In this harrowing thriller from bestselling author Christopher Pike, a teen girl must solve the mystery of her own murder before the killer strikes again.After a night spent out with friends, Shari Cooper wakes up in her bed not sure how she got home. And things only get stranger when her family acts like she’s not even there. Nothing Shari says gets a response and nothing she does can get someone to even glance at her. Then the hospital calls.Shari’s mom starts to cry. The...

In Falling, Christopher Pike explores the depth and breadth of human emotion through two brilliantly etched characters: Kelly Feinman, who pays a terrible price to understand the nature of true evil; and Matt Connor, a classic anti-hero who captures the reader's sympathy.Kelly Feinman: Once a brilliant FBI profiler and field agent, Kelly went rogue on her last case, hunting the serial killer known as the Acid Man. Now, still recovering from the madman's brutal assault, rega...

CHRISTOPHER PIKE’s first book in his trilogy Making Sense of War examined war as a social phenomenon. About War (2021) explained why war, organised violence, happens.War in Context shows through examples from history how the state legitimises war and how war legitimises the state, and how Britain has used military force in the past.Pike asks: is war necessary? Can it be predicted? Is terrorism war? Is terrorism effective and how should it be countered? Wha...

This final volume in the Making Sense of War trilogy, builds upon the concepts and reassessments of its predecessors, nbsp;About War and War in Context.War after Ukraine offers a compelling analysis of Russia’s historic use of force, the Ukraine war, and the reasons behind Putin’s aggression.Christopher Pike challenges the argument that provocations like Western’s smug satisfaction at communism’s demise, nationalism and NATO expansion gave Putin excuses to invade.While...

A teen discovers she's a fairy princess who must save the world in this young adult fantasy trilogy debut by a New York Times–bestselling author.Everyone, at some point in life, dreams that they are secretly a king or queen or wizard of a far-off land. Someday their true identity will be revealed, and they will begin a new life of magic and power and love.Teenager Ali Warner has reason to cling to such a fantasy. While hiking in the woods behind her ...

In Alosha and The Shaktra, thirteen-year-old Ali Warner discovered that she was not an ordinary teenager, but was actually Queen of the Fairies. Through seven painful trials, Ali reclaimed many of her magical powers and defeated an elemental army that was preparing to attack the Earth. In the elemental world, Ali learned the true nature of her greatest enemy -- the Shaktra -- and discovered why it covets the Yanti, a mystical talisman of immense power that Ali now possess...

In Alosha, Ali Warner discovered that she was not an ordinary teenager but actually Queen of the Fairies. Through seven terrifying trials, Ali reclaimed her magical powers and managed to defeat an elemental army that was preparing to destroy the Earth. At the same time, she took possession of the Yanti, a mystical talisman whose powers she has barely begun to understand.Now Ali searches for her missing mother in the elemental world. Accompanied by an African youth she meets...

Prepare to go down a scary path in this first book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series.Adam has just moved to the small town of Springville. His first day there, he meets Sally, who tells him the town’s real name is Spooksville because of all the spooky things that go on. Adam doesn’t believe her—until they go in search of the Secret Path, a magical path that leads to other Spooksvilles.Join Adam, Sally, and their friend Watch as they ...

Now an original Netflix series!From the author of The Wicked Heart and The Immortal comes a beautiful and haunting novel about a group of five terminally ill teenagers whose midnight stories become their reality.Rotterham Home was a hospice for young people—a place where teenagers with terminal illnesses went to die. Nobody who checked in ever checked out. It was a place of pain and sorrow, but also, remarkably, a place of...

The Secret PathPrepare to go down a scary path in this first book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series.Adam has just moved to the small town of Springville. His first day there, he meets Sally, who tells him the town’s real name is Spooksville because of all the spooky things that go on. Adam doesn’t believe her—until they go in search of the Secret Path, a magical path that leads to other Spooksvilles.Join Adam, S...

Aliens in the SkyEmbark upon an out-of-this-world adventure in this fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series.When Adam and his friends stay up late one night, they see bright lights in the sky. Lights that look suspiciously like flying saucers. Then, the next night, one of the saucers lands by the reservoir, and the creatures who come out of the ship don’t look like people at all. Their heads are too large, and t...

The Dark CornerA secret portal leads to danger and darkness in this seventh book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series. At Sally’s insistence, the gang sets out to find the cool and sophisticated Bryce Poole. He went off to investigate the Secret Path a week ago and hasn’t been seen since. When they find his backpack abandoned next to Madeline Templeton’s tombstone, they know he’s gone to a different realm. Sally, Adam, and Watch...