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Get ready for a wild ride into the early years of King Arthur's life! From getting dunked in pig slop by giants to learning the lessons that would one day make him a great king, these short tales are full of adventure and excitement. But that's not all - you'll also get to experience the magic of Merlin the Magician as he helps shape Arthur into the legend he's destined to become. Don't miss out on this fun-filled journey through Arthurian lore!

What Wouldn't You Do To Catch A Criminal?At the end of the 24th Century, Special Inspector Michael Pedroni pursues Jax Marlin, a beautiful and elusive vigilante. It's a wild cat and mouse chase that will take him from Earth to the Bacchus Dome and beyond. Jax Marlin is not your average criminal. She seeks out evil-doers and law-breakers, doling out justice in whatever way she sees fit. But lately, she finds she's been gift-wrapping criminals specially for her favorite copper. Four of the world's leading criminals are lining up to form an alliance. Jax is determined to stop them. Hot on her heels, Inspector Pedroni finds himself questioning the difference, if any, between her justice and his. More than that, he wonders why, when he'd had her in his grasp, he was unable to slap on the restraints and bring her in.

His dream was Eden Park - Number 10 jersey. His nightmare Mt Eden Prison - cell block 10 with a promising All Black rugby career shattered. A sentence of a life behind bars can do much to change a man's thinking. 'A grave miscarriage of justice,' were the words on the paper the Minister of Justice had handed to Terry Stamp when it was decided after fourteen years of incarceration he had not killed his wife. 'Go home, my man. Start your life again. You have plenty of good years remaining.' Yes, plenty of good years to control the bitterness filling his heart and driving him on in his personal quest for his wife's killer. He and Cavanagh had been married ten years when she was taken from him in a brutal attack by a spurned group of rugby supporters at a time Terry Stamp was a name on everyone's lips whenever All Black football was mentioned. It was a misinformed and foolish man who dared to say Terry wouldn't pull on the number 10 jersey the next time the All Blacks ran onto the field. It was inferred he might even lead them. Cavanagh's death changed everything and with the nation against him he was sent to prison. He was found unconscious and intoxicated in his smashed car close to where his wife had died. Her blood was on his clothes. Witness stated they had heard his words that day when he threatened to kill her. Five years of fruitless search has Terry accepting those responsible may never be brought to justice, but the double death of his closest friends in their home opens up an incredible line of inquiry. Ken and Jean Fraser died because it was thought they knew too much, but they died for what they didn't know. They knew nothing. Terry's quest carries him to the gates of Maidstone Prison in England to meet an unsavoury character who has first hand information on the killing of twenty years earlier. Paedophilic Elliott Page has personal knowledge of the men who raped and strangled Cavanagh Stamp, an act of lust, but also retribution for being punched out by Terry at an after match function on the night of the murder. Elliott Page has been blackmailing the killer with the intention of revealing all to a glossy weekly for a substantial sum. The killer is ready to pay and ready to kill again.

An arrow slices the air, a projectile of fate from Jenna's bow, finding its mark in Roesha during the throes of the Second Rebellion. The stakes have never been higher. The illustrious Jaha Palace, once a symbol of regality, has now morphed into a bloody warzone. A mirror of Dun, a world gripped by a relentless viral onslaught.Yet, the planetary labyrinth of Dun holds secrets on the cusp of unfurling. Mysteries that have slumbered in its interstellar heart for eons are now stirring, ready to reveal themselves.An age-old art collector finds herself in the throes of burgeoning supernatural abilities, a bewildering gift, or possibly a curse. The Governor, intoxicated with power and blinded by his reign over Dun's captive throne, remains oblivious to the rising tide of rebellion.The G5, infected with a potent venom teetering on the brink of lethality, whisper prayers to the cosmos. A plea for a final shot at redemption. A last chance to restore their planet from the precipice of ruin.Will Roesha outlast her wounds long enough to reclaim the throne? Who among them will still be standing once she returns…if she ever does?Unearth the concealed secrets of Dun and their impact on its quarantined cosmos in the epic tale, Dun Wars: Galaxy Wars. Venture into this forbidden universe where the fate of a world hangs in the balance.

