Books with author LEE ECKHARDT

To summer hire Antonio Eberhard the Bucket of Blood is only another attraction at the crumbling Luna Park amusement center – until the night he is almost killed inside, the result of a freak accident. Or was it an accident? Antonio discovers that the Bucket of Blood has a long history of such accidents – some of them fatal – dating from the night an arsonist was burned to death inside, a victim of his own crime. After a second weird experience a terrified Antonio realizes that the spirit of the arsonist still lurks inside the Bucket of Blood, a malevolent spirit that hungers for the souls of the living.Now the park is closing and the Bucket of Blood is scheduled to be demolished, destroyed. But the malignant thing inside the Castle wants one more victim – Sharon, the troubled young woman Antonio has fallen in love with...

William Wordsworth said that every book is a separate world; this proves to be true when two teenagers are swept into an alternate universe where Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo is a living, breathing person. Aboard Nemo’s incredible Nautilus and fighting an invasion from still another universe, they voyage from the Pacific to the Atlantic and, finally, to the ultimate showdown with the enemy on the shores of Antarctica. For any fan of Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas.

One summer evening ten-year-old James Valigursky and his eight-year-old brother Kyle see a strange meteor fall near their home. Setting out to find it, they discover the ‘meteor’ is actually a space ship from another star, a ship that has been damaged and needs a special material in order to make the necessary repairs. The problem: the material can be found in only one place in the entire Solar System, Jupiter’s moon Io. There is only one way the aliens can reach Io, and that is by turning the old crate – a crate the boys call the Lop-Sided Space Ship - into a real space vehicle. The boys join the aliens, unaware the flight will mean fighting sand storms on Mars, a collision with an asteroid, facing a volcano on Io and a dangerous plunge into Jupiter’s Great Red spot.

Jack Corbett appears to be a typical junior high student of the 1980’s. Appears to be, on the surface; in school the best the socially awkward Jack can expect is to be called a ‘Space Cadet’, something he can only avoid by Dreaming. The Dream – capital ‘D’ - is a complex fantasy where he is Jax Corbett, the mighty hero of the starlanes. Unlike his unhappy real life, Jack can control the Dream completely; in adventure after fantastic adventure the confident Jax Corbett never fails, never falters. Until now. Now the Dream seems to have taken on a life of its own, a life Jack can no longer control. The Dream eventually becomes so real that Jack believes he is going insane – until he is confronted by a stranger in the actual world, a stranger who somehow knows about Jack’s fantasies! What can it mean?The explanation is so incredible Jack has trouble believing it – until he finds himself plunged headfirst into the Dream, a dangerously real Dream with the stranger in pursuit and Jack’s own life hanging in the balance...

Fifteen-year-old Mallen de la Pena lives aboard a cityship, a star-faring vessel with a crew of thousands. Since his parents were killed on an exploratory mission Mal has led an isolated existence that is almost completely divorced from the rest of the crew; his only real companion is the cityship’s computer, Zhang. The lonely Mal is happy to have the chance to aid eminent archeologist Jonathan Archer catalog a collection of alien artifacts, but his excitement turns to horror when the ship’s teleportation device suffers a catastrophic malfunction and Archer is killed. Then, only a few hours later, Mal himself almost dies – in a million-to-one accident. Only then does he begin to understand: Jonathan Archer did not die by chance – he was murdered. When the authorities refuse to believe him, Mal must become a Sherlock Holmes to find the killer, with Zhang as his Doctor Watson…

The Hamner place, an abandoned farmhouse near the Beaumont Ranch summer camp. The Hamner place, where, it is said, an entire family was murdered, slaughtered by a deranged serial killer who was never caught. Fifteen-year-old Evan Houghton has always believed that to be camp legend, but as the summer wears on he becomes less sure – Rod Chamov, the camp’s oddball, claims he can see lights in the Hamner place, strange green lights that no one else can see. No one, at least except Katherine Matheson, who has a psychic gift that tells her that there really is a presence in the Hamner place, an evil presence that is patiently waiting for a victim. Could it be the spirit of the serial killer? The ghosts of his victims? The reality is more incredible than either Evan or Kathy could ever guess…Note: Katherine Matheson appears again in 'You Can't See Us'NOTE: Katherine Matheson appears again in ‘You Can’t See Us’.

