrison, Second Lieutenant Yoshihisa Sumi arrives on Ramree Island. But what awaits him at Myinkhon Creek is a sight too horrible to contemplate…</p><

It’s a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than absolute darkness. More horrifying than anything you can imagine. It’s the one fear you cannot escape, no matter where you run… no matter where you hide. It’s the fear of yourself. It’s real. It can happen to you. And facing it can be deadly. Fear for your mind.<

Past midnight, Chyna Shepherd, twenty-six, gazed out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Forman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse or limits, to live with intensity. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit. Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first her sole aim is to get out alive-until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess’s next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl — as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.<

Sam was an android. His flesh was the ultimate miracle of science, artificially created and completely self sustaining. And he had the unusual power to heal others. In fact, Sam was too good to live."<

<p>The Hunter was born to hunt, as his prey was born to be brought down at his desire.</p><p>Sara Laramie moved through the iron castings in the foundry yard, keeping low so that she was at all times concealed from view. The Hunter Relemar was in pursuit of her. She did not know that he was a Hunter; it was obvious, however, that he was different from other naoli.</p><p>Deep scream, lovely scream, wanting out.… She reached the thousand gallon storage tank in which she now made her home. She pulled open the entry plate (it squeaked; Relemar listened for squeaks) and went inside. Behind her, there was a scraping noise… Rats, she thought, lighting the glow lamp. The tank brightened to a warm yellow.</p><p>"Hello," said Relemar the Hunter. He was trying to smile.</p><p>This time, she did not suppress the scream.</p><

Frankenstein

They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created — and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios — once Frankenstein — can stop the engineered killers he’s set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Now the only hope rests in a one-time “monster” and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison. Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as Victor’s first and failed attempt to build the perfect human — and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor’s malignant mind could have imagined — an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us.<

Sinners

<p>Fifty years ago the Commander came into power and murdered all who opposed him. In his warped mind, the seven deadly sins were the downfall of society. He created the Hole where sinners are branded according to their sins and might survive a few years. At best.</p><p>Now LUST wraps around my neck like blue fingers strangling me. I’ve been accused of a crime I didn’t commit and now the Hole is my new home.</p><p>Darkness. Death. Violence. Pain.</p><p>Now every day is a fight for survival. But I won’t die. I won’t let them win.</p><p>The Hole can’t keep me. The Hole can’t break me.</p><p>I am more than my brand. I’m a fighter.</p><p>My name is Lexi Hamilton, and this is my story.</p><

Blessed shalt though be in the city, and blessed shalt though be in the field. Thou shalt be blessed above all. Our holy empire of the Alliance of mankind has fulfilled our destiny. Remember the many heroic humans who have died in conquering the stars for you. Therefore, do not let misguided sympathy toward inferior and conquered animals deter you from your inherent title of divine rulers of the universe. Do not lose this birthright by succumbing to the "attractions" of any alien creature. Remember the penalties imposed by the Supremacy of Man party for this transgression. Our blessings be with you as you follow in the paths of your brothers and sisters. We have faith in mankind and we have faith in you. But, however, should you falter from the paths of righteousness, we have many willing hands eager to show you the error of your ways…<

<p>Henry Kuttner: A Neglected Master ’75 essay by Ray Bradbury </p><p>Mimsy Were the Borogoves ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore </p><p>Two-Handed Engine ’55 novelette by C. L. Moore & Kuttner </p><p>The Proud Robot [Gallegher] ’43 novelette by Kuttner </p><p>The Misguided Halo ’39 story by Kuttner </p><p>The Voice of the Lobster ’50 novelette by Kuttner </p><p>Exit the Professor ’47 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore </p><p>The Twonky ’42 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore </p><p>A Gnome There Was ’41 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore </p><p>The Big Night ’47 novelette by Kuttner </p><p>Nothing but Gingerbread Left ’43 story by Kuttner </p><p>The Iron Standard ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore </p><p>Cold War [Hogben] ’49 novelette by Kuttner </p><p>Or Else ’53 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore </p><p>Endowment Policy ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore</p><p>Housing Problem ’44 story by Kuttner </p><p>What You Need ’45 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore </p><p>Absalom ’46 story by Kuttner</p><

