Bøger af Jd Smith

My name is Zabdas: a brother, protector, soldier and sacrifice. I am a defender of Syria. I shall tell you the story of my beloved Zenobia: fearless woman, determined wife, Warrior Queen of Palmyra ... Seventy-thousand Roman soldiers have marched to Syria in a bid to scourge the land of Persian invaders. But Emperor Valerian fails to win the war raging on the eastern frontier, and both Syrian and Roman forces are pushed back behind the walls of Antioch, their protection and their prison. Crushed between two warring empires, Zenobia and Zabdas are ordered on another mission, deep into enemy ranks, to deliver terms to the King of the Persians, and pray they will not be flayed alive. But all is not what is seems. More than one person is intent on betrayal ...

My name is Zabdas: once a slave; now a warrior, grandfather and servant. I call Syria home. I shall tell you the story of my Zenobia: Warrior Queen of Palmyra, Protector of the East, Conqueror of Desert Lands ...The Roman Empire is close to collapse. Odenathus of Palmyra holds the Syrian frontier and its vital trade routes against Persian invasion. A client king in a forgotten land, starved of reinforcements, Odenathus calls upon an old friend, Julius, to face an older enemy: the Tanukh.Julius believes Syria should break free of Rome and declare independence. But his daughter's beliefs are stronger still. Zenobia is determined to realise her father's dream.And turn traitor to Rome ...

Another volume of prize-winning short stories from the Words with Jam 2013 BIGGER Short Story Competition. Judged by David Haviland (fiction agent for the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency), Polly Courtney (author of Feral Youth) and Susan Jane Gilman (author of The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street), this second collection displays the talents of another up-and-coming group of new writers. A heady mixture of stories, from romance to spine-chilling tension and from the virtual world to the extreme worlds of the self-deluded, these stories will take you to places you've never been before. Longer stories are mixed with pieces of flash fiction. How long is a story? As long as it takes to tell it. This second volume of competition-winning stories proves the maxim once again.Stories and contributors include: Advertisement by James Collett; Guests by Alison Wassell; A Lonesome Snow Leopard by David McGrath; The Clock by James Harding; Apprentice Pillar by Ralph Jackman; Recycled by Marie Gethins; Drop-Dead Gorgeous by Helen Laycock; The Road to Repair by Gail Jack; Street Kids Don't Have Birthdays by Gill Sainsbury; Sackcloth and Ashes by Justin N Davies; Beneath the Arches by Lindsay Bamfield; Biological by KM Elkes; Is There Anything You'd Like to Say to the Person Who Donated this Food Parcel? by James Collett; The Baron's Elixir by Mahsuda Snaith; Let Me Pay by Bren Gosling; Symbiosis by Mark Wilkinson; 99 Red Balloons by Barbara Leahy; Cockles by A.M. Hall; Mustard Heart by L.A. Craig; Tell Me a Secret by Alison Wassell; Your Account is in Arrears; Take Action Now by Justin N Davies; A Pointed Question by Brindley Hallam Dennis; Trumpet Dreams by Hilary McGrath; Little Legs by Julia Anderson