A man must confront a terrifying evil in this captivating horror novel that’s “as much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz.”* Haunted by memories of the Great War, failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family’s old estate—the Savoyard Plantation—and the horrors that occurred there. At first their new life seems to be everything they wanted. But under the facade of summer socials and small-town charm, there is an unspoken dread that the townsfolk have lived with for generations. A presence that demands sacrifice. It comes from the shadowy woods across the river, where the ruins of the Savoyard Plantation still stand. Where a long-smoldering debt of blood has never been forgotten. Where it has been waiting for Frank Nichols....

Those Across the River

An instant USA Today bestseller! Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, goblin-infested years just before The Blacktongue Thief. The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men. They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and still they wage war. Now, our daughters take up arms. Galva — Galvicha to her three brothers, two of whom the goblins will kill — has defied her family’s wishes and joined the army’s untested new unit, the Raven Knights. They march toward a once-beautiful city overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by scores of giant war corvids. Made with the darkest magics, these fearsome black birds may hold the key to stopping the goblins in their war to make cattle of mankind. The road to victory is bloody, and goblins are clever and merciless. The Raven Knights can take nothing for granted — not the bonds of family, nor the wisdom of their leaders, nor their own safety against the dangerous war birds at their side. But some hopes are worth any risk. Also by Christopher Buehlman The Blacktongue Thief At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Daughters' War

Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with deadly tattoos, USA Today bestselling author Christopher Buehlman's The Blacktongue Thief begins a 'dazzling' (Robin Hobb) fantasy adventure unlike any other. Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road, planning to rob the next traveler that crosses his path. But today, Kinch Na Shannack has picked the wrong mark. Galva is a knight, a survivor of the brutal goblin wars, and handmaiden of the goddess of death. She is searching for her queen, missing since a distant northern city fell to giants. Unsuccessful in his robbery and lucky to escape with his life, Kinch now finds his fate entangled with Galva's. Common enemies and uncommon dangers force thief and knight on an epic journey where goblins hunger for human flesh, krakens hunt in dark waters, and honor is a luxury few can afford. “The Blacktongue Thief is fast and fun and filled with crazy magic. I can't wait to see what Christopher Buehlman does next." - Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of the Lightbringer series At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Blacktongue Thief

Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with deadly tattoos, Christopher Buehlman's The Blacktongue Thief begins a 'dazzling' (Robin Hobb) fantasy adventure unlike any other. Download a FREE sneak peek today! Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road, planning to rob the next traveler that crosses his path. But today, Kinch Na Shannack has picked the wrong mark. Galva is a knight, a survivor of the brutal goblin wars, and handmaiden of the goddess of death. She is searching for her queen, missing since a distant northern city fell to giants. Unsuccessful in his robbery and lucky to escape with his life, Kinch now finds his fate entangled with Galva's. Common enemies and uncommon dangers force thief and knight on an epic journey where goblins hunger for human flesh, krakens hunt in dark waters, and honor is a luxury few can afford. “The Blacktongue Thief is fast and fun and filled with crazy magic. I can't wait to see what Christopher Buehlman does next." - Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of the Lightbringer series At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Blacktongue Thief Sneak Peek

"Buehlman...slips effortlessly into a different kind of literary sensibility, one that doesn't scrimp on earthy humor and lyrical writing in the face of unspeakable horrors."* The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found an orphan of the Black Death in a Norman village. An almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that the plague is only part of a larger cataclysm--that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on Heaven. But is it delirium or is it faith? She believes she has seen the angels of God. She believes the dead speak to her in dreams. And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across an apocalyptic landscape to Avignon. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission. There her true nature will be revealed. And there Thomas will confront an evil wrestling for the throne of Heaven, and which has poisoned his own soul. *Kirkus Reviews

Between Two Fires

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S BEST HORROR NOVEL OF THE YEAR "As much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs), Christopher Buehlman excels in twisting the familiar into newfound dread in his "genre-bending" (California Literary Review) novels. Now the acclaimed author of Those Across the River delivers his most disquieting tale yet... The secret is, vampires are real and I am one. The secret is, I'm stealing from you what is most truly yours and I'm not sorry... New York City in 1978 is a dirty, dangerous place to live. And die. Joey Peacock knows this as well as anybody--he has spent the last forty years as an adolescent vampire, perfecting the routine he now enjoys: womanizing in punk clubs and discotheques, feeding by night, and sleeping by day with others of his kind in the macabre labyrinth under the city's sidewalks. The subways are his playground and his highway, shuttling him throughout Manhattan to bleed the unsuspecting in the Sheep Meadow of Central Park or in the backseats of Checker cabs, or even those in their own apartments who are too hypnotized by sitcoms to notice him opening their windows. It's almost too easy. Until one night he sees them hunting on his beloved subway. The children with the merry eyes. Vampires, like him...or not like him. Whatever they are, whatever their appearance means, the undead in the tunnels of Manhattan are not as safe as they once were. And neither are the rest of us.

