Alma Katsu

This is the stunning conclusion to Alma Katsu's gripping supernatural trilogy that began with The Taker. 'We had a tangled history, Adair and I. He had been my lover and my teacher, master to my slave. We had literally been prisoners to one another. Somewhere along the way he fell in love with me, but I was too afraid to love him in return. Afraid of his unexplainable powers, and his furious temper. Afraid of what I knew he was capable of and what even he himself didn't know he could do. I ran away to follow a safer path with a man I could understand. I always knew, however, that my path would one day lead back to Adair...'

Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere.That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy...or the feelings that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it''''s a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history.As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along.Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

Ahora no puedes morir, pero tu vida me pertenece. Un incansable recorrido a través de los siglos en busca de placer y la belleza hasta llegar a la propia destrucción. Una joven ingresa en un hospital acusada de matar a un hombre. Asegura ser inmortal desde hace 200 años. Cansada de su própia existencia desvelará un relato sobrenatural de lujuria y desesperación Una novela fascinante más allá del amor eterno.

The author of The Hunger delivers a daring, soaring, and ultimately gut-wrenching (The New York Times) conclusion to her critically acclaimed Taker Trilogy, bringing Lanore McIlvrae to a final encounter with Adair, her powerful nemesis.Dismayed by Adairs otherworldly powers and afraid of his passionate temper, Lanore has run from him across time, even imprisoning him behind a wall for two centuries to save Jonathan, her eternal love. But instead of punishing her for her betrayal, Adair declared his love for Lanore once more and set her free.Now, Lanore has tracked Adair to his mystical island home to ask for one last favor. The Queen of the Underworld is keeping Jonathan as her consort, and Lanore wants Adair to send her to the hereafter so that she may beg for his release. Will she honor her promise to return to Adair? Or is her true intention to be reunited with Jonathan at any cost?

"Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark." --Stephen King A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party with a supernatural twist. Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy...or the feelings that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it's a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history. As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along. Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

What began as a brave and bold adventure has become a nightmare. They are trapped and must confront each other . . . and a threat that reaches beyond the fury of the elements, something far more primal and deadly.After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination. One is well-documented the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter.Donners decision will shape the lives of everyone travelling with him. The searing heat of the desert gives way to biting winds and a bitter cold that freezes the cattle where they stand. Driven to the brink of madness, the ill-fated group struggles to survive and minor disagreements turn into violent confrontations. Then the children begin to disappear. As the survivors turn against each other, a few begin to realise that the threat they face reaches beyond the fury of the natural elements, to something more primal and far more deadly.Based on the true story of The Donner Party, The Hunger is an eerie, shiver-inducing exploration of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

Trop tard pour faire demi-tour...Juin 1846. Un convoi de pionniers traverse les Rocheuses en direction de la Californie, malgré les nombreuses mises en garde contre les dangers dun tel périple. À sa

In the second novel in her suspenseful and supernatural Taker trilogy, Alma Katsu, author of the highly acclaimed The Hunger, takes you on a mesmerizing and passion-fueled journey that transcends the boundaries of time.Lanore McIvlvrae is the kind of woman who will do anything for love. Including imprisoning the man who loves her behind a wall of brick and stone.She had no choice but to entomb Adair, her nemesis, to save Jonathan, the boy she grew up with in the remote Maine town and the man she thought she would be with forever. But Adair had other plans for her. He used his mysterious, otherworldly powers to give her eternal life, but Lanore learned too late that there was a price for this gift: to spend eternity with him. And though he is handsome and charming, behind Adairs seductive façade is the stuff of nightmares. He is a monster in the flesh, and he wants Lanore to love him for all time.Now, two hundred years after imprisoning Adair, Lanore is trying to atone for her sins. She has given away the treasures shes collected over her many lifetimes to purge her past and clear the way for a future with her new lover, ER doctor Luke Findley. But, while viewing these items at an exhibit in London, Lanore suddenly is aware that the thing shes been dreading for two hundred years has caught up to her: Adair has escaped from his prison. Hes freeand he will come looking for her. And she has no idea how she will save herself.With the stunningly imaginative storytelling and rich characterizations that fascinated fans worldwide and made The Taker a singular and memorable literary debut and an international sensation, Alma Katsu once again delivers a powerful evocation of the dark side of romantic love (Publishers Weekly).

Fans of the Taker trilogy will love this original novella featuring the series immortal heroine, Lanny...and Edgar Allen Poe!In this short story from the author of The Hunger and the Taker trilogy, Lanore McIlvrae returns to America for the first time in twenty yearsafter decades of running from her pastto confront the source of her fear. The year is 1846 and LanoreLannyhas just landed in Baltimore after a long transatlantic crossing. That very night, she meets an unattractive man with a high forehead and sunken eyes, and a tiny, pinched mouth like a parrots beak who claims to write stories so dark and unsettling that he could be the Devils Scribe. His name? Edgar Allan Poe. Has Lanny finally met her match in this macabre manor is it the other way around?

