Book Of Vile Deeds

The most evil and complex elements of the Dungeons & Dragons world are presented for the first time--such as moral dilemma, slavery, human sacrifice, prostitution, and other sensitive issues--to allow players to add a level of complexity to their campaigns.

The next mature title in the D&D line that allows players to explore the concept of truly heroic play, "Book of Exalted Deeds" is the second title in the line of products specifically aimed at a mature audience.

A deluxe, leather-bound version of the essential tool every D&D Dungeon Master needs. The follow-up to the special edition Player’s Handbook™ released in 2004 for the 30th anniversary of D&D, this special release of the Dungeon Master’s Guide™ features an embossed, leather-bound cover and premium, gilt-edged paper.

John Banville’s stunning powers of mimicry are brilliantly on display in this engrossing novel, the darkly compelling confession of an improbable murderer. Freddie Montgomery is a highly cultured man, a husband and father living the life of a dissolute exile on a Mediterranean island. When a debt comes due and his wife and child are held as collateral, he returns to Ireland to secure funds. That pursuit leads to murder. And here is his attempt to present evidence, not of his innocence, but of his life, of the events that lead to the murder he committed because he could. Like a hero out of Nabokov or Camus, Montgomery is a chillingly articulate, self-aware, and amoral being, whose humanity is painfully on display.

An Egyptologist investigates a death at the British Museum in a “charming” Victorian mystery by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Painted Queen (The Denver Post). Back in London after an archaeological dig, adventurous sleuth Amelia Peabody—“rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple all rolled into one”—discovers that a night watchman at the museum has perished in the shadow of a mummy case (The Washington Post Book World). There are murmurings about an ancient curse, but a skeptical Amelia is determined to find an all-too-human killer. Soon, she’s balancing family demands, including the troubles of her precocious son, Ramses (aka Walter), with not just one unsolved crime, but two . . . From a recipient of multiple honors including the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, this murder mystery set in Victorian-era England is a witty, rollicking, and “deeply satisfying” romp (Entertainment Weekly) in a “jewel of a series” (The New York Times Book Review).

A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, Evil Men confronts atrocity head-on—how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. James Dawes’s unflinchingly honest account, drawing on firsthand interviews, is not just about the things Japanese war criminals did, but about what it means to befriend them.

An art-filled sourcebook for the Dungeons & Dragons world, this title takes a comprehensive look at the game's undead creatures and characters.

When a simple robbery turns deadly, the thieves close in on the only witness: Lucas Davenport's wife...

Bleak Expectations -- The Rising Threat -- A Certain Eventuality -- Dread -- Blood and Dust -- The Americans -- Love Amid the Flames -- One Year to the Day -- Epilogue.

Once upon a time, a girl skipped into the forest and became a zombie.Wait, no, that's not how this story is supposed to go. Let's try again.Once upon a time, a boy did a horrible job as a sheep-sitter and burned his tongue on stolen pie.No, children in these stories are always good and virtuous. From the top.Once upon a time, a king and queen tried to find a princess for their son to marry, and he wound up fleeing from a group of very hairy vampires.Hmmm...What about, once upon a time, a bunch of fairy tales got twisted around to be completely hilarious, a tiny bit icky, and delightfully spooky scarytales... in other words, exactly what fairy tales were meant to be. Grab some flaming torches, maybe don't accept that bowl of pease porridge, and get ready for a wickedly fun ride with acclaimed author Kiersten White and fairy tales like you've never heard them before.

When seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)--but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down.

Providing Dungeon Masters with 160 pages of truly wicked threats to challenge high-level heroes, this tome comes with stat blocks for the elder evil and its minions, tips for how to incorporate the elder evil into any D&D campaign, and how to create unique villains and endgame encounters.

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.

Book 20 of the " Fact Attack" series. " Vile Vampires" is packed with facts about the undead in all their forms and the superstitions associated with vampires and ghosts all around the world.

An extensive resource for role-playing in the Forgotten Realms world that includes new and updated material for gameplay.

The Tome of Magic supplement presents three new kinds of magic that you can integrate easily into any Dungeons & Dragons campaign. These magic "subsystems" function alongside the existing D&D magic system and offer new game mechanics, character options, a

Six people are missing in mysterious circumstance. Authorities have been unable to discover their whereabouts. That's because they've vanished off the face of the Earth and only the Soul Monger knows where they are.

Kara Harbinger's only crime is having a court judge for a father. One who just happens to be presiding over the criminal case of the President of the Devil Kings MC. The DKs are about to use the biggest Achilles' heel he's got to bend him to their will, to buy his decision, to buy his very soul.Reno- I want nothing to do with this job, but I can't get out of it.As a member of the Devil Kings MC, my life is a violent existence hinged on loyalty to the oath I took: Devil Kings before all else. I'm the club's muscle, the brother they give the vicious, vile jobs, the dirty deeds. When it comes to my club, I do whatever they ask, whatever they need. Then I see Kara, all sweet and innocent with her soulful eyes and sexy body. She's a bright light in my dark existence. In her eyes, I see an escape from the brutal life I've lived for so long, a life void of feelings, emotions and light. She gives me the faith to believe I can have more, to believe I can have everything.What do I do when my VP wants her taken as leverage to use against her father?What do I do when one look at Kara threatens everything I thought I held dear?What do I do if they want me to put a gun to her head and end her life?I'll have to convince her to trust me if I have any hope of getting us both out of this alive.Kara-He's the only one who can save me.I'm not supposed to want a man like Reno. He's dangerous-a lawless, badass, alpha biker. I know I should be afraid, but the way he looks at me, with hunger in his eyes makes me want to become his. I believed the lies he told me. I thought he was a good guy. But when he takes me hostage, everything I thought about him is turned on its head. Now he expects me to trust him, even as he holds me captive. How can I trust a man whose loyalty is to his club, a club that wants me dead?