Bøger af Michael Chambers

The past comes back to haunt the town of Stockton.When several prominent citizens are killed by a sniper, it's up to Jen and the others to get to the bottom of a decades-old crime as a new, ancient enemy makes itself known. Answers Jen has searched for since she moved to Stockton will begin to surface, and new allies will join the fight as Jen faces her most daunting challenge yet.

THE BASEMENT & OTHER STORIES is the second collection of short stories from Michael Chambers. Stories include The Basement, where a young woman's innocent mistake leads to a terrifying discovery; Rental, where a harmless mixup has deadly consequences; The Old Guard, featuring aging vampire hunter Max Puckett, and more.

How far would you go to rescue your child?For Mark Andrews, the answer is a simple one; he'll do whatever he has to do, to anyone who gets in his way. And when a powerful international cult kidnaps his son, he's determined to get him back, at any cost.Mark knows where his son is, and soon the entire world will see what happens when a dangerous man decides there are no rules.

MOMMY'S HOME. Her children have been without her influence for far too long, but that's about to change. Lilith is back, and she intends to set right the wrongs done to her beautiful children. But Lilith isn't the only Mother in the world, and the children of the Others have been very naughty, indeed. Big Jim Harlow is not a man to be trifled with; he's big, tough, and a thoroughly capable investigator. And when the local bad boy crosses a line, Jim is determined to bring him to justice. But not even Big Jim is prepared for what's coming to his small town. Family is always complicated, but when ancient lineages and age-old grudges surface, no one is safe.

All mothers feel a special connection to their unborn children, but when you're a psychic, sometimes that connection is more real than you'd like. Jennifer Blake is expecting, although she has no idea what's really in store for her. To make matters worse, a stranger arrives in Stockton, intent on taking advantage of the town's local tragedy.But when an old friend asks for her help with a cold case, she's caught in the middle of an obsession dating back decades. As she finds herself becoming more involved in the investigation, it will take all of her talents, including a few she doesn't know she has, to see justice done.

Shaken to her core by a horrible crime, Jennifer Blake has moved across the state to the little town of Stockton, hoping to find some peace. But when you're a psychic with a knack for tapping into the minds of killers, there's nowhere you can run. Now Jen must put aside the trauma of past failures to take on the biggest challenge of her life: a killer who can read her thoughts as easily as she can his.

Jennifer Blake is happy.She's settling in nicely to her new home town. Things are finally returning to normal after the Blood Eagle killings a year ago. She even has a nice, normal job lined up.But Jen isn't a normal person. When visions of a horrendous fire begin to assault her and the bodies of teenage girls begin to appear, she will be put to her biggest test. It will take all of her talents and the help of friends old and new to stop a killer and prevent a tragedy.

Three years ago, Marla Killan was brutally attacked and left for dead. Her attackers were never apprehended. Now her sister has been murdered, and a note left for Marla on the body. Are the same men responsible for her sister's death, or is there another killer loose in her home town? Accompanied by a young man who's irresistably drawn to her, Marla goes home to find the truth about her sister's death while navigating the horrors in her own past.

THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER. Childbirth is supposed to be a time of joy as a new life is welcomed into the world. But when you're Jennifer Blake, even the joy of motherhood can be tainted by unspeakable evil.Luke Ayers isn't giving up without a fight. He's using every tactic, every act of evil imaginable to throw Jen and her team off balance. Because he's not just after her; he wants what she treasures most. And he'll stop at nothing to get it.

Someone would have to be crazy to march into Belle Tower and demand Annabelle simply hand over not only her territory, but Grogan's upcoming child. But Thanos isn't just anyone, and he's deadly serious. And that's not all she has to contend with; a new threat has surfaced that could destroy them all. Can Annabelle and her people keep her territory? And what will it cost her if she can?

All James wanted was a quiet weekend after a tough week at work. What he found was monsters, blood, and death.Caught in a war he can't begin to understand and drawn helplessly to the most beautiful and terrifying woman he's ever known, James will have to find the courage he never thought he had in order to survive.

Tom Grogan is not a nice man. He's rude, surly, prone to violence, and a hopeless drunk. But when you're hiring an assassin, you don't want nice; you want lethal. And Tom Grogan is very lethal. Now he's about to take on his strangest client yet, and nothing in his world will ever be the same again.

