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“Hart has taken it to another level...read this novel.” —David Baldacci From the award-winning author of five New York Times bestselling novels comes a “gripping, believable story that doesn’t rest until the last sentence” (Associated Press). A boy with a gun waits for the man who killed his mother. A troubled detective confronts her past in the aftermath of a brutal shooting. After thirteen years in prison, a good cop walks free while, deep in the forest, on the altar of an abandoned church, a body cools in pale linen... This is a town on the brink. This is Redemption Road. “Heart-wrenching...haunting...an extraordinary novel in which the human heart proves the most confounding mystery of all.”—Providence Journal

A master storyteller at his best, O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King presents a generous collection of stories, including several brand-new ones, accompanied by insightful autobiographical comments on their creation. Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, King has captivated readers with his short fiction prowess. This new collection features recent stories that have never appeared in a book before, each introduced with reflections on their origins and his motivations. The stories explore thrilling connections and themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, and the desire to correct past mistakes. "Afterlife" tells of a man who, after dying of colon cancer, relives his life, repeating his errors. Many stories focus on characters at life's end, confronting their past actions. Others delve into the discovery of supernatural powers, such as a columnist who kills by writing obituaries in "Obits," and an old judge in "The Dune" who sees names in the sand of those destined to die in freak accidents. In "Morality," King examines how a marriage unravels after a couple enters what seems to be a winning devil's pact. Magnificent and eerie, these stories showcase one of King's finest gifts to his readers—crafted with care and intrigue.

Lang voordat de gebeurtenissen uit de bestsellersie De geheimen van de onsterfelijke Nicolas Flamel plaatsvonden, beleefden de legendarische personages al de meest fantastische avonturen. Twee hiervan zijn door Michael Scott opgetekend in deze bundeling: Billy de Kid en de vampiers van Vegas en De dood van Jeanne d'Arc. In Billy de Kid en de vampiers van Vegas vertelt Michael Scott het verhaal van de eerste ontmoeting tussen Billy en Scathach en van hun heroïsche gevecht tegen de dodelijke vampiers van Vegas. En vond Jeanne d'Arc op 30 mei 1431 wel de dood? William van York heeft de gebeurtenissen van die dag vastgelegd in zijn testament, dat als De dood van Jeanne d'Arc nu eindelijk te lezen is

Y'all need to get yourselves together. Here's a newsflash from the only High Priestess you have left at this dang school: Zoey isn't dead. And believe me, I know dead. I've been there, done that and got the fricken tee-shirt. Zoey Redbird is the youngest High Priestess in House of Night history and is the only person - vamp or fledgling - that can stop the evil Neferet from raising all kinds of immortal trouble. And she might just have a chance if she wasn't so busy being dead. Well, dead is too strong a word. Stevie Rae knows she can bring her BFF back from her unscheduled va-cay in the Otherworld. But it's going to take a lot more than hoping to bring Zoey back. Stevie Rae will have to give up a few secrets of her own . . .

Met zestien jaar wordt Zoey Redbird "Gemarkeerd" door een vampiertracker en begint ze de "Verandering" te ondergaan naar een echte vampier. Ze moet haar familie verlaten en verhuizen naar de House of Night, een internaat in Tulsa, Oklahoma, voor andere beginnende vampiers zoals zij. Het is moeilijk om een nieuw leven te beginnen, weg van haar ouders en vrienden, en bovendien blijkt Zoey geen gemiddelde beginnende vampier te zijn. Ze is uitgekozen door de vampiergodin Nyx. Hoewel Zoey geweldige nieuwe krachten heeft, is het moeilijk om erbij te horen als iedereen weet dat ze speciaal is. Terwijl ze probeert nieuwe vrienden te maken en misschien een leuke vriend (of twee) te vinden, komt ze allerlei soorten kwaad tegen, van het perfect uitziende, superpopulaire meisje met niet zo onberispelijke plannen, tot de mysterieuze sterfgevallen die plaatsvinden in de House of Night en overal in Tulsa. Dingen in de House of Night zijn niet altijd wat ze lijken. Kan Zoey de moed in zichzelf vinden om de waarheid te ontdekken en haar bestemming te omarmen?

High Priestess-in-training Zoey Redbird juggles three prospective love interests while investigating a dark force lurking beneath the Tulsa Depot that is forcing her into a confrontation with the evil Kalona.

After fleeing to Ojai, then Paris, and escaping to London, Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And after everything they've seen and learned in the past week, they're both more confused than ever about their future.

Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Her best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Zoey finds herself in the very unexpected and rare situation of having three boyfriends. Mix a little bloodlust into the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social disaster. Just when it seems things couldn’t get any tougher, vampyres start turning up dead. Really dead. It looks like the People of Faith are tired of living side-by-side with vampyres. But, as Zoey and her friends so often find out, how things appear rarely affects the truth…

A dark angel has taken over the House of Night, supported by High Priestess Neferet. This leaves Zoey hiding out with the (supposedly friendly) red fledglings in Tulsa's prohibition-era tunnels. Zoey has some boy-thoughts to distract her, with a chance to make up with super-hot-ex Eric. But thoughts of the archer that died, semi-permanently, in her arms also keep distracting her. Then he shows up as Neferet's newest minion ..

