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’48: James Herbert
$10.00In 1945, Hitler unleashes the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Hoke, an American pilot and one of a tiny minority with a rare blood group unaffected by the deadly disease, has survived among the debris and dead of London for three years. Now, in '48, a slow-dying group of Fascist Blackshirts believe their only hope is a complete blood transfusion from one of Hoke's kind. They literally want his blood. Running for his life, Hoke is rescued by other survivors and they are pursued through London's ravaged streets and historic landmarks, reaching a dramatic, explosive climax at the top of the Tower Bridge. -
’48: James Herbert
$7.00In 1945, Hitler unleashed the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Those who died at once were the lucky ones. The really unfortunate took years. The survivors - people like Hoke, an American pilot and one of a tiny minority with a blood group unaffected by the killer disease - have survived among the debris and dead of London for three years. But now, Hoke's running for his life - hunted through the ruined city by a desperate pack of slow-dying Fascist Blackshirts. They're after his blood...literally... -
Creed: James Herbert
$8.00Joseph Creed is a paparazzo - he chases and harasses celebrities for candid shots, hopefully the seedier kind. Creed is a sleaze - but good at his job; he's unkempt and uncouth, a coward, a liar and a would-be blackmailer. He's also a womaniser and a divorcee. He looks a little like Mickey Rourke - and knows it. After the funeral ceremony of a major Hollywood actress, Creed photographs a man desecrating the grave. Creed himself is observed and there is a series of horrific events designed to frighten him into handing over the film. The man he has photographed bears a strong resemblance to a a man who was hanged in the 1930s for murder and mutilation of children. Creed eventually discovers that his antagonists are the Fallen Angels of Europe. Their powers are waning, the centuries of evil have taken their toll. Creed finds them - in an old folks' rest home...Cover art by James Herbert. -
Fluke: James Herbert
$10.00He was a rangy mongrel, wandering the streets of the city, driven by a ravenous hunger and hunting a quarry he could not define. Somewhere in the depths of his consciousness was a memory clawing its way up, tormenting him, refusing to let him rest. The memory that he had once been a man... -
Haunted: James Herbert
$12.00David Ash, psychic investigator is invited to Edbrook, a remote country house where there is an alleged haunting. He meets the Mariell family: brothers Robert and Simon, sister Christina and their aunt, Nanny Tess. Ash is renowned for his dismissal of all thing supernatural, having exposed fake mediums and finding natural causes for so-called psychic phenomena. He has his reasons for refuting such unearthly occurrences. But over three hideous nights of terror, Ash is forced to re-evaluate his beliefs and confront the enigma of hisown past. There are games to be played here; nightmarish pastimes of a deadly, maleficent nature and only when they are done will Edbrook's dreadful secret be revealed. Cover art by James Herbert.
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Haunted: James Herbert
$7.00David Ash, psychic investigator is invited to Edbrook, a remote country house where there is an alleged haunting. He meets the Mariell family: brothers Robert and Simon, sister Christina and their aunt, Nanny Tess. Ash is renowned for his dismissal of all thing supernatural, having exposed fake mediums and finding natural causes for so-called psychic phenomena. He has his reasons for refuting such unearthly occurrences. But over three hideous nights of terror, Ash is forced to re-evaluate his beliefs and confront the enigma of hisown past. There are games to be played here; nightmarish pastimes of a deadly, maleficent nature and only when they are done will Edbrook's dreadful secret be revealed. -
Haunted: James Herbert
$6.00David Ash, psychic investigator is invited to Edbrook, a remote country house where there is an alleged haunting. He meets the Mariell family: brothers Robert and Simon, sister Christina and their aunt, Nanny Tess. Ash is renowned for his dismissal of all thing supernatural, having exposed fake mediums and finding natural causes for so-called psychic phenomena. He has his reasons for refuting such unearthly occurrences. But over three hideous nights of terror, Ash is forced to re-evaluate his beliefs and confront the enigma of his own past. There are games to be played here; nightmarish pastimes of a deadly, maleficent nature and only when they are done will Edbrook's dreadful secret be revealed. Cover art by James Herbert.
