The pivotal sixth instalment in King's bestselling epic fantasy saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland's life. In the next part of their journey to the tower, Roland and his band of followers face adversity from every side: Susannah Dean has been taken over by a demon-mother and uses the power of Black Thirteen to get from the Mid-World New York City. But who is the father of her child? And what role will the Crimson King play? Roland sends Jake to break Susannah's date with destiny, while he himself uses 'the persistence of magic' to get to Maine in the Summer of 1977. It is a terrible world: for one thing it is real and bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called 'SALEM'S LOT. SONG OF SUSANNAH is driven by revelation and by suspense. It continues THE DARK TOWER series seamlessly from WOLVES OF THE CALLA and the dramatic climax will leave readers desperate to read the quest's conclusion.

WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11.22.63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless ...King takes his protagonist Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, 2011, on a fascinating journey back to 1958 - from a world of mobile phones and iPods to a new world of Elvis and JFK, of Plymouth Fury cars and Lindy Hopping, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life - a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time. With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a devastating exercise in escalating suspense.

Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB bandedtogether to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabalof powerbrokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieveworldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty isback--and the only man with the power to stop it may have alreadyrun out of time.... CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on thetrail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminateits ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money andstone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy.From the Hamptons to London's Belgrave Square, Matarese assassinshave already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all whostand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible tostop--until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese's victimssurvives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the casewide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agentBrandon Scofield--the only man who has ever infiltrated

In the fifth novel in King's bestselling epic fantasy series, the farming community in the fertile lands of the East has been warned the wolves are coming back. Four gunslingers, led by Roland of Gilead, are also coming their way. And the farmers of the Calla want to enlist some hard calibers. Torn between protecting the innocent community and his urgent quest, Roland faces his most deadly perils as he journey through the Mid-World towards the Dark Tower.

When the burnt headless body of a young woman is found on thesteps of a Baptist Church in Harlem, Assistant DA Alexandra Cooperis one of the first on the shocking scene. Alex has seen somegruesome crimes committed in New York, but the barbarity of thislatest discovery leaves her nauseous. With NYPD cop Mike Chapman,Alex begins to investigate, but before long another woman isslaughtered and found on the steps of a Catholic church in LittleItaly; her throat slashed and her tongue cut out. It becomes clearthere is a zealous serial killer on the loose. Now Alex and Mikemust keep one step ahead of a religious fanatic bent on silencingthe women he believes are bringing shame to his beliefs - before hekills anyone else.

In this collection of five Christmas-themed stories, belovedauthor Mary Balogh brings together tales of love, marriage,friendship, loneliness, and healing. Includes four Balogh holidayclassics, "The Star of Bethlehem," "The Best Gift," "PlayingHouse," and "No Room At the Inn," as well as "A Family Christmas,"which is only available in this anthology.

"Good riddance", is the response of every Pecan Springsresident to the murder of local real estate shark Edgar Coleman. itdoesn't take long for China to learn that Coleman was havingnumerous affairs -- and was blackmailing City Council members fortheir votes on a bad land development deal. With her fianceimmersed in the murder investigation -- and the suspect listgrowing longer by the minute -- China can forget about a honeymoon,unless she can find the killer...

First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.

在线阅读本书 Gone For Good As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, ona warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jerseyneighborhood, a young woman--a girl Will had once loved--was foundbrutally murdered in her family’s basement. The prime suspect: KenKlein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simplyvanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again,they were sure he was gone for good. Now eleven years have passed. Will has found proof that Ken isalive. And this is just the first in a series of stunningrevelations as Will is forced to confront startling truths abouthis brother, and even himself. As a violent mystery unwinds aroundhim, Will knows he must press his search all the way to the end.Because the most powerful surprises are yet to come.

After Mario Puzo wrote his internationallyacclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but neverequaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as acornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale ofbloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . . The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of hisexile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring ayoung Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him toAmerica. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violenceand vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood whohas defied corruption--and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the landof mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone'sfate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano:warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano.

No one brings to life the Old West like Louis L'Amour. Collectedhere for the first time, these vintage frontier stories introduceyou to lawmen and loners, ranchers and renegades, gunslingers,cardsharps, bank robbers, etc. In these pages L'Amour brings tolife such classic characters as the Cactus Kid, Tensleep Mooney,One-Eared Tim, and the gunfighter Kim Sartain. These are frontiertales as only L'Amour can tell them--stories that surprise like thesharp crack of a Winchester and move like the lonely howl of thewind across an empty plain on the long ride home.

Arthur C. Clark, creator of one of the world's best-lovedscience fiction tales, revisits the most famous future everimagined in this NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, as two expeditions intospace become inextricably tangled. Heywood Floyd, survivor of twoprevious encounters with the mysterious monloiths, must againconfront Dave Bowman, HAL, and an alien race that has decided thatMankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether itwishes to or not.

Indiana, 1818 . Moonlight falls through the densewoods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old AbrahamLincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's beenstricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."

