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När Darkus Cuttles pappa försvinner spårlöst från sitt jobb på Naturhistoriska Museet måste Darkus bo hos sin farbror Max. Han och vännerna Bertolt och Virginia vill lösa mysteriet. Kanske kan de ta hjälp av sina nya grannar, skalbaggarna, som visar sig vara allt annat än vanliga insekter... M. G. Leonard är en prisbelönad, engelsk författare av böcker, dikter och teaterföreställningar. Hon har också arbetat en del i musikbranschen. Just nu bor hon i Brighton med sina två söner. Denna bok är den första delen i trilogin om pojken Darkus Cutter och hans intelligenta skalbaggar som förväntas avslutas med en tredje och sista del år 2018.

Detta är den magkittlande, andra delen i berättelsen om Darkus Cutter, hans vänner Bertolt och Virginia och deras skalbaggar. Darkus pappa är lyckligtvis vid liv, men försvinner igen precis efter att ha fått se skalbaggarna. Det verkar som att han gått över till den onda sidan och Lucretia Cutter. Nu måste de ta hjälp av farbror Max och kanske till och med Lucretias dotter, Novak. Med sig har de sina skalbaggar som troget hjälper dem. Hur ska det gå? Och vad är det för ondskefull plan som uppdagas?

This is a collection of 15 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism, magic, ancient wisdom and philosophy, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, spiritualism, metaphysics, and New Thought by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects.

Adair is a young journalist living in London. Overshadowing his childhood is the obsession his father, Doctor Brown, has with a medical conspiracy. Fearing for his life, the doctor flees to a remote Scottish island, leaving his two sons behind wondering whether their father is deluded, insane, or actually telling the truth. Sophia is Adair’s childhood friend. At the age of 11, they become separated only to meet years later through the Internet. However, they are soon overcome by dark events and the horrific fracturing of their everyday lives.

After centuries of lying buried, a dark and dangerous book is unearthed. It holds great powers and secrets. Now in the hands of evil, its voice threatens to transform time, space, and human existence. A battle between the dark forces of hell and the light of heaven shakes the universe. The living book has a metamorphic effect on Emperor Oswald, changing him from a man into a demonic beast. Meanwhile, humankind, ravaged by war and weakened by disease, is forced to yield to his fearful rule.

Two souls ripped from their world, lost. Raif and Ash must face their own demons in order to face what is coming. In the aftermath of the events on Avalon, Sofia takes refuge and tries to piece together what occurred and an uneasy alliance is formed with the man who tried to kill her and the one who came to rescue her. One survivor finds refuge in an unlikely place and may well hold the key to raising a force strong enough to take on the threat of the brotherhood and even the Immortal itself. Can they face up to the growing strength the Immortal poses to all living things across this universe?

Monday through Friday, Satomi works for the highly bureaucratic CoPet Corporation. She's the only girl in the male-dominated department of Lizard Children Containment. As a squire, her job is to help knights protect the public from Lizard Children. Lizard Children are a controversial technology that CoPet embraces as a means for 'safely' producing the nation's electricity. Every workday, Satomi is bullied by colleagues and belittled by superiors. Even worse, to keep her job she must silence her soul's true calling, because following it while working at CoPet's is social suicide.

The first dawn of humanity’s evolution has begun, and a war is coming. Twenty years ago, a plan was conceived of and set in motion by a group of powerful individuals. Their aim is unknown, but the outcome will soon be realized, and the fate of mankind rests on the few. Sam and Karl meet on the morning all hell breaks loose and are set on a course that will change their lives irrevocably. Hidden secrets will be revealed. Can Sam figure out the changes within herself before it’s too late?

This anthology gathers some of the finest indie horror and zombie authors together in one amazing collection of incredible tales from all across the United Kingdom. Fifteen amazing masters of the craft entertain listeners with 15 thrilling zombie stories set in the United Kingdom.

