Bøger af Sam Stone

It is 1865 and the American Civil War has come to an end. Now Kat Lightfoot finds herself in the middle of another kind of war: a family feud involving her brother Henry and his new wife. But what is behind the strange behaviour of this affluent Southern family? Caught in the crossfire of an implacable spirit's attempt to wreak vengeance on the Pollitt family, Kat must once again enlist the help of journalist George Pepper and the inventor Martin Crewe to find out what really haunts the family's past. In order to learn what devastating secrets the Pollitts are hiding she must first explore her own feelings for Maggie's brother Orlando, who is one of the seductive Nephilim. A ghostly steampunked tale of family secrets, voodoo and vengeance from the author of Zombies at Tiffany's - to which this book is a sequel.

Kat Lightfoot thought that getting a job at the famed Tiffany's store in New York would be the end to her problems ... She has money, new friends, and there's even an inventor working there who develops new weapons from clockwork, and who cuts diamonds with a strange powered light. This is 1862, after all, and such things are the wonder of the age. But then events take a turn for the worse: men and women wander the streets talking of 'the darkness'; bodies vanish from morgues across town; and random, bloody attacks on innocent people take place in broad daylight. Soon Kat and her friends are fighting for their lives against a horde of infected people, with only their wits and ingenuity to help them. A steampunked story of diamonds, chutzpah, death and horror from the blood-drenched pen of Sam Stone.

Nothing ever seems to go Kat Lightfoot's way. If she's not in the middle of battling a plague of gargoyle-like monsters in 1865 New York, she's falling head over heels in love with her friend George Pepper ... which wouldn't be so bad, except that every other female is doing the same. When Kat is caught in a passionate cinch with Pepper, a wedding is afoot, but no-one expected a gaggle of vampire women to be staying at the Chateau Chantel at the same time ... nor for them to take such an interest in poor Pepper themselves. Kat has her work cut out ... A tale of vampires, gargoyles, faith and farce from the author of Zombies at Tiffany's and Kat on a Hot Tin Airship.

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'A powerful mix of the supernatural and police investigation.' Peter James 'Stone's trademark imagination runs riot as the traditional spooky chiller meets hardcase crime head-on. Intriguing, smart and very entertaining.' Paul Finch 'A novel that is dark, disturbing and utterly tremendous entertainment.' Ken Bruen 'Confidently blends the supernatural and the Gothic with the crime novel. Satisfyingly gruesome; genuinely spooky.' Mike Ripley An acclaimed supernatural crime novel by USA TODAY Bestseller Samantha Lee Howe (writing as Sam Stone), re-edited and in the author's preferred edition. It was Annabel, and something was wrong with the features ... He thought he saw a triangle, not an irregular jigsaw shape after all. And it was missing from her face. As if a sharp pastry cutter mould had been stamped through her skull. Someone is killing young girls in New York. Horrific murders where the bodies are being mutilated and parts harvested for unknown reasons. Detective Jake Chandler has a mystery on his hands, and even though there seems to be a connection to the Russian artist Avgustin Juniper, Juniper himself seems innocent and as confused as everyone else as to what is happening. So why is Juniper painting all the murdered women, and what is stalking the artist? Something wants to return ... something which was also known to Pablo Picasso ... and only Chandler can stop it.

Firehouse Tales is a collection of short stories by a professional Fire Fighter, whose career spanned nearly a quarter century.Author Sam Stone brings a wealth of experience to his writing. The action takes place in Miami, Florida, with stoops from Little Havana to Overtown, and a few places in between.The subject matter ranges from actual firefighting incidents to human interest anecdotes, and even includes some historical information about South Florida.If you love fires and those men who fight them, you'll love Firehouse Tales!

The fifth book in the thrilling, highly acclaimed Vampire Gene series, mixing horror, dark fantasy and a slice of science fiction, in a definitive new edition from Telos Publishing. Secrets can be found in the most unlikely of places ... Lilly thought that her vampire lair under Rhuddlen Castle in North Wales was safe ... until the dangerous fixer Darren Preacher tracked it down. Gabriele Caccini thought that he knew all about being a vampire, but his life with newly turned lover Anya is sent out of control by the discovery of a new strain of vampirism, one that leaves its victims as ghoulish revenants, shells of the beings they used to be. And deep in the Nevada desert, Lucy Collins, Gabriele's maker, is undercover, working with the CIA investigating the vampire revenants and what they might mean for humanity. When Preacher brings Gabriele into the CIA base, Lucy fears her cover may be blown, but there is something far more dangerous than vampires hiding beneath the sands of Nevada ... something ancient and vengeful, with an eternal patience and a lust for revenge. Soon, the ancient vampire family will find themselves facing their greatest foe yet, something primal and insidious, and from which they have no protection ...

He's looking for a girl; not just any girl, and dark-haired, brown-eyed Carolyn is the one. But does Gabriele Caccini, a student at Manchester University, really know what he wants? When a beautiful curvaceous blonde comes into his life he starts to question his motives and emotions; even a 17th Century vampire can do that. Alone in the modern world, limiting his feeds to one a year to avoid detection, Gabriele reflects on the origins of his immortality and questions why it is he who should have the vampire gene, when over four hundred women have not survived his killing kiss ... But at a house party, a fellow student spikes Gabriele's drink with drugs and his self-indulgent musings are suddenly turned upside down.

Kat, Martin and George receive a mysterious invitation to a social gathering at a beautiful mansion on a secluded island. But when they arrive, they find themselves in the company of an unlikely assemblage of people … some of whom are not wholly human.But each has secrets: from the spider-woman to the kitsune; from a mysterious sea captain to a medusa … ten beings with secrets they would prefer remained hidden … but when the Fey become involved it's all Kat can do to keep her wits about her.For the Fey can travel in time, and Kat's adventures are about to become a whole lot stranger …A TIME-TWISTING TALE FROM THE AUTHOR OF ZOMBIES AT TIFFANY'S, KAT ON A HOT TIN AIRSHIP, WHAT'S DEAD PUSSYKAT, KAT OF GREEN TENTACLES AND KAT AND THE PENDULUM

One-time secondary school teacher Jasmine Regis is now Empress of the alien Jinx - but her husband, the powerfully erotic Emperor Arven, is trapped on the Eleventh Moon and unable to return to their home planet Emin, while in his absence a group of ruthless conspirators plot to usurp his throne. With the help of the Jinx mage Kale, Jas must somehow find a way to rescue her husband, thwart the conspirators and help her human friends to escape the dying Earth, which has fallen into the grip of a vile military tyranny. Jinx Bound is a powerful tale of alien magic, military corruption, human nature and the will to survive. 'The narrative's hectic pace leaves the reader hungry for the next instalment as the story unfolds with some surprising twists. Just when the reader thinks the story might drift into a predictable avenue, Stone turns up the heat and surprises us with a sucker-punch.' Starburst about Jinx Town The final book in an acclaimed trilogy of high-impact science-fiction horror novels. With a cover image by award-winning science-fiction and fantasy artist Jim Burns.