The Savage brothers are now in South Africa! Chaz and Des have been asked to help their cousins, Christina and Aurora, track down a young woman who has been kidnapped. But once again they get more than they bargained for. From Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg to Tel Aviv to the Caribbean, their escapades put them in the middle of a billion-dollar cryptocurrency heist, the South African mafia, and the global trafficking of human organs. Even the French Secret Service! Join in the fun and bedlam as the Savage Brothers attempt to discover the missing heiress and help recover the missing billions in the process.Strap in for another adventure with surprises and mayhem at every turn.

In a world threatened by the imminent death of its sun, young Yama lives a relatively happy and peaceful life as the daughter of the chief of the village. But everything changes the day a sword of glass falls from the sky, just as the prophecy had announced.

In 1848, Cord Bennett, leaving his family behind to stake his claim in California, arrives in the gold-rich canyon of Rio Oro, controlled by deadly and ruthless criminals, where he discovers in a land of opportunity, not all that glitters is gold.

Hadrian Marlowe, a man revered as a hero and despised as a murderer, chronicles his tale in the galaxy-spanning debut of the Sun Eater series, merging the best of space opera and epic fantasy.It was not his war.The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They remember him as a monster: the devil who destroyed a sun, casually annihilating four billion human liveseven the Emperor himselfagainst Imperial orders.But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier.On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe starts down a path that can only end in fire. He flees his father and a future as a torturer only to be left stranded on a strange, backwater world.Forced to fight as a gladiator and navigate the intrigues of a foreign planetary court, Hadrian must fight a war he did not start, for an Empire he does not love, against an enemy he will never understand.

Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes.So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched the trickster god sow chaos. But . . . what if Loki saved Asgard from Tony Stark’s revenge? Thor—Son of Odin, God of Thunder, Wielder of Mjolnir—is dead. And Loki is responsible.  It was meant to be only a joke—tampering with the Destroyer, changing Thor’s course to Midgard—a bit of mischief with a chance of maiming. But Loki’s harmless prank spiraled out of control, unleashing death and destruction on New York City and the heroes sworn to protect it. The city was saved, at the cost of Thor’s life.  Furious and heartbroken, the All-Father banishes Loki to Earth for his crime. Loki finds himself in a realm of boxed wine, instant noodles, and some sort of regional performance troupe known as the “Buffalo Bills.” It’s a meager existence, far from Asgard’s grand courts, but he finds his new friend, Brian the Gecko, a much more engaging companion than the sycophants back home. It’s a true meeting of the minds.  Loki is the God of Mischief—but he knows, deep down, that he never truly deserved to stand next to their father’s golden child, Thor, as two true sons of Odin. Yet he cannot endure his exile in peaceful isolation. A Valkyrie—Hel-bent on carrying out her oath to Thor—barges into Loki’s trailer home with his brother’s final words from the beyond: a plea to find a certain Dr. Jane Foster and pass the hammer Mjolnir on to its rightful heir. While Loki struggles to fulfil his brother’s last request, the far-reaching consequences of his fatal prank return to haunt him. Blinded by grief over those he lost in the chaos wrought by Asgard, Iron Man vows revenge on those who consider themselves gods. Determined to protect Earth from the might of this unpredictable alien power, Stark forges Asgard’s own weaponry into a lethal suit of armor, set on eradicating any tether between their worlds—consequences be damned. When Asgard looks to Loki for salvation, he must answer the question: Am I truly worthy?

"A novel set in French Polynesia and New York City about three characters--a fifteen-year-old girl toggling between her mother, a marine biologist studying coral reefs on an island off the coast of Tahiti, and her father, a surgeon in Manhattan--who undergo massive transformation over the course of a single year"--

"It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, all of whom are safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. They receive weekly dispatches from The Preshutian, their school newspaper, informing them of older classmates killed or wounded in action. Their heroic deaths only make the war more exciting. Gaunt, half-German, is busy fighting his own private battle- an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the gorgeous, rich, charming Ellwood-not having a clue that Ellwood is pining for him in return. Meanwhile, Gaunt's German mother and twin sister ask him to enlist as an officer in the British army to protect the family from the anti-German attacks they're already facing. Gaunt signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. The front is horrific, of course, and though Gaunt tries to dissuade Ellwood from joining him on the battlefield, Ellwood soon rushes to join him, fueled by his education in Greek heroics and romantic wartime poetry. Before long, most of their classmates have followed suit. Once in the trenches, the boys become intimately acquainted with the harsh realities of war. Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one other, but their friends are all dying, often in front of them, and no one knows when they'll be next"--

Set before and during the Great War, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experience of the war itself.

