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Equinox (Hardcover)
David Towsey; Narrated by Saul Reichlin
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R599
R490
Discovery Miles 4 900
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In this world, two souls inhabit a single body, one by day, one by
night. But though they live alongside one another, their ends do
not always align. For Special Inspector Morden, whose hunt for a
dangerous witch takes him far from home, this will be a problem...
Christophor Morden lives by night. His day-brother, Alexsander,
knows only the sun. They are two souls in a single body, in a world
where identities change with the rising and setting of the sun.
Night-brother or day-sister, one never sees the light, the other
knows nothing of the night. Early one evening, Christophor is
roused by a call to the city prison. A prisoner has torn his eyes
out and cannot say why. Yet worse: in the sockets that once held
his eyes, teeth are growing. The police suspect the supernatural,
so Christophor, a member of the king's special inspectorate, is
charged with finding the witch responsible. Night-by-night,
Christophor's investigation leads him ever further from home,
toward a backwards village on the far edge of the kingdom. But the
closer he gets to the truth, the more his day-brother's actions
frustrate him. Who is Alexsander protecting? What does he not want
Christophor to discover? And all the while, an ancient and
apocalyptic ritual creeps closer to completion... Praise for
Equinox: 'Clever, original and beautifully crafted, half the fun
here lies in getting to grips with the ramifications of this
complex world, but the story holds like a vice' Daily Mail
'Spellbinding fantasy... This innovative work is sure to please'
Publishers Weekly 'An ambitious and gruesome tale of intrigue,
witches, and the warring self - utterly transporting' Ian Green,
author of The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath
'Callaghan's portrayal of a city under siege is many-layered and
brilliantly told' Sunday Times Iraq, 2014As ISIS laid terrible
siege to Mosul, a zoo on the eastern edge of the Tigris was kept
open against all odds. Under the stern hand of the zookeeper Abu
Laith, whose name - loosely translated - means Father of Lions, its
animals faced not only years of occupation, but starvation and
bombardment by the liberating forces. Father of Lions is the story
of Mosul Zoo: of resilience and human decency in the midst of
barbarism. 'Father of Lions captures, with heartbreaking poignancy,
the human cost of these conflicts' Josie Ensor, Middle East
Correspondent for the Daily Telegraphy 'Through the story of a man
who loves both lions and life, Louise Callaghan shows how humour
and defiance can counter cruelty' Lindsey Hilsum, author of In
Extremis
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Untraceable (Paperback)
Sergei Lebedev; Narrated by Saul Reichlin
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R283
R231
Discovery Miles 2 310
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An extraordinary and angry Russian novel about poisons of all
kinds: physical, moral and political. Untraceable is a wonderful
piece of fiction rooted in the recent history of Russia's state
assassinations, especially the attempted poisoning of Sergei
Skripal in Salisbury. Professor Kalitin is a ruthless, narcissistic
chemist who has developed an untraceable, extremely lethal poison
called Neophyte while working in a secret city on an island in the
Russian far east. When the Soviet Union collapses, he defects and
is given a new identity in Germany. After an unrelated Russian is
murdered with Kalitin's poison, his cover is blown and he's drawn
into the German investigation of the death. Two special forces
killers with a lot of Chechen blood on their hands are sent to
silence him - using his own undetectable poison. Their journey to
their target is full of blunders, mishaps, holdups and accidents.
Urgently topical and compellingly readable.
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Equinox (Paperback)
David Towsey; Narrated by Saul Reichlin
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R315
R258
Discovery Miles 2 580
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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In this world, two souls inhabit a sole body, one by day, one by
night. But though they live alongside one another, their ends do
not always align. For Special Inspector Morden, whose hunt for a
dangerous witch takes him far away, this will be a problem...
Christophor Morden lives by night. His day-brother, Alexsander,
knows only the sun. They are two souls in a single body, in a world
where identities change with the rising and setting of the sun.
