"A singularly creepy modern-day ghost story.... Hill knows how to construct a spooky scenario with rich emotional underpinnings." - San Francisco Chronicle

Aging death-metal rock legend Jodas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals... a used hangman's noose... a snuff film.  But nothing he possesses is as unique as his latest purchase off the Internet: a one-of-a-kind curiosity that arrives at his door in a black heart-shaped box... a musty dead man's suit still inhabited by the spirit of the late owner.  And now everywhere Judas Coyne goes, the old man is there - watching, waiting, dangling a razor blade on a chain from his bony hand.

"Heart-Shaped Box is a fine mix of psychological terror and gruesome horror....  Remarkable, moving, and well-crafted." - Denver Post

Erupting out of mudane surroundings, the shocks in Hill's riveting debut novel can be lurid and blood-drenched, or as quietly chilling as a casual phone call from and old, dead friend." - Entertainment Weekly

"[A] cardiac hazard of a first novel....  A surprising, inventive ghost-storyteller... [Hill] is carving out a niche of his own." - Chicago Tribune

JOE HILL is the author of the novel Horns and the acclaimed story collection 20th Century Ghosts.  He calls New England home.

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.
"Sometimes the universe throws you a rope."

Stephen King's Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney.  Listeners have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodge's partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider.  In King's new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency, hoping For help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case.  Her partner, Pete, has Covid.  Her (very complicated) mother has just died.  And Holly is meant to be on leave.  But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.

Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris.  They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semiretired lifelong academics.  But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance.  And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.

Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.  His recent work includes Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (co-written with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock).  His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by the New York Times Book Review.  He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.  He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

JUSTINE LUPE starred in the HBO award-winning series Succession, the Netflix film Luckiest Girl Alive, Noah Baumbach's Frances Ho, and David Chas's Not Fade Away.  She was a series regular on Mr. Mercedes and appeared for years on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.  Theater roles include the Philip Seymour Hoffman-directed drama A Family for All Occasions at the Bank Street Theater and Empothitrox at HERE Arts Center.  Justine is the co-creator and star of the Adult Swim Smalls micro series The Non-Essentials.  She is a graduate of The Julliard School.

SHE SURVIVED THE UNIMAGINABLE.
HOW PREPARED IS SHE FOR THE UNBELIEVABLE?

In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob's Ladder island.  Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting.

The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility.  And now two agents have arrived on Jacob's Ladder in search of someone - or something - they refuse to identify.  Although an air of menace hangs over these men, an infinitely greater threat has arrived, one so strange even the island animals are in a State of high alarm.

Katie soon finds herself in an epic and terrifying battle with a mysterious enemy.  But Katie’s not alone after all: a brave young girl appears out of the violent squall.  As Katie and her companion struggle across a dark and eerie landscape, against them is an omnipresent terror that could bring about the end of the world.

Could there really be such a thing as hell on earth? Odd only knows.

#1 New York Times bestselling maestro of macabre suspense Dean Koontz plunges everyone’s favorite spirit-spotting fry cook into his most frightening encounter yet, in the thrill-packed third Odd Thomas graphic novel.

Transforming a ramshackle mansion into a dream house has become a nightmare for onetime Hollywood producer Nedra Nolan, whose newly purchased fixer-upper in Pico Mundo has sent a string of spooked contractors scurrying off the job, claiming the place is haunted. Who’s she gonna call? Her friend recommends Odd Thomas, the mild-mannered young man with a gift for communing with ghosts who won’t rest in peace. With his soul mate and sidekick, Stormy Llewellyn, in tow, Odd agrees to investigate the eerie incidents. But his spirit-seeking style is cramped by the obnoxious TV ghost hunters Nedra hires to flush out the troublesome phantoms with elaborate gadgets.

As night falls and a raging storm traps them all in the mazelike manse, Odd tries in vain to scare up some lost souls. But instead, something more terrifying than any apparition—something with flesh, blood, and teeth—makes its sinister presence known. And with nowhere to hide, Odd and his fellow hunters suddenly become the prey.

From amazon.com:

Number one New York Times best seller

From the legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new "exceptionally compelling novellas that reaffirm [King’s] mastery of the form" (The Washington Post).

