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Una infección lo cambia todo. En cuestión de días, el mundo colapsa. Las ciudades caen. Las carreteras se convierten en trampas mortales. La ayuda desaparece. Y los infectados no son lentos… cazan. Mientras el apocalipsis zombi se extiende sin control, familias enteras quedan separadas, obligadas a cruzar un país destruido para reencontrarse. Cada decisión importa. Cada error cuesta la vida. En su camino encontrarán ciudades abandonadas, carreteras bloqueadas y zonas donde el mayor peligro no siempre son los zombis… sino otros supervivientes. Sobrevivir ya es difícil. Mantener la...

Freya loves her new home on a quiet suburban street. And her beautiful neighbor, Emily, is everything she’s ever wanted in a best friend. Finally, she has somebody to share her secrets with over a glass of wine. But as Freya watches her new friend setting the table for dinner one evening, she sees something shocking that makes her think that Emily’s life might not be as perfect as it seems. Days later, Emily and her daughter vanish.

Chris watches as the world around him falls apart. Bitten by a loved one, he hovers in a feverish state for weeks, his recovery carefully observed by a group that considers itself above humanity. A group that sees people as prey. Chris becomes a pawn in the war to determine the future of mankind. Follow him as he evolves from being a frazzled 20-something college educated mama's boy into something more. Hopefully, it's enough.

Pick up where book 2 of the Zombies! series left off. Continue the adventure as Randy and Kelly continue the search for their daughters in a world gone mad. Kyler doggedly pursues his assigned espionage mission no longer knowing whether or not he believes in it. The girls struggle with loss in a hard world that continues to challenge their will to survive and their faith in their parents to come rescue them. This post-apocalyptic thrill ride continues to power through a world of lost souls reeking of death and misery. Join in the journey.

Son of the Keeper: The Complete Box Set is a thrilling young adult fantasy adventure filled with magic, destiny, and epic battles across worlds. For centuries, the magical people of Xandia have hidden among humans—guardians of an ancient portal and a fragile peace. But when a dark Horde rises and discovers their sanctuary on Earth, the last hope rests in a boy who never knew he was royalty. Alex thought he was just another orphan—until the day he unlocks a power buried deep within. Thrust into a world of enchanted realms, powerful magic schools, and rival kingdoms, Alex must train, ...

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As Detective Dan Lockhart is called to a wealthy London street to investigate Natasha’s death, he’s startled by the similarity to a previous case. Noticing the cable-tie restraints and the tiny scratches on Natasha’s wedding finger, Dan already knows what he will find if he looks in her mouth - the metal ball which choked her to death. Months earlier, Kim Hardy was found in the same position in a run-down hotel across the city - an identical silver ball in her throat. But Kim’s murderer was caught and sent to prison - did they arrest the wrong man?

This emotional and honest book explores a racist encounter from the perspective of a young Black boy, while offering a message of unconditional love and acceptance to soothe the pain of blind prejudice. In this story based on the author's childhood, a young Black boy confronts his first...

ZOURNAL – LIBRO 1 Diario de un Zombie — Todo Empezó Steve se despierta una mañana después de unas de las peores semanas de su vida. Perdió a su novia, su trabajo, sus ahorros y casi todo su amor propio. Con resaca, mal humor y cero expectativas, se arrastra hasta la ventana de su apartamento, con una botella de agua tibia y un puñado de pastillas. Lo que ve afuera no tiene ningún sentido. Gente corriendo como loca. Incendios. Choques. Gritos. Caos total. Y luego… gente comiéndose a otra gente. Su solución lógica es volver a la cama y esperar que todo sea una pesadilla. No lo ...

