S. Craig Zahler Livres

"He knows what you'll do - including what you'll sacrifice for protection. Darren Tasking is an entrepreneur whose business is people, and when it comes to people he specializes in risk, pleasure, and fear. He knows what will break you - before you even feel a second of pain. Tasking has everything and everyone, in his orbit, under control. If there's something he wants he will alter your life, elaborately and maliciously, until you yield to his wishes. He knows what makes the Machos tick - and how to keep them in the dark. The police tried to keep Tasking down with their macho modus operandi, sent him away long ago, but they couldn't keep him incarcerated forever. Now he's older, uncommonly careful, and keeps the machos oblivious to his enterprises. But when he meets a dancer named Erin Green at the Cherry Red strip club everything changes. He knows the streets of Great Crown, Florida can only be dominated by the remorseless insights of a relentless slick like him. The brothels and gambling parlors secreted behind iron doors keep the slick autonomous and successful, but Erin proves to be the variable that could put him on a collision course with unrepentant sadists, machos, and a trap created by the slick's own extortionist machinations."--Provided by publisher

A brutal and unflinching tale that takes many of its cues from both cinema and pulp horror, Wraiths of the Broken Land is like no Western you've ever seen or read. Desperate to reclaim two kidnapped sisters who were forced into prostitution, the Plugfords storm across the badlands and blast their way through Hell. This gritty, character-driven piece will have you by the throat from the very first page and drag you across sharp rocks for its unrelenting duration. Prepare yourself for a savage Western experience that combines elements of Horror, Noir and Asian ultra-violence. You've been warned.

The book offers a unique perspective from the director known for Bone Tomahawk, blending elements of horror and western genres. It explores themes of survival, morality, and the human condition against a backdrop of a gritty, lawless landscape. The narrative is enriched by vivid characterizations and intense, suspenseful moments that challenge the protagonists' beliefs and choices. Readers can expect a thought-provoking experience that delves into the darker aspects of humanity while maintaining a gripping storyline.

A distraught businessman kills himself after a short, impolite conversation with a detective named Jules Bettinger. Because of this incident, the unkind (but decorated) policeman is forced to relocate himself and his family from Arizona to the frigid north, where he will work for an understaffed precinct in Victory, Missouri. This collapsed rustbelt city is a dying beast that devours itself and its inhabitants...and has done so for more than four decades. Its streets are covered with dead pigeons and there are seven hundred criminals for every law enforcer. Partnered with a boorish and demoted corporal, Bettinger investigates a double homicide in which two policemen were slain and mutilated. The detective looks for answers in the fringes of the city and also in the pasts of the cops with whom he works--men who stomped on a local drug dealer until he was disabled. Bettinger soon begins to suspect that the double homicide is not an isolated event, but a prelude to a series of cop executions... The author, S. Craig Zahler, is currently adapting Mean Business on North Ganson Street into a movie for Warner Brothers; Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio are both attached to the project.

A supernatural sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by S. Craig Zahler, the award-winning film director of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete. An alien spacecraft the size of a city materializes over the Pacific Ocean and the nations of the world jointly engage this enigmatic and incommunicative visitor with force. This battle results in large-scale destruction on both sides, but does not answer any of the questions that will haunt humanity: What are these utterly inhuman creatures? Where did they come from? Why did they choose to visit our planet? And—most importantly—are more forces on the way? For the bereaved billionaire Carlton Land, renowned biologist Aimee O'Donnell, and the brilliant, but blunt USAAF Chief Scientist Kenneth Yamazaki, these questions must be answered in order to safeguard the future of the human race. Collects the original graphic novel published as an oversized hardcover with black and white art; this story is a haunting odyssey that you will not want to miss.

The film director known for "Dragged Across Concrete" brings a unique storytelling style to this narrative, blending gritty realism with complex character development. The work explores themes of morality, power dynamics, and the human condition against a backdrop of intense situations. Readers can expect a thought-provoking journey that challenges conventional perspectives and delves into the darker aspects of society, all while maintaining a gripping and cinematic quality throughout the narrative.

A gothic, Dickensian take on The Elephant Man, featuring a misshapen young boy as the titular character, Hug.

VÍTEJTE VE MĚSTĚ VICTORY! MÍSTNÍ ATRAKCE: SVINSKÁ KOSA, CHCÍPLÍ FÓGLOVÉ, ZAMORDOVANÍ POLICAJTI A DVA (NE)OHROŽENÍ DRSŇÁCI S ODZNAKEM… Po krátké, nepříliš zdvořilé konverzaci s detektivem Julesem Bettingerem spáchá jeden rozrušený obchodník sebevraždu. Kvůli tomuto incidentu je nelaskavý (i když mnohokrát vyznamenaný) policista přeložen a musí se i s rodinou přestěhovat z Arizony na mrazivý sever, do Missouri. Zchátralé město Victory připomíná bestii v posledním tažení, která postupně pohlcuje své obyvatele i sama sebe. Jeho zaneřáděné ulice pokrývají mrtví holubi a na každého policistu zde připadá sedm set zločinců. Bettinger dostane za parťáka nerudného, degradovaného desátníka Dominika Williamse. Společně začnou vyšetřovat vraždu, při níž byli zmrzačeni a zabiti dva policisté. Bettinger hledá odpovědi na předměstích Victory, stejně jako v záhadné minulosti svých nových kolegů – mužů, kteří při zatýkání dostali místního drogového dealera na invalidní vozík. Bettinger a Williams brzy pojmou podezření, že dvojitá vražda policistů není osamocený incident, ale pouhá předehra k řadě dalších… Jako břitva ostrý krimi román od režiséra kultovního hororového westernu Bone Tomahawk.