From New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes a stirring story of a soldier and his military war dog who are drawn into a dark mystery tracing back to World War II and a lost treasure tied to the bones of the dead.
Off the blustery streets in the medieval heart of Budapest, Captain Tucker Wayne and his war dog, Kane, rescue a mysterious woman fleeing three armed men. The secret she holds will unlock a terrible treasure, one steeped in blood and treachery, tied to a crime going back to the fall of Nazi Germany and a heritage of suffering and pain that reaches out from the past to wreak havoc today. In a final showdown in the depths of a lost cemetery, truths will be unearthed, treasures exposed, and the fate of all will rest upon the shoulders of one man and a dog whose courage is beyond measure.
Included within this thrilling story is a sneak peek at the opening chapters of Bloodline, in which the further exploits of Tucker and Kane will be revealed. Views: 686
Every wish has a price.This short story is also available in "Infinite Dimensions," a new anthology by Derek Powell.Tom Swanson, new owner of a genuine magic lamp, learns the hard way that every wish has a price.This short story is also available in "Infinite Dimensions," a new anthology by Derek Powell. Views: 686
Metempsihotics references like in the "Boulevard of dreams", capture of present like a butterfly in insectary in "Seven centuries", almost ostentatious simplicity that lyric poem "Love", serious existential as in "Boat farewell", violent tragism in "Paraphrasing nightmare", expressionist view like in the poem "Forbbiden ", cruel radiography of a difficult present like in "General rehearsal" makeMircea Prodan write a vindicative poem, with a strong aesthetic tone, able to penetrate barriers and establish immediately contact (often challenging, often uncomfortable) with the reader. At the same time striking an unexpected tenderness, draped behind this powerful and unconventional poetic cried, a blast lyrical tension, which gives this volume misleading appearance of a structure, paradoxical.Metempsihotics references like in the "Boulevard of dreams", capture of present like a butterfly in insectary in "Seven centuries", almost ostentatious simplicity that lyric poem "Love", serious existential as in "Boat farewell", violent tragism in "Paraphrasing nightmare", expressionist view like in the poem "Forbbiden ", cruel radiography of a difficult present like in "General rehearsal" make Anachronic a bold and exciting literary challenge for reader. Views: 686
When Tara's father decides to build a shelter for their fairy friends, he gets some pixies to help. The pixies have other ideas.Life in the Stone Age was hard for Karg and his tribe. They couldn’t go into the lower forests because of the predators there and that meant they had to stay in the cold mountains where food was scarce. Then during a hunting trip Karg came across a hidden valley with all the food, water and wood they could ever want. And there were none of the dangers of the lower forests. He was planning to move his family to the valley when he witnessed a sun being born on the ground. It rose into the sky and became a roiling black cap on a growing black stem and reminded him of a mushroom. Karg didn’t realize it but the future of his people was about to change and not necessarily for the better. He’d found a Kthpok nuclear test range and the Kthpok had just discovered that humans were living in the mountains bordering their most sensitive facility. Views: 685
Siphewe Fasala idolised his father, but everything changed for Siphewe the day he died. Turning to a life of crime was his way of showing that he did not care.Siphewe Fasala idolised his father, but everything changed for Siphewe the day he died. Turning to a life of crime was his way of showing that he did not care.With Siphewe a member of The Paperboys, life is never again the same in Site Five. Struggling to be the most powerful gang in the township, the only way they can drive out The Seven-Ups is if The Paperboys and The Juvies join forces.Although this is the talk between the two teenage gangs, this is something Siphewe doesn’t care about. He wants to put fear in the residents of Site Five, and this he accomplishes by taking on another name. Over the years, ‘Ampie’ reminded grown men of what fear tastes like, but, even in a township where you are faceless, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Views: 685
A miscellany of short stories, flash fiction, anecdotes, poetry and quotations.short stories, flash fiction, anecdotes, poetry and quotations. Ideal for travelling or relaxing on holiday. Easy to read. Views: 685
