A pair of ostracized academics determined to expose the threat of vampires to an unsuspecting world discover that a vampire with history dating back to the second World War is at large in Southeast Virginia.

The raising of Lazarus in John's Gospel is one of the most dramatic and poignant episodes in scripture. This title offers a compelling new reading of the story of Lazarus, which calls us all to pursue a life of peace.

While the Bible offers tantalizing clues about this important Christian hero, the questions far outweigh the answers. How did he know Jesus? When did he first believe that his friend was the Messiah? Where did his soul reside for four days? What did he do after his resurrection and the crucifixion of the One who saved him? Using painstaking research, early church records, and a lively plot that keeps the pages turning, Lazarus, Come Forth weaves a story about the family from Bethany described in John's Gospel. Although fiction, the story is consistent with Scripture and available historical data. It presents the life story of someone who lived his faith before receiving his miracle, as well as after. That is why Lazarus is a model for us all. Michael A. Pinto is a businessman who also has been called to pastor a small rural church. In addition to serving as the CEO for an environmental consulting firm and shepherding his congregation, Michael is a lifelong history buff with a particular focus on first century Christianity. After authoring several textbooks, he published his first novel in 2001 recounting the life story of the Apostle Thomas. The positive reception of that book, entitled The Twin, fueled his research and development of this story. In both these endeavors Michael attempts to fill in the "blank spaces" of the New Testament narratives with plausible connections and accurate descriptions of life at that time.

25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

"The place was nothing remarkable, but Lena Hagen wasn't looking for anything extraordinary. What she was looking for was a cheap and easy way out, and based on everything that she had learned in the days leading up to today, this was what she needed. Not a place to call home, but a place to stay until she could find one. For herself, and for Logan." Thus opens this wonderful collection of Gothic and supernatural novellas by Jayson Robert Ducharme. Atmospheric, character driven, psychological, and emotional, this collection contains five stories. This unique blend of horror and drama is guaranteed to appeal to those with a flair for the macabre and the mysterious. Included tales: AFTER ME, THE GREAT FLOOD Wishing to leave the past behind, struggling young mother Lena Hagen and her child move into a house belonging to the enigmatic, yet affable senior Ellis Delapore. As she begins to settle into her new home, she finds that there is something nefarious living beneath the foundations of the house, and that Ellis may not want to admit that it's there. To uncover the truth, Lena may have to put her relationship with Ellis at hazard. ALESSA'S MELODY Having been responsible for the death of his sister fifty years before, the lonesome and grief-stricken Louis Delacroix works as the butler of a mountain estate belonging to a dying steel tycoon. His fragile world falls to pieces upon the arrival of a little girl, who possesses a special and familiar talent. COME FORTH IN THAW Terrified young mother Eleanor Jackson ventures to the mountains in search of her depressed son, who may have gone to a notorious suicide hotspot in the area to end his life. Upon her arrival, she discovers much more. UNDER THE EVENING SUN Nineteen year old Sarah Palmer dies under mysterious circumstances and is buried in the local cemetery. However, rumors spread around town, and the cemetery caretaker, Kurt Graveline, begins to suspect that perhaps Sarah never died at all. When Sarah's father gives him an ultimatum, Kurt is forced to participate in a dismal task that will leave him haunted for the rest of his life. THE BANSHEE A young boy and his mother live in near-complete isolation in their mountain cabin, far from civilized society. Their seclusion brings about a destructive nature to their relationship that could lead to their demise.