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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller
The follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Phoenix Island," which
reads like ""Lord of the Flies" meets Wolverine and "Cool Hand
Luke"" (F. Paul Wilson, creator of Repairman Jack) and inspired the
CBS TV show "Intelligence."
With a chip in his head and hundreds more throughout his body,
sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman was turned from an orphan with
impulse control issues into a super-soldier. Forced into the
mercenary Phoenix Force group, he begins to fear he'll never
escape. Sent to a volcanic island to fight for them, he'll compete
in a combat tournament that awards teens with survival for
merciless brutality. But just when all looks lost, he spies a
friendly face...and possibly a way out.
BRISTOL 1943 and life for the Tobacco Girls isn't getting any
easier...Bridget Milligan has donned a uniform and joined the
nursing services where she becomes intrigued with the miracles of
modern medicine. She's also torn between family loyalty, her new
career and Lyndon O'Neill, the love of her life. Is it too
impossible to hope that everything will come out right in the end?
Phyllis Harvey is still serving in Malta where she sees the
casualties of war first hand. Finally it seems like Phyllis is
blessed with true in love, but fate can sometimes be a rocky road
and nothing is that certain. Maisie Miles is left holding the home
front at the tobacco factory but with the sudden death of her
grandmother finds herself once more alone in the world. However,
thanks to a substantial inheritance, she is able to extend a
helping hand to a friend in desperate need. There are tears and
laughter, goodbyes and new arrivals along with the hope that new
beginnings are not far over the horizon. Praise for Lizzie Lane: 'A
gripping saga and a storyline that will keep you hooked' Rosie
Goodwin 'The Tobacco Girls is another heartwarming tale of love and
friendship and a must-read for all saga fans.' Jean Fullerton
'Lizzie Lane opens the door to a past of factory girls, redolent
with life-affirming friendship, drama, and choices that are as
relevant today as they were then.' Catrin Collier 'If you want an
exciting, authentic historical saga then look no further than
Lizzie Lane.' Fenella J Miller
Wickedly funny. Wildly twisty. The new book from the master of the heist novel.
Super thief Riley Wolfe can do it all. He is a master of disguise, can scale a wall, and can vanish into thin air (thick air, too). He uses these unique talents to rob the richest. But this time, it's the most powerful who have him in their grips.
It's not just that the high-up, rogue government agent has abducted the only two people Riley loves: it's the fact that Riley has to do the man's dirty work to set them free. It's something Riley ordinarily would find a modest day's work, infiltrating a madman's Soviet missile silo in one of the world's most remote places, all to find a secret on a tiny flash drive-but he's never had to race the clock like this.
From its vivid, remote locales to its John Wick-meets-Deadpool dialogue, this gripping heist novel from Jeff Lindsay, author of the Dexter series, is everything: an utterly escapist, must-read novel of espionage, thievery, love and betrayal. It twists, it turns, and keeps everything on the line until the very end. Even for Riley, it looks like this time, the only way out is through.
Oor net twee dinge is Rakie Bouwer seker: Haar broer is as kind dood, en sy moet uitvind hóé.
Die soektog stuur haar op verborge paaie na haar verlede – waar familiegeheime gevaarlik lê en skuil. Intussen daag haar tweelingsuster, Mara, ongenooid op . . . Wat probeer Mara wegsteek en hoekom?
Terwyl Rakie desperaat probeer om antwoorde te kry, loop sy die gevaar om haarself te vernietig. Want eindelik is die skrikwekkendste vraag van almal: Wat is donkerder as jou eie bloed?
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