This richly imagined tale takes readers to a tiny German town in the time of 'the burnings,' when pious and heretic alike became victims of witch-hunting zealots. When a double murder stirs up festering fears, the village priest sends for help. But the charismatic Inquisitor who answers the call brings a deadly mix of spiritual fervor and self-deceptive evil. Under his influence, village fear, guilt, and suspicion of women take a deadly turn. In the midst of this nightmare, a doubting priest and an unloved wife - a secret friend of the recently martyred William Tyndale - somehow manage to hear another Voice - and discover the power of love over fear. Dinfoil, Germany, 1538. In a little town on the edge of the Black Forest, a double murder stirs up festering fears. A lonely woman despairs of pleasing her husband and wonders why other women shun her. An overworked sheriff struggles to hold the town - and himself - together. A priest begins to doubt the power of the words he shares daily with his flock. And the charismatic Inquisitor who arrives to help - with a filthy witch in a cage as an object lesson - brings his own mix of lofty ideals and treacherous evil. Under his influence, ordinary village fears and resentments take a deadly turn. Terror mounts. Dark deeds come to light. And men and women alike discover not only what they are capable of, but who they are.and what it means to grapple for grace. Views: 4
A Chinese satellite on a crash course with Earth...
A shadowy organization that seeks to dominate the globe...
And an American backpacker at the center of it all...
Michael Chase is running for his life. The Chinese Secret Police want him dead. The Conspiracy wants him dead. And the only person he can trust may also want him dead. If Michael is going to live, he'll need to find a hidden piece of Nazi technology lost since World War II. And he'll have to do it before anybody else. Because if he doesn't, we'll end up dead too.
LETHAL CIRCUIT is a full-length thriller, approximately 350 pages. Views: 4
Continuing the phenomenal story in The Betsy, The Stallion reintroduces the Hardeman family and the cutthroat world of their vast automobile empire, where the stakes are high and every man, and woman, is a gambler. Loren Hardeman, known as “Number One,” is gradually transferring control of Bethlehem Motors to his grandson, Loren Hardeman III—a man possessed with his father’s cunning, but sadly lacking in his ability to go for the kill. So when Angelo Perino, an outsider previously nurtured by Number One, threatens the position held by Hardeman III, what ensues is a battle of wills in which integrity takes a backseat to animal instinct, and in which there can only be one winner. Bursting with huge ingredients of lust, greed, sex, and intrigue—and a plot full of twists and double-crosses—this is Harold Robbins at his sizzling best.About the AuthorHarold Robbins was born in 1915 in New York's Hell's Kitchen. He wrote twenty-three novels, as well as numerous film and television scripts. A bestselling novelist for over half a century, his novels have sold over 500 million copies. Views: 4
When Tapser goes to visit his cousins, Cowlick, Róisín and Rachel, their imaginations are fired by the story of Hugh Rua, the local highwayman whose ghost, the locals claim, can still be seen galloping along the High Road. Setting out to investigate the story, they find themselves caught up in a tangled web of ghost riders, real spies and smugglers. To catch the smugglers they have to unravel this web, while avoiding the sinister figures of Whaler and Scamp who are even more frightening than the ghost of Hugh Rua! "Action and excitement in full measure." Irish Press Views: 4
