Bøger af John Russo

La tribù degli strambi Noel è un cacciatore di diavoli che vaga per le Quattro Terre alla ricerca di demoni da prendere a calci. A lui si uniscono Butch, un vecchio con un sarcasmo pungente, e Noah, un gigante con il cervello di un bambino. I tre si lanceranno in un'avventura rocambolesca, alla ricerca del Libro degli Arcani, unico oggetto in grado di distruggere una volta per tutte le schiere infernali.

L'ombra degli AngelsRipper è un biker tosto e spregiudicato, un ragazzone largo come un letto a due piazze che non ha paura di niente e nessuno. Gira con la sua banda, i Death's Angels, seminando il panico di città in città. Procede tutto come sempre, se non fosse che una notte Ripper decide di lasciare gli Angels...

SUCH A PRETTY PRETTY GIRL . . .SUCH A COLD, CRUEL KNIFE . . .Tiffany Blake was a beautiful long-limbed dancer with a glorious future and the backing of a rich benefactor. Then a monstrous accident severed her leg at the hip.And now her fellow dancers are disappearing without a trace. One by one they fall victim to a dark and deadly pattern of evil - caught by the bloody, brutal logic that would have them pay with their lovely bodies for the cruel fate of another . . . victims of the sadistic madman whose flashing knife will make them writhe a gruesome new dance.

SPIRITED FROM THE DARK JUNGLES OF AFRICA TO A PLACE IN THE AMERICAN DESERT . . .The evil soul of a witch doctor lives on in the body of Simon, the great jungle beast who leads his human followers - the Panther People - in their orgies of lust and blood.Now the innocent Martin family, George, Peg, and their beautiful daughter Jenny, on vacation, will stumble upon this gruesome cult - trapped in a desert nightmare of terror and death - waiting.In the quiet wasteland the sound of their own pulse will be all they can hear.But somewhere in the dark night, outside their lonely hotel room, there is something breathing.For once Simon has your scent - he will not stop Until he tastes your warm, fresh blood ... BLACK CAT

From legendary horror and suspense writer JOHN RUSSO comes a harrowing tale where no one is safe!Dealey Plaza is one of the most notorious places in America, and when youthful conspiracy buffs go there in1964 to stage their own reenactment of the Kennedy Assassination, four of them are brutally murdered -- the first victims of a hate-filled legacy that continues for four more decades.The survivors of that long-ago Dallas trip, each of them now icons of the American way of life, are about to be honored -- or killed.Who will live and who will die? Will it be country-western star Lori McCoy? Her loving husband? Her scheming ex-husband? Or the case-hardened FBI agent and longtime friend who risks his life trying to protect them?This is JOHN RUSSO at his best!From the Prologue: Dealey Plaza is one of the most notorious places in America, and in the spring of 1964 I went there with some college pals, conspiracy buffs, who wanted me to help them film their own version of the Kennedy Assassination.On the way home, four of them were murdered and their footage went up in flames.It was the first link in a chain of violent death that spanned four decades and caused me to abandon all my youthful hopes and dreams.As the years went by, some of us who had survived that trip became rich, some became famous or notorious, and some of us were entangled in tricky or dangerous situations that life had thrown our way.Now we were gathered together for Homecoming Weekend 2000 at Belmont University.But a killer was waiting for us.And he was nursing a deadly grudge that had its roots in the trip to Dallas we had embarked on long ago when we were young, adventurous and innocent.

"The Blazing Saddles of sex satires!" - Georgina Spelvin"Very good and very funny!" - Theron Raines Literary AgencyWith NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, John Russo helped blaze a path in horror that has never been equaled. In this hilarious erotic novel, he blazes a path through the wild, zany Sex Revolution of the 1970s.Sweet, innocent Cherry Jankowski works for Joyful Novelties, where she tests sex toys ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime. But she can't find love or peace of mind and her efforts are hampered by a Peeping Tom, an exhibitionist, a cross-dressing boyfriend, a quack psychiatrist, and even her own product-testing partner, Marcello Fettucini, who can't get it up anymore and is scared of loosing his job!

