Ben Chase is a war hero with bitter memories. Vietnam left him with a hard drinking habit, a mental breakdown and massive guilt. So who will believe him when he swears a psychopath is out to get him? When society is sick, the mad are sane and persecution is a killer's game.

Joe Mandel is a perfectly ordinary guy from a perfectly ordinary town. When a series of strange intuitions leads him to a crime in progress, Joe jumps headlong into danger without hesitation. In the aftermath, he wonders about the uncanny impulse that suddenly swept over him. New friend Portia Montclair explains to him what sent him ricocheting around town like a crazy pinball. Portia tells of another reality, a reality more thrilling--and terrifying--than...

The year is 1967. Malcolm Pomerantz is twelve, geeky, and socially awkward, while his seriously bright sister, Amalia, is spirited and beautiful. Each is the other's best friend, united by a boundless interest in the world beyond their dysfunctional parents' unhappy home. But even the troubled Pomerantz household will seem to be a haven compared to the house next door, after an enigmatic and very secretive new neighbor takes up residence in the darkest...

There once was a killer who knew the night, its secrets and rhythms, how to hide within its shadows, when to hunt. He roamed from town to town, city to city, choosing his prey for their beauty and innocence. His cruelties were infinite, his humanity long since forfeit. But still he had not yet discovered how to make his special mark among monsters, how to come fully alive as Death.