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In Evermere, magic is not given. It is negotiated. And every bargain has a cost. When a noble girl falls into an unnatural sleep, Investigator Rowan is called to what should be a simple case. But when a healer dies aged decades in seconds Rowan realizes this is no ordinary spell. It's a contract. One written long ago. One that never stopped collecting. As Rowan digs deeper, he uncovers a system of magic woven through bloodlines, inheritance, and buried clauses no one remembers agreeing to. Every answer pulls him closer to the truth and further from himself.

After gaining valuable experience as an aide to Governor Lord Horatio Hornblower, William Brewer is rewarded with a posting as first lieutenant on the frigate HMS Defiant, bound for American waters. Early in their travels, it seems as though Brewer’s greatest challenge will be evading the wrath of a tyrannical captain who has taken an active dislike to him. But when a hurricane sweeps away the captain, the young lieutenant is forced to assume command of the damaged ship, and a crew suffering from low morale.

Tom Slemen does it yet again...in his Haunted Liverpool 19, the extraordinary writer and researcher brings us another volume of strange, mystifying, and downright bizarre tales of the unknown and the supernatural. In this spine-chilling book you will hear of a zombie army, a creepy cannibalistic entity who lives behind the walls of a house off Liverpool's Oxford Street, a reaper-like apparition which stalked two security guards at a factory in Fazakerley, the phantom monks of Childwall who dragged a young woman from her bed, and more.

Long ago, a mysterious event known as The Great Forget ravaged the Earth. Magic was born. Millennia later, a baby with red eyes is abandoned at the gates of a small kingdom whose sole mandate is to guard the Pass of Death. The young orphan, Chip, is condemned by a spiteful king to a life of misery in the castle kitchens, where he is looked upon with disdain and treated as an outcast. In a twist of fate, everything changes when Chip befriends the princess and catches the eye of the wise wizard Xander, who sees something special in the boy.

The year is 1798 and it is known that Napoleon is putting a fleet and army together to attack Egypt, from where he might be able to threaten and even attack India to join with Tipu Sahib the ruler of Mysore, a known ally of the French. A British fleet under Admiral Nelson is hoping to intercept him but there is no word of their progress. Merriman has been ordered to take the Treasury Agent Mr Grahame to Bombay where their orders are to help The East India Company protect their shipping from pirates and also to find out how far Tipu’s naval building has progressed.

Welcome to the thirty-seventh volume of Haunted Liverpool, written by Tom Slemen, a cult author and one of the world’s most respected researchers in the realm of the supernatural. In this long-awaited book, Tom presents a variety of spine-chilling stories about ghosts, werewolves, vampires, demons, doppelgangers, terrifying abductors, dream entities, faeries, witches, timeslips, baffling curses, and frightening predictions about the future of the UK, among many other accounts of the unknown.

Charlie Haynes is an aging ex-detective, working unsolved cases. Obsessed with cleanliness and order, Charlie is a loner who trades on his experience of grisly crimes, and struggles to maintain a relationship with his adult daughter. When three teenagers are murdered in a public cemetery, the ritualistic killings show similarities to one of Charlie’s old investigations: a savage serial killer who targeted the members of a notorious Traveller family, the Boswells.

The year is 1793 and Captain James Abel Merriman has been sent to the West Indies as Captain of His Majesty’s sloop Aphrodite. Once again seconded to Mr. Grahame of the Revenue Service and under orders of Lord Stevenage of the Treasury Service, they are to discover French and Spanish activities across the islands which will decide their future actions. England's oldest enemy France - now under the control of Napoleon Bonaparte - is in the throes of the revolution and also is at war with Austria and the Netherlands. At this point in history - February 1793 - France declares war on England.

The year 1792. With French revolutionary agents traveling freely but secretly between Ireland and England and war with France inevitable, the English government of Mr. Pitt is desperately anxious to uncover any plots between Irish rebels and the French. Lieutenant James Merriman with his ship, the sloop Aphrodite, is ordered to the Irish Sea to assist the principal treasury agent Mr. Grahame in this work. Merriman is plunged headlong into the world of espionage, and when Grahame is seriously wounded, it falls to Merriman to carry on the investigation.

Welcome to the 24th volume in the legendary series of the Haunted Liverpool books. In this fascinating and chilling collection of over 40 spine-tingling stories, you will encounter real zombies, terrifying ghosts that physically inflict harm on the living, as well as an abomination known as Long-Legged Alice that is guaranteed to give you many sleepless nights.

