Resultados para "Terror" en Historias alternativas

This historical generational horror/suspense/science fiction audiobook defies genre classification as it has intrigue and terror. It is a Centenary retelling of the Titanic story to destroy all the false legends surrounding Titanic. "From a master of terror and suspense," according to Clive Cussler, author of Raise the Titanic, herein lies a compelling reason that forces Captain Edward J. Smith to scuttle his own ship - RMS Titanic. What dark secret prompts such an action on the part of a veteran, retiring captain on a ship's maiden voyage?

The invaders are continuing to strengthen their hold over an America still reeling. But in the hills, woods, and countryside small sparks of rebellion are taking hold, fanning the fires of patriotism that will unite the country against a common enemy. Finally free from the clutches of Fen Shu, President Madeline Tanner refuses to leave her fellow countrymen to their fate. She is their leader and will stop at nothing to protect her people

Michael Gallatin is a British spy with a peculiar talent: the ability to transform himself into a wolf. Although his work in North Africa helped the Allies win the continent in the early days of World War II, he quit the service when a German spy shot his lover in her bed. Now, three years later, the army asks him to end his retirement and parachute into occupied Paris. A mysterious German plan called the Iron Fist threatens the D-Day invasion, and the Nazi in charge is the spy who betrayed Michael’s lover. The werewolf goes to France for king and country, hoping for a chance at bloody vengeance.

Based on a series of true events on the Hanford Area, the western half of the United State’s Manhattan Project, things went wrong and in a big way. Chimpanzees exposed to various drug and radiological products became advanced and escaped. How the chimpanzees alter the future of primates and humans is frightening.

As the Blue Jays edge closer to their first World Series win since 1993, the pressure on Toronto feels like it's about to explode. Between the separatist bombings and violent protests at castration clinics, you'd think Toronto had enough to deal with. But when a doomsday cult promising freedom for everyone sweeps the city, high strangeness reigns, and it gets even weirder. Grassfinch is a psychedelic fever dream filled with alien abduction, psychics, organ theft, and, of course, raccoons.

En esta emotiva novela descubriremos que el mundo fue creado por 22 dioses, fundadores de las diferentes razas humanas para aumentar ¡su poder! Seremos testigos de cómo esos dioses utilizaron las 22 Cartas Arcanas Mayores del tarot egipcio, en un juego creado por la luz y la oscuridad para incrementar el control sobre la raza humana. En el centro de esa lucha conoceremos al SCAN, grupo político-económico secreto que domina los recursos del poder en la Tierra.

Marcus was a happy family man until Hitler's reign of tyranny came. He was captured and tortured in a Nazi camp. It was his grandmother's magic that saved him from death by turning him into a vampire. He now struggles with the loss of his wife and keeping his daughter safe not only from Nazis, but from the creatures that live in the realm of the Dark World, including vampires, werewolves, and witches. How will Marcus protect his daughter from the dangers of the Dark World? Listen to the novel and find out.

There has always been something living in the shadows, only now it has a name...the Magdon. The first in an exciting series exploring the adventures of Archy as he goes in search of a monster buried in the shadows for centuries. There is another world beneath our own - we just have to remember that it is there. Hadrian's Wall, summer of 1911, Archy is given the chance to spend his summer at the excavation of a Roman Fort called Vercovicium.

The German stranglehold on the town of Bastogne has been released, only for the living dead to rise up and take their place. A ragtag group of men fight their way out of the chaos and make a frantic escape from the rubble and ruin. One of them, British soldier Lieutenant Robert Wilkins, uncovers crucial information about the source of the zombie scourge.

Audrey Hamilton, a young American woman, comes to Paris to seek her fortune as an artist. Lurking beneath the glamour of the city, however, in a nation still recovering from the Great War of 1914-18, is the dark spiritual force of the poet Charles Baudelaire. Evil will rise from the moody old Cemetery of Montparnasse to ensnare Audrey's spirit and drag her to her doom.

He was disillusioned with life, but did not expect to be given an alternative while visiting France in search of his family ancestors. He would find love and history interwoven in an intriguing story of the conquest of life and mind. He also had not known the undying love of a mangy horse - a fellow roommate in the historic stable.

At the height of the Vietnam War, a search and rescue team known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon. As Vulture Squad hunts through the primordial depths of the valley, they discover ancient horrors that not only threaten to unravel their minds, but to end their lives, as well.

In 1903, the world marches toward modernity. The first World Series of baseball has been held, and everyday technology changes with each sunrise. The natural world is encroached upon, and offered new protection under dramatic steps of bold Theodore Roosevelt. Yet, Chicago Tribune reporter Roger Merrick has been charged with investigating a curious piece of the older world: the grand Fountain Spring House of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Wandering amidst whispers of folklore, threat, and mounting dread, Roger seeks to uncover the truth, while preserving his very livelihood.

Dive deep into the heart of the murky swamps and tangled forests of Arkansas with me through this book. In the heart of the Arkansas wilderness lies a mysterious swamp that has been the source of countless tales of terror and mystery. For generations, locals have whispered in hushed tones about a creature that roams the dark and thickened woods, striking fear into the hearts of those who dare to venture too close. The creature, known as the Boggy Creek Monster, has become a movement inspiring countless books and films and even causing a whole festival to be celebrated in its name.

A week after her mother found her sleeping on the ceiling, Amy Thomsett is delivered to her new school, Drearcliff Grange in Somerset. Although it looks like a regular boarding school, Amy learns that Drearcliff girls are special, the daughters of criminal masterminds, outlaw scientists and master magicians.

Three bank robbers are on the run following a rather unusual heist. They decide to seek shelter for the night in a tiny, seemingly harmless town. However, the following morning they awaken to discover that the town they chose is actually some form of disturbingly cheery utopia complete with sickly sweet citizens who have the rather odd habit of breaking into perfectly choreographed song and dance numbers. When they try to leave, they discover that getting out of this bizarre little village may not be as easy as they thought.

Colonel W.B. Townsend has fallen on rough times establishing the Little River Lumber Company due to strange occurrences preventing the construction of his railroad. Detectives William Rue and Johnny Walking-Stick from the Pinkerton Detective Agency are called to find the unknown saboteurs and bring them to justice. A new threat descends on this small, developing town, with nefarious plans that may one day threaten the entire world. Will the citizens of Townsend and the Foresters of Stillwater set aside their differences and join forces against the nightmare known as the Rougarou?

People may not have heard of Robert Leroy Parker or Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, but everyone in America—and most of the rest of the world—have heard of their better-known aliases: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. This infamous duo carved out their place in American history stealing horses and cattle, and ingeniously robbing numerous banks, stagecoaches, and trains.

NATO Counterstrikes…and Western tanks storm into Germany. Can they break the Warsaw Pact? With the Soviet conquest of Germany nearly complete, the alliance falters. NATO scrambles to salvage the situation before it’s too late. American and Korean forces must hold the line. But can reinforcements arrive before it’s too late?

Killing Hikamt Mehsud is the story of a Pakistani Special Services Officer from Special Operations Unit known as The "Ghost" who is transferred to Wana, Waziristan for helping Local Commander coupe up with increasing IED Attacks by Baitullah Mehsud. The author of the book, Naveed Ali Sheikh, narrates the story while adding many past events and their historical significance.