Night-brother or day-sister, one never sees the light, the other
knows nothing of the night. Early one evening, Christophor is
roused by a call to the city prison. A prisoner has torn his eyes
out and cannot say why. Yet worse: in the sockets that once held
his eyes, teeth are growing. The police suspect the supernatural,
so Christophor, a member of the king's special inspectorate, is
charged with finding the witch responsible. Night-by-night,
Christophor's investigation leads him ever further from home,
toward a backwards village on the far edge of the kingdom. But the
closer he gets to the truth, the more his day-brother's actions
frustrate him. Who is Alexsander protecting? What does he not want
Christophor to discover? And all the while, an ancient and
apocalyptic ritual creeps closer to completion... Reviews for
Equinox: 'Clever, original and beautifully crafted, half the fun
here lies in getting to grips with the ramifications of this
complex world, but the story holds like a vice' Daily Mail
'Callaghan's portrayal of a city under siege is many-layered and
brilliantly told' Sunday Times Iraq, 2014As ISIS laid terrible
siege to Mosul, a zoo on the eastern edge of the Tigris was kept
open against all odds. Under the stern hand of the zookeeper Abu
Laith, whose name - loosely translated - means Father of Lions, its
animals faced not only years of occupation, but starvation and
bombardment by the liberating forces. Father of Lions is the story
of Mosul Zoo: of resilience and human decency in the midst of
barbarism. 'Father of Lions captures, with heartbreaking poignancy,
the human cost of these conflicts' Josie Ensor, Middle East
Correspondent for the Daily Telegraphy 'Through the story of a man
who loves both lions and life, Louise Callaghan shows how humour
and defiance can counter cruelty' Lindsey Hilsum, author of In
Extremis
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Medici ~ Legacy (Paperback)
Matteo Strukul; Translated by Richard McKenna; Narrated by Saul Reichlin
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R324
R268
Discovery Miles 2 680
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The third instalment in a prize-winning series charting the rise of
the House of Medici as they become Masters of Florence and
progenitors of the Renaissance. Fontainebleau, 1536. Francis II,
Dauphin and heir to the French throne, is dead. Poisoned. And the
royal court believe Catherine de' Medici to be the murderer.
Catherine's husband Henry will now be the next King of France - and
the Medici are known to stop at nothing in the pursuit of power.
But not yet queen and without an heir of her own,
seventeen-year-old Catherine cannot be sure of securing her
family's legacy. To ensure the conception of an heir, she will need
to seek help from an unexpected ally: Nostradamus, the reclusive
astronomer and purported seer. Dismissed by most as a charlatan and
a heretic, Catherine knows he will be her only hope in becoming a
mother to the future king. Amid court intrigues, betrayals, and
humiliations, Catherine waits. She awaits the death of her
father-in-law, King Francis, and the birth of a son to carry her
name. For once she is queen, Catherine de' Medici's power will only
grow. But that power comes at a heavy cost, one she might ever
regret. 'Strukul has a brilliant style and a rare imagination' Tim
Willocks 'Matteo Strukul has arrived with a bang. His historical
saga, Medici, is a worldwide success' Il Venerdi
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Medici ~ Legacy (Hardcover)
Matteo Strukul; Translated by Richard McKenna; Narrated by Saul Reichlin
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R592
Discovery Miles 5 920
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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The third instalment in a prize-winning series charting the rise of
the House of Medici as they become Masters of Florence and
progenitors of the Renaissance. Fontainebleau, 1536. Francis II,
dauphin of France, is dead. Poisoned. And the royal court believe
Catherine de' Medici to be the murderer. With the heir apparent
dead, her husband Henry will now be the next King of France - and
her queen - and Catherine's family is known to stop at nothing to
consolidate their power. But not yet queen and without an heir of
her own, Catherine cannot be sure of securing her family's legacy.
