The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby
With an Introduction by Peter Straub
For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret -- a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same.
At once a masterpiece of psychological suspense and a savage commentary on a media-driven society that values the pursuit of youth...
The internationally bestselling novel by the author of A Kiss Before Dying, The Boys from Brazil, and Rosemary's Baby
Written in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the earliest scientific romances. An instant sensation, it was meant as a commentary on Darwin's theory of evolution, which H. G. Wells stoutly believed. The story centers on the depraved Dr. Moreau, who conducts unspeakable animal experiments on a remote tropical island, with hideous, humanlike results. Edward Prendick, an English-man whose misfortunes bring him to the island, is witness to the Beast Folk's strange civilization and their eventual terrifying regression. While gene-splicing and bioengineering are common practices...
Written in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the earliest scientific romances. An instant sensation, it was meant as a commentary on Dar...
In this Library of America volume, the best-selling novelist Peter Straub brings together the very best of H. P. Lovecraft's fiction in a treasury guaranteed to bring fright and delight both to longtime fans and to readers new to his work. Early stories such as "The Outsider," "The Music of Erich Zann," "Herbert West-Reanimator," and "The Lurking Fear" demonstrate Lovecraft's uncanny ability to blur the distinction between reality and nightmare, sanity and madness, the human and non-human. "The Horror at Red Hook" and "He" reveal the fascination and revulsion Lovecraft felt for New York City;...
In this Library of America volume, the best-selling novelist Peter Straub brings together the very best of H. P. Lovecraft's fiction in a treasury gua...
Peter Straub s chilling Blue Rose Trilogy comes to an astonishing close secrets unearthed, demons revisited, and mysteries solved. The Throat. Tim Underhill, now an acclaimed novelist, travels back to his hometown of Millhaven, Illinois after he gets a call from John Ransom, an old army buddy. Ransom believes there s a copycat killer on the loose, mimicking the Blue Rose murders from decades earlier he thinks his wife could be a potential victim. Underhill seeks out his old friend Tom Pasmore, an aging hermit who has attained minor celebrity as an expert sleuth, to help him...
Peter Straub s chilling Blue Rose Trilogy comes to an astonishing close secrets unearthed, demons revisited, and mysteries solved. The T...
"Surprising twists and a] wildly inventive plot." --The New York Times They are dying, one by one. Wealthy, middle-aged women in an exclusive Connecticut suburb. Their murderer remains at large. Nora Chancel, wife of publishing scion Davey Chancel, fears she may be next. After all, her past has branded her a victim . . . . "Combines the intellectual-puzzle mystery with a powerful vein of psycho-thriller suspense." --The Washington Post Then Davey tells Nora a surreal story about the Hellfire Club, where years before he met an obsessed fan of Chancel House's...
"Surprising twists and a] wildly inventive plot." --The New York Times They are dying, one by one. Wealthy, middle-aged women in an exc...
Zwanzig Jahre nach "Der Talisman" haben sich die beiden Meister ihres Faches erneut zusammengetan, um die Geschichte des damals 12-jährigen Jack Sawyer weiterzuführen. Um einen unheimlichen Serienmörder zu stellen, muss Jack das schwarze Haus betreten es ist der Eingang zu einer anderen Welt.
Zwanzig Jahre nach "Der Talisman" haben sich die beiden Meister ihres Faches erneut zusammengetan, um die Geschichte des damals 12-jährigen Jack Sawy...
Der Vorläufer zu King/Straubs Bestseller 'Das Schwarze Haus' jetzt in neuer Ausstattung! Der zwölfjährige Jack Sawyer hat eine weite, abenteuerliche Reise vor sich. Er begibt sich auf die Suche nach dem Talisman, der allein durch seine magische Kraft Jacks todkranke Mutter retten kann. Um ihn zu erreichen, muss Jack jedoch eine geheimnisvolle, fantastische Gegenwelt durchqueren - die Region.§
Der Vorläufer zu King/Straubs Bestseller 'Das Schwarze Haus' jetzt in neuer Ausstattung! Der zwölfjährige Jack Sawyer hat eine weite, abenteuerlich...
One summer night in 1955, a boy and his cousin plunge naked into the moonlit waters of a rural quarry. Only one of them emerges. Just as he had promised he would on that fateful night two decades earlier, Miles Teagarden--now divorced and a struggling writer--returns to his family home in Arden, Wisconsin. But the landscape he once knew so well has turned eerie and threatening. In the small town, his erstwhile friends and rivals, even his blood relatives, view him with suspicion. Their paranoia seems justified when another beautiful blonde teenage girl goes missing much as his cousin...
One summer night in 1955, a boy and his cousin plunge naked into the moonlit waters of a rural quarry. Only one of them emerges. Just as he had p...