The Pandora

Anne Rice, creator of the Vampire Lestat, the Mayfair witches and the amazing worlds they inhabit, now gives us the first in a new series of novels linked together by the fledgling vampire David Talbot, who has set out to become a chronicler of his fellow Undead. The novel opens in present-day Paris in a crowded café, where David meets Pandora. She is two thousand years old, a Child of the Millennia, the first vampire ever made by the great Marius. David persuades her to tell the story of her life. Pandora begins, reluctantly at first and then with increasing passion, to recount her mesmerizing tale, which takes us through the ages, from Imperial Rome to eighteenth-century France to twentieth-century Paris and New Orleans. She carries us back to her mortal girlhood in the world of Caesar Augustus, a world chronicled by Ovid and Petronius. This is where Pandora meets and falls in love with the handsome, charismatic, lighthearted, still-mortal Marius. This is the Rome she is forced to flee in fear of assassination by conspirators plotting to take over the city. And we follow her to the exotic port of Antioch, where she is destined to be reunited with Marius, now immortal and haunted by his vampire nature, who will bestow on her the Dark Gift as they set out on the fraught and fantastic adventure of their two turbulent centuries together. Look for Anne Rice’s new book, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, coming November 29, 2016.

"A wonderful, wild ride." —Michael Koryta, New York Times Bestselling author of How It Happened and If She Wakes From the New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author comes the sensational new novel that turns ancient lore into a modern-day horror. In one variation on the myth of Pandora’s Box, there were two jars, one for Pandora and one for her sister. One contained blessings of the gods, the other all the world’s curses... Archaeologist Sophie Durand has spent her life studying ancient mythology and languages. Years of work have led her to the greatest discovery of her career, a subterranean city deep in the heart of Northern Iraq. When Sophie’s team uncovers a secret chamber whose walls are covered in cuneiform, along with a warning from Alexander the Great, history and mythology begin to merge. The writings confirm the Pandora tale of two jars, but the chamber guards only one. It’s a find that could make history, or start a war. Weird-science expert Ben Walker is called in as the mystery grows ugly. Those who believe the myth want to know which jar was found, the one containing blessings or the one full of curses. Governments rush to lay claim, but jihadi forces aren’t waiting for the dust to settle. Whatever the jars contain, they want it, no matter the cost. For Sophie, Walker, and the others, the Pandora Room may soon become their tomb. In a novel that breathes new life into the supernatural thriller, Christopher Golden's pulse-pounding tale is not to be missed.

An inspired retelling of a classic tale

There is Hope for narcissists. Are you ready to open the box? Most of us are scared to death to lift the lid on the Pandora's box of narcissism. Dealing with predatory people leaves us intimidated, scared, and hopeless. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. E. James Wilder rips the cover off the dreaded box and gives us a clear view of both the problem and the surprising solution. Dr. Wilder offers us a new paradigm that moves us away from the individualized therapy model toward the need for identity groups that help each other learn how to love our enemies. You'll be highlighting insights in nearly every paragraph as you make your way through this fresh approach to a very old problem.

Notorious unsolved mysteries author, Dan Travis is on another book tour when a cryptic message from a desperate stranger blows his life apart.

In the concluding volume of The Pandoras Box Trilogy, Lucy struggles with the choice to leave her own happy afterlife in order to save those shes left behind. Upon seeing apparitions bearing a striking resemblance to her friend Billy, Lucy wonders if he has truly gone. Lucys mother also lies in agony, terrified and alone. To save her, Lucys heart must break one last time as she prepares to let go of what she loves the most Waiting for Lucy at the end of every road is Pandora, now relentless in her thirst for dominance over the Void, but also fighting to understand the hazy memories that plague her mind. And the mysterious Sphinx plays her final card by showing Lucy Pandoras horrific past. Now tormented with the truth, Lucy devises a plannot to defeat Pandora, but to save her. Even with the help of Fishface, Little Psycho, and Icky, the nightmare of Lucys future is laid out before her, and she is sure of only one thingher story will not have a happy ending.

Set several months before the events of Capcom's fantastic new videogame, Remember Me, The Pandora Archive by Scott Harrison takes the reader on the breath-taking journey ofNilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people's minds and alter their memories. When a series of devastating bomb blasts rock Neo-Paris, killing innocent families, former memory-hunter-turned-Errorist Trix Dallaire is blamed, and it is reported that she was acting on orders from the Errorist group - a supposed 'first of a series of decisive blows' against the Memorize Corporation. In response, a S.A.B.R.E Force squadron is mobilised for a retaliatory assault into Slum 404.However, before Trix is arrested, she manages to send a coded signal back to the Errorists. Unable to decode the message, Nilin visits the Architect, an aging tech-expert living at the water's edge, who is her only hope able of being able to decode the signal.What follows is a white-knuckle ride through Neo-Paris, full of subterfuge, betrayal and intrigue, as we join Nilin on her destructive search for the truth, and her freedom.

Pandora and her friends Alcie, Iole, and Homer are practically evil-hunting experts. Jealousy, Vanity, and Laziness are all safely in the box and they already know Lust is lurking on Mount Pelion, so this fourth task should be super easy. Just one teeny tiny problem: the evil is hiding at a wedding that took place 1,300 years ago. Luckily, the messenger god, Hermes steps in to help Pandy and her friends travel back in time-with just one rule: don't change anything. At the wedding, they recognize most of the gods and goddesses, but nobody recognizes them. (Duh, they haven't been born yet.) So they can search for the evil without drawing attention to themselves. But then Lust appears in the middle of a fateful argument between three of the most powerful goddesses. There's no way Pandora can capture the evil without making a big scene. And worse, if she takes it at the wrong moment, she won't just change the course of history-she'll be history. Yup, this quest is totally under control . . . gulp!

Pandora lives alone, in a world of broken things. She makes herself a handsome home, but no one ever comes to visit. Then one day something falls from the sky . . . a bird with a broken wing. Little by little, Pandora helps the bird grow stronger. Little by little, the bird helps Pandora feel less lonely. The bird begins to fly again, and always comes back—bringing seeds and flowers and other small gifts. But then one day, it flies away and doesn't return. Pandora is heartbroken. Until things begin to grow . . . Here is a stunningly illustrated celebration of connection and renewal.