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The wind screams. The dark night is freezing. Vossk, a Vostroyan Firstborn, shrinks into a rock against a howl of memories. Having disgraced himself by deserting his post during a terrifying encounter, Vossk had resigned himself to penal servitude, though yearned for the chance to redeem himself. But in the 41st Millennium, such dreams are hollow when a man’s reality has been shaken to his core. Found in the shadows of a pitiless cave, Vossk relives his tale to his rescuer....

Dr. William Johnson entdeckt an einem Denkmal ungewöhnliche, große rote Käfer. Aus den Augen der Statue rinnt eine rote Flüssigkeit … Blut? Kurz darauf wird der Arzt entführt und vom Kidnapper gibt es keine Spur. Werden Larry Brent und Morna Ulbrandson das Geheimnis um die Höllenkäfer lüften können?

JESPER BINZER OM KÆRLIGHED, ­SØVNLØSHED OG ENSOMHED Jesper Binzer har gået til psykolog og clairvoyant og været i regressions­terapi for at lære sig selv bedre at kende og slutte fred med sine ­dæmoner. I sin nye bog fortæller han også lidt om sine 40 år med D-A-D. Men mest taler...

Ally has sworn to stay in The Underworld, but Ezrael won’t let her friends go back to Earth until she agrees to undergo a transformation that will awaken her demonic genes. Ally starts her new life among the demons, but some are less than thrilled to see her assume her new position as...

Eine State-of-the-Art-Spionagesoftware, die in Deutschland entwickelt wurde und in die ganze Welt verkauft wird, richtet sich plötzlich gegen Europa und droht, es ins Chaos zu stürzen. Währenddessen bekommt BOA den Auftrag, den Investigativ-Journalisten Sven Schell aus einem Gefängnis in Vietnam zu befreien und nach Hause zu bringen. Schon bald erkennt Anna, dass die Befreiungsaktion nur dazu dient, die Wahrheit über den gefährlichen Staatstrojaner, welcher Sven Schell auf die Spur gekommen ist, zu verschleiern.

'Ross's debut blends small-town mystery, romance and magical realism into an intoxicating, spell-binding mix. Jimny is an unforgettable character. I loved it.' JEFF LINDSAY, bestselling author of DEXTER 'An absorbing and compelling read. Utterly immersive and beautifully written. By the end, I...

Whether venturing into a blood-spattered farm in Texas, down a lonely mountain road in Alabama, or into the deceptively sunny Ohio suburbs, acclaimed mystery writer Craig Rice lends her hard-boiled style and a wicked irony to this gallery of real-life murders. A saintly middle-aged widow bludgeoned to death in her New Jersey home; the headless torsos of two women found floating in the Lake of the Ozarks; a New Year’s fire in Pennsylvania set to cover the traces of a more ghastly crime; a traveling evangelist on a divine mission blown to bits in Berkeley....

Alice's adventures, funny, inventive and disturbing, have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication. The White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat (and, of course, Alice herself) all have something "Curiouser and curiouser!" to say in this new unabridged multi-cast recording. A delightful fantasy down the rabbit hole.

READ BY THE AUTHOR When we learn, we change what we believe and how we interact with the world. This changes who we are as people and what we can achieve. Many people grow up being told they are ‘not a maths person’ or perhaps ‘not smart’. They come to believe their potential is limited...

Thirty years ago, the people of Guildford were haunted by a figure who crept into children’s bedrooms and watched them sleep. When he left, he left behind a single party balloon. And then he vanished. The visits stopped. Now it’s happening again. Has The Bogeyman returned or is a copycat terrorising a new generation of victims? With pressure mounting and panic rising, DI Stephanie Broadbent must untangle the past to stop a predator stalking the present. But what she finds may bring her closer to home than she ever expected…

Little Blighty is an idyllic part of the world, with a church, a market, a small school and a pub, The Cock and Bull. Village life is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles - all presided over by the redoubtable head of the Parish Council and secretary of the Rotarians, Mrs Roberts.

The Funny Thing About Death is a hilarious memoir of two unconventional girls growing up in the 1970s. They didn't fit in at the Air Force bases they were raised on or the strict convent boarding school they were sent to. The Air Force was obsessed with communists and the nuns were obsessed with the Virgin Mary, neither of which were of interest to Jo or Annie.

Here are the voices of London - rich and poor, native and immigrant, women and men. From the woman whose voice announces the stations on the London Underground to the man who plants the trees along Oxford Street; from a Pakistani currency trader to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace - together, these voices paint a vivid, epic and wholly fresh portrait of 21st Century London.

Months after Eve Stratford’s murder, the lifeless body of 16 year-old schoolgirl Lynne Weedon was discovered in an alley in Hounslow. Lynne had walked home from the pub after a night out and was never seen alive again. She had been raped and battered to death with a blunt object. On the surface, this murder looked very different to the other two so how, when a cold case investigation was opened years later, was it eventually linked to the murders of Eve Stratford and Lynda Farrow?

When 17-year-old Ally moves into Larchwood Academy, a prestigious boarding school housed in an old manor house, she has to settle into a new life of friendship, romance, tradition, and mystery. One day, she visits an old church ruin near the school, where she happens upon the secret entrance to...

It’s the morning after the incident in the church, and Ally wakes up dazed and confused on the forest bed close to Larchwood Academy. The last thing she remembers is the demon that grabbed her by the arm, and upon her reunion with The Circle, she learns that Jay, William, and Ms. Carter...

Arrow has just arrived in the capital city, Cubisandria, where she will begin her training to become a leather wing rider. Or so she thinks. Sadly, her new title of fire warrior doesn’t afford her as much respect as she’d hoped, and she finds herself resigned to having to muck out in the...

I feel like time is creeping by, passing immensely slowly. With every heartbeat I prepare to hear Dax’ death rattle, feel his last breath on my face, and see the light in his eyes go out. Know that he was always on my side. Much, much too late. Alina is the last member of a dynasty of...

It was March 1975 and 21 year-old Playboy Bunny Eve Stratford had her entire life ahead of her. She had a job that she loved and mixed with the rich and famous in London's most glamorous club but deep down she aspired to become a model and when she posed for a topless shoot for Mayfair magazine, this did not go down well with her employers. Weeks after the magazine hit the shelves, Eve was found dead in her home. She had been tied up, raped and had her throat cut in the most gruesome way imaginable.

Amelia is rebellious. She wants to live her life as she sees fit, not in the shadows of her parents. She is going to be a monster hunter. At least, until Draco kidnapped her from her backyard and decided to use her as bait. Now, she’s looking at spending the rest of her life as Draco’s slave. Draco has wanted Amelia for his mate since he almost captured her three years ago. He's finally devised the perfect plan.