(On) mogelijk: Sasha de Suvery heeft een goedlopende Galerie in Parijs, maar is niet gelukkig . Dan ontmoet ze de jonge, veelbelovende schilder Liam en er ontvlamt een gepassioneerde relatie tussen hen. Maar er liggen problemen op de loer… Het wonder: Quinn Thompson en zijn buurvrouw Maggie zijn bijde eenzaam en ongelukkig. Langzaam bloeit er een voorzichtige, maar intenser romance op tussen hen. Tot Quinn op een wereldreis vertrekt: Zullen Maggie en hij elkaar ooit nog terugzien? Het debuut: Olympia Crawford is gelukkig en succesvol. Maar wanneer haar twee dochters worden uitgenodigd voor New York's meest exclusieve debutantenbal, ontstaat er een crisis in haar leven.
'Wie dit leest, snakt naar meer.' J.K. Rowling Darren Shan is een gewone schooljongen, totdat hij de Grote Freakshow bezoekt. Daar ziet hij een optreden van meneer Crepsley en zijn angstaanjagende spin. Omdat Darren gefascineerd is door spinnen, steelt hij de levensgevaarlijke tarantula. Maar dat had hij beter niet kunnen doen... Meneer Crepsley is een vampier en dwingt Darren om zijn assistent te worden. Hierdoor neemt Darrens leven een bloedstollende wending. De huiveringwekkende avonturen van Darren Shan worden wereldwijd door miljoenen lezers - jong en oud - verslonden.
At 21 Annabelle Driscoll was the acknowledged beauty, but it was her sister Audrey- four years older- who had the spine and spirit. She had talent- a lot of talent- as a photographer; she had the restless urge of a born wanderer. Inevitably it was Annabelle who was the first to marry, leaving Audrey to wonder if life were passing her by. Sometimes she would dream of a man like a her father, someone with adventure in his sould and exotic places in his heart. The men she met in California were dull. Enen in New York they had failed to spark her. Only when she took ship for Europe aboard the Mauretania did she begin to mingle with her own kind. Onle when she boarded the Orient Express did she realise she was beginning a journey that would take her farther that she had ever dreamed possible... depp into China., Tibet, the magic of the Orient and later North Africa and Europe. Her life was never to be the same again.
A hellish nightmare for only the bravest of readers... Darren Shan's horrifying series, The Demonata, continues with Demon Thief. When Kernel Fleck's brother is stolen by demons, he must enter their universe in search of him. It is a place of magic, chaos and incredible danger. Kernel has three aims: * learn to use magic, * find his brother, * stay alive. But a heartless demon awaits him, and death has been foretold...
The Vampire War Trilogy by Darren Shan includes Hunters of the Dusk, Allies of the Night, and Killers of the Dawn. Follow Darren Shan's journey into darkness as the nightmare continues!
As Darren faces the final showdown with his archenemy, Steve Leopard, he seeks a way to trick destiny and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become Lord of the Shadows, fated to destroy the world.
Many people in Pico Mundo think Odd Thomas is some sort of psychic - perhaps a clairvoyant, a seer, something. None but a handful know that he sees the restless dead, those with unfinished business and sometimes, plenty of postmortem rage.
Leilani Maddoc's tenth birthday is nine months away. Micky Bellsong is convinced that in nine months and one day, the girl will be dead. And no one seems to care but Micky herself. Micky has a history of making wrong choices and living only for her own desires, but her decision to save the child's life - and pit herself against an adversary as fearsome as he is cunning - takes her on a journey of incredible peril and stunning discoveries, a journey filled with tragedy and joy, with humour, terror and hope, a journey that will change her for ever
Having taken to the lifestyle of a middle-aged civilian, the last thing Paul Brenner wanted to do was return to work for the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, the agency that thanked him for years of life-risking service by forcing him into early retirement. But when an old friend calls in a career's worth of favours, Paul finds himself moonlighting for the Army as he investigates a puzzling murder that took place thirty years before in the midst of the Vietnam war. Forced to return to the country that haunts him and work for the people who cast him aside, Paul must engage in the battle of his life as he attempts to find justice in a world of staggering corruption.