The Lesser Dead

“Rising horror star”* Christopher Buehlman, author of The Lesser Dead, returns with a chilling and thrilling tale of dark evil lurking on the lonely, open road... Bram Stoker, quoting the ballad “Lenore,” said, “The dead travel fast.” Those words have never rung more true... Remember that car that passed you near midnight on Route 66, doing 105 with its lights off? You wondered where it was going so quickly on that dark, dusty stretch of road, motor roaring, the driver glancing out the window as he blew by. Did his greedy eyes shine silver like a coyote’s? Did he make you feel like prey? You can’t remember now. You just saw the founder of the Suicide Motor Club. Be grateful his brake lights never flashed. Be grateful his car was already full. They roam America, littering the highways with smashed cars and bled-out bodies, a gruesome reflection of the unsettled sixties. But to anyone unlucky enough to meet them in the lonely hours of the night, they’re just a blurry memory. That is—to all but one... Two years ago, they left a witness in the mangled wreck of her family car, her husband dead, her son taken. She remembers their awful faces, despite their tricks and glamours. And she’s coming for them—her thirst for vengeance even more powerful than their hunger for blood. On the deserted highways of America, the hunters are about to become the hunted...

The Suicide Motor Club

“You think you got away with something, don’t you? But your time has run out. We know where you are. And we are coming.” Andrew Ranulf Blankenship is a stylish nonconformist with wry wit, a classic Mustang, and a massive library. He’s also a recovering alcoholic and a practicing warlock. His house is a maze of sorcerous booby traps and escape tunnels, as yours might be if you were sitting on a treasury of Russian magic stolen from the Soviet Union thirty years ago. Andrew has long known that magic is a brutal game requiring blood sacrifice and a willingness to confront death, but years of peace and comfort have left him more concerned with maintaining false youth than with seeing to his own defense. Now a monster straight from the pages of Russian folklore is coming for him, and frost and death are coming with her.

The Necromancer's House

Hell Is Not Mocked

Cuando Frank Nichols se traslada al pequeño pueblo donde vivió un antepasado suyo de infausta memoria, su presencia despierta a un espíritu oscuro y antiguo, con sed de venganza. En 1935, a finales de la Gran Depresión, el historiador Frank Nichols se traslada a la tranquila localidad de Whitbrow, en Georgia, con su mujer, la bella Dora. La pareja pretende iniciar una nueva vida en este apacible rincón del sur de Estados Unidos. Frank planea escribir un libro sobre un antepasado suyo de infausta memoria, Lucien Savoyard. De brutalidad legendaria, fue propietario en el siglo XIX de una plantación al otro lado del río que linda con el pueblo, el escenario de cruentas atrocidades que Frank apenas intuye... En un primer momento, el pueblo resulta pintoresco y los habitantes acogedores aunque aferrados a la tradición. Sin embargo cuando Frank inicia sus indagaciones descubre que las supersticiones locales ocultan una antigua deuda de sangre. Los del otro lado es una sorprendente novela de terror, una historia tan sugerente como espeluznante sobre la venganza y los legados familiares, los miedos ancestrales que rigen una comunidad, y sobre la terrible amenaza del otro. Reseñas: «Una de las mejores primeras novelas que he leído jamás.» Charlaine Harris «La escritura es ágil y vigorosa, y los fans del terror la devorarán.» Booklist «¡Qué gusto! Terrible y preciosa. Se parece tanto a F. Scott Fitzgerald como a Dean Koontz. Una lectura grácil y terrorífica.» Patricia Briggs

Los del otro lado

1935. Suite à un héritage, Frank et Eudora s'installent à Whitbrow, en Géorgie, où le grand-père de Frank possédait une plantation. Le village, entouré d'une forêt obscure, se révèle accueillant et le couple s'intègre vite à la communauté. Pourtant, en cherchant à retracer l'histoire de son aïeul, un général de l'armée confédérée esclavagiste, Frank va réveiller des forces qui le dépassent. D'où vient l'étrange coutume des habitants d'envoyer des animaux dans la forêt ? Qui vit de l'autre côté de la rivière ?

