Christina Henry Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Ein Haus, in dem einst sieben Menschen starben. Ein Haus, in dem erneut ein Junge verschwindet. Ein Haus, dessen Hunger noch nicht gestillt ist … In einer Straße in Chicago steht ein Haus – ein verlassenes Haus, in dem in den 70er-Jahren grausame Dinge geschahen. Sieben Menschen starben. Das Verbot, sich dem Gebäude zu nähern, macht es für die Kinder der Nachbarschaft noch interessanter. Als die 13-jährige Jessie ihren kleinen Bruder Paul zur Mutprobe herausfordert, betritt er das Haus und kehrt nie wieder zurück. Jahre später: Die erwachsene Jessie wohnt immer noch in derselben Straße, als eine Dunkelheit sich rund um das Haus ausbreitet. Eine Dunkelheit, die lebendig zu sein scheint – und gierig ... Noch mehr Gänsehaut gefällig? Dann lesen Sie auch die weiteren Romane der Autorin wie »Das flüsternde Haus« oder »Böse Mädchen sterben nicht«.

On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away from that house. But of course, children don't listen. Children think it's fun to be scared, to dare each other to go inside. Jessie Campanelli did what many older sisters do and dared her little brother Paul. But unlike all the other kids who went inside that abandoned house, Paul didn't return. His two friends, Jake and Richie, said that the house ate Paul. Of course adults didn't believe that. Adults never believe what kids say. They thought someone kidnapped Paul, or otherwise hurt him. They thought Paul had disappeared in a way that was ordinary, explainable. The disappearance of her little brother broke Jessie's family apart in ways that would never be repaired. Jessie grew up, had a child of her own, kept living on the same street where the house that ate her brother sat, crouched and waiting. And darkness seemed to spread out from that house, a darkness that was alive--alive and hungry.

"A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets in the captivating new horror novel from the national bestselling author of Good Girls Don't Die and Horseman. Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so it's not totally a coincidence that she took the job cleaning house for movie director Javier Castillo. His forbidding graystone Chigago mansion, Bright Horses, is filled from top to bottom with terrifying props and costumes, as well as glittering awards from his career making horror films that thrilled audiences-until family tragedy and scandal forced him to vanish from the industry. Javier values discretion, and Harry has always tried to clean the house immaculately, keep her head down, and keep her job safe-she needs the money to support her son. But then she starts hearing noises from behind a locked door. Noises that sound remarkably like a human voice calling for help, even though Javier lives alone and never has visitors. Harry knows that not asking questions is a vital part of keeping her job, but she soon finds that the forbidding house may be home to secrets she can't ignore"--Provided by publisher.

A smart, twisty thriller about a woman who finds herself trapped inside a story she knows isn't her own, from the author of Alice and The Girl in Red Celia is trapped in a life that's not hers. Literally. She's waking up in a house with a man who says he's her husband and a daughter who wants her to pack a school lunch. But Celia knows she's not married and she doesn't have children. Even though she can't shake the suspicion that this life is someone else's, there's something about it that's awfully familiar. In fact, this feels just like something she once read in a book. So begins a gripping read that plays on our best-loved tropes and follows three women who will fight with everything they have to survive-and who may find that getting lost in a good book could be the key to salvation.

Christina Henrys düstere Neuinterpretation des Meerjungfrauen-Mythos: die berühmte Legende verwoben mit gruseliger Realität. Einst zog ein einsamer Fischer sein Netz an Land und fand darin eine Frau. Eine Frau mit schwarzem Haar und Augen, in denen sich der Sturm des Meeres widerspiegelte. Anstelle von Beinen hatte sie einen Fischschwanz, und obwohl sie die Worte des Fischers nicht verstand, rührte sie seine Einsamkeit, und sie blieb bei ihm. Ihre Liebe dauerte an, bis sein Tod ihn von der unsterblichen Meerjungfrau trennte. Doch Gerüchte über dieses rätselhafte Wesen sind längst laut geworden – und haben die Aufmerksamkeit eines Mannes erregt, der mit seinem Zirkus durch das Land zieht und den Menschen ihre schlimmsten Albträume hinter Gittern vorführt. Sein Name ist P. T. Barnum, und er sucht eine Meerjungfrau ... Alle Bücher von Christina Henry: Die Chroniken von Alice – Finsternis im Wunderland Die Chroniken von Alice – Die Schwarze Königin Die Chroniken von Alice – Dunkelheit im Spiegelland Die Chroniken von Peter Pan – Albtraum im Nimmerland Die Chroniken der Meerjungfrau – Der Fluch der Wellen Die Chroniken von Rotkäppchen – Allein im tiefen, tiefen Wald Die Bände (außer Alice) sind unabhängig voneinander lesbar.

Everyone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. Not even Ben Van Brunt's grandfather, Brom Bones, who was there when it was said the Horseman chased the upstart Crane out of town. Twenty years after those storied events, the village is a quiet place. Fourteen-year-old Ben loves to play Sleepy Hollow boys, reenacting the events Brom once lived through. But then Ben and a friend stumble across the headless body of a child in the woods near the village, and the sinister discovery makes Ben question everything the adults in Sleepy Hollow have ever said.

Mattie can't remember a time before she and William lived alone on a mountain together. She must never make him upset. But when Mattie discovers the mutilated body of a fox in the woods, she realizes that they are not alone after all

Dvacet prokletí, starých i nových, od nejprodávanějších fantasy autorů a autorek, jako jsou Neil Gaiman, Karen Joy Fowler, Christina Henry, M. R. Carey a Charlie Jane Anders. Společně s nimi zjistíte, že kletby mají nejrůznější podoby a mohou se stát každému, nejen těm, co zápasí s neoblíbenými nevlastními rodiči... Najdete zde jedinečné zvraty v kletbách od pohádkových klasik až po zbrusu nová zaklínadla moderního světa – očekávejte nová monstra a mýty, stejně jako zvraty v oblíbených bajkách. Příběhy, které mají šokovat a příběhy s varováním, příběhy monster i příběhy magie!

