Bücher von Jonathan Janz

Fifteen-year-old Will Burgess is used to rough times. Abandoned by his father, son of a drug-addicted mother, and charged with raising his six-year-old sister, Will has far more to worry about than most high school freshmen. To make matters worse, Mia Samuels, the girl of Will's dreams, is dating his worst enemy, the cruelest upperclassman at Shadeland High. Will's troubles, however, are just beginning.Because one of the nation's most notorious criminals-the Moonlight Killer-has escaped from prison and is headed straight toward Will's hometown. And something else is lurking in Savage Hollow, the forest surrounding Will's rundown house. Something ancient and infinitely evil. When the worst storm of the decade descends on Shadeland, Will and his friends must confront unfathomable horrors. Everyone Will loves-his mother, his little sister, Mia, and his friends-will be threatened. And very few of them will escape with their lives."One of the best writers in modern horror to come along in the last decade. Janz is one of my new favorites." -Brian Keene

Zehn Schriftsteller werden für eine Klausur mit dem berühmten Autor Roderick Wells ausgewählt. Der legendäre und geheimnisvolle Gastgeber verspricht seinen Schülern, sie über das Schreiben und ihr ungenutztes Potenzial zu unterrichten. Vor allem aber sollen sie die Finsternis in ihren Herzen erkennen. Die Schriftsteller glauben, dass sich ihnen eine Chance auf Reichtum und literarischen Ruhm bietet. Doch in Wirklichkeit begeben sie sich in die irre Fantasie eines geistesgestörten Genies, in einen tödlichen Wettbewerb, in dem sie um ihren Verstand und ihr Leben kämpfen ... Booklist: »In seinem neuesten Horror-Juwel ließ sich Janz vom frühen Stephen King beeinflussen, um die Geschichte eines abgelegenen Schriftsteller-Refugiums in etwas Einzigartiges und zum Nachdenken Anregendes zu verwandeln.« Booklist Online: »Ein Leckerbissen für Horrorfans, ja, aber der Roman wird auch ein breiteres Publikum ansprechen, da er es schafft, sowohl zu erschrecken als auch die Freude an Literatur zu ergründen.« Brian Keene: »Einer der besten neuen Horror-Autoren.«

Ten writers are selected for a writing retreat with the most celebrated author in the world, the legendary Roderick Wells. They think they are signing up for a chance at literary prestige, but they are really entering The Dark Game - a lethal contest pitting them against one another in a struggle for their sanity and their lives.

It's dangerous out there...on the road.The highways, byways and backroads of America are teeming day and night with regular folks. Moms and dads making long commutes. Teenagers headed to the beach. Bands on their way to the next gig. Truckers pulling long hauls. Families driving cross country to visit their kin.But there are others, too. The desperate and the lost. The cruel and the criminal.Theirs is a world of roadside honky-tonks, truck stops, motels, and the empty miles between destinations. The unseen spaces.And there are even stranger things. Places that aren't on any map. Wayfaring terrors and haunted legends about which seasoned and road-weary travelers only whisper.But those are just stories. Aren't they?Find out for yourself as you get behind the wheel with some of today's finest authors of the dark and horrific as they bring you these harrowing tales from the road.Tales that could only be spawned by the endless miles of America's lost highways.So go ahead and hop in. Let's take a ride.Line-up:Introduction by Brian Keenedoungjai gam & Ed Kurtz - "Crossroads of Opportunity"Joe R. Lansdale - "Not from Detroit"Kristi DeMeester - "A Life That is Not Mine"Robert Ford - "Mr. Hugsy"Lisa Kröger - "Swamp Dog"Orrin Grey - "No Exit"Michael Bailey - "The Long White Line"Kelli Owen - "Jim's Meats"Bracken MacLeod - "Back Seat"Jess Landry - "The Heart Stops at the End of Laurel Lane"Jonathan Janz - "Titan, Tyger"Nick Kolakowski - "Your Pound of Flesh"Richard Thomas - "Requital"Damien Angelica Walters - "That Pilgrims' Hands Do Touch"Cullen Bunn - "Outrunning the End"Christopher Buehlman - "Motel Nine"Rachel Autumn Deering - "Dew Upon the Wing"Josh Malerman - "Room 4 at the Haymaker"Rio Youers - "The Widow"Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.