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The Great and Secret Show
by Clive Barker
A battle between two men with supernatural powers for control of a dream sea that can grant unlimited power.
In 1969, while working in a dead letter office in Nebraska , disgruntled postal clerk Randolph Jaffe discovers hints to a mysterious society known as The Shoal, which ostensibly practises a form of ... (Wikipedia)
Weaveworld
by Clive Barker
Fictional world hidden within a tapestry, a group of humans protecting it from evil.
Decades prior to the book's opening, a magical race known as the Seerkind combined all of their powers to create a secret world known as "the Fugue", a carpet into which they wove their most beloved ... (Wikipedia)
Imajica
by Clive Barker
A man embarks on an epic journey to discover the hidden truths of the universe.
The novel opens with a man, Charlie Estabrook, hiring the mysterious assassin Pie'oh'pah to murder his estranged wife, Judith. Pie heads to New York and makes an attempt on Judith's life, but fails. ... (Wikipedia)
The Complete Clive Barker's The Great And Secret Show
by Chris Ryall
A supernatural battle between good and evil unfolds, with humanity caught in the middle.
Collected here in one deluxe edition is the complete 12-part saga that comprises the comic book adaptation of master of horror Clive Barker's epic journey into the fantastic,, The Great and Secret ... (Goodreads)
Eaters of the Dead
by Michael Crichton
An unlikely hero embarks on a journey to explore the mysterious forces of evil.
The novel is set in the 10th century. The Caliph of Baghdad , Al-Muqtadir , sends his ambassador, Ahmad ibn Fadlan , on a mission to assist the king of the Volga Bulgars . Ahmad ibn Fadlan never ... (Wikipedia)
'Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
A small town is terrorized by a vampire, forcing its citizens to fight for survival.
Ben Mears, a writer who spent part of his childhood in Jerusalem's Lot , Maine , has returned after 25 years. He quickly becomes friends with high-school teacher Matt Burke and strikes up a ... (Wikipedia)
Servant of the Bones
by Anne Rice
A powerful supernatural being is sent on a mission to protect a young girl from an ancient evil.
Azriel is telling the story of his transformation into and subsequent existence as an immortal genii who is forced to obey the Master who calls him. Over centuries, Azriel becomes less obedient to ... (Wikipedia)
Needful Things
by Stephen King
Small-town horror story filled with dark secrets, testing the limits of human morality.
A new shop named "Needful Things" opens in the small town of Castle Rock , Maine , sparking the curiosity of its citizens. The proprietor, Leland Gaunt, is a charming elderly gentleman seemingly from ... (Wikipedia)
Shadowland
by Peter Straub
A young man discovers his family's dark secrets and confronts the evil lurking in the shadows.
You have been there…,if you have ever been afraid. Come back. To a dark house deep in the Vermont woods, where two friends are spending a season of horror, apprenticed to a Master Magician. Learning ... (Goodreads)
The Queen of the Damned
by Anne Rice
A vampire queen's quest to restore the vampires to power and uncover the secrets of the past.
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found, here, In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and ... (Goodreads)
Invisible Monsters
by Chuck Palahniuk
A woman's journey to re-establish her identity and find her place in the world.
The narrator of the story is an unnamed disfigured woman who goes by multiple pseudonyms, notably Daisy St. Patience and Bubba Joan—identities given to her by Brandy Alexander, with whom she spends ... (Wikipedia)
Subterranean
by James Rollins
A team of scientists and soldiers descend into a dangerous underground world to uncover a deadly secret.
Travel to the bottom of the earth to a place you never dreamed existed. Beneath the ice a hand-picked team of specialist makes its way toward the center of the world. They are not the first to ... (Goodreads)
War of the Twins
by Margaret Weis
Epic fantasy story of a struggle between two estranged siblings to save their world from destruction.
Upon arrival in the Tower of High Sorcery, Raistlin is tested by the undead guardians to prove that he is really the Master of the Tower. It is revealed that he has beaten Fistandantilus and absorbed ... (Wikipedia)
Necroscope
by Brian Lumley
A young man discovers he has the power to communicate with the dead, and is thrust into a centuries-long supernatural war.
Harry Keogh (born Harry Snaith) is born with the ability to speak to the dead. As he grows up and his power manifests itself, he befriends the dead. From them he learns that death is not the end, ... (Wikipedia)
Ilium
by Dan Simmons
An epic sci-fi tale of gods, robots, and humans on a quest to uncover the secrets of the ancient past.