Readers adore Stephen King’s novels, and his novellas are their own dark treat, briefer but just as impactful and enduring as his longer fiction. Many of his novellas have been made into iconic films, including The Body (Stand by Me) and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (Shawshank Redemption).

Four brilliant new tales in If It Bleeds are sure to prove as iconic as their predecessors. Once again, King’s remarkable range is on full display. In the title story, fan-favorite Holly Gibney (from the Mr. Mercedes trilogy and The Outsider) must face her fears and possibly another outsider - this time on her own. In Mr. Harrigan’s Phone an intergenerational friendship has a disturbing afterlife. The Life of Chuck explores, beautifully, how each of us contains multitudes. And in Rat, a struggling writer must contend with the darker side of ambition.

If these novellas show King’s range, they also prove that certain themes endure. One of King’s great concerns is evil, and in If It Bleeds, there’s plenty of it. There is also evil’s opposite, which in King’s fiction often manifests as friendship. Holly is reminded that friendship is not only life-affirming but can be life-saving. Young Craig befriends Mr. Harrigan, and the sweetness of this late-in-life connection is its own reward.

"Exactly what I wanted to read right now," said Ruth Franklin in a rave on the cover of The New York Times Book Review. "Phenomenal," said Brian Truitt in USA Today. "King still owns the fright business like none other.”"

Instant Replay

During a routine slaying, Buffy encounters a vampire named Veronique who knows the Slayer's name and can anticipate her attack.  One who doesn;t have the proper respect for Mr. Pointy.  One who cannot die.  If slain, she will reincarnate in a new body.

An invincible demon is the last thing Buffy needs now.  Joyce Summers is about to undergo a serious operation, calling up all of her daughter's fears about her own mortality.  Angel wants to comfort Buffy, but her mother's crisis underscores the differences between them: he will live forever, while she will grow old... or die young.

Torn between her duties as a daughter and as the Chosen One, Buffy needs the support of her friends to help he solve the rash of grave robberies, head off an influx of new vampires, and take Veronique down once and for all.  For Veronique is on a mission - to bring about the unification of her master, the Triumvirate, into one all-powerful demon that will drink the blood of the last man on earth...

Buffy
the Vampire Slayer

"Meet a young man named Odd . . . who helps the dead get even."

From the infinite imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the suspenseful graphic-novel debut of a natural-born hero with a supernatural twist.

Odd Thomas is a regular nineteen-year-old with an unusual gift: the ability to see the lingering spirits of the dead. To Odd, it’s not such a big deal. And most folks in sleepy Pico Mundo, California, are much more interested in the irresistible pancakes Odd whips up at the local diner. Still, communing with the dead can be useful. Because while some spirits only want a little company... others want justice.

When the sad specter of a very frightened boy finds its way to him, Odd vows to root out the evil suddenly infecting the sunny streets of Pico Mundo. But even with his exceptional ability–plus the local police and his pistol-packing girlfriend, Stormy, backing him–is Odd any match for a faceless stalker who’s always a step ahead... and determined to kill again?

From amazon.com:

2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE AUDIE AWARD WINNER!

WINNER OF THE 2020 AUDIO PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King whose “storytelling transcends genre” (Newsday) comes “another winner: creepy and touching and horrifyingly believable” (The Boston Globe) about a group of kids confronting evil.

In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach motel,” Kalisha says. “You check in, but you don’t check out.”

In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don’t, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute.

As psychically terrifying as Firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of It, The Institute is “first-rate entertainment that has something important to say. We all need to listen” (The Washington Post).

DERRY: A SMALL CITY IN MAINE, A PLACE AS HAUNTINGLY FAMILIAR AS YOUR OWN HOMETOWN, ONLY IN DERRY THE HAUNTING IS REAL...

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror.  Now they were grown-up men and women who had gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness.  But none of them could withstand the force that drew them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end and the evil without a name...

