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

An Outlaw. An abomination. A freak-of-Shadow-World-nature. Part Werewolf. Part Vampire. Part Warlock. Part Faerie. Part Demon. Part Angel. Francine was living the life of a lab rat. Tested on and Observed. By none other than Valentine Morgenstern. For years, ever since she was told her parents didn't want her, she was living under the Morgenstern's roof in Idris, being an experiment and a student of Valentine. Until One day, he disappears to New York City. But what if, months later, a certain red head and golden boy, who came in search of a spell book, stumble upon the Angel Ithuriel and her? Will Francine be treated as an outcast? Or will she finally find Love? (Not edited) Disclaimer: This is a fanfiction based on The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. If you don't want spoilers in case you haven't read the original series, I would advice you to not read this. But then again, it's up to you. You have been warned.

The magical world of Varka hosts the adventures of a young boy, trying to know his place in society. The most trivial things to the most complicated tasks are all assisted by magic in some way, regarded as a very common and useful force of nature. Mystified by the new surroundings, new people and altogether a completely new place, Renn tries to live his life as best as he can, while not forgetting his roots. The peace-loving youngster finds a way or tackle the problems some way or the other, or does he? ***

"You do realize a journal is an extremely personal thing right?" His voice was raspy, low and threatening, making me take a step back in panic as he continued, "so my only question is why the fuck are you standing with mine?" - first book - - instagram acc: @thejournalofficial - - for extra material: arietem.wix.com/arietemx - All Rights Reserved 2013 © arietem