検索キーワード： "Colette" ホラー

Ein Trommelwirbel ertönte - zuerst leise nur, dann immer lauter. Zum Schluss übertönte er alle Geräusche und schwang wie ein gewaltiges Stakkato zum Himmel, der mit schweren grauen Wolken bedeckt war, als wollte er die grausame Tat unten auf der Erde nicht sehen. Jemand wurde geköpft. Ein Mensch - eine Frau. Jung, schön, mit prächtigem Blondhaar und einem Gesicht, das alle Sünden und Lockungen der Welt verhieß. In den nächsten Minuten sollte für immer alles Leben aus dem Gesicht der Frau verschwinden.

A gruesome murder in London reveals a sinister plot to uncover a two-thousand-year-old secret. For decades, the Keepers guarded these Hallows, keeping them safe and hidden and apart from each other. But now the Keepers are being brutally murdered, their prizes stolen, the ancient objects bathed in their blood. Now, only a few remain. With her dying breath, one of the Keepers convinces Sarah Miller, a practical stranger, to deliver her Hallow—a broken sword with devastating powers—to her American nephew, Owen.

Holly Gibney, l’un des personnages les plus appréciés de Stephen King, fait son grand retour dans ce roman haletant pour percer le mystère de multiples et inquiétantes disparitions qui frappent une petite ville des États-Unis.

Born on the fringes of Bethel, Immanuelle does her best to obey the Church and follow Holy Protocol. For it was in Bethel that the first Prophet pursued and killed four powerful witches and so cleansed the land. And then a chance encounter lures her into the Darkwood that surrounds Bethel. It is a forbidden place, haunted by the spirits of the witches who bestow an extraordinary gift on Immanuelle. The diary of her dead mother....

In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy. Her mother's union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement. But a mishap lures her into the forbidden Darkwood surrounding Bethel, where the first prophet once chased and killed four powerful witches.