Говорили, что этот лайнер роскошнее, чем любой из существующих кораблей. Говорили, что он непотопляем. Но «Титаник» затонул в первом же плавании, и еще прежде, чем корабль столкнулся с айсбергом, на борту его творилось нечто зловещее... и потустороннее. Энни Хеббли пережила гибель «Титаника». Она годами пыталась оправиться от произошедшего — не только от катастрофы. Она хотела забыть об ужасах, творившихся на борту лайнера, но прошлое невозможно стереть. На борту плавучего госпиталя «Британник»...
From the acclaimed and award-winning author of The Hunger comes an eerie, psychological twist on one of the worlds most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic.Someone, or something, is haunting the ship. Between mysterious disappearances and sudden deaths, the guests of the Titanic have found themselves suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone from the moment they set sail. Several of them, including maid Annie Hebley, guest...
Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere.Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the pioneers to the brink of madness. They cannot escape the feeling that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it was a curse from the beautiful Tamsen, the choice to follow a disastrous experimental route...
After having travelled west for weeks, the party of pioneers comes to a crossroads. It is time for their leader, George Donner, to make a choice. They face two diverging paths which lead to the same destination. One is well-documented - the other untested, but rumoured to be shorter. Donner's decision will shape the lives of everyone travelling with him. The searing heat of the desert gives way to biting winds and a bitter cold that freezes the cattle where they stand. Driven to the brink...