Alma Katsu

«Aterrador». Stephen Graham Jones «Insuperable». Catriona Ward 1944. A medida que avanza la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la amenaza ha llegado al frente interno. En un rincón remoto de Idaho, Meiko Brigg

This is the stunning conclusion to Alma Katsu's gripping supernatural trilogy that began with The Taker. 'We had a tangled history, Adair and I. He had been my lover and my teacher, master to my slave. We had literally been prisoners to one another. Somewhere along the way he fell in love with me, but I was too afraid to love him in return. Afraid of his unexplainable powers, and his furious temper. Afraid of what I knew he was capable of and what even he himself didn't know he could do. I ran away to follow a safer path with a man I could understand. I always knew, however, that my path would one day lead back to Adair...'

Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere.That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy...or the feelings that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it''''s a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history.As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along.Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

Ahora no puedes morir, pero tu vida me pertenece. Un incansable recorrido a través de los siglos en busca de placer y la belleza hasta llegar a la propia destrucción. Una joven ingresa en un hospital acusada de matar a un hombre. Asegura ser inmortal desde hace 200 años. Cansada de su própia existencia desvelará un relato sobrenatural de lujuria y desesperación Una novela fascinante más allá del amor eterno.

"Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark." --Stephen King A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party with a supernatural twist. Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy...or the feelings that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it's a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history. As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along. Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

What began as a brave and bold adventure has become a nightmare. They are trapped and must confront each other . . . and a threat that reaches beyond the fury of the elements, something far more primal and deadly.After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination. One is well-documented the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter.Donners decision will shape the lives of everyone travelling with him. The searing heat of the desert gives way to biting winds and a bitter cold that freezes the cattle where they stand. Driven to the brink of madness, the ill-fated group struggles to survive and minor disagreements turn into violent confrontations. Then the children begin to disappear. As the survivors turn against each other, a few begin to realise that the threat they face reaches beyond the fury of the natural elements, to something more primal and far more deadly.Based on the true story of The Donner Party, The Hunger is an eerie, shiver-inducing exploration of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

From a Goodreads Choice and Stoker Award winning author, Succession meets The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry in this taut, fast-paced tale of sibling betrayal as the three heirs - the golden boy, the ferocious middle sister, the dilettante youngest child - to a powerful syndicate rush to fill the vacuum after their father falls critically ill, not realising the demonic forces he kept at bay. Some families have skeletons in their closets. This one has a demon in its boardroom.When Maris Berisha was nine years old, she heard something scratching at the walls of her familys penthouse. It felt like something malevolent was there, watching them.The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, and theyve always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes. Inconvenient buildings catch on fire. Earthquakes swallow up manufacturing plants, destroying harmful evidence. Things always seem to work out for the Berishas. Theyre blessed.At least that is what Zef, the patriarch, has always told his three children. And each of them knows their place in the familyDardan, as the only male heir, must prepare to take over as keeper of the Berisha secrets, Mariss most powerful contribution, much to her dismay, will be to marry strategically, and Noras job, as the youngest, is to just stay out of the way. But when things stop going as planned, and the family blessing starts looking more like a curse, the Berishas begin to splinter, each hatching their own secret scheme. They didnt get to be one of the richest families in the world without spilling a little blood, but this time, it might be their own.

No turno da noite em um hospital em Maine, Dr. Luke Findley espera ter outra noite tranquila com lesões causadas pelo frio extremo e ocasionais brigas domésticas. Mas no momento em que Lanore McIlvra

Um relato tenso e fascinante sobre a tragica expediço no Oeste americano que levou a um dos maiores desastres da historia da America Tamsen Donner deve ser uma bruxa. E a unica explicaço para a serie de azares que tem afetado a caravana Donner, que se arrasta pelas aridas extens?es do Oeste americano. Falta de comida, violencia e a morte misteriosa de uma crianca levam os pioneiros a beira da loucura. Pior: no se conseguem libertar da sensaço de que alguem _x000B_- ou algo _x000B_- os esta a perseguir. E quando membros da expediço comecam a desaparecer, todos os vestigios de sanidade e civismo se perdem. Baseado em faços veridicos, esta e a saga de 90 homens, mulheres e criancas que sofreram um dos maiores desastres da exploraço do Oeste americano. Foram apenas as circunstancias do acaso ou algo desesperado, doente e esfomeado causou a ruina de todos?

