Download or read book The Familiar Dark written by Amy Engel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2020 (Mystery/Thriller) "From its gripping beginning to its sobering finale, Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark never fails to enthrall with surprising twists."–Associated Press A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is murdered on the town playground. Sometimes the answers are worse than the questions. Sometimes it's better not to know. Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, in a small town with big secrets, The Familiar Dark opens with a murder. Eve Taggert, desperate with grief over losing her daughter, takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life, having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose lessons Eve tried not to pass on to her own daughter. But Eve may need her mother's cruel brand of strength if she's going to face the reality about her daughter's death and about her own true nature. Her quest for justice takes her from the seedy underbelly of town to the quiet woods and, most frighteningly, back to her mother's trailer for a final lesson. The Familiar Dark is a story about the bonds of family—women doing the best they can for their daughters in dire circumstances—as well as a story about how even the darkest and most terrifying of places can provide the comfort of home.
Download or read book Opening to Darkness written by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In darkness, we become devoted to clarity, courage, peace, and harmony. We discover the basic goodness of all humanity when we experience darkness together,” Zenju Earthlyn Manuel writes. “Life itself is a dark experience—a magical experience.” When you hear the word “darkness,” what does it make you feel—horror, danger, or maybe despair? We’ve been conditioned to fear and avoid darkness and blackness, yet Zenju Earthlyn Manuel challenges us to consider: “What if we chose to go deeper into darkness instead of running from it? What might we find there beyond our longing for light?” Drawing on the ancient wisdom found in Zen Buddhism and African and Native American indigenous traditions, Osho Zenju reveals how a change in perspective and increased wisdom can help us awaken to the sacredness of dark experiences in our lives—so we may experience a reality beyond avoidance and fear. Opening to Darkness will take you on a courageous journey into the mandala of darkness, a symbolic expression of your inner world, where you will travel through eight gateways that are inspired by Buddha’s Eightfold Path. Along your way, you will meet dark mothers from India, Nigeria, Japan, Haiti, and Dahomey, who both protect and destroy. Osho Zenju provides reflective inquiry, blessings, and meditations as you navigate your way through the vast depths of the unseen. It is through this spiritual pilgrimage that we learn how to: • Experience the wonders of life that can flourish only in the dark • Discover a collective doorway to healing and deep transformation • Awaken to the illusory nature of light versus dark • Illuminate false perceptions and beliefs of darkness • Heal the fear and anxiety around darkness and blackness Wrapped in gorgeous lyrical prose, Osho Zenju’s offerings provide deep soul relief and collective strength to embrace the dark—so we may reunite with the sacred process of darkness that flows through the canvas of our lives.
Download or read book When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend written by Mark Meynell and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I’m looking for the words and writing for those who can’t imagine the words.’ Mark Meynell articulates a heart pain that most of us simply couldn’t express. He connects strongly and immediately with fellow cave dwellers. We relive significant moments from boarding school, Uganda, Berlin and London. We visit the Psalms, Job and The Pilgrim's Progress. If you're after neat conclusions and a fair-weather faith, this is not for you. This book serves up gritty reality and raw honesty, but also the heartfelt hope that the author's brokenness 'can somehow contribute to another person's integration' and 'inspire their clinging while beset by darkness or fog or blizzards'. Contents 1 The mask 2 The volcano 3 The cave 4 The weight 5 The invisibility cloak 6 The closing 7 The way 8 The fellow-traveller 9 The gift Appendix 1 Managing the symptoms Appendix 2 Unexpected friends in the cave Appendix 3 Some words from inside the cave
Download or read book A Familiar Darkness written by Heather Sutherlin and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book one of the Soul Ties series where carnival freaks meet demons in the streets.Devilishly handsome and full of dark secrets, Archer's devil-may-care attitude came at a price and unfortunately for him, the devil may care after all.When he meets Hannah, a runaway whose art is more than it seems, he's determined to keep her and her drama at arm's length. But their souls are tied together with bonds that won't be ignored and it's going to take all his skill to keep her safe from the demon horde that follows her every move.A gripping urban fantasy readers are calling a cross between Cassandra Clare's Immortal Instruments and Frank Peretti's This Present Darkness, it will keep you up at night and begging for more.