Anaya, a disillusioned 35-year-old doctor, has been looking after Gregory, a retired watchmaker and resident of an aged-care facility. On her last visit, he gifts her his final creation, an exquisitely crafted watch, knowing she will die tragically that very day. What he doesn't reveal is that it will turn back time, with one condition: she must choose the time and place to reset the clock and redo just one thing in her life.

Moving house has become a way of life for 15-year-old Isobel Miller; her father is an army major, her mother a middle-aged, pregnant, chain-smoking alcoholic. But the move to the village of Langham could be the straw that breaks the camel's back. To the truculent teenager it might as well be to Timbuktu. The only light in her miserable existence is her grandfather, storyteller elite, her savior. And when one of his macabre tales is mentioned in the local paper, Isobel is drawn into the depths of evil and devil worship.

Raif Harrison, former commander of the Star Chasers on Avalon, finds his life and everything he thought he knew changes the instant an enigmatic stranger arrives with knowledge about Raif and his true origins. Raif is set on a path that will bring him face-to-face with an age-old evil that is rising and the secret sect that has sworn to stop the prophecy, no matter what the cost. With time running out, Raif must fight an unimaginable horror that threatens his family, the woman he loves, homeworld, and beyond. The war has begun...but who will survive it?

Why would a teenager with no prior record suddenly assassinate a city councilman? Retired PI Leo Waterman wouldn’t have bothered finding out if an old pal hadn’t asked. But Leo’s girlfriend, Rebecca, thinks the investigation is too dangerous. Especially after Leo is beaten badly. Fortuitously, however, the attack leaves him with a lasting clue about the case that the attackers carved into his chest. Now, this new lead brings Leo into the woods just north of Seattle to infiltrate the dark heart of an impressionable young boy’s sudden violent turn.

The first short story - "The Tomb of Sara" - was written by English navy officer, and writer, Frederick George Loring. It was one of the very first stories from the last century featuring a lady vampire. The feminine element represents the connection with "Luella Miller" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. The inhabitant of a haunted house sucks life out of everyone who gets interested in her - and the atmosphere gets denser throughout the story.

Daniel Harper surfaces from a coma that has robbed him of two years of his life only to find himself thrust into a world threatened by an outbreak that could wipe out all mankind. Forming an uneasy alliance, Daniel is assisted by James Edmunds, the top genetic research scientist at the privately run research centre that currently holds him prisoner, while trying to discover the secrets to the Resurrection program. On the run and running out of time, can Daniel stop the approaching apocalypse?

Another murder rocks the small Welsh town of Gilfach - the police are baffled, the corpse is getting colder, and only Granny Smith, the intrepid pensioner sleuth, stands between justice and all out anarchy. Granny has a talent for mayhem, and soon those talents are put to good use as our intrepid pensioner starts to unravel the case, which finds her provoking Chief Inspector Miskin as she comes up against a full-scale police investigation, proving that you’re never too old to make a nuisance of yourself and that 71 is actually the new 21.

Puffy and the Formidable Foe offers parents a super way to make children aware and quickly sense the danger in roaming and talking to strangers. An enjoyable tale, it is about a youngster who goes out to play then leaves home and learns what a mistake that was.

Newly returned from investigating a murder in Monkslip-super-Mare, former M15 agent Max Tudor wants nothing more than to settle back into his predictable routine as vicar of St. Edwold's Church in the village of Nether Monkslip. But the flow of his sermon on Bathsheba is interrupted when Lady Duxter is found dead after having made a suicide pact with her lover. Lady Duxter's husband rallies quickly from the double tragedy - too quickly, it is murmured in the village. Having already planned a writer's retreat at his manor house, he insists the show must go on.

Daniel Amen, M.D., one of the world’s foremost authorities on the brain, has news for you: your brain is involved in everything you do—learn to care for it properly, and you will be smarter, healthier, and happier in as little as 15 days! You probably run, lift weights, or do yoga to keep...

When dreams turn to nightmares. It was just an old bed, bought for the spare room. Except that a hundred years earlier a witch called Rose slept in it. Now Rose's unhappy spirit comes as part of the deal. An angry ghost comes with the bed. That's not what you'd call a bargain.