Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world the Battle of Cherkassy (also known as the Korsun Pocket) still stirs controversy in both the former Soviet Union & in Germany. It was at Cherkassy that the last German offensive strength in the Ukraine was drained away creating the conditions for the victorious Soviet advance into Poland Rumania & the Balkans during the summer & autumn of 1944. Eclipsed by a war of such gigantic proportions that saw the deaths of over one million men or more as commonplace the events which occurred along the banks of the Gniloy Tickich river should have faded into obscurity. However to the 60 000 German soldiers who were encircled there at the end of January 1944 this was perhaps one of the most brutal physically exhausting & morally demanding battles they had ever experienced. Thirty-four percent of them would not escape. The culmination of years of research & survivor interviews Hells Gate is a riveting hour by hour & day by day account of this desperate struggle analyzed on a tactical level through maps & military transcripts as well as on a personal level through the words of the enlisted men & officers who risked the roaring waters of the Gniloy Tickich to avoid certain death at the hands of their Soviet foe. ...

The final dramatic conclusion to Darren Shan's international phenomenon The Demonata. Expect the unexpected... Beranabus & Dervish are gone. Bec has formed an unholy alliance with Lord Loss. Kernel is blind held on Earth against his will. Grubbs is mad with grief & spinning out of control. The demons are crossing. The Disciples are falling. The Shadow is waiting. Welcome to the end. ...

The second volume in a noirish gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children's author. In the City The Cardinal rules & Al Jeery is a loyal member of his personal guard. But when Al is seconded from his duties at Party Central to investigate a murder an unexpected discovery leads him in a new direction where his loyalties & beliefs will be severely tested. Soon he is involved in a terrifying mystery that draws in the dead the City's Incan forefathers the imposing figure of the Cardinal & the near-mythical assassin Paucar Wami. Wami is a law unto himself a shadowy enigmatic figure who can apparently kill anyone he chooses without fear of punishment or retribution. & Al is about to find out that he has a lot more in common with Wami than he could ever have imagined! ...

Prepare yourself for a journey into the indonesian penal system a world where murder torture & fights to the death are the norm. Hell's Prisoner" is the powerful story of one man's battle to survive in some of the world's cruellest & most inhumane prisons. Christopher Parnell wrongly accused of drug trafficking found himself catapulted into the maelstrom of madness & degradation that exists within Indonesian jails. Surrounded by murderers & sadistic violent criminals he soon learned that life can be as cheap as a bowl of rice or a cigarette. During his imprisonment Parnell was subjected to unthinkable sessions of torture both physical & psychological. Left to starve & fight every day for his survival he was forced to eat everything from cockroaches to human flesh. This is an incredible tale of fatalism & bureaucracy of corruption & the horrors of prison but most of all it is a no-holds-barred account of what the human spirit can endure." ...

Collected for the first time in chronological order & featuring stories by fan-favorite writer Grant Morrison (BATMAN INC FINAL CRISIS) & the legendary Neil Gaiman (SANDMAN AMERICAN GODS) FAMILY MAN continues the arcane adventures of Vertigos chain-smoking magician John Constantine. In this volume Constantine attempts a vacation after recent events but as usual things dont go as planned. Plus Constantine must uncover the mystery of the murderous Family Man. ...

Constantine's new wife is less than happy that he's missing a thumb leading him on a quest to find a suitable replacement for his missing digit. While he tries to literally sew himself back together his niece Gemma plots dark revenge against her uncle. Will Constantine be able to fend off his own kin's demonic fury? Collecting issues 276-282. ...

This oversized Hellboy Library" hardcover series continues featuring Mike Mignola & Richard Corbens award-winning Crooked Man story! " Hellboy" has racked up multiple Eisner Awards numerous spinoffs a novel line video games cartoons & two feature films. " Hellboy Library Volume 4" collects two complete trade-paperbacks full of short stories: " The Troll Witch & Other Stories" & " The Crooked Man" as well as an extensive selection of previously unreleased sketches & designs." ...

Hellboy" has racked up multiple Eisner Awards numerous spinoffs a novel line video games cartoons & two feature films. " Hellboy Library Volume 5" collects two complete trade paperbacks: " Darkness Calls" & " The Wild Hunt" the short story " The Mole" as well as an extensive selection of previously unreleased sketches & designs." ...

Hellboy is one of the most celebrated comics series in recent years. The ultimate artists artist & a great storyteller whose work is in turns haunting hilarious & spellbinding Mike Mignola has won numerous awards in the comics industry & beyond. When strangeness threatens to engulf the world a strange man will come to save it. Sent to investigate a mystery with supernatural overtones Hellboy discovers the secrets of his own origins & his link to the Nazi occultists who promised Hitler a final solution in the form of a demonic avatar. ...

A murder in a New York wax museum & a missing corpse lead Hellboy into ancient Romanian castles on the trail of a sleeping legend: the original nobleman vampire. Nazi scientists prepare for the return of their occult master & the end of the world & Hellboy confronts his purpose on earth. ...