Featuring stellar contributions from some of today's most masterful practitioners of speculative fiction, Beyond Singularity presents fourteen visions of a tomorrow where rapid technological and genetic breakthroughs have rendered humanity obsolete. Views: 63
New York Times bestselling author Stephen Hunter returns with his most riveting Bob Lee Swagger volume to date. The stakes are high – and personal because this time, Swagger's daughter's life is at stake. Forced off the road and into a crash that leaves her clinging to life in a coma, Nikki Swagger had begun to peel back the onion of a Southern Fried scandal. Corrupt constabulary, meth lab crackers, and deranged evangelicals rear their ugly heads and when Swagger picks up where Nikki left off, his swift sword of justice is let loose. All of it is set against the backdrop of the excitement and insanity that only a weeklong NASCAR event can bring to the backwoods of a town as seemingly sleepy as Bristol, VA. A master at the top of his game, Hunter provides a host of riveting new reasons to read as fast as we can. Stephen Hunter is the bestselling author of THE 47TH SAMURAI, HAVANA and PALE HORSE COMING, among other titles. Views: 62
44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 1 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother. Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Irene and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mother’s desire for him to learn the saxophone and italian–all at the tender age of five.Love triangles, a lost painting, intriguing new friends, and an encounter with a famous Scottish crime writer are just a few of the ingredients that add to this delightful and witty... Views: 62
From bestselling
author James Grippando comes the newest Jack Swyteck thriller, in a
series that critics have called "riveting," "a winner," and "lapel
grabbing." In "Got the Look," Swyteck is up against a killer who's so
fiendishly clever and diabolical that even Jack may have at last met his
match. FBI agent Andie Henning is tracking a ruthless kidnapper
plaguing south Florida, one who's out to prove that all human life can
be valued in dollars and cents. But at every turn, he has slipped
through her net. This time he's taken the wife of one of the state's
richest horse breeders and is asking a ransom of $1 million. The stakes
go up when Andie finds the woman -- dead. Enter Jack Swyteck. He
has a new girlfriend, Mia, and life is good -- until she goes missing.
Then Jack gets a one-two punch: he discovers that his lover is married,
and her rich husband receives a ransom demand that pegs Mia as the
kidnapper's latest victim. Worst of all, her husband knows all about the
affair with Jack, and he decides to pay the kidnapper exactly what his
cheating wife is worth: nothing. Feeling deceived, Jack at first resists
getting involved. But as secrets unfold about Mia's strange marriage
and mysterious past, Jack is in for a twisty ride that may bring him
face-to-face with a madman. Views: 62
When private investigator Sandro Cellini is invited to attend a glamorous launch party for a luxury residence overlooking Florence, he has no idea what he's walking into. Behind the austere beauty of Palazzo San Giorgio's façade terrible secrets lie hidden: not only an old torture chamber uncovered during excavations, but a much more recent malevolence.Then the head of security dies under suspicious circumstances and Sandro takes on the dead man's role. He soon discovers that his predecessor's death was not random, or isolated, when one of the residents is found murdered in her room. Now, Sandro must work to untangle the secrets of the palazzo to unmask a deadly killer before the fate of another victim is sealed... Views: 62
Magiere is a dhampir-half human, half vampire-sired for the purpose of slaying the undead. Outside the village of Chemestuk, where she was born and raised, stands her father's keep. Within its walls, she hopes to discover the secrets of her past and figure out why a vampire would wish to breed a creature capable of slaughtering his own kind… But there are those who don't want Magiere to learn the truth- and when her half-elf partner, Leesil, makes a startling discovery in the keep, he can understand why. Before Leesil can reveal the truth to Magiere, they must vanquish a creature of unimaginable and unlimited power who has damned a small village of people with a horrifying curse… Views: 62