IT

"A mesmerizing odyssey of terror... great... Stephen King is the master of modern horror... He writes like one possessed, never cheats the reader, always gives full measure...  He is brilliant... dark and sinister."
- The Washington Post Book World

"Vintage King... a magnum opus of terror... just a glance at the first few pages, and you can't put this novel aside."
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Epic... gargantuan... breathlessly accelerating suspense... the Moby Dick of horror novels."
- Los Angeles Herald Examiner

A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB MAIN SELECTION

From amazon.com:

2022 MYSTERY AUDIE AWARD WINNER!

A BRAND-NEW NOVEL FROM LEGENDARY STORYTELLER STEPHEN KING!

SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS.

The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine—as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.

Later is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King’s classic novel, It, Later is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.

From audible.com:

In the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town, New York, in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane arrives to educate the children of the region. This lanky schoolmaster from Connecticut fancies the idea of marrying the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, the 18-year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer, but there is a problem with his plan. Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt, the town rowdy, has already set his heart on marrying her.

This romantic rivalry climaxes one autumn night with the appearance of the legendary Headless Horseman, allegedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head to a cannonball during the Revolutionary War. Every night he rides through the woods to the scene of the battle in search of his head.

Since this story’s first appearance in 1820, generations of readers, young and old, have thrilled to the headless horseman galloping through the haunted woods of Sleepy Hollow. The rollicking tale of Ichabod Crane and his ill-fated courtship of Katrina Van Tassel has become a classic ghost story.

From amazon.com:

Set in 1983, Let Me In is the horrific tale of Oskar and Eli. It begins with the grizzly discovery of the body of a teenage boy, emptied of blood. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last - revenge for all the bad things the bullies at school do to him, day after day.

While Oskar is fascinated by the murder, it is not the most important thing in his life. A new girl has moved in next door - a girl who has never seen a Rubik’s cube before, but who can solve it at once. They become friends. Then something more. But there is something wrong with her, something odd. And she only comes out at night....

From amazon.com:

The “haunting... tender, intimate book that makes an epic interior journey” (The New York Times), Lisey’s Story is a literary masterpiece - an extraordinarily moving and haunting portrait of a marriage and its aftermath.

Lisey lost her husband Scott two years ago, after a twenty-five year marriage of profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey knew there was a place Scott went—a place that both terrified and healed him, could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it’s Lisey’s turn to face Scott’s demons, to go to that terrifying place known as Boo’ya Moon. What begins as a widow’s effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited.

“Intricate...exhilarating” (The New Yorker), perhaps Stephen King’s most personal and powerful novel ever, Lisey’s Story is about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness, and the secret language of love. It is a beautiful, “rich portrait of a marriage, and the complicated affection that outlives death” (The Washington Post).

"The pull of family drama with an overlayer of rising suspense."
- Publishers Weekly

THE PERFECT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY

From the bestselling storyteller Orson Scott Card comes a gripping story of terror within a small town. Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children move to Steuben, North Carolina, with high hopes. But Step's new job with a software company turns out to be a snake pit, and eight-year-old Stevie's school is worse, an unending parade of misery and disaster. As Stevie retreats into himself, focusing more and more on a mysterious computer game and a growing troop of imaginary friends, the Fletchers' concern turns to terror. There is something eerie about his loyal, invisible new playmates: each shares the name of a child who has recently vanished from the sleepy Southern town. And as evil strikes out from the most trusted corners, it's suddenly clear that Stevie is next on the list.

LOST BOYS

"Affecting, genuine, poignant, uplifting: a limpid, neautifully orchestrated new venture from an author already accomplished in other fields."
- Kirkus Reviews

TRUTH AND
CONSEQUENCES

Buffy Summer's adjustment to life at U.C. Sunnydale has not gone smoothly.  She feels awkward, insecure, and jealous that Willow's all over the college life.  So when she is visited by a prophecy of impending danger, the timing couldn't be worse.  There's plenty of evil afoot as it is: a unified troop of vampires has descended upon Sunnydale, and tension between Buffy and Willow gets in the way of demon hunting.

Before long, a single moment of bad judgement catapults Buffy into an alternate future dimension where vampires reign supreme.  Imprisoned in the body of her 24-year-old-self - and confronting friends and foes the likes of which she'd never imagined - the Slayer must uncover her past misstep and correct it, or risk a terrifying monster that she herself has created...

