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Ship of Rome (Paperback): John Stack Ship of Rome (Paperback)
John Stack 1
R306 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900 Save R16 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Against a backdrop of the clash of the Roman and Carthaginian empires, the battle for sovereignty takes place on the high seas

Atticus, captain of one of the ships of Rome's small, coastal fleet, is from a Greek fishing family. Septimus, legionary commander, reluctantly ordered aboard ship, is from Rome, born into a traditionally army family. It could never be an easy alliance. But the arrival of a hostile fleet, larger, far more skilful and more powerful than any Atticus has encountered before, forces them to act together.

So Atticus, one of Rome's few experienced sailors, finds himself propelled into the middle of a political struggle that is completely foreign to him. Rome need to build a navy fast but the obstacles are many; political animosities, legions adamant that they will only use their traditional methods; Roman prejudice even from friends, that all those not born in Rome are inferior citizens.

The enemy are first class, experienced and determined to control the seas. Can Atticus, and the fledgling Roman navy, staffed with inexperienced sailors and unwilling legionaries, outwit and outfight his opponents.

SHIP OF ROME, full of magnificent sea-battles, packed with strong characters, torn between two powerful empires, is the first book in a new series, MASTERS OF THE SEA, by a brilliant new author.

Day of the Cheetah (Paperback): Dale Brown Day of the Cheetah (Paperback)
Dale Brown
R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this aerial combat story, the author refers to technology only now coming off real military drawing boards and his own hands-on insider's skill. In this novel of high-tech aviation, the story comes to a shattering climax. The author also wrote "Flight of the Old Dog" and "Silver Tower". In this aerial combat story, the author refers to technology only now coming off real military drawing boards and his own hands-on insider's skill. In this novel of high-tech aviation, the story comes to a shattering climax. The author also wrote "Flight of the Old Dog" and "Silver Tower".

Flight of the Old Dog (Paperback): Dale Brown Flight of the Old Dog (Paperback)
Dale Brown
R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

One of the world's classic military action-adventure novels. Patrick McLanahan leads a crew of engineers aboard the "Old Dog" to destroy a Soviet ground-based laser site.

Fallen Creed (Paperback): Alex Kava Fallen Creed (Paperback)
Alex Kava
R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Para Bellum (Hardcover): Simon Turney Para Bellum (Hardcover)
Simon Turney
R621 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R111 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A powerful new novel set in the fourth-century Roman Empire by critically acciaimed historical novelist Simon Turney, Para Bellum will delight fans of Scarrow, Kane and Cornwell. AD 381. Five years have gone by since a Roman governor ordered the deaths of a Gothic king and his attendants at a feast in their honour. This disastrous act led to warfare in the Roman Empire and the death of the Emperor Valens. Now, the Empire is calm once more, but for the eight legionaries who committed the killings, the bloodshed is only just beginning. Fritigern, brother of the murdered king, has sworn revenge on his brother's killers. Now king of a powerful Gothic tribe, he will not rest until the men are hunted down. Flavius Focalis is one of those legionaries. Surviving an attack at his villa, he realises the danger he and his family are in, and seeks to warn his former comrades, for he knows Fritigern will give them no quarter. So begins a deadly game of cat-and-mouse across the Empire, as, by land and sea, the former soldiers face the wrath of their implacable enemy, and return to the scene of the greatest battle of their age: Adrianople. For war is coming again - and the only question is, do they die now, or die later?

The Gift Book 1: Eleanor (Paperback): R.A. Williams The Gift Book 1: Eleanor (Paperback)
R.A. Williams
R324 R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The North Atlantic, 14 April 1912. Amid the chaos of the sinking Titanic, a young Eleanor Annenberg meets the eyes of a stranger and is immediately captivated. As the ship buckles around them, she follows him down into the hold and finds him leaning over an open sarcophagus, surrounded by mutilated bodies. She catches but a glimpse of what lies within before she's sucked into a maelstrom of freezing brine and half-devoured corpses. Elle is pulled out of the water, but the stranger - and the secrets she stumbled upon - are lost. Unintentionally, however, he leaves her a gift; one so compelling that Elle embarks on a journey that pulls her into a world of ancient evils, vicious hunters and human prey to find the man who saved her that fateful night. From trench warfare at Cape Helles in 1915 to a shipwreck in the tropical shallows off the Honduran coast, from a lost mine beneath the towering Externsteine in a Germany on the verge of war to the gothic crypts of Highgate Cemetery in London, Elle gets closer to a truth she has sought for most of her life. But at what cost? Gifts, after all, are seldom free.