An explosive new, dystopian romantasy YA, perfect for fans of TheHunger Games, The Atlas Six and Leigh Bardugo, based on where Jaygrew-up, focussed on themes of poverty, class divide and addiction.

I foråret 1945 får Annas familie i Sverige besøg af en dansk frihedskæmper på flugt. Anna tager en chance og rejser med ham til det besatte Danmark. Missionen er langt fra ufarlig, og hun havde ikke i sin vildeste fantasi forestillet sig, at den kunne ændre hendes liv. Thomas er soldat i den tyske hær, og efter at have været indlagt på lazaret, må han besøge sin familie i Dresden i 24 timer. Skæbnen vil, at Dresden bombes samme dag. Både Thomas´ mor og hans kæreste forsvinder, og kort tid efter er han på flugt gennem det krigshærgede Tyskland med sin 12-årige søster. Målet er deres danske gren af familien i Haderslev. Her møder Thomas Anna, og hun er med til at redde hans liv. Selvom alt tyder på, at krigen snart er slut, er Thomas stadig i fare. Spørgsmålet er, om Anna kan redde hans liv én gang til? ”Mod daggry” er første bind i Pernille Juhls nye trilogi, ”En tid, et sted” – en serie, der handler om hvordan mennesker helt tilfældigt kommer ud for begivenheder, som ændrer deres liv fundamentalt. Pernille Juhl (f. 1963) er forfatter og foredragsholder. Hun modtog i 2019 Sprog -og Kulturprisen for sin evne til at beskrive sønderjyske skæbner på en levende måde. Hun har vundet Mofibos pris for bedste lydbog i kategorien Romance to år i træk. I 2021 for Dagmar & Johannes; og i 2022 for ’Sara & August’.

White Swan and her sister Quite Pheasant had anticipated this day for two autumns. Now the two were anticipating the naming of their children. It was the naming day.This was a day of celebration by the entire clan. It was the custom to wait two seasons before naming a child. The belief was that if the child did not survive then it would go into the next life free of any burden of this world.During this time, the child was under observation. Mannerisms were noted and would be added to the name.Each child chose their name by the object they chose from the naming hide.Their two boys had been born on the same day.They would each select an object from the edge of the naming hide that would determine their name.So far neither one of their sons had demonstrated any behavior that would add an extra identifier to their name.A large white swan had arrived early in the morning. White Swan looked across the lake where it swam gracefully in a gracious and relax manner. This was her totem and she took it as a sign that something special would happen.White Swan was aware of an eagle that circled silently overhead during the entire naming ceremony.Quiet Pheasant's son selected the feather of a Golden Hawk. This was a powerful symbol and would mean that he would have the name Golden Hawk.White Swan's son was the last child to select his name symbol. He was the youngest of all the children selecting names.White Swan watched as he went immediately and picked up the claw of an eagle. He turned and held his selection high above his head. The eagle let out a loud cry and descended like a spear on its way to the heart. The target continued to hold the claw above his head.In panic White Swan rushed to protect her son, but the eagle got to its target first and carried off its prize.With tears in her eyes White Swan hugged her untouched son. He was all smiles.Her totem and the totem of her son, the eagle flew gracefully out of the valley.Her son had chosen the eagle and the eagle had chosen her son.White swan held up her son and declared his name as Taelo, the claw of the eagle.He and his cousin Golden Hawk would have many adventures as they grew. They would be change agents for the Elk clan.

