Selden Edwards, apparently, took 35 years to write this dismal piece of drivel. He started writing at age 25, but I suspect that he conceived the idea at the age of 15. How else to explain the wholly un-ironic adoption of the puerile schoolboy nickname for the main character's guru - the Venerable Haze, a.k.a. the Haze - throughout the book? On page 6, Mr Edwards employs the word 'momentarily' to mean 'in a moment' - when in fact it means 'for a moment'. I would say that if it is English teaching that he has recently retired from, then it is just as well that he has retired. Time travel, I can (only just) live with, but the plot is contrived, and the story wholly devoid of humour, takes itself far too seriously, and employs tortured coincidences to allow the hero to make his way through life in 19th Century 'fin de siecle' (he loves that term!) Vienna. I managed 36 pages of this rubbish, and then gave up in disgust. I trust that Mr Edwards, if he ever does write another novel, will again take 35 years t
A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous--and the potential for destruction unimaginable. In a nonde* office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, “the Campus” is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies--and three men are about to cross its radar. The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI ag
An odd, amusing and still provocative fantasy. The narrator is aSquare who lives in a world of two dimensions, and whose vision ofa third gets him into grave trouble with the authorities. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition ofthis title.
In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost?
Bobbi Anderson and the other good folks of Haven, Maine, havesold their souls to reap the rewards of the most deadly evil thisside of hell.
Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has neverbeen so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job.Kate Danielsmay have quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but she's still knee-deepin paranormal problems. Or she would be if she could get someone tohire her. Starting her own business has been more challenging thanshe thought it would be-now that the Order is disparaging her goodname, and many potential clients are afraid of getting on the badside of the Beast Lord, who just happens to be Kate's mate.So whenAtlanta's premier Master of the Dead calls to ask for help with avampire on the loose, Kate leaps at the chance of some paying work.Turns out this is not an isolated incident, and Kate needs to getto the bottom of it-fast, or the city and everyone dear to hermight pay the ultimate price.
Agatha Christie's audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended? Marina's frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation -- into human nature.
In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, the world of Azeroth teemed with wondrous creatures of every kind. Mysterious Elves and hardy Dwarves walked among tribes of man in relative peace and harmony -- until the arrival of the demonic army known as Burning Legion shattered the world's tranquility forever. Now Orcs, Dragons, Goblins, and Trolls all vie for supremacy over the scattered, warring kingdoms -- part of a grand, malevolent scheme that will determine the fate of the world of WarCraft. A terrifying upheaval among the highest ranks of the world's Wizards sends the maverick Mage, Rhonin, on a perilous journey into the Orc-controlled lands of Khaz Modan. What Rhonin uncovers is a vast, far-reaching conspiracy, darker than anything he ever imagined -- a threat that will force him into a dangerous alliance with ancient creatures of air and ?re if the world of Azeroth is to see another dawn.
He's copying famous serial killers and the game has just begun.Awoman is found murdered in the woods. It seems like a simple casebut it soon escalates into a terrible nightmare. Someone isreplicating the killing styles of the most infamous murderers ofall time. No one knows this criminal's motives...or who will dienext.Two ex-Secret Service agents, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell,have been hired to defend a man's innocence in a burglary involvingan aristocratic, dysfunctional family. Then a series of secretsleads the partners right into the frantic hunt that is confoundingeven the FBI. Now King and Maxwell are playing the Hour Game,uncovering one horrifying revelation after another and puttingtheir lives in danger. For the closer they get to the truth, thecloser they get to the most shocking surprise of all.
In the second novel of King's bestselling fantasy masterpiece, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger, encounters three doors which open to 1980s America. Here he joins forces with the defiant Eddie Dean and courageous, volatile Odetta Holmes. And confronts deadly serial killer Jack Mort. As the titanic forces gather, a savage struggle between underworld evil and otherworldly enemies conspire to bring an end to Roland's quest for the Dark Tower...Masterfully weaving dark fantasy and icy realism, THE DRAWING OF THE THREE compulsively propels readers toward the next chapter. And the Tower is closer...
Deep in the Hausruck Mountains of Austria, there is a remotehideaway--the fortress-like nerve center of an ominous movement,the Brotherhood of the Watch. American agent Harry Latham haspenetrated the movement, a neo-Nazi organization that was born inthe days after the Third Reich's defeat and whose deadly tentacleshave spread to the United States and beyond. Now, after three yearsin deep cover, and on the eve of his most spectacular success,Harry Latham has disappeared. Drew Latham, Special Officer forConsular Operations in Paris, is frantic to discover his olderbrother's fate. But when he receives the sudden good news thatHarry has surfaced, gut-twisting doubts arise. Has Harry's coverbeen blown? And if so, why has the Brotherhood of the Watch let himlive? For Harry Latham has emerged with an explosive list: thesecret supporters of the movement, among them some of thehighest-ranking officials in the United States and its allies,names synonymous with honorable service to their nations. It is adocument that c
It was as if I had privately discovered life on another planet,or a paralldl universe where life was at once fecognizably similar but entirely different.I can't tell you how exciting it waw.Insofar as I had accumulatde any expectations of Australia at all in the intervening years,I had thought of it as a kind of a lternative southern California,a place of constant sunshine and the cheerful vapidity of a beach lifestyle,but wish a slightly British bent-a sort of Baywatch wish cricket.
In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. He knows them intimately. And he's certain that in a crooked house such as Three Gables, no one's on the level... 作者简介： AGATHA CHRISTIE is the world's best known mystery writer. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare.
Did Grace Peltier commit suicide? When a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the final resting place of a religious community that disappeared almost forty years earlier, private detective Charlie Parker, hired to investigate the circumstances of her death, realises that their deaths and the violent passing of Grace Peltier are part of the same mystery, one that has its roots in her family history and in the origins of the shadowy organisation known as the Fellowship. Aided by the genial killers Angel and Louis, Parker must descend into the depths of a honeycomb world populated by dark angels and lost souls, a world where the ghosts of the dead wait for justice and the unwary are prey for the worst kind of creatures. The killing kind...
FBI behavioral psychologist Daniel Clark is a man on a mission. After over a year of tracking a mysterious serial killer known as Eve, he feels closer than ever to discovering the murderer's true identity when he finds Eve's latest victim still alive. In an effort to save the girl, Daniel narrowly escapes becoming another casualty on Eve's list. Despite seeing the killer with his own eyes, a gunshot wound to the head leaves him with amnesia, unable to remember any details from the incident. His drive to find the killer takes on a whole new meaning when Eve takes yet another victim, one Daniel knows all too well-his estranged wife Heather. Determined to bring her back alive, Daniel takes his obsession to a dangerous new level, even recreating his own near-death experience in attempt to recall anything from his encounter with Eve. Soon enough he finds himself fighting for Heather's life, and, in the end, his own.
