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The story blends a bit of imagination with the true story about six-year-old Paddy and his life in New York City, to rural Kilkenny County in Ireland, in the 1960s, and back again to New York, and how he learned that Banshees are real while also managing to navigate and survive a broken home and a variety of other early-life challenges. The boy’s name may not really be Paddy, but to tell this story, a hint of Irishness and anonymity may be necessary.

It was supposed to be a simple mission. A suspected Russian spy boat is in trouble in Canadian waters. Investigate and report are the orders. But when Captain John Banks and his squad arrive, it is to find an empty vessel, and a scene of bloody mayhem. Soon they are in a fight for their lives, for there are things in the icy seas off Baffin Island, scuttling, hungry things with a taste for human flesh. They are swarming. And they are growing.

In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or perhaps something very different is happening. When a disease affects how reality is perceived, it's hard to be certain of anything . . . Spence is one of the "cured" living at the Ironside rehabilitation facility. Haunted by guilt, he refuses to face the changed world until a new inmate challenges him to help her find her old crew. But if he can't tell the truth from the lies, how will he know if he has earned the redemption he dreams of?

Bandit, duelist, hero--Jack had been many things in his life. When failure to stop a crazed cultist allowed eldritch nightmares to attack his home, Jack escaped with as many people as he could save, even though it meant leaving a friend. Now Jack’s come back to right that wrong and find out what happened to his home, a place where warlords, monsters, and cosmic terrors now battle for dominance. Thrown into a post-apocalyptic kingdom he blames himself for creating, Jack will come face-to-face with true darkness.

Hannah is shaken to the core after the mysterious death of her husband, Captain Hovey. A man that was as cruel as he was loved. Shunned by her neighbors and the town, Hannah is lonely and desperate. Some believe she was a witch. Others believe she was an outcast.

Strange happenings and visitations start to haunt a Norfolk village when Tim, the local builder, discovers a stone slab concealing the entrance to an ancient pit. Evidence of a long forgotten and shameful event from the distant past is revealed, and in a race against time it becomes clear that only in the darkness of the pit can an answer be found.

These two stories are often cited by experts as being James' best, and now are available in a single audiobook volume, making this a rare find. You may wish to avoid the regret that will surely haunt you should you pass up the chance to make your All Hallows Eve celebration more entertaining. You won't much like letting these runes slip through your fingers.

When powerful siblings discover a terrifying truth, will they embrace a new destiny or turn to darkness? Ashaya Blacksun has had a weight lifted from her shoulders. Freed by her father's abdication of his crown, the former princess's delight over choosing her own path is barely dimmed by her strange and haunting dreams. But when her beloved twin brother doesn't return home from a ranging expedition, the unconventional young woman fears something has gone terribly wrong. Born into royalty, Sirich Blacksun quietly seethes that he's no longer heir to the throne.

The world is overpopulated. Resources are running out. In an effort to balance things out, the government has stepped in with a radical new lottery system. All names are put into a computer, with 200 names being drawn at random. Of those people, 100 will get one color (red) token and 100 will get another color token (white). Whatever color they received, they had to go to the government-run club for the night. Of those who received the white token, they would be going home the following day. For those who received the red tokens? They would be leaving in a body bag.

Braided Dimensions blends Celtic mythology, ancient history, and modern-day mystery, where ancient and modern worlds collide. It follows Kay, a former professor of ancient languages, who finds herself drawn into a hidden realm of magic and danger. Transported to a mysterious medieval world on Halloween night, she meets Baird, a handsome stranger who claims to know her spirit, and Duff, a burly friend who welcomes her as Kyna, as long-lost kin. Kay joins them in a festive celebration of Samhain, the Celtic New Year, where she discovers she can dance, sing, and understand their arcane tongue.

The story is set in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, the playground for all the rich and poor “Flower Children” who flocked to San Francisco during the summer of love. They came to advocate Peace-and-Love as an antidote to the violent backdrop of the Viet Nam War raging into the 1960s and beyond.

Victor Morgof is a feral vampire and the very first of his kind. The malevolent byproduct of his father's twisted fantasies, Victor is subject to the chaos of eternal damnation. Tasked with killing the guardian angel of Istra Kala, Victor travels to the mortal plane where he learns of animals, druids, and men. Tormented by his pure-blood sister, Victor must find a balance between his sense of ethicality, curse of lineage, and hunger for blood.

Enjoy a classic horror story that begins with a hair-raising "Canadian canoe" trip down the flooded Danube. The float trip lands two adventurers on a willow-covered island in the stream, amid sharp shale, rapids, rain, and howling winds. Disastrous erosion and danger soon engulfs the two men. But the campers survive a murderous attempt to secretly scuttle their canoe and steal their food supplies.