Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea & their overbearing neighbours Thebes. Standing in the battle line for the first time alongside his father & brother he shares in a famous & unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee he awakes not a hero but a slave. Betrayed by his jealous & cowardly cousin the freedom he fought for has now vanished & he becomes the property of a rich citizen. So begins an epic journey from slavery that takes the young Arimnestos through a world poised on the brink of an epic confrontation as the emerging civilization of the Greeks starts to flex its muscles against the established empire of the Persians. As he tries to make his fortune & revenge himself on the man who disinherited him Arimnestos discovers that he has a talent that pays well in this new violent world
- for like his hero Achilles he is a killer of men.
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When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse Brother Michael & Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the College is accused of foul play. At the same time Cambridge is plagued by a mystery thief who is targeting rich pilgrims. Moreover pranksters are at large in the University staging a series of practical jokes that are growing increasingly dangerous & that are dividing scholars into bitterly opposed factions. Bartholomew & Michael soon learn that their various mysteries are connected & it becomes a race against time to catch the killer-thief before the University explodes into a violent conflict that could destroy it forever. ...

For the most varied range of sudoku puzzles with the widest range of difficulty available anywhere look no further than the Observer"s " Killer Sudoku". Combining elements of sudoku & kakuro these headscratchers will test the skills of even the most practised sudoku fan. This collection contains 150 previously unpublished puzzles of varying levels of difficulty so whether youre new to the Killer Sudoku grid or are a seasoned solver looking for a challenge this book will keep you occupied. Be warned though
- some of these puzzles are so fiendishly difficult they may well keep you up all night."
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Sudoku for the brave of heart! Sharp-minded solvers willing to venture into dangerous puzzle territory will find satisfaction navigating these killer sudoku. Each one looks like a regular sudoku but with a challenging twist: there are also additional boxes surrounding sets of squares. Those boxes contain tiny numbers that tell you the sum of the digits inside the box. Its a brain-stretching variation that will delight sudoku fans everywhere. ...

A fifteen-year-old boy firebombs a building as he listens to Vivaldis Winter Concerto splicing behind a red hot R n B track. A veteran musician is found dead in an alley with the pulse of an old time reggae classic playing in his pocket. Rap sensation Lord Tribulation discovers his new found stardom threatened when he finds himself in the middle of both incidents. His music is accused of inciting the firebombing & the dead musician is his father. With the beat of the media & government blasting down his neck LTs search for the truth about his fathers death takes him back to an old flame & on a retro trail to 1976. A time when music was politics & politics was music. A time when the heat-drenched streets of Notting Hill burst into open rebellion. A time that as LT gets closer to the truth could lead straight to his own murder.. . ...

As we humans have explored the worlds oceans & exploited them for tourism & recreation we have found ourselves coming into contact with more & more sharks. & the outcome can be fatal. From the Seychelles to South Africa & Australia to North America tourists divers & surfers have seemingly found themselves under increased threat from unprovoked shark attacks. Fatal attacks have occurred in locations that were previously thought to be safe & in late 2010 the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh was rocked by an incredible five shark attacks in a matter of weeks. But are sharks really ruthless vicious killers or are they simply reacting to humans invading their habitat? Has the number of shark attacks increased in recent years? What can be done to prevent shark attacks? All these questions & more are answered in this fascinating book. ...

The allies of the night prepare for the final deadly confrontation. Darren & Mr Crepsley will get more than they bargained for when they come face to face with the Vampaneze Lord. The allies of the night prepare for the final deadly confrontation. Darren & Mr Crepsley will get more than they bargained for when they come face to face with the Vampaneze Lord. Outnumbered outsmarted & desperate the hunters are on the run. Pursued by the vampaneze vigilante mobs & the police Darren Shan the Vampire Prince is public enemy Number One! With their enemies baying for blood the vampires prepare for deadly confrontation. Is this the end for Darren & his allies? ...

Leon is a small-time crook who's ridden his luck for three decades. When he starts splashing big money around the cops are desperate to know where it came from. They call in CHERUB a secret organisation with one essential advantage: even experienced criminals never suspect that children are spying on them. James' latest mission looks routine but the plot he begins to unravel isn't what anyone expected. & the only person who might know the truth is a reclusive eighteen-year-old boy. There's just one problem. The boy fell to his death thirteen months earlier. ...

Through the dark wood where the dead trees give no shelter Nanna Birk Larsen runs.. . There is a bright monocular eye that follows like a hunter after a wounded deer. It moves in a slow approaching zigzag marching through the Pineseskoven wasteland through the Pentecost Forest. The chill water the fear his presence not so far away.. . There is one torchlight on her now the single blazing eye. & it is here.. . Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police department before moving to Sweden. But everything changes when nineteen-year-old student Nanna Birk Larsen is found raped & brutally murdered in the woods outside the city. Lunds plans to relocate are put on hold as she leads the investigation along with fellow detective Jan Meyer. While Nannas family struggles to cope with their loss local politician Troels Hartmann is in the middle of an election campaign to become the new mayor of Copenhagen. When links between City Hall & the murder suddenly come to light the case takes an entirely different turn. Over the course of twenty days suspect upon suspect emerges as violence political intrigue cast their shadows over the hunt for the killer. ...

Through the dark wood where the dead trees give no shelter Nanna Birk Larsen runs.. . There is a bright monocular eye that follows like a hunter after a wounded deer. It moves in a slow approaching zigzag marching through the Pineseskoven wasteland through the Pentecost Forest. The chill water the fear his presence not so far away.. . There is one torchlight on her now the single blazing eye. & it is here.. . Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen police department before moving to Sweden. But everything changes when nineteen-year-old student Nanna Birk Larsen is found raped & brutally murdered in the woods outside the city. Lunds plans to relocate are put on hold as she leads the investigation along with fellow detective Jan Meyer. While Nannas family struggles to cope with their loss local politician Troels Hartmann is in the middle of an election campaign to become the new mayor of Copenhagen. When links between City Hall & the murder suddenly come to light the case takes an entirely different turn. Over the course of twenty days suspect upon suspect emerges as violence & political intrigue cast their shadows over the hunt for the killer. ...