The Past Is Never Forgotten. Now that the world knows about vampires, Annabelle is finding it difficult to keep up her public image. With her private life disintegrating around her, a new religious movement making her public life even more difficult, and her most treasured connections in danger, Annabelle must try to salvage the world she's built so carefully. Ian's having issues of his own. With a figure from the past returned, both he and Saraphina must confront the past in order to preserve the future for them all.

The past and future collide as the fledgling Team Blake comes together to face a new challenge. As Jen and her new team of psychics hunt the ghost nurse, a new and daunting entity makes itself known, and Ben finds himself caught up in a massive criminal operation. Jen reluctantly accepts the mantle of leadership. She begins a new project almost as terrifying as the monsters she battles, and Jake's demons come home as they fight to survive the most terrifying enemy they've ever known.

Between trying to get rid of his crazy girlfriend and meeting the new girl in town, you'd think TJ had enough to do for a high school student without trying to solve a forty-year old murder. Everyone is telling him to leave it alone, but he can't do that. Now someone else wants TJ to forget about the past, and he's willing to kill to make him. Can TJ and his new friend catch the old killer before the new one silences them for good?

THEY GROW UP SO FAST. It seems like only yesterday Eve was just learning to talk. It seems like it, because it was only yesterday. Now she's growing at an incredible rate, coming into powers no one ever expected. And it hasn't gone unnoticed. As Annabelle and her people scramble to adjust to Eve's new abilities and the potential threats they represent, they must also contend with a potential enemy more powerful than any they've ever faced. An enemy with a secret agenda they can only begin to comprehend. Can Annabelle's kiss and Ian's pack protect the one thing they have in common?

The unthinkable...is only the beginning.When a string of seemingly unrelated mass suicides rocks her small town, Chief Dana Atwater must race to find the cause before even more tragedy strikes.But what she finds could be the end of everything--and everyone--she loves the most.

A group of delinquent students, a rookie teacher, a grouchy principal, and a thirty year old mystery. What could go wrong? Sentenced to a long weekend cleaning out an old hotel, six troubled students find themselves caught in the middle of a horrible crime committed long before they were born, and in over their heads as the man responsible tries to keep his sins buried

It was supposed to be a standard research trip; all part of the necrobiology curriculum. But when the unthinkable happens and zombies are loose, a group of students will have to fight their way through a nightmare, and maybe each other.

New allies. Old friends. And an enemy unlike any other.Jennifer Blake is a busy woman. She's moving into a new house, and she's weeks away from giving birth. She's desperately searching for a qualified nanny, and obsessed with saving her best friend's little girl from a fate she still doesn't understand. But when the first of many bodies surfaces from below the lake, Jen will be dragged into the biggest fight of her life. Now she'll need help from both the living and the dead to survive.

When shy, sensitive Amber falls victim to a prank with horrendous consequences, that should have been the end of everything.But thanks to a new friend from beyond the grave, Amber is back. And it's high time her tormentors had a taste of their own medicine. But can she trust her new friend and partner, or does she have her own agenda?

Pine Hollow School for Girls isn't the typical private school, and the students aren't typical rich girls. The staff is top notch, the food is phenomenal, and the curriculum is cutting edge. Now if they could just do something about the murder rate...

Use a coaster. Take out the trash. Solve my murder.Terry's wife was always a hateful nag, and being dead certainly hasn't improved her attitude. But when Terry finds himself the target of an assassin, his nagging wife may be his best ally.

On any given day, Chief Carrie Stewart has her hands full, between meth cooks, pot farmers, drunk and disorderly calls, and the ever-present day to day hassles of running an underfunded police department. But when first livestock and then people start dying, it will take the help of a mysterious man and all her resources to discover the truth. Is she the hunter, or the hunted?

With the death of Jin Ke, the Council is sending a delegate to investigate both Annabelle and the Pack, and it seems likely that the news won't be good. As if that weren't enough, someone is killing people in Annabelle's territory, and drawing entirely too much attention for her taste. Add in some very personal trouble for Grogan, and things are about to spiral even more out of control than usual. Can Annabelle and the others get out of the mess they're in, and still manage to catch a killer?

