Horror & Dark Fantasy 07
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Kelley Armstrong
No Humans Involved
Published May 2007 by Orbit at £12.99
ISBN: 1841493953
‘Gasoline’
His brain snapped awake, panicked, telling his arms and legs to move, his mouth to scream, but nothing obeyed. He cracked open his eyes just enough to see the people filing from the room. The woman stopped in front of him and bent. Her smiling lips parted, saying something reassuring. Then she struck the match’
Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong creates a world in which humans unwittingly co-exist with werewolves, witches and other supernatural beings. Now, in this spellbinding
new novel, an alluring necromancer must come
to terms with her true powers of attraction -
and with an evil no one would have thought possible ...
It’s the most anticipated reality television event
of the season: three spiritualists gathered in one
house to raise the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. For
renowned medium Jaime Vegas there’s just one
problem. Unlike her colleagues, Jaime is the real
deal: and she knows the house is truly haunted.
Not by dead film stars, but by something even
stranger and much more disturbing ...
A tragic mystery lurks in the maze of gardens
behind the house: trapped spirits that only
Jaime can hear, spirits that refuse to let her
rest. Distraught, she looks to her fellow supernaturals for help. As the whispers within
the garden grow more frantic. Jaime - and the
attractive and unobtainable werewolf Jeremy
Danvers - are forced to embark on an investigation into a shocking underworld
of black magic and ritual sacrifice.
As events culminate in a psychic showdown,
Jaime must use the darkest power she has
to defeat a terrifying and previously
unforeseen enemy ...
‘Kelley Armstrong is one of my favourite authors’ Karin Slaughter
‘Gripping and believable’ Publishers Weekly
‘Makes Buffy look fluffy’ Daily Express
‘A thrilling adventure.. who’d want to be human? Great fun’ Big Issue
‘A great read’ SFX
‘Exhibits the unique blend of dark horror, quick wit and flawless, storytelling that is fast becoming Kelley Armstrong's trademark… a gripping and enjoyable read' Dreamwatch
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Richard Bachman
Blaze
Published June 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton at £16.99
ISBN: 0340952229
Big Mother
At 6’1’ and built like a bear, Clay Blaisdell is one big mother, but his capers are strictly small-time until he meets George Rackley. George introduces him to a hundred cons and the one big score that every small timer dreams of: kidnap.
The Gerards are filthy rich, and their child, the last twig on the family tree, could be worth millions. And after all a baby can’t ID you, so you can return it alive.
There’s only one problem: when the time comes for the deal to go down, George, the brains of the partnership, has died.
Or has he?
Cold Terror
Now Blaze is running into the teeth of a howling storm and the cops are closing in. He’s got a baby as a hostage, and the Crime of the Century just turned into a race against time in the white hell of the Maine woods.
Lost for years amongst Stephen King’s papers, and published now for the first time ever, Blaze is a
heartstopping thriller reminiscent of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men with the power of a noir fable.
'The greatest popular novelist of our day' Guardian
'A writer of excellence - one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern world' The Sunday Times
'Slides slickly down an eager gullet' Daily Telegraph
About The Author
The last of the Bachman novels, written in 1973 and published for the first time. Stephen King’s ‘dark half’ may have saved the best for last.
In his ‘lifetime’ Richard Bachman published five novels. A sixth, The Regulators was published after he died of pseudonym cancer (a relatively painless way to go) in 1985. He developed a cult following both before and after his death. Two of his novels (Thinner and The Running Man) were made into motion pictures.
Blaze - both brutal and sensitive – is Bachman’s final legacy. It was edited by longtime friend Stephen King, and is introduced by him.
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Jim Butcher
Proven Guilty
Pbk published April 2007 by Orbit at £6.99
ISBN: 1841495301
Faeries.
Black magic.
And a genuine fallen angel living inside your head.
It never rains but it pours.