Chilling supernatural horror combining Japanese folklore with WW2 historical fiction from a multiple award-winning author.1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meikos husbands enlistment as an air force pilot in the Pacific months prior, Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest. It didnt matter that Aiko was American-born: They were Japanese, and therefore considered a threat by the American government.Mother and daughter attempt to hold on to elements of their old life in the camp when a mysterious disease begins to spread among those interned. What starts as a minor cold quickly becomes spontaneous fits of violence and aggression, even death. And when a disconcerting team of doctors arrive, nearly more threatening than the illness itself, Meiko and her daughter team up with a newspaper reporter and widowed missionary to investigate, and it becomes clear to them that something more sinister is afoot: a demon from the stories of Meikos childhood, hell-bent on infiltrating their already strange world.Inspired by the Japanese yokai and the jorogumo spider demon, THE FERVOR explores a supernatural threat beyond what anyone saw coming: the danger of demonization, a mysterious contagion, and the search to stop its spread before its too late.

Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark." - Stephen King After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination. One is well-documented - the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter. Donner's decision will shape the lives of everyone travelling with him. The searing heat of the desert gives way to biting winds and a bitter cold that freezes the cattle where they stand. Driven to the brink of madness, the ill-fated group struggles to survive and minor disagreements turn into violent confrontations. Then the children begin to disappear. As the survivors turn against each other, a few begin to realise that the threat they face reaches beyond the fury of the natural elements, to something more primal and far more deadly. Based on the true story of The Donner Party, The Hunger is an eerie, shiver-inducing exploration of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

Havia uma parte em Lanny que queria ser punida. Um pedaço de seu coração que acreditava que ela merecia o horror de ser imortal, a tristeza de ver todos aqueles que amara partirem, enquanto ela só po

«Aterrador». Stephen Graham Jones«Insuperable». Catriona Ward1944. A medida que avanza la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la amenaza ha llegado al frente interno. En un rincón remoto de Idaho, Meiko Briggs y

En mayo de 1846 partió una caravana de pioneros -la expedición Donner- de Missouri hacia California. Tomaron una nueva ruta que cruzaba el desierto del Gran Lago Salado y ese invierno se encontraron atrapados en Sierra Nevada debido a las dificultades del terreno y a una serie de contratiempos. Cuando los pudieron rescatar en febrero del año siguiente muchos pioneros habian muerto y se supone que los que quedaban vivos habian logrado sobrevivir gracias al canibalismo. Hasta aqui, la historia. Alma Katsu toma este legendario episodio del Oeste americano y lo recrea dandole un giro especial. La caravana no solo se enfrenta al frio, a la perdida del ganado, a la falta de provisiones, a las rencillas entre sus miembros... sino que el bosque se empieza a llenar de criaturas que los acechan.

En mayo de 1846 partió una caravana de pioneros de Missouri hacia California. Tomaron una nueva ruta que cruzaba el desierto del Gran Lago Salado y ese invierno se encontraron atrapados en Sierra Nevada debido a las dificultades del terreno y a una serie de accidentes. Cuando los pudieron rescatar en febrero del año siguiente muchos pioneros habian muerto y se supone que los que quedaban vivos habian logrado sobrevivir gracias al canibalismo. Hasta aqui, la historia. Alma Katsu toma este legendario episodio del Oeste americano y lo recrea dandole un giro especial. La caravana no solo se enfrenta al frio, a la perdida del ganado, que muere sin poderse mover en la nieve, a la falta de provisiones, a las rencillas entre sus miembros... sino que el bosque se empieza a llenar de criaturas que les acechan."EL HAMBRE tiene lugar en un momento verdaderamente interesante de la historia americana: la emigracion al Oeste, asi que estan todos los conflictos que se produjeron con los nativos americanos y tambien con Mexico. Esta la cuestion de la libertad religiosa; los mormones constituian una parte importante de la migracion, y eso tambien se refleja en la novela. Pero los lectores no deberian pensar que estan ante la narracion de la expedicion Donner sin mas. Se trata de reimaginar un acontecimiento historico a fin de contar un relato diferente". Alma Katsu

