Most Popular Books by Daniel Kraus

Once upon a time, we lived alongside Legends. Creatures of myth. Centaurs, fauns, gorgons, kelpies, gnomes, and more. They were spectacular. Majestic. Powerful. Peaceful. Pure. In comparison, we were ugly. Weak. Warmongering. Rotten. Is it any wonder we could not live alongside them any longer? After driving these Legends to the fringes of society, an uglier form of mythos takes shape in the form of rumors of live snuff shows for dark web high rollers. When a mysterious young woman, Nessa, enlists the help of a hacker to take a tour of the grisliest corners of the Dark Web, she sets in motion a war between those who peddle to mankind’s darkest fantasies and a world that transcends imagination. Trojan is fantasy thriller full of wonder and horror in equal measure.

Once upon a time, we lived alongside Legends. Creatures of myth. Centaurs, fauns, gorgons, kelpies, gnomes, and more. They were spectacular. Majestic. Powerful. Peaceful. Pure. In comparison, we were ugly. Weak. Warmongering. Rotten. Is it any wonder we could not live alongside them any longer? After driving these Legends to the fringes of society, an uglier form of mythos takes shape in the form of rumors of live snuff shows for dark web high rollers. When a mysterious young woman, Nessa, enlists the help of a hacker to take a tour of the grisliest corners of the Dark Web, she sets in motion a war between those who peddle to mankind’s darkest fantasies and a world that transcends imagination. Trojan is fantasy thriller full of wonder and horror in equal measure. In this concluding issue, Nessa goes live in what might be the final appearance of her life.

Once upon a time, we lived alongside Legends. Creatures of myth. Centaurs, fauns, gorgons, kelpies, gnomes, and more. They were spectacular. Majestic. Powerful. Peaceful. Pure. In comparison, we were ugly. Weak. Warmongering. Rotten. Is it any wonder we could not live alongside them any longer? After driving these Legends to the fringes of society, an uglier form of mythos takes shape in the form of rumors of live snuff shows for dark web high rollers. When a mysterious young woman, Nessa, enlists the help of a hacker to take a tour of the grisliest corners of the Dark Web, she sets in motion a war between those who peddle to mankind’s darkest fantasies and a world that transcends imagination. Trojan is fantasy thriller full of wonder and horror in equal measure.

Master''s Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics - Trade and Distribution, grade: 1,3, German Graduate School of Management and Law gGmbH, language: English, abstract: This thesis comparatively investigates factors for customers satisfaction in voice commerce and e-commerce to assess the emphasis customers place on factors in both channels. Voice commerce is a newly evolving electronic commerce channel where customers communicate with dedicated systems on smart speakers, mobile phones or other devices using their voice, in order to find and order products. This thesis identifies customer satisfaction predictors that potentially differ between both channels: convenience and transaction process efficiency are based on previous research on chatbot and digital assistant expectations. In the area of recommendations, recommendation personalization (the degree of personalization of product recommendations) is identified from previous research. The construct of recommendation complexity has been created, which is the degree of detail and amount of information recommendations are presented. Differences in this domain of computer-human-interaction are explained by media richness theory, an application of neuro-ergonomics. Data was collected through a survey conducted on the crowdsourcing platform Amazon MTurk. The sample consisted of 178 US consumers that had purchased goods using both e-commerce and voice commerce. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used as well as multiple regression analysis for statistical hypotheses testing. Two SEM models were created for each voice commerce and e-commerce and both models were compared to investigate comparative hypotheses. This research enables product managers to recognize which factors of customers satisfaction differ from those in e-commerce. While developing their voice commerce strategy and system design, managers should emphasize convenience factors such as ease of use and ease of understanding, as well as an efficient transaction process.

"The Entrepreneur''s Compass: Navigating the Mindset for Growth" is a transformative guide that empowers entrepreneurs with the essential mindset and skills needed to thrive in today''s business landscape. From financial management to marketing strategies, this book provides practical insights and actionable steps for sustainable growth. Discover the key principles and mindset shifts necessary to overcome challenges, seize opportunities, and achieve entrepreneurial success. Whether you''re starting a business or aiming to scale up, this compass will guide you towards long-term growth.