From a Goodreads Choice and Stoker Award winning author, Succession meets The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry in this taut, fast-paced tale of sibling betrayal as the three heirs - the golden boy, the ferocious middle sister, the dilettante youngest child - to a powerful syndicate rush to fill the vacuum after their father falls critically ill, not realising the demonic forces he kept at bay. Some families have skeletons in their closets. This one has a demon in its boardroom.When Maris Berisha was nine years old, she heard something scratching at the walls of her familys penthouse. It felt like something malevolent was there, watching them.The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, and theyve always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes. Inconvenient buildings catch on fire. Earthquakes swallow up manufacturing plants, destroying harmful evidence. Things always seem to work out for the Berishas. Theyre blessed.At least that is what Zef, the patriarch, has always told his three children. And each of them knows their place in the familyDardan, as the only male heir, must prepare to take over as keeper of the Berisha secrets, Mariss most powerful contribution, much to her dismay, will be to marry strategically, and Noras job, as the youngest, is to just stay out of the way. But when things stop going as planned, and the family blessing starts looking more like a curse, the Berishas begin to splinter, each hatching their own secret scheme. They didnt get to be one of the richest families in the world without spilling a little blood, but this time, it might be their own.

CIA agent Lyndsey Duncans newest asset might just be her long-needed confidante...or her greatest betrayal.After her role in taking down a well-placed mole inside the CIA, Agent Lyndsey Duncan arrives in London fully focused on her newest Russian asset, deadly war criminal Dmitri Tarasenko. That is until her MI6 counterpart, Davis Ranford, personally calls for her help.Following a suspicious attack on Russian oligarch Mikhail Rotenbergs property in a tony part of London, Davis needs Lyndsey to cozy up to the billionaires aristocratic British wife, Emily Rotenberg. Fortunately for Lyndsey, theres little to dissuade Emily from taking in a much-needed confidante. Even being one of the richest women in the world is no guarantee of happiness. But before Lyndsey can cover much ground with her newfound friend, the CIA unveils a perturbing connection between Mikhail and Russias geoplitical past, one that could upend the world order and jeopardize Lyndseys longtime allegiance to the Agency.Red London is a sharp and nuanced race-against-the-clock story ripped from todays headlines, a testament to author Alma Katsus thirty-five-year career in national security. Its a rare spy novel written by an insider that feels as prescient as it is page-turning and utterly unforgettable.

Um relato tenso e fascinante sobre a tragica expediço no Oeste americano que levou a um dos maiores desastres da historia da America Tamsen Donner deve ser uma bruxa. E a unica explicaço para a serie de azares que tem afetado a caravana Donner, que se arrasta pelas aridas extens?es do Oeste americano. Falta de comida, violencia e a morte misteriosa de uma crianca levam os pioneiros a beira da loucura. Pior: no se conseguem libertar da sensaço de que alguem _x000B_- ou algo _x000B_- os esta a perseguir. E quando membros da expediço comecam a desaparecer, todos os vestigios de sanidade e civismo se perdem. Baseado em faços veridicos, esta e a saga de 90 homens, mulheres e criancas que sofreram um dos maiores desastres da exploraço do Oeste americano. Foram apenas as circunstancias do acaso ou algo desesperado, doente e esfomeado causou a ruina de todos?

Edgar Allan Poe meets Lanore - his Lanore? - in this e-novella and part of THE IMMORTAL Saga. After decades of running from her past, Lanore McIlvrae returns to America for the first time in 20 years to confront the source of her fear. The year is 1846 and Lanore - Lanny - has just landed in Baltimore after a long transatlantic crossing. That very night, she meets an unattractive man with a high forehead and sunken eyes, and a tiny, pinched mouth like a parrots beak who claims to write stories so dark and unsettling that he could be the Devils Scribe. His name? Edgar Allan Poe. Has Lanny finally met her match in this macabre man ... or is it the other way around?Includes the first chapter ofThe Taker - Book One of THE IMMORTAL TRILOGY.

Chilling supernatural horror combining Japanese folklore with WW2 historical fiction from a multiple award-winning author.1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meikos husbands enlistment as an air force pilot in the Pacific months prior, Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest. It didnt matter that Aiko was American-born: They were Japanese, and therefore considered a threat by the American government.Mother and daughter attempt to hold on to elements of their old life in the camp when a mysterious disease begins to spread among those interned. What starts as a minor cold quickly becomes spontaneous fits of violence and aggression, even death. And when a disconcerting team of doctors arrive, nearly more threatening than the illness itself, Meiko and her daughter team up with a newspaper reporter and widowed missionary to investigate, and it becomes clear to them that something more sinister is afoot: a demon from the stories of Meikos childhood, hell-bent on infiltrating their already strange world.Inspired by the Japanese yokai and the jorogumo spider demon, THE FERVOR explores a supernatural threat beyond what anyone saw coming: the danger of demonization, a mysterious contagion, and the search to stop its spread before its too late.

Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark." - Stephen King After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination. One is well-documented - the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter. Donner's decision will shape the lives of everyone travelling with him. The searing heat of the desert gives way to biting winds and a bitter cold that freezes the cattle where they stand. Driven to the brink of madness, the ill-fated group struggles to survive and minor disagreements turn into violent confrontations. Then the children begin to disappear. As the survivors turn against each other, a few begin to realise that the threat they face reaches beyond the fury of the natural elements, to something more primal and far more deadly. Based on the true story of The Donner Party, The Hunger is an eerie, shiver-inducing exploration of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

«Aterrador». Stephen Graham Jones«Insuperable». Catriona Ward1944. A medida que avanza la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la amenaza ha llegado al frente interno. En un rincón remoto de Idaho, Meiko Briggs y

I turned to Luke and reached for him. My blood felt as though it had seized up in my veins."Lanny, what is it?" Luke asked. I clutched his lapel desperately"Its Adair. Hes free."FOR 200 YEARS SHES BEEN HIDINGHe gave her immortality.She tried to destroy him.Now he is searching for her.They must not meet.Or there will be a RECKONING