The hotly anticipated third book in Heather Killough-Walden's fantastic paranormal series THE LOST ANGELS. It's time for Azrael's story... As the former Archangel of Death Azrael has always stood apart from his brothers. Cursed to rule from the darkness he is not only one of the four favored archangels but the very first vampire & king among his kind. Sophie Bryce is a woman scarred by the dark secrets of her past. Though she is overwhelmingly attracted to the brooding archangel she simply cannot believe that she is the one fated to be with such an extraordinary being. But Azrael has known differently from the moment he laid eyes on Sophie & he will stop at nothing to win her heart
- even if he has to fight an army of unimaginable evils to do so...
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It's no more than a breath away... Everyone needs a place to relax after a long day after all. So here is the place where the Grim Reaper can kick back & take the load off his scythe. Here's the golf course that's not so much crazy as insane & the useless maze & the dark gardens
- all brought (incongruously) to life. & here for the first time ever you will find out the reason why Death can't understand rockeries & what hapens to garden gnomes. As Death rides Binky into the sunset (of other people's lives) you can at last see what he gets up to when he's not at work.
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Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg is in disgrace. His victory on Hekati & the emperor's favour have turned his patron against him: General Indigo Jaxx wants Sven dead. Exiled to Wildeside Sven waits for Jaxx's assassin. He hunts he fieldstrips his weapons he tries not to mind. At the age of 28 he's lived longer than he expected anyway. But then Sven finds himself offering to save the life of Jaxx's son. This means returning to Farlight where he finds that the emperor is missing his empire is collapsing there are murderous riots in the capital & General Jaxx stands on the edge of ruin. All Sven has to do is nothing. But when has he ever done anything that sensible... The devil-may-care not quite 100 per cent human mercenary soldier/killing machine known as Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg & his like-minded team the Aux are back in this third explosive non-stop action-filled adventure. ...

Few survive the cage. Fewer still live to face the whipping post. Of those who do few are in a state to know what is happening to them. One of those who does is ex-Legion Etrangere sergeant Sven Tveskoeg. As this stubborn insubordinate son-of-a-bitch feels the first lash fall he hears the desert tribes attack & watches as they slaughter his comrades before they can execute him. Rescued from certain death Sven joins the tribes. Until his ruthless skills come to the attention of the Death's Head the infamous elite special ops force. They want Sven to sort out a little 'local difficulty'. But it seems all is not as it should be. Sven feels he's a pawn in a deadly game & pawns have an unfortunate habit of being sacrificed. But Death's Head Second Lieutenant Tveskoeg Obsidian Cross 3rd Class is nobody's sacrifice. & even a pawn can checkmate a king... ...

The Aux have been dropped on a far-flung planet called Hekati only it's in Uplift space & not really a planet at all. As for their mission it's so damn secret that General Jaxx hasn't even told Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg what it's about. It appears a citizen of the United Free an empire not only more vast than Octo V's but far more technologically advanced has gone missing on this artificial world & it's up to Sven & the Aux to find the poor soul. But Hekati is a realm where nothing is quite as it seems & no one can be trusted. Smelling a rat Sven is so not happy
- & when he's not happy is when bad things start to happen
- & the body count starts to rise... The devil-may-care not-quite 100 percent human mercenary soldier-cum-killing machine Tveskoeg & the Death's Head squad are back: cue more extreme violence a mega death toll dirty sex fiendish plot twists & explosive non-stop action!

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A handsome young man arrives in St Petersburg at the house of Marya Morevna. He is Koschei the Tsar of Life & he is Marya's fate. For years she follows him in love & in war & bears the scars. But eventually Marya returns to her birthplace
- only to discover a starveling city haunted by death. Deathless is a fierce story of life & death love & power old memories deep myth & dark magic set against the history of Russia in the twentieth century. It is quite simply unforgettable.
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Tom Striker is a mud lark earning a crust foraging on the banks of The Thames for anything worth selling. When his friend Billy goes missing & he saves a man claiming to be Old Father Thames Tom & his friends are caught up in a battle between powerful spirits. This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE which produces a range of books to get children reading with complete confidence. EDGE
- for books children cant put down.
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When they first came together Talon Squad were a disparate group of Space Marines from various Chapters. Under the auspice of the Deathwatch trained in an ironclad Watch Fortress they become a kill-team. Alien hunters experts in xenos extermination their first mission under the mysterious Inquisitor Sigma is a deadly one. Of all the enemies the Deathwatch face the genestealers are amongst the fiercest the most invidious. Led by Brother-Librarian Karras Talon Squad must penetrate the bowels of a genestealer lair & put the abominations to the flame or face the consequences of an entire planets extinction. ...

Conservative & working-class Jean Macquart is an experienced middle-aged soldier in the French army who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy & mercurial Maurice Levasseur who never seems to have suffered his hatred is immediate. But after they are thrown together during the disastrous Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 the pair are compelled to understand one other. Forging a profound friendship they must struggle together to endure a disorganised & brutal war the savage destruction of Frances Second Empire & the fall of Napoleon III. One of the greatest of all war novels The Debacle" is the nineteenth novel in Zolas great Rougon-Macquart cycle. A forceful & deeply moving tale of close friendship it is also a fascinating chronicle of the events that were to lead in the words of Zola himself to the murder of a nation." ...

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