The Tomb of the Devils

The Tomb of the Devils
Author: Michael D. Christensen
Publisher: Michael D Christensen
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2006-01-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1419619209

Ninety-five years ago the enormous interplanetary space vehicle, the Pacifica, with a numerous crew, suddenly and inexplicably disappeared as it neared the planet Pluto. None of the probes directed towards the planet after the disaster found any evidence that the vessel and its crew had ever existed. Now, a century later, the wreck of the huge ship has been sighted, lying shrouded in the hazy-black starlight on the Plutonian surface. A shuttle has been fitted for the dangerous journey to the seventh planet, and with three crewmembers aboard, has made the first attempt to reach Pluto since the loss of the Pacifica. As the shuttle approaches the planet, it also 'suddenly and inexplicably' disappears and is lost. Although the crew of three is believed to have perished, they have not, and will carry on with their mission: to determine how the Pacifica met its fate. The truth, however, may be found only beyond reason, or even beyond imagination, and the three astronauts may wish that they never sought answer to this great mystery.

Devils, Women, and Jews

Devils, Women, and Jews
Author: Joan Young Gregg
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781438404790

Contemporary misogyny and antisemitism have their roots in the demonization of women and Jews in medieval Christendom. In church art and mass preaching, the construct of the devil as an outcast from heaven and the source of all evil was linked both to the conception of women as sensual and malicious figures betraying man's soul on its arduous journey to salvation and to the notion of Jews as treacherous dissidents in the Christian landscape. These stereotypes, widely disseminated for over three hundred years, persist today. The exemplum, or cautionary story incorporated into preachers' manuals and popular homilies, was an important mode of religious teaching for clerical and lay folk alike. Sermon narratives drawn from Hindu mythology, Arab storytelling, and secular folktales entertained all classes of medieval society while dispensing theological and cultural instruction. In Devils, Women, and Jews, the vital genre of the medieval sermon story is, for the first time, made accessible to specialists and nonspecialists alike. Rendered in modern English, the tales provide an invaluable primary resource for medievalists, anthropologists, psychologists, folklorists, and students of women's studies and Judaica. Critical introductions and explanatory headnotes contextualize the tales, and comprehensive endnotes and a bibliography allow readers to follow up analogue and subject studies in their own areas of interest.

The Devil's Piper

The Devil's Piper
Author: Sarah Rayne
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 144830069X

Welcome to the chilling, hair-raising world of Sarah Rayne, the master of British contemporary gothic horror with this standalone modern horror novel – perfect for fans of eerie and skin-crawling reads with supernatural elements! “Rayne spins eerie yarns within yarns like a latter-day Isak Dinesen or Wilkie Collins” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell . . . Rayne possesses superb story-telling skills” US MYSTERY GUILD “Highly enjoyable mainstream horror fare from a genre veteran” BOOKLIST “Rayne writes with panache and imagination” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne is a fine writer, a sure-handed plotter and skillful character builder” BOOKLIST “Colorful characters and a mastery of slow-burning suspense” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Rayne perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises” KIRKUS REVIEWS _______________________ When musician Isarel West plays a seemingly harmless piece of music, he unknowingly unleashes a sinister force with horrifying consequences in this creepy contemporary gothic horror novel. On inheriting his father’s tumbledown Irish cottage, Isarel West, a university lecturer and musician, discovers some old sheet music composed by his late grandfather: a notorious and scandalous composer from the 1930s, nicknamed ‘Judas’ because of his allegiance to the Third Reich. Isarel starts to play the music entitled ‘The Devil’s Piper’, which some people believed his grandfather had based on the Black Chant – a sequence of music that legend says can call an ancient power from the grave. But little does he know the sinister force that the music conjures up – a force that brought misery and tragedy to others throughout centuries. Isarel sets out to trace the dark legend to its source. As he does so, the truth about the ancient music begins to unfold. For the legend is true! And now, in the present, the Black Chant has fallen into the hands of a group of people who will once again make evil use of it . . . Fans of LEIGH BARDUGO’s Alex Stern series, T. KINGFISHER’s Sworn Soldier series and SHIRLEY JACKSON’s The Haunting of Hill House will be equally as thrilled and spooked by Sarah Rayne’s The Devil’s Piper. READERS ARE HOOKED ON THE DEVIL’S PIPER: “A quality novel of supernatural power through the ages . . . blending well-fleshed characters and a strong story” Bradford Telegraph & Argus “Sinister, haunting, creepy . . . I loved that feel to it” Trav, 5* Amazon review “A brilliant book that I just couldn't put down . . . Best book I have read for ages!” Samantha-Jane O., 5* Goodreads review MORE STUNNING SARAH RAYNE HORROR STANDALONES: 1. Blood Ritual 2. The Burning Altar 3. Thorn 4. Changeling 5. Wildwood

The Devil's Coachroad

The Devil's Coachroad
Author: Garry McElherron
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2016-08-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1326769669

This is the second book in the MourneQuest series. It tells of the further adventures of Jack Turner who continues to search for his father. He will stop at nothing and will do much more than can be expected of any boy. But Jack Turner is no ordinary boy... Revisit familiar places and journey to places that are beyond imagination

The Devil's Pulpit

The Devil's Pulpit
Author: Robert Taylor
Publisher: Health Research Books
Total Pages: 728
Release: 1996-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9780787308544

1882 Volumes 1 & 2 combined. Containing 23 Astronomico-Theological discourses, with a sketch of his life. Contents: the Star of Bethlehem; Raising the Devil; Judas Iscariot Vindicated; Virgo Paritura; the Temple; Saint James & Saint John - The Son.

The Devil's Disciples

The Devil's Disciples
Author: Susanna Gregory
Publisher: Sphere
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2010-12-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0748124500

For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers. ------------------------------------ The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague. The increasing reputation and wealth of the Cambridge colleges are causing dangerous tensions between the town, Church and University. Matthew Bartholomew is called to look into the deaths of three members of the University of who died from drinking poisoned wine, and soon he stumbles upon criminal activities that implicate his relatives, friends and colleagues - so he must solve the case before matters in the town get out of hand... Rumours of plague threaten Cambridge again, ten years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the disease and now they turn elsewhere for protection, to pagan ritual and magical potions. It is a ripe atmosphere to be exploited by the mysterious 'Sorcerer', an anonymous magician whose increasing influence seems certain to oust both civil and church leaders from power. One murder, another unexplained death, a font filled with blood, a desecreated grave - all bear the hallmarks of the Sorcerer's hand, only the identity of the magician remains a mystery. One which Matthew Barthlomew must quickly get to the bottom of in order for he and his University colleagues to be free from danger...

The Devil's Monk

The Devil's Monk
Author: J.R. Russell
Publisher: Skycat Publications
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2012
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 0956702937

Britain in the tenth century was a dangerous place for books and wisdom, for the waves of Viking invaders had no use for scholars, destroying the libraries along with the buildings that held them and those who lived there. The Saxon King Alfred was ailing of a mystery disease that none had so far been able to cure. As he weakened, so his plans for a peaceful and united country came under increasing threat. It was a time of intrigue, treachery, blunt politics, deceit and cunning, where killing was a skill possibly more valued than healing, and a man who knew how to make one look like the other would always be in mortal danger. Bald’s plan of peaceful retirement would be shaken to the core as circumstances, Fate, God or gods set him on his travels again.