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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In the middle of Europe in the middle of the twentieth century the Nazi & Soviet regimes murdered fourteen million people in the bloodlands between Berlin & Moscow. In a twelve-year-period in these killing fields
- todays Ukraine Belarus Poland Western Russia & the eastern Baltic coast
- an average of more than one million citizens were slaughtered every year as a result of deliberate policies unrelated to combat. In his revelatory book Timothy Snyder offers a ground-breaking investigation into the motives & methods of Stalin & Hitler & using scholarly literature & primary sources pays special attention to the testimony of the victims including the letters home the notes flung from trains the diaries on corpses. The result is a brilliantly researched profoundly humane authoritative & original book that forces us to re-examine the greatest tragedy in European history & re-think our past.

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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." ...

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." ...

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." ...

One of Sidney Sheldons most popular & bestselling titles repackaged & reissued for a new generation of fans. The daughter of a rich & powerful father Elizabeth Roffe is young beautiful
- & sole heir to a billion dollar fortune. Then tragedy strikes. Her father is killed in a freak accident & Elizabeth must take command of his mighty global empire the pharmaceutical company Roffe & Sons. It makes Elizabeth the richest girl in the world. But someone somewhere is determined that she must die. From the backstreets of Istanbul to the upmarket offices of New York Bloodline is a hypnotic tale of love & ambition danger intrigue & death.
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This is the breath-taking second title in Katy Morans Bloodline" series. The Ghost is the fastest most cunning young criminal in Constantinople. Skilled at lying & deceit he has the power to twist the minds of men bending them to his will. He is both invisible & invincible. Or at least he thinks so
- till the day his father returns from the desert. A ruthless barbarian assassin Essa is not pleased to discover that his wild son Cai has become the citys most notorious thief. But sinister forces are moving against Cai & he finds himself captive on a trading ship. The Ghost no longer he is now a slave. But luck has not deserted him completely
- the ship is bound for Britain the home his barbarian parents fled long ago. When he becomes a slave to Wulfhere prince of Mercia Cai soon discovers that his Anglish masters know more about his family than he does
- what secrets have his mother & father been keeping from him? As Cai sharpens his skills of subterfuge & persuasion war threatens & he must choose: will he use his phenomenal talents for good or evil?"


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Bloodlines" is a new series from " Vampire Academy" author Richelle Mead. Sydney protects vampire secrets
- & human lives. Sydney
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