Most Popular Books by Ian Thompson

Super-saving Short Horror Bundle... GLANCING BLOW: Late at night, a man drives through a hellish storm on a dark, secluded forest road. When a creature lunges out in front of his car, he strikes it a glancing blow... Resulting in a nerve-shredding drama of pursuit, violence and suffering as his unintentional victim seeks revenge. Can he survive this grotesque beast? HOOKER: Beauty can be only skin deep. Horror can go right through to the bone. Nigel Fawson is down on his luck - he''s lost both his job and his family - so he sets out to get drunk in a seedy bar. Soon Fawson is comforted by a beautiful girl named Valerie. When he discovers that she is a prostitute, he decides to throw caution to the wind and return to her apartment with her... And that''s when his night turns from awful to utterly lethal. CHAINED: A derelict building. The police find forty-two human skeletons... and one man chained to a wall. He is barely alive. He looks helpless, starved and possibly tortured. What happened to him? What did he witness? What is responsible for all the horrors of this house? And what is the reason for the victim''s strange, desperate request? Also contains the bonus tale INTO THE HOLE - and more! Short Horror Tales are quick reads written to captivate the reader with thrills, chills and unexpected twists. Here are some reviews from this author''s horror releases: ..".thoroughly spooky, enticing and well written from start to finish." ..".great... I could feel the fear..." (Glancing Blow - Short Horror Tales #1) "Great short story..." (Ignition Source - Short Horror Tales #4) ..".well-written, descriptive and enthralling page-turner, that''s not for the faint-hearted... The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat..." (God Of War) "Gory, scary and totally unpredictable." (God Of War)

Volume I: The Apocalypse Begins Hatred, distrust and conflict divide the nations of the world of Emeran - at a time when an apocalyptic threat is rising. Hordes of demonic warriors swarm from beyond the great Wall of Light. They crush opposing armies. They eradicate towns and villages. They have already slaughtered the Unseen Gods... This is an invasion like no other. Their purpose is not to expand their territory, to instil their doctrines on other people or to plunder the riches of their prey, but simply to destroy every living thing... Experience the rising conflict through the lives of characters across Emeran... Inside the walled city of Tremok, the Human princesses Lar and Pec suddenly find themselves in command of a Kingdom, even while they mourn the loss of their father. Lar, a trained warrior, must lead the defence of the city; her mystic sister sets off on a suicidal quest against their enemies... The traveller Cu''si''war returns home to warn his people of the oncoming threat and to urge the pacifist Graex to revert to their former warrior ways... In the Callis lands, a condemned coward named Corfel struggles frantically to save his family... The Callis Captain Plynn and the Human Captain Ku are unaware of the invasion - and are about to engage their armies in a great, futile battle of their own... And The Death, a member of the hunted and now-rare Vere race, continues on a solitary mission of vengeance... Plunge into a realm facing annihilation: Epic battles and gritty action. Dark magic and horrendous monstrosities. Soul-crushing choices. Impossible odds, defeat and despair. Witness the fall of the Wall of Light and the first encounters with the invading hordes. Be at the centre of conflicts erupting all over Emeran: in the forest townships of the Callis; at beautiful Mesamir, capital of the Graex; on Deshnere Plain where vast armies collide; and inside the city of Tremok, under assault by hundreds of thousands of invaders. Join the desperate mission behind enemy lines. Feel the wealth of emotions embroiled in this war-torn saga - from love and unswerving loyalty, to the bitterest sorrow, to savage bloodlust and unbridled terror. Against the coming of the Era of Darkness, heroism, desperation and self-sacrifice will surely not be enough... Extinction is inevitable. Volume II: Extinction Hundreds of thousands of warriors have already perished in the war against the demon invaders. Now the conflict reaches a devastating conclusion... Queen Lar''s defence of Tremok has inflicted massive casualties upon the demon hordes. In response, the invaders amass all their forces from across the world of Emeran to besiege and annihilate the walled city. The Demon Masters know that once Tremok falls, all hope is lost for Emeran. The raw heroism of Tremok''s defenders faces a force which utterly outnumbers and outmatches them. Battles become more and more desperate. Human numbers dwindle in every slaughter. Survivors are exhausted and losing hope... Can the unexpected arrival of reinforcements possibly turn the tide of the conflict in Lar''s favour? And what of the new demon reinforcements? More lethal warriors. More terrible weapons. More horrific allies... Yet, worse is to come... What has happened to Pec''s expedition to the Demon Masters'' citadel? Has an insidious betrayal consigned the nations of Emeran to extinction?

