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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
'A gritty powerful story. A must read for fans of gangland crime.'
Bestselling author Kerry KayaBold, daring and ruthless, Tony
Lambrianu is now the main player in London's sleazy but lucrative
underworld. As the boss of a high-end nightclub in the West End and
with a never-ending string of gorgeous women on his arm, Tony is
the darling of the tabloids. However, despite his success, the
little boy who lived on the streets is never far away. Desperate
for respect, he's driven to achieve more and more. Most of all, he
craves the acceptance of Ralph Gold and to become a bigger part of
his extensive web of organised crime. Fearlessly facing up to
enemies, winning battles and becoming the undisputed boss of the
London underworld can be a nasty business, but it's the only
business Tony knows. And he'll stop at nothing to succeed! Please
note, this is a re-release of Nasty Business previously published
by Gillian Godden
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Anubis
(Hardcover)
Eric C Anderson
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R571
Discovery Miles 5 710
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Colonel Simon Alexander, a famous African mercenary, languishes
away in Black Beach Prison. Failing health makes an unsupported
escape impossible, and the diplomatic process is failing as fast as
his health. In the face of all this, a backer with deep pockets is
putting a team together to get him out.
Commanding this team is none other than forty-three-year-old
Rhys Munroe, a tough and cunning Grey. Composed of one black and
one white Special Forces operator, the Special Operators Unit known
as the Greys can go anywhere, kill everything, and disappear into
the grey mist. Their combined skills are far greater than the sum
of their own abilities.
Armed with massive hardware, ammunition, manpower, and a secret
weapon, Munroe and his team concoct a daring master plan to free
Simon. Though they are battle-hardened soldiers, they are well
aware that the international mission is dangerous and could go awry
at any time. But the Greys lived by one very important commandment:
Thou shalt not fall.
Unable to find work in London in 1771, Samuel Daniels comes to
America as an indentured servant to farmer Silas Weatherby.
Although Weatherby is nothing but generous and kind, Samuel wants
more in life than the lowly position of farmhand. But he will not
repay Weatherby's kindness by breaking his agreement, and he stays
on until his indenture is fulfilled.
Meanwhile, rebellion rages through the colonies, and Samuel sees
his chance to secure his future. He joins the Continental Army, and
his fi rst day in camp forms a friendship with a man named Spencer.
A few days later, outside Hartford, Connecticut, he befriends a
twelve-year-old orphan and forms another lasting friendship. Th
ough life as a soldier isn't what he thought it would be, Samuel
savors his independence and earning his own income. But the reality
of war intrudes as they struggle against the cold and the
British.
Wounded at Saratoga, Samuel is cared for by the beautiful Mary
Elizabeth-and he can't help but fall in love with her. But she is
promised to Samuel's good friend and fellow soldier, Jeptha
Isaacson. Confused and tormented, Samuel decides to return to his
unit before he is fully healed.
Dark days lie ahead on the battlefield, and now, Samuel must
fight for the birth of a new nation, one where he will finally find
true freedom.
An unforgettable novel of mothers and daughters, wives and muses,
secrets and outright lies 'Freud is a modern literary rarity: a
born storyteller' THE TIMES 'Such a powerful book' RICHARD CURTIS
'Delivers an emotional punch that left me in tears' RACHEL JOYCE
'Utterly compelling' HANNAH ROTHSCHILD 'I couldn't love it more'
POLLY SAMSON 'I loved this book' AMANDA CRAIG 'Completely,
inspiringly wonderful' BARBARA TRAPIDO 'Breathtakingly beautiful'
JULIET NICOLSON AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF 2021 Rosaleen is still
a teenager, in the early Sixties, when she meets the famous
sculptor Felix Lichtman. Felix is dangerous, bohemian, everything
she dreamed of in the cold nights at her Catholic boarding school.
And at first their life together is glitteringly romantic -
drinking in Soho, journeying to Marseilles. But it's not long
before Rosaleen finds herself fearfully, unexpectedly alone.
Desperate, she seeks help from the only source she knows, the local
priest, and is directed across the sea to Ireland on a journey that
will seal her fate. Kate lives in Nineties London, stumbling
through her unhappy marriage. But something has begun to stir in
her. Close to breaking point, she sets off on a journey of her own,
not knowing what she hopes to find. Aoife sits at her husband's
bedside as he lies dying, and tells him the story of their
marriage. But there is a crucial part of the story missing and time
is running out. Aoife needs to know: what became of Rosaleen?
Spanning three generations of women, I Couldn't Love You More is an
unforgettable novel about love, motherhood, secrets and betrayal -
and how only the truth can set us free.
OCTOBER, 1962: The discovery of soviet missiles in Cuba has sparked
a confrontation with global implications. Soviet Union Premier
Nikita Khruschev and United States President John F. Kennedy face
off in a perilous chess game of heightened military readiness,
hard-line policy, and round-the-clock negotiation. When the USS
Gearing is suddenly lost at sea and believed to be destroyed by a
soviet submarine attack, diplomacy becomes abruptly and absolutely
irrelevant. Around the world, bombs fall, and the stage is set for
what will become the darkest and most desperate expanse of human
conflict. Unknown to anyone else, the USS Gearing encountered a
strange storm in 1962 which sent it twenty years into the future.
OCTOBER, 1982: The USS Gearing reappears in the Atlantic, and its
proximity to Cuba violates the terms of the Soviet-American
Armistice of 1977. President Ronald Reagan leads Free America as
fighting is renewed between mighty navies on the high seas, and
between soviet occupation forces and homeland defenders in
California, Florida, and the Carolinas. A weakened United States on
the brink of soviet domination, with NATO and allied governments in
exile, prepare for the final battle to decide the fate of the free
world and prevent the extinction of freedom and democracy.
Professor Edwin Theodore Burnside and three of his students, due to
being in the presence of a mysterious artifact, are alone in their
awareness that something is wrong with this alternate reality in
1982. Once investigation yields a plausible theory on how to repair
the timeline, Professor Burnside embarks on a mission to save the
world from an apocalyptic war. The alteration in reality caused by
the USS Gearing travelling through time affords Professor Burnside
a second chance to keep his childhood friend from once again
becoming the one that got away. Eventually, he will be forced to
decide if he should go ahead with his mission even if it means
erasing from history the woman he loves.
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