A história de Guillermo del Toro que deu origem ao filme vencedor do Leão de Ouro no Festival de Veneza, recordista de indicações ao Globo de Ouro e um dos mais cotados na corrida do Oscar 2018. Richard Strickland é um oficial do governo dos Estados Unidos enviado à Amazônia para capturar um ser mítico e misterioso cujos poderes inimagináveis seriam utilizados para aumentar a potência militar do país, em plena Guerra Fria. Dezessete meses depois, o homem enfim retorna à pátria, levando consigo o deus Brânquia, o deus de guelras, um homem-peixe que representa para Strickland a selvageria, a insipidez, o calor — o homem que ele próprio se tornou, e quem detesta ser. Para Elisa Esposito, uma das faxineiras do centro de pesquisas para o qual o deus Brânquia é levado, a criatura representa a esperança, a salvação para sua vida sem graça cercada de silêncio e invisibilidade. Richard e Elisa travam uma batalha tácita e perigosa. Enquanto para um o homem-peixe é só um objeto a ser dissecado, subjugado e exterminado, para a outra ele é um amigo, um companheiro que a escuta quando ninguém mais o faz, alguém cuja existência deve ser preservada. Mistura bem dosada de conto de fadas, terror e suspense, A forma da água traz o estilo inconfundível e marcante de Guillermo del Toro, numa narrativa que se expande nas brilhantes ilustrações de James Jean e no filme homônimo, vencedor do Leão de Ouro em 2017. Uma história cinematográfica e atemporal sobre um homem e seus traumas, uma mulher e sua solidão, e o deus que muda para sempre essas duas vidas.

O estilo inconfundível e marcante de Guillermo del Toro, sempre envolvendo universos mágicos, criaturas fantásticas e histórias espantosas, está presente em toda a sua obra como cineasta, roteirista, produtor e autor. Em Caçadores de trolls, ele presenteia os leitores com uma história sombria e de dar arrepios, com ilustrações capazes de nos transportar para um mundo paralelo apavorante. Jim Sturges é o típico adolescente na cidade de San Bernardino: tem um pai superprotetor, um melhor amigo meio desajeitado e uma paixão platônica por uma menina que nem sabe que ele existe. Mas isso tudo muda quando um mistério de décadas ressurge, ameaçando a vida de todos os moradores da entediante cidadezinha. Junto com um grupo de heróis improváveis, Jim terá que enfrentar monstros com um gosto especial por carne humana. Um livro sobre os medos e criaturas que se ocultam onde menos se espera.

YEAR ZERO chronicles the aftermath of a worldwide zombie plague that affects the entire planet. See how everyday people from all walks of life try to survive in this new world where the dead eat the living, and ask yourself: "Where were YOU when the LIVES went out?!" In this action-packed prelude to the hit series, acclaimed horror writer Daniel Kraus (George Romero’s The Living Dead, The Autumnal) unveils four globe-spanning tales from the earliest days of the zombie apocalypse when even the wildest rumors couldn’t measure up to the horror to come. A streetwise Russian cop patrols the back alleys of the opportunistic black market that emerges in response to the crisis…a North Korean soldier observes strange happenings on the DMZ…An E.R. nurse in the rural South fights to protect her hospital from threats without and within…A transgender flight attendant who has observed disturbing clues as she crisscrosses the globe keeps a wary eye on the passenger in seat 23C.

The critically acclaimed author of the “crazily enjoyable” (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war. Private Cyril Bagger has managed to survive the unspeakable horrors of the Great War through his wits and deception, swindling fellow soldiers at every opportunity. But his survival instincts are put to the ultimate test when he and four other grunts are given a deadly mission: venture into the perilous No Man’s Land to euthanize a wounded comrade. What they find amid the ruined battlefield, however, is not a man in need of mercy but a fallen angel, seemingly struck down by artillery fire. This celestial being may hold the key to ending the brutal conflict, but only if the soldiers can suppress their individual desires and work together. As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell. Angel Down plunges you into the heart of World War I and weaves a polyphonic tale of survival, supernatural wonder, and moral conflict.

