Product DescriptionBeyond Armageddon II: Empire is the second installment in the five-part Beyond Armageddon series. Four years after the initial invasion, Trevor Stone has grown his band of survivors into a small nation fighting alien occupiers and extraterrestrial monsters. While his best General leads an expedition to the Arctic Circle to recover a powerful artifact, Trevor finds there is little difference between a war of liberation and a war of conquest.Empire will take the reader to chaotic battles atop glaciers, to street-to-street fighting as canine hunters battle horrific creatures, to a village in North Carolina that forces Trevor to decide between victory and his soul. Views: 11
John Betjeman was by far the most popular poet of the twentieth century; his collected poems sold more than two million copies. As poet laureate of England, he became a national icon, but behind the public man were doubts and demons. The poet best known for writing hymns of praise to athletic middle-class girls on the tennis courts led a tempestuous emotional life. For much of his fifty-year marriage to Penelope Chetwode, the daughter of a field marshal, Betjeman had a relationship with Elizabeth Cavendish, the daughter of the Duke of Devonshire and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. Betjeman, a devout Anglican, was tormented by guilt about the storms this emotional triangle caused.Betjeman, published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the poet's birth, is the first to use fully the vast archive of personal material relating to his private life, including literally hundreds of letters written by his wife about their life together and apart.... Views: 11
Moving from revolutionary Zanzibar in the 1960s to restless London in the 1990s, Gravel Heart is a powerful story of exile, migration and betrayal, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of ParadiseSalim has always believed that his father does not want him. Living with his parents and his adored Uncle Amir in a house full of secrets, he is a bookish child, a dreamer haunted by night terrors. It is the 1970s and Zanzibar is changing. Tourists arrive, the island's white sands obscuring the memory of recent conflict: longed-for independence from British colonialism swiftly followed by bloody revolution. When his father moves out, retreating into dishevelled introspection, Salim is confused and ashamed. His mother explains neither this nor her absences with a strange man; silence is layered on silence. When glamorous Uncle Amir, now a senior diplomat, offers Salim an escape, the lonely teenager travels to London for college. But... Views: 11
A curmudgeon. An iconoclast. A loner. That's how people describe Garrison Gage, and that's when they're being charitable.After his wife's brutal murder in New York, and Gage himself is beaten nearly to death, the crippled private investigator retreats three thousand miles to the quaint coastal town of Barnacle Bluffs, Oregon. He spends the next five years in a convalescent stupor, content to bide his time filling out crossword puzzles and trying to forget that his wife's death is his fault. But all that changes when he discovers the body of a young woman washed up on the beach, and his conscience draws him back into his old occupation - forcing him to confront the demons of his own guilt before he can hope to solve the girl's murder. Publisher's Note: A newly revised edition of The Gray and Guilty Sea was published in June 2014, correcting minor typos and formatting errors.Review"It was a shrewd marketing move ... to entitle his first mystery novel The Gray and Guilty Sea. It makes it nearly irresistible for an old John D. MacDonald fan like me . . . Recommended." - Brandywine Books"The Gray and Guilty Sea is quite an enjoyable novel that engages a reader on multiple levels." - Stimulated Outlet Book Reviews "Outstanding debut crime novel set on the Oregon coast and starring a misanthropic former detective ... as much a fascinating character study as it is an original story." - Michael J. Totten, author of Resurrection"Scott William Carter makes it look easy." - Chizine.com From the AuthorNever miss a new Garrison Gage book: Sign up for the new release mailing list by going to this link (copy/paste into browser): swcarter.com/news The Garrison Gage Mystery Series (in chronological order):A Plunder By Pilgrims (short story prequel)The Gray and Guilty SeaA Desperate Place for DyingThe Lovely Wicked Rain Views: 11
The second gripping, powerful novel by the author of Once Were Warriors.Boys' homes, borstal, jail, stealing, then jail again - and again. That's been life for Jube and Sonny. One Pakeha, the other Maori, only vaguely aware of life beyond pubs and their hopeless cronies . . .Reviewers found it compulsive and unforgettable, one saying: 'Brutal, foul-mouthed, violent, despairing and real . . . it can't be ignored'.In this novel Alan Duff confirms his skills as a gripping story-teller and a masterful creator of characters and situations. As one reviewer noted, it is 'original and important'. Views: 11
After the tragic loss of his wife, Jacob Parnell becomes obsessed with being punctual and efficient. In doing so, he falls into a dreary and mundane routine as every day is the same while he grieves, his only light—a wristwatch and family heirloom given to him by his father. But when Jacob takes the watch for repair, his life quickly plummets into chaos upon discovery of the device's newfound ability, the gift of sight. Can Jacob handle the burden of this remarkable gift? Will he use it to help others or even save lives? Find out, in this suspense/thriller debut novel by author A. D. Sommerio Views: 11
THE BABY OF THE MONTHEXPECTANT BRIDE...Dr. Sheila Pollack was a mom-to-be, and her due date had arrived. But there was no daddy--no husband--in sight! One night with Slade Garrett had changed her life forever. And now, nine months later, she was about to deliver their love child--alone.But then the expectant dad burst through the emergency room doors proposing marriage! And somewhere between her huffs and puffs, Sheila managed to say, "I do." Could she hope that their nick-of-time nuptials would last forever?THE BABY OF THE MONTH CLUB: For five moms-to-be, finding the perfect daddy is only a due date away! Views: 11
You wanted Erin! You pig! And now you have her child. I wish for you a nice life with your son!Troy Scarlett realizes the hard way that some sins are bound to be revealed, like the child that he had out of wedlock with Erin, his wife's mortal enemy from college.Chelsea Scarlett was not happy with the status quo. She thought she was happily married to Troy for the past five years, but his secret child was not a part of the bargain. She was not taking care of the son of the woman she had so despised in college, nor was she ever going to play happy family with the woman's son.Will they ever be a family again or is the hurt too great for Chelsea? Views: 11
