Underneath the cobbled streets of Edinburgh's old Town are medieval stone cellars where a man could scream and never be heard. In mortal Causes, the tortured body of a young man is found hanging from a butcher's hook in one of these underground rooms. The tattoo on his wrist and a cryptic inscription scratched in the dirt suggest to Inspector John Rebus that this was an execution, but what man or men carried it out?
Het rijk der mythen en magie en onze realiteit vloeien samen: in kelders vol rokerige schaduwen wordt gedanst op primitieve ritmes, gezichtsloze motorrijders patrouilleren als slechte ridders, advertentiecampagnes zitten vol oeroude symbolen, en computers vallen ten prooi aan ongeprogrammeerde boodschappen. Na vele eeuwen heeft de heksenkoningin een weg teruggevonden naar onze wereld. Deze Morgus is herboren uit de rivier des doods, jonger, machtiger en gevaarlijker dan ooit. Maar haar diepste wezen is onveranderd amoreel, hongerig naar macht en eindeloos wraakzuchtig. Kan haar oude leerling Fern haar aan? Fern weet als geen ander dat magie een prijs heeft...
Nothing is quite as it seems.Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time.In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book 'Riding the Bullet'. Terror becomes deja vu all over again when you get 'That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French'. 'LT's Theory of Pets' will make you stop and think before giving a dog to a loved one.§And there are eleven more stories that will keep you awake until dawn.
Bundel verhalen met de Schotse inspecteur Rebus in de hoofdrol.
"Chang and Eng Bunker were the Siamese twins for whom the term was coined, one of the nineteenth century's most fabled human oddities. Now Darin Strauss has rescued the twins from the sideshow of history, drawing from their extraordinary conjoined lives a first novel of exceptional beauty."--Jacket