Ella logró escapar de los nazis, pero su familia no.Volverá al infierno para ponerlos a salvo Hanna Majewski y su hermana menor, Stefa, no pueden ser más diferentes: mientras que Hanna deja Polonia para vivir libre de las ataduras que su religión le impone, Stefa es una adolescente modelo, obediente y comprometida con las tradiciones judías. Sin embargo, ambas están seguras de que el amor que sienten la una por la otra es incondicional y, por eso, cuando la Segunda Guerra Mundial estalla y los nazis comienzan a sacar de sus hogares a miles de judíos para encerrarlos en el gueto de Varsovia, Hanna decide regresar a su patria para salvar a su familia, sin importarle que esto pueda costarle la vida.Adiestrada como espía por la Dirección de Operaciones Especiales de Inglaterra, Hanna se logra infiltrar en el gueto de Varsovia. Ahí, junto a Stefa y Janka, una vecina que vive en la zona aria de la ciudad, Hanna forma Las chicas del gueto, un grupo que se organiza para salvar la vida de sus seres queridos y la de tantos judíos como sea posible.Vuelve V. S. Alexander, autor de La catadora de Hitler, con una desgarradora historia basada en testimonios reales como el de Emanuel Ringelblum, intelectual judío que escapó del gueto de Varsovia y documentó el valor de mujeres como las hermanas Majewski y sus compañeras. Una historia conmovedora y llena de heroísmo. "Los fans de Alena Dillon, Lucinda Riley y del trabajo previo de V.A. Alexander apreciarán la precisión histórica que impregna cada página de esta conmovedora y compasiva novela." --Booklist ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONShe escaped the Nazis, but her family did not. She will return to hell to save themHanna Majewski and her younger sister, Stefa, couldn't be more different: while Hanna leaves Poland to live free from the constraints of her religion, Stefa is a model teenager, obedient and committed to Jewish traditions. However, both are certain that the love they feel for each other is unconditional. So, when World War II breaks out and the Nazis begin to drag thousands of Jews from their homes to confine them in the Warsaw Ghetto, Hanna decides to return to her homeland to save her family, regardless of the cost to her own life.Trained as a spy by England's Special Operations Executive, Hanna infiltrates the Warsaw Ghetto. There, alongside Stefa and Janka, a neighbor living in the Aryan part of the city, Hanna forms The Ghetto Girls, a group organized to save the lives of their loved ones and as many Jews as possible.V.S. Alexander, author of The Taster, returns with a heartbreaking story based on real testimonies like that of Emanuel Ringelblum, a Jewish intellectual who escaped the Warsaw Ghetto and documented the bravery of women like the Majewski sisters and their companions. A moving and heroic tale. "Fans of Alena Dillon, Lucinda Riley, and Alexander's previous work will appreciate the historical accuracy saturating every page of this moving, compassionate novel." --Booklist

A bumper collection of new tales of revitalised characters from the classic British comic, Battle Action. Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) returns and brings along new writers and artists to bring new life to fan-favourites such as Major Eazy, Johnny Red, and Hellman, drawn by a host of all-star artists from Chris Brunham (Batman, Doom Patrol) to John Higgins (Watchmen).

Antiwar activist Alefret, locked up in a secret prison and tortured, is offered a chance of freedom, ordered into one of the enemy’s flying cities to provoke his fellow pacifists into rising against their rulers. He should refuse to serve the warmongers, but what if he could end this pointless war once and for all?

The 1972 Easter Offensive was a four-prong attack into South Vietnam. An Loc astride Highway 13 from Cambodia to Saigon was a strategic target from the North Vietnamese Army.A handful of US Army Advisors were determined to deny this prize to the North Vietnamese Army that came at them in the form of three divisions. Rallying the South Vietnamese defenders, they would curtail all attempts to seize this strategically important town.The Battle of An Loc presents the actions of the battle in the sequence they occurred and credits those that fought there. The conversations are what would have been said under the circumstances.Air power provided by the US Air Force from 0-2 Forward Air Controller aircraft to B-52 bombers were the pivotal tool of the US to influence the battle. Advisors worked closely with the Forward Air Controllers, and attack helicopters to blunt the attacks while UH-1H aircraft provided the resupply, troop life and medivac so desperately needed. At times the situation was so critical that OH-6 scout helicopters were called upon to execute medivac missions.This is the story of determination, courage, and loyalty on the part of many, some out of professionalism, some out of necessity, to overcome a determined foe. Know the men that turned the tide of war, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.Read today.