Alla fine di Yellow Street c’è una discarica. Al centro della discarica c’è una casa fatiscente. Da lì Robbie ordisce un piano per vendicarsi di tutti i torti subìti nella vita. Arrabbiato, emarginato, abbandonato dai genitori, ha messo insieme un piccolo esercito di tre ragazzini – Jody, Dag e Midge – pronti ad aiutarlo nella crudele impresa: nascondere lamette, veleni e vetri sbriciolati nelle caramelle che quella sera, per Halloween, verranno distribuite ai bambini che busseranno alla sua porta. Gli orologi ticchettano, e sono molti i piccoli innocenti che potrebbero andare incontro a una fine terribile. È Jody a dover procurare le dolci armi di distruzione: porterà a termine il piano malvagio di Robbie o lo farà saltare? Raccontato da voci indimenticabili, il romanzo di Daniel Kraus è al tempo stesso feroce ed emozionante, fa riflettere e fa ridere senza ritegno. Dopo averlo letto non potrete più scartare una caramella con noncurante leggerezza.

Jay Gardiner deve compiere un’impresa disperata: trovare i resti del padre sul fondo dell’Oceano Pacifico, al largo di Monastery Beach. Jay sa bene che è una missione impossibile, ma sente che è l’unico modo per liberarsi dal senso di colpa, quello che si porta dietro da quando suo padre è morto suicida l’anno precedente. L’immersione comincia con il piede giusto, ma l’improvvisa comparsa di un calamaro gigante mette Jay in serio pericolo: l’arrivo di un capodoglio affamato, poi, peggiora infinitamente la situazione. Jay si ritrova impigliato fra i tentacoli del calamaro che lo trascinano dentro la bocca della balena, e da lì finisce risucchiato nel primo dei quattro stomaci. Capisce subito che gli resta solo un’ora prima di esaurire l’ossigeno: un’ora per sconfiggere i suoi demoni e fuggire dal ventre della balena.

Obwohl es ein aussichtsloses Unterfangen ist, hat sich Jay Gardiner an der Pazifikküste vor Monastery Beach auf die Suche nach den sterblichen Überresten seines Vaters gemacht. Er glaubt, dass es die einzige Möglichkeit ist, seine Schuldgefühle loszuwerden, die er seit dem Selbstmord seines Vaters mit sich herumträgt. Bei einem Tauchgang wird er von den Tentakeln eines Riesenkalmars erfasst, der kurz darauf von einem Pottwal auf der Suche nach Futter angegriffen wird. Gemeinsam landen sie in einem der vier Mägen des riesigen Wals ... Jay hat nur eine Stunde Zeit, bevor ihm der Sauerstoff ausgeht - eine Stunde, um seine Dämonen zu besiegen und aus dem Bauch des Wals zu entkommen. Ein wissenschaftlich exakter Thriller, der in einer absurd unwahrscheinlichen Umgebung spielt. Ein emotionales und wahnsinnig unterhaltsames Abenteuer. Doch der Star des Buches ist eindeutig der Wal - gewaltig, unergründlich und intelligent. Und er ist sich, wie Jay, seiner Sterblichkeit sehr bewusst. Daniel Kraus, der mit Guillermo del Toro die Romanversion des Films The Shape of Water schrieb, schildert die Rätsel der Unterwasserwelt mit der Strenge eines Wissenschaftlers und der Sensibilität eines Dichters. Booklist: »Eine bewegende Charakterstudie, getarnt als fesselnder, kinoreifer Überlebensthriller ... Das Tempo ist unerbittlich, die Ehrfurcht verblüffend und die Spannung erdrückend ...« Gillian Flynn: »Außergewöhnlich großartig. Whalefall ist wirklich ein wunderschöner Roman - ein Must Read über das Meer, die Demut und die bitteren Beziehungen zwischen Vätern und Söhnen.« Daniel Kraus ist Bestsellerautor zahlreicher Romane, die in über 20 Sprachen übersetzt wurden, darunter THE LIVING DEAD, den er gemeinsam mit dem legendären Regisseur George A. Romero schrieb. Zusammen mit Guillermo del Toro schuf er THE SHAPE OF WATER, die Verfilmung wurde mit einem Oscar prämiert. Ebenfalls mit del Toro verfasste Kraus den Roman TROLLHUNTERS, der die Vorlage bildete für die mit dem Emmy ausgezeichnete Netflix-Serie. Er lebt mit seiner Frau in Chicago. Besucht Daniel auf seiner Website: danielkraus.com

