It is the darkest hour of the darkest Age. King Arthur is dead killed by his wicked nephew Mordred. Saxon invaders rampage across the land & forces of evil are gathering. The path to the throne lies open to Arthurs only remaining flesh & blood
- Mordred. But there is one with a better claim than Mordred
- Arthurs secret child. Brought by Merlin to enchanted Avalon as a baby & raised there for protection the kings heir must take up a vital quest: to search for the four magical Lights with the power to restore Arthurs soul to his body. Introducing Rhianna Pendragon: unlikely princess & Camelots last hope.

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Rome has lost its greatest warrior
- for Aulus the doom-laden prophecy of forty years earlier has come to pass. It is now left
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From its first arrival in Britain with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror violence & revenge are the cursed swords constant companions. From an election-rigging scandal in 13th century Venice to the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356 as the Sword of Shame passes from owner to owner in this compelling collection of interlinked mysteries it brings nothing but bad luck & disgrace to all who possess it. ...

Long ago the world of the Four Lands was torn apart by the wars of ancient Evil. But in the Vale the half-human half-elfin Shea Ohmsford now lives in peace
- until the mysterious forbidding figure of the druid Allanon appears to reveal that the supposedly long dead Warlock Lord lives again. Shea must embark upon the elemental quest to find the only weapon powerful enough to keep the creatures of darkness at bay: the fabled Sword of Shannara. THE SWORD OF SHANNARA is the first volume of the classic series that has become one of the most popular fantasy tales of all time. A masterful work from a master storyteller.
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THE SWORD OF SHANNARA: Long ago the world of Shea Ohmsford was torn apart by war. But the half-human half-elfin Shea now lives in peace
- until the forbidding figure of Allanon appears to reveal that the long dead Warlock Lord lives again.. .THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA: Ancient evil threatens the Elves & the Races of Man. For the Ellcrys the tree of long-lost Elven magic is dying
- loosing the spell of Forbidding that locks the hordes of Demons away from Earth. Only one source has the power to stop it: the Elfstones of Shannara. THE WISHSONG OF SHANNARA: Evil stalks the Four Lands as the Ildatch immemorial book of evil spells has stirred to eldritch life. Once again Allanon ancient Druid Protector of the Races must seek the help of a descendant of Jerle Shannara.

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The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist Bernard Cornwell. The year is 885 & England is at peace divided between the Danish kingdom to the north & Alfreds kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs a dead man has risen & new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time & it falls to Uhtred half Saxon half Dane a man feared & respected the length & breadth of Britain to expel the Viking raiders & take control of London for Alfred. His uncertain loyalties must now decide Englands future. A gripping tale of love rivalry & violence Sword Song tells the story of Englands making. ...

The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist Bernard Cornwell. The year is 885 & England is at peace divided between the Danish kingdom to the north & Alfreds kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs a dead man has risen & new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time & it falls to Uhtred half Saxon half Dane a man feared & respected the length & breadth of Britain to expel the Viking raiders & take control of London for Alfred. His uncertain loyalties must now decide Englands future. A gripping tale of love rivalry & violence Sword Song tells the story of Englands making. ...

ATTENTION! Amy & Dan Cahill have been located once again this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair Oh. Could they have been foolish enough to make an alliance? Spies report that Amy & Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If thi fearsome warrior was a Cahill his secrets are sure to be well-guarded...and the price to uncover them just might be lethal. Think you've gone everywhere books can take you? Think again. Books ae going to a new place but you have to follow the clues to get there. Join Amy & Dan as they continue the hunt for the 39 Clues in Book Three: The Sword Thief. The high-octane adventures will continue for a total of ten exhilarating books written by well-known authors over two years. The 39 Clues also encompasses hundreds of game cards & an online world that that means that you can play a part in the story & compete for 100s of prizes totalling over U50 000. ...

A thousand years after they fell in battle two heroes
- Druss & Skilgannon
- are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the

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It's January 1069. Less than three years have passed since Hastings & the death of the usurper Harold Godwineson. In the depths of winter two thousand Normans march to subdue the troublesome province of Northumbria. Tancred a Dinant an ambitious & oath-sworn knight & a proud leader of men is among them hungry for battle for silver & for l&. But at Durham the Normans are ambushed in the streets by English rebels. In the battle that ensues their army is slaughtered almost to a man. Badly wounded Tancred barely escapes with his life. His lord is among those slain. Soon the enemy are on the march led by the dispossessed prince Eadgar the last of the ancient Saxon line who is determined to seize the realm he believes is his. Yet even as Tancred seeks vengeance for his lord's murder he finds himself caught up in secret dealings between a powerful Norman magnate & a shadow from the past. As the Norman & English armies prepare to clash Tancred begins to uncover a plot which harks back to the day of Hastings itself. A plot which if allowed to succeed threatens to undermine the entire Conquest. The fate of the Kingdom hangs in the balance... ...