In ʼn afgeleë Kalahari-woestyndorpie ontdek ʼn jong Franse non, Léonie Duvernois, dat haar lewe lyflik en aards is; en om lief te hê onkeerbaar soos ʼn fontein in jou opborrel.

Sy leer ken die jong Vader Simon, die kaalvoet priester wat die klein woestynkatedraal eiehandig gebou het en wie se biblioteek vol verbode boeke is. Ook die vreemde hondkind wat hande-viervoet deur die dorpie se strate hardloop en die geheimsinnige, streng Suster Agnes. By die wyse ouma Pop leer sy: “… hier op die aarde het ons net ons lywe en ons moet lewe en glo met ons lywe.”

Wanneer Léonie in die skemerlig kaal swem in die Grootrivier, raak sy met verwondering aan haar borste en heupe en voel hoe die water al langs haar rug streel as sy haar oorgee aan die sorgelose vryheid van ligter word en wegdryf.

Hierdie is die universeel, eg-menslike verhaal van ʼn klein gemeenskap met eie wegsteekdinge, mense vir wie God in die worsteling van hul bestaan soms net ʼn skrale wete is.

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale.

Seeing the morning is no blessing. The handful of scattered survivors are confronted by blood-red skies and an infestation of predatory horrors that never originated on earth. An occupying force intent on erasing the remnants of animal life from the planet.

Across the deserted landscapes of England, bereft of infrastructure and society, the overlooked can either hide or try to outrun the infernal hunting terrors. Until a rumour emerges claiming that the sea may offer an escape.

Ordinary, unexceptional, directionless Karl, is one of the few who made it through the first night. In the company of two orphans, he flees south. But only into horrifying revelations and greater peril, where a transformed world and expanding race of ravening creatures await. Driven to the end of the country and himself, he must overcome alien and human malevolence and act in ways that were unthinkable mere days before.

All The Fiends of Hell is a novel of alien horror from the four times winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel.

Don't miss the first trip to Moose Falls, Alaska where a down-on-his-luck football player and a sassy restaurant owner find themselves going from enemies to lovers in this small-town romance — perfect for fans of Brenda Novak and Annie Rains!

A small-town restaurateur and a big city former football player go head-to-head in this heartfelt enemies-to-lovers romance . . .
 
As the oldest of three brothers, former pro-football player Xavier Stone is no stranger to making tough calls. Like returning to his small hometown of Moose Falls, Alaska to help run his grandmother’s hard cider company and gastro pub. He agrees to keep an open mind, but between working with his estranged father and confronting heavy childhood memories with his brothers, Xavier’s ready to rush back to civilization. Even the stunning woman who runs his grandmother’s restaurant seems to instantly dislike him . . .

True Everett knows better than to let a ridiculously handsome man distract her, especially when it’s the same guy who stands between her and owning Northern Exposure, the tavern she manages. She didn’t pour her soul into the restaurant just for Xavier to swoop in and snatch away her dreams. But amid all the barbs—and, fine . . . all the sparks—flying, True glimpses the man beneath the swagger. That version of Xavier, the real one, might just steal True’s heart.

Cyrus Shams is lost.

The orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, Cyrus never knew his mother. Killed when her plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident, Cyrus has spent his life grappling with the meaningless nature of his mother’s death. Now he is set to learn the truth of her life.

When Cyrus’s obsession with the lives of the martyrs – Bobby Sands, Joan of Arc – leads him to a chance encounter with a dying artist, he finds himself drawn towards the mysteries of his past: an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the Angel of Death; and toward his mother, who may not have been who or what she seemed.

As Cyrus searches for meaning in the scattered clues of his life, a final revelation transforms everything he thought he knew.

Electrifying, funny, wholly original, and profound, Martyr heralds the arrival of a blazing and essential new voice in contemporary fiction.

Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company’s most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, the future of Teresa Cepeda Valverde’s family is changed for ever.

Now, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are still picking up the pieces. Lyra wants nothing to do with Teresa, but is desperate to find out what happened to her family that fateful night. Teresa, haunted by a missing husband and the bitter ghost of her mother, Amarga, is unable to reconcile the past. What unfolds is a story of a mother and daughter trying to forgive what they do not yet understand, and the mystery at the heart of one family’s rupture, steeped in machismo, jealousy and greed.

Brimming with ancestral spirits, omens and the forces of nature, John Manuel Arias’s extraordinary debut novel weaves a brilliant tapestry of love – lost and found again – and, ultimately, redemption.

