In this, the ninth installment of Mark Sheldon's epic "Noricin Chronicles" saga, journey back to the very beginning and witness the origins of the madman who, after a life of societal rejection, would go on to become the most dangerous sociopath the world has ever known: the Scorpion.

Enter the world of Hans Gottlehrling, the first of the Noricin race, as he struggles to harness and understand his newfound powers, while protecting his sister, Caroline, from the malevolent being who pursues them relentlessly throughout the streets of of 19th century London. As Hans fights for the lives of himself and his sister, he draws ever closer to a hidden family secret - a secret that will change his world forever.

Maggie Dallen, last of the Gottlehrling bloodline, lived a relatively idyllic life, until the death of her husband left her pregnant, in a world turned upside down. As Maggie flees from the trauma of her past, little does she know that a madman with a vendetta against her family is hunting her down...and will stop at nothing to find her.

In this, the final installment of Mark Sheldon's epic series, Sheldon takes us back in time to see the origins of the Norcinite race. Follow Deucalion through the 18th century as he mercilessly pursues his quest of vengeance upon the Gottlehrling family. Believing it to be his only chance at finding rest, Deucalion relentlessly pursues the descendants of Victor Gottlehrling across Europe - but an unexpected adversary rises from the ashes of Deucalion's reign of terror and proves to be the one person alive capable of standing between Deucalion and the obliteration of the Gottlehrling...

A collection of six short stories of the dark and mysterious by author Mark Sheldon. In "The Second Chance," Claire awakens suddenly to find herself sitting in the waiting room of the enigmatic "Dr. T." She has no recollection of how she came to be here or even where "here" is. In "The Life of Death," see the birth and early adolescent years of Morrey, and witness her journey to become the Angel of Death. In "The King of Lost Vegans," Jonathan Sykes travels 2,000 years into the future and discovers the bizarre fate of the human race. In "A Letter to Mr. Barnabus Blathersby," a mysterious and...

Sarah Killian is not your average thirty year-old single woman. Foul-mouthed, mean-spirited, and a text-book-case loner. Also, she is a Professional Serial Killer. Sarah works for T.H.E.M. (Trusted Hierarchy of Everyday Murderers), a secret organization of murderers for hire headed up by the mysterious Zeke.

But a wrench is thrown into the clockwork of Sarah's comfortable lifestyle when, on her latest assignment, she is forced to take on an apprentice, Bethany--a bubbly, perky, blonde with a severe case of verbal-vomit. In short, Bethany is everything Sarah is not.