Author: Jim Pinnells
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1805148745
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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1824. The Darcy family are aboard their yacht, The Pemberley, when Arab corsairs seize it and murder the crew. The Darcys and Jane, their daughter, find refuge first in an Ottoman fort and then at the British consulate in Athens. The Greeks are rebelling against their hated Turkish overlords. Buccaneers and fortune-hunters flock to Greece, eager for booty. War rages, and the all-appalling, pitiless Odysseus governs Athens. Anarchy, mayhem and Turkish armies threaten Athens. In the chaos, the eye of Odysseus lights on Jane Darcy, who is only twelve. Meanwhile, Edmund Bertram, the abusive chaplain at the consulate, shamefully mistreats his wife, Fanny. In despair, she begins a tentative romance with a frequent guest of the Consul, the piratical fortune hunter Edward Trelawny. Will the six women escape the desperate carnage around them? Will Fanny free herself from the duplicitous tyrant who rules her life? Will young Jane evade the clutches of the merciless impaler who pursues her? Jane and the Jackal is a fast-moving historical romance revealing the inner strengths and weaknesses of Jane Austen’s heroines in a lawless and brutal world far from the familiar peace of rural England.
Author: Hugo van Lawick
Publisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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"A ... journey through the worlds of the hyena, the jackal, and the wild dog"--Jacket.
Author: J.R. Ward
Publisher: Gallery Books
ISBN: 1501195069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sinner brings another hot adventure of true love and ultimate sacrifice in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world. The location of the glymera’s notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a freak accident provides Nyx clues to where her sister may still be doing time, she becomes determined to find the secret subterranean labyrinth. Embarking on a journey under the earth, she learns a terrible truth—and meets a male who changes everything forever. The Jackal has been in the camp for so long he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. Trapped by circumstances out of his control, he helps Nyx because he cannot help himself. After she discovers what happened to her sister, getting her back out becomes a deadly mission for them both. United by a passion they can’t deny, they work together on an escape plan for Nyx—even though their destiny is to be forever apart. And as the Black Dagger Brotherhood is called upon for help, and Rhage discovers he has a half-brother who’s falsely imprisoned, a devious warden plots the deaths of them all…even the Brothers.
Author: David Cameron
Publisher: Halo Array
ISBN: 1471036960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
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"Halo – its divine wind will rush through the stars, propelling all who are worthy along the path to salvation." The year is 2552. For twenty-seven years, an alien collective known only as the Covenant has been hunting the human race. Colony after colony has been annihilated, forcing humanity to recede until a single planet remains mankind's sole hope of survival… Earth. The Covenant have discovered the human homeworld, but just as all seems lost, an anomaly has occurred that no one could have foreseen. Why have so few of the Covenant arrived at Earth? Why are the aliens keeping so quiet? And what secrets can Earth reveal regarding the ancient religion of our cruellest enemy? Embark on a Great Journey with the strong and silent super-soldier, John-117; the witty, battle-hardened Avery Johnson and the renowned naval officer, Miranda Keyes as they fight side by side across endless environments, both human and alien, to defeat the Covenant once and for all. AN UNOFFICIAL NOVELISATION OF THE AWARD-WINNING VIDEO GAMES, HALO 2 AND HALO 3
Author: Frederick Forsyth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780745133430
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Frederick Forsyth's unforgettable novel of a conspiracy, a killer, and the one man who can stop him... He is known only as "The Jackal"--a cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He's just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world--Charles De Gaulle, president of France. It is only a twist of fate that allows the authorities to discover the plot. They know next to nothing--only that the assassin is on the move. To track him, they dispatch their finest detective, Claude Lebel, on a manhunt that will push him to his limit, in a race to stop an assassin's bullet from reaching its target.
Author: Kelley Eskridge
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 1931520844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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The basis for the motion picture OtherLife · New York Times Notable Book · Nebula, Endeavour, and Spectrum Award finalist "A stylistic and psychological tour de force."—The New York Times Book Review"Suspenseful and inspiring."—School Library Journal Jackal Segura is a Hope: born to responsibility and privilege as a symbol of a fledgling world government. Soon she'll become part of the global administration, sponsored by the huge corporation that houses, feeds, employs, and protects her and everyone she loves. Then, just as she discovers that everything she knows is a lie, she becomes a pariah, a murderer: a person with no community and no future. Grief-stricken and alone, she is put into an experimental program designed to inflict the experience of years of solitary confinement in a few short months: virtual confinement in a sealed cell within her own mind. Afterward, branded and despised, she returns to a world she no longer knows. Struggling to make her way, she has a chance to rediscover her life, her love, and her soul—in a strange place of shattered hopes and new beginnings called Solitaire. Kelley Eskridge is a novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Her stories have received the Astraea Award and been adapted for television and movies. She lives in Seattle with her partner, novelist Nicola Griffith.
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Author: Jim Pinnells
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 180514362X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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1824. The Darcy family are aboard their yacht, The Pemberley, when Arab corsairs seize it and murder the crew. The Darcys and Jane, their daughter, find refuge first in an Ottoman fort and then at the British consulate in Athens. The Greeks are rebelling against their hated Turkish overlords. Buccaneers and fortune-hunters flock to Greece, eager for booty. War rages, and the all-appalling, pitiless Odysseus governs Athens. Anarchy, mayhem and Turkish armies threaten Athens. In the chaos, the eye of Odysseus lights on Jane Darcy, who is only twelve. Meanwhile, Edmund Bertram, the abusive chaplain at the consulate, shamefully mistreats his wife, Fanny. In despair, she begins a tentative romance with a frequent guest of the Consul, the piratical fortune hunter Edward Trelawny. Will the six women escape the desperate carnage around them? Will Fanny free herself from the duplicitous tyrant who rules her life? Will young Jane evade the clutches of the merciless impaler who pursues her? Jane and the Jackal is a fast-moving historical romance revealing the inner strengths and weaknesses of Jane Austen’s heroines in a lawless and brutal world far from the familiar peace of rural England.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
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Author: Jane Igharo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593101952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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One of Betches' 7 Books by Black Authors You Need to Read This Summer One of Elite Daily’s Books Featuring Interracial Relationships You Should Read In 2020 One of Marie Claire’s 2020 Books You Should Add to Your Reading List When a Nigerian woman falls for a man she knows will break her mother’s heart, she must choose between love and her family. At twelve years old, Azere promised her dying father she would marry a Nigerian man and preserve her culture, even after immigrating to Canada. Her mother has been vigilant about helping—well forcing—her to stay within the Nigerian dating pool ever since. But when another match-made-by-mom goes wrong, Azere ends up at a bar, enjoying the company and later sharing the bed of Rafael Castellano, a man who is tall, handsome, and…white. When their one-night stand unexpectedly evolves into something serious, Azere is caught between her feelings for Rafael and the compulsive need to please her mother. Soon, Azere can't help wondering if loving Rafael makes her any less of a Nigerian. Can she be with him without compromising her identity? The answer will either cause Azere to be audacious and fight for her happiness or continue as the compliant daughter.
