He is all but forgotten today, but in his time, British author GEORGE WILLIAM MACARTHUR REYNOLDS (1814 1879) was a veritable Victorian Stephen King whose penny dreadful serials were more widely read than the works of Dickens, and shocked ...
The series of events culminates in the warlock's summoning of a Lovecraftian demon which threatens to unknit the fabric of the world and an ending that will chill the reader's blood.
Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book four of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.
“Nicholas first, then me.” Josh felt his breath catch in his throat. Although he didn't trust Nicholas and was unsure how he felt about Perenelle, the thought of them dying filled him with terror. He and Sophie needed the Flamels.
In order for his plan to work, he must train a necromancer to raise the Mother of the Gods from the dead. The twins of legend will make the perfect pupils in his diabolical scheme.
Back in London, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman must determine whom they can and cannot trust as they search for both Scatty and an immortal who can teach Josh the magic of fire, while Doctor Dee and Machiavelli continue to ...
While Josh and Sophie consider placing their futures in the hands of the mysterious Nicholas Flamel, Machiavelli unleashes murderous monsters with the power of killing both the alchemist and Perenelle. Reprint.
When Abigail van Alstine discovers her powers as a Necromancer, she dives into the world of the arcane and accidentally unleashes an ancient demon.
Death remains the ultimate mystery to the uninitiated. Does life exist after death? Can you contact spirits of the dead? Can a black magician or witch summon the forces of death magick to accelerate their ascent toward immortality in life?
There is a richness to the prose in this book reminiscent of 'The Confessions of an Opium Eater' penned so long ago. Side by side, they might have been written by contemporaries, and that is the magic of Clegg's prose in this volume.
Sorcerers killed off the necromancers decades ago in the interest of public safety. One young woman has slipped through the cracks, avoided the traps set to capture her kind. Nona Roby is on a journey rarely told, the Villain's Journey.
There is a richness to the prose in this book reminiscent of 'The Confessions of an Opium Eater' penned so long ago. Side by side, they might have been written by contemporaries, and that is the magic of Clegg's prose in this volume.
The journeys of each lead to the city of Cinterre, where a powerful necromancer weaves a terrible fate for the city, but light and fire, dark hope and pure love, relentless pursuit and an unremitting curse rise in his wake.