Reason Simon, a Photographer, meets a handsome architect, Didier Gauthier one morning at a bagel shop, he invites him to his gallery & falls for him. They start a whirlwind romance & soon a photograph he took 3 years earlier becomes the center of a mysterious winery and mansion that has no heir. Can he solve the mystery & keep the romance going? Set in 1999.Reason Simon, a Photographer, meets a handsome architect, Didier Gauthier one morning at the bagel shop, he invites him to his gallery and falls for him. They start a whirlwind romance, wining and dining and soon a photograph he took three years earlier becomes the center of a mysterious winery and mansion that has no heir. Can Reason solve the mystery and keep the romance going. Can he keep it together? Set in 1999 this fast paced novel will make you hungry and thirsty for more. First of three novels. Views: 685
The enchanting Jingera trilogy concludes with a heart-rending story of love and the callous twists of fate.Back in 1957, nine-year-old Zidra Vincent met Jim Cadwallader for the first time. Fourteen years later, their bond of friendship - forged during a childhood in the beautiful coastal town of Jingera - is still strong. But is friendship all they dream of?Jim is now a respected war correspondent in Cambodia, though he has plans to come home for good. because there is something very important he wants to say to Zidra.Zidra, meanwhile, is an ambitious reporter at the Sydney Morning Chronicle, and the seeds of a major story have just landed in her lap. Life is looking good, if only she could share it with the man who knows her best.Then, while at work in the newsroom one morning, Zidra catches sight of a wire service bulletin. A story out of Cambodia. The body of a Western journalist has been discovered near Phnom Penh.And her world collapses around her ... Views: 685
Lindsay Boxer is pregnant at last! But her work doesn't slow for a second. When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, she discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. Anyone could be the killer - even her closest friends.
Lindsay is called next to the most bizarre crime scene she's ever witnessed: two bodiless heads elaborately displayed in the garden of a world-famous actor. Another head is unearthed in the garden, and Lindsay realises that the ground could hide hundreds of victims.
A reporter launches a series of malicious articles about the cases and Lindsay's personal life is laid bare. But this time she has no one to turn to - especially not Joe. Views: 685
The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. Now they've made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilizations; they are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost infinitely more rich and complex existence. Amid preparations though, the Regimental High Command is destroyed. Lieutenant Commander (reserve) Vyr Cossont appears to have been involved, and she is now wanted - dead, not alive. Aided only by an ancient, reconditioned android and a suspicious Culture avatar, Cossont must complete her last mission given to her by the High Command. She must find the oldest person in the Culture, a man over nine thousand years old, who might have some idea what really happened all that time ago. It seems that the final days of the Gzilt civilization are likely to prove its most perilous. Views: 685
The Nuclear Submarine Tristan is missing...Lost during a solar storm of unprecedented ferocity, the crew emerge from the safety of the depths to find themselves in uncharted waters. Totally alone and cut off from all of humanity, they face a bleak prospect with no hope of return.Discover alien life-forms, landscapes and technology in a thought-provoking tale, skilfully constructed D.B. Reynolds-Moreton - master of old-school British science-fiction writing. Views: 685
A CBC Canada Reads 2015 Selection! Finalist for the 2013 Governor General's Literary Award for French-to-English Translation Deep in a Northern Ontario forest live Tom and Charlie, two octogenarians determined to live out the rest of their lives on their own terms: free of all ties and responsibilities, their only connection to civilization two pot farmers who bring them whatever they can't eke out for themselves. But their solitude is disrupted by the arrival of two women. The first is a photographer searching for survivors of a series of catastrophic fires nearly a century earlier; the second is an elderly escapee from a psychiatric institution. The little hideaway in the woods will never be the same. Originally published in French, And the Birds Rained Down, the recipient of several prestigious prizes, including the Prix de Cinq Continents de la Francophonie, is a haunting meditation on... Views: 684
