'I can't imagine a nicer Christmas present' Lionel Shriver, Observer 'A passionate, hilarious, joyful love letter to Russian literature' Allison Pearson, Sunday Telegraph'A delightful primer and companion to all the authors you are ashamed to admit you haven't read' The TimesViv Groskop has discovered the meaning of life in Russian literature. As she knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened in life has already happened in these novels: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina) to being in love with someone who doesn't love you back enough (A Month in the Country by Turgenev) or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov's work). This is a literary self-help memoir, with examples from the author's own life that reflect the lessons of literature, only in a much less poetic way than Tolstoy probably intended, and with an emphasis on... Views: 25
One thousand years ago, an apocalypse cracked the foundations of the world. From the ruins, came the Vadryn, and the promise of a suffering beyond death.
Korsten is an enthraller, a demon-hunting priest with a dubious blessing; to perceive and attract demons. When an army vanishes into the misty depths of the northern woods, immediately following the overtaking of a nearby town by demonic forces, he and his partner are sent out to investigate. They uncover a hidden fortress, soaked in slaughter and the sickness of demons.
But more than death and disease are lingering in the fortress' foreboding halls. Two ancient evils have converged to grow an army of creatures empowered by death. Trapped between them, Korsten must confront his dangerous gift, or risk invasion by the deadliest force to come across the Borderlands. Views: 25
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