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- The Dark
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
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WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power. And somewhere in the night, a small girl smiled as her mother burned. Asylum inmates slaughtered their attendants. In slimy tunnels, once-human creatures gathered. Madness raged as the lights began to fade and humanity was attacked by an ancient, unstoppable evil.
- Phantoms
Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1983
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A doctor and her young sister find all the residents of their town have been brutally slaughtered by a giant intelligent synctial organism millions of years old, whose periodic emergences from its underground lair to feed cause events ranging from mass disappearances to mass extinctions. In order to defeat it and save humanity, they must outwit it.
- Predator X
C. J. Wallerstandalone novel2014
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"When deep level oil fracking uncovers a vast subterranean sea, a crack team of cavers and scientists are sent down to investigate. Upon their arrival, they disappear without a trace. A second team, including sedimentologist Dr. Megan Stoker, are ordered to seek out Alpha Team and report back their findings. But Alpha team are nowhere to be found–instead, they are faced with something unexpected in the depths. Something ancient. Something dangerous." – excerpted from the product description that is found on this book's product page on Amazon.com as of 2014-05-12
- The Sunken City
Tim Curranstandalone novel2022
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● "At the bottom of a prehistoric lake in Antarctica there is a city old as time, a relic of an alien pre-human intelligence. Somewhere, deep in its ancient labyrinthine depths, there is an ever-increasing source of power of incalculable menace. Now an elite team of Navy divers is going down to investigate it, and what they find is a nightmare beyond imagining. The city is not dead. As it wakes from its deathless slumber of countless millions of years, so does the race that built it, unleashing a deadly force that will harvest the human race like cattle." ― quoted from this book's Amazon product page as of 2023-03-10.
- '48
James Herbertstandalone novel1996
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Blood sucking, plague-ridden fascists roam the dark, seething ruins of London. Their prey is the select few who have not fallen victim to the blood-tainting biological warfare dispensed in the final convulsive collapse of the Nazis. A lone hero and his companion dog skirt the corpses, smashed cars, and bitter memories while trying to stay one step ahead of their bloodless fate and complete their mission of obsession. When others who are also relentlessly pursued stumble onto the duo's path, their haunting odyssey takes them underground. Beneath the bowels of a broken city an explosive disaster and a deadly betrayal propel the powers of good into a cataclysmic clash with the forces of evil.
- The Descent
Jeff Longstandalone novel1999
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The Descent is a 1999 science fiction/horror novel by American author Jeff Long. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth of tunnels and passages stretching throughout the Earth's upper mantle, found to be inhabited by a malicious species of alternately-evolved troglofauna hominids.
- The Manhattan Hunt Club
John Saulstandalone novel2001
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The Manhattan Hunt Club is a thriller horror novel by John Saul, published by Ballantine Books on July 31, 2001. The novel follows the story of Jeff Converse, who is falsely convicted of a brutal crime and finds himself trapped in a secret society called the Manhattan Hunt Club.
- Deeper
Jeff Longstandalone novel2007
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Jeff Long is an American writer and researcher. He is a recipient of the 1993 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature for his work, The Ascent.
- Midnight's Lair
Richard Laymonstandalone novel1988
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Midnight's Lair is a 1988 horror novel by American writer Richard Laymon, originally written under the pseudonym Richard Kelly. It was first published in Great Britain and was not released in the United States until 1993, where it was distributed by St. Martin's Press.
- The Fly-by-Nights
Brian Lumleystandalone novel2011
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150 years ago the world ended. Bombs fell, winter came, and the survivors fled underground in search of safety. Now they struggle to preserve what's left -- sleeping by day, and battling fearsome vampiric fly-by-nights after sunset.
- The Piper's Graveyard
Ben Farthingstandalone novel2021
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● "Cessy arrives in Hamlin, West Virginia to search for her missing sister. She finds a half-empty town under siege by unexplainable threats: The dark corners of the town—attics, basements, closets—have been stretched into endless tunnels. Corpses are turning up riddled with holes—holes that slither through flesh like insectile parasites. Ghostly screams echo down from the abandoned coal mine. A mysterious voice on the radio invites Cessy to abandon her search for her sister, and make a pact with an ancient evil. Hamlin has already made that pact, and their bill is due." ― quoted from this book's Amazon product page as of 2022-02-22.
- London Below
series5 books1996
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Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere (1996) follows Richard Mayhew, an ordinary Londoner who stops to help an injured girl and is pulled out of everyday London into London Below, a hidden, magical underworld of forgotten places and strange factions existing alongside the city he knew. The novel began life as a BBC television series before Gaiman reworked it into this stand-alone book.
- Cellars
John Shirleystandalone novel1982
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Cellars is a novel by John Shirley published in 1982.
- Creatures of the Pool
Ramsey Campbellstandalone novel2009
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When his father disappears, Gavin Meadows's search uncovers a race of semi-human beings that have existed in, and under, the city for centuries.
- Dream Cycle
series26 books1919
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The Dream Cycle is a series of short stories and novellas by author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). Written between 1918 and 1932, they are about the "Dreamlands", a vast alternate dimension that can only be entered via dreams. The Dreamlands are described as lying deeper than space, matter and time, and are a "limitless vacua beyond all thought and entity".
- Deep in the Darkness
Michael Laimostandalone novel2004
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Deep in the Darkness is the name of a 2004 novel by American writer Michael Laimo and a film adaptation by the same name. The novel was nominated for a 2004 Bram Stoker Award for Novel. While writing the book Laimo was influenced by the 1973 made-for-television film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Laimo wrote a sequel to Deep in the Darkness entitled Return to Darkness, which he released in 2011.
- The Lesser Dead
Christopher Buehlmanstandalone novel2014
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The Lesser Dead is a 2014 horror novel by American novelist Christopher Buehlman, who also provided the narration for the audiobook edition. The book was first published in the United States on October 7, 2014 through Berkley Books and centers around a group of vampires living underground in New York City.
- The Luminous Dead
Caitlin Starlingstandalone novel2019
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The Luminous Dead is a 2019 sci-fi horror novel written by Caitlin Starling and is her first published novel. The book was released to positive reviews from critics and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.
