The Calahrian Empire is collapsing. All across the realm native populations are rising up to throw off the shackles of colonial rule. Two key factors drive this -- the return of the Stars of Power & Knowledge & the spread of the Shadow Monarchs forest. The result is that the Calahrian Imperial Army is stretched thin trying to maintain order at the critical moment when it is needed to fend off the advances of the elf-witch. For the Iron Elves regiment their loyalty is tested to the breaking point. The Prince is devastated by the destruction of the Lost Library & the realization that the Empire he is to inherit is crumbling. Major Konowa Swift Dragon is determined to lead the living survivors of the regiment while Private Alwyn Renwar -- an emissary with his own agenda -- commands the dead. Together their only hope is to break the oath that binds them but doing so means making the perilous journey to the Shadow Monarchs mountain in a final confrontation that may be the ultimate trap. There is only one way to find out... ...

The Calahrian Empire is collapsing. All across the realm native populations are rising up to throw off the shackles of colonial rule. Two key factors drive this -- the return of the Stars of Power & Knowledge & the spread of the Shadow Monarch's forest. The result is that the Calahrian Imperial Army is stretched thin trying to maintain order at the critical moment when it is needed to fend off the advances of the elf-witch. For the Iron Elves regiment their loyalty is tested to the breaking point. The Prince is devastated by the destruction of the Lost Library & the realization that the Empire he is to inherit is crumbling. Major Konowa Swift Dragon is determined to lead the living survivors of the regiment while Private Alwyn Renwar -- an emissary with his own agenda -- commands the dead. Together their only hope is to break the oath that binds them but doing so means making the perilous journey to the Shadow Monarch's mountain in a final confrontation that may be the ultimate trap. There is only one way to find out... ...

A woman driven by blood. A man thirsting for vengeance... As night falls Claire Roth flees driven from her home by a fiery threat that seems to come from hell itself. Then from out the flames & ash a vampire warrior emerges. He is Andreas Reichen her one-time lover but now a stranger consumed by vengeance. Caught in the crossfire Claire cannot escape his savage fury
- or the hunger that plunges her into his world of eternal darkness & unending pleasure. Nothing will stop Andreas from destroying the vampire responsible for slaughtering his Breed brethren.. .even if he must use his former lover as a pawn in his deadly mission. Claire can lead Andreas to the enemy he seeks but it is a journey fraught with danger
- & deep desire. For Claire is the one woman Andreas should not crave & the only one hes ever loved. So a dangerous seduction begins
- one which blurs the line between predator & prey love & hate...


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Thora peered at the floor but couldnt see anything that could have frightened Markus that much only three mounds of dust. She moved the light of her torch over them. It took her some time to realize what she was seeing-- & then it was all she could do not to let the torch slip from her h&. Good God she said. She ran the light over the three faces one after another. Sunken cheeks empty eye-sockets gaping mouths; they reminded her of photographs of mummies shed once seen in National Geographic. Who are these people? I dont know said Markus... Bodies are discovered in one of the excavated houses at a volcanic tourist attraction dubbed The Pompeii of the North. Markus Magnusson who was only a teenager when the volcano erupted falls under suspicion & hires attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir to defend him
- but when his childhood sweetheart is murdered his case starts to look more difficult & the locals seem oddly reluctant to back him up. The third crime novel from international bestseller Yrsa Sigurdardottir & the third featuring her popular heroine Thora ASHES TO DUST is tense taut & terrifying. well-written pacey & wonderfully atmospheric. Guardian on MY SOUL TO TAKE
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

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The Magical Animal Fairies look after seven young Magical Animals & train them to use their powers wisely for the good of Fairyland & the human world. But the animals have been stolen! Can Rachel & Kirsty help Ashley find her Dragon Sizzle before his magical powers cause chaos...? ...

Elspeth is sent to Sutrium seat of the totalitarian Council that rules the Land to seal an alliance between the secret Misfit community at Obernewtyn & rebel forces. She undertakes the journey reluctantly as she has another task at hand: to find & destroy the dormant weaponmachines. Her journey takes her far beyond the borders of the Land & into the heart of the desert region of Sador where she soon discovers just how much help she needs to complete both her quests! ...

The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series" which

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This new edition which is reproduced from a first printing of the book is introduced by the author Martin Edwards archivist of the Detection Club &

Includes:: a never-before-published Preface by Agatha Christie Detective Writers in England in which she discusses her fellow writers in the Detection Club. Lord Comstock is a barbarous newspaper tycoon with enemies in high places. His murder in the study of his country houseposes a dilemma for the Home Secretary. In the hours before his death Lord Comstocks visitors included the government Chief Whip an Archbishop & the Assistant Commissioner for Scotland Yard. Suspicion falls upon them all & threatens the impartiality of any police investigation. Abandoning protocol the Home Secretary invites four famous detectives to solve the case: Mrs Adela Bradley Sir John Saumarez Lord Peter Wimsey & Mr Roger Sheringham. All are different all are plausible all are on their own
- & none of them can ask a policeman... This classic whodunit adopted a completely new approach: Milward Kennedy proposed the title John Rhode plotted the murder & provided the suspects & four of their contemporaries were asked to lend their well-known detectives to the task of providing solutions to the crime. But there was to be another twist: the authors would swap detectives & use the characters in their sections of the book. Thus Gladys Mitchell & Helen Simpson swapped Mrs Bradley & Sir John Saumarez & Dorothy Sayers & Anthony Berkeley swapped Lord Peter Wimsey & Roger Sheringham enabling the authors to indulge in skilful & sly parodies of each other. The contributors to ASK A POLICEMAN are: John Rhode Helen Simpson Gladys Mitchell Anthony Berkeley Dorothy L. Sayers Milward Kennedy with Agatha Christie & Martin Edwards.


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