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"A powerful and elegant debut novel about love, memory, exile, and
war."
Aware that his dark past is about to catch up with him, a
psychopathic KGB agent requests a transfer to Southern Africa. Soon
after arriving, the ruthless Morozov leads a small band of
guerrillas across the Zambezi River. Their mission: to shoot down
another civilian passenger aircraft
PRE-ORDER THE LION, THE FIRST BOOK IN CONN IGGULDEN'S EPIC NEW SERIES THE GOLDEN AGE. After the Gods. After the Myths and Legends came the world of Men. In their front rank stood Pericles. The Lion of the Golden Age. 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life' Anthony Riches 'Another masterpiece from Iggulden' 5***** Reader Review 'It's like being on the battlefield' 5***** Reader Review 'An epic piece of historical fiction, full of political intrigue and vivid action' Robert Fabbri EXPERIENCE THE EPIC BATTLEFIELDS OF ANCIENT GREECE WITH MASTER STORYTELLER CONN IGGULDEN
Daar is ’n klop aan die deur. My vinger wil nie verder saamtrek nie. My hart hamer die sekondes in my ore om. Wat sal gebeur as ek die sneller trek? Johan is negentien en in die weermag. Wanneer die adjudant hom inlig dat hy na Seksie C in die Zambesivallei gestuur word om onreëlmatige ontgroening te ondersoek, pak ’n ongekende opgewondenheid hom beet. Maar dit is korte duur, want Johan besef gou hy is nie opgewasse teen die weermag nie. Ter ontvlugting besoek Johan pasnaweke sy ouer neef Ben in Pretoria. Ben, die rebelse seun van die generaal. Ben wat sy eie oorlog veg. Die Generaal is ’n onthutsende, oorrompelende en aangrypende verhaal wat die absurditeit van die Grensoorlog en die verwoestende impak daarvan op jong mans se lewens met sensitiwiteit teken.
Dis 1934. Poppie Nienaber is 21 jaar oud, en sy werk in die Haberdashery- afdeling in Mr Cristal se algemene handelaar op Bethlehem. Saam met haar ouer sussie, Anna, woon hulle in tant Nelie se losieshuis in die straat af, en haar broer Jannie kom kuier gereeld op ’n Sondagmiddag, sedeprekies en al. Poppie weet daar is geheime in die familie waarvan sy niks weet nie, en dat Sussie Anna dinge van haar weghou. Party goed onthou sy vaagweg, soos haar ma wat staan en strykwerk doen, die skroeireuk van ’n stryklaken wat hang in die lug. Dis wanneer Poppie besluit om haar eie potjie te gaan krap op Senekal dat dinge stadig in plek begin val. En dis nie lank hierna nie dat sy die spoorwegklerk Frikkie Bredenkamp ontmoet Alles begin met Anna is losweg gebaseer op die skrywer se eie familiegeskiedenis. Die roman vertel ’n roerende verhaal oor drie geslagte heen, van voor die Anglo-Boereoorlog tot die aanloop en gebeure van die Tweede Wêreldoorlog.
Johannesburg dreig om ’n spookdorp te word. Die stad se myne is deurspek met piriet, en op politieke gebied word die fondamente gele vir die Anglo-Boereoorlog. Dit is teen hierdie agtergrond dat die liefdesverhaal van Deborah Mannheim en Kit Malloy afspeel. Maar Deborah sal uiteindelik moet kies: Kies sy haar liefde vir Kit, of eerder die verpligtinge teenoor haar man, Karl, en die skatryk Mannheim-familie, wie se myne skielik haar verantwoordelikheid geword het?
When Kat Severn left university she had a choice, but instead of following her father and brother into politics, she chose the other family tradition and joined the military. Only a few months into her first command appointment she is relieved from duty. Unwittingly she has become a pawn in a fast-evolving political game, with unknown adversaries seeking to undermine her father, the prime minister of the early 22nd century Federation of America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Whilst waiting to be summoned for court martial, Kat's grandpa Jim gets her away from unwanted media attention by sending her on a diplomatic mission to New Zealand. With the principal warships of the Pacific Fleet despatched on a senseless propaganda tour by new political masters, the Federation cities of Nu Hawaii and San Angeles are suddenly highly vulnerable when a mystery fleet arrives demanding their immediate surrender. This time there is no choice for Kat. Assembling a flotilla of small ships and reservist personnel, she leads them in the most important mission of her career, and perhaps her last!
