Author: Keith Braun
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460251865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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The assembled crew from Napoleon's Gold is called to an encore performance. While the fragile Peace of Amiens still holds, it is become clear that the French and Dutch in the East Indies are using the great Dutch base at Batavia to supply and encourage pirates and privateers to molest and sink British shipping in the North Java Sea and Straits of Singapore. Once again Sir Phillip Hollis is entreated to embark his private warships on a covert mission to accomplish what the Government fears to do using the Royal Navy, lest Napoleon exploit it as a cause to resume the war. Phillip, engaged in preparations for his wedding, is at first less than enthused, yet the lure of an epic adventure, along with the prospect of financial advantage, is hard to resist. Accosted from the start by assassins, vandals, French frigates and pirates on the high seas, not to mention the Burmese navy, and most pressing of all, a determined young wife, Phillip is beset on all sides in trying to satisfy both military, political, financial, and domestic agendas. Adventure, humour, and romance mingle to the sound of naval cannon and whispered intrigue.
Author: Keith Braun
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525579231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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Book two of the Eldar Chronicles continues to follow the transformation of Dareth Hornbow’s emergence as an Eldar. New challenges that await our still overwhelmed hero, include dealing with pirates, intervention in a civil war, and discovering the need to re-write the entire history of the western worlds while preparing for an epic encounter with a rogue creature out of the dim recesses of time. If those were not challenges enough, Dareth must simultaneously deal with the sublimation of his old identity as the Lord Argent increasingly dominates his being. Even if Lord Argent survives the epic struggle he must prepare for, will Dareth?
Author: Keith Braun
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525560832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Dareth Hornbow is content to just be a 15 year old growing up in the wild lands of northern Huronis, the son of a healer and a ranger. Fate, however, has other plans for the gifted young man, and in a series of unexpected circumstances he finds himself thrust into the forefront of an international intrigue and looming catastrophe. After 800 years of stability, prosperity, and peace, the Western World is on the brink of war and chaos. The guarantee of the thousand year peace, established long ago by the Eldar, is being threatened and young Dareth finds himself being transformed to take on a role he cannot even imagine. While the Eldar on longer walk in the Western World, their servants, the giant jeweled eagles of the great rift mountains remain – although to many they are only a legend. To Dareth they are creatures of magnificence and wonder, to be glimpsed at from a great distance on rare and awe-inspiring occasions. It is when he comes face to face with these servants of the mystical race of Eldar that his own unique future begins to unfold, and the future of the Western World hangs in the balance.
Author: Keith Braun
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460278097
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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When a mysterious offer comes in to purchase Conner Solutions, a major securities technology development company, owner and CEO Steven Conner has no idea how it will affect not only the future of his company, but also the lives and safety of his friends and family. It’s only after a reunion with his long-estranged sister Beth and her children that the connection between her husband and the UAE-based buyer comes out, and a near-fatal attack on one of his staff members reveals the danger at hand. What ensues is a politically charged, whirlwind adventure that spans the globe and slowly reveals a more complicated purpose than anyone could have imagined. Family tensions and long-harboured resentments will bubble to the surface and clash with deep family ties and marital bonds in this fast-paced thriller. With a cast of characters so bracingly honest and relatable, and a political mystery so deep and involved, Geraldine’s Dream will take you on a wild ride across continents and ultimately, reveal that love and family commitment is at the heart of everything.
Author: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698188721
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 651
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In the conclusion of Alastair Reynolds’ epic Poseidon’s Children saga, the Akinya family receives an invitation from across the stars—and a last opportunity to redeem their name... Send Ndege... The cryptic message originated seventy light-years away from the planet Crucible, where Ndege Akinya lives under permanent house arrest for her role in the catastrophe that killed 417,000 people. Could it be from her mother, Chiku, who vanished during a space expedition decades earlier? Ndege’s daughter, Goma, a biologist, joins the crew of the Travertine, dispatched to Gliese 163 to uncover the source behind the enigmatic message. Goma’s odyssey will take her not only into the furthest reaches of space but centuries into her family’s past where the answers to the universe’s greatest mysteries await...
