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When Derek Doyle wakes up next to a ripped-apart body, he's terrified he's about to lose everything he holds dear - Ever, his job, and his family. Dealing with his past has never come easy to Derek, especially since he's too afraid of what people would think if they knew exactly what kind of monster he really is. But finding out who's setting him up could be harder than the team thinks. As long as Derek has lived, there's bound to be a long list of enemies.  

Detective Rainey Astor has run headfirst into danger for as long as she can remember. Her trip to Salem was no different, and although she and Elijah are back in Billings, nothing could have prepared them for the repercussions they will face upon their return home. Determined to get back to normal despite the fact that everything's changed, Rainey dives back into work at the same time bodies of dead witches start popping up all over town. Their ritualistic style murders scream sacrifice, but there's something darker at work.

A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads. But when his closest friend runs afoul of local criminals Frog and Squirrel Fenley, Jesse is forced to spin his moral compass and enter a violent and volatile underworld. There he encounters corrupt lawmen, hired assassins, and a dark family secret that will upend all he once knew. Complicating matters are Texas Ranger Amon Atkins—who arrives to investigate the Fenleys just as their empire is threatened by a deadly new competitor—and the green-eyed, raven-haired Adaline, a love Jesse thought he’d lost forever.

Sidney's victory over the undead instills within him the confidence to think that the island is his for the taking, but it becomes clear that others are staking a claim on the same lands. His newest foes use the dirtiest of tactics to employ the unwilling to do his bidding. A whole new weapon must be developed and deployed to ensure that Sidney can lay claim to his new home and create a safe haven for his new people and lay the groundwork for his new empire.

With the battle of the living dead looming over his shoulder Sidney redoubles his efforts to be ready for the fight. He brings in new technology from some of his favorite games to help with this threat. While working, he finds that the Undead Core is not idly waiting for the battle and is working on his own plans that make things more complicated for the future. With his community growing, so does all the pains of trying to manage it all.

The death of Donald Ray in a freak car accident becomes the catalyst for the release of passions, needs, and hurts. Clayton’s discovery of dead Donald Ray upends his longtime emotional numbness. Darlene, the seventeen-year-old widow, struggles to reconnect with her late husband while proving herself still alive. Soon Clayton and Darlene’s bond of loss and death works its magic, drawing them into an affair that brings the loneliness in Clayton’s marriage to a crisis. When Aurilla Cutter, Clayton’s mother-in-law, learns about the affair, her own memories are set loose.

Beasts of the Earth tells the story of Harlen LeBlanc, a dependable if quiet employee of the Carter Hills High School’s grounds department whose carefully maintained routine is overthrown by an act of violence. As the town searches for answers, LeBlanc strikes out on his own to exonerate a friend while drawing the eyes of the law to himself and fending off unwelcome voices that call for a sterner form of justice.

Just in time for Halloween 2025, it’s Shadow Lab, Volume Two! Find these and more horrifying tales in the second Shadow Lab anthology from Blackstone Publishing.