First Blood (Paperback): David Morrell First Blood (Paperback)
David Morrell
R269 R207 Discovery Miles 2 070 Save R62 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Copperhead (Paperback): Bernard Cornwell Copperhead (Paperback)
Bernard Cornwell 1
R315 R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Save R77 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The second book in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series on the American Civil War. Nathanial Starbuck is a Copperhead: a northerner fighting for the rebel South in America's Civil War. Expelled from the Faulconer Legion, Starbuck must travel a hard road before he can rejoin his comrades. He must join the shadowy war of betrayal and espionage, where nothing is certain and no one can be trusted. Starbuck's journey will take him through the savage prisons of Richmond, across the blood-sodden battlefields of Virginia, and into the deadly high command of the northern army.

Love and Other Crimes - Short stories from the bestselling crime writer (Hardcover): Sara Paretsky Love and Other Crimes - Short stories from the bestselling crime writer (Hardcover)
Sara Paretsky
R630 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Save R111 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In this spellbinding collection, Sara Paretsky showcases her extraordinary talents with fourteen short stories, including one new V.I. story and seven other classics featuring the indomitable detective. In 'Miss Bianca' a young girl becomes involved in espionage when she befriends a mouse in a laboratory that is conducting dark experiments. Ten-year-old V.I. Warshawski appears in 'Wildcat,' embarking on her very first investigation to save her father. A hardboiled New York detective and elderly British aristocrat team up to reveal a murderer in Chicago during the World's Fair in 'Murder at the Century of Progress'. In the new title story, 'Love & Other Crimes' V.I. treads the line between justice and vengeance when the wrongful firing of a family friend makes him a murder suspect.

Sharpe's Assassin - Richard Sharpe and the Occupation of Paris, 1815 (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print... Sharpe's Assassin - Richard Sharpe and the Occupation of Paris, 1815 (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Bernard Cornwell
R779 R645 Discovery Miles 6 450 Save R134 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bonny & Read - The stunning new feminist historical novel for 2022 (Hardcover): Julie Walker Bonny & Read - The stunning new feminist historical novel for 2022 (Hardcover)
Julie Walker
R589 R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Save R106 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The stunning new feminist retelling of the real-life female pirates of the Caribbean *One of The Times' Best Historical Fiction Novels of August* 'This swashbuckling debut is great fun' THE TIMES 'A cracking read. . . Fascinating, complex characters and a real page-turner!' LIZ HYDER, author of THE GIFTS 'Bonny and Read has it all. Adventure, atmosphere, sizzling suspense and unforgettable characters. Such a brilliant debut!' SD SYKES, author of THE GOOD DEATH 'A deftly told tale of the complexities of friendship, female identity & freedom, featuring two remarkable women determined to define their own destinies . . . the pages turn themselves' ANITA FRANK, author of THE LOST ONES 'What a debut! A fabulous, dangerous sea-shanty of a story' KATIE MUNNIK, author of THE AERIALISTS 'A wonderful story, so beautifully told and absolutely gripping to the very end' EMMA CARROLL *** Rebels. Pirates. Women. Caribbean, 1720. Two extraordinary women are on the run - from their pasts, from the British Navy and the threat of execution, and from the destiny that fate has written for them. Plantation owner's daughter, runaway wife, pirate - Anne Bonny has forged her own story in a man's world. But when she is involved in the capture of a British merchant ship, she is amazed to find another woman amongst the crew, with a history as unconventional as her own. Dressed as a boy from childhood, Mary Read has been a soldier, a sailor, a widow - but never a woman in charge of her own destiny. As their exhilarating, tumultuous exploits find fame, the ballad of Bonny and Read is sung from shore to shore - but when you swim against the tide of history, freedom is a dangerous thing... An exuberant reimagining of the extraordinary story of Bonny & Read - trailblazing, boundary-defying, swashbuckling heroines whose story deserves to be known. Perfect for fans of Ariadne, The Mercies and The Familiars.