Rachel's a typical teenager. She likes hanging out with her friends, falls asleep in History class, and can't wait to get her driver's license. Rachel just learned something very surprising, something that will change her life forever. Rachel can raise the dead. Surrounded by people who think she's either a circus freak or the biggest deal in a century, Rachel has to figure out who to trust. Luckily for her, she has her father on her side, and a new mentor willing to teach her how to control her new talent. But there's someone else interested in Rachel, and he's not nearly as nice as the cute new boy in school. Can Rachel control her new talent, and still manage to remain at least semi-normal?

In 1803, the British explorer Matthew Flinders anchored in a bay on the eastern shore of the Wessel Eylands, the northernmost tip of Arnhemland. He described the local Yol¿u people as very friendly He called the place Australia.They were the first Australians.Arnhemland; the remote, wild, far north of Australia. Aboriginal land.When Australian Prime Ministers need to hear from Aboriginal people, they often travel here, where they listen to the voice of the Yol¿u people. Matthew Flinders first declared the name Australia here more than two centuries ago. Famous for Bark Petitions, the evocative voice of Gurrumul, the primal sound of Yothu Yindi. And now home to Australia's first Space Base.The epic tale of a proud saltwater people, the Yol¿u were influential in Australia long before European settlement.From the last great raft immigration in 3000 BC. The mysterious appearance of golden coins from an ancient African empire. Stories emerge from warm tropical seas of devastating cyclones, shipwrecks, and Indonesian pirates. Experience the amazing culture, sorcery, and ceremonies of an ancient people. Spear hunting giant crocodiles, avoiding deadly snakes and ferocious sharks. Tales of illicit, passionate love, healing and redemption. Well into the 20th century, modernity arrives with the first missionaries. While the Japanese were bombing Darwin in 1942, the Yol¿u were already at war. Ancient culture and lifestyle finally meet modern civilisation.Then, possibly the greatest Christian Revival in Australia's history!Makarrata will thrill, inform and inspire.

If you liked The Thornbirds, you''ll love this book! While jackaroo Tom Duncan is courting Bonnie Reid from Moomley Downs in the 1970''s outback, he discovers hidden clues from the past; of the aboriginal Ngiyampaa people and their heritage of stories from ancient times. So what happened, when the early settlers, enticed by dreams of vast grazing lands, left the security of the great rivers, and finally approached the real arid outback? How were they greeted by the occupants?In a celebration of the Australian Outback, Michael Chambers draws on his own experiences, and a hundred and fifty years of his wife''s family as graziers. He weaves the stories of the Ngiyampaa people, as recounted by his friend and their Elder, Roy Kennedy, into one epic tale, brimming with the sheer vastness and rugged beauty of the Outback.An historical novel of European settlement set in the arid Willandra and Mungo Lakes District of western New South Wales.But the real story begins long before that.Time passes. People come to the dry country, between the rivers; the first peoples, the Ngiyampaa mob. They learn to live where others could not. They find plenty, not poverty. They live there a long, long time, happy and content. Others come; Europeans, Afghans, Chinese, from across the world they come. The land changes. It no longer gives up its bush tucker. Many Ngiyampaa die. Some survive, and they learn to live with the settlers, as they had lived with the desert.They become many again. A town emerges from the dusty plains, phoenix-like, appearing from nowhere, shining brightly for a while. A story spanning twenty thousand years. Barak, the one-legged warrior, challenges Thylacoleo the feared Marsupial Lion; Mundawal, forced to leave his island home and the woman he loves. Beaufort Harris survives the battlefields of Crimea to vanquish the vast waterless Outback. Kathleen O''Hara travels the world to marry and founds a global dynasty. Billy Christmas, blackfella, searches for his culture and his heritage. Tom Duncan is a Jackaroo, from New Zealand. He transitions from youth to man. He learns hard work and values that will define his future. Suddenly, he finds love. The love of his life! These are stories of the Outback, of two peoples, one ancient, one modern. There is a Treaty; can either man understand what is promised? Can there be harmony? Here is a story of the ancient land: its fertility, its degradation, and its powers of recovery. And redemption.