Nous sommes en 1963, et Elisa Esposito survit tant bien que mal. Née muette, abandonnée par sa famille, elle travaille de nuit comme femme de ménage au Centre Occam de recherche aérospatiale. Un soir, elle surprend quelque chose qu''elle n''était pas censée voir : un homme amphibie prisonnier d''une cuve, qui doit être étudié par les scientifiques pour faire avancer la course à l''espace de la Guerre Froide. La créature est terrifiante, mais aussi magnifique - elle fascine Elisa. Utilisant la langue des signes, celle-ci établit une communication. Bientôt, la créature devient sa seule raison de vivre. Pendant ce temps, Richard Strickland, le militaire brutal qui a capturé la créature en Amazonie, envisage de la disséquer avant que les Russes ne tentent de s''en emparer. Elisa doit tout risquer pour sauver la créature. Avec l''aide d''une collègue qui souffre du racisme ambiant et d''un voisin malchanceux qui n''a plus rien à perdre, elle met au point un plan d''évasion. Mais Strickland ne l''entend pas de cette oreille. Et les Russes sont bel et bien sur l''affaire... Le fantastique, la romance et l''horreur s''entremêlent dans une histoire d''amour obsédante et tragique/ Le film, réalisé par Guillermo del Toro, a remporté 80 récompenses et a reçu plus de 230 nominations dont : Oscars du cinéma : 4 récompenses dont celles du Meilleur film et Meilleur réalisateur Mostra de Venise : 4 récompenses dont le Lion d''or du meilleur film Golden Globes : 2 récompenses dont celle du Meilleur réalisateur BAFTA Awards : 3 récompenses dont celles du Meilleur réalisateur British Academy Film Awards : 3 récompenses dont celle de la Meilleure réalisation Critics Choice Movie Awards : 4 récompenses dont celles du Meilleur film et du Meilleur réalisateur Directors Guild of America Awards : Meilleure réalisation pour un film « Entre Amélie Poulain et La Belle et la Bête. Avec cette romance, Guillermo del Toro lance un appel à la tolérance, à l''amour de la différence. » Huffington Post (France) « Un évident triomphe artistique, qui réunit les deux facettes du cinéaste : le poète ultra-sensible et l''entertainer universel. » Première « Plus que tout autre chose, cette histoire est une ode à l''idée que la liberté et la grâce peuvent être conquises, mais seulement après avoir brisé les chaînes de la défiance et de la peur. La Forme de l''eau nous entraîne dans un rêve profond. » Time « Ce joyau méticuleusement taillé est l''oeuvre la plus réussie de Guillermo del Toro depuis Le Labyrinthe de Pan. » Hollywood Reporter « Un portrait tout en sensibilité des amours hors des sentiers battus, dont le côté transgressif n''entame ni le réalisme ni la force. » Vanity Fair « Vibrant et enchanteur. » Variety

Es beginnt mit einem Toten, der sich plötzlich von der Bahre erhebt und zwei Pathologen angreift. Schnell breitet sich das Phänomen über das ganze Land aus: In einer Wohnwagensiedlung im Mittleren Westen müssen eine junge Schwarze und ein muslimischer Einwanderer gegen ihre toten Freunde kämpfen, die aus ihren Gräbern hervorgekrochen sind. Auf einem Flugzeugträger der US Navy verstecken sich die überlebenden Seeleute vor ihren untoten Kameraden. Ein einsamer Nachrichtensprecher sendet weiter, bis seine wiederauferstandenen Kollegen kommen, um ihn zu zerfleischen. In Washington, D.C., dokumentiert eine autistische Bundesbeamtin die Ausbrüche für eine Nachwelt, die es vielleicht nie geben wird. Im ganzen Land kämpfen die Lebenden gegen die Toten. Wir dachten, wir wüssten, wie diese Geschichte endet. Wir haben uns geirrt.

