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  • Cover of The Damnation Game
    The Damnation GameNovel

    Clive Barker · standalone novel · 1985

    About deal with the devil and revenge, set in british isles.

    “Marty, out of his depth from the start, finds himself the only one willing to stand against Mamoulian.”

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  • Cover of The Dark
    The DarkNovel

    James Herbert · standalone novel · 1980

    About survival and madness.

    “WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”

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  • Cover of Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)
    Shadow Saga II (Christopher Golden)Series

    series · 7 books · 1994

    Set in our world and contemporary.

    “Christopher Golden's Shadow Saga follows Peter Octavian, a centuries-old vampire working as a private investigator in a Boston where humans live alongside a hidden population of supernatural creatures, beginning with Of Saints and Shadows.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Of Saints and Shadows →

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  • Cover of Alex Stern
    Alex SternSeries

    series · 4 books · 2019

    Urban fantasy, set in big city.

    “The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ninth House →

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  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

    “Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    Science fiction, about plague and pandemic and survival.

    “Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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