Prepare to experience fear at its coldest. In a world where the temperature plummets, so too do the depths of terror. Absolute Zero is an anthology that delves into the chilling extremes of human experience, exploring the frigid landscapes— both literal and metaphorical— that push our minds and bodies to the brink. Inside these pages, the frost is not just a physical presence but an emotional one, as each story examines the icy grip of isolation, despair, and the unknown. Whether it’ s the suffocating stillness of a frozen landscape, the cold indifference of a malevolent force, or the harrowing consequences of a frozen mind, Absolute Zero takes readers to the very edge of what can be endured. Here, in these frozen worlds, the monsters are not always what you expect— and sometimes, they are the ones we carry inside.

Featuring "Find a Boy" by David Rider

Rob is an American traveling through Europe who has been cursed by an ex-girlfriend—making him a target to every female supernatural entity on the continent. Only a mysterious, monster-slaying woman named Ilse Van Helsing can save him from certain death. Unfortunately, Rob has entered her life when she and her family have been targeted themselves by a dangerous mastermind who deploys an armed militia using hybrid technology that marries science with the supernatural. As they are pursued across Great Britain, they are shadowed by Anca, a Romanian vampire harboring secrets of her own that will change everything.

Ilse and the members of Team Van Helsing continue their trek across Europe while being hounded by soldiers dispatched by their powerful adversaries—the infamous Jarrod Isaacks and his enigmatic right-hand woman Jacquelyn Ostrov. The team must contend with bitter in-fighting, death prophecies, personal tragedy, and other conflicts arising from long-held secrets that threaten to tear them apart before they can confront the enemies who hold their lives, and those of everyone they love, in their hands.

Anca is a sixteen-year-old Romani busker who has everything stolen from her following a vampire attack in a Bucharest subway—love, dreams of rock stardom, and her young life…all gone. Her first twenty-four hours after being sired by the abusive monster Darius will be hard, but they won’t be as difficult as her next twelve months alone, or the dark challenges in the years to come.

She must learn to navigate this strange, moonlit world on her journey to the fateful events of We Are Van Helsing. While traveling through Europe under the omnipresent shadow of a supernatural patriarchy, she’ll be hunted by legendary enemies, become part of a midnight sisterhood, and experience a Change affecting the Undead community during a worldwide pandemic.

Before she can gain a sense of closure, and prior to finding her team, Anca will need to discover who her enemies are, but more importantly…who they aren’t.

This is the third novel from the Team Van Helsing Archives.