Bøger udgivet af Stephen Morris

Witchcraft! Ghosts! Vampires! Tarot Cards! 1356: A witch burns! Prague is cursed! 2002: The curse threatens to destroy Prague with a mammoth flood--can the professors find a way to defend and save the city? It is the winter of 1356-7 and Nadezda, with the assistance of an elderly rabbi, confronts Lilith to discover the secret of the witch's curse. Meanwhile, in August 2002, George and Magdalena help carry out the witch's curse by conjuring the historic flood to wash away the Charles Bridge and its magical protection of the city, allowing them to unleash the devil Svetovit. Using the magic of tarot cards, the Evil Conference professors struggle to release the defensive magic buried deep beneath the streets of Prague. Finally confronting George, Magdalena, and Svetovit face-to-face, can the professors avert the doom that is engulfing the city?

Witchcraft! Ghosts! Vampires! Tarot Cards! Magdalena, a bored secretary at Charles University in Prague, has come to the aid of Fen'ka, a woman lynched by a mob for witchcraft in 1356. Unknown to Magdalena, Fen'ka cursed the city as she died and Magdalena has now unwittingly reawakened the curse and brought to Prague both the Dearg-due (a voracious Irish female vampire-like creature) and a dangerous Jesuit who, upon hearing of what transpired with Fen'ka, develop their own nefarious agendas. To access the enormous potential power to which Fen'ka holds the key, they dupe Magdalena into helping destroy the city. A small group of academics realize the danger facing Prague and struggle to keep one step ahead of the Dearg-due and the Jesuit, hoping to send the Dearg-due back to her grave.

Witchcraft! Ghosts! Vampires! Tarot Cards! A historically rich page-turner set in medieval Eastern Europe.... Dark deeds of the past echo down through the years creating a monstrous memory that only an intrepid band of scholars can dispel. This gripping historic-fantasy trilogy erupts in 1356 as a witch's curse rings out over Prague's Old Town Square. As the old crone is bound to a stake and consumed by flames, her vengeful words set in motion a series of dark events that unfold across the centuries, culminating in the historic flood of 2002 that threatens to destroy the city. The author, a veritable DAN BROWN OF PRAGUE, weaves his tale through time showing how the nefarious events of the past never die and live on in the present as dark memories that hide in every nook and cranny of the picturesque capital of the modern day Czech Republic.

A chance find in a village bookshop leads Geoff Mumford into a family history of intrigue, wealth and promiscuity. In the South of France, where he is on holiday with his wife and friends, this seemingly obscure book becomes subject of a mysterious theft and the unravelling of some life-long secrets