Zoey Redbird's adventures at vampyre finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested and shocking true intentions come to light, in this spellbinding fourth novel in the House of Night series.

De kersverse vampier Zoey Redbird woont sinds kort in het Huis van de Nacht. Ze heeft de enorme vermogens omarmd die de vampiergodin Nyx haar gegeven heeft, en ze begint te begrijpen wat het betekent om de leider van de Duistere Dochters te zijn, de hoogste elite in het Huis. Dan gebeurt het ondenkbare: menselijke tieners worden vermoord, en alles wijst naar het Huis van de Nacht. De spanning tussen de mensen en vampiers in Tulsa is dan ook te snijden. Zelf raakt Zoey betrokken bij een verboden flirt die haar afleidt van de dreigende crisis..

The shocking story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her own father, and her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood and build a new life for herself and her sons. Maria's dad was a pimp, living in a world of thieves and street-walkers. Her mother, tiring of turning tricks for her husband, walked out, leaving the children in his chaotic, violent and sometimes cruel care. By the age of nine, Maria's father was abusing her and getting a prostitute friend to dress her up in stockings and make-up. By the time she was fourteen he was selling her on the streets of the red light district in Norwich. Despite everything Maria still loved her swaggering and sometimes charming father and found it hard to sort out her own feelings. At fifteen she ran away to King's Cross with an older lover who turned out to be just another pimp. Furious at losing a nice little earner her father involved the police and both he and the other man were jailed for living off Maria's immoral earnings. Only then could Maria escape her traumatic childhood and follow her dream of becoming a mother.

Eon gaat over draken, over magie en macht. Over veldslagen en politieke intriges. Maar Eon gaat ook over mensen: over ambitie, persoonlijke ontwikkeling en innerlijke kracht. Eon is een verhaal over een jong meisje dat haar eigen verlangens na durft te streven, in een door het oude Azië geïnspireerde wereld, zo rijk aan details en zo kleurrijk verbeeld dat het voor de ogen van de lezer werkelijkheid wordt. Eon bestudeert de oude kunst van de Drakenmagie, in de hoop eens een Drakenoog te worden, de menselijke schakel met de magie van de Draken. Maar hij draagt een gevaarlijk geheim met zich mee: hij is eigenlijk Eona, een zestienjarig meisje dat een gevaarlijk dubbelleven leidt, want ontdekking betekent een zekere dood.

At the isolated Baikie's Cottage, three very different women come together to complete an environmental survey. The three women each know the meaning of betrayal. So when people begin to mysteriously die, DI Vera Stanhope is sent to investigate.

YA. Fantasy fiction. Horror fiction. When sixteen year old Zoey Redbird gets Marked as a fledgling vampire she must join the House of Night school where she will train to become an adult vampire. That is, if she makes it through the Change. But Zoe is no ordinary fledgling. She has been chosen as special by the Goddess Nyx and discovers her amazing new power to conjure the elements: earth, air, fire, water and spirit. When Zoey discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite group, is misusing her Goddess given gifts, Zoey must look within herself to embrace her destiny, with a little help from her new vampire friends.

Alternative Cover Edition of ISBN 9780552562539 other edition found hereAfter fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenelle is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Niccolo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He’s after them, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenelle. For every day spent without the Book of Abraham the Mage, they age one year-their magic becoming weaker and their bodies more frail. For Flamel, the Prophecy is becoming more and more clear.It’s time for Sophie to learn the second elemental magic: Fire Magic. And there’s only one man who can teach it to her: Flamel’s old student, the Comte de Saint-Germain-alchemist, magician, and rock star. Josh and Sophie Newman are the world’s only hope-if they don’t turn on each other first.

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book one of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The truth: Nicholas Flamel's tomb is empty. The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually been making the elixir of life for centuries? The secrets to eternal life are hidden within the book he protects—the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed, and in the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. There is one hope. If the prophecy is true, Sophie and Josh Newman have the power to save everyone. Now they just have to learn to use it. “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel has everything you loved about Harry Potter, including magic, mystery, and a constant battle of good versus evil.”—Bustle Read the whole series! The Alchemyst The Magician The Sorceress The Necromancer The Warlock The Enchantress

Otah, die als zesde zoon van de Khai (koning) eigenlijk geen kans maakt op de troon, mengt zich toch in de strijd over de opvolging en belandt in een web van intriges en moorden.

At the beginning of the fall term at Winchester University, in rural Indiana: On the first day of class, Professor Williams presents a startling scenario to the students in his Logic and Reasoning 204 course: A young girl has gone missing and the class has until the end of the quarter to find her or she will be murdered. The students believe Williams' tale is nothing more than a logic puzzle, but soon three of them - Mary, Brian and Dennis - stumble upon a real-life, unsolved disappearance that sounds eerily similar to the one Williams described, the case of Deanna Ward, a girl who went missing 20 years earlier and was never found. Each of them becomes obsessed with the two women and the professor, a shadowy figure himself. As the real world and Williams' puzzle begin to merge, the three young people are thrown into a complex and horrifying game of deception. What's real, what's fiction, and how far will the students go to obey authority? 'A taut and timely thriller that explores the dark side of academia, where classrooms are dangerous and paranoia abounds' Karin Slaughter '"Obedience" draws you in and never lets you go - and what a ride' David Baldacci

Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where he will live with his uncle and his uncle's wife.

