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EDITORIAL REVIEW: Winner of the 2009 International Prize for Noir Fiction, awarded by RBA. Berlin, 1934: The Nazis have secured the 1936 Olympics. Hitler and Avery Brundage, the head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, have connived to soft pedal Nazi anti Semitism and convince America to participate. Bernie Gunther, a house detective at an upscale Berlin hotel, is swept into this world of international corruption and dangerous double dealing. Havana, 1954: the American Mafia is quickly gaining a stranglehold on the city's exploding gaming and prostitution industries. Bernie has now resurfaced in Cuba with a new life of relative peace. But he discovers that he truly cannot outrun the burden of his past: He soon collides with a vicious killer from his Berlin days, who is mysteriously murdered not long afterward, and an old lover, who may be the murderer. If the Dead Rise Not has twisted intrigue, tight plot, a hang by your thumbs ending. Spanish Description: Ganadora del Premio Internacional de Novela Negra RBA 2009. Berlin, 1934: Los nazis han logrado asegurar que los juegos olimpicos de 1936 se celebren en la ciudad pero enfrentan resistencia del exterior. Hitler y Avery Brundage, jefe del comite olimpico de los Estados Unidos, se confabulan para suavizar el antisemitismo nazi y convencer a los americanos a participar en los juegos. Bernie Gunther, el detective de planta de un hotel de lujo en Berlin, se ve arrastrado a este mundo de corrupcion y doble juego, atrapado en una guerra entre facciones del aparato nazi. Habana, 1954: Batista, apoyado por la CIA, toma el poder. Castro se encuentra tras las rejas y la mafia americana esta a un punto de asumir el control total de las lucrativas industrias de la prostitucion y los casinos. Bernie, quien ha sido expulsado sin ceremonia alguna de Buenos Aires, reaparece en Cuba para comenzar una vida nueva, regida por la rutina y la paz, pero descubre que no puede dejar atras su pasado. Estando en Cuba se topa con un asesino despiadado de sus dias en Berlin, a quien encuentran despues misteriosamente asesinado, y a una vieja amante, quien podria ser la asesina. Si los muertos no resucitan tiene todos los elementos que los admiradores de Philip Kerr esperan: intriga, una trama torcida y cerrada, liÂneas ingeniosas y un final tenso, pero aun mas significativo, un Bernie Gunther mas rico y sabio. Views: 49
Having been transported to a foreign land by unknown magical means during the battle with the black horde, Seth must find a way to ressurect his fallen lover and find their way home.Borrik, The Alpha Werewolf, and leader of Seth's inhuman army races to locate his master as the true grusome nature of his new body and instincts are revealed.Garret Fights to keep Valdadore together as a kingdom in the wake of the battle with the black horde. With the loss of the king and many other key members of the royal council many vie for position as the kingdom is threatened to be torn asunder. Views: 49
From the Author's Note:A LOT of my fiction deals with sexual matters, usually of a grim and distasteful sort, but this and another story, titled “Layover,” represent my sole foray into humorous erotica. The opportunity came about through a small press publisher which was kicking off an erotica series designed for married or otherwise committed/monogamous couples. This seemed like a good and fun idea to me, and I enjoyed writing them. So in many ways, this story and the other one represent some of my most light-hearted fiction.“Candy in the Sack” also represents the most optimistic treatment of a particular obsession of mine, which appears elsewhere to rather darker effect in my stories “Straight Shot” and “Riding Bitch.” Of course, the degradation Hallowe’en, from deep-rooted and marginally illicit folk holiday to tacky commercial marketing opportunity, is a subject covered masterfully by Ray Bradbury, a writer much admired by myself and others. So if readers were to be so kind as to consider this and my other Hallowe’en stories as at least a partial tribute to him, I don’t think they would be far off the mark. Views: 49
This is it. Now it has to end….
McCain has pushed through from the past, and he’s determined to hunt Chi down. She has to draw on every friend she’s made, every scrap of knowledge she’s learned, and every lie she can muster to fight him.
If she can’t, she won’t just lose her life to McCain’s future, but she’ll lose Max, too.
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A Lying Witch Book Four is the thrilling conclusion to the A Lying Witch series. An urban fantasy cram-packed with action, it’s sure to please fans of Odette C. Bell’s A Frozen Witch.
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Hermit. Mentor. General. Jedi.Overlooked as a Padawan, he was to become one of the most revered Masters of all.Sworn to serve the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order, his own apprentice would bring about their destruction.Powerless to retrieve Darth Vader from the dark side, he would train the only one who could.NYT bestselling author Ryder Windham brings together Obi-Wan's full life story, from his first meeting with Anakin Skywalker to his final meeting with Darth Vader--and beyond. Views: 49
The stories assembled for this collection are set in the universe of Night’s Dawn trilogy. Now, they form a series of snapshot glimpses into the history of the Confederation leading up to the time of Joshua Calvert and Quinn Dexter. It wasn’t always so. Views: 49
Our world burns with war. In the west, the people of eternal sunlight invade the darkness, armed with swords, arrows, and torches. In the east, the children of endless night fight from the shadows. Soldiers of sunlight and dwellers of darkness. Their war flares across the world of Moth. And I am torn between them. My father was born in the sunlight. My mother is a daughter of the night. I am a child of dusk, a stranger to both camps. As fires burn and blood spills, I must heal this shattering world. Yet how can I stop a war between day and night when a separate war rages within me--a clash between my sunlit and moonlit halves? Views: 49
The White Lady is book 4 in the Voidhawk series The people of Kelios have an unlikely group of saviors in a cursed priest, a confused sorceress, and a woman with a damaged soul trapped in the body of a teenage girl. The three members of the Voidhawk’s crew came to Kelios seeking council with an powerful race of beings called the Fayer. Along the way they run afoul of the unholy army of The White Lady and vow to stop her. The only problem is that the answers to Bekka’s problems may come from the very being they’re determined to destroy. Don't forget to look for these other Voidhawk books: Book 1: Voidhawk Book 2: Voidhawk - The Elder Race Book 3: Voidhawk - Redemption Book 4: Voidhawk - The White LadyAbout the AuthorJason Halstead is a science fiction and fantasy author who spends his daytime hours as an IT Manager in the automotive industry. In his spare time Jason enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, writing, and competitive powerlifting. Views: 49
A ribald tale from Britain's best-love Science Fiction writer.Available for the first time in eBook. The Cretan Teat is a bawdy novel, telling the extraordinary tale a Byzantine painting of the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus.This false icon gets adopted by the people – and so becomes instrumental in the downfall of mankind.This is a story where the narrator – the author – is regularly caught with his trousers down.It is at once funny and important, a post-modern text reminiscent of Pirandello, where sexcapades brush shoulders with the end of the world. Views: 49