The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world. Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It's the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren - a spider freak - 'falls in love' with Madam Octa - an enormous tarantala owned by Mr Crepsley. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horribly wrong and Darren finds himself having to make a bargain with a creature of the night. Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of children's normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and... terrifying.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers a truly suspenseful novel of a mother who must save her daughter from a threat she can hardly understand. What happened to nine-year-old Melanie during the six years she was subjected to terrifying experiments? And what is the unstoppable power that she can unleash from behind the "Door to December"?
A story on the growing link between religious fundamentalism, the world drugs trade and the establishment of Iran as the next nation to be openly recognized as a member of the "nuclear club". Is the West being deliberately destabilized by terrorist organizations? Does Iran already have the bomb?
Christopher Snow suffers from a rare genetic disorder - xeroderma pigmentosum - which means his skin and eyes cannot be exposed to sunlight, so his life begins at midnight. Set in the town of Moonlight Bay, a place of picturesque beauty and haunting strangeness, FEAR NOTHING is a startling and compulsive masterpiece of tension.
Exhaustive detailing of early 1970s popular culture in suburban New England sets the stage for a tale of the American nuclear family in decline. The affluent WASP community of New Canaan, Conn., is home to the Hood and Williams families, whose two-parent, two-child households are increasingly dysfunctional. Benjamin Hood, struggling with a loss of importance at work and a growing drinking problem, embarks on an ill-fated affair with Janey Williams, while his wife, Elena, feels her regard for him dwindling. Meanwhile, the adolescents of both families experiment with sex, alcohol, and drugs to forge identities and combat a profound sense of alienation. A neighborhood "key party," where couples exchange partners by drawing keys from a bowl, leads to a chaotic climax as an apocalyptic winter storm brings physical tragedy that mirrors the emotional turmoil within the community. Pop-cultural references from the era, such as Hush Puppies and the film Billy Jack, permeate the narrative. While Moody, a Pushcart Press Editors' Book Award winner for his first novel, tends to present these details in an encyclopedic manner, his portrayal of the families is insightful and convincing, delving into their thoughts and fears. The central tragedy remains resonant, though his critique of cultural decline feels somewhat stale.
There are only three things a cat needs for a fine life - good food, a
comfortable bed, and universal praise and love. Luckily - after converting his
human, Peter, from cat hater to cat lover - Norton has plenty of all three. In
A Cat Called Norton, the eponymous cat taught Peter how to love.
Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell. But it isn't the one the police are expecting to hear, in Stephen King's classic chiller, now reissued in the stunning new graphic cover style.
It's the eve of the 20th-century's final conflict. But Stan Potts is ready for Armageddon. In his Austin Champ, specially equipped with his own unique survival kit, he heads for Corfe Castle, the Purbecks & the girl of his dreams. It's to be an eventful journey. This latest & most ambitious novel by Keith Roberts is both the story of one lonely man & a compulsively readable account of a civilisation's catastrophe & the clawing-up to a new social order. Across Potts' gaze pass the ravaged survivors; the mutant genius born outside his time; the villagers of the new stone age with their credulous, sexually complex lives; the iron age horsemen; the terror of the sea-borne marauders. Finally, after the pillage, the cruelty of superstition, the fragility of love & its horrific consequences, the story leaps from the Dark Ages into a new awareness & Stan Potts' tale is told. Dream or reality? Future or racial memory? Forecast or myth? Every reader will pass his own verdict on this uniquely challenging book. But all will agree that The Chalk Giants is 1st & last a stunning feat of story telling, a worthy successor to Pavane & The Boat of Fate by an acknowledged master of the genre.
On the edge of a war-weary and devastated galaxy, charismatic Lewis Orne makes planetfall on Hamal. His assignment: to detect any signs of latent aggression in this planet’s population.To his astonishment, he finds that his own latent extrasensory powers have suddenly blossomed, and he is invited to join the company of “gods” on this planet.And people place certain expectations on their gods….
