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A new twist on a haunted-house tale for the next generation of horror...

On 12th June 1812, Napoleon's invasion of Russia had begun. In the face of superior numbers and tactics, the imperial Russian army began its retreat. But a handful of Russian officers - veterans of Borodino - are charged with trying to slow the enemy's march on Moscow. Indeed, one of their number has already set the wheels of resistance in motion.

A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winter's night, its eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it.

The long-awaited return of the great master of horror. Mister B. Gone is Barker's shockingly bone-chilling discovery of a never-before-published demonic 'memoir' penned in the year 1438, when it was printed -- one copy only -- and then buried until now by an assistant who worked for the inventor of the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg.

This volume is a science fiction novel about vampires.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon after wards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby and a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck.

The triumphant, gripping finale to Stephen King's magnificent, epic masterpiece - now available in paperback

The Number One bestselling novel from Stephen King

The Caleighs have had a terrible year...They need time and space, while they await the news they dread. Crickley Hall is an unusually large house on the outskirts of the village. It's perfect for them...if a bit gloomy. And even though they shut the cellar door every night, it's always open again in morning...

At last he had solved the puzzle of Lemarchand's box. He was standing on the threshold of a world of heightened sensations. In moments the Cenobites - who had dedicated an eternity to the pursuit of sensuality - would be here. They would reveal dark secrets that would transform him forever.