Treachery has a price in the mesmerizing new Sean Dillon thriller from the Sunday Times-bestselling author. Helmand Province Afghanistan: a lone convoy edges its way towards a deserted mountain village led by US Army Rangers in Mastiff APVs. Stopping to search the area the Rangers are hit by a massive roadside bomb & as half the patrol lie dead or injured the rest are ambushed with military precision. A nearby British medical team responds to the call for back-up but all are slaughtered when their Chinook helicopter is blown up. The ambush is bad but what's worse is that amidst the battlefield chatter picked up by Major Giles Roper not all the Taliban voices are Afghan
- some are English & the commander bears an Irish accent; he even names himself ' Shamrock'. Why would he commit such an atrocity but more importantly can he be found before he masterminds another? Sean Dillon is put in charge of hunting the traitor down with all the resources of the ' Prime Minister's private army' at his disposal. The fast & furious plot sweeps the reader from Pakistan to Algeria to London to Paris to Ireland with many deaths along the way. The stakes are already high for Dillon & company then a familiar deadly face makes a dramatic reappearance. This time Dillon will not only be going to war
- the war will be coming to him & he will learn that this Judas has al-Qaeda on his side...

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Oscar Wildes philosophy leads him on a path to destruction. The Judas Kiss" describes two pivotal moments: the day Wilde decides to stay in England & face imprisonment & the night when the lover for whom he risked everything betrays him. With a burning sense of outrage David Hare presents the consequences of an uncompromisingly moral position in a world defined by fear & conformity. Originally produced in the West End & on Broadway this new edition coincides with a 2012 revival. " Superbly written.. . Hare has taken a history & pieced it together with heroic grace... Vastly rich sophisticated & heartbreaking." (" Time Out" New York)." ...

Every antique dealer is a bit of a detective following clues to find the trophies that pay the rent but when Lovejoy takes on the job of tracking down a pair of duelling pistols so rare that he's not even sure actually exist he needs all the instincts of a detective to pick his way through an unsolved crime. Along the way he becomes convinced that the weapons do exist but that they have fallen into the hands of a vile murderer. Locating the ancient weapons seems like the least of his problems when Lovejoy then finds himself fighting for his life in a duel to the death! ...

Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. Frustrated by poverty & the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional cousin Sue Bridehead. But life as social outcasts proves undermining & when tragedy occurs Sue has no resilience & Jude is left in despair. ...

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery & life unto the bitter in soul? Jude Fawley poor & working-class longs to study at the University of Christminster but he is rebuffed & trapped in a loveless marriage. He falls in love with his unconventional cousin Sue Bridehead & their refusal to marry when free to do so confirms their rejection of & by the world around them. The shocking fate that overtakes them is an indictment of a rigid & uncaring society. Hardys last & most controversial novel Jude the Obscure caused outrage when it was published in 1895. This is the first truly critical edition taking account of the changes that Hardy made over twenty-five years. It

Includes:: a new chronology & bibliography & substantially revised notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more.

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Mega-City One is a future metropolis bustling with life & every crime imaginable. Keeping order are the Judges a stern police force acting as judge jury & executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd. He is the law. This volume contains a collection of his stories. ...

Mega-City One: the future metropolis bustling with life & every crime imaginable. Keeping order are the Judges a stern police force acting as judge jury & executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd. He is the law & these are his stories. Volume 10 in this exciting best-selling series collects together more classic Dredd from the pages of 2000 AD" including " The Art of Kenny Who?" & " Block Rite"!" ...

In Mega-City One the Judges rule with an iron fist & the most notorious of these is Judge Dredd. Dredd is judge jury & executioner & these books collect together all of his early cases from the very first episode. Book six contains some of the best writing & art from the UK comics scene including work from John Wagner (A History of Violence") & comic book legend Carlos Ezquerra." ...

Mega-City One is the future metropolis bustling with life & every crime imaginable. Keeping order are the Judges a stern police force acting as judge jury & executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd. He is the law & these are his stories. Volume 9 in this exciting best-selling series collects together more classic Dredd from the pages of 2000 AD including The Midnight Surfer" & " The Warlord!"" ...

2000 AD Graphic Novels presents you with the very best in thrill-power. From all-time classics such as Judge Dredd & Strontium Dog" to cutting edge modern masterworks such as " Leviathan" Rebellion are bringing you some of the finest works in British comics! Mega-City One: the future metropolis bustling with life & every crime imaginable. Keeping order are the Judges a stern police force acting as judge jury & executioner. Toughest of all is Judge Dredd. He is the law & these are his stories. Volume 12 in this exciting best-selling series collects together more classic Dredd from the pages of 2000 AD including the stories " Banana City" " The Confeshuns of PJ Maybe" & " Young Giant"." ...