Tryton, Elder of the Shikar Council, knows the cost of love and vows never to fall prey to its seductive embrace. He cannot, for that way lies madness, destruction and unspoken secrets centuries old.
Niki Akitoye is a woman cursed by love, indeed by any emotion that makes her lose grip on her tightly held control. When Niki loses control, people die. She must never let anyone get too close.
But once these two proud fighters meet, all their rules stand waiting to be broken…and the price of desire could be salvation or destruction.
In a world you thought you knew, pasts collide and futures hang in the balance. For our greatest needs and darkest secrets are kept closest to the heart. And fate has a way of catching up with us… It is recommended that the previous books in the series be read before this one, in order to fully appreciate and understand Lord of the Deep. Views: 370
Free short story available via the author's website..
""The money?" The man held out a clean, manicured hand. A startling contrast to his torn and grubby clothes."
A near-future science fiction story that was originally published in the Spring 2005 issue of Seton Hill’s Literary Magazine, Eye Contact. Views: 369
One of the most original and daring writers in English letters, Michel Faber shows his incredible mastery of wildly diverse literary forms with this, his long-awaited second collection of stories. Faber’s characters in these 17 fictions are often dislocated—fragile beings confronting moments of fracture—in worlds that are both real and surreal. From the achingly sad lives of “The Safehouse” to the moments of exquisite happiness in “Vanilla-right Like Eminem” to the futuristic savagery of “The Fahrenheit Twins,” these are fearless stories that crack our humanity wide open. With his brilliant characterization and pitch-perfect prose, Michel Faber has produced a short story collection that will seal his reputation as one of our most arresting and gifted writers. Views: 369
"The chance resemblance of Prince Edward of Wales, son of Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI,, to the son of a Staffordshire knight, leads to a case of mistaken identity, and causes Paul Stukely to substitute himself for the heir-apparent to the English throne. On this incident of England\'s history is founded a story which deals with events that succeed the restoration of Henry VI., and introduces the struggle of the House of York and Lancaster with the succession of Edward IV." -Publishers Weekly "An interesting story of hairbreadth escapes and effusive loyalty in the midst of the rapine and treason which stalked through the land about 1470. The book ends with the foul murder of the young Lancastrian prince after the battle of Tewkesbury....Mrs. Green\'s careful study of the turbulent period in which she places her characters is much to be commended." -The Academy "Miss Everett-Green\'s little books are, we think, of a valuable kind...utilizing some of the dramatic incidents in English history as the thread whereon to hang an avowedly fictitious story...and may direct the young reader\'s attention in a pleasant way to those fields of more serious reading which, rightly entered upon, are of all others the most interesting to intelligent children. \'In the Wars of the Roses,\' which culminates in the tragedy of Tewkesbury, tells of a certain Paul Stukely, who becomes the follower and companion of the ill-starred Prince Edward of Lancaster. There are plenty of adventures with robbers in Epping Forest and other places...There is a good deal of verisimilitude in the descriptions of the young chiefs of Dynesvor and their surroundings, and boys will have their preferences between the two pairs of brothers, the fiercer Llewelyn and Howel, and the more cultured and modern Wendot and Griffeth." -The Athenaeum "A stirring Essex story by a popular historical writer. The scene is chiefly laid in the neighbourhood of Much Witham and Black Notley." -The East Anglian "Miss Everett-Green has laid the scenes of this story in the closing years of Henry VI\'s reign. The hero is for time the companion of the unfortunate Prince Edward....Well written and distinctly realistic. The life in Epping Forest at the old farm-house is particularly good, and the characters of the Devenish family are very lifelike. There is adventure, and fighting too, and we have Twekesbury and the murder of Prince Edward, though the author has not expanded history, but simply related the facts. It is history which cannot be remolded much, and naturally forbids a happy ending....Miss Everett-Green achieves a very fair success." -The Spectator Contents Prologue. Chapter 1: A Brush With The Robbers. Chapter 2: A Hospitable Shelter. Chapter 3: A Strange Encounter. Chapter 4: Paul\'s Kinsman. Chapter 5: In Peril. Chapter 6: In The Hands Of The Robbers. Chapter 7: The Protection Of The Protected. Chapter 8: The Rally Of The Red Rose. Chapter 9: The Tragedy Of Tewkesbury. Chapter 10: The Prince Avenged. Notes Views: 367
A comedy of loyalty, betrayal, sex, madness, and music-swappingArt is an up-and-coming interface designer, working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He\'s doing the best work of his career and can guarantee that the system will be, without a question, the most counterintuitive, user-hostile piece of software ever pushed forth onto the world.Why? Because Art is an industrial saboteur. He may live in London and work for an EU telecommunications megacorp, but Art\'s real home is the Eastern Standard Tribe.Instant wireless communication puts everyone in touch with everyone else, twenty-four hours a day. But one thing hasn\'t changed: the need for sleep. The world is slowly splintering into Tribes held together by a common time zone, less than family and more than nations. Art is working to humiliate the Greenwich Mean Tribe to the benefit of his own people. But in a world without boundaries, nothing can be taken for granted-not happiness, not money, and most certainly not love.Which might explain why Art finds himself stranded on the roof of an insane asylum outside Boston, debating whether to push a pencil into his brain.... Views: 366
Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly without mercy.
