For twenty dangerous years he has worked undercover for Britains Security Service. Then M15 asks one favour too many an act of personal betrayal. When he refuses he sees his world collapse & finds himself accused of a high-profile murder he did not commit. Yet the evidence against him is overwhelming. Only his former comrade-in-arms believes his innocence. The SAS tracker finds himself on the trail of the most deadly adversary of all. A rogue element within the secret state. With a crusading defence lawyer who is renowned for her fiery temperament as her good looks he takes on the police government & legal system in a harrowing attempt to prove his friends innocence. Yet before justice can run its course they will unearth dark secrets & a prophecy that is moving inexorably towards its devastating fulfilment. ...

Described on its first publication by John Buchan as the finest English novel since Jude the Obscure Rogue Herries tells the story of the larger than life Francis Herries who uproots his family from Yorkshire & brings them to live in Borrowdale where their life is as dramatic as the landscape surrounding them. Proud violent & impetuous he despises his first wife sells his mistress at a county fair & forms a great love for the teenage gypsy Mirabell Starr. Alongside this turbulent story runs that of his son David with enemies of his own & that of his gentle daughter Deborah with placid dreams that will not be realised in her fathers house. As a feat both of knowledge & imagination the book is huge Observer A superb work of fiction. There is not one tired listless page J.B. Priestly The Graphic ...

Rogue Male is one of the classic thrillers of the 20th century. An Englishman plans to assassinate the dictator of a European country. But he is foiled at the last moment & falls into the hands of ruthless & inventive torturers. They devise for him an ingenious & diplomatic death but for once they bungle the job & he escapes. But England provides no safety from his pursuers
- & the Rogue Male must strip away all the trappings of status & civilization as the hunter becomes a hunted animal.
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This is the untold story of one of the most lethal & successful soldiers of the Second World War
- a highly decorated hero as well
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An Englishman plans to assassinate the dictator of a European country. But he is foiled at the last moment & falls into the hands of ruthless & inventive torturers. They devise for him an ingenious & diplomatic death but for once they bungle the job & he escapes. But England provides no safety from his pursuers
- & the Rogue Male must strip away all the trappings of status & civilization as the hunter becomes a hunted animal.
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The prophecies were there but no one listened. Until now. They are the Lords of Deliverance & they have the power to ward off Doomsday.. .or let it ride. Jillian Cardiff came to this remote mountain town to forget the demon attack that almost killed her. Instead she rescues
- & falls for
- a gorgeous stranger who has no memory of anything other than his name. Handsome charming & protective Reseph seems like the kind of man that Jillian can trust. But with hints of a troubling history of his own he's also the kind of man that can be very dangerous.. . Reseph may not know his background or why he mysteriously appeared in Jillian's life but he knows he wants to stay. Yet when Jillian's neighbours are killed & demon hunters arrive on the scene Reseph fears that he's putting Jillian in danger. & once it's revealed that Reseph is also Pestilence the Horseman responsible for ravaging the world with death & destruction he & Jillian must face the greatest challenge of all: can they forget the horrors of a chilling past to save the future they both desire?

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Rogue Trooper an infantryman in a far future war was genetically engineered to endure the harsh atmosphere of the planet Nu-Earth. Having finally destroyed the traitor general Rogue returns to Millicom where he means to have his bio-chipped comrades re-built. However he finds that he needs the antigen to complete the process & for this he has to travel to the planet Horst an alien world full of dangerous Nort collaborators! ...

More than half a century after his death Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War receiving four DSOs the Croix de Guerre & the Legion dhonneur & he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS & other special operations units worldwide. Rogue Warrior of the SAS" tells the remarkable life story of Colonel Paddy whose exceptional physical strength & uniquely swift reflexes made him a fearsome opponent. But his unorthodox rules of war & his resentment of authority would deny him the ultimate accolade of the Victoria Cross. Drawing on personal letters & family papers declassified SAS files & records together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime & eyewitness accounts from many who served with him the picture emerges of a soldier who although a flawed hero was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert & Europe." ...

How far would a child go to rid himself of a despised parent? Or a man of the cloth to be elected pope? From murderous ministers & conniving cardinals to the dark imagination of a schoolboy & the suspicions of an ageing Mr Mozart this unique collection of Robert Barnards short stories takes you on a trail of murder mystery & intrigue with some of his finest
- & darkest
- literary creations. Including the prizewinning Rogues Gallery" the haunting tale of a devilish portrait & " Sins of Scarlet" a story of sudden death in the Vatican this eclectic collection proves that whether reimagining the life of cultural icons or spying opportunity for morbid crimes amidst events grand & domestic novelist Robert Barnard is the master of the short story mystery."

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Demon Cynster has seen love bring his brethren to their knees & he's vowed that he will not share their fate until he spies Felicity Parteger sneaking around his country estate. Demon remembers Felicity as a mere chit of a girl but now she stands before him begging for his help all lush curves sparkling eyes & so temptingly worthy of the love he's vowed never to surrender to any woman. Felicity knew Demon was one of the ton's most eligible bachelors & a rogue of the worst sort but he was the only one capable of getting her friend out of trouble. Her fascination with him had nothing to do with the power lurking just beneath his devil-may-care facade or with the desire that flares when he takes her in his arms. She knows he'll never yield to her the love she desperately seeks but could a marriage with passion alone even with a man like Demon be enough? ...