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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.

Tales of those who harnessed the power of the flame have echoed through the ages. Yet, concealed in the annals of time, lies the story of its origin. In an era devoid of myths and legends, a searing blue fireball blazed across the sky, crashing violently into the remote southern expanse of the world. The events of that fateful day did not merely change the world; it completely remade it. Months passed after the celestial blue fire fell from the heavens. Talan Akari, a member of the Akari tribe, worked in a quarry, with his lifelong friends alongside him.

Silas isn’t the hero people sing about. He’s a sorcerer, though most people would not stand so close if they understood what that meant. Quiet hands. Quiet voice. Too much power held too tightly behind his ribs. For twenty-eight years, Silas has survived by keeping the door inside himself shut. That gets harder once the road starts calling. It begins with a bounty. Silas and his crew expect thieves, raiders, maybe a few bodies in the mud. They’ve handled worse. Ash is an archer with a ranger’s eye. Magnus is a warrior built for shield work and broken gates.

Growing up in a village of elves is hard when you’re the only human. Especially when humans are hated by all other species in Tellusm. But Fulco is determined to fit in. After discovering he has the magical power of "sapience" to control beasts, he makes it his mission to join the elven Portare team. A sport where players must ride upon a beast, beat each other with bats, score goals, and influence the outcome of the game with magic.

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.

Look into the darkness of the human psyche that lies behind Adam’s eyes. As a child, Adam believes he responsible for a number of mysterious deaths. Is Adam a child serial killer?

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.

Welcome to Haunted Liverpool 29, another spine-chilling collection of stories by Tom Slemen, a writer who has gained a cult following across the world. In this collection of over 40 sinister yet fascinating tales, Tom Slemen will tell you stories about time-slips, bizarre bogeymen, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, doppelgangers, occultists, time travellers, shape-shifters, weird killers, creepy dolls, parallel worlds, and there is even an appearance by Jack the Ripper.

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.

An epic journey of deceit, betrayal, magic, and a treasonous love sets sail as Meath, a young apprentice to the formidable wizard, Ursa, escapes certain death while a freshly united kingdom is held captive by a false prince. In hope of relaying the truth of the usurper, who now threatens the throne, Meath embarks on a dangerous journey with the true heiress, Nicolette, in an attempt to reach her uncle before they, too, are entangled in the lie that has wound itself deep into the lands.

The world has crumbled, and the dead walk the Earth, but all is not lost. A group of survivors, led by weary veterinarian Anna and gruff loner Garfield, seek salvation at an abandoned pier where the dead can’t reach them. It's a place they might be able to call home, but then again, nowhere is truly safe. The dead are everywhere but aren't the only threat. Other people survived the apocalypse, and when an injured man turns up at the pier, it sets into motion a terrible chain of events. The world may have changed, but people haven’t.

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.

Magic is failing. Across Evermere, wishes are turning deadly, debt contracts are calling themselves due, and collectors now walk openly through the streets. What begins as a series of isolated incidents quickly spirals into citywide panic as old promises demand payment and reality itself begins to fracture. Investigator Rowan Mirewood has spent years uncovering the secrets hidden beneath Evermere's magical foundations. Now those foundations are collapsing.

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.

Some agreements should never be remembered.

City Watch Investigator Rowan Mirewood knows exactly what contracts cost. He is still paying for his own. So when thirteen children vanish from the coastal city of Thesselmar, each home left undisturbed except for a receipt written in the language of founding contracts, Rowan and his partner Joren are sent to investigate.

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.

Everything changes when Meath finds himself in the magically veiled village of Salvas. News of the death of his friends leaves him teetering on the verge of emotional ruin and bitter loathing. Yet an enthralling new life connected to his past presents itself within the quintessence that is Salvas. The true nature of the False Prince is revealed, shedding a whole new light on the devastation Draco Kingdom faces. Meath sets himself to the task of avenging his broken life the only way he can: by killing Astaroth…

Though he was a slave, he is branded a traitor and must earn the trust of new lords in order to return to his family - if they are still alive. Now that their common enemy is dead, the nobles begin to forget old loyalties, and Queen Cathryn’s realm looks set to plunge into war once more. But there are older and more terrible powers dwelling within the forest, and when they are awakened, Morrick will decide who lives or dies.

This audiobook is wonderfully narrated by British actor Nigel Peever, who brings the story to life. Published by Chesterton Books.