Crimson Death

Author : Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101987759

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Crimson Death by Laurell K. Hamilton Pdf

In her twenty-fifth adventure, vampire hunter and necromancer Anita Blake learns that evil is in the eye of the beholder... Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesn’t usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, he’s being bombarded with violent nightmares and blood sweats. And now, with Damian at his most vulnerable, Anita needs him the most. The vampire who created him, who subjected him to centuries of torture, might be losing control, allowing rogue vampires to run wild and break one of their kind’s few strict taboos. Some say love is a great motivator, but hatred gets the job done, too. And when Anita joins forces with her friend Edward to stop the carnage, Damian will be at their side, even if it means traveling back to the land where all his nightmares spring from...a place that couldn’t be less welcoming to a vampire, an assassin, and a necromancer: Ireland.

Author : Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher : Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1472241754

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Crimson Death by Laurell K. Hamilton Pdf

Author : Tessie Castillo
Publisher : Black Rose Writing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781684334445

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Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row by Tessie Castillo Pdf

Through thirty compelling essays written in the prisoners’ own words, Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row offers stories of brutal beatings inside juvenile hall, botched suicide attempts, the terror of the first night on Death Row, the pain of goodbye as a friend is led to execution, and the small acts of humanity that keep hope alive for men living in the shadow of death. Each carefully crafted personal essay illuminates the complex stew of choice and circumstance that brought four men to Death Row and the cycle of dehumanization and brutality that continues inside prison. At times the men write with humor, at times with despair, at times with deep sensitivity, but always with keen insight and understanding of the common human experience that binds us.

Author : L. A. Banks
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429958172

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Cursed to Death by L. A. Banks Pdf

In this steely and intense novel from New York Times bestselling author L.A. Banks, lust, envy, and revenge prove to be the most lethal weapons of all... Secret government operative Sasha Trudeau arrives at the scene of a murder, only to discover that a Fae creature has been killed—in a whole new kind of way. What is the meaning behind this mysterious ritualistic killing? What did the victim do to deserve it? Sasha fears that the Vampires and Unseelies have formed an unholy alliance...and they're ready to unleash their darkest arsenal of magick yet. Teaming up with her mate and fellow Shadow Wolf, Max Hunter, Sasha tries to penetrate the paranormal community for clues. Meanwhile, members of the Wolf Clan are turning against one another as they race to uncover the meaning behind an ancient Unseelie curse. Even Sasha is not immune to this powerful magick, and soon finds herself drawn to a sensual, dangerous dance—one that could cost her own life...

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : SAMPI Books
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786561330183

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The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", Prince Prospero isolates himself and his wealthy guests to avoid a deadly plague. Despite his efforts to escape death, it invades his masked ball, proving that no one can escape fate.

Author : Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425212017

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Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton Pdf

A collection of short fiction features "The Girl Who Was Infatuated with Death," an Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story, as well as "House of Wizards," "Stealing Souls," and "Those Who Seek Forgiveness," a never-before-published Anita Blake tale.

Author : Debra Webb
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460398234

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The Blackest Crimson by Debra Webb Pdf

A detective’s search for a serial killer leads her into a deadly trap as Christmas approaches in the New York Times–bestselling author’s suspense novel. Detective Bobbie Gentry was thrilled to join an FBI task force searching for a heinous serial killer known as the Storyteller. But Bobbie had no idea what price she’d pay for the opportunity. She never imagined the serial killer would follow her home on Christmas Eve . . . The Storyteller couldn’t resist Bobbie no matter the risk. He murdered her husband and would have murdered her child if only the little boy hadn’t gotten away. Now Bobbie’s fight for justice has become a desperate fight for survival . . .

Author : Robert J. Schwalb
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786959402

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Death Mark by Robert J. Schwalb Pdf

In the aftermath of revolution, King Kalak of Tyr is dead and all eyes fall on the lucrative iron mines of his once mighty city-state. Merchant houses scramble to seize what scraps they can while King Hamanu of Urik, the Lion of the Desert, rallies his armies to crush the Tyr rebellion underfoot. He cannot allow this insurrection to succeed and intends to seize the city’s precious resources for himself. The hope of the Tyr revolution seems destined to fail as the tyrannical specter of Hamanu’s war machine looms large on the horizon. But fate chooses the most unlikely heroes. Loren, a gladiator pressed into service by a corrupt merchant prince; the ambitious Alaeda Stel who hopes to secure her family’s future by exploiting Tyr’s sudden weakness; a street thief named Melech; and Korvak the disgraced templar are Tyr’s best and only hope. The promise of freedom rests on their ability to overcome the greed and lust for power that threatens to undermine the principles of Tyr’s revolution.