A brand-new chilling horror novel from the bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boy. Lauren and Miranda have been best friends forever. Every day one would say, Meet me by the old ghost-tree and they would have adventures in the woods. But this last year things dont seem like they used to be. And then there is the town itself, where every year one girl dies mysteriously. A town cursed by something that lingers in the empty house on top of the hill, and in the woods all around, and in the very soil the homes are built on.

Collection of four dark novellas set in the Alice series universe. Lovely Creature In the New City lives a girl with a secret: Elizabeth can do magic. But someone knows her secret--someone who has a secret of his own. That secret is a butterfly that lives in a jar, a butterfly that was supposed to be gone forever, a butterfly that used to be called the Jabberwock... Girl in Amber Alice and Hatcher are just looking for a place to rest. Alice has been dreaming of a cottage by a lake and a field of wildflowers, but while walking blind in a snowstorm she stumbles into a house that only seems empty and abandoned... When I First Came to Town Hatcher wasn't always Hatcher. Once, he was a boy called Nicholas, and Nicholas fancied himself the best fighter in the Old City. No matter who fought him he always won. Then his boss tells him he's going to battle the fearsome Grinder, a man who never leaves his opponents alive... The Mercy Seat There is a place hidden in the mountains, where all the people hate and fear magic and Magicians. It is the Village of the Pure, and though Alice and Hatcher would do anything to avoid it, it lies directly in their path...

It's not safe for anyone alone in the woods. But the woman in the red jacket has no choice. Not since the Crisis came, decimated the population, and sent those who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that serve as breeding grounds for death, destruction, and disease. She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that was perfectly sane and normal until three months ago. There are worse threats in the woods than the things that stalk their prey at night. Men with dark desires, weak wills, and evil intents. Men in uniform with classified information, deadly secrets, and unforgiving orders. And sometimes, just sometimes, there's something worse than all of the horrible people and vicious beasts combined. Red doesn't like to think of herself as a killer, but she isn't about to let herself get eaten up just because she is a woman alone in the woods.

Už jste někdy viděli mořskou pannu? S touto knihou budete mít pocit, že ji znáte dokonale! Byla jednou jedna mořská panna, která se jmenovala Amelie. Toužila poznat svět lidí, pochopit jejich duše a srdce, a tak se rozhodla, že půjde žít na souš. Byl jednou jeden muž, který se jmenoval P. T. Barnum, muž, jenž toužil vydělat jmění na dechberoucích a neuvěřitelných věcech, které fascinovaly tehdejší společnost. A taková mořská panna byla víc než fascinující. Amelie souhlasí, že se stane hlavní hvězdou Barnumových show, rozhodne se, že prozradí svou identitu a dá lidem, co chtějí. A naivně si myslí, že bude moci odejít, kdykoli bude chtít. Barnum se ale mořské panny jen tak nevzdá. Amelie mezi lidmi potkává i lásku, zamiluje se a touží po klidném a šťastném životě. Podaří se jí utéct od Barnuma, nebo bude jeho otrokyní až do konce svých dnů?

The author of Alice takes readers through a dark tale of Peter Pan, who turns his best friend into his nemesis, Captain Hook. On an island lives a boy called Peter and his band of merry lost boys, young forever. That is, unless they get sick or killed by pirates or eaten by crocodiles or unless--inexplicably--they grow old. For some of them do grow old, and nobody knows why. One of these boys is called Jamie, and he was the first boy that Peter ever brought to the island. Jamie's lived there for longer than he can remember, and it's not all fun and games. Peter thinks the boys are replaceable, that if one dies or grows up, he can swap in another from the Other Place, the place where he collects new playmates. Jamie looks out for the boys and takes care of them. He does everything Peter does not. Jamie tries to keep them alive because, to him, they matter. When Peter steals a boy who is too young, Jamie takes the boy under his wing. But Peter won't have that, for nobody will ever take Jamie from him. Ever.

The land outside of the Old City was supposed to be green, lush, hopeful. But the verdant fields are nothing but ash and hope is nowhere to be found. Still, Alice and Hatcher are on a mission to find his daughter: a quest they will not forsake even as it takes them deep into the clutches of the mad White Queen or into the realm of the twisted and cruel Black King. The pieces are set and the game has begun, and each move brings Alice closer to her destiny

In the Old City, there stands a hospital which echoes with the screams of the poor souls inside. In this hospital, there is a woman who doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood... Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago. Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful. And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice. Une réécriture d' "Alice au pays des merveilles".

She's an Agent of Death who really needs to get a life.As an Agent of Death, Madeline Black is responsible for escorting the souls of the dearly departed to the afterlife. It's a 24/7 job with a lousy benefits package.Maddy's position may come with magical powers and an impressive wingspan, but it doesn't pay the bills. And then there are her infuriating boss, tenant woes, and a cranky, popcorn-loving gargoyle to contend with.Things start looking up, though, when tall, dark, and handsome Gabriel Angeloscuro agrees to rent the empty apartment in Maddy's building. It's probably just a coincidence that as soon as he moves in demons appear on the front lawn. But when an unholy monster is unleashed upon the streets of Chicago, Maddy discovers powers she never knew she possessed. Powers linked to a family legacy of tarnished halos.Powers that place her directly between the light of Heaven and the fires of Hell...