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Thirteen terrifying tales from the master of horror who created the nationally bestselling Necroscope series. The title story, "Fruiting Bodies," in which a small village slowly disappears, won the British Fantasy Award.

I've wanted one thing for as long as I can remember—someone to love, a family, and a happily ever after. I finally found it with the least likely person across the street. Our life together has been dipped in espresso and given a massive jolt forward, but we couldn't be happier. That is, until someone threatens that happiness and I'm forced to respond in order to protect my family that's barely begun. I didn't mean for this relationship to begin bathed in blood, but I will do anything to protect the love I've waited decades for.

Meet Adam Black: a loner, a fighter, a man bound by honour—and haunted by his past. When a long-awaited message sends Black to America, he’s thrust into a deadly game of betrayal and revenge, uncovering enemies from his time in Afghanistan. Back in Scotland, a seemingly minor act of intervention spirals into a brutal feud with a psychotic heir to a crime empire. From cult compounds to the rugged Scottish hills, Black must rely on his lethal skills to survive. But when the dust settles, can he escape the ghosts of his past—or will they consume him?

Agility isn't a formula, a framework, nor a set of roles and rituals to follow. It's a timeless way of being that matures with practice and skill. Becoming agile involves knowing the difference between being quick or hurrying, moving with ease or difficulty, being in or out of balance, graceful or awkward, adaptable or rigid, resourceful or resentful. With Joy of Agility, Joshua Kerievsky, CEO of Industrial Logic, one of the oldest and most-respected agile consultancies in the world, shows you how to harness agility in work and life to solve problems and succeed sooner.

Do you keep procrastinating? Do you struggle to stay focused long enough to achieve success? Or, do you feel overwhelmed and unable to find the most effective task to focus on? If so, this Productivity Series Boxset is for you! The Productivity Series Boxset guides you on a three-to-four-week journey to skyrocket your productivity. With tips, tools, and daily exercises, you will gain clarity on your goals and be fully equipped to complete your tasks.

Danielle arrives on Everis excited to meet her new mate. She watches as her friends find happiness while haunted by dreams of an Everian Hunter who will not come for her - a mate who refuses to claim her. But something isn’t right. The dreams turn dark. Tortured. Her mate is suffering, and nothing will stop her from finding him - especially not his stern orders to choose another, to protect herself above all others, and cherish her life above his own.

Jake Cutter is reluctantly learning how to be a Necroscope - how to use the Mobius continuum to travel instantaneously from place to place, how to talk to the dead - but dead humans don't like him much. As far as he's concerned, Jake won't stop until he's satisfied his own bloodlust. He wants revenge against the Italian mobsters who killed the woman he loved and nearly killed him. But it seems vampire hunting is truly Jake's job now. To defeat them, Jake will need every weapon in a Necroscope's arsenal, including the power to pull all the unsleeping dead out of their moldering graves.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'High-octane . . . nail-biting' Daily Mail Three women are on the run, wanted for the murder of a high-ranking mobster in this stunning new stand-alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer James Patterson. ______________________ Sarah, his personal chef Anna...

Betrayed by their allies, the last of the Picts have escaped to the innermost part of an endless, dark forest, content to remain hidden there forever. Made queen at just a child, Cyrene has given all of her life and heart to the task of making sure her people are never terrorized again. When a handsome stranger from the kingdom that betrayed them falls injured at the boundary of her village, she’s forced to choose between mercy and duty.

Packed with hundreds of fun, brain-teasing, and educational questions, this quiz book is the ultimate entertainment solution for family nights, road trips, parties, and lazy Sunday afternoons. Carefully crafted for both kids and adults, each quiz is designed to challenge minds, spark laughter, and create unforgettable memories. With a wide range of topics — from general knowledge and pop culture to history, science, and more — there’s something for everyone, from the youngest players to the wisest grandparents.

He thought he could walk out. Six miles. A compass. Three hours. Simple. When Cole's snowmobile fails in a whiteout, the plan is straightforward: walk south-southwest, reach the truck, go home. But the storm erases everything. No horizon. No landmarks. No sense of direction you can trust. The compass works. The math works. He doesn't. As the cold tightens and the daylight disappears, Cole realizes the truth: He isn't getting closer. He's circling. With time running out and his body beginning to fail, survival becomes something else entirely: Stop moving. Stay visible. Wait. If you can.

Coal ist zwar der Prinz von Weihnachten, aber würde dieses Jahr lieber darauf verzichten. Grund dafür ist sein Vater Santa Claus, der aus ihm seine neueste PR-Kampagne machen will: Coal soll seine beste Freundin Iris, die Prinzessin von Ostern, heiraten, um eine Allianz zwischen den Feiertagen zu bilden. Als ein Konkurrent im Kampf um die Hand der Prinzessin auftaucht, trifft Coal auf ein bekanntes Gesicht: Hex, der gutaussehende und charmante Prinz von Halloween. Je mehr Zeit vergeht, desto mehr fühlen sich die zwei Prinzen zueinander hingezogen.

Phoebe and Sam meet by chance at St Pancras station. Heading in opposite directions, both seeking their own adventures, meeting the love of their lives wasn’t part of the plan. So they make a promise: to meet again in the same place in 12 months' time if they still want to be together. But is life ever as simple as that? This is a story of what-ifs and maybes - and how one decision can change your life forever....

The American economy was built on the bedrock of family farms and family businesses, but the Industrial revolution replaced that with factories and businesses. Although it seems like history has moved on, there were men who said that the family could be the center of production again. Historian and activist Allan C. Carlson has shown that the decline of the productive household has been part of the reason for the decline of marriages and the family in modern America.

There are secret ways of seeing the world of finance that every investor should know. Overlooked things that tip the balance from failure to success. Hidden truths that make the critical difference between understanding the world and being dangerously naive. And surprising realities that...

INCLUDES A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS Experience one of the most enduring classics of the twentieth century and the book that The Atlantic has called “one of the best fantasy novels ever.” The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone... ...so she ventured out from the...

On the night of his twenty-first birthday, a domino effect of unfortunate events leads Liam Cassidy to a chance encounter with a stranger. What he thinks will be nothing more than a moment of shared refuge in a bar bathroom takes a turn when Liam finds the same stranger waiting in his hotel room that night.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer in this gripping teen thriller for World Book Day from award-winning author Benjamin Dean. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Sophie McKenzie. Harley Matthews is used to fading into the background. But all that changes when he’s selected to...

I clean up the streets of Anaheim from the hate one man left behind. On the surface, I work with the local authorities, but in secret, I kill those who hurt others. During a planned interception, we arrive on the scene too late, and a man's scream fills the streets. The moment I look upon his face, my entire life shifts to make him the center. Instead of going to a hospital, I bring him home. Now, I need to figure out how to nurse him back to health, and hope he can accept my quirks so I can keep him.

Adrian DeLuca is one of Brynn U’s star hockey players. And in a college town like Brynn, California, playing for the Ice Dragons is almost like being a mini-celebrity. So, when Adrian’s first crush comes back to town, he can’t help but flaunt his new celebrity status in front of the older man.