THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice R...

The only way out is to die …Few know the warship’s actual name. Fewer still know what it really is. And almost no one knows of its unique ability, an ability that could tilt the balance of power if not outright win the war.But everyone has heard the rumors. Rumors about the worst place the Planetary Union Fleet can send you. Rumors of a ship with an eighty percent crew mortality rate. In these hushed, fearful whispers, the ship does have a name.People call it “the C...

You can’t trust your senses—and you sure as hell can’t trust the ship.The P.U.V. James Keeling has two objectives: raid enemy supply lines, and capture live specimens of a flesh-eating, warmongering alien species. The first mission is suicidal. The second might be worse.But there’s a complication. The operation unfolds in the territory of a neutral power—one whose ships escort the enemy, and whose laws forbid Keeling’s crew from firing back. A sing...

Meet Jud Lester: Star agent with CRYPT, the Covert Response Youth Paranormal Team.When a crime is committed and the police are at a loss, CRYPT is called in to figure out whether something paranormal is at work. Jud is their star agent.Jud, unwillingly paired with new recruit Bex, has just landed his biggest case yet ... people have been disappearing in mysterious circumstances while others are viciously attacked - yet there are no suspects and a complete lack of hard evidenc...

A routine excursion to a cave near a small town in California goes horribly wrong. Deep within the gloom, a father and his son must contend with insurmountable odds and unimaginable horror. Will they make it through, or will the night swallow them up?I have made the decision to keep things simple and write an ending that I believe is more appropriate.

“James Acton: A little bit of Jack Bauer and Indiana Jones!"FROM USA TODAY & MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDYA LONG-LOST TREASURE.A RUTHLESS ENEMY.A DEADLY RACE AGAINST TIME.A stunning discovery beneath the streets of Rome has the world watching in awe as an ancient crypt filled with the remains of gladiators stirs excitement among historians—and draws the attention of those willin...

They said she was crazy. They said Dani was gone. But Alex knows better.Alex and Dani: identical twins, inseparable since their parents abandoned them, their bond forged in a shared past no one else could touch. Then, on a fateful midsummer night when they are just twenty-two, Dani vanishes without a trace. Months of fruitless searching plunge Alex into a devastating nervous breakdown, landing her in a psychiatric ward for a month, catatonic with grief.

A young woman, committed to an asylum, undergoes a bizarre treatment that unlocks a vast well of power in this cosmic horror novella, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher.Veronica Brinkley has been committed to The Barrowfield Home, run by Dr. Cull, to treat her depression. The institution is built on the crypt of a giant Lunar Spider, tended to by a monastic group of worshippers called the Alabaster Scholars. Dr. Cull is using the lunar silk from the dead spider to "...

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into the stickiest of webs.Years ago, in a cave beneath the dense forests and streams on the surface of the moon, a gargantuan spider once lived. Its silk granted its first worshippers immense faculties of power and awe.It’s now 1923 and Veronica Brinkley is touching down on the moon for her intake at the Barrowfield Home for Treatment of th...

If Hell is full, where do the sinners go? Theodore Goss is minding his own damn business when humanity's time runs out.Everyone is shunted off to Godguild, a new universe filled with magic, monsters, and stats, where the afterlife is determined by progression. It's not about being good anymore, or even being strong. All that matters is being at the top. Hard though it is, Theo plays along as an Afterlifer, determined to make it to paradise eventually.But wh...

The Afterlife is going to war.Caught dead in the centre of a conflict between two guilds, Theo only wants his home to survive. He's worked hard to unite the mobs and grant them all the same system he has. If only they were left alone to enjoy their peace.The enemy breaks Theo's artificial system and snares his friends in a new sector. They intend to raze his home to the ground just to get to him.Hell-bent on ending the war once and for all, Theo cha...

The Afterlife is on the verge of collapse.Theodore Goss can't catch a break. Ending the war between the Mobs and saving the Skeletons from the grip of Hell isn't enough to let Theo rest, not when he has to gather the power of his sector's Overlords so that his fairer System can be properly established. Peace doesn't enforce itself, after all.But things aren't so simple. Hell is sending a powerful demon to seek retribution. With just two weeks before the ass...