Stories Worth Taking the Long Way Home.
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Latest Releases
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The Nothing
Rob LeBlanc is a Canadian author of supernatural horror and psychological suspense. His stories combine mystery, emotion, and unforgettable twists that blur the line between reality and the unknown. His debut novel, *THE NOTHING*, is the first step in a growing collection of immersive, character-driven stories. Explore his books, latest news, and upcoming releases—and discover what awaits beyond the final page.
The Soul Takers Series
SOUL TAKERS is a dark supernatural horror series that blends psychological suspense, ancient mythology, and relentless mystery into a world where death is governed by rules humanity was never meant to discover.
Kailen Mercer is an ordinary man living an ordinary life—until an ancient bloodline debt awakens something inside him. Plagued by strange visions, impossible coincidences, and an overwhelming hunger he cannot explain, Kailen is drawn into a hidden world that has existed beneath human civilization for centuries. There, he learns that death is not random, souls are not beyond reach, and an ancient system has been silently operating since the beginning of time.
As terrifying truths emerge, Kailen discovers he has become part of an order known only as the Soul Takers. Every choice carries a price. Every soul collected changes him. Every answer uncovers a deeper mystery. Powerful organizations, forgotten contracts, and forces older than recorded history begin closing in as the line between humanity and something far darker starts to disappear.
Soul Takers: First Contact – The Awakening is the opening novel in an ambitious horror series that grows from intimate psychological suspense into an epic supernatural conflict spanning generations. Each book reveals another layer of a hidden world where ancient systems are breaking, reality is changing, and the fate of every soul hangs in the balance.
If you enjoy atmospheric horror, supernatural thrillers, dark conspiracies, and stories that slowly peel back the truth behind our world, the Soul Takers series is waiting for you.
Welcome to a world where death is only the beginning.
CSU: Cradle Rock
One dead agent. One crime scene that makes no sense. And an entire city about to expose what has been hiding underneath it.
When CSU Agent Daniel Ruiz is killed during what appears to be a fentanyl deal gone wrong, Stewart sees what everyone else misses. The positioning is too precise. The timing is too perfect. The killers didn’t panic, improvise, or leave anything to chance.
They were waiting for him.
The investigation leads CSU into the darkest corners of Cradle Rock, where addiction floods the streets, bikers control territory from behind the doors of The Velvet Rail, and the people responsible know exactly how to disappear inside the city’s normal rhythm.
But the deeper Stewart, Misty, Steve, and the CSU team dig, the clearer one terrifying fact becomes:
Ruiz was not an isolated target.
His murder was part of something bigger.
Something practiced.
Something already in motion.
And by the time CSU realizes what they’ve walked into, the case is no longer about solving one murder.
It’s about stopping whatever comes next.
“ I walked through hell with fire at my back and gravel beneath my boots. I came out the other side carrying scars, stories, and enough flame to light the road home.”
Author, Musician, Storyteller, and Founder
Behind the Creativity
“Music has always been where I put the things I can’t explain any other way. Sometimes it starts with a guitar riff, sometimes a drumbeat, sometimes just a line in my head—but if it makes me feel something, I follow it.”
— Rob LeBlanc
“Books and music have always been two sides of the same creative life for me. A book lets me build a world, live inside the characters, and tell a story one page at a time. Music takes that same emotion and gives it a pulse, a rhythm, and a voice you can actually feel. Sometimes the song comes first and inspires the story, and sometimes the story leaves behind something that needs to become a song. Either way, they come from the same place.”
— Rob LeBlanc
“I’ve watched the tools of music change completely, but the creative part hasn’t changed at all. I still bring the idea, the lyrics, the mood and the direction. Technology just gives me more ways to take what I hear in my head and finally let other people hear it too.”
— Rob LeBlanc