Author : Cinda Williams Chima
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781423179115

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The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima Pdf

A thousand years ago, two young lovers were betrayed???Alger Waterlow to his death, and Hanalea, Queen of the Fells, to a life without love. Now, once again, the Queendom of the Fells seems likely to shatter apart. For young queen Raisa ana''Marianna, maintaining peace even within her own castle walls is nearly impossible; tension between wizards and Clan has reached a fevered pitch. With surrounding kingdoms seeking to prey on the Fells'' inner turmoil, Raisa''s best hope is to unite her people against a common enemy. But that enemy might be the person with whom she''s falling in love. Through a complicated web of lies and unholy alliances, former streetlord Han Alister has become a member of the Wizard Council of the Fells. Navigating the cut-throat world of blue blood politics has never been more dangerous, and Han seems to inspire hostility among Clan and wizards alike. His only ally is the queen, and despite the perils involved, Han finds it impossible to ignore his feelings for Raisa. Before long, Han finds himself in possession of a secret believed to be lost to history, a discovery powerful enough to unite the people of the Fells. But will the secret die with him before he can use it? A simple, devastating truth concealed by a thousand-year-old lie at last comes to light in this stunning conclusion to the Seven Realms series.

Author : Suzanne M. Sabol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1619351781

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Pool of Crimson by Suzanne M. Sabol Pdf

Dahlia Sabin discovers a plot by Master Vampire Ethan to raise a demon from the depths of Hell to destroy the city, cement his power and take control. Dahlia is in a race against time to send the demon back to Hell and at war with her better judgment by trusting a dark and intriguing vampire all while struggling to save her own neck.

Author : Anthony Horowitz
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443455534

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The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz Pdf

New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz and eccentric detective Daniel Hawthorne team up again in a new mystery—the sequel to the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder—to delve deep into the killing of a high-profile divorce lawyer and the death, only a day earlier, of his one-time friend “You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late . . . ” Heard over the phone, these are the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death with a bottle of wine—a 1982 Château Lafite worth £2,000, to be precise—in his bachelor pad. Odd, considering Pryce didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on his wall? And, most important, which of the victim’s many, many enemies did the deed? Baffled, the police are forced to bring in private investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s getting rather good at this murder investigation business. But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realizes that these secrets must be exposed—even at the risk of death . . .

Author : Francesco Gabrieli
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : 0520036166

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Arab Historians of the Crusades by Francesco Gabrieli Pdf

"The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of Acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happenings were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. For the first time contemporary accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian have been translated into English, and the Western reader can learn ʻthe other side' of the Holy War. Seventeen authors are represented in the extracts in this work, which have been drawn from various types of historical writings. The excerpts are taken firstly from the general histories of the Muslim world, then from chronicles of cities, regions and their dynasties, and finally from biographies or records of the deeds of certain persons. The Arab histories of the Crusades compare favourably with their Christian counterparts in their rich accumulation of material and chronological information. Another of their merits is their faithful characterization, which they practised in the brief but illuminating sketches of enemy leaders: Baldwin II's shrewdness, Richard Coeur de Lion's prowess in war, the indomitable energy of Conrad of Montferrat, Frederick II's diplomacy. The chroniclers are generous, naturally, with their praises of the great champions of the Muslim resistance, especially of Saladin, who towers above all the other leaders in heroic stature. Altogether, this book gives a sweeping and stimulating view of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes."--Dust jacket.

Author : Caitlin Starling
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250272591

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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling Pdf

***AN INSTANT BESTSELLER!*** Best Books of 2021 · NPR ALA/The Reading List Best Horror 2021 Pick Longlisted for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2021 From the Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Luminous Dead comes a gothic fantasy horror—The Death of Jane Lawrence. "A jewel box of a Gothic novel." —New York Times Book Review “Delicious.... By the time the book reached that point of no return, I was so invested that I would have followed Jane into the very depths of hell.” —NPR.org “Intense and amazing! It’s like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell meets Mexican Gothic meets Crimson Peak.” —BookRiot Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town. Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man—one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him. By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to. Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Caitlin Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This Crimson Peak-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by Shirley Jackson and Rebecca, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to begin again as soon as they are finished.

Author : Michel Faber
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443401586

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Crimson Petal And The White by Michel Faber Pdf

One of the most talked-about novels of the year, this international bestseller gives new meaning to the term “unputdownable.” Reviewers and readers everywhere have been eagerly abandoning their everyday lives for days and even weeks on end, refusing to leave Michel Faber’s vividly realized fictional world. They are captivated by Sugar, an enigmatic nineteen-year-old prostitute whose story begins in a hellish nineteenth-century London brothel. Struggling to lift her body and soul out of the gutter, Sugar claws her way up the social ladder to gain refuge in the wealthy family of her besotted lover, William Rackham, unwilling heir to a perfumery. Now in the popular Perennial format, The Crimson Petal and the White is a gripping tale, extraordinarily rich, intricate and intoxicating to the final page.

Author : Sheri Lewis Wohl
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781602825321

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Crimson Vengeance by Sheri Lewis Wohl Pdf

Love, desire, and secretsÑa trail littered with murder and the choice one vampire will have to make that will seal her fate or set her free... Spokane County Medical Examiner Riah Preston has a job to do and a secret to keep. Riah is a vampire and she's on a mission to discover a cure for the very thing that has kept her a prisoner of darkness for over five hundred years. With the help of Moses Lake Coroner Ivy Hernandez and genetic scientist Adriana James, they are on the verge of a breakthrough. When victims of a rogue vampire begin to show up along the I-90 corridor, things get complicated. The appearance of vampire hunter Colin Jamison complicates the situation even further. Will they be strong enough to stop this vampire killer cutting a wide path of death and destruction? Or will the secrets Riah holds in her heart destroy them all?