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Welcome to Desperation. Once a thriving copper-mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop - a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway. The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them.

Allein mit dem Bösen am einsamsten Ort der Welt Im Bergbaustädtchen Desperation ist das Gewebe zwischen den Welten dünn. Bergleute sind versehentlich in eine andere Dimension durchgebrochen und haben einen schrecklichen Dämon freigesetzt. Ein paar Urlauber auf der Durchreise landen im Gefängnis des kleinen Ortes mitten in der Wüste Nevadas: Desperation – das heißt Verzweiflung.

Stephen King’s #1 national bestseller about a little mining town, Desperation, that many will enter on their way to somewhere else. But getting out is not easy as it would seem… "I see holes like eyes. My mind is full of them." For all intents and purposes, police officer Collie Entragian...

Dan and Abby face increasing dangers as they move north through Davenport, Iowa, facing down desperate survivors and evading the pursuit of military operatives. Faces appearing on wanted posters throughout the Midwest, they're forced to travel deep undercover, taking drastic actions to avoid capture. Back in Wisconsin, the shocking discovery of a man long thought dead brings conflicting emotions to Dexter, sewing division among his family and setting things on a collision course toward potential violence.

With a second chance ahead of them and the moonshiner’s compound in the rearview mirror, Ben and his crew can resume their cross-country trek to Colorado. Or can they? Three newly rescued acquaintances and another canine companion complicate their life on the road. And the addition of two more vehicles to their west bound convoy only adds to Ben’s responsibilities. Making matters worse, the open road quickly proves more hostile than they remember.

Even now, even after all that took place between us, I can still feel how moved I am by him. Ciaran was that downy, darkening blond of a baby just leaving its infancy. He was the most beautiful man I had ever seen. None of it mattered in the end; what he looked like, who he was, the things he would do to me. To make a beautiful man love and live with me had seemed - obviously, intuitively - the entire point of life. My need was greater than reality, stronger than the truth, more savage than either of us would eventually bear. 

The modern-day American dream: one man's journey into the depths of Reddit trading forums chasing the promise of a 'better life' 'A fantastically compelling personal story that is also the story of a generation . . . Told with perfect timing.' - SIMON KUPER 'Searing insights into the challenges...

Suspenseful military space fleet adventure and hard science fiction come together in this series of future space colonization in the Alpha Centauri star system. Captain James Van Wert leads a team into the very heart of the insurgency in a desperate attempt to tip the scales in favor of the fleet, and comes face-to-face with the separatist leaders. Meanwhile, CPF leader Rusla Skjaldmaer makes a rash decision to bolster the strength of the insurgency for the looming confrontation with the fleet.

Sedan Anders familj lämnade honom har hans värld rasat samman. I ett sista desperat försök att återta kontrollen över sitt liv, och utan något att förlora, rånar han Ansgar Bank. Och han lyckas – nästan. Samtidigt som Anders förs till fängelset, börjar kriminalinspektör Birgitta Björkhammar undra om det döljer sig mer bakom fallet än vad rånaren har berättat. Något får henne att misstänka att pengarna fortfarande finns där ute – och att någon är villig att göra vad som helst för att hitta dem.

The Deliverance has arrived. The planet is beautiful, lush, teeming with life and perfectly suited to the colony’s needs. It should be a paradise. Instead, it’s a nightmare. Caleb knows the truth. The ship’s real mission has nothing to do with settlement. The plan is much more sinister than that. Now the race is on to prepare for the coming storm, to secure the colony, and find the enemy before the enemy finds them.

Mina Rose Cabot, age thirteen, disappeared walking home from soccer practice in Devon, Pennsylvania. Eight months later her body is found in Battery Park, New York, speared through the chest by a three-inch piece of wood. Lt. Eve Dallas knows that whoever took Mina is responsible for her death. But who took her and where has Mina been for eight long months?

Based on a chilling true crime story. Just how far some people are willing to go to make ends meet depends upon their moral compasses, or lack thereof.

When he’s not riding waves, modeling for surfing magazines, or posting viral content for his many fans, Casey Stonebreaker spends his days helping with the family restaurant—catching fish in the morning and bartending at night. Casey’s love for the ocean and his willingness to expose illegal poachers on his platforms puts him on a collision course with a crime syndicate eager to destroy anyone threatening their business.

Zoey Harper hält ihr Leben für beendet – bis sie sich plötzlich in der Stadt der Fae wiederfindet und erfährt, dass ausgerechnet sie magische Kräfte besitzen soll. Logan Rockwood scheint der einzige Ausweg zu sein – chronisch arrogant, attraktiv und von Frauen gründlich genervt. Er wird dazu verdonnert, ihr zu helfen und sie bei sich wohnen zu lassen. Während seine Methoden ihr die Röte ins Gesicht treiben, ringt Zoey noch mit den Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit.

Now a major motion picture starring Mel Gibson: a Mississippi-set southern noir where drugs, whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect. For eleven years the clock has been ticking for Russell Gaines as he sits in Parchman Penitentiary in the Mississippi Delta. His sentence is...

When a tree destroys Vicki's art gallery, she finds herself desperate for money. David offers help, but she is determined to make it on her own. Searching for what to paint, Vicki stumbles upon a mysterious necklace and starts painting portraits of a missing Native American girl. Private investigator Ben Stone becomes curious, and he reopens the cold case enlisting David's help. As Vicki delves deeper into her art, a former art teacher emerges, offering to boost her career. But his assistance comes with a dark cost.

"Narrator Susan Ericksen's performance vibrates with energy as she portrays old and new characters in this series." —AudioFile on Desperation in Death The #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a gripping new thriller that pits homicide detective Eve Dallas against a conspiracy of...

Monsters don’t always hide in the shadows. Sometimes, they’re right in front of us. My job is to uncover the truth, but this time, the truth drags me straight to Hell, and I’m terrified that my nightmares will consume me. As my life spirals out of control, protection comes from the most unlikely of places. With Jaxson, I’m safe, but safety can also be an illusion. Do I have the strength to hold on or do I succumb to the darkness with each new threat?

Nathan Hobbs, a one-time US navy captain dismissed for being drunk on duty and now the captain of a container ship, finds himself in serious trouble. Unless he can pay his gambling debts, he is liable to lose his fingers. Given this, when offered a large sum of money to accept two containers on his ship, Nathan is only too willing to agree. To his shock and horror, he later finds he has jumped from the frying pan into the fire. He has become the unwilling accomplice in a terrorist plot targeting America.

A former true crime reporter whose articles have appeared in the Rick Mofina draws upon his wealth of knowledge to pen gripping crime dramas. In Desperation finds gritty journalist Jack Gannon reunited with his estranged sister Cora. But the circumstances are less than ideal. Cora’s daughter has been kidnapped and is now being held for five million dollars ransom. Time is running out, and as Gannon digs deeper into the case, it becomes clear that his sister is holding something back - a secret from her sordid past that could be the key to saving her daughter’s life.