Who are They? They are shadows flitting across the desert in the moonlight. They are things you see only from the corner of your eye. They have haunted the Earth for thousands of years, inspiring endless tales of terror; They are the reason human beings have always feared the night. Until now They have made only brief forays into our world, but They have changed their plans; They now want the Earth for themselves.Young Aleksei Arbatov has discovered Their existence; he knows Their plans. He, alone, must face Them, with only a single ally – an ally that might, in the end, actually prove to be one of Them…

Seventeen-year-old Katherine Matheson, in the hospital recovering from an automobile accident, is astounded to discover she can now hear what people are thinking – the accident somehow liberated a telepathic ability she never knew she had before. Almost immediately she is contacted by the Wheel, a group of telepathic nomads on the run from the mysterious Janus, a powerful mentality whom is determined to capture them and use them for his own nefarious purposes. Kathy joins them as they flee from California to New Mexico and then to Illinois, knowing her life is in danger but finding, in the Wheel, a kind of family she never had before. But all families have their secrets, and the Wheel is no exception: Kathy is eventually forced to confront just why the Wheel was created and what it really is…NOTE: Kathy Matheson previously appeared in 'The Empty Place'.

Christopher Draper is a gifted fifteen-year-old who lives in a small desert town. One night, near midnight on Halloween, he witnesses a fantastic apparition: the murder of a young woman and the suicide of her murderer. The experience will change Chris’s life in ways that he cannot imagine, for thereafter he finds himself haunted by the dead girl, a ghost who demands that he help her break the endless repetitions of her murder. As the story unfolds Chris begins to fall in love with the spirit of a girl who has been dead for more than a century…

The Underworld – a seemingly endless complex of caves on an unknown planet in an unknown solar system. This is what teen-age runaway Barriel is faced with when she stows away on a starship and discovers, too late, that she is caught in a war between two merciless factions – a terrorist group and a gang of criminals who are selling them weapons. Wanted by both sides, Barriel and a single law-enforcement officer plunge into the Underworld and try to evade a pursuit – a desperate, life or death pursuit that ends with the fate of millions of people resting on Barriel’s shoulders, and Barriel’s shoulders alone…Note: Barriel appears again in 'Gladiator's Luck'.

Sixteen-year-old Jozan par Julien is First Princess of the Empire of One Hundred Suns and next in line for the throne. Seventeen-year-old Cade-Klin Soline is the most junior member of her bodyguard, someone Jozan is only barely aware of. That changes when an assassination attempt maroons Jozan and Cade-Klin on a dangerous alien planet. Knowing that this is the beginning of an attempt to overthrow her father, Jozan vows to return to the Imperial World, a vow that will throw them headlong into an incredible adventure, an adventure in which they will face a hostile jungle, predatory animals, the mystery of a vast alien space ship and a deadly interstellar conspiracy that will do anything to keep them from reaching their goal. And, at the end of the journey, Jozan will not only have found love with Cade-Klin but will also face the shocking truth about her destiny, a truth she never suspected…

The alien known as Enger, a serial killer on its native world, has stolen a starship and is searching for an obscure planet to hide out. The planet Enger chooses is Earth.Richard McGill and four of his high school friends are the only humans to see Enger’s ship land. This presents an opportunity, for Enger has the ability to duplicate humans perfectly. When the five unsuspecting teenagers enter the ship Enger stuns them, chooses one at random and commences the duplication process, knowing that once the duplication is made Enger will not only look exactly like the original but will have all its memories as well – a perfect disguise.When they wake the terrified teenagers flee the ship, unaware that one of them is still aboard and being held in suspended animation. The period of missing time, however, convinces Richard that one of his friends is an alien, an alien with an unknown agenda. He sets out to unmask the alien and determine why it has come to Earth.And all the time the disguised Enger, increasingly tormented by the desire to kill, has been watching. Richard and his friends will eventually have to be disposed of. It is only a question of where, when, and Enger’s pleasure...