Books with author Richard Mason

All Orion “Ryan” Cooper ever wanted was to enter high school with the rest of his friends and be normal. But being recruited by the time-traveling Special Historic Operations Council (SHOC) to help save history as humanity knows it quickly ruined that. What seems like the adventure of a lifetime turns deadly when Ryan’s minor role in a mission to Nazi Germany forces him to choose between running to safety or seeing the mission through. From crowded Nazi streets to the Parthenon of Ancient Athens, Ryan fights a one-man war against the organization known only as Legion: a time-hopping terrorist group dedicated to the destruction of mankind for their own ends. Whether he fights or runs, death seems the only guarantee, and Ryan can only pray he stays one step ahead…

Beautiful Photographs of GoldfishGoldfishAquarium scene with a bright orange goldfish swimming, tail at lower left, head at upper right, with some driftwood and another goldfish, white and orange, behind.Makes an excellent coffee table book for casual browsing and to inspire happy conversations about Goldfish. The Year of the Goldfish will be the go-to gift book for Goldfish lovers of all ages.

Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him. By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.... Richard Matheson's classic novel has now been transformed by Warner Bros. into a major motion picture starring Academy Award nominee Will Smith. Directed by Francis Lawrence ("Constantine"), the film opens nationwide in December 2007.

Tough guy John Ferguson has spent the evening drinking and gambling with his friend and neighbor Edwin Lawrence, and now Ferguson owes him a good sum of money. He suspects that Lawrence has cheated. That evening he has a horrific nightmare that Lawrence has been brutally murdered and mutilated by an unspeakable beast. He awakes and finds a blood drenched woman standing in his room, who has no memory of how she got there or who she is. The next morning he discovers, to his horror, that Lawrence was in fact brutally murdered in the night and this mysterious, beautiful woman soon becomes one of many main suspects, including himself. Ferguson is on a quest to find the killer, but who is it? Could this woman, that he has fallen in love with, really be the brutal killer, or is it the demonic creature of his dream? Or are they one in the same?A prolific horror and thriller writer, Richard Marsh (1857–1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. He is best known for his supernatural thriller "The Beetle: A Mystery", which was published in the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula and was initially even more popular. "The Goddess: A Demon" was first published in 1900.

• This edition binds together two classic novels from horror writer Richard Marsh: The Beetle: A Mystery & A Master of DeceptionThe Beetle: A Mystery (1897). A mysterious oriental person pursues a British politician to London, where he wreaks havoc with his powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting, in search of vengeance for the defilement of a sacred tomb in Egypt.Marsh's novel was published in the same period as Bram Stoker's Dracula and like many sensational novels of the time The Beetle is narrated from the perspectives of multiple characters.The novel uses numerous themes of the late 19th century, including unemployment and urban destitution, radical politics, homosexuality, science, and Britain's imperial engagements (in particular those in Egypt and the Sudan). A Master of Deception (1915)Mr. Elmore's uncle, much like his father, has committed suicide and he would like answers where none are to be found. The novel is part mystery, part romance, packed in a tightly written and witty style. "Perhaps," said Mr. Wilkes, replying to his unspoken question, "you had better go. You will commit yourself to nothing by going.""Whereas," observed Elmore, with his smiling glance fixed on the managing man, "you will commit yourself to a good deal by not going, because I shall not only put you out of this door, but into the street. So far as this office is concerned, that will be the end of you. I will take steps which will ensure your never entering it again."After another brief moment of hesitation, with a glance of what was very like reproach towards the lawyer, Andrews quitted the room, with the air of one who was both bewildered and hurt.

This book will steal your soul."This made my brain hurt." -Anonymous Litigant Mystical. Weird. Hilarious. A dumb cast of characters you have to see to believe.The lazy Uncle who fuses with his favorite chair.The computer virus that takes on a life of its own.The surgeon on an acid trip.Bootsy Collins.What do these people have in common? About as much as you have with Kevin Bacon.Witness how the actions of one can affect the lives of many in these Degrees of Separation.Get ready for a downward spiral through hell.Through beauty and nightmares, through comedy and tragedy.A novel? Yes.A short story collection? Yes.Call it what you will, but I can promise you that it is made of 100% readable words.Degrees of Separation was originally penned by a squadron of Black Sabbath fans at a Steely Dan show. The pages that weren’t used for rolling special cigarettes were retrieved from the floor of the concert hall, and then (barely) translated into this book here.Step right up, strap in, and enjoy the ride!

