When a CIA informant from Kandahar is gunned down in a suburban area of Virginia outside D.C. special Agent Jack Saunders is tasked with uncovering a plot that could alter the fate of Afghanistan & unsettle a tepid peace in the Middle East. But when a raid on a radical safe house goes horribly wrong Jack finds himself without support within his own government. Determined to find answers on his own Jack enlists the aid of Cianna Phelan a disgraced former war hero trying to put her life back together. When Cianna's brother Charlie returns to South Boston from active duty in Afghanistan & immediately goes missing Cianna & Jack find themselves in a race against time not only to save his life but to prevent an international conspiracy at the highest levels of the US intelligence community. As lives are lost in the warrens of Boston's clannish underworld Jack & Cianna realize they are on the trail of one of the most sacred artefacts in all of Islam. & when the bullets start to fly they realize they can never know whom to trust & nothing is what it seems. Praise for David Hosp ' Red-hot fiction rooted in stone-cold fact -- a legal thriller to rival the best from Grisham or Turow' Lee Child ' It is the detail & subplots that make Hosp such a gripping writer. He creates real dilemmas for his characters & saves the most touching resolution to the very end... Hosp is growing & developing with each new book' Daily Express ...

As a Dream-Hunter Lydia has been charged with the most sacred & dangerous of missions. She's to descend into the Nether Realm & find the missing god of dreams before he betrays secrets that could kill all of them. What she never expects is to be taken prisoner by the Realm's most vicious guardian. Seth's time is running out. If he can't hand over the entrance to Olympus then his own life & those of his people will be forfeit. No matter the torture he hasn't been able to break the god in his custody. But when a rescuer appears he decides to try a new tactic. If he can win her to their cause then he can save all their lives. When these two lock wills one of them must give. Lydia isn't just guarding the gates of Olympus she's holding back the darkest of powers from the earth itself. If she fails an ancient evil will roam the earth once more & no one will be safe. But evil is always seductive.. . ...

Guardian Angel is the second book in a br&-new CHERUB series from Robert Muchamore. Ryan has saved Ethans life more than once. Ethan thinks he must be a guardian angel. But Ryan works for CHERUB a secret organisation with one key advantage: even experienced criminals never suspect that children are spying on them. Ethans family runs a billion-dollar criminal empire & Ryans job is to destroy it. Can Ryan complete his mission without destroying Ethan as well? For official purposes these children do not exist. ...

Ryan has saved Ethan's life more than once. Ethan thinks he must be a guardian angel. But Ryan works for CHERUB a secret organisation with one key advantage: even experienced criminals never suspect that children are spying on them. Ethan's family runs a billion-dollar criminal empire & Ryan's job is to destroy it. Can Ryan complete his mission without destroying Ethan as well? For official purposes these children do not exist. ...

When the Guardian relaunched their new Berliner sized paper this autumn they chose Kakuro as one of their launch vehicles. Kakuro (called Kakro in Japan & Cross Sums in the USA) has become the new number puzzle phenomenon gathering millions of fans worldwide. Older than puzzle favourite Sudoku & played for many years in Japan Kakuro is best described as a kind of mathematical crossword. Like Sudoku Kakuro is played on grids of varying sizes. Each grid consists of blank & filled squares similar to a crossword puzzle & the object of Kakuro is to fill in each of the white squares with the numbers 1-9 so that each set of blanks adds up to the total to the left or above. The same number cannot be used more than once in each set. Some filled in squares have a diagonal slash across them with two numbers
- one above & one below the diagonal. These are the clues
- the number in the top right corner relates to a horizontal clue & the one in the bottom left corner relates to a vertical one. The Guardian Book of Kakuro features over 100 different number puzzles graduating from 40 simple number games to 20 puzzles of medium difficulty & then finally featuring some really tough puzzle games for those who have mastered the skill. Each puzzle has been hand crafted by a Japanese inventor & is wholly original. The Guardian Book of Kakuro

Includes:: four pages of How To explaining the rules & featuring example puzzles plus a page of unique number combinations.



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The Guardian of the Past is the much-awaited final instalment of C. P. Goys Tumblestones series. Follow Terry Meeshka Polka & Gwen to the end of their quest where all of the intriguing mysteries of the series are finally & fully explained in a most satisfying manner. The adventure reaches a tumultuous climax in the heart of the Barons isolated fortress Castle Turuk & readers are treated to a heart-warming uplifting & inspirational ending that will leave both children & adults sorry to have finished the series. The Terry the Torus & the Tumblestones series has been well-received by young fans of fantasy adventure fiction & well-praised by parents librarians & teachers. It has provided a series of quality literature for young children who are good readers while at the same time retaining an appropriate subject matter. ...

Guardian to the Heiress Carol is the newest Chancellor heiress & despite the resentment that ripples through her estranged family she heads home to claim whats hers. But when her safety is threatened the only person she can turn to is her hotshot lawyer Damon. & soon Carol realises that its not just her safety thats in danger
- but also her heart... Winning Back His Wife When Sarah Purcell ends up in hospital her soontobeex husband Dr Cullen Gray rushes to her bedside. Caring for his wife 24/7 this time Cullen wont bury his feelings. As their old attraction begins to simmer once more he has only one thing on his mind: to bring his wife back by his side.
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Dont all kids think theres a haunted house in their neighbourhood? Can you remember yours? What if as a child you knew something bad really had happened in that house? What if you actually saw it? Then you tried to forget it for the next thirty years. & then one day you had to go back inside that house? Andrew Pypers THE GUARDIANS is a ghost story for grown-ups. Prepare to enter the Thurman House on Caledonia Street. You have been warned... ...

I sometimes call animals
- dogs & cats particularly
- guardians of being. Dogs fill a vital function in the collective consciousness

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Book 1 of the Malloreon" the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by one of the godfathers of the tradition. Discover the epic stories that inspired generations of fantasy writers
- from Raymond Feist's " The Riftwar Cycle" to George R. R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones". Evil doesn't disappear. It just changes form... The evil God Torak is slain & Garion the long-awaited King of Riva hopes for peace. & for a while he gets his wish. But then a darker prophecy is revealed & new & more insidious forces gather. As danger mounts from all quarters & his son is kidnapped Garion has no choice but to follow his fate wherever it might lead..."
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