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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Victorian explorer William Day, 13 years after a failed expedition resulted in abandonment, betrayal and cannibalism, embarks on an uncanny journey into his past to find his missing second-in-command during which he must face up to the things he's done as the restless dead follow closely behind.
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume Related works
Language
English
Description
This collection of stories, written for peculiar eyes only, presents unusual folklore that are a formative part of the upbringing of peculiar children everywhere. Encoded within their pages are the locations of hidden loops, the secret identities of certain important peculiars, and other information that could aid a peculiar's survival in this hostile world. The stories are annotated with historical and contextual insights that Nullings himself found...
3) Husk
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Charlie is a Husker, on the prowl in the New Hampshire wilderness, when he falls in love with one of "them": a girl named Jill. Loving Jill means leaving the Husk clan, with its gruesome cannibalistic rituals, and that will be far more difficult -- and dangerous -- than Charlie could have foreseen. It's only in New York City that the secret to ending his terrible cravings may reveal itself -- if it doesn't kill him and everything he has grown to love...
Author
Series
Hannibal Lecter novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
A serial murderer known by a grotesquely apt nickname--Buffalo Bill-is stalking particular women. A young F.B.I. trainee is assigned to interview a mental patient--a brilliant psychiatrist and killer, for insights into the crime.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A darkly humorous exploration of how a complete devotion to food can have unforeseen and shocking consequences When a group of food-obsessed academics at Oxford University form a secret dining society, they happily devote themselves to investigating exotic and forgotten culinary treasures, until a dish is suggested that takes them all by surprise. Professor Arthur Plantagenet has been told he has a serious heart problem and decides that his death...
6) Unreconciled
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Where does one put a messianic cult of practicing cannibals? That becomes the question when Ashanti appears in Donovan's skies. She was designed for no more than four years in space. It's taken ten. The crew has sealed the transportees onto a single deck--and over the years, the few survivors down there have become monsters. Lead by the messiah, Batuhan, they call themselves the Unreconciled. Supervisor Kalico Aguila settles them at remote Tyson...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds; that their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac. That is why they're banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Tierney James dreams of a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman. She fears the brutal elements,...
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