Showing results by narrator "Tom Adams" in All Categories

Read by the author and Tom Parks How to step into an inherited leadership role and guide your team through a polished transition process. Starting something from the ground up is challenging. But how about transitioning into the leadership role of an existing organization? No matter how...

Gab es ihn wirklich? Den sagenumwobenen "schwarzen Abt"? Und noch viel wichtiger: Seinen unermesslich wertvollen Goldschatz? Die Einwohner der Gemeinde Fratton scheinen dies jedenfalls zu glauben. Der Meisterdetektiv verspürt keine große Lust, sich der Suche anzuschließen. Bis man ihn herausfordert und er einfach nicht ablehnen kann.

The Black Hallows is on the rise once more. Its existing conduits may have been eliminated, but new vessels have opened up to its malign influence. In the Blasted Lands, a creature born from the fusion of a fyre guardian and a giant insectoid makes its lair in ancient chambers where the sacred agnarim dragon eggs incubate.The former Queen of Cuscosa lives on in the body of her faithful blue-skin thrall, waiting for a transformation fuelled by the Hallows.

Bram Johnstone likes to think he’s a good person. But does a "nice guy" stalk the girl of his dreams? Does he follow her to the library, to university lectures - in fact everywhere - simply to glimpse her shapely curves? To what lengths would he go just to engineer a situation where he’s in close proximity to the fair Maddie - even if only for a couple of precious minutes?

Deep beneath the earth of a North Cumbrian wood lies the germinating mass of a fungus-like organism. How long it has occupied the fibrous soil of that place is uncertain, but Dr. Jim Alburton estimates it is close to 10 million years. Then again, this is not his sphere of expertise. He would normally consult Jane Milner and her partner. But both of them are dead - Jane the victim of a rare, acute brain disease. Alburton finds her on the floor of a laboratory, sticky orange fluid oozing from her ears.

A cataract of evil has fallen over the planet Varchal as its orbit enters the influence of Sol-Ar, stirring up tectonic upheavals called Black Hallows. As malignant rains fall on the Imperious Crescent, those who access these sites are transformed into shadows of shame. Accession to the Donnephon throne at the age of 18 has thrust monumental responsibility on Tayem Fyreglance, queen of the Dragon Riders. Yet, there is a greater burden to bear.

Merrick Whyte is the psychonaut, mind reader, master of the gateways, and destroyer of worlds. He is also bereft of power, stolen by Aiwass, the dark demigod, for reasons which are far from clear. But Aiwass is explicit about the impending uncreation of the multiverse - an atrocity machinated by Orthon, a first-order demon. To avert this abomination, Merrick is tasked with seeking out the Dancer - an emissary of Orthon and member of a swelling infestation of adepts called the Enclave. This will prove to be just the start of a treacherous road.

How would it change your life if you knew what everyone else was thinking? Merrick Whyte has used such a talent to profit from the world of high finance and business mergers. He puts it down to psychology, the study of body language and good background research. But the game is about to change. Someone is seeking his skills for a different purpose - one that leads him into the clandestine world of the occult. After falling foul of the law, he learns that discerning between friend and foe is not an easy task, especially when reality gets turned upside down.

After a disastrous mission forces her out of the field, Petra Shirazi retires from a life of espionage to work in a research position. Three years later, her division stumbles upon a money trail that reveals a massive new wave of terrorist attacks. The money trail places her in the midst of an assassination plot that implicates the highest levels of the Kuwaiti and Iranian governments. Petra will find herself face-to-face with the Ahriman, a man named for the Persian spirit of destruction.

Seth and Seraphina, now closer than ever, realize to leave the Land of the Dead, they must travel on further to the realm of judgement. Unknown to Seth that, by restoring the sun, he had angered the first of all god-like beings, one of pure fear. It has been planning it’s escape for eons, and his coming is the trigger that could ruin or redeem it all. He travels to judgement to undertake the northern trials and prove he is worth returning to the world of the living,

Recuperating in Cornwall after being injured in a terrorist attack, anti-terrorism officer DCI Ross O'Bryan discovers a dark secret. An unthinkable crime that somebody has attempted to cover up. Tasked with investigating, he soon finds himself immersed in a world of deception, police corruption, and organized crime. O'Bryan has his own dark secrets too. In a place where he has no alliances and is viewed with suspicion, it is only a matter of time before he is found out.

Leaping headlong into a portal to the land of the dead. What could go wrong? To rescue his friends and new army from the overwhelming forces of the Duke of twin plains, Seth takes himself and the Duke through a portal to the land of the dead. He expected bad, but he didn't expect broken. Not the place he'd been told of in bedtime stories, a place of souls crossing over to judgment.

Ella came to the magical Hidden Lands thinking she was on the greatest adventure of a lifetime. Instead she accidentally helped to destroy the beautiful valley of the Fey. Now, hunted as criminals by the Den, she and Aric must flee the destruction they have wrought. America beckons and so does one last mystery; one that can only bring more death. As much as Eireden wants to join Ella, his honor won't allow it - she has chosen Aric, and besides he has a name and a throne to fight for.

Seth stood and watched the nightmare creature as it tore its past master into bloody shreds and tried not to let the gripping fear show on his face. He could feel the man's life force, his memories, his talents and hard won skills filling his own mind and body turning him into something much more than the lowly soldier he'd been just mere moments before.

A writer is visited by a strange man with an even stranger story. The man claims to have ridden an old excursion train on November first, Samhain, when the dead walk abroad, resulting in a terrifying experience. Listening to and recording the incredible tale, the writer discovers that the most horrifying part of the story comes after the man finishes and then leaves.

Lusus Naturae is Beauty and the Beast in reverse. Charles Renshaw, an aristocrat, purchases a monster called Cyprian - a member of the rare species, Lamia. At first, Cyprian fulfils the role of a collector's whimsy, then becomes an object of passion as Renshaw's obsession with her leads him on a path to ruin. Within a short time, he sees his monster's feral nature emerge and understands that she cannot be controlled as easily as he first imagined.

This entertaining collection features 13 short mystery stories from some of our finest writers, all based on a piece of music. Editors Claudia Bishop and Don Bruns present the stories with two essays, discussing the short mystery and the musical mystery.

To celebrate 25 Years of Jongleurs Comedy, enjoy the Jongleurs experience with the freshest and funniest comedy acts, recorded live at Jongleurs clubs. Jongleurs Live, Volume 3, features Adam Crow, Tom Stade, Helen Da Silva, and John Fothergill.

Enjoy these original, full-cast tales of terror set in the frigid Northland, including The Demon, The Woods, The Monster in the Ashes, and more.