In Alpha One Zero we follow the adventures of an MI6 field agent embedded with the fierce Kurdish fighters at first in northern Iraq and then in Syria. His task is to collect intelligence from all quarters and forward it to London via Baghdad. This often involves searching the bodies of dead Isis fighters whose bodies are wired up to improvised explosive devices. He is partnered in this mission by an agent from American SIS and later with a female agent from the CIA. Each day of this long drawn out mission is filled with danger some of it from unexpected sources. In war there is success and tragedy sadly as almost equal partners, read on.
There are people who don't exist, people who live outside the realms of normal society. They keep us safe. We should never hear about their activities. If we do, something has gone terribly wrong. The Assets are one such covert organisation, a highly trained counter terrorist unit. An international force, tasked with hunting down and exterminating the enemies of the free world. However, they are still only human. No man is exempt from the pressures of combat. Anyone can break. Anyone can go Rogue.Now they must hunt one of their own.
Peter V. Brett, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Demon Cycle, begins a brand new epic fantasy adventure set in his beloved world, following a new generation of heroes. Fifteen years have passed since the demons were destroyed. Heroes have become legend, and those that remain live in their shadows. Olive, Princess of Hollow, has her entire life planned out-a steady march toward succession. But the more her mother writes the script, the more Olive rails against playing the parts she is assigned. Darin is the son of the man people say saved the world. Everyone expects greatness from Darin, but the only thing he's ever been great at is hiding. But now it's time to fight the darkness. When Olive and Darin step across the wards one night, they learn that the demons are not all gone, and those that remain hunger for revenge. Are Darin and Olive ready to be heroes?
THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY'S HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash. The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in George R.R. Martin's FIRE & BLOOD. So began the Targaryens' bloody rule, with fire and blood. Setting brother against brother, mother against daughter, and dragon against dragon. Chronicled by a learned maester of the Citadel, this thrilling and bloody history of Westeros tells the story of where the battle for the Iron Throne began...
*** If you read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and enjoyed The Beekeeper of Aleppo, you will love The Stationery Shop of Tehran *** 1953, Tehran. In a small shop in a country on the brink of unrest, two people meet for the very first time. Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the stationery shop run by Mr Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick wads of writing paper, also carries translations of literature from all over the world. Bahman, with his burning passion for justice, is like no one else she has ever met. But all around them, as their relationship blossoms, life in Tehran is changing. Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future, as well as their own. Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel explores themes of love and loss, and delivers an unforgettable ending. 'An enchanting romance' MY WEEKLY 'Simultaneously briskly paced and deeply moving, this will appeal to fans of Khaled Hosseini and should find a wide audience' BOOKLIST 'Evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful... This book broke my heart again and again' Whitney Scharer, author of THE AGE OF LIGHT 'What a pleasure - a novel that is all at once masterfully plotted, beautifully written, and populated by characters who are arresting, lovable and so real' Elinor Lipman, author of TURPENTINE LANE 'A beautiful and sensitive novel that I loved from the first page' Alyson Richman, international bestselling author of THE LOST WIFE 'A beautifully immersive tale ... brings to life a lost and complex world and the captivating characters who once called it home' Jasmin Darznik, New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD DAUGHTER and SONG OF A CAPTIVE BIRD 'A sweeping romantic tale of thwarted love' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'The unfurling stories... will stun readers... For those who enjoy getting caught up in romance while discovering unfamiliar history of another country' LIBRARY JOURNAL 'Grab your tissues' BOSTON MAGAZINE 'A tender story of enduring love.' MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE 'I! Am! Obsessed! With! This! Book!' COSMOPOLITAN.COM
The sensational historical fiction debut from Sunday Times bestseller Dan Jones. A BBC History 2022 Book of the Year! July 1346. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. But this war belongs to the men on the ground. Swept up in the bloody chaos, a tight-knit company from Essex must stay alive long enough to see their home again. With sword, axe and longbow, the Essex Dogs will fight, from the landing beaches of Normandy to the bloodsoaked field of Crecy. There's Pismire, small enough to infiltrate enemy camps. Scotsman, strong enough to tear down a wall. Millstone, a stonemason who'll do anything to protect his men. Father, a priest turned devilish by the horrors of war. Romford, a talented young archer on the run from his past. And Loveday FitzTalbot, their battle-scarred captain, who just wants to get his boys home safe. Some men fight for glory. Others fight for coin. The Essex Dogs? They fight for each other. Praise for Essex Dogs: 'Superb... Humour, archery, violence - and a fundamental decency underpinning all the rest.' Conn Iggulden 'A new champion has entered the front line of historical fiction to stand shoulder to shoulder with Bernard Cornwell.' Jane Johnson 'Battle-bloody, brutal and perfectly pitched.' Daily Mail 'Vital, earthy, and heart-stopping... So deft and funny that you'd never guess this is Dan Jones' debut work of fiction.' Suzannah Lipscomb '[Dan Jones'] mastery of his subject matter is obvious. The soldiers' lives are rather brilliantly recreated - the kit, the fighting, the boredom and discomfort.' The Times 'Few books manage to be as compelling on every level as Essex Dogs: it's adventure, history, and heart.' Dana Schwartz 'A busy, urgent little masterpiece.' Graham Hurley 'Fascinating. Brutal. Real... Impossible to put down.' Simon Turney 'Horribly compelling... Only Dan Jones can carry you through blood, piss and vomit and leave you wanting more.' Daisy Dunn 'With a cast of unforgettable characters, written with irrepressible verve and historical accuracy, Dan Jones delivers a compelling novel that thrums with swordswinging energy.' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'The battles that shaped Europe from the point of view of the soldiers... Searing.' Kate Williams 'War. Looting. Junkies. Pintle-tugging. The English abroad. Dan Jones takes you to the year of Our Lord 1346.' Tibor Fischer
The Nathaniel Starbuck ChroniclesSecond Manassas, 1862 Distinguished at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck's career is jeopardized once again by the suspicion and hostility of his brigade commander, General Washington Faulconer. The outcome of this vicious fight drastically changes both men's fortunes and propels AX into the ghastly bloodletting at the Second Battle of Manassas. Evocative and historically accurate, Battle Flag continues Bernard Cornwell's powerful series of Nate's adventures on some of the most decisive battlefields of the American Civil War.