To ensure the conception of an heir, she will need to seek help
from an unexpected ally: Nostradamus, the reclusive astronomer and
purported seer. Dismissed by most as a charlatan and a heretic, she
knows he will be her only hope in becoming a mother. Amid court
intrigues, betrayals and humiliations, Catherine now waits. Awaits
the death of her father-in-law, King Francis, and awaits the birth
of a son who will carry her name. For once she is queen, Catherine
de' Medici's power will only grow. But that power comes at a heavy
cost, one she might ever regret.
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Medici ~ Supremacy (Paperback)
Matteo Strukul; Translated by Richard McKenna; Narrated by Saul Reichlin
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R269
Discovery Miles 2 690
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Winner of the Premio Bancarella, 2017 The second instalment in a
prize-winning series charting the rise of the House of Medici as
they become Masters of Florence and progenitors of the Renaissance.
Florence, 1469.The Medici family is preparing for the marriage of
its son and heir Lorenzo. His heart belongs to another, but this
union will strengthen the alliance with a powerful Roman family.
Torn between love and power, the bounties and the compromises of
governing, Lorenzo has become complacent. He has forgotten the
bloody path he forged on his ascent to power, and the enemies left
in his wake. When the family's historical enemies and shadowy new
conspirators put their bloody plot into action, the consequences
will be terrible. In order to protect their supremacy, the Medici
will enact a violent vengeance from which few will be spared.
The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes
us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story
of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi. In the summer of 1885,
three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was
a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner with an
Italian name, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of
John Singer Sargent's greatest portraits. The three men's lives
play out against the backdrop of the Belle Epoque in Paris. The
beautiful age of glamour and pleasure more often showed its ugly
side: hysterical, narcissistic, decadent and violent, a time of
rampant prejudice and blood-and-soil nativism, with more parallels
to our own age than we might imagine. Our guide through this world
is Samuel Pozzi, society doctor, pioneer gynaecologist and
free-thinker, a rational and scientific man with a famously
complicated private life. Witty, surprising and deeply researched,
The Man in the Red Coat illuminates the fruitful and longstanding
exchange of ideas between Britain and France, and makes a
compelling case for keeping that exchange alive.
There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police
profiler Tony Hill's life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses
all others. One serial killer who has the power to chill him to the
bone: Jacko Vance. And now Jacko is back in Tony's life. Even more
twisted and cunning than before, he is focused on wreaking revenge
on Tony - and DCI Carol Jordan - for the years he has spent in
prison. Tony doesn't know when Jacko will strike, or where. All he
knows is that Jacko will cause him fear like he has never known
before - and devastate his life in ways he cannot imagine...This
recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more
than 60% of the author's work and as low as 30% with characters and
plotlines removed.
In this world, two souls inhabit a single body, one by day, one by
night. But though they live alongside one another, their ends do
not always align. For Special Inspector Morden, whose hunt for a
dangerous witch takes him far from home, this will be a problem...
Christophor Morden lives by night. His day-brother, Alexsander,
knows only the sun. They are two souls in a single body, in a world
where identities change with the rising and setting of the sun.
Night-brother or day-sister, one never sees the light, the other
knows nothing of the night. Early one evening, Christophor is
roused by a call to the city prison. A prisoner has torn his eyes
out and cannot say why. Yet worse: in the sockets that once held
his eyes, teeth are growing. The police suspect the supernatural,
so Christophor, a member of the king's special inspectorate, is
charged with finding the witch responsible. Night-by-night,
Christophor's investigation leads him ever further from home,
toward a backwards village on the far edge of the kingdom. But the
closer he gets to the truth, the more his day-brother's actions
frustrate him. Who is Alexsander protecting? What does he not want
Christophor to discover? And all the while, an ancient and
apocalyptic ritual creeps closer to completion... Praise for
Equinox: 'Clever, original and beautifully crafted, half the fun
here lies in getting to grips with the ramifications of this
complex world, but the story holds like a vice' Daily Mail
'Spellbinding fantasy... This innovative work is sure to please'
Publishers Weekly 'An ambitious and gruesome tale of intrigue,
witches, and the warring self - utterly transporting' Ian Green,
author of The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath
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