The crash of a U.S. military research satellite in the remote wilds of Mongolia triggers an explosive search for the valuable cargo it holds: a code-black physics project connected to the study of dark energy the energy connected to the birth of our universe. But the last blurry image from the falling satellite captures a chilling sight: a frightening look into the future a view of a smoldering eastern seaboard of the United States in utter ruin. At the Vatican a mysterious package arrives for the head of Pontifical ancient studies sent by a colleague who had vanished a decade earlier. It contains two strange artifacts: a skull scrawled with ancient Aramaic & a tome bound in human skin. DNA testing reveals both are from Genghis Khan
- the long-dead Mongol king whose undiscovered tomb is rumoured to hold the vast treasures & knowledge of a lost ancient empire. Commander Gray Pierce & Sigma
- joined by a pair of Vatican historians
- race to uncover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire to a mystery bound in the roots of Christianity's origins & to a weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of humanity.


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This is the latest title to join Fighting Fantasy's br&-new look! The multi-million selling gamebook series is back with a hugely popular revamped updated package a brilliant new interactive website & the monsters dungeons & peril to capture a whole new generation of imaginations. A mysterious stranger offers YOU the chance to find the Golden Dragon the most valuable treasure in all of Allansia. But it is hidden in a labyrinth beneath Darkwood Forest & guarded by the most fearsome creatures & deadly traps. Could you possibly recover the legendary fortune? ...

Legend tells of the Clan of the Scorpion four mighty meerkats who are armed to the teeth with ninja-know-how. They are sworn to protect the world from their longtime nemesis the Ringmaster... An Indian emerald with mystical powers has been stolen from under the noses of the monkeys who guard it. The meerkats team up with kung fu supremo the Delhi Llama to investigate. Some monkey business is afoot & theres no prizes for guessing whos behind it... The meerkats smell a rat in a top hat. Its time for the ninja meerkats to leap into action! ...

His weapon is the stiletto his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent
- a cold & professional killer. It is
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It is the time of the Great Terror. Inspector Pekkala
- known as the Emerald Eye
- was the most famous detective in all Russia.

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Introducing IRA enforcer & deadly assassin Sean Dillon in his explosive debut from number 1 bestselling author Jack Higgins. A STORM IS COMING... Sean Dillon is a hired killer. The IRA the PLO ETA
- hes worked for them all. Now with the Gulf War raging the Iraqis need his services for an apocalyptic strike at the heart of the West. If it succeeds it will shake the world to its foundations. Leaders will be wiped out terror will spread: a devastating blow against democracy. Dillon has 10 Downing Street in his sights but British Intelligence are on his trail. They have hired a killer to stalk a killer
- a mortal enemy who is hell-bent on revenge. As the lightning strikes & the bullets fly Sean Dillon will discover how it feels to be at the eye of the storm...

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'I was looking down watching the shark come. It seemed to swell up in size as it rushed towards me. Every detail was burned into my mind in those frantic seconds. I saw the hog's snout with the two slotted nostrils the golden eyes with the black pupils like arrowheads the broad blue back from which stood the tall executioner's blade of the dorsal fin'. Harry Fletcher a man with a chequered past has reformed & is making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the seductive waters of the Indian Ocean. Suddenly men from the world of violence Harry has put behind him overturn his good intentions involving him in a hectic race to recover a fabulous treasure from an ancient wreck. Wilbur Smith is one of the benchmarks against whom others are compared". (" The Times")." ...

The wolf has lost nearly everything on his journey to the zoo
- including his eye & his beloved pack. The boy has lost nearly everything
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Life in Emond's Field has been pretty boring for Rand Al' Thor & his friends until a strange young woman arrives in their village. Moraine is an Aes Sedai a magician with the ability to wield the One Power & she brings warnings of a terrible evil awakening in the world. That very night the village is attacked by bloodthirsty Trollocs
- a fearsome tribe of beast-men thought to be no more than myth. As Emond's Field burns Moraine & her warrior-guardian help Rand & his companions to escape. But it is only the beginning of their troubles. For Moraine believes Rand Al' Thor is the Dragon Reborn & that he is fated to unite the world against the rising darkness & lead the fight against a being so powerful & evil it is known simply as the Dark One. Part One of the opening volume to Robert Jordan's classic Wheel of Time series The Eye of the World continues with TO THE BLIGHT also available in March 2003.
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In An Eye on the Hebrides" Mairi Hedderwick embarks on a six-month-long journey to 40 islands from Arran to Lewis recounting her pilgrimage around the archipelago of the Western Isles with which she has had a lifelong love affair. Filled with wit & wisdom that is matched by her spell-binding illustrations Mairi Hedderwick portrays the islands in all their diversity with swift & perceptive cameos of everyday life drawn with humor & affection alongside gorgeous landscapes which capture the truly magical beauty of the Hebrides." ...