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Watchmen meets Unbreakable in the darkly disturbing supernatural tale, ATHANASIA, where the heroic dead bleed power into the ground … only to be unearthed by a down-on-her-luck young woman to unforeseeable consequences. Some secrets are best left buried. Forrest Molson is going nowhere. One year out of high school -- and one year into sobriety -- she''s working with her father as assistant groundskeeper at Athanasia Cemetery, the final resting place of fallen members of the Dynamic Guild, Venture City''s resident superheroes. At her lowest point, Forrest discovers Athanasia''s darkest secret. At night, the cemetery soil bleeds a substance created from the spectacular substances that ooze from rotting superheroes. This ooze becomes Forrest''s new drug -- and she''s intent on using her unpredictable new powers to be judge, jury, and executioner of Venture City''s evil citizens. But as she loses her mind to her new addiction, she inches closer to becoming the most evil of all. ATHANASIA is a superhero story seen through the darkest lens. From New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (The Autumnal, Whalefall, The Shape of Water) and rising star artist Dani! For fans of the graphic novels Black Hammer (Jeff LeMire/Dean Ormston), Watchmen (Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons), The Crow (James O’Barr +Film), Kingdom Come (Mark Waid/Alex Ross), Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore/Brian Bolland), The Boys (Garth Ennis/Darick Roberson), The Authority (Warren Ellis/Bryan Hitch); the films Darkman, Chronicle, and Unbreakable and the novels Alter Ego (Alex Segura), Secret Identity (Alex Segura),V.E. Schwab’s Villains series (Vicious and Vengeful), and Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassin series.

Her estranged mother''s death brings Kat Somerville back to Comfort Notch, New Hampshire, a home town she can barely remember. As she and her daughter Sybil try to settle into a new life, Kat discovers that sometimes home is best forgotten. WELCOME TO COMFORT NOTCH! HOME OF AMERICA''S PRETTIEST AUTUMN. YOU''LL NEVER WANT TO LEAVE. Following the death of her estranged mother, Kat Somerville and her daughter, Sybil, flee a difficult life in Chicago for the quaint--and possibly pernicious--town of Comfort Notch, New Hampshire. From NY Times best-selling author, Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water, Trollhunters, The Living Dead), and rising star Chris Shehan, comes a haunting vision of America''s prettiest autumn. Collects the complete eight issue series.

From the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling The Shape of Water comes the “utterly riveting” (Entertainment Weekly) complete life—and death—of Zebulon Finch, now available in a magnificent hardcover boxed set. At the end of the twentieth century, seventeen-year-old Zebulon Finch is voluntarily being sealed into a tomb far beneath the World Trade Center. After a long, grueling journey across American history, he is determined to fade away into the darkness at last—but not before setting the record straight on his infamous “life” once and for all. So he begins to write his story, starting in 1896—the year he was shot to death on a beach by a fellow Chicago gangster. Zebulon spent a mere twenty minutes in the void before waking up to find that his corpse still lived. After being swept into Lake Michigan, hooked by a fisherman, and sold to a traveling medicine show, he began to live a second life quite unlike the first. As decade after decade passes, Zebulon slowly comes to understand the meaning of life even as everyone he knows succumbs to death—friends, enemies, and lovers alike. Grand, thrilling, heartbreaking, funny, and ambitious at every turn, The Death & Life of Zebulon Finch is not just one young man’s story. Rather, it is the story of America itself, the story of what it means to be human in a world so often lacking in humanity.