Harry Dresden is the only wizard in the Chicago
phone book. He consults for the police department on
`unusual’ cases, and has even appeared on talk shows.
And this makes him no friends on the White Council
of Wizards, who find Harry brash and undisciplined.
However, now that vampire wars have thinned the
ranks of wizards, they need him, and he’s assigned
to investigate rumours of black magic.
Harry’s other problem is an old friend’s daughter,
all grown-up and already in trouble. Her boyfriend
insists he’s innocent of what looks like a supernatural
assault straight out of a horror film. This impression
turns out to be ... well, pretty accurate, as Harry
discovers malevolent entities feeding on fear in Chicago.
All in a day’s work for a wizard, his faithful dog,
and a talking skull named Bob ...
Praise for Jim Butcher
`Action packed page-turners ... Great fun’ Starburst
`This imaginative series continues to surprise and delight’ BooklistThousands of New and used Books at your Fingertips...
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Dean Vincent Carter
The Hunting Season
Published March 2007 by Bodley Head at £10.99
ISBN: 0370329120
Eight years ago the Austrian emergency services were called to the scene of a bizarre car accident. Eight years ago two mangled bodies were found in the snow not far from the vehicle, clawed and chewed by some ferocious animal. Eight years ago something unspeakable took Gerontius Moore’s parents, leaving him orphaned and alone.
And now that something is back ...
Caught up in a hunt he was never meant to be a part of, and finding help from a most unlikely source, Gerontius must once more flee the clutches of an appalling beast, before it learns its business is unfinished.
Full moon or not, the hunt is on!
‘The next Stephen King…’ Evening Standard
About The Author
Dean Vincent Carter is thirty and sorts the post ata top London publishing house. He landed his book deal after catching an editor’s eye with his witty emails. Hunting Season is his second novel. His first novel, The Hand of the Devil was published in 2006 to great acclaim.
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Charlaine Harris
Grave Surprise
Published June 2007 by Gollancz at £9.99
ISBN: 0575078855
When she was 15, Harper Connelly was struck by a bolt of lightening. She recovered, mostly… she has a strange spiderweb of red on parts of her body, and her right leg has episodes of weakness. Sometimes her right hand shakes. She has headaches. And she can find dead people.
That was the part that interested anthropology professor Dr Clive Nunley.
The professor invited Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver to Memphis to give a demonstration of Harper’s unique talent – and what better place to have that demonstration than in a very old cemetery?
Dr Nunley doesn’t bother to hide his skepticism, even when Harper stands atop a grave and senses not one but two bodies, a centuries-dead man, the owner of the grave, and a young girl, recently deceased.
The grave is opened and Harper is proved right: the dead girl is Tabitha Morgenstern, an eleven year old abducted from Nashville two years previously. That’s bad enough, but worse is to come, for Harper tried, and failed – to find the child when she first went missing. The coincidences are making the police very suspicious, so Harper and Tolliver undertake their own hunt to find the killer, starting with a nocturnal visit to the cemetery.
And the next morning a third dead body is found in the grave.
‘When it comes to serving up the supernatural, Harris is unmatched.’ Romantic Times
About The Author
Charlaine Harris lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, three children, two dogs, two ferrets, and a duck. An avid reader, mild cinemaphile and occasional weightlifter, her favourite activity is cheering her children on in various sports while sitting on uncomfortable bleachers.
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Charlaine Harris
Grave Sight
Published January 2007 by Gollancz at £9.99
ISBN: 0575078839
Harper Connolly is honest, ethical and loyal - and ever since a bolt of lightning zapped her on the head, she’s had an extra-special talent: she can find dead people. It’s not a common-or-garden job, but as Harper sees it, she’s providing a service to the dead, while bringing some closure to the living. Some people find Harper’s talent useful and fascinating, but she’s getting used to most people treating her like a blood-sucking leech. She’s become an expert at getting in, getting paid and getting out, fast.
When Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver, her sometime manager, sometime bodyguard travel to the Ozarks to find a local teenager, missing, believed dead, they discover that someone is willing go to great lengths to bury a secret. When they find the girl’s body hidden in a wood, they plunge even deeper into small-town intrigue, deception, secrecy and murder.
Harper’s getting answers, and someone isn’t happy about that. Before long Tolliver’s locked away on trumped-up charges and Harper’s fighting for her own life ...
`An interesting blend of fantasy and crime… Harris has a gift for deft description, entertaining characters and interactions, and convincing plotting’ Analog
'A series that just might surpass all her others in popularity' Booklist
‘Harris delivers a knuckle-gnawing tale populated with well-developed, albeit edgy characters’ & 'An author of rare talents' Publishers Weekly
`Leave it to the incredibly talented Harris to come up with another unique, troubled and utterly compelling heroine. The suspense is dark, and the paranormal elements creepy in this highly original tale that launches a new series. Paranormal mystery at its best!’ Romantic Times
'Believers and sceptics alike will enjoy Harper's search for the truth and her changing relationship with Tolliver' Kirkus
About The Author
Charlaine Harris lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, three children, two dogs, two ferrets, and a duck. An avid reader, mild cinemaphile and occasional weightlifter, her favourite activity is cheering her children on in various sports while sitting on uncomfortable bleachers.
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Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead
Pbk published November 2007 by Gollancz at £10.99
ISBN: 057507891X
The vampire queen of New Orleans has summoned Sookie - will her telepathic talents save her from otherwise certain death?
Sookie doesn't have that many relations, so she hated to lose one p- but of all the people to do, she didn’t expect it to be her cousin Hadley, a consort of New Orleans' vampire queen - after all, Hadley was technically already dead.
But she is gone, beyond recall, and she's left Sookie an inheritance - one that comes with a bit of a risk - not least because someone doesn't want Sookie digging too deep into Hadley's possessions… or her past.
Sookie's life is once again on the line, and this time the suspects range from the rogue weres who reject Sookie as a friend of the pack to her first love, the vampire Bill.
Sookie's got a lot to do if she's going to keep herself alive ...
‘Fans of Laurell K Hamilton’s Anita Blake should cotton on to Sookie Stackhouse’ Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Charlaine Harris lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, three children, two dogs, two ferrets, and a duck. An avid reader, mild cinemaphile and occasional weightlifter, her favourite activity is cheering her children on in various sports while sitting on uncomfortable bleachers.
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Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail
Pbk published November 2007 by Gollancz at £6.99
ISBN: 0575080434
Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her life, mostly. She’s a great cocktail waitress in a fun bar; she has a love life, albeit as complicated as ever, and most people have come to terms with her telepathy.
Problem is, Sookie wants a quiet life, but things just seem to happen to her and her friends.
Now her brother Jason’s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. She could deal with that, but her normal sisterly concern turns to cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local were population ... not just because Jason’s at risk, but because his new were-brethren suspect he may be the shooter.
Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who’s behind the attacks - unless the killer decides to find her first.
Sookie Stackhouse – ‘One of the most winning heroines to guide us through the dark side’ Book Page
‘One of the best of the breed, concocted out of just the right mixture of humour, intrigue, and excitement’ Booklist
‘The best yet’ Publishers Weekly Starred Review
'An author of rare talent' Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Charlaine Harris lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, three children, two dogs, two ferrets, and a duck. An avid reader, mild cinemaphile and occasional weightlifter, her favourite activity is cheering her children on in various sports while sitting on uncomfortable bleachers.