Something has opened a doorway to Hell… on the edge of an island. On the windswept bluffs of Block Island, beneath the shadow of the Southeast Lighthouse, a lonely house sits overlooking the endless Atlantic Ocean. The waves crash below the cliffs. The wind howls across the grass. From the outside, the house looks quiet. Peaceful. Safe. Inside, something is waiting. Late one night, strange whispers begin echoing through the hallway outside the bedrooms. The air turns cold. The walls begin to crack. And something begins moving in the darkness between the doors. Then the floor splits open. ...

"Tim Burton meets Edward Gorey in Merritt’s extravagantly gothic figures and settings." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The third book in the spellbinding series Jeff Kinney called “wildly imaginative and totally terrifying” finds Levi, Kat, and their friends caught in the grips of a...

In this spine-tingling follow-up to No Place for Monsters, which Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney called "wildly imaginative and totally terrifying," a group of unlikely friends must band together to protect their town from the monsters that are threatening to destroy it. The storm is...

In this groundbreaking book, one of America's premier religion writers revives ancient expressions through cultural commentary, vulnerable personal narratives, and surprising biblical insights. Both provocative and liberating, Learning to Speak God from Scratch will breathe new life into your spiritual conversations and lure you into the embrace of the God who inhabits them.

The infected continue to rage across the continents as the Familia's hit squads close in on Chris and crew. Between the baldies, the Nera Guardia, and the powerful undead factions that want him dead Chris doesn't see how his situation could get any worse. Now he has to keep his head above water while supporting his friends in a fast paced ride down the River Styx. Wait a second? Did you say werewolf zombies???

The world is becoming a much more complicated place for Kyler in this latest addition to the Zombies! series. He's being asked to do things that are slowly eating away at his sense of right and wrong. The people closest to him start to question his loyalty as he fights to maintain his self-respect on an increasingly slippery moral slope. A state away Kelly and Randy have no problem breaking rules and would gladly take a running leap onto a slippery slope to save their girls from the clutches of the brotherhood.

Abraham Merritt's Burn, Witch, Burn! is like a detective novel masquerading as a dark fantasy novel. It’s a cross-genre experimentation from the late '20s blending horror, fantasy, and crime drama. An unfortunate neurologist named Dr. Lowell finds himself confronted with a series of mysterious deaths. Each victim falls into a state of paralysis before later convulsing and finally expiring, stiffening into an abrupt rigor mortis. Merritt weaves a mix of creeping dread, action, and mystery of animated, demonic, murderous toy dolls.

When the body of wealthy businessman Charles Stott is found dead on Wimbledon Common, covered in bruises just feet away from his luxury home, Detective Dan Lockhart is called to investigate the shocking scene. Examining the sickeningly disfigured body before him, Lockhart knows he’s dealing with a brutal killer. Looking more closely, he notices something on the victim’s neck: a small, crudely drawn symbol in black ink. It seems the murderer has marked his victim, but why? Dan needs to get inside the perpetrator’s mind, so he contacts psychologist Dr. Lexi Green.

Two men in one body! That's how Lief Langdon had always felt. One part of him was a modern-day adventurer, the other was a strange half-memory of another life where he was a High Priest sacrificing living people to Khalk'ru, a demon god from another time and space. Then Langdon stumbled through the mirage into a hidden Arctic valley, where he fell under the spell of Evalie, as beautiful outwardly as she was inwardly, and her friends the Little People, elfin warriors constantly warring with Lur, the Witch-Woman, and her demon riders.

Kyler orbits more closely around Randy and Kelly's world as the chase heats up to find the fugitives and bring them to the senator for vengeance. New territories are opened, and the world continues to expand. Loyalties are built and destroyed as everyone struggles to beat their way through this new normal. Climb in and buckle up while we keep hydro-sliding backward at a 100 miles per hour through the zombie apocalypse.

Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances, and other friends. They are witnesses of a strange aurora-like effect, but seemingly a deliberate one. The group is saved from death in the mountains by a magnificent woman they get to know as Norhala. They are led to a hidden valley occupied by what they name "The Metal Monster", a strange metal city occupied by the metal animate "Things" Norhala commands.