A massive bestseller in its native Italy & a book that can justly be compared with Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah Blood Ties is a terrifying account of the 'ndrangheta's criminal activities over the last four decades. Originally from Calabria this sinister organization has
- like the Mafia in Sicily & the Camorra in Naples
- a vicious hold over northern Italy & much of the rest of the country too a stranglehold that is growing every day. Told to the authors by an insider Pippo di Bella a 'pentito' a former member of the gang now turned state's evidence it reveals many hitherto unknown operations as well as throwing new light on well-known cases from the past. It shows an organization which retains & strengthens its position through corruption drug smuggling gun running violence extortion & kidnapping. Visceral compelling & terrifyingly readable it paints a brutally vivid picture of the most dangerous & powerful of the Italian mafias one which demands to be read.

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The Darke Academy is a school like no other. An elite establishment that moves to an exotic new city every term its students are impossibly beautiful sophisticated & rich. This term the secretive Darke Academy has moved to New York & Cassie Bell is no longer the innocent new girl. Now she is strong determined & hiding secrets of her own. For Cassie has been introduced to the world of the Few & is struggling to come to terms with her astonishing powers a dangerous romance & the malevolent spirit inside her demanding to be fed. When an old enemy returns bent on revenge Cassie is tested to the limit. Can she rescue her friends from a horrific fate or will she end up destroying them to save herself? Wherever the Darke Academy goes death is never far behind.. . ...

It's elk season in the Rockies but this year one hunter is stalking a different kind of prey. When the call comes in on the radio Joe Pickett can hardly believe his ears: game wardens have found a hunter dead at a camp in the mountains
- strung up gutted skinned & beheaded as if he were the elk he'd been pursuing. A spent cartridge & a poker chip lie next to his body. Ripples of horror spread through the community & with a possibly psychotic killer on the loose Governor Rulon is forced to end hunting season early for the first time in state history
- outraging hunters & potentially crippling the state's income from the loss of hunting license revenue. But when the brutal murders eerily coincide with the arrival of radical anti-hunting activist Klamath Moore Pickett knows the Governor's ruling is the least of his worries. Are the murders the work of a deranged activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta? As always Joe Pickett is the governor's go-to man & he's put on the case to track the murderous hunter as more bodies
- & poker chips
- turn up.



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Lawmen dont last long in the town of Doubtful Wyoming Territory. The last one quit another ended up in a hangmans noose & one more was backshot by the hired guns at the Circle L Ranch. But the town of Doubtful has never seen the likes of the man whos known only as Cotton who aims to take the badge for $125 a month save himself a nice chunk of money over the next year & be on his way. At least thats his plan. Problem is Cotton has just stuck his nose in the biggest hornets nest in the territory. Some of the new homesteaders are stringing wire & the three large spreads in the area dont like it much. Before Cotton can say range war!" a passel of hardcases are filling the air with gunsmoke & hot lead. But Cotton wont be scared off. Hell see to it that law & order come to Doubtful
- because Cotton isnt afraid of dying. & hes not afraid of killing."
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Blood Work
- thats what Terry Mc Caleb used to call his job at the FBI. Eight weeks ago he was a dead man but now someone elses
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The final book in a brand new series featuring fabulous adventures for Tom & his companions! Great for boys with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books & links to an excellent interactive website. Sanpao the Pirate King has sent Bloodboar the Buried Doom to tear Avantia's capital city apart! Tom must destroy the Beast find the Tree of Being & defeat Sanpao. If he fails he will never see his mother again. Has Tom finally met his match? Don't miss the rest of the series! BALISK THE WATER SNAKE KORON JAWS OF DEATH HECTON THE BODY SNATCHER TORNO THE HURRICANE DRAGON KRONUS THE CLAWED MENACE ...

Bloodbones lives! Cinnabar evil Pirate-Lord & scourge of the twelve seas is back from the dead seeking revenge & with the dark powers of voodoo at his comm&. Only YOU can stop the pirate captain & his crew of bloodthirsty cut-throats. Prepare to set sail on the adventure of a lifetime. ...

I used to be your average everyday girl but all that changed one night in Dublin when I saw my first Fae & got dragged into a world of deadly immortals & ancient secrets.. . In her fight to stay alive Mac Kayla must find the Sinsar Dubh
- a million-year-old book of the blackest magic imaginable which holds the key to power over the worlds of both the Fae & Man. Pursued by assassins surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she cant trust Mac finds herself torn between two deadly & powerful men: Vlane the immortal Fae Prince & Jericho Barrons a man as irresistible as he is dangerous. For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans. Now the walls between the two are coming down & Mac is the only thing that stands between them.
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The quest for the long-lost Elfstones has drawn the leader of the Druid order & her followers into the hellish dimension known as the Forbidding where the most dangerous creatures banished from the Four Lands are imprisoned. Now the hunt for the powerful talismans that can save their world has become a series of great challenges: a desperate search for kidnapped comrades a relentless battle against unspeakable predators & a grim race to escape the Forbidding alive. But though freedom is closer than they know it may come at a terrifying price. Back in the village of Arborlon the mystical sentient tree that maintains the barrier between the Four Lands & the Forbidding is dying. & with each passing day as the breach between the two worlds grows larger the threat of the evil eager to spill forth & wreak havoc grows more dire. The only hope lies with a young Druid faced with a staggering choice: cling to the life she cherishes or combat an army of darkness by making the ultimate sacrifice. ...

The quest for the long-lost Elfstones has drawn the leader of the Druid order & her followers into the hellish dimension known as the Forbidding where the most dangerous creatures from the Four Lands are imprisoned. Now the hunt for the powerful talismans that can save their world has become a series of great challenges: a desperate search for kidnapped comrades a relentless battle against unspeakable predators & a grim race to escape the Forbidding alive. Following Wards of Faerie this is the second novel in the powerful new Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy
- set to delight both seasoned fans & those discovering Shannara for the first time.
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