Bøger af Jc Compton

Power has changed hands in Toweren: after the assassination of King Viryankar and the arrest ofRufus Doreabris, Nex Denisov has taken the throne through a coup, and the kingdom is at warwith the island kingdom of Tartessos. He and King Byryam of Tartessos both rely on apersonality cult and militias to secure their power and are racing to create hybrids from the DNAof giant creatures found in the ruins of ancient civilizations. Arnau Donovan transfers to the Royal School of Mechanics from a remote region at the age ofeighteen. The son of a lumberjack but a genius mechanic, he immediately attracts the jealousy ofhis classmates. As he struggles with bullying and a conservative school board trying to make theschool more religious, he finds solace in his friendships with Alistair, Miro, a relative of theking, and his teacher Goram, whom he falls in love with. But Nex Denisov is not ready to let hisformer rival have such a genius by his side...

In a distant future, in a world ravaged by a toxic war, mechanics are now the ruling class. Taliesin is a peaceful fisherman on the isle of Ethia, bearing only a large scar on his forearm from the toxic rains that ravage the planet.One day, he is caught up in a toxic storm and saved by the renegade mechanic Merrick. They fall in love and find a tropical paradise they name "Paradise Island". Merrick then brings Taliesin back to Ethia, promising to return after fixing his mechanical sailboat. If they were to be separated, they vow to meet again on "Paradise Island", but Merrick never returns.After hearing that Merrick may have been arrested for piracy, Taliesin attempts to board a mechanical galleon to the city and a mysterious man offers him to play the role of the lost prince and pretend to marry his own son in exchange for Merrick's freedom. Little does Taliesin know that memories will resurface, confirming he was actually the lost prince, the son of the man who ordered the kidnapping of Merrick as a child and the murder of his mother...

Fiona's clan prepares to fight... but not only Heath Thompson! Nothing seems right anymore in Rouen as Lan finds herself increasingly attracted to Belial and suspects Shen of cheating on her with a female demon hired by Murasaki to separate them. Meanwhile, Joe accompanies Andre to a transgender vampire meeting where they make new friends, and the demon Astaroth offers Andre to give him a male body in exchange for his soul. Torn between his desire for a quick and painless transition and his desire to belong to Joe, Andre hesitates. The couple argues and Andre finds out that Astaroth is a charlatan, but he falls and hits his head. Joe must then enter the depths of his soul and his suffering to bring him back. As for Tim, he is challenged in his new position as a Freemason as Maurice is back in town and protecting a young vampire hunter he fell in love with. As if that was not enough, Heath Thompson finally decides to attack. Fiona's clan follows Belial to the battlefield where an unexpected guest appears, while Shen secretly kidnaps Cyril to take him to the enemy... Love, intrigues, and betrayal... who will finally win the war between the Thompson clan?

Stanley Suspect is not your ordinary paranormal investigator. Living alone in London with his three ghosts, this young transgender man who hates nothing more than Christmas and carolers can exorcise a poltergeist or have tea with your deceased relatives, but his life lacks something. Tormented by dreams about his haunted childhood home and a murder that happened there, he is waiting for fortune or a great adventure to come knocking on his door and help him escape his fears - and debts. And it does, when a beautiful clockmaker succubus who committed a crime seeks his help. But as they flee to Scotland together and encounter strange and magical creatures, so does Stanley's past catch up to him, and he discovers the crimes committed by him and his father, and his dark destiny. Liar, crook, sweetheart, and always a child at heart, Stanley Suspect is coming out of the trans crypt to take you on a journey to the underworld and his upside-down reality, but can you really trust him? Between ghosts, demons, dangerous women, and the trickster fairy folk, you might just want to become the devil's advocate to find your way through the mazes of mind. For every path leads somewhere, even if not where you expected...

Will Fiona's clan finally settle down? Not quite yet... Ready to settle down at last in Rouen, Tim and Cyril adopt a demon girl, but Fiona is not ready to accept this potentially dangerous creature in her home. Unemployed and faced with the necessity of providing for his new family, Tim becomes a Freemason and discovers the demonic side of this peaceful city. Meanwhile in America, when Joe meets the blue-eyed transgender dancer Andre, it's a stormy love at first sight! Both fearing rejection, they internalize this love and refuse to discuss it, despite their obvious attraction to each other. But as they are challenged by a gang leader and another necromancer, their feelings are revealed, and so are their secrets. And with the imminent threat of an attack by Heath Thompson and his undead army, our heroes must come together again to fight, but they are faced with enemies from the past... Demons, vampire gangs, and necromancers bring danger and drama to this third volume of the Undertakers Inc. series, from the coasts of France to America! Eternity is a lonely journey, until someone illuminates it...

Can these rebellious vampires enjoy a peaceful life now away from the court of England? Certainly not! In this second book of the Undertakers Inc. series, Cyril dives into the exciting but treacherous gay nightlife of Montmartre and meets a handsome and mysterious libertine. Meanwhile, a string of recent murders of children occurs by a man calling himself the "Mad Hatter". Could it be Joe? Or Maurice? In Hong Kong, Shen abandons Holly to return with his mistress, but the feisty young woman won't let him get away with it. After training as a martial artist, Holly-now going by Lan-returns to Paris to find Shen, but she is kidnapped by her father and finds herself tied up with two handsome Egyptian mind benders who have other plans for her. Murder, mystery, and heartbreak-enter the dizzying world of UNDEAD bohemian Paris!

What if eternity was just the beginning? Tim Thompson is a young man waiting only to join his entire family in the grave. But when he is hired by a mysterious undertaker business, he learns that many things other than death can happen to him, from meeting and falling for Cyril the outlaw vampire, to being reunited with his relatives after they too emerge from the grave! Undead life is anything but simple, especially when you are the son of an ultra-dominant vampire, and your troublesome little sister has both love and murder on her mind! Opium traffickers, vampire hunters, Japanese ghosts: the intrigues of the vampire court of England are complex, but friends are there to help: count on Joe the Mad Hatter to defend you in your trial and write your scandalous stories, and Yvan the recluse to protect your loved one, and when you work for Undertakers Inc., you have a forever home with Fiona...