![]() ![]() They need time and space, while they await the news they dread. A sign that something incredible is about to begin… A sign of unimaginable powers about to be unleashed. And as the city’s inhabitants watch for its return, the desert rises up to engulf them in a tidal wave of sand. In the Chinese city of Kashi, travellers bring back reports of a strange light seen shining above the endless dunes of the Taklimakan Desert. On the banks of the Ganges, a young boy pauses from his back breaking labours, transfixed by the play of a mysterious light amidst the monsoon rains, before a towering geyser of boiling water bursts from beneath the streets, scalding him to death. Moments later he is torn to pieces as the reef erupts with colossal power. ![]() While scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef a diver watches fascinated as a tiny light floats past him towards the surface. As the storms and tempests rage, a series of ominous events signal the emergence of a new and terrifying force. Earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions sweep the earth. It is the near future and signs of an impending global disaster are multiplying. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Princess Brianna of Tullymullagh issues a challenge to the sons of the man that conquered her father's castle: whichever brother went forth and found a gift to make her laugh would win her hand. ![]() Subscribe to her monthly newsletter to keep up to date and receive special offers: In October and November 2009, she was the writer in residence for the Toronto Public Library, the first time that the library has hosted a residency focused on the romance genre. She is an avid reader of medieval vernacular literature, fairy tales and fantasy novels.įor books written under the pseudonym, Claire Cross, see:įor books written under Claire's own name, Deborah Cooke, please see: She has an honours degree in history, with a focus on medieval studies. Since then, she has published over sixty romance novels and novellas, and has also been published under the names Claire Cross and Deborah Cooke. New York Times bestselling author Claire Delacroix sold her first book in 1992, an historical romance called ROMANCE OF THE ROSE. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story is a much simpler one and takes the form of a fable rather than a memoir. The good news is that Chicken with Plums is a much better work than Persepolis. Before even opening Chicken with Plums it is apparent that the book will have to go beyond the cultural seduction of Persepolis if Satrapi’s career is to become anything other than a one-note veil dance. ![]() One would imagine that the challenge to Satrapi would be to continue creating comics that inspire the same kind of enthusiasm as Persepolis. ![]() ![]() The whimsical attitude of Persepolis suggested that the Middle East might just be as magical as its mystery would indicate and the graphic novel was quickly adapted into college curriculums, summer reading lists, and eventually a film adaptation.Ĭhicken with Plums is Satrapi’s sixth book after the Persepolis series and was just rereleased to ride the success of her first graphic novel. Although Persepolis was nothing terribly special in its own right, its amusing and hitherto unmatched glimpse into Iranian adolescent life summoned - not entirely intentionally - the most ardent orientalistic impulses of the West. After the colossal success of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi will be forever burdened with the task of trying to escape the ubiquity of her own creation. ![]() ![]() As he investigates his young patient’s troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry, and then into mortal danger when lust and big money collide in Southern California. ![]() Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren’s murderer. And the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren’s brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. But years later, when Alex encounters Lauren as a stag party’s featured entertainment, both doctor and patient are sticken with shame. Reluctantly, the psychologist chalks Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of a challenging profession. But for all Alex’s skill and effort, Lauren resists-angrily, provocatively. ![]() ![]() Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline-delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Alex Delaware’s office. Perennial bestseller and acknowledged master of the psychological thriller, Jonathan Kellerman has created his most riveting and memorable work to date in the Alex Delaware novel about a troubled and elusive young woman whose brutal murder forces the brilliant psychologist-detective to confront his own fallibility. ![]() ![]() Monsters lurk in the crevices between male desire and female survival. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men.Ĭari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Signed on a tipped-in page.įrom the creator of Hannibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed, and the consequences of dark obsession. ![]() New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing (May 21, 2019)įirst Edition. ![]() ![]() ![]() My favorite historical outfit is a riding outfit. Read An Excerpt Awardsįresh Fiction Box Not To Miss, Selection, February 2018 With her meticulous eye for detail and her knack for creating living, breathing characters, Frantz continues to enchant historical fiction readers who long to feel they are a part of the story. Will the Virginia belle turned lacemaker side with the radical revolutionaries, or stay true to her English roots? And at what cost? Historical romance favorite Laura Frantz is back with a suspenseful story of love, betrayal, and new beginnings. No one comes to her aid save the Patriot Noble Rynallt, a man with formidable enemies of his own. When colonial Williamsburg explodes like a powder keg on the eve of the American Revolution, Lady Elisabeth "Liberty" Lawson is abandoned by her fiancé and suspected of being a spy for the hated British. In a town seething with Patriots ready for rebellion, her protection comes from an unlikely source-now if she could only protect her heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the eve of her wedding, Lady Elisabeth Lawson's world is shattered, as surely as the fine glass windows of her colonial Williamsburg home. HISTORICAL SAGA OF LOVE AND FREEDOM SET IN COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG ![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps this is a distinction without a difference to many readers, but it’s worth bearing in mind that if anyone should know what allegory is, it’s C. We might think of this as something like the distinction between simile and metaphor: simile is like allegory, because one thing is like something else, whereas in metaphor, one thing is the other thing.Īslan is not like Jesus (allegory): he is Jesus’ equivalent in Narnia. But he doesn’t: he is Jesus, if Narnia existed and a deity decided to walk among the people of that world. In short, Lewis rejects the idea that his Narnia books are allegory because, for them to qualify as allegorical, Aslan would have to ‘represent’ Jesus. ![]() Lewis didn’t regard them as allegory: ‘In reality,’ he wrote, Aslan ‘is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, “What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia, and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?” This is not allegory at all.’ ![]() Lewis book(s) that are Christian allegory, right?’ But C. Say ‘ Chronicles of Narnia’ or ‘ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and many people will say, ‘Oh, the C. ![]() ![]() ![]() Trespassing through tightly-guarded country estates, ecologically ravaged grouse moors and empty Mayfair mansions, writer and activist Guy Shrubsole has used these 21st century tools to uncover a wealth of never-before-seen information about the people who own our land, to create the most comprehensive map of land ownership in England that has ever been made public.įrom secret military islands to tunnels deep beneath London, Shrubsole unearths truths concealed since the Domesday Book about who is really in charge of this country - at a time when Brexit is meant to be returning sovereignty to the people. ![]() But with the dawn of digital mapping and the Freedom of Information Act, it's becoming increasingly difficult for them to hide. For centuries, England's elite have covered up how they got their hands on millions of acres of our land, by constructing walls, burying surveys and more recently, sheltering behind offshore shell companies. ![]() ![]() This is the history of how England's elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more. 'A formidable, brave and important book' Robert Macfarlaneīehind this simple question lies this country's oldest and best-kept secret. ![]() ![]() ![]() Say "hi" at our sister subreddits- SpecArt and SF Videos-and join our reader-managed Goodreads group. The key is that it be speculative, not that it fit some arbitrary genre guidelines. History, Postmodern Lit., and more are all welcome here. Not sure what counts as speculative fiction? Then post it! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alt. 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I cringed I rolled my eyes I snorted at the gushing over Solomon and, especially, his wear…ĭarker and less burly than the rest, he was cool in tight flares and a smiley face T-shirt. The story began in the 70s and I could not help but laugh at the fashionable Solomon Andrews (sorry, 80s kid here – never got to live nor appreciate the 70s in its heyday). Nothing, I don’t think, can really prepare me for my venture into The Yearning. The teacher student encounter turned me off somewhat though I cannot but profess an undying curiosity as to what happened 20 years later. ![]() More than anything else, this was a cover crush for me. ![]() |