Author: McCarthy Ray (author)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781005865498
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Ray McCarthy
Publisher: Corvids Press
ISBN: 1801020809
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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Celtic Otherworld XI Marion gets a contract from the Aés Sidhe to investigate the murder of a Dwarf Chief on the Reservation. Yet though her adoptive mother, Alice, is the Minister responsible, Alice has gone on a horse riding holiday on the Peacestead at Asgard. Obviously the Empress Megra has been told, but generally it must be secret. Alice wasn’t expecting Marion to bring her staff. Marion has been practising shape-changing with her new cloak. This is the fourth of six “Marion and the Rooks” books. The cover is based on “The Valkyrie and the Raven” by Fredrick Sandys. This is the corrected Spring 2024 edition. Approximately 50,000 words.

Author: Ray McCarthy
Publisher: Corvids Press
ISBN: 1801021716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Jorath is hardly adult but hopes to find the Talismans of the High Lords. They must do something to fight the people that want to eradicate their tribe. Set in a mediaeval style fantasy word with no ship’s clocks or black powder, this story is based on a novelization completed in 1992. The sequel was nearly completed in 1996 and now is called ‘The White Fire Stones’. Both stories can be read on their own. The cover is based on ‘Pauvre Fauvette’ (1881) by Jules Bastien-Lepage. About 55,300 words.

Author: Ray McCarthy
Publisher: Corvids Press
ISBN: 1801021368
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Talent Universe Series 6 Maisie finally has to do the Legal training suggested some years earlier. Why is there a sudden urgency? Is it because someone shot at a delegation from Morglun? The start of this story is set almost three years after “The Master’s Talent”. With a nod to Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and also Ursula Le Guin. The photo montage is “Capitol by Night”. Summer 2024 revision. About 53,700 words.

Author: Ray McCarthy
Publisher: Corvids Press
ISBN: 1801022313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375

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Talents Universe 7 This novel is set about four years after the events of “The Legal Talent.” Maisie has just returned from Morglun yet has to assemble an unusual “First Contact” mission to Andromeda with the support of the Arch Chancellor and the Military. The cover image is a photomontage. About 80,100 words

Author: Lady Esther HOPE
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492

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Publisher: Pale Horse Publishing
ISBN: 9781587470882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Author: Steve Madge
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408131692
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Crows and Jays is a combination of scientifically accurate information and an identification guide, planned to give anyone, whether a birdwatcher or biologist, a greater understanding of the lives of these beautiful, yet very complex, group of birds. 120 species of crows, jays and their allies exist in the world today. Many are exceedingly beautiful in colour, grace and form, whereas others are black and somewhat sinister in appearance. In no other group of perching birds has evolution produced such a degree of variation, from the tiny Hume's Ground-Jay of the steppe-highlands of Tibet to the huge Thick-billed Raven of the mountains of Ethiopia. Some have had a long association with people and appear in tales of mythology and superstition, while others have been regarded as agricultural pests. The great majority, however, remain largely unknown, their only contact with humanity being the destruction of their specialised habitats. As a consequence, more than 20 species are now regarded as internationally endangered, some of which are very poorly known. The 30 superb colour plates by Hilary Burn in this book depict them all; each plate is accompanied by an informative caption page summarising the criteria required to identify the species, alongside colour world distribution maps. Some of these birds, bearing such evocative names as the Banggai Crow, Mesopotamian Crow and Flores Crow, have never been illustrated before. The authoritative text by Steve Madge treats each species in depth, summarising identification techniques and concisely reviewing all aspects of corvid behaviour, distribution, population and taxonomy. The author has had first-hand experience of most of the species during his travels throughout the world, travels in which he gradually became fascinated by this very special, but somewhat ignored, group of birds. This will surely be a standard work of reference for many years to come.

Author: Ray McCarthy
Publisher: Corvids Press
ISBN: 1801021325
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 566

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Talents Universe 2 Maisie is no longer an Apprentice, but a Journeyman studying to be a Master, three times over, at the Circle College for Talent, 80,000 light years from Earth, on Caemoria. But on a visit to Laramos city to sign a contract for her full spectrum colour system she narrowly escapes being murdered. Why does she want to own a Flitter? Why was the Mogul of House Funathim assassinated? Summer 2024 version What will she spend her rapidly growing quantity of credits on? How has Earth managed to build a fusion powered starship without Talent? Maisie thinks it’s a bad sign that Earth has named them the ‘Valkyrie Class’ and that Russia, China, Europe and USA have all switched their military budgets to co-operate and build Valkyries, all managed by the Solar Alliance. The Wildgrave Plonnis seeks to understand by questioning Maisie while helping her to spend her new found wealth. She’s still the only Tellurian to ever leave the Solar System till the first Valkyrie ‘jumps’ just beyond the Kuiper belt. The cover is a photo-montage by Michael Watterson. About 132,000 words

Author: Ray McCarthy
Publisher: Corvids Press
ISBN: 1801021317
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 678

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Talents Universe 1 Mei Zhen Kelly is a twenty-three year old computer programmer from Belfast working in Dublin for nearly three years. She’s talented and very dedicated to her work. People think she’ll go far, now that she’s had her second major promotion. Only her Chinese mother called her Mei Zhen, her official name. Her parents died while she was at university and now everyone calls her Maisie. Wrapped up in her personal issues, she doesn’t pay a huge amount of attention to the news of the alien starship appearing at the edge of the Solar system. About 160,450 words