Four books in one volume - an $11.96 value!

The Manitou is coming...

For Karen Tandy the terror is over.  Her wracked and spent body lies on the abandoned floor of a Manhattan hospital.  A strange sac-like growth hangs limply from her back, a discarded cocoon.

The lights are out in this part of Sisters of Jerusalem. The area is blanketed by a dense, icy fog.  Somewhere within this murky black shroud lurks a terrible Indian spirit, born from the shriveled remains of innocent youth, returned to avenge the lost souls of his red brethren.

For Dr. Hughes, Harry Erskine, and Singing Rock, the terror has just begun.  These disparate souls, one a healer, one a trickster, and the third a shaman, will need all their wit and courage to combat four centuries of Indian sorcery.  The life of Karen Tandy has not sated the Manitou's bloodthirst for revenge: he will make the streets of New York run red.

Can modern technology defeat the black forces of ancient Indian magic?

THE
MANITOU

"High quality entertainment from start to finish... just what the medicine man ordered." - Publishers Weekly

From librivox.org:

One of the first horror novels, it tells the story of Melmoth, who sells his soul so he could have an extended life. Throughout the novel, he wanders around the world in search of someone who would replace him and lift his curse. It is known for its many sub-plots, the true horror it makes one feel, and its criticism of the Catholic church. This is certainly one of the most important books of all times, quoted in countless other works, and praised by authors and critics alike. - Summary by Wikipedia and Stav Nisser.

Front flap:

IN JURASSIC PARK, HE CREATED A TERRIFYING NEW WORLD, NOW, IN MICRO, MICHAEL CRICHTON REVEALS A UNIVERSE TOO SMALL TO SEE AND TOO DANGEROUS TO IGNORE.

IN A LOCKED HONOLULU OFFICE BUILDING, three men are found dead with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies.  The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye.

IN THE LUSH FORESTS OF OAHU, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting.  Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined.

IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up.  Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier.

BUT ONCE IN THE OAHU RAIN FOREST, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn.  Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power.  To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself.

AN INSTANT CLASSIC, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion.  Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.

Back flap:

MICHAEL CRICHTON has sold over 200 million books, which have been translated into thirty-six languages; thirteen of his books have been made into films.  His novels include Next, State of Fear, Timeline, Jurassic Park, and The Andromeda Strain.  Also known as a filmmaker and the creator of ER, he remains the only writer to have had the number one book, movie, and TV show simultaneously.  At the time of his death in 2008, Crichton was well into the writing of Micro; Richard Preston was selected to complete the novel.

RICHARD PRESTON is an internationally acclaimed bestselling author of eight books, including The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees.  Many of Preston's books have first appeared in The New Yorker.  He has won numerous awards, including the American Institute of Physics Award and the National Magazine Award, and he is the only person not a medical doctor ever to receive the Centers for Disease Control's Champion of Prevention Award for public health.  He lives with his wife and three children near Princeton, New Jersey.

Four citizens of Moonlight Cove are left...
they must escape before they face a fate more tortuous
than death... and as inevitable as midnight.

In picturesque Moonlight Cove, California, inexplicable deaths occur and spine-tingling terror descends to this "edge of paradise."  Growing numbers of residents harbor a secret so dark it is sure to cost even more lives.

Tessa Lockland comes to town to probe her sister's seemingly unprompted, suicide.  Independent and clever, she meets up with Sam Booker, an undercover FBI agent sent to Moonlight Cove to discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths.  They meet Harry Talbot, a wheelchair-bound veteran, who has seen things from his window that he was not meant to see.  Together they begin to understand the depth of evil in Moonlight Cove.  Chrissie Foster, a resourceful eleven-year-old, running from her parents who have suddenly changed and in whom darkness dwells, joins them.  Together they make a stand against darkness and terror.

READ BY J. CHARLES J. Charles has more than 40 years experience in professional theatre, radio, television, and film.  His name is familiar to many Michigan and national audiences as a scenic and lighting designer, as well as a performer and director.  Mr. Charles trained in theatre at Michigan State University and Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon).

