FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF *HOLY ISLAND*
Are you afraid of the dark..?
After his climactic battle with notorious serial killer The Hacker, DCI Ryan is spending the summer with his fiancée within the grounds of Cragside, a spectacular Bavarian-style mansion surrounded by acres of woodland. When they are invited to attend the staff summer party – a Victorian murder mystery evening – it’s all a joke until the lights go out and an elderly man is found dead. It looks like an unfortunate accident but, as the dead man’s life begins to unfold, Ryan and his team of detectives realise that all is not as it appears.
When a second body is found, terror grips the close-knit community and Ryan must uncover the killer who walks among them, before they strike again...
Murder and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunit set amidst the spectacular Northumbrian landscape.
**“LJ Ross is the queen of Kindle” – Sunday Telegraph
“A literary phenomenon” – Evening Chronicle
"LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers" - The Times** Views: 22
The story is a prequel to Christie Golden's novel Dark Disciple. Views: 22
“This insightful study of a world in flux, framed by a dystopian future America and a disintegrating family, is disturbingly timely.” —*Publishers Weekly*
The America of 2037 is a country distracted by, infatuated with, and addicted to Arcadia. The brainchild of reclusive genius Juan Diego Reyes, Arcadia is a wickedly immersive, all-encompassing social-media platform and virtual-reality interface. Although Arcadia has made the Reyes family fabulously wealthy, it’s left them—and the rest of the country—impoverished of that rare currency: intimacy. When Juan Diego mysteriously vanishes, the consequences shatter the lives of the entire Reyes clan.
As matriarch Autumn struggles to hold the family together, siblings Gideon, Holly, and Devon wrestle with questions of purpose and meaning—seeking self-worth in a world where everything has been cheapened. Outside the artificial safety of Arcadia, America has crumbled into an unrecognizable nation where a fundamentalist ex-preacher occupies the Oval Office, megacorporations blithely exploit their full citizenship, and a twenty-foot-high Great Wall of Freedom plastered with lucrative advertising bestrides the US-Mexican border.
In a polarized society now cripplingly hooked on manufactured highs, the Reyes family must overcome the seduction of simulation to find the kind of authentic human connection that offers salvation for all.
**Review
“Sean Gandert has written an impressive first novel. It has a rare combination of vision and heart—not to mention a funny, scary dystopia that is both impressively imagined and dismayingly plausible.” —Tom Bissell, author of *Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter*
“Sean Gandert's new book is a must-read, a gotta-read book, a go out and buy the damn thing. Once you buy it, share it, carry it in your backpack and tell your friends about it, you're not going to get this kind of book in school, this is way ahead of school books, it dips into real life, it dives into the underworld of our feelings and holds you there, until you discover the pearls…” —Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of *A Place to Stand*
“This novel is like if Sword Art Online and Stranger Things had a child, just so it could tell you a story about the future. This brilliant novel is about how what we love about games can become what we fear about the world, without our noticing, until it is done. Prescient, funny, smart, a story to disappear into and come out the other side.” —Alexander Chee, Whiting Award winner and author of *The Queen of the Night*
“A fascinating and ambitious first novel by a very talented writer.…An indispensable read.” —Rudolfo Anaya, author of *Bless Me, Ultima*
About the Author
Sean Gandert was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. A freelance writer and college English instructor, Sean’s reviews and interviews have appeared in Paste magazine and other publications. An avid gamer, Sean currently resides in Florida with his partner and their three cats. Views: 22
"For those of you reading this, I had to list this as fiction. No one would ever believe me and most times I can't believe it myself if I was completely honest! Its not everyday that someone realizes the world is much bigger and in many ways simpler than we make it.
Anyway, for all intents and purposes you are reading my journal. I have written it as factually as I could and as accurately as possible. Of course I changed some names and dates and places where required. When you have finished reading it you can say I am crazy or that I am a liar or whatever. I am fine with that. I just don't want to leave this world without knowing that my story will get out there.
Maybe it will help somebody, maybe it won't. In the end we will just have to see won't we?"
Sincerely,
Payen Brant
P.S. You should check out my illustrator for my cover art. She does a good job at it. http://heidisteinmetz.wixsite.com/ste... Views: 22
A small-town girl returns home and rekindles a relationship with the woman she'd dreamed of in high school. Views: 22
A sober memoir that provides a solid understanding of how crime is situated in structural, cultural, historical, and situational contexts. This is the life story of Ricky Atkinson, leader of the Dirty Tricks Gang, who grew up fast and hard in one of Toronto's toughest neighborhoods during the social ferment of the Sixties, during the fledgling Black Power Movement in Canada. His life was made all the more difficult coming from a black, white and aboriginal mixed family. Under his leadership, the gang eventually robbed more banks and pulled off so many jobs, that it is unrivaled in Canadian history. Follow him from the mean streets to backroom plotting, to jail and back again as he learns the hard lessons of leadership, courage and betrayal. Today, after reconciling his past and life, he works to educate youth and people from all backgrounds about the no-win choice of being a criminal. Views: 22
No one likes a know-it-all, but everyone loves a girl with brains and heart. The Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory is an intelligent and comprehensive guide to polyamory, open relationships, and other forms of alternative love, offering relationship advice radically different from anything you'll find on the magazine rack.This practical guidebook will help women break free of the mold of traditional monogamy, without the constraints of jealousy, possessiveness, insecurity, and competition. The Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory incorporates interviews and real-world advice from women of all ages in nontraditional relationships, as well as exercises for building self-awareness, confidence in communication, and strategies for managing and eliminating jealousy. If you're curious about exploring group sex, opening up your current monogamous relationship, or ready to come out" as polyamorous, this book covers it all!Whether you're a seasoned graduate, a timid... Views: 22
