Jon Smith

Burned. Bitter. Beyond repair. Vincent Lupo is not a hero. He's a jaded vampire who'd rather drink in peace than tangle with politics. Unfortunately, vampire society is crumbling-history is being rewritten, revenants are marching on London's streets, and both aristocrats and influencers insist Vincent is the mastermind holding it all together. He isn't. He's just exhausted. And sarcastic. And increasingly, painfully undead. Now he, Ren, and Mrs Barley must sabotage the rewriting system before it erases them all. But every page turned makes Vincent more vampire than man: garlic burns, daylight sears, and the future looms with fangs bared. To stop the masquerade of the dead, Vincent will have to embrace what he is-monster, misfit, reluctant saviour-and hope his accidental brilliance holds out one last time. Because in the end, legends don't get to choose their story. But they do get to choose the punchline. A darkly funny, genre-bending finale about legacy, found family, and the chaos of unfinished stories.

Ogni profezia ha bisogno di un cattivo. Questa si ritrovata con un vampiro sarcastico e di pessimo umore. Vincent Lupo un immortale disilluso e intriso di vino che vuole solo finire il suo ultimo romanzo piccante ed evitare le persone che ha fatto arrabbiare - magiche o meno. Finch una testa mozzata non compare nel suo frigorifero, marchiata con un sigillo d'invocazione e sussurrando battute da un'opera teatrale che lui ha scritto un secolo fa. Un'opera che le persone sbagliate considerano una profezia. Ora Vincent immerso fino al collo in culti della morte, testi maledetti e un ex assistente mortale che diventato un capo di setta deciso a creare la sua propria narrazione - mettendo Vincent al centro del palco come l'"Aedo di Sangue", che lo voglia o no. Non un eroe. solo immortale, sfortunatamente famoso nei circoli sbagliati - e davvero pessimo nel restare fuori dai guai. La profezia lo vuole dissanguato. Vincent vuole un drink. Solo uno dei due otterr ci che vuole. Una fantasy urbana sardonica, piena di sangue, battute taglienti e decisioni terribilmente sbagliate.

Due mietitori per caso. Un'apocalisse in pausa. E la Morte che ha davvero bisogno di una giornata libera. Emma pensava che porre fine alla propria vita avrebbe risolto i suoi problemi. Mark pensava che confessarle i suoi sentimenti avrebbe forse salvato la sua. Invece finiscono entrambi in un luogo peggiore di quanto avessero mai immaginato: bloccati nel limbo come assistenti della Morte, il Primo Cavaliere dell'Apocalisse. Ma quando i Quattro Cavalieri affrontano una minaccia antica che potrebbe scatenare la Fine dei Tempi in anticipo, Emma e Mark vengono trascinati in una crisi cosmica armati solo di una falce, una pila di anime in ritardo e un ambiente di lavoro pi tossico della morte stessa. Ora, con la loro seconda possibilit appesa a un filo, Emma e Mark si trovano su fronti opposti: lui lotta per tornare in vita, mentre lei desidera soltanto una tranquilla vita ultraterrena. Mietere anime una cosa-farlo mentre affrontano sentimenti inespressi, vicoli ciechi filosofici e la fine del mondo quasi impossibile. Riuscir Emma a fermare l'apocalisse-e a confrontarsi con la propria storia irrisolta-prima che la Morte li mandi definitivamente in pensione? Il Quinto Cavaliere un racconto ironico e oscuro sulla mortalit , il significato dell'esistenza e la scomoda verit che anche dopo la morte... i problemi ti seguono. Acquista questo libro oggi e preparati a una mietitura di anime che non dimenticherai facilmente.

In a world driven by innovation, the most successful companies are often led by founders who break from convention, disrupt industries, and relentlessly pursue their vision. Founder Mode: Leading with Resilience, Vision, and Purpose gives you the blueprint to harness this unique leadership style and apply it to your own business. Learn how today's top entrepreneurs apply founder mode to scale startups into industry giants through bold decision-making, customer obsession, continuous product innovation, and tenacious execution. But leadership in founder mode isn't without its challenges. When founders become too entrenched in their companies, failing to delegate or heed dissenting voices, they risk undermining the very growth they've worked so hard to achieve. This book guides you on striking the perfect balance between being hands-on and evolving as a strategic leader, ensuring you stay connected to your vision while empowering your team. Packed with real-world examples, practical strategies, and actionable insights, Founder Mode helps you unlock the leadership qualities needed to drive innovation, scale with purpose, and build a legacy. Activate founder mode and take control of your business's future.

