Into The Darklands

Copyright page and covers taken from original BenBella Books trade paperback edition, 2005.

Would you recognise a child molester standing in a supermarket queue? And if you did, would you understand what went on in his - or her - mind? Nigel Latta is a forensic psychologist. He takes us inside the minds of some of the most chilling characters to walk our streets.

Fifteen-year-old Jim Lake sets out in the strange realm known as the Darklands and encounters a new horde of trolls while his friends in Arcadia look for a way to reunite with him.

Would you recognise a child molester standing in a supermarket queue? And if you did, would you understand what went on in his - or her - mind?Nigel Latta is a forensic psychologist. He spends his working life with the sort of people most of us would prefer to pretend didn't exist. In this ground-breaking book, Nigel takes us inside the minds of some of the most chilling characters to walk our streets. the journey is challenging, and though Nigel has trodden the path many times, he offers no sense of familiarity or contempt. Rather, there is a palpable sense of danger as he treads carefully through the present and past psychological mines strewn through the lives of his clients. His challenge is to make these people confront and admit the damage their actions have caused, and so minimise the risk of them reoffending. It is not an easy task. the case studies in this book, all based on reality, will shock, unnerve and disturb. Yet it is compulsive reading - once you have visited the Darklands, you will never be able to leave.

Delve into the deep secrets of the Darklands, a subterranean realm frequented by dark elves, shadow dragons, and worse! This comprehensive sourcebook provides an overview of the cavernous realms below the surface of the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting. Detailed cultural summaries of Darklands creatures such as drow, derro, troglodytes, and worse compliment a selection of new monsters from the dark corners of the earth. A beautiful poster map reveals never-before-seen details of the vast chambers and treacherous passage networks deep below the surface of the world.

Teenager Larinan Mann finds that he does not fit into the conformist society he lives in. Set in a post-apocalyptic Australia, where people have adapted to climate change by building domes attached to massive towers sheltered from the sun's rays. This world is now under threat of collapse. Suggested level: secondary.

Two worlds collide in the first four books of an epic series based on the hit Netflix series DreamWorks Trollhunters—from the limitless imagination of acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation. For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command! With one magical amulet, Jim Lake Jr. transforms from an ordinary teenager into the mighty Trollhunter, protector of a secret civilization of Trolls. Collect the first four Trollhunters books, which include exclusive original stories and full-color glossy inserts with images from the show! This adventure-filled boxed set includes: The Adventure Begins Welcome to the Darklands The Book of Ga-Huel Age of the Amulet DreamWorks Trollhunters © 2018 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

An adventuress, dark forces, gunpowder, steel, and magic: AENLIN KANE is looking for the heritage of her father, SOLOMON KANE in THE DARK LANDS! 1629. The Thirty Years' War with its conflicts shakes Europe and rages particularly mercilessly in Germany. The young adventuress Aenlin Kane travels to the neutral city of Hamburg to explore the legacy of her famous father, Solomon Kane. Together with her friend Tahmina, a Persian mystic, she is drawn into the turmoil of the war. They accept a momentous mission from the West Indian Company: A motley crew is supposed to fight its way behind enemy lines to the Southern German town of Bamberg, where the stakes are already burning for most cruel witch trials – however, things take an unexpected turn. That cannot be a coincidence! Aenlin and Tahmina know about the evil and the demons that walk the earth and use the turmoil of war to their advantage. Soon, it will be more than just another mission from the Company. For Nicolas, the leader of the troupe, has a dark secret - more about that in LEGACY OF THE DARK LANDS!

Dust and ash engulf the land, dry rivers snake the earth and a phantom darkness looms over everyone. As most of India reels from this environmental catastrophe, water replaces oil as the most valuable commodity and cities get infested with gangs and powerful religious figures. In this dystopia, the hi-tech Millennium City, which is inhabited by the rich, overlooks the quarters of the poor. Millennium City gives rise to a form of technology that manufactures artificial humans in laboratories. Born in one such lab, Haksh does the forbidden: he falls in love with Chhaya, a human. A coming-of-age novel about violence and transgression, Darklands is about one thing above all: love-both all-consuming and redemptive.

Beneath the surface, the denizens of the Darklands stalk a world of endless night. Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Darklands Revisited casts new light on these subterranean terrors, preparing heroes to face what dangers lurk below. This 64-page guide reveals 10 notorious Darklands races and monsters, from familiar foes like troglodytes and drow to elusive menaces like urdefhan and seugathi. Each chapter presents detailed ecologies, monstrous rules options and variants, and stat blocks for notorious foes. There's a reason to fear the dark places below. If you must go, be prepared with Darklands Revisited.