"UNDILUTED HORROR... WONDERFUL... KING'S BEST... A PRIMAL STORYTELLER WRITING ABOUT A PRIMAL SCREAM!"
- Houston Chronicle

Paul Sheldon.  He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan.  Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident.  But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.  Now Annie wants Paul to write his greatest work - just for her.  She has a lot of ways to spur him on.  One is a needle.  Another is an ax.  And if they don't work, she can get really nasty....

"CLASSIC KING... FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS AND MOUNTING SUSPENSE!"  - BOSTON GLOBE

"NERVE-JANGLING... RAZOR KEEN." - KIRKUS REVIEWS

"CHILLING... AS SCARY AS ANYTHING KING HAS DONE." - DES MOINES REGISTER

"PAGE-TURNINGLY EFFECTIVE.  STRINGING OUT EVERY SCENE TO THE SCREAMING POINT." - CHICAGO SUN TIMES

A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB MAIN SELECTION

From amazon.com:

In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands.

In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes.

In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime. When he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the "perk" and threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy.

Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of highly unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands.

Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.

I knew we were both in mortal danger.  Still, in that instant, I felt well.  Whole.  I could feel my heart racing in my chest, the blood pulsing hot and fast through my veins again.  My lungs filled deep with the sweet scent that came off his skin.  It was like there had never been any whole in my chest.  I was perfect - not healed, but as if there had never been a wound in the first place.

Legions of readers are hungry for more.
Give in to temptation....

The #1 New York Times Bestseller

"Teens will relish this new adventure and hunger for more."  - Booklist

"New Moon piles on the suspense and romance."  - USA Today

"[A] near genius balance of breathtaking romance and action."  - VOYA

"New Moon will... leave [fans] breathless for the third."  - School Library Journal

THE TWILIGHT SAGA:
Twilight · New Moon · Eclipse · Breaking Dawn

From audible.com:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Jane Hawk’s one-woman war comes to an explosive climax as the rogue FBI agent gambles everything against a terrifying conspiracy, for vengeance, for justice, and for humanity’s freedom - from the author of The Silent Corner.

“Jane Hawk is arguably the best character Koontz has created.... Simply put, wow.” - Associated Press

A visionary young filmmaker hunted for sport across a vast Colorado ranch by the celebrated billionaire at the heart of a monstrous cabal....

A brilliant computer hacker slipping through top-secret databases a whisper ahead of security trackers, gathering the facts to fight the all-powerful perpetrators of mass murder....

A pair of brutal operators, methodically shadowing their targets with every cutting-edge tool in the arsenal of today’s surveillance state....

A sequence of quiet heroes - everyday citizens - stepping up, stepping forward, intent on countering the advancing darkness....

A Vegas mob boss teamed with a homicidal sociopath, circling a beloved boy and his protectors, aiming to secure him as leverage against his fugitive mother...

And that fugitive mother herself, ex-agent Jane Hawk, closing in on the malevolent architects of ruin she has stalked as they stalk her, prepared to sacrifice herself to finally bring them down.

These are the people and circumstances of The Night Window, the thrilling novel in Dean Koontz’s acclaimed Jane Hawk series. Replete - and then some - with the ingenious twists, the spellbinding action, the resonant themes, the sheer heart that have characterized Jane’s journey from the start, The Night Window follows its extraordinary heroine to her long-sought objective, in a stunning, unforgettable finale.

Don’t miss any of Dean Koontz’s gripping Jane Hawk thrillers:

• THE SILENT CORNER
• THE WHISPERING ROOM
• THE CROOKED STAIRCASE
• THE FORBIDDEN DOOR
• THE NIGHT WINDOW

“The spectacular finale to Jane’s story...will hit series fans with all the impact of a carefully calibrated hammer blow.” - Booklist (starred review)

“The best installment in the series since the first.... [Koontz] revs it up with entertaining encounters and offbeat humor.” - Kirkus Reviews

When things get scary, it’s nice to know that Odd is on our side.

The one and only Odd Thomas is back - in his second edgy and enthralling graphic-novel adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling suspense master Dean Koontz.