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Charlie Huston
Already Dead
Pbk published February 2007 by Orbit at £6.99
ISBN: 1841495263
They live among us, slaves to the very condition that empowers them. They are the Vampyre, and their sole chance at survival lies in banding into Clans. Only Joe Pitt has gone his own way. The upside is freedom. The downside is there's nobody on his side when trouble comes around. Joe gets rough receptions from all the countless Clans shifting about on the island of Manhattan, but his current trouble is with the Coalition? The Clan that controls the city river to river, from 14th Street to 110th Street. To make things right, Joe takes on his most perilous case: The daughter of a prominent New York family is missing, and her Vampyre fascination makes Joe the ideal man for this high-stakes job. With his ferocious style, Charlie Huston offers a thrilling new twist to one of our oldest myths.
‘Charlie Huston is the real deal’ Peter Straub
‘An irresistible and fiendishly original take on the vampire myth’ Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Charlie Huston is a novelist. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, the actress, Virginia Louise Smith.
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Caitlin R. Kiernan
Low Red Moon
Pbk published December 2007 by ROC at £5.99
ISBN: 0451461649
Chance Silvey grew up in her grandparents’ house on the side of Red Mountain, high above the urban sprawl of Birmingham, Alabama. Now married and with a baby on the way, she wants to move on and leave the house-and the tragic history of her family-in the past.
But her future is already tainted. Chance is hallucinating, seeing blood everywhere, and is afraid to uncover what it means. Her husband, Deacon, a gifted psychic, fears being drawn into a police investigation after having a vision of a serial killer’s brutality. And it all leads to a woman with a thirst for violence, hiding from something that haunts her day and night.
Something even more terrible than she is...
‘Caitlin R Kiernan is the poet and bard of the wasted and the lost' Neil Gaiman
‘Caitlin R Kiernan is an original’ Clive Barker
‘Caitlin R Kiernan draws her strength from the most honorable of sources, a passion for the act of writing’ Peter Straub.
‘Fast-paced, emotionally wrenching, and thoroughly captivating.’ Locus
‘Fully unleashes the hounds of horror, and the read is eerie and breathtaking.’ Irish Literary ReviewThousands of New and used Books at your Fingertips...
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Stephen King
Blaze
Published June 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton at £16.99
ISBN: 0340952229
Big Mother
At 6’1’ and built like a bear, Clay Blaisdell is one big mother, but his capers are strictly small-time until he meets George Rackley. George introduces him to a hundred cons and the one big score that every small timer dreams of: kidnap.
The Gerards are filthy rich, and their child, the last twig on the family tree, could be worth millions. And after all a baby can’t ID you, so you can return it alive.
There’s only one problem: when the time comes for the deal to go down, George, the brains of the partnership, has died.
Or has he?
Cold Terror
Now Blaze is running into the teeth of a howling storm and the cops are closing in. He’s got a baby as a hostage, and the Crime of the Century just turned into a race against time in the white hell of the Maine woods.
Lost for years amongst Stephen King’s papers, and published now for the first time ever, Blaze is a
heartstopping thriller reminiscent of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men with the power of a noir fable.
The last of the Bachman novels, written in 1973 and published for the first time. Stephen King’s ‘dark half’ may have saved the best for last.
In his ‘lifetime’ Richard Bachman published five novels. A sixth, The Regulators was published after he died of pseudonym cancer (a relatively painless way to go) in 1985. He developed a cult following both before and after his death. Two of his novels (Thinner and The Running Man) were made into motion pictures.
Blaze - both brutal and sensitive – is Bachman’s final legacy. It was edited by longtime friend Stephen King, and is introduced by him.
'The greatest popular novelist of our day' Guardian
'A writer of excellence - one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern world' The Sunday Times
'Slides slickly down an eager gullet' Daily Telegraph
About The Author
Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, in 1947. He won a scholarship award to the University of Maine and later taught English, while his wife, Tabitha, got her degree.
It was the publication of his first novel Carrie and its subsequent film adaptation that set him on his way to his present position as perhaps the bestselling author in the world.
Carrie was followed by a string of bestsellers including The Shining, It, Misery, Bag of Bones and On Writing (A Memoir of the Craft).
He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist, Tabitha King.
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