Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Elijah has lived in the Memory Wood for as long as he can remember. It's the only home he's ever known. 
 
Elissa has only just arrived. And she'll do everything she can to escape. 
 
When Elijah stumbles across thirteen-year-old Elissa, in the woods where her abductor is hiding her, he refuses to alert the police. Because in his twelve years, Elijah has never had a proper friend. And he doesn't want Elissa to leave. 
 
Not only that, Elijah knows how this can end. After all, Elissa isn't the first girl he's found inside the Memory Wood. 
 
As her abductor's behaviour grows more erratic, chess prodigy Elissa realises that outwitting strange, lonely Elijah is her only hope of survival. Their cat-and-mouse game of deception and betrayal will determine both their fates, and whether either of them will ever leave the Memory Wood . . .

The Memory Wood

the chilling, bestselling Richard & Judy book club pick – this year’s must-read thriller

George A. Romero

Daniel Kraus

A work of horror genius from the Godfather of zombie film-making, George A. Romero, and celebrated writer Daniel Kraus . . . 
 
It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find themselves facing a dead man who won't stay dead. 
 
 It spreads quickly. In a Midwestern trailer park, an African American teenage girl and a Muslim immigrant battle newly-risen friends and family. 
 
 On a US aircraft carrier, living sailors hide from dead ones while a fanatic preaches the gospel of a new religion of death. 
 At a cable news station, a surviving anchor keeps broadcasting, not knowing if anyone is watching, while his undead colleagues try to devour him. 
 In DC, an autistic federal employee charts the outbreak, preserving data for a future that may never come. 
Everywhere, people are targeted by both the living and the dead. 
 
We think we know how this story ends. We. Are. Wrong. 
 
'A horror landmark, a work of gory genius.' JOE HILL, author of NOS4A2 
 
'A monumental achievement.' ADAM NEVILL, author of The Ritual 
 
'Like a lost Romero classic.' CLIVE BARKER, author of Hellraiser 
 
'A sprawling, timely, scary epic.' PAUL TREMBLAY, author of The Cabin at the End of the World

The Living Dead

A masterpiece of zombie horror

William Peter Blatty

Father Damien Karras: 'Where is Regan?' 
Regan MacNeil: 'In here. With us.' 
 
The terror begins unobtrusively. Noises in the attic. In the child's room, an odd smell, the displacement of furniture, an icy chill. At first, easy explanations are offered. Then frightening changes begin to appear in eleven-year-old Regan. Medical tests fail to shed any light on her symptoms, but it is as if a different personality has invaded her body. 
 
Father Damien Karras, a Jesuit priest, is called in. Is it possible that a demonic presence has possessed the child? Exorcism seems to be the only answer... 
 
First published in 1971, The Exorcist became a literary phenomenon and inspired one of the most shocking films ever made. This edition, polished and expanded by the author, includes new dialogue, a new character and a chilling new extended scene, provides an unforgettable reading experience that has lost none of its power to shock and continues to thrill and terrify new readers.

The Exorcist

Quite possibly the most terrifying novel ever written . . .

Scott Smith

'Superior horror literature' New York Times 
'A compelling set-up and provocative premise' Kirkus 
'There's no let-up, not so much as a chapter-break where you can catch your breath' Stephen King 
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Craving an adventure to wake them from their lethargic Mexican holiday before they return home, four friends set off in search of one of their own who has travelled to the interior to investigate an archaeological dig in the Mayan ruins. 
 
After a long journey into the jungle, the group come across a partly camouflaged trail and a captivating hillside covered with red flowers. Lured by these, the group move closer until they happen across a gun-toting Mayan horseman who orders them away. In the midst of the confrontation, one of the group steps inadvertently backwards into the flowering vine. And at that moment their world changes for ever...

The Ruins

Michael Logan

When scientists with warped imaginations accidentally unleash an experimental bioweapon that transforms Britain's animals into sneezing, bloodthirsty zombies with a penchant for pre-dinner sex with their victims, three misfits become the unlikely hope for salvation. 
 
Abattoir worker Terry Borders' love life is crippled by the stench of death that clings to his skin from his days spent slaughtering cows; teenage vegan Geldof 'Scabby' Peters alternates between scratching furiously at his rash and baiting his overbearing New Age mother; and inept journalist Lesley McBrien struggles forlornly in the shadow of her famous war correspondent father. 
 
As Britain begins a rapid descent into chaos and ministers blame international terrorists, Lesley stumbles upon evidence that the government is behind the outbreak. In her bumbling pursuit of the truth, she crosses paths with Terry and Geldof, and together they set out to escape a quarantined Britain with the evidence and vital data that could unlock a cure for the virus. 
 
Standing in the way are rampaging hordes of animals, a ruthless security agent and an army ready to shoot anybody with a case of the sniffles... 
 
Three losers. Overwhelming odds. A single outcome: the world is screwed.

Apocalypse Cow

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