A hellish nightmare for only the bravest of readers... Darren Shan's horrifying series The Demonata continues with Demon Thief. When Kernel Fleck's brother is stolen by demons he must enter their universe in search of him. It is a place of magic chaos & incredible danger. Kernel has three aims: * learn to use magic * find his brother * stay alive. But a heartless demon awaits him & death has been foretold... ...

Rileys beginning to think being a demon trapper isnt all its cracked up to be. Her dads been stolen by a necromancer her boyfriends gone all weird & shes getting warm & fuzzy feelings for someone whos seriously bad news. Its tempting to give it all up & try to be normal but thats not an option. Because the demons have plans for Riley. & theyre not the only ones. ...

Stand by as Riley prepares to kick some serious demon butt for the last time in this thrilling dramatic & sexy conclusion to THE DEMON TRAPPERS series. Riley's always known that Beck had a chequered history but she's not prepared for what it actually means to be in love with a guy with this many dark secrets. Now that he's finally admitted to himself that he's in love with her too there's no more hiding the truth about his past. & as it turns out fending off a demon apocalypse is nothing compared to what's to come... ...

Riley has made a bargain with Heaven & now they've come to collect. Lucifer's finest are ruling the streets & it seems that Armageddon might be even closer than Riley imagined. But with her soul & her heart in play it's all she can do to keep herself alive let alone save the world. Riley's not afraid of kicking some major demon butt but when it comes to a battle between Heaven & Hell she might need a little help.. . ...

Riley has always wanted to be a Demon Trapper like her father & shes already following in his footsteps as one of the best. But its tough being the only girl in an all-guy world especially when three of those guys start making her life more complicated: Simon the angelic apprentice who has heaven on his side; Beck the tough trapper who thinks hes Gods gift & Ori the strikingly sexy stranger who keeps turning up to save her ass. One things for sure -- if she doesnt keep her wits about her therell be hell to pay.. . ...

The Goblin Market has always been the centre of Sins world. Shes a dancer & a performer secure in her place. But now the Market is at war with the magicians & Sins place is in danger. Keeping secrets from the market she loves struggling with a friend who has become a rival Sin is thrown together with the Ryves brothers Nick & Alan
- whom shes always despised. But Alan has been marked by a magician to be tortured as the magician pleases & as Sin watches Alan struggle to protect the demon brother he loves she begins to see both brothers in a new light. But how far will brother go to save brother
- & what will it cost them all?

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Were the Demons Watch son. Protectors of Port Fayt. Scourge of all sea scum. Dont tell me youve never heard of us? Half-goblin boy Joseph Grubb lives in Fayt a bustling trading port where elves trolls fairies & humans live side by side. Fed up of working at the Legless Mermaid tavern Grubb dreams of escape
- until a whirlwind encounter with a smuggler plunges him into Fayts criminal underworld. There he meets the Demons Watch & learns of their mission to save the port from a mysterious & deadly threat. Can Grubb & his new allies uncover the dark plot in time or will they end up as fish food in Harrys Shark Pit?
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The king of horrors demonic symphony in ten volumes now available in omnibus editions -- each containing two titles in the spine-chilling Demonata series. Lord Loss: When Grubbs Grady first encounters Lord Loss & his evil minions he learns three things: * the world is vicious * magic is possible * demons are real. He thinks that he will never again witness such a terrible night of death & darkness.! He is wrong. Demon Thief: When Kernel Flecks brother is stolen by demons he must enter their universe in search of him. It is a place of magic chaos & incredible danger. Kernel has three aims: * learn to use magic * find his brother * stay alive. But a heartless demon awaits him & death has been foretold! ...

Professor David Ullman is among the world's leading authorities on demonic literature. Not that he's a believer. He sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination & nothing more. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a 'phenomenon' he accepts taking his 11-year-old daughter Tess with him. Amidst the decadent splendour of the city David makes his way to the address he's been asked to visit. What he witnesses in the tiny attic room shakes him to the core: a man restrained in a chair clearly insane. But what David hears the man say is worse. The voice of his father dead for 30 years repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars
- & a mystery
- behind. Terrified David is determined to leave with Tess as quickly as possible. But he can't shake the feeling that something is following him. & then before his eyes on the roof of their hotel Tess disappears. But before she falls into the Grand Canal's waters she utters a plea: Find me. At once frightening & deeply moving Andrew Pyper's page-turning thriller explores the lengths a father will go to find his daughter & the darkness he is prepared to confront along the way.

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Demons" also known as " The Possessed" or " The Devils" is a dark masterpiece that evokes a world where the lines between & good & evil long ago became blurred. This " Penguin Classics" edition of Fyodor Dostoyevskys " Demons" is translated by Robert A. Maguire & edited by Ronald Meyer with an introduction by Robert L. Belknap. Pyotr Verkhovensky & Nikolai Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar destroy society & seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals
- even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems their motley group is about to be discovered will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their tracks? As the ensuing investigation & trial reveal the true identity of the murderer Dostoyevskys & everyones faith in humanity is tested. Partly based on the real-life case of a student murdered by his fellow revolutionaries Dostoyevskys sprawling novel is a powerful & prophetic yet lively & often comic depiction of nineteenth-century Russia & a savage indictment of the madness & nihilism of those who use violence to serve their beliefs. Robert A. Maguires superb translation captures Dostoyevskys vigorous prose. In his introduction Robert L. Belknap discusses Dostoyevskys own revolutionary activities his narrative technique & use of different genres & the background of Radicalism in Imperial Russia. Edited by Ronald Meyer this volume also

Includes:: a chronology further reading notes & a glossary. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow. From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison & in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His other works available in " Penguin Classics" include " Crime & Punishment" " The Idiot & Demons". If you enjoyed " Demons" you might like Joris-Karl Huysmans " The Damned (La-Bas)" also available in " Penguin Classics"."


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