Point Omega (Paperback): Don DeLillo Point Omega (Paperback)
Don DeLillo
R393 R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Save R74 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A brief, unnerving, and exceptionally hard-hitting novel about time and loss as only the bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of White Noise and Underworld can tell it.In this potent and beautiful novel, the writer The New York Times calls "prophetic about twenty-first-century America" looks into the mind and heart of a scholar who was recruited to help the military conceptualize the war. We see Richard Elster at the end of his service. He has retreated to the desert, in search of space and geologic time. There he is joined by a filmmaker and by Elster's daughter Jessica--an "otherworldly" woman from New York. The three of them build an odd, tender intimacy, something like a family. Then a devastating event turns detachment into colossal grief, and it is a human mystery that haunts the landscape of desert and mind.

Sharpe's Gold - The Destruction of Almeida, August 1810 (Paperback): Bernard Cornwell Sharpe's Gold - The Destruction of Almeida, August 1810 (Paperback)
Bernard Cornwell 1
R276 R139 Discovery Miles 1 390 Save R137 (50%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

*The brand new novel in the global bestselling series, SHARPE'S ASSASSIN, is available to buy now* Spain, August 1810 The English army faces ruin in Spain - and the Duke of Wellington is desperate for money to fund the war. Only a cache of hidden Spanish gold can save them. And only Captain Richard Sharpe has the cunning to capture it. In the treacherous terrain of the Portuguese hills, with rain sweeping the peninsula, a powerful guerrilla leader holds possession of the gold. And risking everything for the ultimate prize - for his honour, for his army's fate - is Sharpe . . . 'A master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH

A Song from Faraway - A Novel (Paperback): Deni Ellis Bechard A Song from Faraway - A Novel (Paperback)
Deni Ellis Bechard
R426 R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Save R71 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this, his fourth work of fiction, Bechard takes readers from nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island to modern-day Iraq, tracing the story of a North American family that is at once singular and emblematic, and exploring the cultural repercussions of war and violence. Reinventing themselves in often unexpected ways, the characters in this tapestry defy simplification. A pair of half-brothers come together and drift apart, one passive and risk-averse, the other driven by a passionate desire to understand their reclusive father. A student of Mesopotamian archaeology encounters a young Iraqi man and soon finds himself in Kurdistan, researching stolen artifacts along with mysteries in his father's past. An Irish-Acadian soldier carries his fiddle and folk song across the battlefields of the First World War. An orphan-turned-assassin pursues his target across the deserts of Mexico and Texas, using a novel as evidence for his location. Growing together and then apart, these and others chase their dreams and run from their nightmares, hungry for life and longing for purpose. Animated throughout by a striking beauty and ferocity, A Song from Faraway pieces together "stories we tell about ourselves," illuminating the human condition and our times.

Fugitive (Jack Lark, Book 9) (Hardcover): Paul Fraser Collard Fugitive (Jack Lark, Book 9) (Hardcover)
Paul Fraser Collard 1
R654 R536 Discovery Miles 5 360 Save R118 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Like all the best vintages Jack Lark has aged to perfection. Scarred, battered and bloody, his story continues to enthral' Anthony Riches Roguish hero Jack Lark - soldier, leader, imposter - crosses borders once more as he pursues a brand-new adventure in Africa. London, 1868. Jack has traded the battlefield for business, running a thriving club in the backstreets of Whitechapel. But this underworld has rules and when Jack refuses to comply, he finds himself up against the East End's most formidable criminal - with devastating consequences. A wanted man, Jack turns to his friend Macgregor, an ex-officer, treasure hunter and his ticket out of England. Together they join the British army on campaign across the tablelands of Abyssinia to the fortress of Magdala, a high-stakes mission to free British prisoners captured by the notorious Emperor Tewodros. But life on the run can turn dangerous, especially in a land ravaged by war . . . Praise for the Jack Lark series: 'Brilliant' Bernard Cornwell 'Enthralling' The Times 'Bullets fly, emotions run high and treachery abounds... exceptionally entertaining historical action adventure' Matthew Harffy 'Expect ferocious, bloody action from the first page' Ben Kane 'You feel and experience all the emotions and the blood, sweat and tears that Jack does... I devoured it in one sitting' Parmenion Books