The new, magical dungeon-adventure fantasy series from the author of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Seeking to fulfill a promise to a childhood friend, Will Serfort enters Regarden Magical Academy with the goal of making it to the top of the magical world. There's just one problem: he can't use magic! Will his sword skills be the key to unlocking his true potential? THE MAGEBLADE Regarden is left reeling after a host of monsters crashes the Terminalia festival. With the Magia Vander having exhausted all their magic repairing the Great Barrier, Will and the remaining mages are the Tower's last line of defense. Yet this enemy may be too much even for Will...unless the Icemaiden can give him the edge he needs.

This edition collects the entire four volume collection of The Metabaron in one book for the first time.

This re-release of fan-favorite adaptation of Robert Silverberg's Downward to the Earth is accompanied by the highly-anticipated Children of Belzagor, the original and never before released sequel.

"When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to save the community's beloved library in this novel based on true events from the author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir"--

"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected family strife, she's more in need of support than ever. Sofie Baumann, a Jewish refugee without any family to lean on, finds comfort and friendship in Bethnal Green's quickly growing literary community and escapes to the library every chance she gets. But her asylum in London is tied to a domestic work visa issued by an unscrupulous employer, leaving her vulnerable and uncertain where to turn when her work environment becomes unbearable. So when a slew of bombs damage the library, Juliet can't bear to give up on her safe haven of books and relocates the stacks into an Underground station where the city's residents shelter nightly, determined to keep lending out stories that will keep spirits up. But tragedy after tragedy strikes, threatening to unmoor the women and sever the ties of their community. Will Juliet, Kate, and Sofie be able to overcome their own troubles to save the library? Or will the beating heart of their neighborhood be lost forever?"--

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive work of speculative fiction set twenty years further in the future, at a moment when a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence combines with America’s violent partisan divide to create an existential threat to the country, and the worldIt is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that’s held power for over a decade. Efforts to cement its grip have resulted in mounting violent resistance. The American president has control of the media, but he is beginning to lose control of the streets. Many fear he’ll stop at nothing to remain in the White House. Suddenly, he collapses in the middle of an address to the nation. After an initial flurry of misinformation, the administration reluctantly announces his death. A cover-up ensues, conspiracy theories abound, and the country descends into a new type of civil war.A handful of elite actors from the worlds of computer science, intelligence, and business have a fairly good idea what happened. All signs point to a profound breakthrough in AI, of which the remote assassination of an American president is hardly the most game-changing ramification. The trail leads to an outpost in the Amazon rainforest, the last known whereabouts of the tech visionary who predicted this breakthrough. As some of the world’s great powers, old and new, state and nonstate alike, struggle to outmaneuver one another in this new Great Game of scientific discovery, the outcome becomes entangled with the fate of American democracy.Combining a deep understanding of AI, biotech, and the possibility of a coming Singularity, along with their signature geopolitical sophistication, Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis have once again written a visionary work. 2054 is a novel that reads like a thriller even as it demands that we consider the trajectory of our society and its potentially calamitous destination.

"The Black Land is spent myth. Centuries have passed since the Great Enemy was slain. Yet old fears linger, and on the longest night of the year, every village still lights a ritual fire to banish the dark. That is Solveig's duty. Favored by the gods with powerful magic, Sol calls forth flame to keep her home safe. But when her brother accidentally kills a northern lord's son, she is sent away as weregild--part hostage, part guest--for a year and a day. The further north Sol travels, the clearer it becomes the Black Land is no myth. The forests teem with foul beasts. Her travel companions are not what they seem, and their plans for her and her magic are shrouded in secrecy. With only her loyal shieldmaiden and her own wits to reply upon, Sol must master power beyond her imagination to wrest control of her fate. For the Black Land's army stirs, ready to cover the world in darkness--unless Sol can find the courage to stop it"--