Cherry blossom lipstick: check Smokey eyes: check Skinny jeans: check Dead kid in the mirror: check For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She's been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks. Being a foster kid is hard enough without being labeled a freak too. Normally, she just ignores the ghosts and they go away. There's a little glitch this time. The ghost she sees is her foster sister, Sally. Everyone thinks she's just another runaway. Mattie knows the truth, though-she's dead, murdered. Foster kids look out for each other and Mattie feels like she has to help Sally, but she can't do it alone. Against her better judgment, she teams up with a young police officer and together they set out to discover the truth of Sally's disappearance. Now the killer has set his sights on her. It becomes a race to see if she can find the truth before the serial killer finds her.

The roses of Grindell were sweet, sweetest that there ever was. They embraced the palace walls like trees in a forest, lying languidly upon the open stone hallways, wrapping themselves on the balconies and sneaking shyly in to perfume the bed chambers. It was there that the Lord and Lady Solomon dwelled, wasting eternities among the flowers and in each other's arms. But something was wrong, the Lord felt it in his guts and the Lady heard it from the changing wind. He left her side to find it, the uncertain malice that was stranger than he had forseen. 'Tis a tale of love and adventure, but also a tale of gruesome depictions of the creatures of folklore and graphic images that's not always for the faint-hearted. 'Tis a tale, a tale of Lovers, Loners and Those Born To Die.

They buried him with a broken heart, unable to go on after his wife of 50 years passed away from cancer. Then they dug him up 300 years later, gave him a new body, new abilities and made him fight in a war to defeat the Velkin, a race of terrible alien invaders. He helped the Risen destroy the Velkin armies, defeat their Fleet Master and obliterate their massive siphon before it could drain the Earth of its vital goa. But the war didn't end there. It was just beginning. The sequel to Risen, Risen: Darklight is the second book in the Risen saga as it follows juggernaut Max Niekro in his quest to defeat the Velkin and save the Earth.

Imagine living a full life, dying months after your beloved wife passes and being buried. Only to wake up 300 years later, called out of the grave to fight a final war against an alien invasion. Join Max Niekro, formerly living and now Risen as he deals with this reality as the forces of Earth, both living and dead, are marshalled in a last ditch effort to save the world. **cover by hellvis

With the whole situation having lack of evidence, it is often hard to find a helping hand. Most are left to die, as it is nearly impossible to get out of his grasp of your gruesome death. Will this creature ever get defeated, or will it leave horror and bodies wherever it goes? Well, i don't think you would want to find out. Its for the best.