Dave Jeffery

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER - the omnibus edition of Dave Jeffery's 'A Quiet Apocalypse' series, including: A Quiet ApocalypseCathedralThe SamaritanTribunal AND: The First Samaritan - An Origin Story by Dave Jeffery and Tom Jeffery WITH A FOREWORD BY: Kevin R. McNally Cover design by Adrian BaldwinCover art/illustrations by Roberto Segate "Jeffery's A QUIET APOCALYPSE series is a terrifying yet oddly uplifting exploration of people in crisis. Frightening, bleak, and yet filled with empathy and humanism. Absolutely compelling "-JONATHAN MABERRY, NY Times bestselling author of NecroTek and The Dragon in Winter. "Jeffery has produced something very special, four novellas building a story that is unique, powerful and thoroughly compelling. It makes for a mature, brutal, but quite beautiful work, putting A QUIET APOCALYPSE up there with the greatest post-apocalyptic fiction." -TIM LEBBON, author of AMONG THE LIVING and THE SILENCE. "Dave Jeffery's A QUIET APOCALYPSE series is an emotional gut-punch. Raw and relentless tales of the everyman-people like you and me-navigating a frighteningly possible future, Jeffery's work resounds with universal truth."-LEE MURRAY, USA Today Bestselling author and multiple Bram Stoker Award(R) and Shirley Jackson award winner.

The coastal town of Dorsal Finn is no stranger to the fantastic and the bizarre. A dark heart beats beneath its cobblestone skin and the rhythm is a beacon for all things devious and evil. Only its reluctant sentinel, Beatrice Beecham, keeps the town free from the terrible entities that it attracts. Now Dorsal Finn has four new visitors. They look like a regular gang of youths, yet they are anything but human. Masters of manipulation and skilled in deception, these beings have their own agenda. Their tools to move their plans forward include an esoteric device and a terrifying cosmic creature with deadly intent. And, unless she can stop them, the ritual sacrifice of Beatrice's best friends. *** "The Devil Device builds to a lengthy, dizzying, thrilling denouement that will leave you feverishly turning the pages to find out how it all ends."-DARREN SHAN, bestselling writer of CIRQUE DU FREAK and ARCHIBALD LOX "The Devil Device is in intriguing blend of fantasy and horror with heroine Beatrice Beecham and her friends defending her beloved town of Dorsal Finn from relentless supernatural attacks. Beatrice is this generation's Buffy Summers."-TONY JONES, Ginger Nuts of Horror, Horror DNA and School Librarian "Without a doubt The Devil Device, which will particularly appeal to fans of King and Lovecraft, will attract those who are already Dave Jeffery fans as well as a growing band of new disciples."-JOHN GILBERT, Phantasmagoria Magazine "Part-urban fantasy, part cosmic horror, The Devil Device features an exciting world loaded with wonder, creatures, and esoteric secrets. Jeffery weaves the modern world together with the fantastical in such a way, you'll want to book a trip to Dorsal Finn as soon as possible "-ROBERT P. OTTONE, author of THE VILE THING WE CREATED and the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel THE TRIANGLE "The Devil Device, the latest in Dave Jeffery's ripper YA mystery series, features dark secrets, shadowy strangers, and small seaside-town singularity. A cosmic conflict of dark and light, and with characters to believe in, these are the books I wish I'd grown up with."-LEE MURRAY, five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning and Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of DESPATCHES and INTO THE MIST

In Deathlehem, the masses hailThe Blessed one was bornThey gathered in a mangerOn that black December mornAmong the screams of Mother MaryThe Babe from her tornDark tidings corrupting hope and joy So rest merry gentlemenLet Satan's child playBurning bodies light this Christmas treeIn Deathlehem todayWelcome back, folks. And for you newbies wondering where you are, that would be Deathlehem... ...where enemies meet on the battlefield to set aside their differences on this holiest of nights-only to be tormented by a legendary she-demon... ...where irons bars won't keep brothers from spending Christmaswith their mother-much to her dismay... ...where the search for the perfect tree turns into a bloody nightmare... ...where an imprisoned evil has a young couple and their daughter wishing they'd stayed at home for the holidays... Twenty-five more tales of holiday horror to benefitThe Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

There's no place quite like Cofton Grange. Set in twelve-hundred acres of hills and woodland, it is a playground for the wealthy where, for the right price, every desire is made a reality. Tonight is special; a group of hunters have bought into the most exclusive contest, the opportunity to track and kill a fantastic and terrifying creature not of this Earth. The stakes are high, each competitor determined to claim the kudos that will come from taking down their incredible prey. But as the moon rises and the pursuit begins, each hunter is about to find out that sometimes there are fiercer things than the competition. Tooth and Claw--The hunt is on

Beatrice is back to face her greatest threat since. . .well, the last time In Cooper's Cove a hapless team of archaeologists unleash the vengeful spirit of a 16th Century witch on the sleepy seaside town of Dorsal Finn. Hexes and curses fly as Beatrice and her friends must find out what links the appearance of this incredible foe and The Spirit of the Ocean, a super-yacht hosting the biggest celebrity charity event the town has ever seen. As the population of Dorsal Finn succumbs to witchcraft, so Beatrice must gate-crash the party with her motley-crew of friends and allies in the hope of stopping the witch's sinister plan, and save everyone from endless oblivion. . . Again. This novel is great for those who like their supernatural adventures laced with humour, sinister action and mystery. Fans of Stranger Things, The Goonies, The Librarians, The Monster Squad, Ghostbusters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Nancy Drew will delight in the antics and adventures of Beatrice and her off-the-wall friends. Murder. Mystery. Monsters. Welcome to the world of Beatrice Beecham Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing--Tales from the Darkest Depths.

Ray Tonks has the power to see disasters as they happen. But he cannot do anything to stop them. Then comes the worst vision yet. Ray sees terrible future images, that defy logic, ghastly twisted shapes of depravity and torture. Now Ray must fathom if this latest vision is his first real chance to avert a dark and hideous catastrophe or a sign that his fragile mind has finally given in to madness. Murder can change your mind.