Ceux de l'autre rive

Kinch Na Shannack le debe una pequeña fortuna al Gremio de los Ladrones, que lo educó en las artes del latrocinio; formación que, entre otras cosas, incluye violar cerraduras, luchar con cuchillos, escalar paredes, caer sin hacerse daño, urdir mentiras, tender trampas y utilizar un puñado de conjuros bastante discretos. Su deuda le ha llevado a esconderse en el bosque junto a la antigua carretera, acechando y listo para asaltar al primer incauto que se cruce en su camino. Hoy, sin embargo, Kinch Na Shannack ha elegido a la víctima equivocada. Galva, una guerrera superviviente de las encarnizadas guerras contra los goblins y leal seguidora de la diosa de la muerte, está buscando a su reina, desaparecida desde que una lejana ciudad del norte sucumbiera a los ataques de los gigantes. Una vez frustrado su intento de robo y afortunado por haber escapado con vida, Kinch descubre que su destino está ligado al de Galva. Sus enemigos en común, y un cúmulo de amenazas bastante insólitas a las que los dos se enfrentan, empujan al ladrón y a la guerrera a embarcarse en un periplo de épicas dimensiones. Deberán luchar contra goblins hambrientos de carne humana y krakens al acecho en las siniestras profundidades. En este mundo, como comprobarán en el transcurso de sus aventuras, el honor es un lujo que no está al alcance de todos.

El ladrón de lengua negra

Sie glaubten sich in Sicherheit. Doch der Fluch kehrt zurück ... Amerika in den frühen Dreissigerjahren: Der mittellose Akademiker Frank Nichols zieht mit seiner Frau nach Georgia, in das kleine Städtchen Whitbrow. Er will die Chronik der Savoyard Plantage schreiben, des Wohnsitzes seiner Vorfahren, doch in Whitbrow schlagen ihm nur Furcht und Misstrauen entgegen. Und je mehr Nichols nachbohrt, umso verängstigter reagieren die Einheimischen. Denn etwas hat von der Plantage jenseits des Flusses Besitz ergriffen. Eine dunkle Präsenz, die ihre grausigen Opfer fordert ... Christopher Buehlman hat französische Literatur und Geschichte studiert und ist einige Jahre mit einer eigenen Bühnenshow durch die USA getourt. Er wurde 2007 mit dem Bridport Prize for Poetry ausgezeichnet. Nacht über dem Fluss ist sein erster Roman. Christopher Buehlman lebt und arbeitet in Florida.

Nacht über dem Fluss

" Et Lucifer dit : "Élevons maintenant notre foule en sa multitude contre Lui, et éventrons les portes du Ciel." " En ces temps sombres de 1348, les hommes se pensent abandonnés de Dieu. Le Mal se répand sur Terre. La peste en premier lieu commet des ravages parmi la population désemparée. En Normandie, Thomas, chevalier excommunié et vagabond, n'obéit plus qu'à la seule loi de la survie. Mais si le diable semble déjà avoir posé la main sur son épaule, le code chevaleresque anime encore son âme. C'est ainsi qu'il en vient à sauver la jeune Delphine d'un viol. Attaché désormais à cette enfant qui dit parler aux morts et tutoyer les anges, le voilà parti, presque contre son gré, dans une quête au but inconnu en compagnie d'un prêtre dévoyé. Entre Ciel et Enfer, cette petite compagnie iconoclaste prend la route de Paris, puis de la Cité des Papes à travers une Terre devenue le théâtre macabre d'une guerre antédiluvienne...