Miles Morales' life as Spider-Man is thrown into chaos as villains come at him from all sides - and he discovers more super powers of his own! Miles has a target on his back. The most dangerous super-villains in NYC keep coming at him - hard. First Rabble, then Cletus Kasady, and now the Hobgoblin has got his glider aimed squarely at Miles - and he's more dangerous than ever before! How could this get any worse for Spidey? Well, unfortunately Hobby isn't the only thing Miles needs to worry about. Our young hero is about to be pushed to his limits - and beyond - awakening new powers that could save the day... or utterly consume and destroy the wall-crawler for good! Collecting: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) 8-12

'A real page-turner' – Ian Rankin The Party House by Lin Anderson is a deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. Devastated by a recent pandemic brought in by outsiders, the villagers of Blackrig in the Scottish Highlands are outraged when they find that the nearby estate plans to reopen its luxury ‘party house’ to tourists. As animosity sparks in the community, a group of locals take action. By the end of the night, the house hot tub has been smashed to pieces and, in the ensuing chaos, the body of a young woman is found in the foundations. Seventeen-year-old Ailsa Cummings went missing five years ago, never to be seen again. Until now. The excavation of Ailsa’s remains reignites old suspicions towards the men of this small community, including Greg, the estate’s gamekeeper. He is loath to discuss old wounds, but Greg's new lover, Joanne, is frightened by his reaction to the missing girl’s discovery. Joanne begins to doubt how well she knows this new man in her life. Then again, he’s not the only one with secrets in their volatile relationship . . . 'Lin's first standalone sees her expertly mix psychological thrills with a perplexing mystery simmering in a small community. It has all the ingredients of a hit to stand alongside her Rhona MacLeod series' – Douglas Skelton, author of The Blood is Still

India's own Spider-Man stars in a solo comic series after his smash hit debut in SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE! Pavitr Prabhakar is Spider-Man, fresh from the comic event 'The End of the Spider-Verse,' in his alternate universe's Mumbai. But things aren't exactly simple. There's a science professor promising results activating people's 'lizard brain,' along with a ruthless businessman who may be more than he seems! As a new Lizard emerges to threaten all of Mumbai, its new and terrifying abilities could make it the most powerful version yet! Spider-Man is the city's only hope... but victory will come at a cost - one Pavitr may not be ready for! How can he pick up the pieces when the entire city is turning against him?! The bloodthirsty creature's next move may mean a death sentence for Pavitr should he ever don his costume on the city streets again! Collecting: Spider-Man: India (2023) 1-5

A hilarious, escapist romcom from the author of CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY-SOMETHING F##K UP! How do you know he's The One? Are you getting butterflies just thinking about him? Have you dreamt of marrying him? Do you just know? When Lucy meets Nate in Venice, she knows instantly he's The One. And, caught up in the whirlwind of first love, they kiss under the Bridge of Sighs at sunset. Which - according to legend - will tie them together forever . . . But ten years later, they've completely lost contact. That is, until Lucy moves to New York and the legend brings them back together again. And again. And again. But what if Nate isn't The One? How is she going to get rid of him? Because forever is a very long time . . . A funny, magical romantic comedy about how finding The One doesn't always have to mean happily ever after.

Kujou, a gym teacher whose past left her with a dim view of her prospects for love, finds herself pushed by her student Sugimoto into taking her girlfriend-search seriously. On Sugimoto’s advice, Kujou tries a lesbian bar, dating apps, anything…and falls flat every time.

Was Kujou’s dejection truly just realism? Or is there some hope close by, where her fumbling efforts to find love stir a new emotion in another’s heart…?

Dis 1814 in Carlisle, Engeland, en die lewe het min genade vir ’n werkersklasvrou. Edith Maberry is dus verbaas toe Lewis Bloodsworth vir haar in die bresse tree in die kroeg waar sy werk.

Toe Edith haar werk en blyplek verloor, wend sy haar tot Lewis. Hiermee dompel sy beide van hulle in ’n krisis. Lewis word met sy verlede gekonfronteer en kom voor ’n keuse te staan.

Sal hy Edith kies wat vir hom die verpersoonliking is van alles wat hy in ’n vrou wil hê? Of sal hy hul liefde opoffer om die geheim te bewaar oor wie en, belangriker, wát hy werklik is?

Lente is verloof aan die aantreklike Herman Pretorius, maar sy weet haar hart behoort eintlik aan haar gevaarlike en stormagtige jeugliefde, Stander Gerber. Hy is egter verantwoordelik vir die dood van hul goeie vriend en die letsel in haar nek…

Stander stoei steeds met skuldgevoelens oor destyds, maar sy liefde vir Lente brand al hoe sterker.

Sal hulle die spoke van die verlede kan verjaag of gaan hulle die maklike roete kies en met ’n hart vol letsels wegstap?

As skoolkind was Carli dolverlief op haar ouer broer se vriend Rudolph Beyers. Hoekom het sy haar dan so skaamteloos gedra toe hy by die maskerbal vir haar matriekafskeid opgedaag het? En het hy haar agter haar masker herken?

Rudolph het nog altyd ’n sagte plekkie vir Carli gehad, al het sy as kind soos ’n stertjie al agter die groot seuns aangetou. Wanneer hul paaie agt jaar later weer kruis, woon en werk Rudolph oorsee en Carli is verloof aan Louis.

Gaan sy ter wille van haar gesin se behoud met Louis trou en haar in ’n liefdelose huwelik begewe? Of gaan sy alles op die spel plaas vir die hartebreker wat haar knieë al van kindsbeen af lam maak?