He's a good puppet, he does what they say, but he's programmed for terror, and someone will pay!From legendary horror writer John A. Russo comes The Academy. It's every parent's dream, turning their little darlings into geniuses, super-achievers, perfect little children.And if there's a problem, the Academy fixes that, too. It's a simple operation. Just a little device. Then a teeny pink scar on a tender little skull...One boy knows the secret. Now he wants his mind back. But it's much, much too late. Too late for anything but the ugly feelings. The bad feelings. The messy sexy feelings. The knife-cold hatred, the murderous rage, for total screaming, blood-drenching revenge...Get ready to enroll in THE ACADEMY.Publisher's note: this is an updated and enhanced edition of the John Russo's 1985 book DAY CARE.

Something strange lives in the forest. Something almost like us. Something pre-human. And 12-year-old Justin Gaynor is about to have an encounter.

Beneath the shimmering Miami sun sprawls one of the Mafia's biggest empires, a glittering world of lavish beachfront mansions, neon-painted nightclubs, beautiful women, expensive cars-and absolute control over the state's billion-dollar drug trade. But, one by one, its ganglords and henchmen are falling prey to a new rival. His powers are fueled by monstrous ancient rituals; his hellish undead legions slaughter mobsters and innocent citizens alike, his unholy lust for power is virtually unstoppable.Now a burned-out ex-detective and a brilliant anthropologist must enter a gruesome, nightmare world to fight this master of malevolence and illusion. Their time is short, their weaponsfew, and they face an ultimate, terrifying choice - annihilation or the loss of their souls to the eternal torment of those who never die. . .

"The most unique vampire story since 'SALEMS LOT." - George A. Romero"A gripping plotline and good old-fashioned Gothic horror." - FangoriaFor two hundred years, he has rested. Now he rises. Now he will be satisfied. Nothing can stop him. No one can resist him.Benjamin Latham is young and handsome, his eighteenth-century mind wakened to a bizarre twentieth-century world. And there is the need deep within . . . an animal need, frightening, murderous, unholy . . . a vital need that must be fed.And with his need comes a power over men and women to do his bidding, to quiet his dark craving . . .Until the murders begin.And the inquiries. All suggesting the same hideous truth.Now Benjamin must find a sanctuary: a lover, a partner, a friend. Someone who can share his darkness. Someone he can lead to . . . The Awakening.Publisher's note: This is the bestselling novel that the motion picture HEARTSTOPPER was based on.

A vivid analysis by an award-winning author of the forces within the White House working against our democracy, aided and abetted by a complicit Congress of the United States and what we can and must do about it.

"An attractive young nurse, Sarah Hartman, is passionately in love with her fiancâe, Ken Boyd. But Ken is troubled by the suicide of a dear friend and mentor, and he's having visions of an extraterrestrial encounter that may or may not have happened to him. His friend, Ringo Alonzo, was once affiliated with the New Age Cult called Heaven's Gate whose members committed mass suicide in the expectation of being transported by space ship to a lovely and peaceful far-away planet. They all died with plastic bags over their heads, and Ringo was expected to die with them, but he backed out. Survivor's guilt may have caused him to take his own life. Were the bizarre beliefs of the Heaven's Gate cult totally built on fantasy, or have extraterrestrials been visiting the earth and interacting with humans down through the ages? Sarah Hartman is trying, with aid of Psychologist and UFO enthusiast Dr. Quentin Bartholomew, to help Ken deal with his emotional trauma. But, in a surprising twist, Ken's extraterrestrial encounters turn out to be real. And one of them, who has transformed into Ken, has sex with her -- and she is unwittingly carrying the alien's baby. The new version of "Ken" wants her to help him and his comrades steal radioactive materials from the hospital where Sarah works. Without such material, the aliens will die, unless they keep on transforming into different versions of human beings. Sarah has to escape and somehow stop these sinister extraterrestrials. But she know that both of her parents, who are doctors working in that same hospital, may have already been transformed. The story ends(?) with Ken and his comrades leaving to be transported to their own planet -- and Sarah rejects a chance to go with them. But now that they are gone, what kind of baby will she soon have?"--

George A Romero's classic 1968 film, "Night of the Living Dead", introduced an era of gutmunching cinematic mayhem and inspired legions of directors and writers, among them Quentin Tarantino and George Lucas. John A Russo co-wrote the screenplay for "Night of the Living Dead" and turned it into two novels. This title combines these novels.