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In an ancient world an orphan boy in sheep-farming country tames a wolf. The two become outcasts, fleeing to a foreign country. Powerful figures determine their fortunes: a holy crone, a demonic bandit, a ruthless baron fleeing a paranoid king. All travel down a great river till ill-luck blocks their journey. Then tensions build to a violent climax. Peterkin and the First Dog is a young adult alternative history novel, set in a paral...

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In an ancient world an orphan boy in sheep-farming country tames a wolf. The two become outcasts, fleeing to a foreign country. Powerful figures determine their fortunes: a holy crone, a demonic bandit, a ruthless baron fleeing a paranoid king. All travel down a great river till ill-luck blocks their journey. Then tensions build to a violent climax. Peterkin and the First Dog is a young adult alternative history novel, set in a paral...

One kid's horrific journey behind the walls of maximum-security and the price he paid for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Survival is just the beginning.Dylan's eighteen, scared, and sent to maximum-security. The crime? Passed out drunk in the backseat of a car after his 18th birthday celebration.If he doesn't fight, he dies. If he doesn't run drugs, he dies. The Jesters have murdered his brother, recruited his cellmate, and this i...

The Romanian Incident is a locked-door, murder mystery in the style of Agatha Christies best work. The novel features a bizarre murder at an elegant hotel in the Romanian mountains and challenges KGB agent Polina Tolkunova to find the killer among the hotel's mysterious guests before another murder happens. Set during the Cold War in Romania, the novel is the first in a series of murder mysteries by screenwriter Simon King.

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One kid's horrific journey behind the walls of maximum-security and the price he paid for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Survival is just the beginning. Dylan's eighteen, scared, and sent to maximum-security. The crime? Passed out drunk in the backseat of a car after his 18th birthday celebration. If he doesn't fight, he dies. If he doesn't run drugs, he dies. The Jesters have murdered his brother, recruited his cellmate, and this...

Not for vengeance...nor for power. This killer murders for fun.When a body turns up at a Texas Uni Campus, police initially believe it's the result of an initiation gone wrong, the victim covered in graffiti while suspended above a fire pit. As more bodies are found, each the result of a sadistic game played by a vicious killer, it soon becomes clear that a new evil has risen. With the death toll mounting and the police left clueless, Sam is q...

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Shift your fear into top gear. Set your pulse racing with this collection of automotive horror that fires on all cylinders. This bad boy comes fully-optioned with fifteen tales of classic cars and motorcycles behaving badly, and the star-studded lineup is sure to provide all the nightmare fuel you can handle. So strap in and hold on, because we're going pedal to the metal. It's blood-soaked horror or bust, and we aren't stopping for anything. ...

Hallowe'en or Hallows' Eve provides a splendid opportunity for participants to celebrate the festivity of this unique cultural event, and for the community to enact unusual customs and quaint traditions originating centuries ago. It is also a night when supernatural spirits are believed to temporarily re-visit the world of the living, and suitably macabre disguises be worn to protect against such entities.From the use of bonfires and jack-o'-l...

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A quick glimpse behind the walls.From the author of the Prison Days series comes the next chapter of life behind bars. These are the personal stories of prisoners as they negotiate day-to-day life behind the walls of a maximum-security facility. Listen to their tales as they try and fit in, adjust and survive one of the toughest places on earth.

Harry Lightman, known as the Daylesford Devil by the press and dubbed "Lucifer" by the locals, has been sitting in a prison cell for the best part of 20 years, sentenced to life imprisonment for the torture and murder of 14 women. Each one had been preyed upon by a monster that fed on the flesh of his victims, the peaceful country towns reeling from the terror that had stalked their communities. Now, on the eve of the first victim's 20-year an...

In this book, meteorologists Simon King and Clare Nasir uncover the thrilling science behind a subject that affects us all - the weather. From exploring incredible weather phenomenon (how do rainbows work?) to expertly breaking down our knowledge of the elements (is every snowflake really special?), Simon and Clare reveal how the weather works and how it changes our lives through answering all of our most burning questions about the world arou...

If extraterrestrial beings do exist, they have probably already visited our world throughout the past and continue to observe our human development today. The life-forms and/or their spacecraft could be merely a product of vivid imaginations, unusual effects created by atmospheric conditions, astronomical phenomena, or even arising from supernatural causes... However this explanation is unconvincing in light of the many reported encounters tha...

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Dezember 1941: Es sieht schlecht aus für Captain Shermans "See-Tiger". Das U-Boot wurde beim Angriff der Japaner schwer getroffen. Für eine Reparatur fehlt das Material, doch zum Glück besitzt der neue Leutnant ein unglaubliches, wenn auch nicht ganz legales Organisationstalent. Leider kommt das notdürftig geflickte Schiff nicht weit und muss für weitere Ausbesserungen die nächstgelegene Insel anlaufen. Dort nimmt Sherman fünf gestrandete Kran...

Dezember 1941: Es sieht schlecht aus für Captain Shermans "See-Tiger". Das U-Boot wurde beim Angriff der Japaner schwer getroffen. Für eine Reparatur fehlt das Material, doch zum Glück besitzt der neue Leutnant ein unglaubliches, wenn auch nicht ganz legales Organisationstalent. Leider kommt das notdürftig geflickte Schiff nicht weit und muss für weitere Ausbesserungen die nächstgelegene Insel anlaufen. Dort nimmt Sherman fünf gestrandete Kran...

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