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"London, 1930. A headless corpse; an apparent suicide in a locked room; a man burned alive during an illusionist's show in front of thousands of people. Scotland Yard is baffled by the sequence of ghastly murders unfolding across the city and at the centre of it all is mysterious heiress Rachel Savernake. Daughter of a grand judge, Rachel is as glamorous as she is elusive. Jacob Flint, a tenacious young journalist eager to cover the gruesome crimes,...
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"Returning home as a hero and the leader of Athens, Pericles considers waging war on Sparta as the only way to win lasting peace, in the new historical epic from the author of The Abbot's Tale."--
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"Enter Pericles--the Lion of Athens. Behind him lies the greatest city of the ancient world. Before him stands the ferocious Persian army. Both sides are spoiling for war. But Pericles knows one thing: to fight a war you must first win the peace. It's time for a hero to rise. For his enemies to tremble. And for a city to shine like a beacon..."--
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"1930. Nell Fagan is a journalist on the trail of an intriguing and bizarre mystery: in 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a remote Yorkshire village, and 300 years later, it happened again. Nell confides in the best sleuth she knows, judge'sdaughter Rachel Savernake. Thank goodness she did, because barely a week later Nell disappears, and Rachel is left to put together the pieces of the puzzle. qLooking for answers, Rachel travels to...
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Shadows of Atlantis; Book 2 of the Golden Age Series.DD Adair's sparkling debut Golden Age Series gathers years of research into a rollicking fantasy that is "historically probable", and set in the Golden Age of Atlantis. Step into the intrigue, the crystal technology, and romance. Witness the metaphysical powers, prolific arts, and mixing of species. Fall in love with archetypal characters as they explore other parts of the ancient world.Three crystals,...
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Colors of Atlantis; Book 1 of the Golden Age Series.DD Adair's sparkling debut, Colors of Atlantis gathers years of research into a rollicking fantasy that is "historically probable", and set in the Golden Age of Atlantis. Step into the intrigue, the crystal technology, and romance. Witness the metaphysical powers, prolific arts, and mixing of species. Fall in love with archetypal characters as they explore other parts of the ancient world. Three...
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Colors of Atlantis; Book 1 of the Golden Age Series.DD Adair's sparkling debut Golden Age Series gathers years of research into a rollicking fantasy that is "historically probable", and set in the Golden Age of Atlantis. Step into the intrigue, the crystal technology, and romance. Witness the metaphysical powers, prolific arts, and mixing of species. "Three crystals, two sisters, one impossible choice."The twin's training is complete and Ziel sets...
10) Cargo of Coffins
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If Lars Marlin had three wishes, two have already been granted: he has escaped from Devil's Island . . . and he has come face to face with the man who put him there-Paco Corvino. But the third wish-putting a bullet in Corvino-will have to wait. They're off to sea, and not since Fletcher Christian and Captain Bligh set sail on the Bounty have two more heated enemies been in the same boat.Corvino is a convict, con-man and killer who has schemed his...
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Fortune hunter Billy Newman is not a man of great strength or physical courage. Like a young Johnny Depp, he gets by on his wit, wiles and good looks. And he's had quite a good run-striking gold in the Philippines and buying his very own island in the South Seas. . . .But there's trouble in paradise, and Billy's in the thick of it. The island's crops are failing. The island's people are dying. And the island's owner-Billy-is taking the heat....
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A charming rogue cut from the same cloth as Robert Mitchum, American engineer Dan Courtney is learning fast that it takes more than a little charm to lay the groundwork for a railroad. Particularly when the plan is to build it across some of the roughest and most dangerous territory on earth. Courtney's been hired to survey the land that would link up the Uganda Railway to the Anglo-Egyptian railroad. Running through desert, jungle and mountains,...
14) Mortmain Hall
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"Journalist Jacob Flint finds himself framed for murder after a surprise witness helps a man accused of a "blazing car" killing escape the gallows. To save himself, Jacob needs to discover what links these strange events to a remote estate on a northern coast, Mortmain Hall. But the house party culminates in tragedy when a body is found beneath the crumbling cliffs. Rachel Savernake, who's been invited to the party, proposes an intricate-and dangerous-solution...
15) False cargo
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"Brent Calloway is hired by an insurance firm to board a cargo vessel undercover and ensure it makes its way to San Diego in one piece. Once the voyage is underway, Calloway finds fraud, a pattern of organized scuttlings and the true fate of another vessel captained by an old friend. But when Calloway's true identity is revealed, he must fight for his life, and the real danger begins."--
17) Destiny's drum
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"Phil Sheridan, a former army captain, is taken captive by warriors from a primitive tribe upon his arrival on a forgotten Indonesian island, but after he manages to escape their leader, a former slave trafficker, José Emanuel Batista, Phil looks to headhunters to help him drive Batista out of the jungle. Includes a story preview for "All Frontiers are Jealous.""--
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"Presents two western stories by L. Ron Hubbard, including "Cattle King for a Day," in which Chinook Shannon heads West to claim his inheritance and searches for the man who killed his grandfather; and "Come and Get It," in which a man travels to Wyoming to find his father's murderer."--
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Contains four science fiction stories from L. Ron Hubbard, including the title story in which Chuck Lambert buys a planet from a shady character, Madman Murphy, the "King of Planetary Realtors," but quickly learns there is something strange about the matter on his planet. Includes a story preview for "Greed."
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