It’s Halloween in Pico Mundo, California, and there’s a whiff of something wicked in the autumn air. While the town prepares for its annual festivities, young fry cook Odd Thomas can’t shake the feeling that make-believe goblins and ghouls aren’t the only things on the prowl. And he should know, since he can see what others cannot: the spirits of the restless dead. But even his frequent visitor, the specter of Elvis Presley, can’t seem to point Odd in the right direction.

With the help of his gun-toting girlfriend, Stormy, Odd is out to uncover the terrible truth. Is something sinister afoot in the remote barn guarded by devilish masked men? Has All Hallows Eve mischief taken a malevolent turn? Or is the pleading ghost of a trick-or-treater a frightening omen of doom?

"MARVELOUS... THIS IS KOONTZ WORKING AT HIS PINNACLE."
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The dead don't talk.  I don't know why."  But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant.  Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz's dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death who offers up his heart in these pages and will forever capture yours.


Sometimes the silent souls who seek Odd out want justice.  Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime.  But this time is different.  A stranger comes to Pico Mundo, accompanied by a horde of hyena-like shades who herald an imminent catastrophe.  Aided by his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Odd will race against time to thwart the gathering evil.  Hos account of these shattering hours, in which past and present, fate and destiny, converge, is a testament by which to live - an unforgettable fable for our time destined to rank among Dean Koontz's most enduring works.

From audible.com:

When linguist Andrew Dennison is yanked from his bed by the Secret Service and taken to a top secret facility in the desert, he has no idea he's been brought there to translate the words of an ancient demon.

He joins pretty but cold veterinarian Sun Jones, eccentric molecular biologist Dr. Frank Belgium, and a hodge-podge of religious, military, and science personnel to try and figure out if the creature is, indeed, Satan.

But things quickly go bad, and very soon Andy isn't just fighting for his life, but the lives of everyone on earth…

From amazon.com:

An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively listenable stories.

An 11-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.

As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge, King's propulsive story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can.

PREHISTORIC
HYSTERIA

Buffy Summers and her gang know that Sunnydale is a haven for outsiders, whether of the supernatural or strictly adolescent variety.  Shy transfer student Kevin Sanderson is no exception.  But Kevin instantly finds a mentor in Daniel, a paleontologist and fellow dino-phile at the Sunnydale Museum of Natural History.  When Buffy starts hearing rumors of alligators in the sewers, she has to wonder about Kevin and Daniel's hobbies.

Meanwhile, the Slayerettes are having extracurricular excitement of their own.  Alysa, a hotshot talent agent, wants to represent the Dingoes, and she's offering the Scooby Gang fame and fortune.  If she's legit, it could be Oz's big break.  But Buffy's too busy to run a background check - Daniel and Kevin have reanimated an ancient creature with a new agenda... an agenda that begins and ends with the destruction of the Slayer....

DANGEROUS DIVAS

When the female population of Sunnydale starts strutting its girl power, the push for gender equality seems like a normal expression of '90's feminism.  After all, a girl trying out for the football team isn't usually a sign of imminent danger.  But when the guys start acting like powerless pawns and a few even turn up dead, Buffy Summers notices that the local womyn's movement has reached a feverish - and probably unnatural - pitch.

The Slayer is the only on who can see straight during the ultimate battle of the sexes.  Her friends - including Giles - are spellbound by the malignant muses permeating the school.  Even the local vampires are acting strange.  Alone in her search for answers, Buffy must figure out who's behind the sinister sisterhood... and close the gender gap before the feminist revolution goes too far.

#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes a surprising and exhilarating road trip with a man in pursuit of his strange past - mile by frightening mile.

Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery - abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona.  Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life.  Until the day of "strange magnetism."  It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere.  It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money.  And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him.  Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life.

During a shoot-out at a forlorn dude ranch, he finally meets his destined companions: Bridget Rainking, a beauty as gifted in foresight as she is with firearms, and her grandpa Sparky, a romance novelist with an unusual past Bridget knows what it's like to be Quinn.  She's hunted, too.  The only way to stay alive is to keep moving.

Barreling through the Sonoran Desert, the formidable trio is impelled by that same inexplicable magnetism toward the inevitable.  With every deeply disturbing mile, something sinister is in the rearview - an enemy that is more than a match for Quinn.  Even as he discovers within himself resources that are every bit as scary.

