Children of the Night

Author: Dan Simmons
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250017947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465

Book Description
"Simmons writes like a hot-rodding angel." –Stephen King An evil legacy comes to life in this classic and ultimately human novel about believable vampires, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons. Children of the Night will take you to a place that no one knows—yet all of us fear. In a desolate orphanage in post-Communist Romania, a desperately ill infant is given the wrong blood transfusion—and flourishes rather than dies. For immunologist Kate Neuman, the infant's immune system may hold the key to cure cancer and AIDS. Kate adopts the baby and takes him home to the States. But baby Joshua holds a link to an ancient clan and their legendary leader—Vlad Tsepes, the original Dracula – whose agents kidnap the child. Against impossible odds and vicious enemies– both human and vampire – Kate and her ally, Father Mike O'Rourke, steal into Romania to get her baby back. "A mesmerizing tour through the ghostly, gray tatters of Romania." –Publishers Weekly

Children in the Night

Author: Harold Myra
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780310572510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
A vast epic novel of fantasy, adventure, and spiritual enlightenment, Children in the Night is a story of good versus evil in a subterranean world of perpetual night. With bizarre weapons--and startling promises from a miraculous cripple from Above--an orphan and a young woman confront the evil powers.

Children of the Night

Author: Paul Kenyon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1789543150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 545

Book Description
A vivid, brilliant, darkly humorous and horrifying history of some of the strangest dictators that Europe has ever seen. 'A witty and page-turning narrative full of grotesque characters' Misha Glenny 'Will leave you astonished, exhausted and curious... An unapologetic page turner' Spectator 'Essential reading for anyone interested in Romania past and present' John Simpson 'An engaging introduction to the rich history [of Romania]' New Statesman Balanced precariously on the shifting fault line between East and West, Romania's past is one of the great untold stories of modern Europe. The country that gave us Vlad Dracula, and whose citizens consider themselves descendants of ancient Rome, has traditionally preferred the status of enigmatic outsider. But it has experienced some of the most disastrous leaderships of the last century. After a relatively benign period led by a dutiful King and his vivacious British-born Queen, the country oscillated wildly. Its interwar rulers form a gallery of bizarre characters: the corrupt and mentally unbalanced King Carol; the fascist death cult led by Corneliu Codreanu; the vain General Ion Antonescu. After 1945 power was handed to Romania's tiny communist party, under which it experienced severe repression, purges and collectivisation. Then in 1965, Nicolae Ceau?escu came to power. And thus began the strangest dictatorship of all.

The children of the night

Author: Edwin Arlington Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description

Children of the Night

Author: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765313188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
A beautiful witch teams up with a sexy vampire to battle an evil soul-sucker-with a rock soundtrack!

Children of the Night

Author: D. Kelly Weisberg
Publisher: Free Press
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
Studie naar de oorzaken en achtergronden van jongens- en meisjesprostitutie, zoals seksueel misbruik, kindermishandeling en wegloopgedrag; de levensstijlen van de prostitu(é)es en hun ervaringen met justitie en sociale zorg.

Children of the Night

Author: John Blackburn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941147108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Mysterious tragedies have haunted the small English village of Dunstonholme for centuries. Is an ancient evil preparing to emerge once more?

The Night Children: An Escape From Furnace Story

Author: Alexander Gordon Smith
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 142996538X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
It is December 1944 and Europe is still gripped by war. In the densely forested mountains of Belgium one of the conflict's most brutal battles is raging. Cut off from the front, a ragtag group of young British and American soldiers finds itself being hunted by a patrol of elite German Special Forces, including a newly commissioned officer called Kreuz—a teenage boy who will grow up to become Warden Cross (the fearsome prison director who will one day rule Furnace Penitentiary, the terrifying underground prison specially built for teen offenders). As both sides fight for their lives in the unforgiving terrain, however, they start to realize that there are worse things hiding in the snow than soldiers. There are creatures out there with gas masks and piggy eyes (ancestors of Furnace prison's "wheezers")—demonic entities that cannot be killed by guns and grenades, monsters who do not care what uniforms their victims are wearing so long as they bleed, and so long as they scream . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Night I Met Father Christmas

Author: Ben Miller
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471171558
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
'A gorgeous tale brimming with the magic of Christmas. A sheer delight for all kids both big AND small.' Ruth Jones, award-winning writer and comedian 'Enchanting, funny and intriguing in equal measure' Philip Ardagh, bestselling author 'You can always tell when a children’s book has been written by a brilliant father because there’s a particular intimacy, warmth and mischievous humour that bubbles through it ... irresistible' Alexander Armstrong, presenter, comedian and writer Jackson knows all about the flying reindeer, he knows about the elves and the secret North Pole workshop, he knows about the magic that allows Father Christmas to deliver presents around the world in just one night, but there's one thing he doesn't know ... how did Father Christmas become Father Christmas? That all changes when, one Christmas Eve, Jackson meets Father Christmas and hears his incredible story. So begins an enchanting fairy-tale into a magical snowy landscape, where Torvil, a mean-spirited and miserly elf, is about to discover the true meaning of Christmas. This might not have been the story Jackson was expecting but, as Father Christmas tells him, no good story ever is... Get ready for a Christmas classic in the making from actor and comedian Ben Miller with beautiful illustrations throughout from emerging talent Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, that will remind everyone of the true spirit of Christmas and prove once and for all that Father Christmas really does exist!

Children of the Night

Author: T. C. Paul
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781729362891
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Children with no identity, come alive during the night China, a small village, the 1980