Leaving the behind the imaginings of Deepgate Alan Campbell introduces a new world a new cast of characters in a novel that reads like a cross between Stephen Deas & Joe Abercrombie. With non-stop action beautiful characterization & Alans usual flair for imagination & lyrical writing welcome to a world of water
- where dragons are used as weapons & countries are separated by power greed & fear... Thrown out of the Graveyard corps by a corrupt & weak emperor Granger has to turn to running his own prison. Its not a lucrative business but if he keeps his head down doesnt succumb to pity or morals then he may just survive. But when two unexpected prisoners enter his life then his world is turned upside down. Ianthe is young blind & deaf -- she can only see or hear through other peoples senses. This makes her unique in a world held to ransom by the powerful Haurstaf -- a sisterhood of telepaths who consider the young girl a threat to their power. Shes also Grangers daughter...
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Goa south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies & backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret&8230; Simran Singh is desperate for a break & some time away from her busy job as a social worker-come-crime investigator. & so the unspoilt idyll of Goa seems just the place
- white beaches blue seas & no crime. But when a disturbing video appears on her phone featuring a young girl being attacked by a group of men she realises that a darkness festers at the heart of this supposed paradise. & when she discovers out that the girl is Liza Kay a British teenager who has gone missing she knows she must act in order to save her. But first Simran must break through the web of lies & dark connections that flourish on these beaches. Everyone it seems knows what has happened to the girl but no one is prepared to say. & when more videos appear & Simran herself is targeted in order to keep her quiet the paradise soon becomes a living nightmare.
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Celestria always spends her summer holiday at Pendrift Hall the rambling shabby Cornish mansion adorned with wisteria & clematis that has been home to the Montague family for generations. In the summer of 1958 the highlight is a lavish ball in honour of Archie Montagues fiftieth birthday & the beautiful girl on the cusp of womanhood is looking forward to practising her flirtation skills on the Wilmotte boys. But what is supposed to be a night of celebration ends in catastrophe. As a result Celestrias grandfather encourages her to play detective to seek out an explanation for the bewildering events. The quest takes her to the heel of Italy to the rugged beauty of Puglia & the cool cloisters of the Convento di Santa Maria del Mare. Here Celestria meets an enigmatic stranger & confronts unwelcome truths about her family
- & about herself. Once she has done so she is able to transform herself from selfish girl to mature woman & save the family home.
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At the heart of this epic saga set just before the Opium Wars is an old slaving-ship The Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean its crew a motley array of sailors & stowaways coolies & convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians & Westerners from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager from an evangelical English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman. As their old family ties are washed away they like their historical counterparts come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born which will span continents races & generations.???? The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges the rolling high seas & the exotic backstreets of China. But it is the panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself which makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive
- a masterpiece from one of the worlds finest novelists.
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Two girls with two very different lives come together in this beautiful & moving story of friendship & family by a major new voice in girls' fiction. Meet Maya. She has a cosy comfy life with her slightly hippy mum & dad by the sea in Cornwall. But as an only child Maya feels smothered by her parents' love & longs to be a given more freedom & independence; but what Maya wants more than anything is a sister. Meet Cat. She's never known her dad & her mum's an alcoholic & is not capable of looking after herself let alone her 11 year old daughter. Cat's spent her life protecting her mum & keeping some dark secrets; all she wants is to be left alone. But Cat & Maya's worlds collide when Cat is taken into care & Maya's parents make the life-changing decision to adopt her. Maya can't wait to welcome Cat into the family & hopes that by having a sister her parents might learn to 'chill out' & give Maya a bit more freedom. But Cat is angry & resentful & resists Maya's attempts at friendship & soon Maya's idea of a perfect family is blown out of the water. As tensions rise & secrets come out will the girls ever become friends let alone sisters? ...

The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-knit community of the island bound together by a code of loyalty & a suspicion of outsiders worthy of the Mafia. When the boss' secretary Signorina Elettra volunteers to visit the island where she has relatives Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders concerns for Elettra's safety & his not entirely straightforward feelings for her.. . ...

Two sisters one life-changing journey... There are some currents in the relationship between sisters that run so dark & so deep it's better for the people swimming on the surface never to know what's beneath.. . Katie's carefully structured world is shattered by the news that her headstrong younger sister Mia has been found dead in Bali
- & the police claim it was suicide. With only the entries of Mia's travel journal as her guide Katie retraces the last few months of her sister's life &
- page by page country by country
- begins to uncover the mystery surrounding her death. What she discovers changes everything. But will her search for the truth push their sisterly bond
- & Katie
- to breaking point? The Sea Sisters is a compelling story of the enduring connection between sisters.

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A family conflict is set to make waves.. . After years of fast living & reckless excitement Cameron Quinn is called home to help care for his adopted brother Seth a troubled young boy not unlike Cameron once was. Dark brooding & fiercely independent Cameron's life changes overnight as he has to learn to live with his brothers again. Old rivalries & new resentments flare between the passionate Quinn boys as they try to set aside their differences. But when Seth's fate falls into the hands of Anna a tough but beautiful social worker the tide starts to turn. She alone has the power to bring the Quinns together
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BOOK SIX: SHADOWS OF THE APT A shadow is falling over Collegium. Despite the tenuous peace Stenwold Maker knows that the Empire will return for his city. Even as he tries to prepare for the resurgence of the black & gold empire a hidden threat is working against his people. Ships that sail from Collegium's harbour are being attacked sunk by pirates. Some just go missing.. . Lulled by the spread of lies & false promises Stenwold's allies are falling away. He faces betrayal on every side & the Empire is just waiting for the first sign of weakness to strike. But the Empire is not the only power that has its eyes on Collegium. & even the Wasp-kinden may not be powerful enough to stave off the forces massing in the darkness. Praise for Shadows of the Apt: 'A page-turning ride to its superb finale' Fantasy Book Critic Blog 'I cannot even begin to explain how much I enjoy the Shadows of the Apt books.. .some of the best fantasy entertainment out there' LECBook Reviews.com ...

Airplanes adventures life & death in the skies: The Sea Witch brings together three dramatic tales
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