<p>"Desmit mazi nēģerēni" (Ten Little Niggers, 1939) ir viens no populārākajiem britu detektīvlitaratūras karalienes Agatas Kristi darbiem, kura atskaņas līdz pat mūsdienām sastopamas neskaitāmos visdažādāko žanru romānos un jo īpaši šausmu filmās un pat datorspēlēs.</p><p>1939. gadā šo romānu ar nosaukumu "Un tur nesēž vairs neviens" turpinājumos publicēja britu laikraksts "Saturday Evening Post", un tā bija pirmā reize, kad tika mainīts romāna nosaukums. Vēlāk grāmatas nosaukums — galvenokārt politkorektuma vārdā — mainīts vairākkārt. Romāns saucies arī "Desmit mazi indiāņi", un tekstā sastopamais dzejolītis pārveidots tā, lai būtu par indiāņiem. ASV iznākušajā "Un tur nesēž vairs neviens" versijā dzejolītis ir par karavīriem un arī ceļotājiem liktenīgā sala iemantojusi Karavīru salas nosaukumu.</p><p>Romāna sižets ir vienkāršs un ģeniāls. Desmit cilvēki dodas uz salu netālu no Devonas krastiem. Salā viesi nonāk namā, kur katrā istabiņā ir ierāmēts bērnišķīgs dzejolītis par desmit maziem nēģerēniem, kas cits pēc cita ņem nelabu galu. Drīz vien salas viesi apjauš, ka desmit mazie nēģerēni patiesībā ir viņi. Un arī slepkava, iespējams, ir viens no viņiem.</p><

The Sundering

Cork O'Connor

<p>THERE ARE THINGS MUCH WORSE THAN ZOMBIES</p><p>First time in paperback! In the long-awaited follow up to DEAD SEA, it has been several months since the disease known as Hamelin’s Revenge decimated the world. Civilization has collapsed and the dead far outnumber the living. The survivors seek refuge from the roaming zombie hordes, but one-by-one, those shelters are falling. Twenty-five survivors barricade themselves inside a former military bunker buried deep beneath a luxury hotel. They are safe from the zombies… but are they safe from one another? As supplies run low and despair sets in, each of them will find out just how far they’re willing to go to survive. Brian Keene’s ENTOMBED… when the dead walk the earth, insanity is the only escape.</p><

<p>In the Russian criminal underworld there is a man named Whitey. He is unstoppable and always gets what he wants. Some say he can’t be hurt. Some say he can’t be killed. Larry Gidson is about to find out.</p><p>He is a dock worker on the run with Sondra Belov, a beautiful stripper. Whitey wants Sondra and he will torture and kill to get her. Larry, his friends, and even his cat will never be safe unless they give him Sondra—or they kill Whitey.</p><p>From horror master, Brian Keene, comes a crime adventure filled with sex, gore, and guns.</p><p>Stoker-winner Keene () delivers a lot of gore but little else that’s memorable in this horror novel set in central Pennsylvania. Larry Gibson, a package-loader for Globe Package System, becomes fascinated with Sondra Belov, a dancer at the Odessa, a strip joint owned by Zakhar Putin, a mysterious Russian known as Whitey. After one visit to the club, Gibson is surprised to find Sondra hiding under his car. When he helps her escape from Whitey, he discovers he’s made an enemy of an apparent immortal, who bounces back after being shot, eviscerated and otherwise mortally injured. Sandra explains that Whitey, a descendant of Rasputin, has inherited remarkable regenerative powers.</p><

<p>High schooler Will Peterson and three friends journeyed to Central America to help rebuild a school. In a poor,secluded mountain village, they won the hearts of the local people with their energy and kindness.</p><p>But in one sudden moment, everything went horribly wrong. A revolution swept the country. Now, guns and terror are everywhere—and Americans are being targeted as the first to die.</p><p>Will and his friends have got to get out fast. But streets full of killers… hills patrolled by armies… and a jungle rife with danger stand between them and the border. Their one hope of escape lies with a veteran warrior who has lost his faith and may betray them at any moment. Their one dream is to reach freedom and safety and home.</p><p>If they can just survive.</p><

<p>From award-winning author Brian Keene comes a darkly suspenseful tale of crime and the common man—with a surprising jolt of the supernatural…</p><p>Tommy O’Brien once hoped to leave his run-down industrial hometown. But marriage and fatherhood have kept him running in place, working a job that doesn’t even pay the bills. And now he seems fated to stay for the rest of his life. Tommy’s just learned he’s going to die young—and soon. But he refuses to leave his family with less than nothing—especially now that he has nothing to lose.</p><p>Over a couple of beers with his best friends, John and Sherm, Tommy launches a bold scheme to provide for his family’s future. And though his plan will spin shockingly out of control, it will throw him together with a child whose touch can heal—and whose ultimate lesson is that there are far worse things than dying.</p><