James Herbert

//James Herbert
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  • 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.
  • For 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.
     
  • Something 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...
  • 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.

  • There 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.
  • Alice, 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.
  • Alice, 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.
  • Bishop, 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.