The Vampire Valeri

The Vampire Valeri
Author: Tricia Arnold
Publisher: 4 Oak Books
Total Pages: 38
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Outdoor enthusiast Clay Miller has just purchased his off-the-grid dream. The wooded acreage in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was an amazing deal. Almost too good to be true, the land includes a cottage filled with the previous owner's antique possessions. When Clay finds a mysterious journal he begins to read a remarkable story. Imagine his surprise when he realizes the previous owner is a vampire! Suddenly, Clay realizes how isolated he really is. Suddenly, off-the-grid doesn't seem so safe!

The Rising

The Rising
Author: Will Hill
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101575506

“Enthralling. . . . From UV grenades to exploding stake bombs to a giant anti-vampire superweapon, the gadgets add a neat modern twist to the traditional stakings. Fans will devour the pages and thirst for the next volume.”—Kirkus “Will keep teens who are undaunted by its 600 pages on the edge of their seats. Interweaving the stories of Jamie, Dracula, Frankenstein, and a mysterious man wandering the American desert, this book is closer to the elaborate works of Stephen King than many vampire novels marketed to teens.”—VOYA Sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter's life was violently upended when he was brought into Department 19, a classified government agency of vampire hunters that was formed to deal with a little problem . . . known as Dracula. But being the new recruit at the Department isn't all weapons training and covert missions. Jamie's own mother has been turned into a vampire—and now Jamie will stop at nothing to wreak revenge on her captors. Even if that means facing down Dracula himself. The Rising is a fast, furious, can't-turn-away thrill ride that will suck readers in just like a video game. This riveting second book in the Department 19 series is packed with cutting-edge gadgets, international locales, and daredevil action that tumbles ferociously across the page—perfect for fans of Darren Shan and Anthony Horowitz.

Battle Lines

Battle Lines
Author: Will Hill
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 557
Release: 2013-08-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101604255

It's always darkest before dawn. Secret government unit Department 19 is recovering from evil vampire Valeri Rusmanov's deadly attack on their base. The Department’s newest member, teenage operator Jamie Carpenter, is tasked with training up a new squad, as his friends and colleagues desperately search for ways to try to stop what is coming. The timing couldn’t be worse for a coordinated, global attack on a number of maximum security prisons and hospitals—with the already-dangerous inmates now on the loose and turned into vampires. One of the escapees has a deep connection to one of the darkest moments in the history of Department 19 and embarks on a quest that threatens to expose the existence of vampires to the public. And with each day that passes, the regenerated Dracula gets stronger, bringing Zero Hour closer. In this third installment of the epic Department 19 series, Will Hill delivers higher—and sharper—stakes than ever before.

Department 19

Department 19
Author: Will Hill
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2011-03-31
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101513500

Jamie Carpenter's father is dead, his mother is missing, and he was just rescued by an enormous creature named Frankenstein. Now Jamie is pulled into a secret organization responsible for policing the supernatural, founded more than a century ago by Abraham Van Helsing. . . . Department Nineteen takes us through history, across Europe, and beyond - from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to prohibition-era New York, from the icy wastes of Arctic Russia to the treacherous mountains of Transylvania. Part modern thriller, part classic horror, it's packed with mystery, mayhem, and a level of suspense that makes a Darren Shan novel look like a romantic comedy.

Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter Box Set (Books 1-3 + Novella)

Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter Box Set (Books 1-3 + Novella)
Author: Nikki Jefford
Publisher: Nikki Jefford
Total Pages: 1234
Release:
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

"Full of action from the very first page." ★★★★★ –Examiner.com Aurora Sky narrowly escapes death only to end up as a vampire hunter with unusual cravings and heightened desires. To protect the people she loves, she will have to make sacrifices, and evade the biggest threat of all . . . a forbidden love. Fast-paced and full of twists, the Aurora Sky series takes an entirely new, sci-fi approach to what it means to be a vampire. AURORA SKY (Volume 1) If there is one thing eighteen-year-old Aurora Sky wants, it's to get off the iceberg she calls home. Then a near-fatal car wreck changes everything. Government agents step in and save Aurora's life in exchange for her services as a vampire hunter. In Alaska. Basically she's a glorified chew toy. All thanks to her rare blood type, which sends a vampire into temporary paralysis right before she has to finish the job . . . by hand. Aurora finds her new life is more dangerous than she ever dreamed, especially when she becomes a target for revenge. Now Aurora's stuck with an overzealous partner, a group of misfit friends, and a maddening attraction to a rebellious man keeping secrets of his own. NORTHERN BITES (Volume 2) Love bites. Probation sucks. Thanks to Dante’s recklessness, Aurora is now partners with Valerie: the redheaded, backstabbing vixen. Dante is in full flirt mode. Fane’s tactics are more ruthless. Something carnal has awakened in Aurora and neither boy is helping tame her cravings. When a member of the unit’s team is found dead, Aurora and Valerie are sent after a vampire in Sitka, but Aurora suspects the killer’s much closer to home. STAKEOUT (Volume 2.5) Noel Harper got a second chance at life when the government recruited her as an undercover vampire informant. Since the day they brought her back from the good-as-dead, she has wanted to prove herself worthy. When a member of her investigative unit is murdered, Noel is paired up with a vampire hunter named Dante to spy on a suspect in Fairbanks. The problem? They're not the only ones on stakeout. Taking down murderous vampires is one thing. Dealing with the past is another. But this time, Noel isn't letting fear win. She's calling in help from the other side and discovers a shocking secret along the way. BAD BLOOD (Volume 3) Aurora returns from boot camp to a new assignment, an unwelcome roommate, and the increasingly amorous attentions of a certain vampire hunter. College is starting, and so is Aurora’s undercover work at a network of swanky parties known as “Tastings” for high rolling vampires who like their blood laced with fine wine. But Aurora’s not the only one on the prowl. An underground investigation is under way to find out who killed one of Anchorage’s most prominent vampires . . . and Aurora is a prime suspect.

