An e-short that ties in to an exciting new adventure in partnership with Mattel!

THE PLAGUE OF SOUND A SPACESHIP CAPTURED in a magnetic field and pulled beneath the earth into an underground city, FLASH GORDON jumps to safety only to be caught in the web of a giant man-eating spider, then saved by a titian haired beauty. Pan, a madman musician, seeks to rule a planet by the shattering effects of ultra-high frequency sound. Romance, spine tingling adventure, the sciences of the future, all combine to make THE PLAGUE OF SOUND a book you won't put down.

It’s 2012. Maxtla Colhua is an Investigator for the Empire--an Aztec Empire that, having successfully repelled Hernan Cortes in 1603, stretches from one end of what we know as the Americas to the other. Now the Last Sun is upon Maxtla’s people, and someone has decided to punctuate it with a series of grisly murders reminiscent of the Aztecs’ pagan sacrifices in ancient times. Can Maxtla find the killer before his city is ripped apart and the Last Sun becomes the death knell for the Empire?Aztan: The Last Sun is the first in a series of brand-new murder mysteries set in an exciting world that never was but could have been!

Parish & Richards investigate what appears to be the simple case of a woman who was sexually assaulted and murdered in her own apartment, but Richards is convinced it's the work of a serial killer . . .Stick & Xena attend the A&E at King George Hospital to investigate a woman who says that she murdered her boyfriend, but things are a lot more complicated than they first appear. And then Xena gets some bad news . . .Jerry Kowalski is back at the office. She's dealing with a client who lives in a high-rise called Butterfield Spire, which is owned by recluse Israel Voss. There's a smell, but the building supervisor won't let her bring in the experts to investigate . . .

FOUR AGAINST INFINITY! Reed Richards, brilliant scientist!Sue Richards, the woman he loves!Johnny Storm, her hot-tempered kid brother!Ben Grimm, top-flight test pilot! Together, these four braved the unknown dangers of outer space, and were transformed by sizzling cosmic rays into something more than merely human! The pliable MISTER FANTASTIC!The elusive INVISIBLE GIRL!The high-flying HUMAN TORCH!And the rampaging THING! Now they are the FANTASTIC FOUR . . . and the world will never be the same! A chilling tale of human endurance, and the search for life beyond death! AN INSTANT COLLECTOR’S ITEM: THE FABULOUS F.F. IN THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGTH NOVEL!

The II AM Trilogy is an urban fantasy series featuring vampires both good and evil, none of whom sparkle. Dark, violent, and sensual, but buoyed by themes of hope, perseverance, and survival, the books have captured the imaginations of tens of thousands of readers around the world. Now, for your convenience, they're available together in a single eBook. This collection includes The Blood That Bonds (2009), Blood Hunt (2011), and The Children of the Sun (2012) and tells the complete tale of Two Majors, a brash and impulsive young woman trapped in the grip of addiction who finds herself drawn into a world she never knew existed and must struggle to survive the many dangers she faces. From darkly scheming ancients, to ruthless upstarts, to violent cults of vampire hunters, Two must face enemy after enemy if she is to reach at last the peace and comfort she has sought all her life. Highly rated and reviewed across the internet, The II AM Trilogy has drawn in fans with its highly compelling cast, and its signature blend of action, romance, suspense, and humor. Fans of vampire novels like Twilight and the True Blood series who are looking for an interesting and adult spin on the genre will not be disappointed. This collection also includes, contained within The Children of the Sun, the novella "Amun Sa and the Girl from the Desert" Praise for The Blood That Bonds "... I really and thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters, especially the [main character], Two, were vibrant and interesting. Christopher's writing style is active and engaging. I even fell in love with the male lead (yummy and dark - my kinda guy) and other prominent characters in the 'family'." - R. Praise for Blood Hunt "This book was awesome. Totally epic. It was beautifully written, and carefully crafted to demand the reader's whole attention. I got lost in the words, and the emotions the story inspired. It was a roller coaster for me." - K. Praise for The Children of the Sun "The Children of the Sun was absolutely amazing! It's was a brilliant end to a brilliant trilogy and I'm really sad it's over." - L.  

From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been fourteen assassination attempts on the President of the United States. Four have been successful. But now, Beecher White -- the hero of the #1 bestseller The Inner Circle -- discovers a killer in Washington, DC who's meticulously recreating the crimes of the world's most famous assassins: John Wilkes Booth. Charles Guiteau. Leon Czolgosz. Lee Harvey Oswald. But what's scariest of all is what all four assassins have in common. Historians have branded them as four lone wolves. But what if they were wrong?Beecher is about to find out the truth: that over the course of a hundred years, all four assassins were secretly working together. What was their purpose? Who do they really work for? And why are they planning to killing the President today? Beecher's about to find out. And most terrifying, he's about to come face-to-face with the fifth assassin.

