A kiss that just wont happen. A disco at the end of the world. A teenage goth on a terror mission. & OAP kiddie-snatchers & scouse real-ale enthusiasts & occult weirdness in the backwoods.. . Dark Lies the Island" is a collection of unpredictable stories about love & cruelty crimes desperation & hope from the man Irvine Welsh has described as the most arresting & original writer to emerge from these islands in years. Every page is shot through with the riotous humour sympathy & blistering language that mark Kevin Barry as a pure entertainer & a unique teller of tales." ...

This title is the winner of the Sunday Times short story prize. It is shortlisted for the Edge Hill short story prize. A kiss that just won't happen. A disco at the end of the world. A teenage goth on a terror mission. & OAP kiddie-snatchers & scouse real-ale enthusiasts & occult weirdness in the backwoods... Dark Lies the Island is a collection of unpredictable stories about love & cruelty crimes desperation & hope from the man Irvine Welsh has described as 'the most arresting & original writer to emerge from these islands in years'. Every page is shot through with the riotous humour sympathy & blistering language that mark Kevin Barry as a pure entertainer & a unique teller of tales. ...

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell New York there's a deadly turf war going on between vampires & their slayers. There also exists a secret band of brothers like no other
- six vampire warriors defenders of their race. Among them none relishes killing their enemies more than Wrath the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood... The only pure-bred vampire left on the planet Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago. But when one of his most trusted fighters is killed
- orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate
- Wrath must usher the beautiful female into the world of the undead... Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn't there before Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes to her at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of brotherhood & blood frighten her. But his touch ignites a dawning hunger that threatens to consume them both...


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Savannah Dubrinsky is a mistress of illusion a world-famous magician capable of mesmerising millions. But there is one man she fears: Gregori the Dark One. With a dark magic all his own Gregori
- the most powerful of Carpathian males
- whispers in Savannahs mind that he is her destiny. That she was born to save his immortal soul. & now here in New Orleans the hour has finally come to claim her. To make her completely his. In a ritual as old as time...and as inescapable as eternity.

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The benefits of living in a digital globalised society are enormous; so too are the dangers. The world has become a law enforcers nightmare & every criminals dream. We bank online shop online date learn work & live online. But have the institutions that keep us safe on the streets learned to protect us in the burgeoning digital world? Have we become complacent about our personal security
- sharing our thoughts beliefs & the details of our daily lives with anyone who cares to relieve us of them? In this fascinating & compelling book Misha Glenny author of the international bestseller Mc Mafia" explores the three fundamental threats facing us in the 21st century: cyber crime cyber warfare & cyber industrial espionage. Governments & the private sector are losing billions of dollars each year fighting an ever-morphing often invisible often super-smart new breed of criminal: the hacker. Glenny has travelled & trawled the world. & by exploring the rise & fall of the criminal website " Dark Market" he has uncovered the most vivid alarming & illuminating stories. Whether Ji Lsi or Matrix Iceman Master Splynter or Lord Cyric; whether Detective Sergeant Chris Dawson in Scunthorpe or Agent Keith Mularski in Pittsburgh Glenny has tracked down & interviewed all the players
- the criminals the geeks the police the security experts & the victims
- & he places everyone & everything in a rich brew of politics economics & history. The result is simply unputdownable. " Dark Market" is authoritative & completely engrossing. Its a must-read for everyone who uses a computer: the essential crime book for our times."


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It is the 1960s & the charismatic & cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru attracting the devotion & demanding sexual favours of his young acolytes. After he invites his most fervent followers to attend a secret ritual in a local meadow the only thing that remains is a gruesomely dismembered body
- & the shattered souls of all who were present. Years later one man attempts to understand what happened to his wife & his friends by writing a book about this horrible night & its through this process that they begin to examine the unspeakable events that have bound them in ways they cannot fathom but that have haunted every one of them throughout their lives. As each of the old friends tries to come to grips with the darkness of the past they find themselves face to face with the evil triggered so many years earlier...
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Dayan has been searching for centuries to find the one woman who can complete him a true lifemate who can save him from the darkness in his soul. Despairing of ever finding her & on the run from his enemies something drives Dayan to stop at a bar & perform some of his music. Then Corrine Wentworth walks in & Dayan knows instantly that she is the one. Corrine wants nothing more than to surrender her life & soul to Dayan but she is suffering from a degenerative heart disease & pregnant with her late husbands child. She is also running from the men who killed her husband the same group of fanatics who are hunting Dayan & his kind. Dayan must call on his family & the greatest healers of the Carpathians to aid him in a race against time to save Corrine whose fate is now inextricably linked to his own. ...

The peaceful Eldarin were the last of three ancient races. The mystical Oltor healers & poets had fallen before the dread power of the cruel & sadistic Daroth. Yet in one awesome night the invincible Daroth had vanished from the face of the earth. Gone were their cities their armies their terror. The Great Northern Desert was their only legacy. Not a trace remained for a thousand years... The War of the Pearl had raged for seven years & the armies of the four Duchies were exhausted & weary of bloodshed. But the foremost of the Dukes Sirano of Romark possessed the Eldarin Pearl & was determined to unravel its secrets. Then on one unforgettable day a dark mon rose above the Great Northern Desert & a black tidal wave swept across the l&. In moments the desert had vanished beneath lush fields & forests & a great city could be seen glittering in the morning sunlight. From this city re-emerged the blood-hungry Daroth powerful & immortal immune to spear & sword. They had only one desire: to rid the world of humankind for ever. Now the fate of the human race rests on the talents of three heroes: Karis warrior-woman & strategist; Tarantio the deadliest swordsman of the age; & Duvodas the Healer who will learn a terrible truth. ...

On the night lovely Neomi Renate a famous ballerina at the turn of the century was murdered an evil force turned her into a spectre
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In a cave of mystery & wonder deep in the Carpathian Mountains bodyguard Joie Sanders encounters a most remarkable being. Proud strong immortal he is called Traian
- an ageless hunter locked in a life & death battle with enemy vampires
- & he will be her salvation in a labyrinth protected by the ingenious traps of a mysterious ancient race. What awaits them in the darkness is not known & each step could be their last
- as their destined path leads them toward a fiery passion that will illuminate the perilous dark night.


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