This title presents unmissable new horror! Black Annis smiles. Her pointed teeth do not gleam; they are black with age & the bloodstains of her countless victims. She looks up at the human child
- surely meant to be in bed & asleep at this time of night. Some things dont change. Every hundred years the gateway opens between their world & ours. A human coven has joined forces with the dark beings of the Netherworld. A flesh-eating witch is on the loose. Evil is growing. & Callum is caught in the middle. The Shadowing has begun...
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The eagerly-awaited sequel to Shadowmagic. Having returned to the real world from Tir Na Nog at the end of the last book our hero Conor finds himself arrested for the murder of his father. When he explains to the cops that his dad is safe & well & enjoying life as king of a land of elves imps & banshees they understandably think he is a nutcase. That is until he is rescued by Celtic warriors on horseback & taken back to Tir Na Nog accidentally bringing a policeman with him. Once safely back in The Land Conor finds that all is not well. His father is dying the girl he loves is betrothed to another & a rather confused American cop is wandering around causing havoc. It falls to our young hero & his band of friends to find a cure for the king. On their epic journey they encounter one of the most mystical & dangerous races in The Land the shapeshifting Pooka & find their fates linked in ways they could never have imagined. The Prince of Hazel & Oak is a stunning fantasy adventure that takes fans of Shadowmagic further in to the land & brings back many of the favourite characters from the first book. ...

Shadowmancer" takes you into a world of superstition magic & witchcraft where the ultimate sacrifice might even be life itself. Obadiah Demurral is a sorcerer who is seeking to control the highest power in the Universe. He will stop at nothing. The only people in his way are Raphah Kate Thomas & the mysterious Jacob Crane. Packed full of history folklore & smuggling this tale of their epic battle will grip both young & old. The thrills suspense & danger & guaranteed to grab the attention & stretch imaginations to the limit." ...

An epic tale of magic & mystery duty & betrayal Tad Williams SHADOWMARCH trilogy is destined to become a classic of modern fantasy. At the uppermost edge of the northern kingdoms towers shrouded in mist lies Southmarch Castle. For hundreds of years it has remained hidden from the affairs of empire. Now its isolation can protect it no more. Southmarch is under siege; from both its neighbours without & the more insidious enemies who would destroy it from within. Even further to the north within the ancient walls of Qul-na-Qar in a land of silence & gloom the Twilight People gather to hear Ynnir the blind king pronounce the dark fate of human kind. In the south the Autarch the god-king who has already conquered an entire continent now looks to extend his domain once more. It is upon Southmarch that the armies advance & to its people that darkness will speed. ...

Darkness has fallen on the lands of the sun as an army of misshapen fey spill out from beyond the Shadowline. At their head is Yasammez dark creature of nightmare. A furtive bargain was struck at the gates of Southmarch & the castle was spared but centuries of enmity will not be so easily appeased. Meanwhile Barrick heir to Southmarch & cursed with madness has crossed the Shadowline into the realm of his peoples ancient enemy. There are stranger things than death here
- stranger & older. Much further south shadow is also falling over the reign of the Autarch god-king & supreme ruler. Quinnitan junior wife must flee the royal household or die her greatest secret as yet hidden even from herself. Ancient blood flows through her veins & she will become a unique weapon in the fight against her greatest terror. & beyond the ken of all but a chosen few the gods are awakening & the world is changing.. .
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Photographer Christabel is drawn to psychic phenomena & dark liasons. When she is persuaded by her husband to take a holiday at a mysterious mansion house in the country she foresees only long days of boredom. But Nicholas her deviously sensual husband has a hand in the unexpected events that begin to unravel. He is keen to ensure that Christabel's holiday is eventful & erotic & she is soon drawn into a web of eroticism with Nicholas's young male PA. Within this unusual & kinky threesome Christabel learns some lessons the jaded city could never teach her. ...

In 1978 a ' Factory for Sale' sign gave Alan Erasmus & Tony Wilson a name for their fledgling Manchester club night. Though they couldn't have known it at the time this was the launch of one of the most significant musical & cultural legacies of the late twentieth century. The club's electrifying live scene soon translated to vinyl & Factory Records went on to become the most innovative & celebrated record label of the next thirty years. Always breaking new musical ground Factory introduced the listening public to bands such as Joy Division whose Unknown Pleasures was the label's first album release New Order Durutti Column & Happy Mondays. Propelled onwards by the inspirational cultural entrepreneur Tony Wilson Factory always sought new ways to energise the popular consciousness such as the infamous Hacienda nightclub which enjoyed a chequered 15-year history after opening in 1982. Shadowplayers is the most complete authoritative & thoroughly researched account of how a group of provincial anarchists & entrepreneurs saw off bankers journalists & gun-toting gangsters to create the most influential record label of modern times. Based on both archive & contemporary sources the book tells the full story of Factory's heroic struggles its complex web of inventive idiosyncratic & tragic personalities & ultimately the acclaimed & much-loved music it produced. ...

As shadows threaten to consume the kingdom of Southmarch Barrick Eddon heir to March throne battles his way across the sinister Shadowlands. He must journey through this dangerous inhuman realm to fulfil a pact
- as this may be all that can prevent the atrocities of a full-scale war with the Twilight people of Qul-na-Qar. Meanwhile the assault upon Southmarch has truly begun. Yasammez the formidable head of the Qar army has ordered the attack believing that the pact between humans & Qar has been broken. Unless Ferras Vansen Captain of the Southmarch Royal Guard can convince her otherwise the humans are sure to meet the dark end that has been promised to them.. .
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Alex has escaped from Rule
- but what new horrors face her in the ravaged world outside? Tom is safe
- but what will he risk

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In book two of this addictive quartet Kimi & her sister Hana have disguised themselves as boys to study at Master Gokus dojo. They prepare themselves to take revenge on the uncle who murdered their father & older brothers by becoming masters of the sword & their combat skills are deadly. But after their uncles unexpected arrival & Master Gokus untimely death the sisters future is uncertain. Kimi & Hana are forced to go on the run once more but word has come that their mother & younger brother are alive & waiting for them. Can Kimi Hana & their friend Tatsuya survive the perils that lie ahead & defeat their uncle once & for all? ...