The first book in the Tower and the Hive sequence The Talents were the elite of the Nine Star League. Their gifts were many and varied, ranging from the gently telepathic, to the rare and extremely valued Primes. On the Primes rested the entire economic wealth and communications systems of the civilised worlds. But Primes were scarce - only very rarely was a new one born. And now, on the planet Altair, in a small mining colony on the western mountain range, a new Prime existed, a three-year-old girl - trapped in a giant mud slide that had wiped out the rest of the Rowan mining community. Every Altarian who was even mildly talented could 'hear' the child crying for help, but no one knew where she was buried. Every resource on the planet was centred into finding 'The Rowan' - the new Prime, the first ever to be born on Altair, an exceptionally unique Prime, more talented, more powerful, more agoraphobic, more lonely, than any other Prime yet... Views: 51
Romance/Dark Fantasy. 9742 words long. Views: 51
Death Locked InWELCOME!Inside this volume you’ll find murder and mayhem presented by some of the world’s greatest crime writers—John Dickson Carr gives Dr. Gideon Fell the problem of the woman found strangled on a beach, where the sand is unmarked by footprints.Ngaio Marsh has Inspector Roderick Alleyn solve a murder in a locked dressing room.Bill Pronzini assigns his nameless private eye to shadow an automobile until its occupant suddenly vanishes into thin air.Edward D. Hoch presents a spy story featuring murder in a locked automobile.Anthony Boucher shows how to commit the perfect crime—with a time machine.Frederic Brown tells a cockeyed tale of a ghoul who wants to get into—not out of—a locked morgue.Ellery Queen examines the many facets of an impossible disappearance of priceless diamonds.Clayton Rawson, with the help of the Great Merlini, demonstrates how to disappear from a telephone booth surrounded by witnesses.L. Frank Baum, who would later send Dorothy and Toto on the Yellow Brick Road to Oz, dispatches a money-lender in an entirely different fashion.Wilkie Collins will keep you awake with the case of a murderous bedroom.Cornell Woolrich checks in with a story of a hotel room that kills.Lillian de la Torre recreates the first true historical locked-room mystery.And another ten tantalizingly teasing tales to taunt and terrify you in this collection of the greatest locked-room murders and impossible crimes.Table of Contents[b]The Historical Locked Room[/b]The First Locked Room by Lillian de la Torre (1902-1993)[b]Death Locked and Sealed[/b]Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873)I Can Find My Way Out By Ngaio Marsh (1899-1982)The Suicide of Kiaros by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)The Spherical Ghoul by Fredric Brown (1906-1972)Out of His Head by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)Murder by Proxy by M. McDonnell Bodkin (1850-1933)Out of This World by Peter Godfrey (1917-1992)The Mystery of the Hotel De L’Orme by M. M. B.The Magic Bullet by Edward D. Hoch (1930- )[b]Rooms That Kill, Footprints in the Sand, And a Mysterious Gun[/b]A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins (1824-1889)The Room With Something Wrong By Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968)Invisible Hands by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)The X Street Murders by Joseph Commings (1913-1992)[b]Impossible Disappearances[/b]The Mystery of Room No. 11 by Nicholas CarterThe Man Who Disappeared by L. T. Meade (1844-1914) and Robert Eustace (1854-1943)The Invisible Man by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)The Adventure of the Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds by Ellery Queen (Manfred B. Lee, 1905—1971; Frederic Dannay, 1905—1982)The Mystery of the Lost Special by A. Conan Doyle (1859-1930)Off The Face of the Earth by Clayton Rawson (1906-1971)The Grinning God by May Futrelle (1876 ?)The House That Was By Jacques Futrelle (1875-1912)Thin Air by Bill Pronzini (1943- )[b]Tomorrow’s Locked Room[/b]ELSEWHEN by Anthony Boucher (1911-1968) Views: 51
ASSASSIN'S CREED.
The world is being held hostage, terrorized by fanatical mercenaries whose services are available to anyone who can pay the price.
Intel from Stony Man Farm reveals that a zealous desert sheikh has resurrected the centuries-old cult of the Assassins, self-destructing killers who willingly sacrifice their lives for the glory of God.
