Christina Henry

A woman must confront the evil that has been terrorizing her street since she was a child in this gripping haunted house novel, perfect for fans of The Last House on Needless Street and Tell Me I'm Worthless. On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away from that house. But of course, children don't listen. Children think it's fun to be scared, to dare each other to go inside. Jessie Campanelli did what many older sisters do and dared her little brother Paul. But unlike all the other kids who went inside that abandoned house, Paul didn't return. His two friends, Jake and Richie, said that the house ate Paul. Of course adults didn't believe that. Adults never believe what kids say. They thought someone kidnapped Paul, or otherwise hurt him. They thought Paul had disappeared in a way that was ordinary, explainable. The disappearance of her little brother broke Jessie's family apart in ways that would never be repaired. Jessie grew up, had a child of her own, kept living on the same street where the house that ate her brother sat, crouched and waiting. And darkness seemed to spread out from that house, a darkness that was alive-alive and hungry.

Az örök klasszikus, "Piroska és a farkas" meséjének posztapokaliptikus időkben élő hőse nem is olyan védtelen, mint amilyennek látszik. Felütötte a fejét a Járvány, amely megtizedelte a lakosságot, a túlélők pedig karanténtáborokba kényszerültek, ahol arat a halál, a romlás és a betegség. Egy fiatal lány egyedül próbál elmenekülni, és életben maradni egy olyan világban, amely semmiben sem hasonlít ahhoz a másikhoz, amelyben felnőtt, amely tökéletesen biztonságos, normális és unalmas volt... egészen három hónappal ezelőttig. A piros kabátos lánynak nincs más lehetősége, mint átvágni az erdőn a nagymama házához, ám senki sincs biztonságban egyedül a rengetegben. Éjszaka előjönnek rejtekhelyükről a ragadozók: farkasok, kojotok, kígyók, mindenféle teremtmények. Vannak azonban a vadállatoknál is fenyegetőbb veszedelmek. Férfiak sötét vágyakkal és gonosz szándékokkal. Egyenruhások, bizalmas információk, halálos titkok és könyörtelen parancsok hordozói. És néha, nagy ritkán, jön egy mindezeknél is rosszabb valami...

A brand-new chilling horror novel from the bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boy When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in her hometown, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won't find the killer. After all, the year before her father's body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids. So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can't just do nothing. Not like the rest of her town. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the centre. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will.

Odejít z muzea nevšedních exponátů P. T. Barnuma bude těžší než opustit moře. Byla jednou jedna mořská panna, která se jmenovala Amelia. Toužila poznat svět lidí, pochopit jejich duše a srdce, a tak se rozhodla, že půjde žít na souš. Byl jednou jeden muž, který se jmenoval P. T. Barnum, muž, jenž toužil vydělat jmění na dechberoucích a neuvěřitelných věcech, které fascinovaly tehdejší společnost. A taková mořská panna byla víc než fascinující. Amelia souhlasí, že se stane hlavní hvězdou Barnumových show, rozhodne se, že prozradí svou identitu a dá lidem, co chtějí. Naivně si myslí, že bude moci odejít, kdykoli bude chtít. Barnum se ale mořské panny jen tak nevzdá. Amelia poznává, že lidský svět není tak úžasný, jaký si ho vysnila, přesto ji v něm potká i láska. Zamiluje se a touží po klidném rodinném životě. Podaří se jí utéct od Barnuma, před náboženskými fanatiky, nebo bude muset otročit jako exponát v muzeu až do konce svých dnů? Historická pohádka inspirovaná skutečnou událostí: P. T. Barnum ve své show v 19. století skutečně podvodně předváděl obecenstvu Mořskou pannu z Fidži.

In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo with the screams of the poor souls inside.In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blonde, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place-just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood...Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago.Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful.And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice.

There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. Once I loved a boy called Peter Pan. Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules and no grownups to make us mind. He brought boys from the Other Place to join in the fun, but Peter's idea of fun is sharper than a pirate's sword. He wants always to be that shining sun that we all revolve around. He'll do anything to be that sun. Peter promised we would all be young and happy forever. Peter will say I'm a villain, that I wronged him, that I never was his friend.

The land outside of the Old City was supposed to be green, lush, hopeful. But the verdant fields are nothing but ash-and hope is nowhere to be found. Still, Alice and Hatcher are on a mission to find his daughter: a quest they will not Forsake even as it takes them deep into the clutches of the mod White Queen or into the realm of the twisted and cruel Black King. The pieces are set and the game has begun, and each move brings Alice closer to her destiny.