RODNEY V. SMITH traduzione italiana a cura di CRISTIAN GIANNELLA Nessuno si aspetta di essere trasformato in un vampiro, soprattutto un tipo come Bob. Tutti pensano, in caso di trasformazione, di diventare improvvisamente un vampiro dai super poteri, come nei film. Cattive notizie, ragazzi: niente da fare. Quello che più probabilmente accadrà, sarà che ti ritroverai ad essere uno dei poveri bastardi scombinati che partecipano agli incontri del gruppo di supporto con Bob il giovedì sera. Tu pensi di sapere come sarebbe diventare un vampiro, ma Bob è qui per dirti come stanno le cose. La sua missione personale è quella di capire cosa voglia realmente dire essere un vampiro. Gli hanno sparato, lo hanno accoltellato, gettato dal tetto di un palazzo; è persino sopravvissuto al caffè e ha dovuto sopportare ore di noia mortale - tutto questo per trovare la risposta a cosa significhi essere un vampiro.

'I was falling. And he was going to catch me. I just knew he was.' For Megan Walden, life is all about perfection. She's the perfect friend, the perfect wife, the perfect office dogsbody, but what happens when she makes a decision that cracks the glass protecting her perfect little world? During a night-out in the shadow of her effervescent best friend, Megan meets Harper Cain and is instantly intrigued by the mysterious tattooed rocker-type with his trace of Bostonian accent and brooding darkness that lurks behind his smile. Knowing instinctively that she is playing with fire, and yet finding herself inexplicably drawn to the irresistible Harper, Megan embarks on a course that will destroy the foundations of her whole world and force her to question everything and everyone she has ever known. Plunging headlong into a nightmare she cannot stop, Megan realises too late that playing away with a mysterious stranger is the least of her worries. It's time for her perfect life to come to an end Will Harper catch her? Or will Megan be able to save herself?

The novel is centred on revenge; two men separated by completely different backgrounds, but forced together into fatal violence; their lives becoming entwined with the destiny of the kingdom. As the search for the thief Hemlock who brutally murdered Storm's wife intensifies, both men change. Storm is a sailor by trade, a simple man ignorant of swordplay and killing. Hemlock knows no other life not dominated by violence and greed. Storm's personality alters as he becomes accustomed to the art of bloodletting, and loses sight of what he was originally fighting for. Hemlock, a man driven close to insanity by the endless killing, is finally pushed over the edge as his search for absolute power destroys everything in his wake. The kingdom and its people will bear witness to their struggle and their fate will be decided by the winner.

Seven girls tied by time. Five powers that bind. One curse to lock the horror away. One attic to keep the monsters at bay. ** After the storm of the century rips apart New Orleans, sixteen-year-old Adele Le Moyne wants nothing more than her now silent city to return to normal. But with home resembling a war zone, a parish-wide curfew, and mysterious new faces lurking in the abandoned French Quarter, normal needs a new definition. As the city murder rate soars, Adele finds herself tangled in a web of magic that weaves back to her own ancestors. Caught in a hurricane of myths and monsters, who can she trust when everyone has a secret and keeping them can mean life or death? Unless . . . you're immortal.

An acclaimed, award-winning thriller, published and translated around the world, now freely available on Wattpad. Paul Wood is a modern vagabond, a man who chooses to leave the comforts of San Francisco to spend months backpacking through some of the world's most challenging terrain. While hiking in the Himalayas, Paul gets more of a rush than he bargained for when he finds the body of a murdered hiker - mutilated in a way he has witnessed once before, in Africa, years ago and thousands of miles away. The police in Nepal, anxious to quell a scandal, close the case and declare the victim a suicide. Only Paul is left to search for answers. He reaches out to his farflung tribe of fellow backpackers for help, and his discoveries lead him to a terrible conclusion: a killer is stalking the international backpacker trail, preying on victims in wild places far beyond the reach of any authorities. A killer whom Paul may already know. Finding the murderer becomes an obsession that leads Paul from Himalayan peaks, through the jungles of Indonesia, across the bleak Sahara desert -- and into some of the darkest places imaginable... Dark Places won the 2005 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Reviews "You're hooked ... the characters are delightfully delineated ... beautifully controlled ... Evans contrives to slip the necessary specialist net-head detail into the plot without being boring or patronising. He can also pin down a character with a few details deftly brushed in ... A pacy thriller for the 21st century." - The Times "Anyone would enjoy Evans' clever, relentlessly absorbing debut thriller that becomes a lot more than just another serial-killer mystery." - The Ottawa Citizen "In this haunting suspense debut, Evans takes the reader on a page-turning adventure across five continents ... (a) spooky, inventive tale." - Publishers Weekly

Erin Daniels is part of the East Forest Pack, not only that but she's the Alpha. In a male dominant race this makes her one of a kind. She was born with the Alpha imprint on her skin but as she grew older it changed into something the likes of which no one has ever seen. Erin isn't your usual girl.... in fact she hates most girls. She prefers to spend time running a muck with her Pack-mates and if anyone gets in her way they better watch out. Erin has just come back from an exchange trip to Spain when all of a sudden the Blood Valley Alpha himself decides to go after her and will stop at nothing. When everything falls apart and enemy packs try to destroy East Forest will Erin's strange powers be enough to save her, or will her love for her pack-mates be her downfall? Join Erin Daniels on a journey of finding herself and fighting for the ones she loves. Delve into the world of werewolves and the ancient legends of their past. Be captivated by unusual enemies and even stranger friendships. Remember, not everything is what it seems. {this book is not actually completed but was marked as so to be in the runnings for the watty awards 2011. The second part can be found on my profile.}