This is a true story of 1930s Malaysia, of jungle operations, submarines and spies in WWII, and of the postwar Malayan Emergency, as experienced by an extraordinary man. Boris Hembry went out to Malaya as a rubber planter in 1930 to work on estates in Malaya and Sumatra. Following the Japanese invasion in December 1941 he volunteered for Freddy Spencer Chapman's covert Stay Behind Party and spent a month in the jungle behind enemy lines before escaping by sampan across the Malacca Strait to Sumatra. Hembry returned to Singapore shortly before its surrender then escaped to Java and subsequently to India, where he joined V Force, a clandestine intelligence unit operating in Burma. In 1943 Hembry was recruited into the Secret Intelligence Service – given the bland cover name Inter-Services Liaison Department (ISLD) – and returned to Sumatra and Malaya several times by submarine on intelligence-gathering missions. He became Head of Malayan Country Section ISLD in 1944,... Views: 62
Product DescriptionWestern wizardry meets the mages of the exotic East. Neither will ever be the same.Daimbert the wizard is on the road to adventure with five guys from Yurt. Their search for a missing lord soon becomes a quest for a fabled blue rose and for an unthinkably powerful magical artifact from the time of Solomon. Along the way they face intrigue, treachery, black magic, and a big green djinn. Only Daimbert may be able to save their lives--and their souls--as the line grows thin between a fatal curse and finding one's heart's desire. Views: 62
In this gripping classic thriller from the Golden Age of noir, tough-as-nails PI Ben Jardinn investigates the bizarre murder of an orchestra conductor in front of thousands of witnesses at the Hollywood BowlFrom his Hollywood office just steps away from Grauman's Chinese Theatre, hard-drinking private investigator Ben Jardinn keeps his finger firmly on the pulse of Tinseltown. So when an orchestra conductor is shot dead in front of twenty thousand pairs of eyes at the famed Hollywood Bowl, Jardinn is intrigued—especially since two of the prime suspects came to ask for his help before the murder even occurred. However, tracking down the truth won't be easy since it seems no one's word can be trusted—not even that of the PI's closest colleagues. And the trail to a killer and a motive twists into dark and unexpected places where even a tough, streetwise detective may find it difficult to stay alive.A pioneer of hard-boiled 1930s detective fiction,... Views: 62
Romance. 19664 words long. First published in 2009, 2009 Views: 62
As the hot Brisbane summer unfurls, Rosie cannot help but lust after her exboyfriend, Scott, who has returned after two years abroad. Rosie's mum says Scott is a man, and deep down all men are rotten. But what does she know? She doesn't seem to have noticed that her teenage daughter is spiralling out of control. In some ways, Rosie's mum is right, Scott's out to treat her like dirt. But every time Rosie sees him she can't wait to have sex with him. Rosie's best friend, Hollie, can't stand Scott, but then she's been acting weird since her brother got out of jail. The one person Rosie can rely on is Trish, who always has a joint to share, or a pill to take. Through it all, Rosie tries to stay in control, but the lure of darkness is only just under the surface... Views: 62
Mit 34 gehört Sly als Deckerin bereits zum alten Eisen. Und sie hat Jahre gebraucht, um nach dem Zusammenstoß mit schwarzem Ice wieder auf die Beine zu kommen. Jetzt wird ihr eine ultrageheime Datei zugespielt: Forschungsergebnisse über die Möglichkeit, jede Datenleitung anzuzapfen. Um an diese Unterlagen zu kommen, sind etliche Megakonzerne bereit, über Leichen zu gehen. Falcon ist ein amerindianischer Straßenpunk, noch ziemlich feucht hinter den Ohren. Er sucht Verbindung zur Magie der Schamanen. Doch 2053 herrscht in den Straßen von Seattle die Gewalt. Als sein Chummer, der Shadowrunner Nightwalker, tödlich verwundet wird, bleibt Falcon nur eine Wahl: ums Überleben zu kämpfen. Das ungleiche Paar, die Veteranin und der Grünschnabel, flieht ins Territorium der Sioux. Doch als sie sich schon halbwegs in Sicherheit glauben, geht der Tanz erst richtig los. Views: 62
Foreigners explores characters in motion: honeymooning in Italy, emigrating to Mexico, fleeing wartorn Africa for Toronto. Yet despite the distance they travel, none of them are able to leave home. Wherever they go, there they are, struggling with an interior sense of loss that only mirrors the strangeness of their surroundings. How and where they discover themselves, and each other, is the mysterious, sad, enthralling journey of Foreigners. Views: 61
"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight."Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows she must find the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and get some of the precious milk in order to save her foster sister's life. Since Kaeldra can communicate with dragons, she is the only one who can accomplish the task. And so she begins a journey that will entwine her fate with that of three little draclings and one would-be dragonslayer--a journey that will become a struggle for life. Views: 61
