Set in a heavily dystopian future as Earth nears the end of its life those who remain in the overpopulated cities must work to survive as social programs become saturated by an ageing population & increasing environmental diseases As the intelligence of technology incrementally increased over the years many jobs for the human race had been made redundantforcing Earth’s citizens to head out into the suburbs seeking labor aided by exoskeletons to improve their efficiency The world of The Surge offers a very grim vision of the future where the evolution of our technology our society & ourrelation with the environment led to a decadent state of the Human civilization The Surge features innovative combat mechanics & an original character progression system based on modular upgrades gained through tight visceral combat MAIN FEATURESA brand new RPG set in a dystopian future by the makers of Lords of the Fallen Tight visceral combat mechanics where every move counts A unique & exciting dismemberment & upgrade system ...

HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE IT HURTS This is crime-writing at its nerve-tingling best' Harlan Coben A killer is targeting lone women torturing & murdering them The precision of his methods leads Detective Jane Rizzoli to suspect he is medically trained Then Jane makes a terrifying discovery Years ago a young woman was assaulted in a similar way She escaped by shooting her attacker dead So why does it feel like he's stalking her again?IT'S GORY IT'S GRIPPING IT'S GERRITSEN ...

Patrick O' Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning with Master & Commander these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery This is the seventh book in the series Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World & the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing The chase that follows through the fogs & shallows of the Grand Banks is as thrilling as tense & as unexpected in its culmination as anything Patrick O' Brian has written Then among other things follows a shipwreck & a particularly sinister internment in the notorious Temple Prison in Paris Once again the tigerish & fascinating Diana Villiers redresses the balance in this man's world of seamanship & war ...

The first in a quartet of sagas set during the early 1920s following three Surplus Girls
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The Mummies return in another fun adventure perfect for children learning to read From the author of Dilly the Dinosaur The Mummy family are back! They're about to have the biggest mummy party for thousands of years But party plans keep going wrong Can Tut & Sis the Mummy kids save the day? ...

When we last saw our hero Poo was reunited with his father Edgar Allan Poe at the Temple of the Maghi Instilled with the essence of his father Poo sets out to rescue his mother Virginia from the clutches of the Nightmare King Aware of Poo's intent the Nightmare King deploys his armies to destroy the Temple of the Maghi thus trapping the Dream Child in the land of Terra Somnium In the end Poo must stand alone against the Nightmare King to rescue his mother & prevent the dark lord from trapping him in the realm of dreams forever! ...

In 2006 journalist Joanna Moorhead discovered that her father&s cousin Prim who had disappeared many decades earlier was now a famous artist in Mexico Although rarely spoken of in her own family (regarded as a black sheep a wild child; someone they were better off without) in the meantime Leonora Carrington had become a national treasure in Mexico where she now lived while her paintings are fetching ever-higher prices at auction today Intrigued by her story Joanna set off to Mexico City to find her lost relation Later she was to return to Mexico ten times more between then & Leonora&s death in 2011 sometimes staying for months at a time & subsequently travelling around Britain & through Europe in search of the loose ends of her tale They spent days talking & reading together drinking tea & tequila going for walks & to parties & eating take away pizzas or dining out in her local restaurants as Leonora told Joanna the wild & amazing truth about a life that had taken her from the suffocating existence of a debutante in London via war-torn France with her lover Max Ernst to incarceration in an asylum & finally to the life of a recluse in Mexico City Leonora was one of the last surviving participants in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s a founding member of the Women&s Liberation Movement in Mexico during the 1970s & a woman whose reputation will survive not only as a muse but as a novelist & a great artist This book is the extraordinary story of Leonora Carrington&s life & of the friendship between two women related by blood but previously unknown to one another whose encounters were to change both their lives ...

From the author of the New York Times No 1 bestseller The Untethered Soul comes the astonishing true-life story about what happens when you just let go 272 pages none Singer Michael A ...

'WOW I was blown away by this thriller This book had me guessing right up to the very end An exceptional book' Just One More Page 5 stars She can give you everything you want But can you trust her? Kat & her husband Nick have tried everything to become parents All they want is a child to love but they are beginning to lose hope Then a chance encounter with Kat's childhood friend Lisa gives them one last chance Kat & Lisa were once as close as sisters The secrets they share mean their trust is for life Or is it? Just when the couple's dream seems within reach Kat begins to suspect she's being watched & Nick is telling her lies Are the cracks appearing in Kat's perfect picture of the future all in her head or should she be scared for the lives of herself & her family? How far would you go to protect everything you love? From the no 1 bestselling author of The Sister & The Gift this is an unputdownable psychological thriller which asks how far we will go to create our perfect family Fans of The Girl on the Train & Gone Girl will be utterly hooked What readers are saying about The Surrogate' This novel was paced perfectly & I actually finished it in one day because I couldn't put it down so addictive! The Surrogate is a 5-star novel that is a 2017 must read! I am already looking forward to reading what Louise Jensen comes out with next!' Steph & Chris Book Reviews' The thriller queen returns
- her best yet!' Judith Collins Consulting' Wow that was a page-turner from the first page to the last I wish I could give this review 6 stars' Goodreads reviewer' This book had more twists & turns than a rollercoaster with the heart thumping feeling to go with it! If you like psychological thrillers then definitely read this one you will not regret it! Five Stars!' Stardust Book Reviews' All I can say is wow! I rarely give a book 5 stars I really could not put it down' Goodreads reviewer'A suspenseful read very twisty-turny Lots of really shocking scenes too There were a lot of secrets & lies I was suspicious of everyone wondering if they would be the missing link As the conclusion was reached I was gobsmacked I never guessed at all' Stef Loz Book Reviews' Oh baby what a wild ride! This one's a winner & I recommend it to anyone who enjoys psychological thrills' Book Reviews by Monnie' An awesome page turner! We alternate between past & present in the couple's lives & this made very a great build upbecause seriously I suspected everyone! Read it!!!!!!! NOW!' Goodreads reviewer' Oh my What a book As soon as I started reading this book I was suckered in & it was only grudgingly that I walked away to do normal 'life' tasks' Jen Med's Book Reviews' Ever since I read Louise Jensen's debut The Sister I've been a huge fan of her writing but OMG The Surrogate her latest & most adventurous book yet plants her firmly on my list of "must-read" authors I really think this is the author's best book yet & it is definitely one of the best psychological thrillers I've read this year' The Book Review Cafe 'A chilling journey a thrilling ride a psychological thriller that will get under your skin that will get your heart pounding & your adrenaline flowing' Emma the Little Book Worm 5 stars
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The year is 2054 & life is reduced to a data feed The fusing of virtual reality & cybernetics has ushered in the era of the personal surrogate android substitutes that let users interact with the world without ever leaving their homes It's a perfect world & it's up to Detectives Harvey Greer & Pete Ford of the Metro Police Department to keep it that way But to do so they'll need to stop a techno-terrorist bent on returning society to a time when people lived their lives instead of merely experiencing them Designed to complement the upcoming feature-length movie The Surrogates starring Bruce Willis & slated for release September 25th 2009 from Touchstone Pictures this special hardcover edition features both the original & prequel graphic novels of The Surrogates ...