Praise for All These Perfect Strangers 'A stunning debut' Sydney Morning Herald 'Vivid and fresh' The Age 'Unputdownable' Marie Claire You don't have to believe in ghosts for the dead to haunt you. You don't have to be a murderer to be guilty. Within six months of Pen Sheppard starting university, three of her new friends are dead. Only Pen knows the reason why. College life had seemed like a wonderland of sex, drugs and maybe even love. Full of perfect strangers, it felt like the ideal place for Pen to shed the confines of her small home town and reinvent herself. But the darkness of her past clings tight, and when the killings begin and friendships are betrayed, Pen's secrets are revealed. The consequences are deadly. 'This is about three deaths. Actually more, if you go back far enough. I say deaths but perhaps all of them were murders. It's a grey area. Murder, like... Views: 45
"Sensuous prose and indelible imagery." — New York Times Three stories in which history and imagination intertwine to re-create the world of Jerusalem during the last days of the British Mandate. Refugees drawn to Jerusalem in search of safety are confronted by activists relentlessly preparing for an uprising, oblivious to the risks. Meanwhile, a wife abandons her husband, and a dying man longs for his departed lover. Among these characters lives a boy named Uri, a friend and confidant of several conspirators who love and humor him as he weaves in and out of all three stories. The Hill of Evil Counsel is "as complex, vivid, and uncompromising as Jerusalem itself" (Nation). Views: 45
After a bland life, an inheritance affords George the chance to open his dream coffee shop. He even finds the perfect spot: a small, rundown shop. To save time & money, George does the work finding it isn���t so hard. Every day the shop looks cleaner, feels newer. Flaws melt away. But every night strange images haunt his dreams. Is George���s wish to run a coffee shop a dream or a nightmare? Views: 45
An incarnate evil, youthful innocence, and burgeoning adolescent sexuality meet in a gripping Southern Gothic tale set in a 1963 West Virginia summer camp as two young girls go to a swimming hole at midnight and encounter two ex-cons. BOMC. Tour.From Publishers WeeklyPhillips's second novel is a dark rite-of-passage story of children confronting violence in Appalachia. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalIn her newest work, acclaimed novelist Phillips (Machine Dreams, 1984) presents a dark, violent, and yet familiar world, using as her setting a forested mountain summer camp for girls in West Virginia during the early 1960s. Classic coming-of-age stirrings in camper sisters Lenny and Alma mingle with the frightening family secrets of Buddy, a young boy who hangs around the camp. Meanwhile, a young man named Parsons who knew Buddy's stepfather in prison, hides in an abandoned shack in the forest and watches the man he believes is the devil. The brutality the stepfather inflicts on Buddy and his "Mam," the camp cook, sets the stage for the terrifying drama that propels this novel. Powerful and riveting, this is highly recommended for most collections.--Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 45
The saucer aliens are here. They're healing the planet. They've got to be stopped.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Views: 45
In the final book of the Amendyr series civil war has broken out in Amendyr. With undead monsters ravaging the land, an evil queen on Kalmarin's white throne, and the kingdom's true heir missing, Cathelin Raybrook and Ailynn Gothel must join forces to protect their homeland. They hope to gain the aid of the Liarre, a reclusive community of magical creatures, but some of their leaders are reluctant to join a war that isn't theirs. Meanwhile, Lady Eleanor of Baxstresse thinks she's safe across the border in Seria, but when a mysterious girl in white arrives in an abandoned carriage, she finds herself drawn into the conflict as well. Together, they must find the source of the evil queen's power, and discover a way to destroy it before it's too late. Views: 45
What demons sit on YOUR shoulder?Andrea McNamara, daughter of Catholic parents with a lifetime of 'protest' behind them, and granddaughter of an Irish matriarch, has finished university and is looking forward to starting her new life.But then she meets Chris, her former boyfriend, and self-styled classics geek and atheist.The meeting prompts Andrea to look back at her her final year at high school when she met Chris for the first time and when her life began to change in ways both challenging and unexpected. Views: 45
Jade has always trusted the authorities, but now she begins to question the very society in which she lives. Not far in the future, cat breeding is strictly controlled and cats are only for the rich in their private estates. When beautiful, sleek Feela turns up in Jade's backyard, she cannot resist taking the cat in, even though it could cost her everything. Soon the enforcement officials are raiding Jade's house. After her mother's death, the only person left for Jade to turn to is Kris, the cynical school loner. Soon Jade and Kris are on the run . . ."Purchase where romance or animal-centered fiction is popular." —School Library JournalJon Blake is the author of over fifty books for children and teens. He is also involved in many community projects and teaches creative writing. He lives in England. Views: 45
In the not-too-distant future, humanity is conducting a frantic search for the next step in human evolution. Everlasting life is within their grasp, but one man needs it more than anyone else. It’s the key to ending his already immortal life. Views: 45
We all go a little crazy sometimes...Jasmine has spent five years underground, locked in a secret government bunker. Outside, the world has gone to hell, a mysterious virus killing all but 1 in 20 of the world's population.It's enough to drive anyone mad - but Jasmine's crazier than most. The cure she was working on had an unexpected side effect, psychotic symptoms which only powerful drugs can suppress. Jasmine's rescuers, the pirate rulers of the New Caribbean, don't care. They need Jasmine's help to discover what it is that has turned the inhabitants of Cuba into rabid killers. Jasmine's quest to find a cure for this new plague, as well as for her own madness, draws her across the fractured continent of America and into the darkest recesses of her own past.The Afterblight Chronicles is an exciting series of high-action post-apocalypse fiction set in a world ruled by crazed gangs and strange cults. Views: 45
In this remarkable book, Hugo Hamilton tells the story of individuals caught up in the turbulent last days of World War II. Stationed in Czechoslovakia, lovers Bertha Sommer and Officer Franz Kern long to escape from the war and its consequences, but they are trapped between the advancing Red Army and the fear of their own system, which punishes desertion with death. Meanwhile, an American contemporary, living in Germany, sets out on a mission to find the exact location of the last shot fired in the war, in a personal attempt to close this horrific chapter in humanity's history. Views: 45
