When family man Paul Jeske discovers an envelope in his mailbox addressed to one Lucine Korth, curiosity drives him to investigate this unique name. His research turns up images of an intensely attractive woman who lives only blocks from his home. As Paul delves further into this emergent fixation, blurring lines both legal and moral, his professional and family life suffer. Soon this game of cat-and-mouse progresses into perpetually-more perilous territory and Paul learns an astonishing t...

In Bicentennial America, prominent families vie to fill the power vacuum soon anticipated to be left behind by the ailing "Granny" Adeline Gable, a matriarch who has ruled rural Ashford County for decades from her hilltop mansion, and who has long been rumored to have devious dealings with a clandestine cabal.But the longer Adeline lingers the more impatient the families get and soon plots are contrived that could speed along her demise and free up much of the land and resources sh...

Trapped in a bar by the biggest snowstorm in over a century, Ben Clary will soon learn that sometimes humans are the worst monsters of all.Ben Clary is an everyday working man who caps off an afternoon of holiday shopping with a drink at his favorite watering hole. Before long, he is intoxicated, and a brutal winter storm descends. Trapped by a howling storm seems bad enough, until Ben and his fellow bar patrons find out something terrible and deadly lurks in the blizzard outside, ...

A man awakens to discover he had been granted godlike powers. Another contemplates the universe while on the edge of committing an unthinkable act. Teenagers discover something horrific washed up on a beach and decide to conduct a terrible experiment. A Midwestern barnyard becomes a battleground when the livestock turns the tables on their owners. A retired homicide detective haunted by his only unsolved case becomes obsessed with the killer's final victim, while a troubled rock star emerg...

Summer, 1941. Murdoch, Illinois, in the Corn Belt of Ashford County. With the nation on the verge of a second World War, a young man finds work at the house of the wealthiest family in town. Harold Albright has a simple job: keep quiet and do as he's told. This decree comes from Alice Tandy, the no-nonsense head of the housekeeping staff. The homeowners, Donald and Hannah Brenton, are urban transplants seeking a quieter lifestyle, who keep their business mysteriously concealed. They are al...

In Bicentennial America, prominent families vie to fill the power vacuum soon anticipated to be left behind by the ailing "Granny" Adeline Gable, a matriarch who has ruled rural Ashford County for decades from her hilltop mansion, and who has long been rumored to have devious dealings with a clandestine cabal.But the longer Adeline lingers the more impatient the families get and soon plots are contrived that could speed along her demise and free up much of the land and resources sh...

When family man Paul Jeske discovers an envelope in his mailbox addressed to one Lucine Korth, curiosity drives him to investigate this unique name. His research turns up images of an intensely attractive woman who lives only blocks from his home. As Paul delves further into this emergent fixation, blurring lines both legal and moral, his professional and family life suffer. Soon this game of cat-and-mouse progresses into perpetually-more perilous territory and Paul learns an astonishing t...

A man awakens to discover he had been granted godlike powers. Another contemplates the universe while on the edge of committing an unthinkable act. Teenagers discover something horrific washed up on a beach and decide to conduct a terrible experiment. A Midwestern barnyard becomes a battleground when the livestock turns the tables on their owners. A retired homicide detective haunted by his only unsolved case becomes obsessed with the killer's final victim, while a troubled rock star emerg...

An airship. To a new country and yet another new school for twelve-year-old Emma Quinne.Her mother promises that the star-shaped, ancient Volegrim Academy is the right place for Emma. Even with its—as Emma comes to learn—hidden secrets.Like her new friends Jack and Aveline, and their secrets. But what's with Aveline's dark glasses? And Jack's big fear of Volegrim's headmistress? Then there's the language everyone speaks at Volegrim. Not the English. Not Aveline's fine Frenc...

Trapped in a bar by the biggest snowstorm in over a century, Ben Clary will soon learn that sometimes humans are the worst monsters of all.Ben Clary is an everyday working man who caps off an afternoon of holiday shopping with a drink at his favorite watering hole. Before long, he is intoxicated, and a brutal winter storm descends. Trapped by a howling storm seems bad enough, until Ben and his fellow bar patrons find out something terrible and deadly lurks in the blizzard outside, ...

Summer, 1941. Murdoch, Illinois, in the Corn Belt of Ashford County. With the nation on the verge of a second World War, a young man finds work at the house of the wealthiest family in town. Harold Albright has a simple job: keep quiet and do as he's told. This decree comes from Alice Tandy, the no-nonsense head of the housekeeping staff. The homeowners, Donald and Hannah Brenton, are urban transplants seeking a quieter lifestyle, who keep their business mysteriously concealed. They are al...

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