Classic horror in the form of a supernatural thriller: London is haunted by mysterious cases of death, stalkings and burglary. A prominent member of parliament seems to be the focus of the incidents. Behind the events is a hostile and powerful entity called "the Arab," which takes the shape of a man or a sexually seductive woman depending on circumstances and intentions. It is a thing born of neither God nor human, but connected with the Egyptian cult of Isis.The Englishman Richard Marsh (pseudonym for Richard Bernard Heldmann, 1857-1915) was a major best-selling author during the late Victorian era, though now largely forgotten except among scholars and connoisseurs of horror fiction. Especially The Beetle (1897) was reprinted numerous times and translated into languages all over the world, with a popularity that lasted decades into the 20th century, adapted to the screen in a British movie 1919 and several times for the stage, most notably in a big production for Strand Theatre 1928. Today the novel has been reinstated by scholars as a great Victorian classic, similar in themes and mood to Bram Stoker's Dracula which was published the same year, a prime example of fin de siècle literature.Richard Marsh was specialized in horror, suspense and the supernatural, with strong elements of crime and detective fiction; he also wrote clear-cut detective stories, for example with the character Judith Lee, an early female detective. One of his recurring characters is the Hon. Augustus Champnell, an aristocratic detective with an interest in the occult, who is also the main protagonist in this novel.

Stories include... I Am Legend • Buried Talents • The Near Departed • Prey • Witch War • Dance of the Dead • Dress of White Silk • Mad House • The Funeral • From Shadowed Places • Person to Person *** Robert Neville is the last surviving human on earth, but he is not alone. An apocalyptic plague has infected every man, woman and child, changing them into blood-crazed, rampaging vampires-and they're all out for his blood. A hunter by day, he hides away in his house at night, determined to survive their attacks. But a new strain of vampire is evolving, committed to creating a new world, and to them, Neville is every bit as frightening as they are to him. Inspired by Dracula, Matheson turned the traditional vampire legend on its head, attempting to explain undead phenomena by scientific means, and making I Am Legend a moving treatise on loneliness and conformity. *** Physicist Lionel Barrett and Edith, his loyal but repressed wife. Beautiful Spiritualist Florence Tanner. Cynical psychic Ben Fischer. Hired by a dying magnate to determine if life survives death, they must spend one week in the notorious Hell House. Boarded up for thirty years, the old Belasco mansion witnessed scenes of almost unimaginable horror and depravity. Two previous attempts to exorcise the house ended in disaster. Battling inner demons of their own, Barrett and his companions each have secret reasons for daring the house, and each refuses to leave until its mystery is solved. But can any soul survive the torments and temptations within the most haunted house on Earth? Also contains 10 short stories, including "Prey," basis of the film short, Amelia, in the TV movie Trilogy of Terror. Softcover. (301 pp.) 1951-1989.

The Darkest of Tidings Can Lead to the Greatest of TriumphsBanished from his beloved London in 1303, Gregory of Bordeaux heads to Gascony, the old wine duchy in southwest France, to wait out his expulsion. Far from idle, he is burdened with tasks that if completed, enable a triumphal return home, where his wife and infant twins await. Out into the hills he rides, the cities and castles, the vineyards and wastelands, each stop a step closer to the tidy merchant's life he'd left behind. Smoldering among the writs and letters tucked in his satchel is an arrest warrant, one he must serve on an outlawed traitor to the king. Safe within the walls of his bleak stronghold, Alphonse of Bayonne--brooding over his mistakes and eaten through with tedium--must bide his time until a royal pardon, his last and doubtful hope for redemption, is granted. Gregory, who in exile sees a grand opportunity for his own ends, has other ideas. The Gascony Letters, sequel to The Southampton Chronicle, is another stone-and-steel dash through the Middle Ages, another series of high escapades in a time when horses were fast, swords were sharp, and all roads led to peril. Joined by his former page, Warren of Lichfield, Gregory again resorts to his feared weapon of choice--a goose-feather quill dipped in poisonous ink--as he struggles to tilt the field in his favor.

Three tales so twisted, they'll make you question your own sanity."The best thing I've read since sliced bread!" -Name WithheldGoldilocks and the Mob. Hansel and Gretel and the Cannibal Cookies. Adam and Eve and their madcap romp through the Garden of Eden. These aren't your childhood fairy tales. Pick up your copy today and see why readers are calling it outlandish. Hysterical. On the brink of lunacy.A big ol' word-buffet of the familiar and the surreal. You’ll be asking for seconds.Note: This series does not need to be read in alphabetical order. Mix and match! Trade with friends!