Haunted-attraction designer Ken Ripple has designed his masterpiece, the Ghost Walk, a trail winding through the mysterious woods of LeHorn's Hollow. He doesn't realize that the woods are truly evil and a gateway to hell has unleashed a real demon.

A severed arm, found buried in the White House Rose Garden. A lethal message with terrible consequences for the Presidency.And a hidden secret in one family's past that will have repercussions for the entire nation.Following The Inner Circle and The Fifth Assassin, #1 bestselling author Brad Meltzer returns with . . . THE PRESIDENT'S SHADOWThere are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I find those stories for a living.To most, it looks like Beecher White has an ordinary job. A young staffer with the National Archives in Washington, D.C., he's responsible for safekeeping the government's most important documents . . . and, sometimes, its most closely held secrets.But there are a powerful few who know his other role. Beecher is a member of the Culper Ring, a 200-year-old secret society founded by George Washington and charged with protecting the Presidency.Now the current occupant of the White House needs the Culper Ring's help. The alarming discovery of the buried arm has the President's team in a rightful panic. Who buried the arm? How did they get past White House security? And most important: What's the message hidden in the arm's closed fist? Indeed, the puzzle inside has a clear intended recipient, and it isn't the President. It's Beecher, himself.Beecher's investigation will take him back to one of our country's greatest secrets and point him toward the long, carefully hidden truth about the most shocking history of all: family history.**

Terra is besieged. The outcome of the war lies on a knife edge. The Warmaster Horus' bloody seven-year crusade has led to this – the cradle of humanity, where he is to kill his father, the Emperor.With the war at this critical juncture, Sanguinius, primarch of the loyalist Blood Angels, braves the horrors of the Warmaster's flagship, The Vengeful Spirit, with a single purpose in mind – to slay his brother Horus, decapitate the Heresy once and for all, and stop the forces of Chaos from taking Terra.But at the whim of a Warmaster fallen so far from grace, the Dark Gods will not make Sanguinius' task easy. As the war edges towards its explosive, bloody conclusion, events are about to unfold that could either save humanity or plunge it headlong into an eternity of darkness.

In a story full of lust, madness, and ecstasy, we meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of six thousand years. Their narratives are woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. First, a cave-boy loses his mother, falls in love, and learns a deadly lesson. He is followed by an extraordinary cast of characters: a murderess who impersonates her victim, a fisherman who believes he has become a different species, a Roman emissary who realizes the bitter truth about the Empire, a crippled nun who is healed miraculously by a disturbing apparition, an old crusader whose faith is destroyed by witnessing the ultimate relic, two witches, lovers, who burn at the stake. Each interconnected tale traces a path in a journey of discovery of the secrets of the land. In the tradition of Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill, Schwob's Imaginary Lives, and Borges' A Universal History of Infamy, Alan Moore (Watchmen, From Hell, Lost Girls) travels through history blending truth and conjecture, in a novel that is dazzling, moving, sometimes tragic, but always mesmerizing. Now available in paperback for the first time in America! With an Introduction by Neil Gaiman, a signature of full-color plates by Jose Villarrubia, and a cover design by Chip Kidd.**

One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2015 Set against the grandeur of the Northern Scottish Highlands in the 1950s, here is the sixth evocative, fast-paced, suspenseful mystery in A.D. Scott's highly acclaimed series featuring beloved heroine Joanne Ross.Praised for their "well-drawn characters" (Publishers Weekly), "ingenious" plotting (Booklist, starred review), and "a terrific sense of place" (Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of Hush Now, Don't You Cry), A. D. Scott's mysteries never fail to enthrall and entertain. Now, in Scott's latest, Joanne Ross returns for a spellbinding case involving a woman accused of witchcraft in small-town Scotland. When Alice Ramsay, artist and alleged witch, is found dead in her home in a remote Scottish glen, the verdict is suicide. But Joanne Ross of the Highland Gazette refuses to believe it. As she investigates Alice's past, Joanne...

This NEW Geronimo Stilton series spinoff stars spooky, silly Creepella von Cacklefur!Creepella von Cacklefur and her niece, Shivereen, visit scary Squeakspeare Mansion. There they meet Bobby Squeakspeare, a descendent of the famouse writer, William Squeakspeare. Will the spooky rooms and ghosts they find inside the mansion be friendly—or frightening?