In his unequalled career, Stephen King has forged a place in publishing history as the most popular and recognized author of all time. Now, Signet is proud to reissue his most startling psychological thriller! After awakening from a four and a half year-long coma, a simple teacher finds himself irreparably altered -- both blessed ... and cursed -- with precognative visions of the future. Driven by his altruistic nature, he decides to use his newfound powers to prevent tragic events yet to happen. But as word of his unique ability leads to unwanted fame, the gift he hoped to share with humanity inevitably separates him from it.

Door het off-line raken van een website verdwijnt een aantal inwoners van het stadje Newford; Christiane Tree moet hen proberen terug te brengen.

Na een vernietigende tornado blijkt dat tegelijkertijd een krankzinnige moordenaar heeft huisgehouden.

Special agent Will Graham has been assigned to cases before where he was able to see and feel with the madmen, anticipate their moves, and be vulnerable to their horrific brutality. Now after being forced out of retiring, he meets another evil mind.

The murder of a Russian colleague sends Lt. Colonel Jon Smith on a quest to find the terrorists threatening to steal Russia's remaining store of smallpox virus before they can unleash an epidemic on the world.

De dag voor het einde van hun huwelijk waren Rebecca en James nog naar een trouwpartij geweest. De uit Californië afkomstige Rebecca, haar zuster Isobel en haar moeder zijn in Londen gaan inwonen bij hun (oud)tante Rose, die haar huis deelt met het kunstenaarsechtpaar, de schrijver James en de violiste Lea. Rebecca sluit vriendschap met het echtpaar. Na de zelfmoord van de aan depressiviteit lijdende Lea zoeken Rebecca en James troost bij elkaar en trouwen. James is echter manisch-depressief en uiteindelijk gaan ze uit elkaar.

"Lucas Smothers, nineteen and from the wrong end of town, has been arrested for the rape and murder of a local girl. His lawyer, former Texas Ranger Billy Bob Holland, is convinced of Lucas's innocence--but proving it means unearthing the truth from the seething mass of deceit and corruption that spreads like wildfire in a gossipy small town where everybody knows everybody else's business"--Amazon.com.

Ayla and Jondalar have reached home: the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the old stone age settlement in the region known today as south-west France. Ayla has much to learn from the Zelandonii as well as much to teach them. Jondalar's family are initially wary of the beautiful young woman he has brought back, with her strange accent and her tame wolf and horses. She is delighted when she meets Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of her people, a fellow healer with whom she can share her medicinal skills. After the rigours and dangers that have characterised her extraordinary life, Ayla yearns for peace and tranquillity; to be Jondalar's mate and to have children. But her unique spiritual gifts cannot be ignored, and even as she gives birth to their eagerly-awaited child, she is coming to accept that she has a greater role to play in the destiny of the Zelandonii.

In een dorpje in Maine wordt een gehandicapte tiener vermoord. Tijdens het onderzoek valt nog een dode, maar de zaak wordt nooit opgelost. Achtien jaar later besluit agente Rachel Storrow de zaak te heropenen. Rachels obsessieve speurtocht naar de waarheid voert haar door een moeras van verdenkingen, angsten en een onverwerkt verleden.

Lorenzo Carcaterra travels from the days of godfathers and goodfellas to our own world of suburban sopranos. Gangster is an epic, compassionate portrait of one man's fight against his fate - and the narrative of a family, a city and a century.

Aan de hand van korte, anekdotische verhalen wordt verduidelijkt dat de oorzaak van stress niet in de omstandigheden ligt, maar in de manier van denken over deze omstandigheden.

'Worth the wait. Harris's writing bears the hallmarks of honed perfection. This piece of literature is popular fiction only in the sense that it will sell. And sell.look no further for the chiller of the year' Peter Millar, The Times 'Insanely readable.No thriller writer is better attuned than Thomas Harris to the rhythms of suspense. No horror writer is more adept at making the stomach churn. compelling.truly shocking.a brilliant book' Mail on Sunday 'It is a gut-churning, nail-biting, skin-crawling, often lyrical triumph - addictive on every level.The plot is a helluva plot.The denouement is as exciting as the rest.If there's a better book this year, with truth, fantasy and a touch of erudition combined in prose which really does leap off the page, I'll eat my hat.' Francis Fyfield, Express 'No panting fan.could have hope for more.Hannibal is a great popular novel and a plausible candidate for the Pulitzer Prize' Guardian 'Well if this novel isn't the number one bestseller by this time next week, I'll eat my tongue.[it] is quite simply a compelling and brilliant thriller.it seems all too real and quite terrifying. Thomas Harris is a brilliantly clever author.Sentence for sentence there is nobody to match him.It is an incredible achievement.absorbing' Daily Mirror