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The Wake

Scott Snyder

When marine biologist Lee Archer is approached by the Department of Homeland Security for help with a new threat, she declines, but quickly realizes they won't take no for an answer. Soon she is plunging to the depths of the Arctic Circle to a secret, underwater oil rig filled with roughnecks and scientists on the brink of an incredible discovery. But when things go horribly wrong, this scientific

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Jaws

Peter Benchley · 309 pages

Jaws is a 1974 novel by American writer Peter Benchley. It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men trying to kill it. The novel grew out of Benchley's interest in shark attacks after he learned about the exploits of Montauk, New York shark fisherman Frank Mundus in 1964. Doubleday commissioned him to write the novel in 1971, a period w

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Meg

Steve Alten · 361 pages

From book jacket: On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists--Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The average prehisto

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Dead Sea

Tim Curran · 328 pages

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Jaws 2

Hank Searls · 293 pages

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Natural Selection

Dave Freedman · 414 pages

When marine scientists begin to see huge chunks bitten out of enormous dolphins, and they can't identify the teeth marks as any sea creature that they know of, they become concerned and intrigued. Using imaginative and aggressive scientific knowledge and paleontology, the scientists immerse themselves in tracking the huge beasts up the California coast, coming closer and closer to what seems to be

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The Mist

Stephen King · 230 pages

#1 New York Times bestselling author STEPHEN KING suspends a small town in a haze of terror—as humanity makes its last stand against unholy destruction… —back cover

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Ancestor

Scott Sigler · 288 pages

An isolated location, a deadly scientific experiment, people with hidden motivations and a creature nature deemed to dangerous to exist and hence wiped out thousands of years ago. A thrilling adventure ride with scientific insights and immersive writing, Ancestor is a book that you will not be able to put down if you are fan of horror, adventure and science fiction genres.

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Phantoms

Dean Koontz · 441 pages

After finding one hundred and fifty people grotesquely dead in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California, officials cannot imagine anything as gruesome as the real reason for their death.

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Creep from the Deep

R.L. Stine · 148 pages

Swim at Your Own Risk! Billy and Sheena always expect adventure when they join their uncle, Dr. Deep aboard his hi-tech boat. What they don't expect is a treasure hunt leading to a 200-year-old sea captain... who refuses to stay dead! Wave Goodbye... Forever! Just when they think the tide is turning, Billy and Sheena accidentally tally dive into a dangerous mystery. A chilling surprise aw

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The Island of Dr. Moreau

H.G. Wells · 155 pages

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Is

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Alien

Alan Dean Foster · 261 pages

Adaptation of 1979 movie of the same name.

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Alien Resurrection

A.C. Crispin, Kathleen O'Malley, Joss Whedon · 276 pages

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Aliens: Earth Hive

Steve Perry, Mark Verheiden, Mark A. Nelson · 278 pages

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Alien: Out of the Shadows

Tim Lebbon · 304 pages

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Adrift

K.R. Griffiths · 382 pages

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The Strain

Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan · 504 pages

The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event.The StrainThey have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in d

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Snowblind

Michael McBride · 212 pages

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The Wolfen

Whitley Strieber · 252 pages

Probably one of the most terrifying books I have ever read. If you want a nighttime scare, this is the one. Don't read it alone on any dark and scary night. Loved it.

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Alien: River of Pain

Christopher Golden · 352 pages

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Relic

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child · 468 pages

As taken from the author website (www.prestonchild.com): Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite o

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Monster

Frank E. Peretti · 451 pages

Something's out there. Reed Shelton organized this survival weekend. Hired the best guide in the region. Meticulously trained, studied, and packed while encouraging his wife, Beck, to do the same. But little did they know that surviving the elements would become the least of their worries. During their first night of camping, an unearthly wail pierces the calm of the forest. Then someone -- no, so

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The Umbrella Conspiracy

S.D. Perry · 304 pages

Raccoon City: a remote mountain community suddenly besieged by a rash of grisly murders encroaching upon it from the surrounding forest. Bizarre reports start to spread, describing attacks from vicious creatures, some human... some not. Victims are apparently eaten. At the epicenter of these deaths is a dark, secluded mansion belonging to the mysterious Umbrella Corporation. For years umbrella has

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The Shuddering

Ania Ahlborn · 283 pages

A group of friends vacationing at a remote Colorado cabin find themselves stranded by a blizzard and stalked by cannibalistic monsters.

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