' Reminded me of the very best of the Harry Potter books' Piers Torday author of The Last Wild'A thrillingly wild adventure
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The Shadow infiltrates the sanctum of The Society of United Magicians an esoteric enclave of illusionists who are hell-bent on escaping the ultimate trap death itself! Learning the secret of the so-called ‘ Last Illusion’ from the spirit of escape artist Harry Houdini himself The Shadow becomes the next target of their murderous scheme To thwart their plans he must evade twisted traps & solve spellbinding puzzles while simultaneously evading the deadly skills of Sandman the magician assassin A good (or evil) magician never reveals his secrets… but the Shadow knows! ...

A wide-eyed boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others
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It&s New Year&s 1950 the end of a tumultuous decade Lamont Cranston the man that the world & the underworld know all too well as The Shadow has had enough It&s time for the mysterious nemesis of crime to hang up his cloak his slouch hat & his twin 45s & retire from public life But despite this momentous decision Margo Lane & the rest of The Shadow&s agents fear that mankind teetering on the brink of nuclear Armageddon may not be quite ready to be bereft of the dark avenger Collects the complete six-issue comic book storyline The Shadow Midnight in Moscow including all cover artwork by Howard Chaykin ...

The second in Charles E Mc Garry's series of murder mysteries combining touches of the supernatural with contemporary procedural 308 pages Mc Garry Charles E ...

' Only with the greatest of simplifications for the sake of convenience can we say Africa In reality except as a geographical term Africa doesn't exist' Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career In astudy that avoids the official routes palaces & big politics he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole & as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations It is both a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples & practises we call ' Africa' & an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination from the intoxications of freedom from war & from politics as theft ...

Talitha Mouldson's family have buried their secrets for decades but now it's time for the truth to come out 408 pages 20 Illustrations black & white Mc Nally Susan ...

A stunning literary thriller in the tradition of Umberto Eco The discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive ...

'A storytelling assurance rare for a debut Fans of Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire' Guardian AS DESTINY CALLS A JOURNEY BEGINSIt has been twenty years since the god-like Augurs were overthrown & killed Now those who once served them
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- are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets vastly limiting their own powers As a young Gifted Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born He & others like him are despised But when Davian discovers he wields the forbidden powers of the Augurs he sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything To the west a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian's wakes up in the forest covered in blood & with no memory of who he is & in the far north an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir The Licanius trilogy The Shadow of What Was Lost An Echo of Things to Come The Light of All That Falls (coming 2019)' Wonderful worldbuilding & terrific characters' Boingboingnet' Will appeal to anybody looking for a coming-of-age fantasy tale with likeable characters & strong worldbuilding' Fantasy Faction' Love the Wheel of Time? This is about to become your new favourite series' Barnes & Noble SF & Fantasy Blog

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The Sunday Times Bestseller England's Forgotten Queens A cracking historical novel'
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