Entre ciel et enfer

Christopher Buehlman regénye egy csábítással és romlással teli világba hívja az olvasót, ahol a mennyben háború dúl, a földön pedig elszabadul a pokol… 1348-at írunk. Thomas, a kegyvesztett lovag rátalál egy fiatal lányra, aki magányosan él egy kihalt normann faluban. A fekete halál árvájaként és az ártatlanság hátborzongató megtestesítőjeként a lány elmondja Thomasnak, hogy a pestis csupán egy nagyobb kataklizma része. A bukott angyalok Lucifer vezetésével fellázadtak, hogy második háborút vezessenek a mennyország ellen, és az emberek világa is belekeveredett a viszályba. Vajon csak félrebeszél, vagy az igaz hit vezeti? A lány azt állítja, hogy látta Isten angyalait. Hisz benne, hogy az álmaiban az igaz holtak beszélnek hozzá. És meggyőzi a hitetlen Thomast, hogy átkísérje őt az elfajzott vidéken, egészen Avignonba. Ott elmondja Thomasnak, hogy be fogja teljesíteni a küldetését: szembe fog nézni a gonosszal, ami a földet sújtja, és visszaadja ennek az elárult és gyilkos lovagnak a nemességet és a megváltás reményét, amit oly régen elérhetetlennek hitt. Ahogy a pokol szabadjára engedi haragját, és fény derül a lány valódi természetére, Thomas angyalokkal és démonokkal, szentekkel és feltámasztott holtakkal teli, borzongató csatatéren találja magát, egy kétségbeesett küzdelem kellős közepén, amit nem kevesebbért vívnak, mint az emberek lelkéért.

Két tűz között

Você é o nosso convidado de honra para ler o que poucos conseguem ver. Uma casa perdida no meio do nada parece ser um bom lugar para esconder os mais sombrios segredos. Principalmente quando se trata de uma casa invisível a olhos não autorizados por seu dono, o enigmático Andrew Ranulf.Há muitas coisas que você deveria saber sobre Andrew. A mais importante de todas seria manter distância dele. Mas talvez você não consiga resistir à tentação de descobrir o que esse cara está evocando. Ele é um fenômeno que surge em todos os lugares onde BEM-VINDO À CASA DOS ESPÍRITOS é lançado. Não diga que não foi avisado.Protagonista do livro de Christopher Buehlman, Andrew esteve na União Soviética, onde adquiriu uma antiga e perigosa relíquia. Membro dos Alcoólicos Anônimos, há dez anos longe das garrafas, ele também é um bruxo famoso. Sua técnica de conversar com os mortos através de vídeos atrai muitos clientes. Por mais estranho que pareça, Andrew também tem sentimentos e possui uma dona para o seu gélido coração: uma sereia de carne, osso e escamas. Todo cuidado é pouco para não seguirmos seu canto até o fundo do lago.Misturando antigas fábulas com uma narrativa moderna que encanta leitores em todo o mundo, BEM-VINDO À CASA DOS ESPÍRITOS é mais um lançamento para os destemidos leitores da DarkSide® Books em 2018. Andrew Pyper – autor de O Demonologista, outro best-seller da editora que surpreendeu o mercado brasileiro – é o primeiro a afirmar: “BEM-VINDO À CASA DOS ESPÍRITOS é ao mesmo tempo belo e aterrorizante, mágico e realista, literalmente maravilhoso”.Pyper também louva a maneira como o livro respeita a antiga tradição dos contos de fadas, sem censurar ou infantilizar as histórias que eram passadas através de inúmeras gerações. No romance, Baba Yaga, uma velha bruxa do folclore russo, aparece no estado de Nova York, acompanhada do Inverno e da Morte, para cobrar uma antiga dívida de sangue.

Bem-Vindo à Casa dos Espíritos

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Der geheimnisvollste Fantasyheld seit Patrick Rothfuss' Kvothe In einer Welt voller Koboldkriege, hirschgroßer Kampfraben und Meuchelmördern, die mit gefährlichen Tätowierungen töten, beginnt Christopher Buehlmans »Der schwarzzüngige Dieb «. Ein schillerndes Fantasy-Abenteuer, wie es kein zweites gibt. Kinsch Na Shannack schuldet der Diebesgilde ein kleines Vermögen für seine Ausbildung, die unter anderem das Knacken von Schlössern, den Kampf mit Messern, das Erklettern von Mauern, das Weben von Lügen, das Fallenstellen sowie ein paar kleinere Zaubereien umfasst. Seiner Schulden wegen liegt er an der alten Waldstraße auf der Lauer, um den nächsten Reisenden, der seinen Weg kreuzt, auszurauben. Doch an diesem Tag hat Kinsch sich das falsche Ziel ausgesucht. Galva ist Ritterin, eine Überlebende der brutalen Koboldkriege, und Dienerin der Todesgöttin. Sie ist auf der Suche nach ihrer Königin, die vermisst wird, seit eine weit entfernte Stadt im Norden von Riesen erobert wurde. Kinsch hat Glück, mit dem Leben davongekommen zu sein. Er findet sein Schicksal mit dem von Galva verwoben. Gemeinsame Feinde und ungewöhnliche Gefahren zwingen den Dieb und die Ritterin auf eine epische Reise, auf der Kobolde nach Menschenfleisch hungern, Kraken in dunklen Gewässern jagen, und Ehre ein Luxus ist, den sich nur wenige leisten können. »Ein schnelles Buch, launig und voll verrückter Magie« Brent Weeks »Ein großes Vergnügen von der ersten bis zur letzten Zeile« Anthony Ryan »Diesem Buch ist es vorherbestimmt mit seinem Charme, seinem Humor und seiner Wucht die Herzen unzähliger Leser zu rauben.« Novel Notions