The Prime are the Commonwealth's worst nightmare. Coexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next.
Nor are the Prime the only threat. For more than a hundred years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist -- the Starflyer -- has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. But now evidence suggests that the Guardians were right all along, and that the Starflyer has placed agents in vital posts throughout the Commonwealth -- agents who are now sabotaging the war effort.
Is the Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has it orchestrated a fight to the death between the two species for its own advantage? Caught between two deadly enemies, one a brutal invader striking from without, the other a remorseless cancer killing from within, the fractious Commonwealth must unite as never before... Views: 366
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them. Views: 366
Vanishing Fruit? No Way!
Nancy and her friends are off on an apple-picking adventure! They are headed to the Kids Apple Festival, where they will pick apples, go on a hayride, and work their way through a cornstalk maze. Bess is excited about the applesauce-eating contest -- after all, apples are her favorite food! And the winner gets a whole basket of River Heights Reds -- a brand new type of apple!
But when the basket -- and all the apples in it -- vanishes, Nancy knows she has to get to the core of this mystery. Can she figure out who the bad apple is, or is this festival on the verge of an apple emergency? Views: 365
Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys.
You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup.
Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor–which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah's dad is stuck in the clink.
Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally . . . somehow. His allies may not add up to much–his sister Abbey, an unreformed childhood biter; Lice Peeking, a greedy sot with poor hygiene; Shelly, a bartender and a woman scorned; and a mysterious pirate–but Noah's got a plan to flush this crook out into the open. A plan that should sink the crooked little casino, once and for all.
From the Hardcover edition. Views: 365
Set on a fictional Caribbean island during World War II and in modern-day Vancouver, He Drown She in the Sea is the spellbinding story of two childhood friends reunited late in life. As children, Rose Sangha and her housekeeper's son, Harry, are inseparable, blissfully unaware of the subtleties of class hierarchy until the night Harry is banished from the Sangha home. When Harry and Rose meet again in Canada years later, the gulf separating them is not so apparent. They have a life-affirming affair and Rose dares to reroute their destinies. This is a haunting, sensuous, and suspenseful story about love against all odds, and the sacrifice and euphoria that come with defying the life one is born into.
Set on the fictional Caribbean island of Guanagaspar around the time of the Second World War, and in modern-day Vancouver, *He Drown She in the Sea,* fulfills the promise of Shani Mootoo’s internationally acclaimed debut novel, *Cereus Blooms at Night.*
At the centre of the story is Harry St. George, the son of a laundress, and the unrequited love he bears for a woman, Rose, the daughter of a wealthy man, whom he knew as a child. Looking back to his past, evoking the rich culture and texture of his Caribbean boyhood, and the life of his mother, Dolly, Harry reveals his friendship with Rose, and the events that will continue to haunt him across time and place. When Rose arrives suddenly in Vancouver, where Harry has built a hard-earned life for himself, the two embark on an impossible affair that will have tragic consequences.
*He Drown She in the Sea* is a vividly evoked, subtly described story of love, class division, and the unrelenting hold of the past, told by one of our most gifted writers. Shani Mootoo joins the front ranks of Carribean literature, in the company of Austin Clarke and Dionne Brand.
*From the Hardcover edition.* Views: 364
Frederic Remington was one of the most influential artists of his times. Views: 364