FINALLY RE-RELEASING, THIS 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION COMES WITH A BRAND NEW INTRODUCTION! Someone is killing boys in a small town. The murder weapon is a truck, and the only protection is a curfew enacted to keep kids off the streets. But it''s summer-and that alone is worth the risk of staying out late for James, Willie, and Reggie. Willie, who lost his arm in the first hit-and-run attack, finds it hard to keep up with his two best friends as they leave childhood behind. All of them are changing, hounded by their parents, hunted by the killer, and haunted by the "monster," a dead thing that guards the dangerous gateway between youth and manhood. But that''s not all: shadowing the boys everywhere is Mel Herman, the mysterious and brilliant bully whose dark secrets may hold the key to their survival. As the summer burns away, these forces collide, and it will take compassion, brains, and guts for the boys to overcome their demons-and not become monsters themselves. In this chilling and poignant debut novel, NYT bestseller Daniel Kraus deftly explores the choices boys grapple with and the revelations that occur as they become men. "Utterly unique from the very first line." -JOSHUA FERRIS, award winning author of Then We Came to the End "Beneath the terror and the thrills, there is truth in this haunting tale. It pierced my heart straight through." -LAUREN MYRACLE, NYT bestselling author of the Internet Girls series.

Uma obra inquietante que revela a sujeira em nossas mãos Roubo de túmulos. Que tipo de monstro faria uma coisa dessas? É verdade que Leonardo da Vinci fez isso, Shakespeare escreveu sobre isso e os “homens da ressurreição” da Escócia do século XIX praticamente transformaram isso em arte. Mas nada disso importa para Joey Crouch, um menino de 16 anos que tira boas notas, toca na banda da escola e procura não entrar em brigas. Sua calmaria é arrebatada por uma tragédia que o força a deixar tudo o que lhe é familiar para trás e viver com um pai que jurava não existir. E, com isso, novos limites são ultrapassados. Prepare-se para desenterrar sentimentos apodrecidos que jazem em uma cova dentro de nós. Exumados, novo livro da Macabra em parceria com a DarkSide Books, é uma obra inquietante que mergulha os leitores em um mundo obscuro e visceral, e nos leva a questionar os limites da moralidade. A trama magistral de Daniel Kraus e os personagens inesquecíveis fazem de Exumados um épico comovente, aterrorizante e não convencional sobre pais e filhos, laços familiares complexos, tabus e o espectro sempre presente da mortalidade. Com uma escrita poderosa, Daniel Kraus — escritor já conhecido dos leitores brasileiros por conta da novelização do filme A Forma da Água, que deu a Guillermo del Toro o Oscar de Melhor Filme em 2018 — explora os horrores da natureza humana, e estabelece um novo patamar no mundo do suspense e do horror. O livro foi vencedor do Odyssey Award em 2012 e finalista do Bram Stoker Award no mesmo ano. A Colheita Macabra na DarkSide Books A Macabra Filmes e a DarkSide® Books selaram um pacto eterno e inauguraram, no início de 2020, o selo Macabra para apresentar livros e quadrinhos transgressores ao público brasileiro. Casa de obras como o clássico perturbador A Garota da Casa ao Lado e a icônica coleção Livros de Sangue, de Clive Barker, a Macabra apresenta ao público um livro capaz de revirar as suas entranhas. A fazenda está pronta para uma nova temporada com seus leitores macabros.

Le présent ouvrage a pour but de guider le lecteur dans sa course d''orientation qui le mène d''une institution européenne à l''autre. Un but certes ambitieux que les auteurs tentent d''atteindre en synthétisant de façon adéquate le fonctionnement des institutions européennes et en plaçant ces dernières dans leur contexte historique. Au-delà d''une simple description du fonctionnement des institutions, le lecteur dispose avec cet ouvrage d''un panorama succinct mais complet de la procédure d''adoption du droit communautaire, de sa mise en oeuvre dans les Etats membres et par-devant les tribunaux. Les aspects géographiques et temporels ne font pas défaut, puisque les relations extérieures de l''Union, avec un accent particulier sur la Suisse, de même que les mutations entraînées par l''adoption du Traité de Lisbonne, font également l''objet de cet ouvrage.