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A year has passed since Auric Manteo descended into the haunted depths of a Djao ruin to return a lethal artifact, only to face down a bloodthirsty, imprisoned god. Now, his daughter, Agnes, comes to bring him back to the capital with promises of hidden secrets finally revealed. But the city decays, poisonous disorder is rife, and whispered prophecy foretells of cataclysm and doom. Summoned by their no-longer human queen, Auric and Agnes are commanded to carry out an impossible task, one that can be accomplished only with the mysterious blade, Szaa’da’shaela.

“For fans of The Handmaid’s Tale...a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine...is a riveting depiction of hard-won female empowerment” (The Washington Post). The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard Sins of our flesh become sins of Hers Following Her to the grave...

Thomas Berrington, emigre Englishman who has made the doomed city of Garnatah his home, is once again attempting to solve a series of mysterious deaths. Accompanied by his companion, the palace eunuch Jorge, Thomas struggles to discover the truth while those in power seek to distract him. As his investigation continues, his personal life splinters into chaos, and he finds the Spanish, once more, demanding his presence.

Four years ago, Cody Savage was accused of his wife’s vicious murder. Now, he’s returned to his hometown to find the truth and bring the killer to justice. But amid the hunt, Cody becomes the prey of the Sin Eater. To find his wife’s killer, Cody will need to evade the Sin Eater and learn to trust his new psychic powers. As the body count rises, an unlikely ally will join Cody to face the vicious killer. However, not everything is as it seems, and not everyone is who they claim to be. When the ugly truth is finally revealed, it’s obvious that Cain Lake’s secrets are just beginning to surface.

Known only as Reaper, he vows to destroy the federal government and all those who violate the basic tenets of freedom and human decency. Those who choose to join him must agree to never stop fighting against tyranny.

Set against the backdrop of a changing America, from the aftermath of the Civil War to the dawn of new technologies like the telephone, Sin Eater paints a vivid picture of a society in transition. It delves into the customs and superstitions of the era, particularly the practices of sin eating and professional mourning, using these as lenses through which to explore deeper human experiences of grief, guilt, and redemption.

Searching for the source of a bizarre Rift reading, Gwen, Jack and Ianto find a corpse on the beach, his face covered in hundreds of tiny cuts. Watching from the shadows is a man in black... The Reverend Hayward thinks he has found a way to take away people’s sins. The trouble is his special...

People in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was...you know. But people said all sorts of stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody really knew Jimmy. I guess you could say I knew Jimmy as well as anyone (which was not very well). I knew what scared him. And I knew he had dreams even if I didn't understand them. Even if he nearly ruined my life to pursue them. Jimmy's dead now, and I definitely know that better than anyone. I know about blood and bone and how bodies decompose. I know about shadows and stones and hatchets. I know what a last cry for help sounds like.