Bøger af Joe Vigliotti

Lights in the sky. A body on the shore without a head or hands. A girl missing from the college up the coast. Detective Evelyn Vale of the Sheriff's Department is tasked with the investigation. Young and still new as a detective, Vale is determined to see things through with the assistance of her mentor, the old-school Sergeant Sedgewick. When the murder investigation yields cryptic clues that suggest cult involvement, Vale brings in religious studies professor Hugh Burke to consult. Burke, himself experiencing a crisis of faith, is joined by his student, Kira Moreland, the sister of the missing girl. The investigation forces each of them to confront the paths of their own lives, and unveils dark practices kept hidden for generations - practices which threaten to bring forth a darkness unseen in three centuries.

Sophie Alexander, out of college and abandoned by her fiancee, decides to take on work as a light housekeeper for the novelist Emerson Williams while he composes his next manuscript. Sophie hopes to get her life back together and figure out her next step while facing the emotional fallout of her almost-marriage, and figures the New Hampshire island on which Emerson lives is the perfect place to do so. As she works for Emerson, she decides to read one of his novels, Before the Tide, to better understand him, his past, and his declaration that he is at war with time. Sophie begins to suspect that Emerson might be able to control much more than just events in his books, for she notices strange parallels between what he writes and what she sees around her. Before the Tide quickly becomes a parallel plot to Sophie's own story, and ultimately, the two intertwine. Just as Sophie falls romantically for Emerson, she discovers an unpublished chapter from the novel she is reading, which mirrors her own arrival and experiences on the island. She begins to wonder if she herself is being controlled by Emerson. But with all writing, nothing is ever quite what it seems. An Instant, Eternal, explores ideas of time, reality, beauty, God, creation, and how they are all interwoven into existence -and how you can never go back to yesterday, even when you are trying to escape it.

A young detective diligently seeks answers to a crime that was committed over 21 years ago. As he progresses in solving the crime, he comes face-to-face with the paranormal and death itself transcends all time and space as he reaches into the past of a girl he has never met. Is her killer still out there lurking for someone else? "Chilling, yet spiritually inspirational, this unforgettable love story will leave an imprint on your heart and confirm most of what you have secretly believed about God and life in the hereafter." L. Foston, Author of The Magi Chronicles

Abigail is back from college for the summer. She does not expect to be attacked when walking home one night; and she does not expect to be saved, either, by the town's local legend - a man who has appeared and reappeared across the generations, and who does not seem to age. Abigail decides to find out who the man is, and her own journey becomes one of several interlocking stories in which human choices, second chances, loss, faith, and forgiveness form an unfolding history across time. In this short novel, set in any small town in America, the past and the present contend to lay the path for the future.

Jeremy Stanford has a secret, or so everybody believes. Stanford, a militant atheist professor-turned passionate believer has penned an essay in which he references the end of the world. And the world's attention turns to the elusive Stanford, seeking clarification. The sleepy Virginia mountain town of Harper Heights -Stanford's home -is besieged by the curious, the devout, the agnostic, and disbelievers. Rumors of the sighting of an angel and the approach of a brutal storm front on a collision course with the town further increase attention, but Stanford refuses any and all interviews. That is, except for an out of work, dispassionate believer named Collin Richards. Over the course of a week, Collin endeavors to find out just what the old man knows about God and the end of the world -but what Collin learns, including from Stanford's daughter, will far exceed his assignment.

A collection of short stories that includes: -A young rancher who communicates with his neighbor by posted signs, only for his neighbor to one day mysteriously stop replying. -The ghost of a young man who awaits his still living wife on an abandoned, sinking island in the Chesapeake Bay. -A father and husband who desperately searches for a cache of gold hidden by his ancestors in their old general store. -A family awaiting word from a shuttle crew as to whether or not a newly explored planet harbors extraterrestrial life -and what the theological implications may be. -A teenage girl considering an abortion receives a visit from a mysterious woman who urges her not to have the procedure. -A man who cannot figure out why his elderly neighbor spends summer nights in the shed. -And more...

Washington, D.C. - It is late November, 1979. Detective Benjamin Fuller and veteran Air Force fighter pilot Henry Cooper struggle to bring down the Anarchists who have taken them captive as American forces respond to the invasion of Texas by Communist Mexico. At the same time, the Anarchists launch an all-out attack inside Washington while Carrion demands the abdication and surrender of the U.S. interim government -or he will bring to bear his stockpiles of radioactive waste. As chaos unfolds all around her, Emma Aiden, niece of Senator William James Aiden, retains her faith in Conscience, believing Conscience will continue to help Fuller and Henry. But her faith in Conscience brings her in a relationship-shattering opposition revolving around morality and law with Henry, who is determined to bring Conscience to justice. Emma, in turn, retreats into the safety of the past -and to a man who holds all history in his hands. It all comes down to this.

MAJORIAN has been crowned emperor and seeks to consolidate his power to restore the military, and the Western Roman Empire. SERVIUS, newly appointed to the Senate, fast becomes an ally of Majorian, calling for a military response to a rogue Gothic incursion into Italy -against the desires of Majorian's rivals for power in the Senate. Hoping to humiliate Majorian and seize power, SENATOR LIBERIUS makes sure the untried Servius is given command of the military expedition. But Servius soon finds himself wondering if a corrupted Rome is worth defending, or letting fall.

In the closing days of World War II, an elite American military team is tasked with stopping a secretive, pseudo-scientific Nazi group from resurrecting long-dead Aryan warriors for use in combat against the Allies. Yet, a traitor in the group threatens everything from the mission, to the war.

Ben and Cadence have just graduated from high school. Although they grew up together, they have rarely spoken for the last four years. When Cadence suddenly asks Ben for a ride home one night, neither one of them expect what follows - between the people they meet and the past that they confront down the roads of their small American town - and their lives.

Washington, D.C. - It is the summer of 1979. What remains of the United States is reassembling itself after a nuclear war with the now-vanquished Soviet Union. Detective Benjamin Fuller is called to investigate the murder of a U.S. Senator, Graham Collins. One of the leads involves a masked figure near the scene of the crime. Fuller suspects that the Anarchists, a terrorist group determined to overthrow the interim American government, is to blame. Meanwhile, Henry Cooper, veteran Air Force fighter pilot, becomes a member of the Captiol Garrison Security Force at the Madison Building, one of numerous senatorial offices in the city. There, Henry quickly falls for Emma Aiden, orphaned niece and staffer of Senator William James Aiden, who himself becomes a target for the Anarchists. Among those present during an assassination attempt on Senator Aiden's life is the masked individual. Fuller and Henry join forces and must race against the clock when another Senator is kidnapped by the Anarchists. Henry believes the masked man is at the root of all of it -but Emma believes otherwise.

In the quiet fields of Poland, nineteen year-old Krysia dreams of love and family, but war shatters the world. As she and others flee the advancing Germans, they realize they are being pursued by something else, as well. A fallen man, seeking Redemption, collects errant souls -and is assigned to collect Krysia's soul as well. But he falls in love with her instead. And the consequences will change everything, forever.

Tideland was on all the maps, but Jeremy Hartley had never heard of it, nor visited the town, even though it was only a few miles from where he lived. When Jeremy ventures into town, he finds a world apart, between Heaven and Earth, where ghosts are held captive in the autumn woods, souls arrive on trains, and the living live alongside the departed. But there is something else far darker which roams the fields and mountains around Tideland, something which pulls at Jeremy's heart, which brought him into Tideland in the first place. What Jeremy does will alter the course of events for the town in a single night.