Winter Hawk (Paperback): Craig Thomas Winter Hawk (Paperback)
Craig Thomas
R335 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R67 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A trapped double-agent, an impending world war and a race to space... Winter Hawk is Craig Thomas at the height of his powers. With the Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty set to be ratified by the US and the USSR in Geneva, it seems that international relations have finally stabilised. But when a double agent reveals that the Soviets are preparing to launch a series of laser weapons into space, the West is suddenly defenceless and vulnerable. A panic-stricken US President puts pilot Mitchell Gant at the head of a mission, code-named "Winter Hawk". The operation is clear: a covert dash in and out of the Soviet Union to retrieve the double agent before the weapons can be launched. But with the clock ticking and the Russian "Hinds" on his tail, Gant's voyage across the snowy Russian border is far from simple... Set against a background of Cold War tension and nuclear threat, Winter Hawk is another icy Craig Thomas thriller, perfect for fans of Desmond Bagley and Frederick Forsyth.

I Will Die in a Foreign Land (Paperback): Kalani Pickhart I Will Die in a Foreign Land (Paperback)
Kalani Pickhart
R320 R256 Discovery Miles 2 560 Save R64 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Award Best Book of the Year -New York Public Library, Cosmopolitan, Independent Book Review "I tore through I Will Die in a Foreign Land... nothing has given me such a profound impression of what Ukrainians have endured as this intensely moving novel." Ron Charles, Washington Post In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Theatre de Champs-Elysees. "Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. "Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad." A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square (Euromaidan) in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union, opting instead to forge a closer alliance with President Vladimir Putin and Russia. The peaceful protests turned violent when military police shot live ammunition into the crowd, killing over a hundred civilians. I Will Die in a Foreign Land is a novel that follows four individuals over the course of a volatile Ukrainian winter, as their lives are changed forever by the Euromaidan protests. Katya is a Ukrainian-American doctor stationed at a makeshift medical clinic in St. Michael's Monastery; Misha is an engineer originally from Pripyat, near Chernobyl, who has lived in Kyiv since his wife's death; Slava is a fiery young activist whose past hardships steel her determination in the face of persecution; and Aleksandr Ivanovich, a former KGB agent, climbs atop a burned-out police bus at Independence Square and plays the piano. As Katya, Misha, Slava, and Aleksandr's lives become intertwined, they each seek out love, redemption and meaning during a tumultuous and violent period. In this dazzling debut novel, Kalani Pickhart blends narrative, folklore, journalism and Slavic history to create a moving story of beauty and love in a time of terror, I Will Die in a Foreign Land is an ambitious, intimate, and haunting portrait of human perseverance and the will to survive.

The Fort (Paperback): Bernard Cornwell The Fort (Paperback)
Bernard Cornwell 1
R287 R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Save R48 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the summer of 1779, as the major fighting of the Revolutionary War moves to the South, a British force consisting of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry and backed by three sloops-of-war sails to the fogbound coast of New England. Establishing a garrison and naval base at Penobscot Bay, in the eastern province of Massachusetts, the Scots harry rebel privateers and shelter American loyalists. In response, the Americans send more than forty vessels and some one thousand infantrymen to "captivate, kill, or destroy" the foreign invaders. But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat that will have stunning repercussions for two men on opposite sides of the conflict: an untested young Scottish lieutenant named John Moore, at the beginning of an illustrious military career . . . and a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere, who will face court-martial for disobedience and cowardice.

Peach Blossom Spring (Paperback): Melissa Fu Peach Blossom Spring (Paperback)
Melissa Fu
R355 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R75 (21%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

'Glorious and tender, exquisitely written and beautifully nuanced. I finished it with tears in my eyes and will be recommending it to everyone I know' JENNIFER SAINT, SUNDAY TIMES-BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ARIADNE With every misfortune there is a blessing and within every blessing, the seeds of misfortune, and so it goes, until the end of time. It is 1938 in China, and the Japanese are advancing. A young mother, Meilin, is forced to flee her burning city with her four-year-old son, Renshu, and embark on an epic journey across China. For comfort, they turn to their most treasured possession - a beautifully illustrated hand scroll. Its ancient fables offer solace and wisdom as they travel through their ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. His daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, but he refuses to talk about his childhood. How can he keep his family safe in this new land when the weight of his history threatens to drag them down? Spanning continents and generations, Peach Blossom Spring is a bold and moving look at the history of modern China, told through the story of one family. It's about the power of our past, the hope for a better future, and the search for a place to call home.

