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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Under the watchful eye of DCS James Langton DCI Anna Travis takes charge of an investigation for the first time. But is it purely a missing persons case
- or a full blown murder enquiry? An ominous pool of blood & no victim lead Anna on a desperate hunt for a man who has disappeared without trace. As Anna becomes obsessed with seemingly irrelevant details Langton fears that she is losing control. They still have no body & Anna is under increasing pressure to make an arrest...
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In a thrilling masterwork that will make you rethink your perceptions of life & death New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes you to the edge of medicine genetics & technology revealing the next evolutionary leap forward: immortality. Galilee 1025. Infiltrating an ancient citadel a Templar knight uncovers a holy treasure long hidden within the fortress's labyrinth: the Bachal Isu
- the staff of Jesus Christ
- a priceless icon that holds a mysterious & terrifying power that promises to change humankind for ever. A millennium later Somali pirates hijack a yacht off the coast of the Horn of Africa kidnapping a young pregnant American woman. Commander Gray Pierce is enlisted for a covert rescue mission into the African jungle. The woman is no rich tourist: she's Amanda Gant-Bennett daughter of the U.S. president. Suspicious that the kidnapping masks a far more nefarious plot Gray must confront a shadowy cabal which has been manipulating events throughout history...and now challenges the current presidency. Halfway around the world a firebombing at a fertility clinic in South Carolina exposes a conspiracy that goes back centuries...a scheme that lies within our genetic code. With time against them SIGMA must race to save an innocent unborn baby whose very existence raises questions about the nature of humanity asking: Could you live forever? Would you live forever?

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Bloodline" is the new Dick Francis novel from bestseller Felix Francis. When Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare an accomplished & successful jockey comes in third he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why on earth would she do something so out of character? That night Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel.. .or so it seems. Devastated by her death & almost overcome with guilt Mark goes in search of answers. What led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all...? Felix Francis is the younger son of thriller-writing legend Dick Francis with whom he co-wrote the four most recent Dick Francis Novels " Dead Heat" " Silks" " Even Money" & " Crossfire" with Felix taking an increasingly greater role in the writing. Sadly Dick died in February 2010 but his work will live on through Felix. " Gamble" was Felix's first solo Dick Francis Novel. Praise for the Dick Francis novels: " The Francis flair is clear for all to see". (" Daily Mail"). " The novel confirms Francis' seat at the head of crime fiction". (" Racing Post"). " From winning post to top of the bestseller list time after time". (" Sunday Times"). Felix trained as a physicist & spent seventeen years teaching A level physics before taking on the role as manager to his father & then as author. He lives in Oxfordshire." ...

When a dead body is found in a North London flat it seems like a straightforward domestic murder until a bloodstained sliver of X-ray is found clutched in the dead womans fist
- & it quickly becomes clear that this case is anything but ordinary. DI Thorne discovers that the victims mother had herself been murdered fifteen years before by infamous serial killer Raymond Garvey. The hunt to catch Garvey was one of the biggest in the history of the Met & ended with seven women dead. When more bodies & more fragments of X-ray are discovered Thorne has a macabre jigsaw to piece together until the horrifying picture finally emerges. A killer is targeting the children of Raymond Garveys victims. Thorne must move quickly to protect those still on the murderers list but nothing & nobody are what they seem. Not when Thorne is dealing with one of the most twisted killers he has ever hunted...
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From Felix Francis bestselling author of Gamble" & co-author (with Dick Francis) of " Even Money" & ' Crossfire" comes " Bloodline" the latest Dick Francis novel. Set in the cut-throat world of horse racing " Bloodline" is a pacy thriller packed full of suspense mystery & intrigue. When Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare an accomplished & successful jockey comes in third he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why on earth would she do something so out of character? That night Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel.. .or so it seems. Devastated by her death & almost overcome with guilt Mark goes in search of answers. What led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all...? Packed with all the hair-raising suspense & excitement readers know & love from Dick Francis " Bloodline" cements Felix Francis' reputation as a master of thriller-writing. " The Francis flair is clear for all to see". (" Daily Mail"). " Spare efficient & unflashy.. .inexorably draws you in". (" Daily Telegraph"). " From winning post to top of the bestseller list time-after-time". (" Sunday Times"). Felix Francis is the younger son of thriller-writing legend Dick Francis with whom he co-wrote the four most recent Dick Francis novels " Dead Heat" " Silks" " Even Money" & " Crossfire" with Felix taking an increasingly greater role in the writing. Sadly Dick died in February 2010 but his work will live on through Felix. " Boodline" is Felix's second solo Dick Francis novel; " Gamble" was his first." ...