Two years after the Torness job Cam is sent on his next deadly assignment. A rogue Iranian General has disappeared with an arsenal of deadly chemical weapons and is threatening to unleash them on his country's enemies. Joined by old friends and new, Cam must hunt down and find this dangerous man before he holds to ransom the counties of the Gulf of Oman and the surrounding states.
Meet Robert Cameron. 'Cam' trained as a covert military operator for the British Army. A hardened ex-Special Forces veteran of Sierra Leone and other major actions including UK counter-terrorism operations. Now, with the military behind him, it seems Cam is living a quiet life in the English Lake District but between suffering flash-backs to his secret past that he would rather forget, he is planning. But planning for what? He may no longer be part of the covert world, but Cam still has his specialist skills and training - he is also armed with an archive of undealt with terrorist activists in the UK and their personal details and whereabouts - He is ready to start his crusade. However, as he discovers - a plan never survives first contact. Sterling is a real page-turner of Cam's personal vendetta against terror and terrorist recruitment - loosely based on real events, Sterling is a detailed and fascinating insight into covert operations, and how the elite forces train and work.
Including brand-new paintings, this is a fully illustrated new edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, telling the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron. The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring. They are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the Elves made war upon him in his impenetrable fortress in Angband for the recovery of the Silmarils, three jewels containing the last remaining pure light of Valinor, seized by Morgoth and set in his iron crown. Accompanying these tales are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as told in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien could not publish The Silmarillion in his lifetime, as it grew with him, so he would leave it to his son, Christopher, to edit the work from many manuscripts and bring his father's great vision to publishable form, so completing the literary achievement of a lifetime. This special edition presents anew this seminal first step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books celebrating his father's legacy. Also included is a letter by J.R.R. Tolkien written in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of the earlier Ages, and almost 50 full-colour paintings by Ted Nasmith, including some which appear here for the first time.
The New York Times bestselling series based on the blockbuster video game for Xbox!It is 2555, more than two years after the Master Chief went missing-in-action following a decisive conflict on Installation 00--the massive, extragalactic Forerunner construct known as the Ark--as part of the final chapter in humanity's bloody thirty-year struggle against the overwhelming forces of the Covenant. Now, as a tenuous peace exists between the humans and the Elites, a startling scientific discovery is made...and the riddle behind its Forerunner origins could very well seal the fate of the entire galaxy within a matter of weeks. In order to unravel these dangerous secrets, a heroic, hastily formed coalition of humans and Elites must attempt to overcome their differences as they embark on a covert mission back to the Ark--an astonishing, enigmatic place beyond comprehension from which few have returned and where mortal danger awaits them all...
This short, diary-style novel, by a British army veteran chronicles the difficulties faced by Tommy, a 23-year-old squaddie, as he desperately tries to conquer post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - shell shock. His over-emotional responses to the stresses of everyday life - post-office queues, a trip to Ikea, and his relationship with his family and girlfriend - eventually lead to alienation and suicidal urges. Told in the vernacular, with humour and personal understanding, the story highlights the work of the charity Combat Stress in rehabilitating returning troops. GBP1 from the sale of every copy will be donated to the charity. Neil Blower served for five years with the Royal Tank Regiment, taking part on operations in Kosovo and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. He is studying for a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Salford. This is his first novel. |
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