Direct Legacy (Hardcover): James Stejskal Direct Legacy (Hardcover)
James Stejskal
R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is the height of the Troubles and Northern Ireland lies under a shadow... When Neil Fitzpatrick, a rogue Green Beret soldier, is recruited by the Irish Republican Army to help prepare a terrorist attack, Paul Stavros, his former teammate, is sent to stop him and bring him home alive. Fitzpatrick, the American son of an Irish rebel who was forced to flee his birthplace, is a Special Forces demolitions expert. Fitzpatrick knows his trade and has a personal agenda with the IRA. Alarm bells erupt when the US government learns that Fitzpatrick has gone over to the IRA. The American public can't find out that one of its elite soldiers is involved in terrorism and the US government won't rely on the British to find him. They need someone who knows Fitzpatrick and how he operates. Who better than one of his former teammates? Paul Stavros is also a Special Forces veteran. He knows little of the Irish Troubles but is about to learn. What he does know is how to fix problems and Neil has just become his biggest headache. But before Stavros can go operational, he must endure an arduous and hazardous selection process to be accepted by the joint SAS-intelligence cell that will back him up. The British aren't happy with Stavros on their turf; they'd rather do the job themselves face=Calibri>- quickly, cleanly, and terminally. Once, Fitzpatrick and Stavros were comrades and friends. Now they are pawns on opposite sides of an ugly war where all is fair and no one is innocent. The British want to kill one, the IRA wants to kill the other. It's a race to see who will be first.

Sympathy for the Devil (Paperback): David Morrell Sympathy for the Devil (Paperback)
David Morrell; Kent Anderson 1
R457 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R75 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War - Translated by Cecil Parrott. with Original Illustrations by Josef... The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War - Translated by Cecil Parrott. with Original Illustrations by Josef Lada. (Paperback)
Jaroslav Hasek 1
R573 R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Save R121 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Love and Other Crimes - Short stories from the bestselling crime writer (Paperback): Sara Paretsky Love and Other Crimes - Short stories from the bestselling crime writer (Paperback)
Sara Paretsky
R280 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R56 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In this spellbinding collection, Sara Paretsky showcases her extraordinary talents with fourteen short stories, including one new V.I. story and seven other classics featuring the indomitable detective. In 'Miss Bianca' a young girl becomes involved in espionage when she befriends a mouse in a laboratory that is conducting dark experiments. Ten-year-old V.I. Warshawski appears in 'Wildcat,' embarking on her very first investigation to save her father. A hardboiled New York detective and elderly British aristocrat team up to reveal a murderer in Chicago during the World's Fair in 'Murder at the Century of Progress'. In the new title story, 'Love & Other Crimes' V.I. treads the line between justice and vengeance when the wrongful firing of a family friend makes him a murder suspect.

Where Duty Calls - The Story of Sarah Emma Edmonds Soldier & Spy in the Union Army (Paperback): Marilyn Segun Where Duty Calls - The Story of Sarah Emma Edmonds Soldier & Spy in the Union Army (Paperback)
Marilyn Segun
R391 R310 Discovery Miles 3 100 Save R81 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At least 400 women enlisted and fought on both sides during the terrible national conflict that was the War Between the States. Their reasons for enlisting ranged from wanting to stay with their husbands or lovers to patriotism and a firm dedication to the cause for which they fought. Most of these women disguised themselves as men, and some were soon discovered and discharged. A few women fought in the war and their identity was never discovered. This book is about one of those young women, Sarah Emma Edmonds, whose identity was apparently never revealed until many years after the war ended. Emma's experience is especially interesting because during her enlistment she served as a Union Spy, causing her to adopt multiple identities in addition to her male disguise.

War Lord (Paperback): Bernard Cornwell War Lord (Paperback)
Bernard Cornwell
R494 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R120 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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