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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Historical adventure
In a brilliant debut to a thrilling series, Grady Service gets news
that his nemesis, the head of an incestuous clan of poachers, is to
be released from prison. But something even more sinister is afoot
in the Mosquito Wilderness. Service must call upon his every
reserve to track, stalk, and capture the "ice hunter." For more on
Joseph Heywood and the Woods Cop Mysteries, visit the author's
website.
1941, Berlin. After Police Chief Investigator Rolf Schneider is
summoned to a meeting with Himmler and tasked with investigating
the assassination of Heydrich, he exposes a web of corruption and
secrecy involving the highest-ranking figures in the Reich.
Schneider is faced with an agonising dilemma, for the secret he
discovers is both the only thing that can save his life and what
will mark him down for certain death. His choice will propel him
into a desperate race against the clock, one in which he literally
has to travel to the very heart of darkness to realise his goal.
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Red Dog
(Paperback)
Willem Anker
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R380
R339
Discovery Miles 3 390
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Coenraad de Buys was the most dangerous man around in the Cape of the late
1700s.
At eight he crossed his first frontier and left his mother’s house behind. Left his
home (the first of many); left the Cape; left civilisation.
From the Langkloof Buys roves – a giant, a legend, polygamist and swindler; the
bane of government, father to chieftains and a Buysvolk of his own. Everywhere
his wild oats are sown; everywhere renegades and criminals join his band of
outcasts. He interprets between Xhosa and English but speaks only his own
words.
And everywhere on his travels, always there is the pack of dogs and the earless
red leader that put Buys on his restless path. In Buys’ tracks, in his head,
around his camp fires the slavering jaws snap.
He was born in the Langkloof. He died on the banks of the Limpopo. But Buys is
not dead.
Red Dog is a novel about frontiers and borders. The Afrikaans original Buys was
hugely acclaimed in 2014. Now it has been masterfully translated by Michiel
Heyns.
The young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San
Francisco while waiting for his beloved's divorce from her feckless
husband, dreamed of writing a soaring novel about his landlady's
adventurous and globe-trotting husband but he never got around to
it. And very soon thereafter he was married, headed home to
Scotland, and on his way to becoming the most famous novelist in
the world, after writing such classics as Treasure Island, The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped. But now
Brian Doyle brings Stevenson's untold tale to life, braiding the
adventures of seaman John Carson with those of a young Stevenson,
wandering the streets of San Francisco, gathering material for his
fiction, and yearning for his beloved across the bay. An adventure
tale, an elegy to one of the greatest writers of our language, a
time-traveling plunge into The City by the Bay during its own
energetic youth, The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters
of the World is entertaining, poignant, and sensual.
'A rollicking adventure [with] the inventive twists and turns of a
satisfyingly bustling plot.' New York Times 'Fantastic... Gerard
Fox could be Jack Reacher's ancestor, 700 years ago. Highly
recommended!' Lee ChildFirst in a fast-paced historical adventure
series from New York Times bestselling author Boyd Morrison and
expert medievalist Beth Morrison. Live by the sword. Die for the
truth. England, 1351. The Pestilence has ravaged the land. Villages
lie abandoned but for crows and corpses. Highways are patrolled by
marauders and murderers. In these dark and dangerous times, the
wise keep to themselves. But Gerard Fox cannot afford to be wise.
The young knight has been robbed of his ancestral home, his family
name tarnished. To regain his lands and reputation, he sets forth
to petition the one man who can restore them. Fate places Fox on
the wrong road at the wrong time as he hurtles towards a chance
encounter. It will entangle him with an enigmatic woman, a relic of
incalculable value, and a dark family secret. It will lead him far
from home and set him on a collision course with one of the most
ambitious and dangerous men in Europe - a man on the cusp of
seizing Christendom's highest office. And now, Fox is the only one
standing in his way... 'A novel full of both authenticity and
thrills, and readers are sure to clamor for more from this writing
duo.' Mark Greaney 'A hugely entertaining historical novel!' Eric
Jager, author of The Last Duel 'The Lawless Land combines the rich
historical tapestry of Umberto Eco and the relentless pace and
adventure of Clive Cussler.' J.T. Ellison 'Boyd and Beth Morrison
bring the Middle Ages to life in vivid detail with historical
authenticity and a sense of fun... This thriller has it all!'
Graham Brown '[An] exceptional series launch.' Publishers Weekly 'A
winning combination of author and expert medievalist... Thoroughly
enjoyable.' Historical Novel Society 'A simply riveting
action/adventure novel... The stuff of which blockbuster movies are
made.' Midwest Book Review
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Cross Of Fire
(Paperback)
David Gilman; Narrated by Colin Mace
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R268
R246
Discovery Miles 2 460
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WINTER, 1362
After decades of successful campaigning in France, Thomas Blackstone, once a common archer, has risen to become Edward III's Master of War.
But the title is as much a curse as a blessing. Success has brought few rewards: his family - bar his son Henry - is dead, slaughtered; his enemies only multiply. Death, in so many guises, beckons.
As he battles to enforce his King's claim to French territory, Blackstone will assault an impregnable fortress, he'll become embroiled in a feud between French aristocrats, he'll be forced into pitched battle in the dead of winter... and he'll be asked to pay an impossible price to protect something much more precious to the King than mere land.
All the while, out of the east, a group of trained killers, burning with vengeance, draw ever closer.
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