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With one simple myth, nations burned. Under the Almighty, an empire has been forged, bringing peace to the once-divided continent. But now, a spark of truth threatens to ignite the religion of lies.

Chapman unknowingly brought the Seventh Precinct to their demise. Now Officer Holden Sanders, known throughout the capital city as the survivor, seeks the truth of how so many he held dear were slaughtered. But, when it comes to light his former mentor might still draw breath, the officer of God is forced to wage war against the Almighty itself.

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Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying New York Times bestseller of those caught between the surreal forces of good versus evil in a small suburban Ohio town.

"The red van rolls past… humming and glinting. …Things are happening fast now, although no one on Poplar Street realizes it yet."

It’s a gorgeous midsummer afternoon along Poplar Street in the peaceful suburbia of Wentwort, Ohio, where life is as pleasant as you ever dreamed it could be. But that’s all about to end in blaze of gunfire and sudden violence, forever shattering the tranquility and the good times here. For the physical makeup of Poplar Street itself is now being transformed into a surreal landscape straight out of the active imagination of the innocent and vulnerable Seth Garin - an autistic boy who’s been exposed to and possessed by a horrific, otherworldly force of evil, one with sadistic and murderous intent and who is willing to use whatever means necessary to grow ever stronger.

CULTURE
CLASH

When a Chinese gang hits Sunnydale, racial tensions in the community are sparked. Buffy has seen the baddies shake down Willy the Snitch, so naturally her Slayer senses are up. But to Willow, the situation poses a more personal threat. Her new friend Jia Li has been feeling the backlash from this cross-cultural hostility - and it's tearing her family apart. Jia remains true to her ancient cultural heritage, but her brother, the angry, outspoken Lok, is ready to toss out old Chinese customs for the modern American lifestyle. And he's willing to use the occult for just that purpose.

Suddenly, a beautiful martial-arts warrior arrives on the scene. It's impossible to tell where her allegiance lies, but Xander - whose romances are becoming habitually complicated - is smitten, Giles is in full research mode, and before long, Buffy is wondering who's behind the gang warfare. Is supernatural evil brewing?

A PERILOUS
LOVE

In the folk-tales of pre-Christian Russia, the most dangerous ghost of all was the Rusalka, a murdered girl still seeking to exist by drawing the energy of life from all nearby living things.

Once Pyetr Kochevikov had mocked belief in magic, as he rioted through life with the young blades he thought his friehds.  But now, outcast from his native city, his only friend was Sasha Misurov, a young man fearful of his own beginning magical powers.  Pyetr and Sasha had found safety in the forest cottage of the old wizard, Uulamets.  Or it had seemed to offer safety, if not warmth.

Now Pyetr was less sure it was safe.  The dvorovoi, or Yard-Thing, accepted young Sasha, but the vodyanoi, or River Thing, had tried to kill Pyetr, and he had met the ghost of Uulamets' murdered daughter, the Rusalka the wizard was trying to call back to life.

The worst of it was that Pyetr felt himself falling in love with her, as she seemed to be with him!  But no love could quench her need for the life-sustaining energy within him.  And no man could long suffer that drain and live.

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GET READY
TO BE
SPOOKED!

It was eleven o'clock at night.  Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone.  It had gotten so chilly, he went downstairs to turn up the heat.

As Peter was on his way back to bed, a black dog ran down the stairs.  "Where did you come from?" Peter said.  He had never seen the dog before....

Welcome to  the macabre world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz's most alrming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Bret Helquist.

"Read these if you date." - The New York Times

ARE YOU BRAVE
ENOUGH FOR
SCARY STORIES?

Some boys and girls were at a party one night.  There was a graveyard down the street, and they were talking about how scary it was.

"Don't ever stand on a grave after dark," one of the boys said.  "The person inside will grab you."

"A grave doesn't scare me," said one of the girls.  "I'll do it right now...."

Welcome to  the macabre world of Scary Stories.  Inside, you'll find alarming takes of horror, dark revenge, and the supernatural, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

"Read these if you date." - The New York Times