Der schwarzzüngige Dieb (Schwarzzunge, Bd. 1)

1978. Si New York est une ville sale et dangereuse pour les vivants, Joey Peacock, vampire aux traits éternellement jeunes, y voit toujours un magnifique terrain de chasse. La nuit tombée, du fameux Studio 54 aux appartements du Village en passant par le CBGB cher aux punks, il écume Manhattan en quête d'une artère compatissante. Première des règles : charmer la proie, ne jamais la tuer. Quand vient l'aube, Joey rejoint dans une station de métro désaffectée ses frères et soeurs de sang, parmi lesquels Cvetko le Slovène philosophe, Billy Bang le fou de free jazz et, bien sûr, la patronne, Margaret, qui administre son territoire d'une main de fer. Jusqu'au jour où de nouveaux arrivants menacent la survie de la petite communauté : des enfants aux yeux brillants et aux longues canines, redoutables tueurs dont les besoins semblent sans limite...

Presque morts

Schwarzzungendieb

Muertos de segunda

Kinch Na Shannack kisebb vagyonnal tartozik a Szedők Céhének, amiért kiképezték a tolvajok mesterségére, vagyis a zárfeltörésre, késharcra, falmászásra, zuhanás tompításra, hazugság szövésre és csapdaállításra, valamint pár apróbb varázstrükkre. Muszáj törlesztenie az adósságát, ezért elrejtőzött a régi erdei út mellett, hogy kirabolja az arra járó utazókat. Ma azonban Kinch Na Shannack rossz célpontot választott. Galva egy lovag, a kegyetlen goblinháborúk túlélője, és a halál istennőjének szolgálóleánya. A királynőjét keresi, aki eltűnt, miután az óriások lerohantak egy távoli, északi várost. Kinch örülhet, hogy élve megúszta a sikertelen rablást, azonban a sorsa végzetesen összefonódik Galváéval. A tolvajt és a lovagot a közös ellenségek és a szokatlan veszélyek arra késztetik, hogy nagyszabású utazásra induljanak, amely során emberhúsra éhező goblinok és sötét vizekben vadászó krakenek várnak rájuk, a tisztesség pedig olyan fényűzés, amit kevesen engedhetnek meg maguknak.

A fekete nyelvű tolvaj

Il ladro Linguanera

Der schwarzzüngige Dieb (The Blacktongue Thief, Bd. 1)

"У Кинча На Шаннака, как и у любого представителя народа гальтов, черный язык. Еще подростком Кинч, чтобы его не отправили на войну, поступил в школу Гильдии Берущих, иначе говоря - воров, в которой постиг хитрые преступные ремесла и даже приобрел кое-какие магические навыки. Но за обучение необходимо расплатиться, поэтому Кинч сидит в засаде, чтобы ограбить первого же человека, который покажется на лесной дороге. Вот только вовсе не безобидного путника предстоит ему встретить. Гальва - женщина-рыцарь, ветеран Гоблинских войн, превосходный боец. И у нее есть тайное оружие - корвид, огромная боевая птица, спрятанная в магической татуировке. Победить эту женщину в схватке Кинчу не удастся. Зато у него появится шанс рассчитаться с Гильдией, выполнив очень странное поручение. Гальва держит путь в далекое королевство Аустрим, на которое недавно напала армия великанов. Кинч должен будет сопровождать ее, постаравшись втереться в доверие, - и ждать дальнейших распоряжений. Впервые на русском!" --