by Dean R. Koontz (1989)
What is the dark secret that haunts Moonlight Cove? A string of inexplicable deaths has occurred in this picturesque coastal town; sinister, shadowy figures stalk the streets in the dead of night and four people are drawn together by terrifying circumstance: A young woman determined to find the truth behind her sister's suicide; an undercover federal agent; a child on the run from her parents and a wheelchair-bound veteran.
Dean R. Koontz
Los protagonistas de esta estremecedora novela comparten inconscientemente un secreto cuya realidad resulta aterradora. Todo lo que saben es que un oscuro horror domina y destruye sus vidas. Estos extraños viven sumidos en el desconcierto hasta que aparecen una serie de pistas enigmáticas y establecen algunos contactos. ¿Qué pueden haber compartido estos desconocidos para que unos agentes poderosos y sin escrúpulos intenten acabar con ellos?
Charles Stross
"The Laundry Files' 'fast-paced blend of espionage thrills, mundane office comedy and Lovecraftian horror' (SFX) continues as Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross assigns a day trader to a permanent position on the night shift ... After stumbling upon the algorithm that turned him and his fellow merchant bankers into vampires, Alex Schwartz was drafted by The Laundry, Britain's secret counter-occult agency that's humanity's first line of defense against the forces of darkness. Dependent on his new employers for his continued existence--as Alex has no stomach for predatory bloodsucking--he has little choice but to accept his new role as an operative-in-training. Dispatched to Leeds, Alex's first assignment is to help assess the costs of renovating a 1950s Cold War bunker into The Laundry's new headquarters. Unfortunately, Leeds is Alex's hometown, and the thought of breaking the news to his parents that he's left banking for civil service, while hiding his undead condition, is causing more anxiety than learning how to live as a vampire secret agent preparing to confront multiple apocalypses. Alex's only saving grace is Cassie Brewer, a drama student appearing in the local Goth Festival who is inexplicably attracted to him despite his awkward personality and massive amounts of sunblock. But Cassie has secrets of her own--secrets that make Alex's night life behaviors seem positively normal ..."--
Karl Alexander
Los Angeles actress Melanie Ross is in Transylvania to shoot a film. It is the ancient home of her Romanian ancestors and their tortured spirits stalk her every move. On a tour through Vladimir Castle, an ancient evil is unleashed, and a hideous bloodlust invades Melanie’s innocent body. By day she continues her life as an actress on a foreign location shoot, but at dusk she undergoes horrifying transformations. She begins to kill in the shadows, shredding her victims’ bodies, sucking out their souls…and in her wake she leaves their gory remains. It is the curse of the vampire, and her savage hunger will not be denied.
Leigh Nichols
Almost twelve years ago, American Joanna Rand arrived in Japan to become a singer in a nightclub. In all that time, she has never been able to escape the strange dream that haunts her night after night. Each time she awakens, she feels violated, used—and terrified. Alex Hunter knows that Joanna is not who she thinks she is, because he has seen her before—in photographs of a senator’s daughter who disappeared twelve years ago. And there is only one way to unlock the dark secret of her soul...