On its mysterious voyage through interstellar space, a massivealien starship carries its human passengers to the end of agenerations-long odyssey. But the great experiment designed by theRamans has failed, and Rama III has become a battleground. Fleeinga tyrant, a band of humans ventures into the nether regions of theship, where they encounter an emerald-doomed lair ruled by thefabulously advanced octospiders. As the octospiders lure the humansdeeper into their domain, the humans must decide whether thecreatures are their allies of enemies. All the while, Rama IIIcontinues its inexplorable journey towards the node, where theclimax of their voyage awaits the stunning revelation of the trueidentity of the beings behind this glittering trek across thecosmos.

In bestseller Robb's slick 26th not-so-near-future crimethriller to feature Lt. Eve Dallas (after 2007's Creation inDeath ), the New York City homicide cop investigates the murderof business tycoon Thomas Anders, whose strangled body isdiscovered tied to his bed, apparently the victim of a kinky sexencounter gone bad. Aided by her mysterious husband, Roarke, andlong-time sidekick Det. Delia Peabody, Eve doggedly questionsAnders's widow, Ava, and his nephew, Benedict Forrest, number twoat the victim's corporation, Anders Worldwide. Both Ava andBenedict have alibis that put them far from the crime scene at thetime of Anders's death. While the guilty party soon becomes obviousand the gimmick used by the culprit clear to anyone familiar with Strangers on a Train , Robb's strong, hard-nosed heroine onceagain generates the kind of heat that keeps fans turning the pages. (Feb.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of ReedElsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear inthe skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords,in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty.Then this golden age ends--and then the age of Mankindbegins....

The author of such classics as Tell Me Your Dreams and The Other Side of Midnight, Sidney Sheldon has sold more than 300 million copies of his books in 51 languages. The only writher to have won an Oscar, a Tony, and an Edgar award, he is—according to the Guinness Book of World Records—the most translated author in the world. Now this incomparable storyteller is back with another dazzling blockbuster guaranteed to enthrall fans everywhere. When five members of America's most illustrious family are all killed in separate accidents in less than a year, Dana Evans, a beautiful young anchorwoman for a Washington, D.C., television network, becomes suspicious. Investigating the deaths, the determined journalist uncovers a trail of blood that takes her to half a dozen countries around the world in search of a killer. In a startling turn of events, Dana becomes the hunted, and the terrible secret she's learned puts her and her young son into dire jeopardy from which they may not be able to escape

Joyce Meyer explains that a life without purpose is a life notworth living. We all need a reason to get up everyday. We all needto reach for something beyond ourselves. Over the centuries,millions of people have asked, "What am I here for? What is mypurpose?" We are born; we live; and we die. We cannot do anythingabout being born or dying, but we can do a lot about how welive. Taking responsibility for how we live takes courage. To acceptlife as it comes to us and to be determined to make the most we canout of it is a big challenge. Joyce challenges readers to make surethey live their lives with purpose and passion?no half-heartedeffort will ever please God, nor will it produce joy. Eachindividual has an intrinsic desire to reach for goals that seemunreachable, to be moving toward something at all times. Peopleneed goals, aspirations, and dreams. Joyce teaches that everyone has a purpose, God has a plan, andwith the decision to align ourselves with that plan, anyone canlive out their days w

They're freelance pilots and full-time troubleshooters fordemocracy. They're men like Steven Cowan, Mike Thorne, and TurkMadden who face danger every day of their lives and fight liketigers for what they believe in. With the world on the brink ofwar, they're on the front lines, wherever there's action. From thedangerous South Seas islands, to steaming South American jungles,to the other islands of Japan, you'll find these man ready to fightthe enemies of freedom—in a battle to the death.

“A superb collection, a splendid and much-needed book. Andersonhas cleared away the dross and shown us the golden roots of fantasybefore it became a genre.” –Michael Moorcock, author of The EternalChampion Many of today’s top names in fantasy acknowledgeJ.R.R. Tolkien as the author whose work inspired them to createtheir own epics. But which writers influenced Tolkien himself? In acollection destined to become a classic in its own right,internationally recognized Tolkien expert Douglas A. Anderson,editor of The Annotated Hobbit, has gathered the fiction of themany gifted authors who sparked Tolkien’s imagination. Included areAndrew Lang’s romantic swashbuckler “The Story of Sigurd,” whichfeatures magic rings and a ferocious dragon; an excerpt from E. A.Wyke-Smith’s The Marvelous Land of Snergs, about creatures who wereprecursors to Tolkien’s hobbits; and a never-before-published gemby David Lindsay, author of A Voyage to Arcturus, a novel thatTolkien praised highly both as a thril

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Nora Roberts writing asJ.D. Robb headlines a hot new anthology of paranormalromance. FEATURING A NEW EVE DALLAS NOVELLA. J.D. Robb plunges Lieutenant Eve Dallas into the violentaftermath of a ritualistic murder. Mary Blayney, investigates a deception that has kept two loversapart for years. Ruth Ryan Langan brings a lost man out of a storm to face abreathtaking twist of fate. And Mary Kay McComas follows a mother, her son, and a wizard lostthrough the threads of time.