The year is 1840. Twenty-three years ago, Horatio Lord Hornblower was governor of the island of St. Helena and hailer to its only prisoner, Napoleon Bonaparte. First mutual respect, and later shared tragedy, forged a clandestine friendship between the two men. Now King Louis Philippe of France has requested that the remains of the late emperor be returned, and Queen Victoria has granted that request. The French have also requested that the former-Governor Lord Hornblower attend the exhumation as the official British representative.

Three months after a harrowing demonic battle that almost cost him his life, Charlie is still plagued by nightmares. Worse still, he's being forced to work with a secret organisation hiding supernatural creatures from humans. When his family is abducted, it becomes clear the kidnappers want something Charlie has, an object that could destroy the veil between two realities.

A storm gathers to the west as the enemy grows stronger. The orphan Chip and his companions flee eastward on the One Road. On their journey, the wizard Xander senses strange activity in Cave Mountain, the Unnamed One’s ancestral lair. The small party decides to brave Fang Forest to seek out the cause, but in so doing, they come face to face with an evil more profound than anyone could imagine.

AD 273. Obsessed by the solar religions of the east, the emperor Aurelian sets out to obtain every sacred object within his realm. But one - a mysterious rock said to channel the power of the sun god - lies beyond his reach. Warrior-priest Ilaha has captured the legendary stone and is using it to raise an army against Rome. For imperial agent Cassius Corbulo and ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara, stopping him constitutes their greatest challenge yet.

Welcome to Haunted Liverpool 33 - an extraordinary collection of supernatural stories by cult writer Tom Slemen. In this amazing book, you will listen to the mysterious vampiress who stalked Anfield Cemetery during World War II, the terrifying entity known as the Lockdown Dream Demon, as well as the eerie but sad tale of the Girl with the Cobwebbed Face, and you shall be enthralled with a series of weird tales that revolve around the Tarot. Tom Slemen also documents many more timeslip mysteries and looks at the account of two men who built a working time machine.

Ron overlooks the world he left behind as it burns, with ash falling from the sky and little hope remaining. With the aid of his allies, both old and new, Ron must search for an ancient power that could turn the tide of war. However, that alone might not be enough to stop the Lord of the First Born and the faceless leader from the forge. Ron must first come to terms with what he is willing to sacrifice because, in the end, he will be forced to choose.

Long ago, a mysterious event known as The Great Forget ravaged the Earth. Magic was born. Millennia later, a baby with red eyes is abandoned at the gates of a small kingdom tasked with guarding the Pass of Death. The orphan, Chip, is condemned by a spiteful king to a life of misery in the castle kitchens - scorned, unwanted, and cast aside. In a twist of fate, Chip befriends the princess and catches the eye of the wise wizard Xander, who sees something special in the boy.

The orphan Chip, aided by the weapons master Garth Stone and the wizard Xander, races to prepare the Kingdom of Vanalon, humanity’s westernmost outpost, against impending doom. An ancient evil, confined for three thousand years, is breaking free from its prison, unleashing hordes of terrifying creatures upon the unsuspecting humans in the beautiful green valley. Chip, accompanied by his loyal friend Chase, embarks on a perilous mission to bring the surrounding villagers behind the safety of the city walls, but they have miscalculated.

The cult wants power. The demon wants freedom. Charlie just wants to survive. Charlie Haynes is barely holding his life together. Forced out of the job that gave him purpose, his family drifting away, and his bond to the demon realm growing, he’s running out of time. When an explosion rips through O.O.T.I.S headquarters, Charlie is trapped in the tunnels below—a labyrinth where caged nightmares lie in wait. His only hope is the Gatekeeper, a being with the ability to open doors that should never be unlocked. But he’s not the only one searching.

Welcome to Haunted Liverpool 35—another volume of strange, sinister but always intriguing and fascinating stories from cult writer Tom Slemen, and within this enthralling book of over 50 stories, you will hear of ghosts, vampires, witches, occultists, time-travelers, immortals, and faeries, plus many other unfathomable entities. Some of the eerie accounts include a strange green mirror which rejuvenates those look into it and the frightening tale of an Irishman who trusted a lovely old woman with huge blue eyes to mind his baby, allowing him to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.