Cherie Priest Bücher

Zwei unzertrennliche Freundinnen Ein mysteriöser Unfall Ein unglaubliches Geheimnis Und die Suche nach der Wahrheit.

Mit Volldampf voraus! Amerika kurz nach dem Bürgerkrieg: Es sollte Dr. Leveticus Blues größte und ruhmreichste Erfindung sein, doch der 'Boneshaker' verursachte eine Katastrophe. Bei seinem Testlauf wurde ein mysteriöses Gas freigesetzt, dass die Bewohner Seattles in seelenlose Kreaturen verwandelte, woraufhin die vergiftete Stadt und ihre Bewohner durch eine riesige Mauer isoliert wurden. Sechzehn Jahre später macht sich Briar Wilkes, Dr. Blues Witwe, in einem Luftschiff auf den Weg nach Seattle, um dem Geheimnis des 'Boneshakers' auf die Spur zu kommen.

Tales of tentacles, terror, and madness from the publisher who brought you Wastelands, The Living Dead, and Brave New Worlds First described by visionary author H. P. Lovecraft, the Cthulhu mythos encompass a pantheon of truly existential cosmic horror: Eldritch, uncaring, alien god-things, beyond mankind’s deepest imaginings, drawing ever nearer, insatiably hungry, until one day, when the stars are right.… As that dread day, hinted at within the moldering pages of the fabled Necronomicon, draws nigh, tales of the Great Old Ones—Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, Hastur, Azathoth, Nyarlathotep, and the weird cults that worship them—have cross-pollinated, drawing authors and other dreamers to imagine the strange dark aeons ahead, when the dead-but-dreaming gods return. Now, intrepid anthologist Ross E. Lockhart has delved deep into the Cthulhu canon, selecting from myriad mind-wracking tomes twenty-seven sanity-shattering stories of cosmic terror. Featuring fiction by many of today’s masters of the menacing, macabre, and monstrous, including Laird Barron, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Thomas Ligotti, The Book of Cthulhu goes where no collection of Cthulhu mythos tales has gone before: to the very edge of madness... and beyond! Do you dare open The Book of Cthulhu? Do you dare heed the call?

Mercy Lynch is just a frustrated nurse who wants to see her father before he dies. But she'll have to survive both Union intrigue and Confederate opposition if she wants to make it off the Union-operated, Tacoma-bound "Dreadnought" alive

Josephine Early, New Orleans brothel owner and Union spy, has a mission. And it might just end the Civil War. She must deliver Ganymede, an astonishing prototype submarine, to the North. But the giant war machine is at the bottom of a lake, no one has safely piloted it and she must sneak its huge bulk past enemy forces. Luckily, she knows the right man for the job. She hasn't seen former lover and air-pirate Andan Cly for years, but has a sweet job to tempt him back. He agrees to help, but his primary mission is to retrieve supplies for blighted Seattle, where noxious gas has forced residents underground and undead rotters menace the city. Although legit, the Seattle run makes Cly uncomfortable. He no longer flies sap, disapproving of the drug's ugly side-effects, and the job is funded with sap money. Josephine's jaunt could be a great distraction. But will they make history, or end up at the bottom of the ocean? 'Priest is at the top of her game ... the best yet' Publishers Weekly, 'Ganymede centres on intrigue and espionage', SFRevu.com, 'Alternative history storytelling at its finest' BookSlut.com

With the government now off her tail, vampire and superthief Raylene Pendle is up to her old tricks, hired to retrieve a valuable magical artefact. But this time, a powerful witch also wants the artefact. So now, Raylene must cross the country with ex-Navy SEAL and fabulous drag queen Adrian, trying to juggle two incredibly tricky assignments.

In this fifth installment in the Clockwork Century steampunk adventure series, Rector "Wreck 'em" Sherman, a drug dealer haunted by the ghost of a kid he used to know, sneaks over the wall into the wasteland of Seattle where he makes a shocking discovery that changes everything.

Maria Isabella Boyd's success as a Confederate spy has made her too famous for further espionage work, and now her employment options are slim. Exiled, widowed, and on the brink of poverty - she reluctantly goes to work for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago. Adding insult to injury, her first big assignment is commissioned by the Union Army. A federally sponsored transport dirigible is being violently pursued across the Rockies and Uncle Sam isn't pleased. Intelligence suggests that the unrelenting pursuer is a runaway slave who's been wanted by authorities on both sides of the Mason-Dixon for fifteen years. In that time, Captain Croggon Beauregard Hainey has felonied his way back and forth across the continent, leaving a trail of broken banks, stolen war machines, and illegally distributed weaponry from sea to shining sea. And now it s Maria's job to go get him

Raylene Pendle (aka Cheshire Red) is a vampire and world-renowned thief. When the infuriatingly charming Ian Stott asks for help, Raylene doesn't bargain for a case that takes her from the wilds of Minneapolis to the mean streets of Atlanta.

The search for answers surrounding a long-dead woman found in a tree drives Kate Thrush and Dr. Judith Kane to the decaying town of Cinderwich, Tennessee. As they investigate the mystery of Ellen, who may be linked to both women, they encounter a community unwilling to confront its dark past. Their quest for closure reveals unsettling truths about the town and its history, leading them to confront the hidden malevolence that has festered beneath the surface.

Vydejte se na výlet do hororového prostředí americké jižanské gotiky. Státní silnice 177 se táhne podél močálu Okefenokee ve státě Georgie. Když tudy člověk projíždí od východu k západu, mine na trase před vstupem do parku šest mostů. Když ale jede od západu k východu, může jich jednou za čas potkat i sedm. Raději by však měl doufat, že se tak nestane… Titus a Melanie Bellovi jsou na cestě do parku Okefenokee, aby tam strávili líbánky plavbou po močálu na kánoi. Než dorazí na místo určení, kde na ně čeká rezervovaná chatka, potká je na cestě malé zdržení. Vozovka se začne zužovat a oni jsou nuceni zastavit před starým vratkým mostem s kamennými pilíři, kudy může projet maximálně jedno auto. Když se později Titus probudí uprostřed silnice, po mostě se slehla zem a stejně tak i po jeho ženě. Zavolá tedy na policii, kde mu ale oznámí, že na Státní silnici 177 se žádný takový most nenachází… Napínavý hororový román se svéráznými postavami a ještě svéráznějším jižanským městečkem, který vás dost možná na čas odradí od návštěvy jakéhokoliv močálu.