City of Torment

City of Torment
Author: Bruce R. Cordell
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2010-01-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786956143

Lovecraftian horror meets the Forgotten Realms in this second installment in the Abolethic Sovereignty series A tenday has passed since the gruesome battle against the kraken. Accompanied by two crewmates of the Green Siren—mage Seren Juramot and Captain Thoster—Raidon Kane launches a search for the warlock who has stolen the Dreamheart. But just when Japheth is within their reach, he escapes to the Feywild, leading Raidon and his companions on a dangerous journey into the subterranean city of Xxiphu. There, they hope to find and slay the Eldest, a great and powerful aboleth that has the power to destroy all of Faerûn. But they aren't the only ones bound for the hidden city. There are many others, both friends and foes, who have designs of their own on the Eldest—if they all don’t kill each other first.

A Kingdom of Souls

A Kingdom of Souls
Author: Daniela Hodrová
Publisher: Prague: City of Torment
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 9780956889058

Daniela Hodrova shares her unique perception of Prague, through playful poetic prose, and by imaginatively blending historical and cultural motifs with autobiographical moments. A Kingdom of Souls is the first volume of this author's literary journey - a

City of Torment

City of Torment
Author: Daniela Hodrova
Publisher: Jantar Publishing
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2022-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781914990014

Alice returns from her death to act as witness and participant in Prague's tumultuous history from its foundation to 1989. History's losers return to watch the victors enjoy and lose their spoils. An unusual quest for self, for one's place in life, and in the world, a world that is embodied in Prague.

Key of Stars

Key of Stars
Author: Bruce R. Cordell
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786957646

Raidon and his companions get one last chance to thwart the Abolethic Sovereignty in this exciting conclusion to Bruce Cordell’s Lovecraftian Forgotten Realms series Raidon Kane survived his clash against the Eldest, the most powerful aboleth in the city of Xxiphu, but came away with his mind shattered. Destiny hands him one last chance to avert the Abolethic Sovereignty's agenda—but only if he can find within himself the strength to care. Now, Raidon, the warlock Japheth, and a young woman whose dreams are made real must find the Key of Stars before it is used to open the Far Manifold, and all reality drowns in a tide of horrific insanity.

Chainer's Torment

Chainer's Torment
Author: Scott McGough
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2002-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780786926961

In the pit-fighting arenas, a Cabal dementia caster unleashes an array of horrific monsters when the dark nightmares of his mind suddenly come to life. Original.

A Time of Torment

A Time of Torment
Author: John Connolly
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2017-05-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501118331

"Private investigator Charlie Parker descends upon a strange, isolated community called the Cut, and will face down a force of men who rule by terror, intimidation, and murder."--Provided by publisher.

Along the Path of Torment

Along the Path of Torment
Author: Chandler Morrison
Publisher: Atlatl Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2020-08-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781941918692

Ty Seward is a sick man. Anorexic, sexually aberrant, and haunted by a ghostly apparition residing in his closet. Living in the shadow of an in-remission cancer he fully expects to return, Ty bitterly earns his meager living by working as an assistant to his uncle, a business-and-media mogul who runs a lucrative child prostitution ring catering to the Hollywood elite. When Ty's line of work introduces him to a precocious teenage girl who seems to possess a shrewdly keen insight into his inner machinations, he is forced to confront his hidden demons and repressed trauma, embarking on a bleak and harrowing odyssey of self-discovery in the decomposing City of Angels.

The Quiet Room

The Quiet Room
Author: Lori Schiller
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2008-11-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0446549355

Moving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, Lori Schiller's memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage. At seventeen Lori Schiller was the perfect child-the only daughter of an affluent, close-knit family. Six years later she made her first suicide attempt, then wandered the streets of New York City dressed in ragged clothes, tormenting voices crying out in her mind. Lori Schiller had entered the horrifying world of full-blown schizophrenia. She began an ordeal of hospitalizations, halfway houses, relapses, more suicide attempts, and constant, withering despair. But against all odds, she survived. In this personal account, she tells how she did it, taking us not only into her own shattered world, but drawing on the words of the doctors who treated her and family members who suffered with her.

City Boy

City Boy
Author: Herman Wouk
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-06-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316077003

An "enormously entertaining" portrait of "a Bronx Tom Sawyer" (San Francisco Chronicle), City Boy is a sharp and moving novel of boyhood from Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk. A hilarious and often touching tale of an urban kid's adventures and misadventures on the street, in school, in the countryside, always in pursuit of Lucille, a heartless redhead personifying all the girls who torment and fascinate pubescent lads of eleven.

Torment: Part One

Torment: Part One
Author: Dylan Page
Publisher:
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre:
ISBN:

Torment Part One is a dark, taboo, MC, contemporary romance. How did I get here? Broken, bruised, and mentally shattered.For most of my life, my older stepbrother, Shay, was my hero, my rock, and my best friend. The one I knew I could always rely on. For many years, I accepted everyone and everything around me. But as I grew up, the veil was lifted, and I slowly came to understand how f*cked up it all really is. These men, who I considered uncles and close family friends, are members of the dominant MC, The Celtic Beasts. Shay is not only a proud member. He is the one they send in to do their dirty work. For some reason, this tough, muscled, terrifying guy, needs me to ground and comfort him. But I have always had bigger plans. Bigger dreams. I don't want to be trapped here, in this life that is dark, bloody and violent. I want to get out, escape... but Shay has other plans for me. What do you do when your protector becomes the very root of your torment?**Warning: This book is meant for mature readers, 18+. Torment Part One is a dark romance and contains scenes and situations that may be upsetting for some readers. Includes several triggers and sensitive material such as: domestic abuse, profanity, gang violence, PTSD, depression, anxiety disorders, and sexual assault. Please do not read if you are uncomfortable with any of the above. Thank you.