What happens when an ordinary man becomes a messiah? A witty, prescient and eloquent satire by one of New Zealand's finest writers.Far into the twenty-first century, Albous Slaven's life is spectacularly and irrevocably altered after he hangs for an instant from a power line. While recuperating, he senses a new-found gift; the gift of oratory.Driven to hold rallies throughout New Zealand, Slaven astounds and alarms the ruling politicians. He too is astounded and often bemused by the response of the tens of thousands who flock to hear him. But what is his message? Is he a Messiah, a political saviour, or an idealist who conjures up forces he can neither understand nor control?Shortlisted for the Montana Book Award for Fiction and described by Vincent O'Sullivan as `Delightfully sardonic; philosophically mischievous', this novel deftly and disconcertingly explores its characters' lives in this lyrical picture of New Zealand.`The world's multiplicity is splendidly... Views: 17
Bonnie Maddern’s whole life goal was to get hired onto the rescue ambulance in Darling Bay. There’s nowhere she wants to be more, and saving people’s lives is exactly what she does best. Why, then, is she so worried about her new partner, Caz? With him sitting next to her in the rig, nothing seems the way it was. He makes her nervous as a wet cat, and three times as confused as she’d ever been, and she has to fix it. Quick. Even if she has to lie to do it.
Caswell Lloyd is Bonnie’s opposite, in everything. She’s loud, he’s quiet. He sees black and white, not the complex shades that Bonnie does. He’s fulfilled by work and thoughts of the cabin he left behind when he moved back home to pick up the pieces of his sick father’s life. But the bee in the gorgeous Bonnie’s bonnet has something buzzing inside him, too, and when she challenges him to name what it is, he’s in for the ride of his life. Views: 17
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Return to Shawntelle Madison's Coveted universe in this fun new series featuring witches and wizards!
Supernatural matchmaker Tessa Dandridge knows a little mist here and a little magic there will help reckless werewolves and precocious pixies find love. That is, until her magical Smythe scroll is lost in her repo’ed car and she can’t contact her V.I.P. clients. To connect with an important client cavorting in the fifth dimension, Tessa must depend on handsome Rob Shin, a warlock repo man, to enter Limbo and find her Smythe Scroll.
Rob has money problems of his own, thanks to the bank determined to foreclose on his elderly aunt and uncle’s home. Repossessing magic wands and cursed pianos from disgruntled warlocks isn’t the best pay, but the Navy SEAL works well as a repo man to pay off his family’s debts. Rob’s repossession jobs catch up with him when a powerful warlock seeks to end his life for his constant meddling, drawing Tessa in the middle. Views: 17
The President of the United States has been targeted for assassination--by his own party's power structure. A national election is pending and the killing must look as if the opposition party is responsible. Desperate to prevent the crime and avoid an overwhelming defeat, the opposition turns to the only force that can stop it this late in the game--a mysterious hunter-killer black ops team known only as the Sleeping Dogs.If you enjoy thrillers by such best-selling authors as Brad Thor, Lee Child, David Baldacci, and Alex Berenson, Sleeping Dogs is for you!****This book is filled with a great cast of characters and an even better storyline that makes it difficult to put down. A tantalizing mystery that stays on your mind when you're busy with other matters and pulls you back to it the moment you find an opportunity to resume.Gary, Amazon John Wayne Falbey writes techno-political spy thrillers and adventure novels. His debut novel, Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening, earned the endorsement of Compulsory Reads. He also is the author of The Quixotics, a tale of gunrunning, guerilla warfare, and treachery in the Caribbean. A native Floridian and former transactional attorney, he is a real estate investor and developer in Southwest Florida. He invites you to visit him at sleepingdogs.biz,Twitter.com/jwfalbey, facebook.com/wayne.falbeyReviewA tight, well written, foot to the floor thriller reflecting the current political situation both in the United States and world. The action begins on the first page and tension builds. A book I could not put down.- Michael Boggia, Amazon Reviews What an exciting, thrilling ride it will be. Falbey develops his characters with care, has them interact realistically, and builds suspense from the get-go. While the book reads well throughout, the last several chapters kept me up long after my flight had landed.- R E ProfJohn's book made me feel like I stepped into a CSI episode with Tom Clancy as the director. - Andrea Kurian, Orangeberry Book Tours From the AuthorThis book is the first in a planned trilogy. In every generation Mother Nature produces a handful of individuals who are beta models of human beings in future generations. Stronger, faster, smarter. More evolved. What if scientists discovered this anomaly and developed a means for identifying these individuals? What if the intelligence and military communities recruited and trained them to use their extraordinary abilities for the blackest of black ops missions? What if something caused them to focus their deadly talents on an enemy destroying the U.S. from within? The Soviet Union spent decades and enormous capital trying to subvert and destroy America's social, political and economic structure. The USSR is gone, but what if another interest with similar goals succeeded to the assets it implanted? Is the current political turmoil and systemic upheaval the result? The Sleeping Dogs trilogy explores these questions against a backdrop of today's political and technological developments. 800 years ago Geoffrey Chaucer warned against waking sleeping dogs. Now some fool has let the dogs out! Views: 17
