Alexandra Parker came home from the past only to find herself in the middle of an underground war—one that could affect the fate of Variants everywhere. Fighting an all-powerful government agency is tough enough, but when a secret from John Grayson's past comes back to haunt them all, the group's united front begins to crumble. And when Alex's own painful memories threaten to push her past her breaking point, the uprising stands to lose its most powerful weapon. With their lives and their freedom on the line, can Declan, Nate, and the rest of the Grayson family hold it together long enough to bring down Director Carter and derail Brian's apocalyptic visions?As Alex struggles to master her most volatile ability yet, only one thing is certain: the uprising's cold war with the Agency is about to turn red hot. Views: 20
"They were warned. The place is cursed. Those who live at Sandalwood cannot escape. You will see."Convicted of the murder of her sister-in-law, Judith Cameron spent nine years in prison. Now on parole, she is summoned to a lush Hawaiian island to care for her childlike niece, Deirdre, bride of the handsome and imperious Stephen Giles. Judith finds herself drawn to the magnetic young Master of Sandalwood.Then two violent and mysterious deaths bring new terror into her world. This time Judith discovers that not only her heart but her life, as well, is in jeopardy. Views: 20
When Jake Walters saw the object of his obsession- Ethan Sullivan, at the Investobanck Christmas party he had one goal in mind- to spend the night with the younger man. But Ethan had other ideas! Views: 20
Winner of the first annual Salvo Press Mystery Novel Award, The Sacred Disc is a story of an accidental private investigator who inherits a detective agency in California s San Joaquin Valley. For his first major case, Bob Fisher is hired by the leaders of the Eternal Truth Temple, a religious cult nestled into the Sierras near Yosemite National Park, to find a missing computer disc containing the cult s sacred text. The prime suspects are former cult members who have formed a committee to expose the cult as a fraud. After asking only a few questions, the murders begin. Fisher must not only overcome his own shady past, but confront zealots who will stop at nothing to keep outsiders away from their real cause. Views: 20
This dramatization of Robert Swindells' GCSE text depicts Britain in 2051. It is a divided country: half the population shelters in fortified suburbs, the other half smoulders in sealed-off ghettos. Zoe is one of the privileged; Daz is a semi-literate ghetto dweller. Then they fall in love. Views: 20
From Freud to Babbitt, from Animal Farm to Sartre to the Great Society, from the Theory of Relativity to counterculture to Kosovo, The Modern Mind is encyclopedic, covering the major writers, artists, scientists, and philosophers who produced the ideas by which we live. Peter Watson has produced a fluent and engaging narrative of the intellectual tradition of the twentieth century, and the men and women who created it. Views: 20
Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. Annie Proulx admits, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours."This special, limited edition celebrates Billy Collins's years as U.S. Poet Laureate. Questions About Angels—one of the books that helped establish and secure his reputation and popularity during the 1990s—is remarkable for its wry, inquisitive voice and its sheer imaginative range. Edward Hirsch selected this classic book for the National Poetry Series, and each of Collins's poems-from his meditation on forgetfulness to his musings on the behavior of angels-is an exploration of imaginative possibilities. Whether reading him for the first time or the fiftieth, this collector's edition is a must-have for anyone interested in the poet the New York Times calls simply "the real thing." Views: 20
With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates, who bathed in champagne; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a poker game; and Roddy Connors, who danced away a fortune at a dollar a dance. We meet dance-hall queens, paupers turned millionaires, missionaries and entrepreneurs, and legendary Mounties such as Sam Steele, the Lion of the Yukon.Pierre Berton's riveting account reveals to us the spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass, and the terrors of lesser-known trails through the swamps of British Columbia, across the glaciers of souther Alaska, and up the icy streams of the Mackenzie Mountains. It contrasts the lawless frontier life on the American side of the border to the relative safety of... Views: 20
A family at war... Raising three boys and running the Arcadia Hotel almost single-handed are enough to keep widow Kitty Ryan busy. She has no time for romance – unless it's in the form of a rare evening out at the local picture house. Then along comes John Mcleod, bringing with him a second chance at happiness. However, Kitty finds her sons unwilling to accept another man into their household. Unless she can reunite her menfolk, the future looks set to be that of a family in conflict, in a world on the eve of war... Views: 20
Meet Dr. Gideon Wolfe, expert criminologist of the new millenium. A professor at New York's John Jay University in the year 2023, he lives in an era that has seen plague, a global economic crash, and the 2018 assassination of President Emily Forrester. In this turbulent new world order, Wolfe's life and everything he knows are turned upside down when the widow of a murdered special-effects wizard enters his office.The widow hands him a silver disc from her husband's safety deposit box, hoping that Wolfe's expertise in history and criminology will compel him to track down her husband's killers. The disc contains footage of President Forrester's assassination, the same video that has been broadcast countless times on TV and over the internet-with one crucial, shocking difference: This version shows that before the video was released, it was altered with sinister special effects.This explosive discovery will lead Gideon Wolfe on an electrifying journey from a... Views: 20
1886 Arizona TerritoryThey shouldn't have done what they did.To pick a fight with him was a bad move for when it comes to payback Ender Smith has a heart as cold as the grave and mercy isn't a word engraved there.On the surface he looks like a dutiful lawman wearing a badge but inside it's a whole different matter. As soon as wealthy rancher Able Quinlan and his army of gunmen cross trails with Ender they unwittingly let loose a pitiless man raised by the Apache and skilled in all their warrior ways.Serving as Deputy Marshal policing the Fort Bowie reservation is no easy task at the best of times and when Quinlan's brother is killed by an Indian, Ender is sent to bring the murderer in.But there are two sides to the story and Ender soon finds he's rubbing the rancher the wrong way with devastating consequences. Views: 20
