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A terrible deed from the past threatens to overtake the life of a young man only recently rescued from the claws of death… In one fateful moment, in the split second it takes to move from normalcy to tragedy, nearly everything that Alex Lonsdale holds dear was ripped from him. But when a doctor is able to bring him back from the very brink of death, he is considered a medical miracle - those who love him rejoice. But when they look closely into Alex’s eyes, there is something missing there.

For more than three decades John Saul has haunted the New York Times best seller list - and listeners imaginations - with his chilling tales of psychological suspense and supernatural horror. His instinct for striking the deepest chords of fear in our hearts and minds is unerring, and his gift for steering a tale from the light of day into the darkest depths of nightmare is at its harrowing best in House of Reckoning.

Beyond the sparkling Hawaiian beaches, masked by the deceptive beauty of the rainforest, evil awaits 16-year-old Michael Sundquist and his mother, Katharine, an anthropologist who has come to the Islands to study the unusual skeletal remains unearthed on the volcanic flanks of Haleakala, Maui.

Just as their troubled marriage is reaching the breaking point, Ted and Janet Conway inherit a home that has been in the family for more than a century. Eager to make a new beginning, the Conways and their three children head for the promise of a better life in the small Louisiana town of St. Albans. But within the long-abandoned, sprawling Victorian manse lies the dark history of the Conway name.

After his father's untimely death sends 15-year-old Ryan McIntyre into an emotional tailspin, his mother enrolls him in St. Isaac's Catholic boarding school, hoping the venerable institution, with its reputation for transforming wayward teens, can work its magic on her son. But troubles are not unknown even at St. Isaac.

The children were waiting. Waiting for centuries. Waiting for someone to hear their cries. Now nine-year-old Christie Lyons has come to live in the house on the hill - the house where no children have lived for 50 years. Now little Christie will sleep in the old-fashioned nursery on the third floor. Now Christie's terror will begin...when the wind blows, the children must die!

The House: Lush and deceptively tranquil, with its pristine beaches and blossoming vegetation, the island basks in splendid isolation off the South Carolina coast. Here, where sudden storms unleash the murderous rage of wind and sea, stands the Devereaux mansion, a once-great plantation house now crumbling amid ancient oaks dripping with Spanish moss. Here, Marguerite Devereaux, fifty and childless, has cast off her dreams to care for her aged, demanding mother.

Peter Balsam has come to this sleepy desert town to teach its youth, and finds a mystery of mounting horror. Something is happening to the young girls of St. Francis Xavier High School - something evil.In bloodlet and terror a suicide contagion has swept the town...while a dark order of its holy men enacts a secret medieval ritual. Is hysteria manipulating these innocent children into violent self-destruction? Or has a supernatural force, a 13th-century madness, returned to Punish the Sinners?

A peaceful, neighborly village, darkened by legends of death. Who is Nathaniel? For a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered the name in wonder and fear. Some say he is simply a folk tale - a legend created to frighten children on cold winter nights. Some swear he is a terrifying spirit returned to avenge the past. And soon...very soon...some will come to believe that Nathaniel lives still - darkly, horrifyingly real.

Something is happening to the children of Eastbury, Massachusetts....something that causes healthy babies to turn cold in their cribs. Something that strikes at the heart of every parent's darkest fears. Something unexplained that is taking the children, one by one. An entire town waits on the edge of panic for the next child to be taken. They all know there must be a reason for the terror, but no one ever expected...The God Project.

Clark's Harbor was the perfect coastal haven, jealously guarded against outsiders. But now strangers have come to settle there. And a small boy is suddenly free of a frenzy that had gripped him since birth. But his sister is haunted by fearful visions. And one by one, in violent, mysterious ways, the strangers are dying. Never the townspeople, only the strangers. Has a dark bargain been struck between the people of Clark's Harbor and some supernatural force?

The dark history and dire secrets of a peaceful small town are summoned from the shadows of the past. Unholy forces are stirred from long slumber to monstrous new life. And two young misfits discover the chilling art of turning persecution into retribution. With these eerie ingredients...

John Saul knows how to make the blood run cold and the heart race wild with fear. Now the author of the New York Times bestsellers Creature and The Homing delivers a chilling novel of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death—and hell-bent on revenge. For five years Seattle journalist Anne...

Compiled, edited, and newly revised by Ralph Ellison’s literary executor, John F. Callahan, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes posthumously discovered reviews, criticism, and interviews, as well as the essay collections Shadow and Act (1964), hailed by Robert Penn Warren as “a...

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Ein Unbekannter hinterlässt ein geheimnisvolles Päckchen vor Harvey Conallys Tür.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Als der Anwalt Ed Becker in einem alten Schrank aus der Anstalt ein Stereoskop entdeckt, ist seine Tochter Amy ganz begeistert.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Auf der Suche nach alten Anstaltsunterlagen stößt Oliver Metcalf auf ein wunderschönes, handgenähtes Taschentuch.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Das exotische Feuerzeug, das sie auf dem sonntäglichen Flohmarkt aufstöbert, scheint Rebecca Morrison genau das richtige Willkommensgeschenk für ihre Cousine Andrea zu sein.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit... Der angesehene und besonnene Bankdirektor Jules Hartwick führt seit Jahren eine glückliche Ehe.

Bedrohlich ragt die Silhouette des leerstehenden Irrenhauses über Blackstone. An seiner Stelle soll ein modernes Einkaufszentrum entstehen und der Kleinstadt neuen Wohlstand bringen. Doch als die erste Mauer fällt, erwacht das Böse in dem alten Gemäuer wieder zum Leben. Eine dunkle Gestalt schleicht durch die Straßen Blackstones und verteilt geheimnisvolle Geschenke mit einer grauenvollen Vergangenheit.