The novel centers on three character groups: that of Hockenberry (a resurrected twentieth-century Homeric scholar whose duty is to compare the events of the Iliad to the reenacted events of the ... (Wikipedia)
Rose Madder
by Stephen King
A woman's escape from an abusive husband leads to a fantastical journey of self-discovery.
In 1985, Rose Daniels' husband, Norman, beats her while she is four months pregnant, causing her to miscarry . Rose considers leaving Norman but dismisses the idea: Norman is a policeman, and is ... (Wikipedia)
The Robots of Dawn
by Isaac Asimov
Detective story set in the future, unraveling mysteries of robotic behavior and morality.
Detective Elijah Baley of Earth is training with his son and others to overcome their socially ingrained agoraphobia when he is told that the Spacer world of Aurora has requested him to investigate a ... (Wikipedia)
Streets of Laredo
by Larry McMurtry
A cowboy embarks on a journey of revenge, seeking justice in a lawless land.
The book opens with former Ranger Captain Woodrow F. Call (now a bounty hunter) and Ned Brookshire, the "salaried man" of the title. Brookshire has been sent to Texas from New York City by his boss, ... (Wikipedia)
Ghost Story
by Jim Butcher
A group of elderly men, who share a dark secret, are being haunted by a vengeful ghost. They must confront their past to save their future.
Immediately following the events of, Changes, , Harry finds himself between life and the afterlife, where he is informed that there has been an "irregularity" with his death and is given the option ... (Wikipedia)
Lovecraft Country
by Matt Ruff
A thrilling and terrifying journey through 1950s America, where a young black man and his family face supernatural horrors and racism.
The book consists of eight interconnected stories: Atticus Turner, working in Florida after leaving the army, returns home to Chicago after receiving a mysterious letter from his estranged father, ... (Wikipedia)
Endymion
by Dan Simmons
Epic adventure of a man's journey through space and time, in search of the divine.
274 years ago, Hegemony CEO Meina Gladstone ordered the destruction of all farcaster portals to stop the TechnoCore from eliminating humankind. This resulted in the collapse of civilization on most ... (Wikipedia)
Wanted
by Mark Millar
Ordinary man becomes a superhero and joins a league of vigilantes to take down the world's most notorious villains.
Wesley Gibson is a loser cubicle rat who is abused by almost everyone in his life, including his boss, a local gang, his unfaithful girlfriend, and his best friend with whom his girlfriend is having ... (Wikipedia)
Summer Knight
by Jim Butcher
Harry Dresden, wizard detective, is caught in a war between faerie courts. He must solve a murder and prevent a war between the courts.
Mab, the Winter Queen of the Sidhe, has purchased Dresden's debt from his fairy godmother, Leanansidhe. She tells Dresden he can pay off his debt by doing three favors. The first favor is for him to ... (Wikipedia)
Dead Beat
by Jim Butcher
A wizard-detective takes on a magical mission to save the world from a powerful necromancer.
It's three days before Halloween and nearly a year after the events in, Blood Rites, . Mavra , from the previous novel, orders Dresden to locate The Word of Kemmler for her within 3 days, or Karrin ... (Wikipedia)
The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury
A collection of short stories about the human condition and its connection to the universe.
That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. Only his second collection (the first was Dark Carnival ... (Goodreads)
Eon
by Greg Bear
A mysterious asteroid appears near Earth, and a team is sent to investigate. They discover a complex alien structure and a dangerous power struggle.
The 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit. NASA, NATO, and the UN sent explorers to the asteroid's ... (Goodreads)
Galápagos
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
A journey to the Galápagos Islands revealing secrets of evolution, humanity, and the future.
Galápagos is the story of a small band of mismatched humans who are shipwrecked on the fictional island of Santa Rosalia in the Galápagos Islands after a global financial crisis cripples the world's ... (Wikipedia)
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe
A collection of dark and mysterious stories and poems, exploring the depths of the human condition.
This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary ... (Barnes & Noble)
Choke
by Chuck Palahniuk
A darkly humorous story of a man's journey to self-awareness through disruption and chaos.
Choke follows Victor Mancini and his friend Denny through a few months of their lives with frequent flashbacks to the days when Victor was a child. , Victor had grown up moving from one foster home ... (Wikipedia)
