Böcker av Steven Charles

Can your greatest strength overcome your greatest weakness?Derek and the triplets have lived with their reclusive uncle since their parents died seven years ago, but there's one corner of his estate they've been forbidden to go; the "Dark Place." Unable to ignore its call, they break the rules, and the "Dark Place" leads them to Veteris where godlike beings, the Children of Veteris, enhance their greatest strengths and weaknesses, and they gain abilities that can only be imagined.Now stranded on a strange world, Derek will need his new abilities to find a way home and rescue his sister, who gets herself captured by the minions of an immortal queen who sees them as a threat to her rule. But time is running short. Derek is days away from his 18th birthday, and only children can survive on Veteris.Behind the scenes, the Children of Veteris manipulate events to force a confrontation with the queen, for she has leverage over them, and they want her gone. It is a confrontation that will determine Derek's fate and that of every child on Veteris.

THE FINAL BATTLEThe aliens have been defeated. The nightmare is over. Or so Jennifer thinks. Lurking in the shadows of Thaler Academy, the last surviving creature plots its vengeance in blood.One by one, her friends are stalked by the wolf-like beast. And one by one, they are rendered helpless. Now, Jennifer is alone. Can she put an end to the alien terror?

JENNIFER IS FIGHTING A BATTLEFOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET.The eerie night cloaks Thaler Academy in silent shadows. Jennifer and her friends know that something is out there. It is infinitely dangerous and it comes from a distant world; intending to destroy all that lives on the planet.Two of Jennifer's friends have been kidnapped-dragged down into the Alien laboratories on the edge of the lake known as the Witch's Eye. And Now, Jennifer realizes there is only one way to stop the relentless terror of the hideous wolf-like creatures:Enter their lair and destroy them. . .or die. . .

TRAPPED LIKE A FLY-IN A WEB OF MOUNTING TERRORThe aliens were taking over. At first, Jennifer thought the horrible menace was confined to posh Thaler Academy. But now, she and her friends were beginning to realize that no one could be trusted. Not even the police.The terror was growing. The hideous creatures that roamed the school grounds assumed human forms.And worse yet, the unearthly beasts knew about Jennifer and her plan to expose them. Could she stop the escalating nightmare before the aliens found the key to Earth's ultimate destruction?

WHERE FEAR LURKS-HORROR MAKES ITS HOME…They were out there. Watching, Waiting, in the looming shadows around Thaler Academy, the wolf-like creatures were hiding their terrible secret from the world. A student was dead, a teacher was missing…and Jennifer Field was terrified. She and her friends were the only ones who knew the awful truth. For only miles away from the school, beyond the murky waters of a legendary lake called Witch's Eye, the alien horror had set up its unearthly home-killing trees and plants, and perhaps, anyone who knew too much.

WHEN CLASSES END, THE HORROR BEGINS…Posh Thaler Academy, nestled in the leafy Connecticut countryside, is one of New England's most exclusive boarding schools. For scholarship student Jennifer Field, it's a dream come true to be Thaler. Until the dream turns into a nightmare.Strange shadows flickering across the moonlit campus… a mysterious old building in the woods with a secret lab…a Dean of students whose startling eyes seem to convey unspoken evil. Jennifer is tempted to blame her imagination for her fears. Then she and her boyfriend, Lee, stumble across the body of a Thaler classmate in the woods. A body twisted in agony… from an encounter with something that only looks human…