Download or read book Darkness Devours written by Keri Arthur and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur has been hailed for her “smart, sexy”* urban fantasy novels. Now, she continues her Dark Angels series set in the realm of danger and desire known as the Guardian World… Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones can enter the realm between life and death, and she can see the Reapers who collect the souls of the dead. Now, she is using her gifts—and the investigative know-how of a man who broke her heart—to find a cabal searching for the power to control time, reality, and fate. And this is besides her work for the Vampire Council, half of whom want her dead. But for now the Council needs her alive. Someone is killing blood-whore addicted vampires, and Risa must find the guilty party. If she succeeds, she may finally convince the council to lift the execution order on her life. But before she succeeds, she must first survive…
Download or read book Darkness written by Nina Edwards and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness divides and enlivens opinion. Some are afraid of the dark, or at least prefer to avoid it, and there are many who dislike what it appears to stand for. Others are drawn to this strange domain, delighting in its uncertainties, lured by all the associations of folklore and legend, by the call of the mysterious and of the unknown. The history of our attitudes toward darkness—toward what we cannot quite make out, in all its physical and metaphorical manifestations—challenges the very notion of a world that we can fully comprehend. In this book, Nina Edwards explores darkness as both a physical feature and cultural image, through themes of sight, blindness, consciousness, dreams, fear of the dark, night blindness, and the in-between states of dusk or fog, twilight and dawn, those points or periods of obscuration and clarification. Taking us across the ages, from the dungeons of Gothic novels to the concrete bunkers of Nordic Noir TV shows, Edwards interrogates the full sweep of humanity’s attempts to harness and suppress the dark first through our ability to control fire and, later, illuminate the world with electricity. She explores how the idea of darkness pervades art, literature, religion, and our everyday language. Ultimately, Edwards reveals how darkness, whether a shifting concept or palpable physical presence, has fed our imaginations.
Download or read book Darkness Dawns written by Dianne Duvall and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A music professor finds herself mixed up in a world of vampires, immortals, and humans with extraordinary gifts in this paranormal romance. Once, Sarah Bingham’s biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she’s landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland Warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control… In his nine centuries of immortal existence, no woman has tempted Roland as much as Sarah. But asking her to love him is impossible—when it means forfeiting the world she’s always known, and the life he would do anything to protect… “These dark, kick-ass guardians can protect me any day!”—Alexandra Ivy New York Times bestselling author “This is a strong start in what looks to be a thrilling and chilling new paranormal series. Fantastic!”—RT Book Reviews “Electrifying, Funny, Lust-inducing, and Inventive.”—Fresh Fiction Praise for New York Times Bestselling Author Dianne Duvall's Immortal Guardians series “If you love J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood and Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark, then you need to put Dianne Duvall and her Immortal Guardians books in your reading wheelhouse.”—Literati Literature Lovers
Download or read book The Plan for Darkness written by Daron Malmborg and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Plan for Darkness never rests. It sees through the electronic darkness of the electromagnetic pulses and the Infection’s Revenge Plague delivered by a terrorist army to bring powerful nations around the world to their knees. Within days, everything that has ever been produced for consumers has been hoarded, spoiled, traded, stolen, or eaten. Drug-dependent people watch their life-saving medications dwindle, fearing the future. They understand that their destiny will be like those lurking behind the other side of a locked door. The dead rise while the living struggle in a world that’s devoid of modern conveniences. The enemy refuses to die, let alone stay dead. Survivors struggle against their fears of the unimaginable, the unknown, the breakdown of civilization, and time. The Plan for Darkness follows Tess, a brave young woman determined to survive; Sani, a young man hoping to keep his family safe; Ratner, a man faced with horrors beyond his imagining; and Jimmy, an old man who finds a new lease on life as he fights for those around him. Together, these allies fight against a menace unleashed on the globe, but can they survive the terrible fallout?
Download or read book Darkness written by Crystal Nix and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness By: Crystal Nix Dr. Lauren Howard works the night-shift at Regional Hospital. While she admits it is not the most pleasant place to be, at least she is helping patients her life has meaning. When she is not working, she is plagued by loneliness and darkness that has been with her since she became a vampire more than two hundred years before. When Lauren find love in her new co-worker Adam, their love is tested by her demon-possessed sire that stalks her. Along the way she must find the courage to both fight for love and accept herself for who she is. Darkness will entertain readers and give hope to many who struggle to believe in love and happy endings.
Download or read book Enveloped By The Darkness written by Felicity Brandon and published by Felicity Brandon Romance. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today Bestselling Author, Felicity Brandon. One determined detective, One soul-shattering connection, One devastating aftermath. Tiffany Cocooned by Kade’s thrilling darkness, I start a new life, Focusing on a future With the man who captivates me. But there’s more than only desire hiding, In the corners of Barrington House, And when D.S. Lucas comes calling, A new danger tightens its grip. With Kade at my side, I’m free to be his captive, But neither of us are prepared, For the dark place our passion will drive us to. Enveloped By The Darkness is the fourth and final book in the Beautiful Deceit series. Felicity Brandon brings you her signature mesmerizing dark romance. Devour this gripping series for irresistible desire woven with fast-paced, heart-wrenching drama.
