Darkling Smiles: Tales of Brightness Darkled

Darkling Smiles: Tales of Brightness Darkled
Author: Michaelbrent Collings
Publisher: Written Insomnia Press
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2019-07-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1958628034

#1 Horror Bestseller and multiple Bram Stoker finalist Michaelbrent Collings brings you a "chilling collection of eight tales... as scary as they are satisfying" (Publisher's Weekly). A family that wins tablet computers at a deal to good to be believed... A man who is sent across the universe, only to discover the most dangerous world in existence... A hitman who realizes that his greatest contract is going to be himself... A man whose child has been targeted by a cult, and must decide what he is willing to do to save those he loves... Michaelbrent Collings brings you eight tales of people whose lives -- and sometimes deaths -- have fallen into decay. Tales of the ordinary and the extraordinary, the outrageous and the banal. Tales of lives bright, lives dim. Stories of a universe fallen, where every happiness has its opposite, and every smile will be inevitably darkled... Readers rave: "A fantastic collection" - Heather Escobedo "A Must-Have Book for Michaelbrent Collings fans" - D. Hilton "I was blown away by this collection of stories." "I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves surprise endings and twisted tales." - Jeffrey C. "Stories that will haunt your dreams." - Kimberly A "I couldn't put it down." - Shirley "If you enjoy horror, you'll love this book." - Jason "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll scream! What more can you want?" - E. Taylor

Shadow and Bone

Shadow and Bone
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250027438

The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold--a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country's magical military elite--and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift. As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation. Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. A New York Times Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller An Indie Next List Book This title has Common Core connections. Praise for the Grishaverse "A master of fantasy." --The Huffington Post "Utterly, extremely bewitching." --The Guardian "The best magic universe since Harry Potter." --Bustle "This is what fantasy is for." --The New York Times Book Review " A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp." --NPR "The darker it gets for the good guys, the better." --Entertainment Weekly "Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down." --USA Today "There's a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo's original epic fantasy that sets it apart." --Vanity Fair "Unlike anything I've ever read." --Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent "Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery " --Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series "This is a great choice for teenage fans of George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien." --RT Book Reviews Read all the books in the Grishaverse The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom King of Scars The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

Darkling Smiles

Darkling Smiles
Author: Michaelbrent Collings
Publisher:
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2019-07-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781081159887

#1 Horror Bestseller and multiple Bram Stoker finalist Michaelbrent Collings brings you tales of darkling brightness... A family that wins tablet computers at a deal to good to be believed... A man who is sent across the universe, only to discover the most dangerous world in existence... A hitman who realizes that his greatest contract is going to be himself... A man whose child has been targeted by a cult, and must decide what he is willing to do to save those he loves... Michaelbrent Collings brings you eight tales of people whose lives -- and sometimes deaths -- have fallen into decay. Tales of the ordinary and the extraordinary, the outrageous and the banal. Tales of lives bright, lives dim. Stories of a universe fallen, where every happiness has its opposite, and every smile will be inevitably darkled... Amazon readers rave: "A fantastic collection" - Heather Escobedo "A Must-Have Book for Michaelbrent Collings fans" - D. Hilton "I was blown away by this collection of stories." "I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves surprise endings and twisted tales." - Jeffrey C. "Stories that will haunt your dreams." - Kimberly A "I couldn't put it down." - Shirley "If you enjoy horror, you'll love this book." - Jason "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll scream! What more can you want?" - E. Taylor

The Shadow Queen

The Shadow Queen
Author: Bertrice Small
Publisher: HQN Books
Total Pages: 607
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0373776977

After Magnus Hauk dies while the prince is too young to rule, Lara accepts Magnus' dying wish that she take power, but there are many who oppose a woman ruler, including old enemies who reignite their schemes for power and revenge.

The Brass God

The Brass God
Author: K. M. McKinley
Publisher: Solaris
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786181029

War is coming to Ruthnia. As ancient, inhuman powers move against one another, Rel Kressind finds himself in the company of the fabled modalmen – giants who regard themselves as the true keepers of humanity’s legacy. Far out in the blasted, magical wastelands of the Black Sands where no man of the Hundred has ever set foot before, Rel comes face to face with the modalman’s deity, the Brass God. What Rel learns in the Brass God’s broken halls will shake his understanding of reality forever. Magic and technology combine in an epic fantasy like no other, where lost science, giant tides and jealous gods shape the fate of two worlds, and the actions of six siblings may save a universe, or damn it.

A Darkling Plain

A Darkling Plain
Author: Philip Reeve
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2011-06-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407129155

The shattering final instalment of Philip Reeve's Predator Cities quartet flings you back into his blasted world of predator cities, ruinous wars and terrifying Stalkers. Abandoned by Hester, Tom and Wren stumble across the wreckage of a vast traction city: London. As the Green Storm take arms and the truce with the Traction Cities splinters, the world is on a collision course - beginning and ending in London's ruined shell. As everything Tom and Hester know and love hurtles towards apocalypse, who will be left to tell the tale? Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2007, this epic finale is fast-moving, thrilling, heartbreaking - and as exciting as hell!

Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11

Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11
Author: Maxim Jakubowski
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472111893

This superb annual anthology of the year’s most outstanding short crime fiction published in the UK is now well into its second decade. Jakubowski has succeeded, once again, in unearthing the best short crime stories of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish authors (along with a handful of US writers living in the UK, and some expatriate Brits). With this collection he showcases the impressive breadth of British crime writing, from cosy tales of detection to noir mayhem and psychological suspense and terror. There are puzzles to solve, nagging questions about the nature of British society, but, above all, there are over 40 wonderful, gripping stories to shock, delight and make you think twice, if not three times. Full list of contributors: Lee Child; Kevin Wignall; Will Carver; Paul Charles; Val McDermid; Paul Johnston; Alison Bruce; Tim Willocks; Maxim Jakubowski; Rhys Hughes; Edward Marston; N. J. Cooper; Michael Z. Lewin; Peter Guttridge; Mary Hoffman; Peter Tremayne; Kate Rhodes; Paul D. Brazill; Ros Asquith; Amy Myers; Alexander McCall Smith; Nina Allan; Peter Turnbull; Jay Stringer; Martin Edwards; Zoë Sharp; Col Bury; David Stuart Davies; Howard Linskey; Susan Everett; Christopher Fowler; Dreda Say Mitchell; Roger Busby; Simon Kernick; Peter Lovesey; David Hewson; Gerard Brennan; Jane Casey; Christopher J. Simmons; Stephen Gallagher; John Lawton.

The Gathering Dark

The Gathering Dark
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Orion
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Fantasy fiction
ISBN: 9781780621104

The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh, is slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka. Alina, a lonely orphan, discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the lavish world of the kingdom's magical elite - the Grisha.