With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the multiple-award-winning and bestselling Three-Body Trilogy by China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. Three-Body was released to great acclaim including coverage in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. It was also named a finalist for the Nebula Award, making it the first translated novel to be nominated for a major SF award since Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities in 1976. Now this epic trilogy concludes with Death's End. Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible... Views: 54
It's 1562 and Catholic Spain threatens the stability of Protestant England, whilst in France, the Protestants also face threats from the powerful Catholics. Fearing trouble might spread to England; Elizabeth seeks to mediate peace between the two French factions. The queen wants Ursula Blanchard, a young Lady of the Presence Chamber to go to France on a secret mission, to deliver a letter to France's queen mother Catherine de Médicis. So, she is forced to accompany her former father-in-law, the Luke Blanchard, whom she despises. Though she has protection, she knows that her life is endangered by an enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy her. Views: 54
Ursula Elcester would prefer to remain unmarried and translate ancient Celtic texts, but she agrees to a marriage of convenience for her father's sake. To inherit from Lord Carmartin Theodore Prince has agreed to marry Ursula, though he has dreamed of another woman. He brings his friend Sir Conan and his white wolfhound, Bran, and enters a world where mysterious things are happening in an enchanted forest. Regency Paranormal Romance by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet Views: 54
In a terrifying and brutal future world, cities are mounted on giant wheels. They hunt each other to the death. Cataclysmic wars and stalking robotic hunters are revisted in a stunning relaunch of one of the greatest post-apocalyptic adventure series ever written. All four installments of Philip Reeve's internationally bestselling quartet are now available as a single ebook, featuring exclusive bonus material - the previously unpublished THE TRACTION CODEX. Views: 54
First, is a kidnap-murder of a high-ranking city official's daughter who tries to handle the kidnapping alone? Second, a retired banker is shot between the eyes. The entire small town is suspect. Third, there murdered bodies are discovered in church related circumstances. Stacy Foreham is called upon to solve the homicides. Views: 54
S. L. Viehl's smart, savvy surgeon Cherijo Torin has ventured across the universe in and out of danger and love, driven by two great forces—her sworn duty to heal the sick, and her constant fear of the demented man who created her... Having freed themselves from the Hsktskt slave traders, Cherijo and her husband Duncan wanted to start looking for a nice, quiet part of the universe where Cherijo's Creator, Joseph Grey Veil, wouldn't find them. But Joseph Grey Veil never gives up... Now the newlyweds are living underground with the help of a renegade band of alien-human half-breeds. But when Duncan is forced into their deadly shockball games, and Cherijo is used to keep the players healthy, safety becomes its own kind of imprisonment, and Cherijo learns that she cannot merely run from her past—she must destroy it... Views: 54
Superpowers are great when they're useful. But what if you have a crappy power? Underpowered misfits band together to fight corrupt superheroes and manipulative supervillains, and soon no one can tell who the good guys are. Views: 54
From the national bestselling author of PLAIN TRUTH comes an acclaimed, richly atmospheric novel about a teacher undone by a disturbing modern-day witch hunt. Tall, blonde and handsome, Jack McBride was once a beloved teacher and football coach at a girl's school, until a student's crush sparked a powder-keg of accusation and robbed him of his career and reputation. Now after a devastatingly public ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job, Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life; taking a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner, and slowly forming a relationship with her. But just when it seems like his life is back on track, Jack finds himself the object of fresh accusations of rape brought on by a coven of bewitching teenage girls from Salem Falls, and history repeats itself as Jack's hidden past catches up with him. In a sleepy hamlet haunted by enduring love and wicked deceit, Picoult masterfully leads readers toward a truly shocking finale. Views: 54
Sheikh Najib blasted into Rosalind Lewis's life and staked a sultan's claim on her son! Her denial of the boy's royal lineage was met with deaf ears-and relentless kisses. When danger threatened, mother and child were whisked into Najib's exotic world, a faraway place where protection meant marriage. But with every night in the arms of her sheikh "husband," Rosalind's secret threatened to surface. Would the truth bring a bitter end-or a heartfelt vow? Views: 54
Lady Antonia Fraser vividly brings the reader into the presence of one of England's most brilliant military and political minds. Views: 54
Stranded in 1603 Scotland, veterinarian Jenny Morgan hides her ability to read auras. Heading home, she misses the man who stole her heart. Laird Gavin Sinclair has a missing brother, a murderous father, and a beauty on his mind. When Jenny returns to a dangerous future he sets aside obligations and searches for her at the New England Highland Games, where they fight evil together. Views: 54
Here's an absorbing and intricately plotted mystery set in a troubled future England, a story that expertly and effortlessly mixes two genres to produce a hybrid worthy of the best of either: a science fiction mystery full of surprises, where nothing is as it seems to be. Views: 54