Crime reporters Ray Hammett and Jessica Summers are asked to do a favour for their police contacts DI Matt Dean and DS Donat, who would like some good press for a job well done. The officers were called to the scene of an apparent suicide, but have quickly uncovered and solved a murder... Or have they? Ray and Jessica are too shrewd to simply write up the news item and take a few pictures. Something doesn''t feel right. So they begin to nose around... and find that the pieces of this puzzle don''t fit... If Rafe Masterson was forced to drink poison by his business partner to fake a suicide... why is there a bullet hole in his desk? How could the partner''s plan to escape the scene by car have gone so wrong? Does the murder have more to do with the infamous gangster who was threatening Masterson? And what does the innocent-looking secretary have to hide? Much to the annoyance of their police friends, Ray and Jessica start to put together what really happened. The case hinges not only on who wanted Rafe Masterson dead, but who would want him to die in the manner he did... If they get it right, the pair might just prevent a second, truly awful crime. The clues are all there, alongside the lies, red herrings and misdirections. Can you solve the mystery before Ray and Jessica? From 5-Star Reviews for the Ray Hammett & Jessica Summers series: "...very intense and very well written" "...a great story, well written and beautifully constructed, with well drawn characters". "...a thriller... you can''t stop reading" "I went back to Sherlock Holmes, this was awesome" "The mystery combined with the action and murder made it something I couldn''t resist" "...characters were interesting and real... full of twists and turns" "...a fantastic whodunit thriller... Highly recommended" "...an absolutely awesome, intense read."

Specially developed for group work in the classroom, this title discusses the use of coal for energy in our world. Providing clear and easy-to-read information it is suitable for children of different reading abilities.

At the heart of the Longman MathsWorks programme is the fantastic Teaching and Learning software -- short-listed for three BETT awards. For use on the interactive whiteboard or around a computer, the activities allow you to explore concepts with the whole class or challenge smaller groups to work things out for themselves.

When the world needs a hero, what are the chances one will come along?Max Fry has just had the worst date in his entire life. When he finds himself dumped and thrown out onto the street, it''s the middle of the night and even the local Starbucks is shut. Seeking refuge on a park bench, he didn''t think things could get worse.Fate has other ideas...Felicity Ward is head of a little known arm of the British Intelligence service called MI9. It''s little known because it does absolutely nothing. What they need to become operational is a mostly dead body; unfortunately, mostly dead bodies are hard to come by.Until fate intervenes...Trillian Jackson is stuck in a dead end job working for a national newspaper. She''s got her blog, but she needs that one break, that one scoop that will launch her from obscurity to an overnight, Internet sensation.Fate is watching her...Scroll up, scroll up, Max Fry waits for no one!

After being slain in the epic Trojan War, Prince Hector found himself reborn on an extraordinary new world. He befriended the Nemalite people, lived among them, met their Viron gods... and set out to save the Nemalites from the vicious threat of the Atlans... But everything since his rebirth had been lies and manipulations. His attack upon the Atlans plunged those innocents into hellish turmoil and condemned many to a fate far crueller than death. Now Hector fights alongside the surviving Atlans in an effort to undo the terrible harm he has unleashed. Despite the Atlans hating and condemning him, he teaches them how to fight the Nemalites

Another super-saving Short Horror Tales omnibus... #CANCELLED: Fifteen-year-old Becca Robbins loves to see celebrity lies revealed. Tonight she watches a live internet exposé... Its host recounts that years ago TV star Bob Vanut was accused of a horrible crime and #cancelled. He committed suicide. Now Vanut''s innocence will be proved - and the real culprits will be punished before millions of viewers... Is this a macabre joke, a twisted hoax or something far more terrifying? LETHAL SYMMETRIES: In 1861, Dr Tomberton and Police Inspector Evans investigate the mystery at the Carmichael mansion. A corpse has been found, hideously transformed by a malignant force. The Carmichael household and two policeman have seemingly vanished... What is the entity inside the mansion? How was it unleashed? How do the murders in 1861 relate to events in 1502... and to the genius Leonardo da Vinci? SLOWLY, UNDER SIEGE: Injured, exhausted and trapped in a derelict house, the assassin Mr Slowly finds his hideaway under siege - by a kill-team of vampires seeking vengeance. Seventeen blood-hungry horrors against an ailing assassin and his untrained companion Pearl are lousy odds. There can be no escape, only a desperate fight to the death... Luckily, killing is Mr Slowly''s trade. And business will be very good tonight... Short Horror Tales are quick reads written to captivate the reader with thrills, chills and unexpected twists. Reviews from this author''s horror releases: "Absolutely horrific! Excellent rendition of the power of today''s social media, with its instant judgement and no way to know truth from fabrication." (#Cancelled - Short Horror Tale #16) "...thoroughly spooky, enticing and well written from start to finish." "...great... I could feel the fear..." "...shows true mastery of the short horror story... a wildly imaginative antagonist unlike anything I''ve read before... a quick, captivating read full of horror and thrills. The tense action and suspense of Glancing Blow make it incredibly hard to put down..." (Glancing Blow - Short Horror Tales #1) "...When the blood starts to splatter, Nigel''s day gets really rough. Thompson has devised a brilliantly brutal creature to sic on his leading man. Creative and twisted, the monster is a total terror... Hooker is an absolutely insane, blood-pumping ride... With a wicked cool monster and a page-turning climax, this is one Creature Feature you won''t want to miss out on..." (Hooker - Short Horror Tales #2) "Great short story..." (Ignition Source - Short Horror Tales #4) "...well-written, descriptive and enthralling page-turner, that''s not for the faint-hearted... The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat..." (God Of War) "...extremely well written and very dark. The author did a great job of creating a palpable sense of doom that surrounds the main character from the beginning, and then creating more tension and horror as the story went on..." (Into The Hole)