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Lair: James Herbert
$9.00The Rats II. The mutant white rat had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. They dominated the others, the dark-furred ones, who foraged for food and brought it back to the lair. Now the dark rats were restless, tormented by a craving they could not satisfy. But the white slug-like thing that ruled them knew. It's two heads weaved to and fro, and it drooled as it remembered the taste of human flesh...Cover art by Gerry Grace (as Gerald Grace.) -
Moon: James Herbert
$8.00He had fled from the terrors of his past, finding refuge in the quietness of the island. And for a time he lived in peace. Until the "sightings" began, visions of horror seeping into his mind like poisonous tendrils, violent acts that were hideously macabre, the thoughts becoming intense. He witnessed the grotesque acts of another thing, a thing that glorified in murder and mutilation, a monster that soon became aware of the observer within its own mind. And relished contact. A creature that would eventually come to the island to seek him out... -
A fearsome foursome: Moon: He had fled to the island to escape those chilling glimpses of grotesque, brutal murders, but the monster that lurked inside his mind followed, eager to seek him out... Shrine: Alice was a little girl - small, thin and a deaf-mute. Then came the vision. Suddenly, she could hear, speak and perform miracles. But with the wondrous change, she became an agent of evil; of corruption and hate that was centuries old. The Dark: It invaded men's minds, drove them to frenzies of destruction, orgies of murder and mutilation. It was strong enough to take over an entire city, too powerful to be destroyed. It was The Dark... Fluke: He was a puppy; different from other dogs, different from other animals. The men called him Fluke and that was apt, for Fluke was a man, with a man's feelings and intelligence trapped inside the body of a dog. Cover art by Kevin Jones. -
Once… James Herbert
$9.00For Thom Kindred, a stroke victim, life is nothing spectacular. He is partially incapacitated and battling daily to regain control of his life. Moved by haunting dreams of his youth, he travels back to the wooded land where he grew up to recuperate. Surrounded by the comforts of Castle Bracken, Thom plans to relive old, forgotten memories. But his return has stirred an ancient evil at Castle Bracken, one cloaked in the guise of a friend. His only chance for survival lies in a world that he no longer believes in. A door is opened into a place of wonder and terrible danger; where the unexpected becomes the norm, where the separation of dreams and nightmares is thin, and where "Once upon a time . . ." doesn't always lead to a happy ending. -
Portent: James Herbert
$12.00Something incredible is about to happen... Around the world, from San Francisco to the Indian city of Varanasi, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Taklimakan Desert, forces of unimaginable violence are being unleashed - earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, deadly hailstorms. Each disaster preceded by the mysterious appearance of strange, dazzling lights. Portents. Signs of a coming titanic struggle between the forces of darkness and light. A struggle involving a hermit in the remote Scottish Highlands with an extraordinary secret. Two very special children who unknowingly hold the future of the planet in their hands. And the grotesque matriarch of a bizarre New Orleans cult who is determined to destroy them... -
Sepulchre: James Herbert
$12.00There is a house hidden away in a small valley that holds a dark and dreadful secret. The psychic who lives in the house is a part of the secret. The house has a guardian - also the guardian of the psychic and the secret....The Keeper. Together they serve a force whose existence threatens mankind. And now a terrible danger is sensed and an outsider must protect them all. The outsider is Halloran, and he is unaware of the terrible evil he must face. He will learn of multinational corporation's strange method of detecting new mineral resources; he will combat men who thrive on the worst of physical corruption; he will find love of a most perverse nature; he will confront the darkness of his own soul - but most of all, he will discover the horrific and awesome secret of the Sepulchre.
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Sepulchre: James Herbert
$9.00There is a house called Neath that holds a dark and terrible secret. In that house, there is a psychic called Kline who is part of its secret. The Keeper is guardian of the house, of the psychic, and of the secret. But now an outsider must protect them from a terrible danger. Halloran will combat men who thrive on physical corruptions; he will find love of a perverse nature; he will confront his soul's own darkness. And eventually he will discover the horrific and awesome secret of the Sepulchre. -
Shrine: James Herbert
$6.00Alice, a deaf-mute, has a vision of a lady in shimmering white who says she is the immaculate conception. Suddenly Alice can speak, hear, and perform miracles. The visitation site, beneath an ancient oak tree, becomes a shrine, a holy place for thousands of pilgrims. But Alice is no longer the guileless child overwhelmed by her new saintliness. She has become the agent of something corrupt, a vile force centuries old...Innocence and evil have merged to become one. -
Shrine: James Herbert
$18.00Alice, a deaf-mute, has a vision of a lady in shimmering white who says she is the immaculate conception. Suddenly Alice can speak, hear, and perform miracles. The visitation site, beneath an ancient oak tree, becomes a shrine, a holy place for thousands of pilgrims. But Alice is no longer the guileless child overwhelmed by her new saintliness. She has become the agent of something corrupt, a vile force centuries old...Innocence and evil have merged to become one. -
The Dark: James Herbert
$8.00Bishop, a ghost hunter and writer on the paranormal, always seeks a scientific explanation for the things that go bump in the night. He begins an investigation of an old house in London, but finds bodies. Over 30 people apparently mass suicide...And so it came, like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power. And somewhere in the night... a small girl smiled as her mother burned... Asylum inmates slaughtered their attendants... in slimy tunnels, once-human creatures gathered. Madness raged as the lights began to fade, and humanity was attacked by an ancient, unstoppable evil. -
The Fog: A strange, deadly yellow fog is drifting across the English countryside, leaving madness and murder in its trail. As villages, towns and London itself fall victim to its choking insanity, only one man can stop it…The Spear: The Spear of Destiny, that once pierced the side of Jesus on the Cross, has immense powers for good or evil. A fanatical neo-Nazi cult plans to use the Spear to reanimate their long dead leader...Hitler’s right-hand man, Heinrich Himmler. Sepulchre: There is a house hidden away in a small valley that holds a dark and dreadful secret. The psychic who lives in the house is a part of the secret. The house has a guardian - also the guardian of the psychic and the secret....The Keeper. Together they serve a force whose existence threatens mankind. And now a terrible danger is sensed and an outsider must protect them all. The outsider is Halloran, and he is unaware of the terrible evil he must face. He will learn of multinational corporation's strange method of detecting new mineral resources; he will combat men who thrive on the worst of physical corruption; he will find love of a most perverse nature; he will confront the darkness of his own soul - but most of all, he will discover the horrific and awesome secret of the Sepulchre.