Ergebnis für "Leech" in Literatur & Belletristik

In the baron’s icebound castle, a parasite is spreading . . . From Hiron Ennes, Leech is an atmospheric Gothic horror, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 'Unique and utterly assured, I will follow this writer anywhere' – Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl In an...

A surreal and horrifying debut, Hiron Ennes's Leech defies our understanding of identity, heredity, and bodily autonomy. “A wonderful new entry to Gothic science fiction, impeccably clever and atmospheric. Think Wuthering Heights... with worms!”—Tamsyn Muir MEET THE CURE FOR THE HUMAN...

Benedict Rutland - the darkly handsome earl of Rothay - gained his title too young. His youth was spent clawing back the family fortunes. Now a man in his prime and financially secure, he is betrothed to a strict, sensible, and coolheaded woman who will never upset the balance of his life or disturb his emotions.... But then Miss Skeffington-Fox arrives. And as family members in line for the dukedom begin to die at an alarming rate, all fingers point at Benedict, and Miss Skeffington-Fox may be the only one who can save him.

Leonard Leech ist der Monsterfresser. Hart, mystisch, spannend! Leonard Leech, seines Zeichens Marshal und Veteran des Bürgerkriegs verfolgt eine Bande von Outlaws in eine alte, indianische Ritualhöhle. Was im Zuge der blutigen Auseinandersetzung dort mit ihm passiert, wird ihn für immer zu einem anderem machen. Zu etwas anderem. Von einem schrecklichen Hunger getrieben und von seinen Mitmenschen entfremdet, beginnt er eine Reise ins Ungewisse. Hier finden Sie seine ersten Abenteuer.

The Leech was waiting for food. For millennia it had been drifting, without consciousness, across the vast emptiness of space. A planet claimed it, with other stellar debris, and the leech fell, still dead—seeming within its tough spore case. One speck of dust among many, fell to the Earth. Nourishment soaked in, permeating the spore case. It grew—and began to feed.

Emil is Chicago’s most feared food critic—a man who delights in trashing restaurants and terrorizing chefs. When he hears rumors of a restaurant serving an off-menu dessert called Blood of Leeches, Emil’s curiosity quickly turns into a fixation. One taste, and Emil’s curiosity drives him to deconstruct the dish with a hunger reaching far beyond gastronomy—into something older and darker.

Dive into the gripping narrative of Samuel Leech, a young sailor who served in both the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the tumultuous War of 1812. Notably one of the few to chronicle his adventures, Leechs maritime journey began at the tender age of twelve. He bravely faced the cannon fire as a powder monkey during the fierce duel between H.M.S. Macedonian and U.S.S. United States. Captured and initially set for exchange, Leech took a daring leap for freedom when the Macedonian was brought into Newport, Rhode Island. Resuming his seafaring life with the US Navy, he found a stark ...

Widowed farmer Ned Hardy is facing a bleak winter and a lonely Christmas alone, when a beautiful young woman turns up on his doorstep in the middle of the night, frozen and terrified. Stunned by the arrival of a fine lady who looks like a Christmas angel, all of Ned’s protective instincts flare to life. Grace Honeyfield is on the run from her abusive brother and the terrifying man he’s forcing her to marry. Escaping into the darkness on a snowy night, she stumbles onto an isolated farm, and into the arms of a handsome farmer.

The high-leveled Blight Leech Kane Zerriah is out harvesting Blight from living beings when he finds the corpse of a dead orc. Questioning how this is possible—considering orcs have been banished for more than a decade—he's suddenly ambushed by a group of brutal Orc Fire Shamans.

Desert night shrouds the capital city in its heady warmth. Heath and Caio walk the winding alleyways, absorbing sights of unrestrained decadence. This is that infamous den of hedonism: the pleasure district of Sa'arre. Deep within the palace of desire, they feel an irresistible, charismatic pull. In a world of inhuman passion, no spell can protect against raw demonic charm.

After mankind becomes extinct and the world remains populated only by robots, a freak robot who lives as a fugitive by sucking the power from other robots befriends the last remaining human vampire.

Grief. Anxiety. Terror. Tonya Wright felt it all after the tragic murders of her sister and brother-in-law in a random act of gun violence. Struggling to travel outside of her home, she now lives constantly on edge about perceived threats that seem to surround her.Retreating to the house her sister and brother-in-law once shared to process her grief, Tonya soon discovers that someone — or something — has followed her there. With the help of her best friend Natalie, and others she meets along the way, can Tonya overcome her fears before they completely consume her?The first original audio ...

In Authors & Audiences, YA author and presentation coach Caroline Leech, chats to authors, illustrators, booksellers, librarians, publishers and other randomly fascinating guests, and invites them to share the secrets of their public speaking confidence and their media/social media strategies. Caroline will also share her own extensive knowledge of public speaking, storytelling, event planning and media strategy, so if you want to feel sure you can present yourself and your books with both confidence and professionalism, you’ve come to the right place.