Author: J. Robert C. Cousland
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004174737
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 595
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This volume is arguably one of the most important studies of Euripides to appear in the last decade. Not only does it offer incisive examinations of many of Euripides' extant plays and their influence, it also includes seminal examinations of a number of Euripides fragmentary plays. This approach represents a novel and exciting development in Euripidean studies, since it is only very recently that the fragmentary plays have begun to appear in reliable and readily accessible editions. The book s thirty-two contributors constitute an international "who s who" of Euripidean studies and Athenian drama, and their contributions will certainly feature in the forefront of scholarly discourse on Euripides and Greek drama for years to come.
Author: David Bosco
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190265663
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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A vibrant exploration of past and present controversies surrounding control of the world's oceans. In 1609, the Dutch lawyer Hugo Grotius rejected the idea that even powerful rulers could own the oceans. "A ship sailing through the sea," he wrote, "leaves behind it no more legal right than it does a track." A philosophical and legal battle ensued, but Grotius's view ultimately prevailed. To this day, "freedom of the seas" remains an important legal principle and a powerful rhetorical tool. Yet in recent decades, freedom of the seas has eroded in multiple ways and for a variety of reasons. During the world wars of the 20th century, combatants imposed unprecedented restrictions on maritime commerce, leaving international rules in tatters. National governments have steadily expanded their reach into the oceans. More recently, environmental concerns have led to new international restrictions on high seas fishing. Today's most dangerous maritime disputes-including China's push for control of the South China Sea-are occurring against the backdrop of major changes in the way the world treats the oceans. As David Bosco shows in The Poseidon Project, the history of humanity's attempt to create rules for the oceans is alive and relevant. Tracing the roots of the law of the sea and the background to current maritime disputes, he shows that building effective ocean rules while preserving maritime freedoms remains a daunting task. Bosco analyzes how fragile international institutions and determined activists are struggling for relevance in a world still dominated by national governments. As maritime tensions develop, The Poseidon Project will serve as an essential guide to the continuing challenge of ocean governance.
Author: Erica Ridley
Publisher: WebMotion
ISBN: 1943794499
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
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A forbidden love, gothic romance adventure from a New York Times bestselling author: One look at the towering ocean-side manor that is to be her new home, and exiled socialite Susan Stanton knows: This is a place haunted by secrets, and riddled with menace. For Susan, there is no escaping the most dangerous element of all—dark-haired smuggler Evan Bothwick, a man whose rakish countenance cannot hide his wicked intent. But Susan has a secret of her own—a special gift that renders her privy to the darkest mysteries lurking within the walls of the manor and in the labyrinthine cellars beneath. And the only man who can help her is the very rogue she would do anything to be able to resist… GOTHIC LOVE STORIES 1. Too Wicked to Kiss 2. Too Sinful to Deny 3. Too Tempting to Resist 4. Too Wanton to Wed 5. Too Brazen to Bite
Author: Clive Cussler
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593087909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo come up against an old enemy while searching for a treasure that has been lost for centuries in this exciting adventure in the bestselling series by the Clive Cussler, Grand Master of Adventure. Ten years ago, a chance meeting at the Lighthouse Café in Redondo Beach led Sam Fargo and Remi Longstreet on the adventure of a lifetime, hunting the legendary riches stolen from the Persian King Croesus in 546 B.C. But they weren't the only ones. Someone else is after the gold, and he's willing to kill anyone who gets in his way. When Sam and Remi run afoul of a criminal drug-running operation, their hopes of finding the treasure are dashed. But with Sam's ingenuity and Remi's determination, they survive their confrontation with the drug runners, and manage to send one of the key players to prison. Though the cache of gold is never found, life goes on. Sam and Remi marry--and years later return to Greece to find the one treasure that got away. Time becomes their enemy when the kingpin they helped send to prison over a decade ago is released--and he has two goals in mind. Find the legendary hoard of King Croesus, and kill Sam and Remi Fargo. The Fargos know that as long as this gold is out there, no one is safe. They return to Greece for a final showdown--and one last chance to find that elusive treasure.
Author: Erica Ridley
Publisher: Erica Ridley
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 831
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Two unforgettable romances from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author! "Sensual and witty... A delicious, dark Gothic treat!" - Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling author TOO WICKED TO KISS When an impoverished bluestocking finds herself at the mercy of an irresistible scoundrel, his touch holds her captive to his every dark desire... TOO SINFUL TO DENY When a disgraced socialite is exiled to an isolated manor atop a pirate-infested cove, the only person who can help her escape is the one man who cannot be trusted with her heart...