When a specialist is needed to infiltrate the cults ranks, Mack Bolan is dropped into Syria's hostile terrain — and finds himself facing one of the most difficult challenges of his life. And possibly his last. Views: 51
A new magical fantasy by the co-author of Castle of Deception. Young Aidan, a powerful but not very ambitious magician, is called upon by his dying mother to provide magical aid to his embattled half-brother, the King. But Aidan has sworn an oath to the Lord of Faerie--and is about to learn how hard it is to serve two masters. Views: 51
From award-winning author Jessie Haas, nine interconnected tales about kids and their love of animalsIn "The Wake," fifteen-year-old Kris tries to comfort her great-aunt Mil, who is grief stricken over the death of Puttins, her old cat and longtime companion. With her grave, golden-brown eyes and long, graceful paws, "The Greyhound" is almost human . . . and Kris's friend Phillip is determined to save this special, endangered dog. Even if her father doesn't understand her love of animals, Kris realizes that your "Extended Family" can be as big as you want it to be, including cherished pets and not just your (sometimes unlovable) blood ties. "Horse Man" is James MacLiesh, who believes he was "bred to ride," just as horses were "bred to be ridden." And in the title story, James is torn between loyalty to his faithful horse Robbie and his dreams of glory with a sleek, majestic steed named Avatar. Everything changes when horse and rider get lost and James has to depend... Views: 51
Two pioneer women, as different as can be. Two secrets skillfully buried, but not forgotten. Two journeys to embrace the Bittersweet Bliss of the Canadian frontier.In Bittersweet Bliss, Ruth Glover acquaints readers with two mesmerizing characters and the high emotional stakes on their journeys to find peace and joy. To her fellow townsfolk, Ellie Bonney seems to lead a contented and productive life, keeping house for her father. She is a devoted daughter, loyal friend, and-for the last nine years-steady companion to her patient suitor, Tom. But beneath the surface, Ellie's spirit seethes with an unresolved memory, a secret she wrestles with day and night.Schoolteacher Birdie Wharton has secrets of her own, having fled to the bush from a painful past. In truth, the eserved Birdie longs for love, but who would know this? When a secret admirer begins to send her letters, intrigue sparks Birdie's predictable life.Glover's popular Saskatchewan Saga introduces fiction fans... Views: 51
Diane seems to have the perfect life. She is a wife, a mother, and the owner of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a cozy literary cafe in Paris. But when she suddenly loses her beloved husband and daughter in a tragic car accident, the world as she knows it instantly vanishes. Trapped and haunted by her memories, Diane retreats from friends and family, unable and unwilling to move forward.But one year later, Diane shocks her loved ones and makes the surprising decision to move to a small town on the Irish coast, finally determined to heal and rebuild her life alone—until she meets Edward, the attractive yet taciturn Irish photographer who lives next door. At first abrasive and unwelcoming, Edward initially resents Diane's intrusion into his life of solitude . . . until he can no longer keep her at arm's length, and they fall into a surprising and tumultuous romance. But will it last when Diane leaves Ireland, and Edward, for the home she once ran away from in Paris?... Views: 51
Review“Strange and wonderful. Magical and smart. FÉlix J. Palma has done more than written a wonderful novel, he’s concocted a supernatural tour de force. Time travel, tragic love, murder and mystery all combine in what is nothing short of a surprising, satisfying and mesmerizing read.” – M.J. Rose, International Bestseller "_The Map of Time_ recalls the science fiction of Wells and Verne, and then turns the early masters on their heads. A brilliant and breathtaking trip through metafictional time." --Scott Westerfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Leviathan "Palma makes his U.S. debut with the brilliant first in a trilogy, an intriguing thriller that explores the ramifications of time travel in three intersecting narratives." -- starred Publishers Weekly review "Readers who embark on the journey...will be richly rewarded. --starred Booklist review "Lyrical storytelling and a rich attention to detail make this prize-winning novel an enthralling read." --starred Library Journal Review “_The Map of Time _is a singularly inventive, luscious story with a core of pure, unsettling weirdness. With unnerving grace and disturbing fantasy, it effortlessly straddles that impossible line between being decidedly familiar, and yet absolutely new.” --Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker "The Map of Time is a singularly inventive, luscious story with a core of pure, unsettling weirdness. With unnerving grace and disturbing fantasy, it effortlessly straddles that impossible line between being decidedly familiar, and yet absolutely new." --Cherie Priest, author of BoneshakerProduct DescriptionTHE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSet in Victorian London with char-acters real and imagined, The Map of Time is a page-turner that boasts a triple play of intertwined plots in which a skeptical H. G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel and to save lives and literary classics, including Dracula and The Time Machine, from being wiped from existence. What happens if we change history? Félix J. Palma explores this question in The Map of Time, weaving a historical fantasy as imaginative as it is exciting—a story full of love and adventure that transports readers to a haunting setting in Victorian London for their own taste of time travel. Views: 50