De la aplaudida autora de El Hambre nos llega una inquietante y psicológica vuelta de tuerca a una de las tragedias más famosas de la historia, el hundimiento del Titanic, y al infortunado viaje de su barco gemelo, el Britannic. Algo, una presencia, embruja el barco. Eso es lo unico que puede explicar la cadena de desgracias que han asolado a los viajeros del Titanic desde que zarparon del puerto. Desapariciones misteriosas, muertes repentinas... Durante los cuatro dias que dura el celebre viaje inicial del buque, los pasajeros se encuentran inmersos en una escalofriante y perturbadora zona crepuscular, casi al margen del paso del tiempo. Mientras los viajeros se familiarizan unos con otros, sin preocuparse demasiado por los extraños sucesos que se desarrollan a bordo, algunos, entre ellos la camarera Annie Hebbley, el pasajero Mark Fletcher, la millonaria Madeleine Astor y el famoso periodista W. T. Stead estan convencidos de que a bordo esta ocurriendo algo mas siniestro... Hasta que se produce la catastrofe. Años despues, Annie, que sobrevivio a aquella aciaga noche, trabaja como enfermera en el sexto viaje del Britannic, el cual, tras el arranque de la Primera Guerra Mundial, ha sido reacondicionado como buque hospital. Incapaz de escapar a los recuerdos del viaje anterior, Annie se esfuerza por rehacer su vida, cuando de repente se reencuentra con Mark, ahora un soldado inconsciente debido a sus heridas. Incredula, y poco dispuesta a aceptar que haya sobrevivido al hundimiento, Annie tendra que enfrentarse a las consecuencias de un antiguo pacto y al riesgo de sacrificarse por la persona amada. The Deep, que reune un gran elenco de personajes y combina de forma magistral el desastre historico con la narracion sobrenatural, es una magnifica exploracion del amor y el destino, el deseo y la inocencia, y, sobre todo, un intento de comprender como cada una de nuestras decisiones nos guia de forma inexorable hacia nuestra perdicion.

¿Para qué usaríamos la inmortalidad? Una historia de amor y venganza a través de los siglos, con Maine, Boston, París yHungría como telón de fondo.En St. Andrews, un pequeño pueblo de Maine, ingresa en urgencias una joven acusada de haber matado a un hombre. Luke, el medico de guardia, un hombre atormentado por demonios interiores tras haber abandonado a esposa e hijas, esta dispuesto a escuchar la version de la bella Lanore. Dice ser una inmortal desde hace doscientos años.Tiempo atras, con el corazon roto, Lanore se vio obligada a esconder la verguenza de un embarazo incomodo lejos de casa, en Boston. Pero antes de llegar al convento, cayo en las garras de un hombre a la vez fascinante y aterrador: Adair, un noble de origen hungaro, que le prometio un mundo de sensualidad y placer ignotos, de poder sin limites...Lanore creyo que si se unia a su sequito recuperaria a Jonathan. Pero ¿a que precio?Inmortal es una historia sobre la fuerza del amor, capaz de corromper, capaz de empujarnos a actos terribles en su nombre, y tambien sobre el valor que requiere sacrificarse por amor y redimirse.Una historia cautivadora sobre la bestia humana del deseo y la obsesion. Te pondra tanto la piel de gallina que te constara conciliar el sueño.