Download or read book Familiar Darkness Soul Ties 1 written by Heather Sutherlin and published by Draft2digital. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book one of the Soul Ties series where carnival freaks meet demons in the streets. Devilishly handsome and full of dark secrets, Archer's devil-may-care attitude came at a price and unfortunately for him, the devil may care after all. When he meets Hannah, a runaway whose art is more than it seems, he's determined to keep her and her drama at arm's length. But their souls are tied together with bonds that won't be ignored and it's going to take all his skill to keep her safe from the horde that follows her every move. A gripping urban fantasy readers are calling a cross between Cassandra Clare's Immortal Instruments and Frank Peretti's This Present Darkness, it will keep you up at night, and begging for more.
Download or read book Edge of Darkness written by Ciara Graves and published by . This book was released on with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final book in the series! Aniesa has gone out of the frying pan and into the fire. If by fire you’re thinking hell. You’d be right. Aniesa, who just turned eighteen is a Veil Witch. She’s been training with the Sisterhood all her life. Her mother is a high-ranking Veil Witch. Once long ago, her mother met a fallen angel—AKA demon. The Veil Witches are forbidden from consorting with fallen angels. But her mother did. And nine months later, had a baby girl—Aniesa. Aniesa learned on her 18th birthday that her father was a fallen angel. Her mother won’t tell his name. And no one else knows that Aniesa is half-angel, though fallen angel. Aniesa is walked the fine line between legal and illegal activities when she tried to help a half-demon smokeshow named Calyx with a problem. A massive problem, it would seem. Now she’s stuck between a rock and a hard place. Or is that Dire Island and Darkness.
Download or read book A Particular Darkness written by Robert E. Dunn and published by Lyrical Underground. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of A Living Grave comes a gripping police procedural featuring sheriff's detective Katrina Williams as she exposes the dark underbelly of the Missouri Ozarks . . . DREDGING UP THE TRUTH Still recovering from tragedy and grieving a devastating loss, Iraq war veteran and sheriff's detective Katrina Williams copes the only way she knows how—by immersing herself in work. A body's just been pulled from the lake with a fish haul, but what seems like a straightforward murder case over the poaching of paddlefish for domestic caviar quickly becomes murkier than the depths of the lake. Soon a second body is found—an illegal Peruvian refugee woman linked to a charismatic tent revival preacher. But as Katrina tries to investigate the enigmatic evangelist, she is blocked by antagonistic FBI agents and Army CID personnel. When more young female refugees disappear, she must partner with deputy Billy Blevins, who stirs mixed feelings in her, to connect the lake murder to the refugees. Katrina is no stranger to darkness, but cold-blooded conspirators plan to make sure she'll never again see the light of day . . .
Download or read book Darkness Falls on the Land of Light written by Douglas L. Winiarski and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century. George Whitefield's preaching tour of 1740 called into question the fundamental assumptions of this thriving religious culture. Incited by Whitefield and fascinated by miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit--visions, bodily fits, and sudden conversions--countless New Englanders broke ranks with family, neighbors, and ministers who dismissed their religious experiences as delusive enthusiasm. These new converts, the progenitors of today's evangelical movement, bitterly assaulted the Congregational establishment. The 1740s and 1750s were the dark night of the New England soul, as men and women groped toward a restructured religious order. Conflict transformed inclusive parishes into exclusive networks of combative spiritual seekers. Then as now, evangelicalism emboldened ordinary people to question traditional authorities. Their challenge shattered whole communities.
Download or read book Breaking the Power of Familiar Spirits written by Kimberly Daniels and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2018 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using examples from the Bible, describes the familiar spirits that can cause hindrances and damaging activities in everyday life and explains how to use a belief in God and the power of prayer to overcome them.
Download or read book Joseph Conrad s Heart of Darkness written by Gene M. Moore and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books that comprise the 'Casebooks in Criticism' series offer edited in-depth readings and critical notes and studies on the most important classic novels. This volume explores Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'.
Download or read book Darkness Descending written by Penny Mickelbury and published by Kings Crossing Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness Descending, the highly anticipated fourth book in the Mimi/Gianna Mystery Series is here. In this sophisticated and intriguing novel, Mickelbury is masterful in her exploration of the underground world of the Ags, Doms and down-low brothas and the hidden worlds in which they live.
