Forced with holding up their end of an impossible bargain, Van and Zander must choose between playing it safe and risking everything. Freedom seems impossible, but can they hold onto who they are long enough to survive? Views: 14
In March of 1528, John Macpherson, Lord of the King’s Navy, sits off the coast of the Netherlands in Scotland’s flagship, the Great Michael, and paces the deck, impatiently awaiting a treacherous fog to lift before taking his vessel closer to the bustling merchant port of Antwerp. Cannonfire, muffled and far off, had been heard earlier, but for the past hour silence and the lapping of small waves against the ship’s hull had replaced the warlike sounds. As he curses the mist, a cry rings out from above, and out of the mist comes a solitary longboat containing a dead Spanish sailor and two women.Unknown to the Scottish nobleman, one of the women is Maria Hapsburg, sister of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Married at 17 to the boy king of Hungary, childless and widowed at 21, Maria is the newly pledged fiancé at 23 to another 16 year old king, James V, King of Scotland. With his special emissary expected any day, Maria--tired of being the marital pawn in Emperor Charles’ diplomatic machinations--secretly flees the palace of her brother at Antwerp, bound for her mother’s castle in Spain. What she had not expected was the enemy French warship that intercepted her ship en route. Escaping the burning vessel, she finds herself, to her utter dismay, in the hands of the very man she had hoped to avoid. Views: 14
Olivia Sanchez—smart, driven, and beautiful—started at the bottom and worked her way up the ranks of a brokerage firm only to be unjustly, brutally fired, then blackballed. With no place else to go, she turns to her cousin, Manny Guzman, ex-con and ex-gang leader, for help. Manny's first instinct is to hit back. Hard. But his partner, James Beck knows that out in the real world, things aren't done that way. Beck, with a tight group of three other ex-cons, works out of a discreet base of operations in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook. To help Manny, he and his partners, along with a network of close "associates," offer to look into what happened to Olivia, and fix it.But nothing is as simple as it first appears, and Beck and his men end up going to war against a formidable list of enemies: the politically connected CEO of a Manhattan brokerage firm; a Russian arms dealer; a small army of Bosnian war criminals; a ruthless gang of Russian mobsters; and,... Views: 14
While King Louis XIV of France believes that the sea monster he has obtained holds the key to immortality, Marie-Josèphe de la Croix finds herself challenging her most fundamental loyalties, in a story of alternate history.
Won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997. Views: 14
As Stuart Haley grew older, year by year, he worried more and more about the security of his famous Cattle fortune. He had raised his daughters in the lap of luxury—they wanted for nothing—and all three girls had matured into lovely young women. But as he aged, Stuart craved the security that only a proper heir could provide. The two older daughters had fallen in love and left him—Stuart's only chance was that his youngest daughter, Charmaine, marry a local man and carry on in the family tradition. But that wasn't going to be easy? Independent and brash, Charmaine Haley had a life of her own, far away in Boston. It would be up to her father to make her return to Kansas so incredible that life in the North would pale in comparison. A masked ball, on par with the greatest of fairytales, would be the event of a lifetime. But to succumb to passion from behind a mask could be a cruel twist of fate—leading Charmaine back through the torment of old mistakes she... Views: 14
From School Library JournalYAAJones, of Monty Python fame, has successfully translated Adams's vision into a manic interstellar romp that is a welcome companion to the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. Starship was launched into the public's consciousness as a brief sentence in Life, the Universe and Everything (Pocket, 1990) and, after experiencing Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure, has resurfaced as a well-received CD-ROM game and as this amusing novel. With not much more plot than a Seinfeld episode, Starship follows the efforts of a cast of daft characters who must earn a free upgrade on the most extravagant and technologically advanced ship ever created. Their mission is to bring the ship's lobotomized computer brain back online while distracting a single-minded bomb and battling an army of hostile shipbuilders who do more good than harm. Absurdities pile on oddities, leaving oxygen-starved readers gasping between giggles. This collaborative effort between Jones and Adams sparkles with the inane humor and fondness for the ridiculous that has earned them a cult following. It will be popular with their many fans and the release of the CD-ROM in April will create new converts among the few who have thus far missed the boat.ARobin Deffendall, Prince William Public Library System, VACopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalConceived by Adams, author of the cult classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and executed by Sheckley (The Draconian New York, Forge, 1996), this story concerns the most technologically advanced starship ever designed and the very human tensions that arise among the Architect, the Manager, and the Accountant when the ship is finished.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 14
To anyone who has followed his career, Ray Schindler was the greatest detective of the mid-twentieth century. He was a pioneer in scientific detection before modern forensic science, and he handled more than 10,000 cases covering almost every crime recorded on the police blotter.Rupert Hughes acts as a faithful Dr. Watson to Schindler's Holmes, and guides us from case to case, watching a man who can't be excited, can't be stampeded , and can't be frightened; a man who matches ingenuity of crime with an even greater mental resourcefulness; a man who has a dogged determination and a big fighting heart.Ray Schindler's biography is the story of a great investigator, of a life that is packed with exciting adventures, and of criminals who are outwitted, out-fought, and defeated. Mere fictional detective stories pale in comparison to the real life drama inherent in every one of Ray Schindler's cases. Views: 14
The War Within Is Always Hardest Won,Lucien de Montregnier knew, for he daily battled demons from his past. Still, his fighting prowess had won him an unexpected boon: Lady Alayna of Avenford, a hellcat with a heart who alone could save him from his greatest enemy--himselfWidowed before she was truly a wife, Alayna of Avenford now found herself claimed as a war prize by Lucien de Montregnier, a warrior as well known for his fierce nature as he was for his skill in battle. She despised him, of course. But why, then, did his merest glance ignite her very soul? Views: 14
A man named Owen wakes up in a field in a country he does not know. Injured and confused, he pulls himself to his feet and starts to walk, thus beginning a remarkable journey in search of his home, his past and himself. He is told it is April 1945. A war he only has a vague memory of ever joining is now in its dying days, and as he tries to make his way home to England he becomes caught up in the flood of refugees pouring through Europe. Amongst them is a young Czech man, Janek, and a Polish concentration camp survivor, Irena. Together, they form an unlikely alliance as they make their way through battle-worn Germany where everyone has an agenda of their own. As tempers flare, scars are revealed and Owen slowly picks up the pieces of his life. No one is quite as he remembers, not even himself. Devastation Road is a novel about the aftermath of war, the plight of refugees, the importance of home, love and belonging, and the significance of memory, without which we... Views: 14
Marlowe Jones's life is filled with shopping and feeding her addiction to sex. Roque Coleman has just entered into a 7-figure contract to build a lucrative retail center. There's only one person standing in his way: Marlowe Jones. All he needs is for her to sign to deed to her property over to him. But these two opposites have one thing in common--their fierce attraction to each other. Views: 14