When a malevolent figure from Khmer folklore awakens, Sothea and Gabe must navigate friendship, family and the monster within to overcome a terrifying supernatural force and protect the society that shunned them. Gabe, a seventeen-year-old labourer, becomes besotted by the enigmatic Sothea after her family moves into the dilapidated manor house he's working on. Both are misfits and find it difficult to communicate with others, but in those brief moments they have together - be it a stolen glance, a whispered exchange, or a secret rendezvous - they begin to discover and explore their true selves and feelings.But this idyllic blossoming romance is shattered when a malevolent figure from Khmer folklore - an arb - roams the night to feed on the unsuspecting. The Arb is a dark coming-of-age tale that follows two neurodiverse teens who struggle to be accepted by a society that has little time, or empathy, for anyone who's different. A contemporary gothic paranormal layered in Arthurian legend with an Asian horror twist.

Internationally published bestselling author Jon Smith makes his adult debut with The Fifth Horseman, a modern comic fantasy that rides roughshod over established mythology and the rules of life... and death. The Fifth Horseman is a darkly comic tale of two thirty-somethings caught between our world and the afterlife, who must embrace their role as reapers to prevent the End Times. Death is just a day job you can't quit... Emma and Mark had a bad day. The worst part of it was dying. But, according to Death, the Rider on the Pale Horse and first horseman of the apocalypse, things aren't that simple. Turns out the sand in their hourglass is stuck in place. Somewhere between life and death, they're put to work as Death's assistants, reaping the souls of the living until it's time for their final clock out... To compound matters, despite their omnipotence, the four horsemen are facing an existential threat - one they're ill-equipped and ill-prepared to combat. Does Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx, have more up his sleeve than just the coins proffered by the dead to secure passage to the afterlife? And why do you never see baby pigeons? Emma and Mark must reap like their afterlives depend on it, to help prevent the End Times - even if it means scuppering the one opportunity they have at being granted a second chance at life. Filled with humour, romantic tension, and suspense, Jon Smith utilises a witty, lightly sarcastic ensemble of flawed but loveable characters. It will appeal to mainstream fantasy readers and hopeless romantics, as well as those who enjoy a good story and a good laugh.

The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy by Jon SmithThis book takes a 'warts and all', sensible, yet humorous look at the many stages of pregnancy. It explores the changes, physical and emotional, that any man can expect to see in his partner and in their relationship over the coming months. Becoming pregnant involved two people. The rearing of a child will involve two people; there is every reason that your partner's pregnancy should also involve the two of you, together.For any man that has been put off reading pregnancy books because he doesn't feel he was the intended audience or that something about the tone of these books was alien to him, yet he still has questions that need answers; then The Blokes' Guide to Pregnancy is the book he's been looking for.As a father himself, Jon Smith realised, when his partner became pregnant that there was nothing out there that he could relate to. The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy is the result. Jon takes a comical yet informed look at the ups and downs of life as a father to be.From the back cover: 'DARLING, I'M PREGNANT ' Three little words guaranteed to strike fear into the most grown up of first-time fathers-to-be.Sure, there are hundreds of books out there for the expectant mother. But they're often full of boring advice on diet and pelvic floor exercises, not to mention the kind of gynaecological details that'll make your eyes water.Sorry, but we just want the lowdown on what's happening and how it's going to affect us. A + B = C. Straightforward, unabridged and raw. The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy - no flowery prose, just the truth, in bite-size pieces as easy to digest as a packet of biscuits.Based on over 100 interviews with blokes who lived to tell the tale, this book has real-life stories as well as loads of advice that isn't remotely boring (honestly). Now you'll be able to tell your trimesters from your triple blood tests, as well as discovering: MONEY - do we really have to spend my entire lager allowance on that hand-held breast pump?SEX - will it harm the unborn baby? (or am I just being arrogant?)BREASTS - will they stay that size forever?HOSPITAL PARKING SPACES - am I going to have to fork out 50 every time she thinks she's going into labour?... and a whole lot more besides.