The Firefall Series

The Firefall Series
Author: Peter Watts
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 812
Release: 2023-09-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250348269

This ebundle includes: Blindsight, Echopraxia, and The Colonel. From Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell award-nominated author Peter Watts, Firefall is a far-future, science fiction saga of first contact with an alien species at the edge of the solar system–and of the evolution of humanity into a myriad of subspecies. Blindsight: Two months since the stars fell. Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. So who do you send to force introductions with unknown and unknowable alien intellect that doesn't wish to be met? You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultrasound. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won't be needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist—an informational topologist with half his mind gone—as an interface between here and there. Pray they can be trusted with the fate of a world. They may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find. Echopraxia: Daniel Bruks is a living fossil: a field biologist in a world where biology has turned computational, a cat's-paw used by terrorists to kill thousands. Taking refuge in the Oregon desert, he's turned his back on a humanity that shatters into strange new subspecies with every heartbeat. But he awakens one night to find himself trapped on a ship bound for the center of the solar system. Their pilgrimage brings Dan Bruks, the fossil man, face-to-face with the biggest evolutionary breakpoint since the origin of thought itself. The Colonel: Colonel Keaton is in trouble. His wife has retreated into a virtual heaven and his son remains missing after joining an extrasolar mission to track down an alien race. He is presently tasked by his superiors with the threat assessment of hived human intelligences, one of which successfully attacks a compound under his watch. Now, one of the strongest hive minds in the world approaches Keaton with an offer that could completely change his world. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Bad Blood

Bad Blood
Author: James D. Macdonald
Publisher: Madhouse Manor
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2011-07-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1465802312

Bad Blood (Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter, Vol. 3)

Bad Blood (Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter, Vol. 3)
Author: Nikki Jefford
Publisher: Nikki Jefford
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2014-06-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

Aurora returns from boot camp to a new assignment, an unwelcome roommate, and the increasingly amorous attentions of a certain vampire hunter. College is starting, and so is Aurora’s undercover work at a network of swanky parties known as “Tastings” for high rolling vampires who like their blood laced with fine wine. But Aurora’s not the only one on the prowl. An underground investigation is under way to find out who killed one of Anchorage’s most prominent vampires… and Aurora is a prime suspect.

Council of Consorts Book 2

Council of Consorts Book 2
Author: Jade Lewis
Publisher: Crimson Night Publishing
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-06-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

My sister is dead, and it's my fault. Something has to give, or we’re going to lose them all. But no one in power will do something about it. Which means we’ll have to step up and make a change or it won’t happen at all. What do they say about getting something done? The only way is to do it yourself. Halla is stricken with grief and guilt when her little sister passes away after the attacks. But she doesn’t stay down for long. They lost so many Unnaturals during the attack and Halla is determined to head out and get revenge. It’s the least she can do when no one else is doing anything at all. Aurelius, Byron, and Greyson are all there for her as they were before. But Damien the demon joins their little group and proves his worth as a member of the team when he sticks by their side and offers to head out to find the monsters with Halla and the crew. The Council won’t let Halla and her friends go to the Surface. After a fight, the group decides to sneak out, and they make it to the Surface without a hitch. It doesn’t take too long before they find the monsters. But something is very, very wrong. Halla and her friends have to head back to The Oasis before a new wave of monsters – bigger and more murderous than before – make it back and kill all her friends and family. They must round up the Unnaturals to stand up for themselves and fight. When they return home, they are met with the same adversity as before, and it only makes Halla angry. Why will the Council not allow them to fight for their freedom? When Halla is shot down by the very leaders that should protect The Oasis once again, something in Halla snaps, and she knows what needs to be done. It’s time to take matters into their own hands.

100 European Horror Films

100 European Horror Films
Author: Steven Jay Schneider
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2019-07-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1838714022

From bloodsucking schoolgirls to flesh-eating zombies, and from psychopathic killers to beasts from hell, '100 European Horror Films' provides a lively and illuminating guide to a hundred key horror movies from the 1920s to the present day. Alongside films from countries particularly associated with horror production - notably Germany, Italy, and Spain and movies by key horror filmmakers such as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci, '100 European Horror Films' also includes films from countries as diverse as Denmark, Belgium, and the Soviet Union, and filmmakers such as Bergman, Polanski and Claire Denis, more commonly associated with art cinema. The book features entries representing key horror subgenres such as the Italian 'giallo' thrillers of the late 60s and 70s, psychological thrillers, and zombie, cannibal, and vampire movies. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, major credits, and a commentary on the film's significance, together with its production and exhibition history. Films covered in the book include early classics such as Paul Wegener's 'The Golem,' Robert Wiene's 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,' and 'Murnau's Nosferatu'; 70s horror favorites such as 'Daughters of Darkness, The Beast,' and 'Suspiria'; and notable recent releases such as 'The Devil's Backbone, Malefique,' and 'The Vanishing.'