Over a thousand years have passed since the Long Wars ended and the higher gods abandoned the lands of Arden. Divided and fearful, Arden has managed to secure a restless peace.But peace never lasts. Darkness creeps through the lands once more.Salvarias, a man born of shadow and fire, will become hunted for his magic and a power that can grant a vile god instant victory. Only his brother, Wilhelm, can save him from not only the evil stalking him, but also the darkness that g...

One god created the ultimate power, another the ultimate betrayal. Two kingdoms at war, with one man cursed to end it all.From across the Blood River, the kingdom of Vard watches with disgust as their enemy, Eadom, feeds its children to the necrophites. Since before histories were recorded, Vard has sought to free Eadom's children from their horrific fate, but have only seen defeat. Until now. The church has finally recovered a dreadful power stolen from them years ago, a power tha...

Salvarias's visions have saved the city of Serinity. Now, a new vision of a massive army will send the Laybryth brothers and a group of companions on a perilous journey across Arden.As the darkness discovers the secret behind Salvarias's visions, it schemes a dreadful ploy to ensnare him. Wilhelm's abilities become battle tested as he struggles to keep his brother safe. But not all of Wilhelm's enemies can die by the blade.Destructive powers igniting inside Salvarias threat...

As Salvarias finally understands his true destiny, the untold story of the gods' abandonment begins to reveal itself. Every answer the brothers discover only raises new questions. Wilhelm and Salvarias find themselves unwilling pawns in a deadly game. One they must play, no matter the cost.

Evil has spread, determined to rule and desperate to avoid the mistakes of its past. There is little time for King Lilkous to prepare for the impending war as darkness threatens every corner of Arden. Doom seems inevitable, but some souls are not so easily extinguished.

This horror anthology contains seven stories, each written by different authors: John Cassian, Tom Conyers, D.Z.C., Danielle Tara Evans, L.K. Evans, Chance Maree, and Thaddeus White.A longhorn rancher gets more than he bargained for...A mythical bird becomes all too real...The ghost of a cat enacts a nasty revenge...And a bear becomes a weapon just as dangerous to its wielder...These are some of the tales in this anthology of animal mayhem by excitin...

In the spirit of Haruki Murakami and Amelia Gray, Catherine Lacey's Nobody Is Ever Missing is full of mordant humor and uncanny insights, as Elyria waffles between obsession and numbness in the face of love, loss, danger, and self-knowledge.Without telling her family, Elyria takes a one-way flight to New Zealand, abruptly leaving her stable but unfulfilling life in Manhattan. As her husband scrambles to figure out what happened to her, Elyria hurtles into ...

This collection of thirty-eight terrifying tales of serial killers at large, written by the great masters of the genre, plumbs the horrifying depths of a deranged mind and the forces of evil that compel a human being to murder, gruesomely and methodically, over and over again.From Hannibal Lecter ( The Silence of the Lambs) to Patrick Bateman ( American Psycho), stories of serial killers and psychos loom large and menacing in our collective psyche....

Lock your doors, hide under your covers, and prepare to be terrified by this bone-chilling anthology of twenty-nine all-original tales about monsters from legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow.**WINNER of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology!A Shirley Jackson and Locus Award Finalist! A World Fantasy Award Nominee!**In Screams from the Dark, award-winning and up-and-coming authors like Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw...

From the editors of One Buck Horror Volume One comes the next installment in this acclaimed horror anthology series. This new volume features five pulse-pounding tales, sure to please hardcore and casual horror fans alike.In "What Swims These Waters" by Daniel Ausema, two people are adrift in a small boat in a storm, and something in the water is biting.A new way to get high sparks a search for a missing sister, and leads to terrors hidden in the heart of the inner city, in...

If you only had one wish to make, would you change your life, or would you change someone else's? Can a Goldfish find happiness in his dreary surroundings? Trapped in a tiny glass tank, a miserable goldfish makes it perfectly clear how disappointed he is with life. A series of wishes granted by a magic star reveal that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Will the fish ever find true happiness? Join him on his quest for a better life and his journey into selflessness in this ...

A man and woman must outwit a killer amid a harrowing natural disaster in this thriller by a USA Today–bestselling author and Carol Award winner.Mia Sandoval's friend is murdered under mysterious circumstances—and the single mother is a suspect. Her only ally is a man she isn't sure she can trust. Search and rescue worker Dallas Black has a past as harrowing as Mia's own, and the police are suspicious of them both . . .With no choice but to work with...