Guards of Haven

      Simon R. Green
     Guards of Haven

Three novels.Two heroes.One volume.Here, collected for the first time in a single volume, are three complete Hawk & Fisher novels: Wolf in the Fold, Guard Against Dishonor,and The Bones of Haven...In the dark city of Haven, where everything's for sale, two city-guard cops cannot be bought: Hawk & Fisher. They're a husband-and-wife team with fast blades and even faster mouths, who dare to cleanse Haven's corrupted soul. Together they are the perfect crimebusters with a touch of magic.Praise for Simon R. Green's Adventures of Hawk & Fisher:"Good fun."--Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine"Intrigue and magic....an interesting and well-conceived blend." --Science Fiction Chronicle

Read online

  • 268

    The Last Starfighter

      Alan Dean Foster
     The Last Starfighter

He’s got one extraordinary chance at the dream of a lifetime. Alex Rogan is a small-town teenager with big-time dreams. He’s just like everyone else, except Alex has a very special talent . . . Tonight, a mysterious stranger will call on Alex. He comes from a galaxy that’s under attack by a alien force. And Alex’s unique ability is their last hope.

Read online

  • 268

    Angel's Halo: Entangled

      Terri Anne Browning
     Angel's Halo: Entangled

He was the MC’s enforcer. The man to dole out punishments within the club. Men feared him, and so the peace was kept. For the most part. But Spider isn’t at peace with himself. There is only one thing in life he wants, and she just stormed back into his life…Willa The moment I saw him, I belonged to Spider Masterson. Now, four years later, I still can’t help but want to belong to him. Even after all the pain he has put me through, I couldn’t keep my distance. Spider There have been two females in my life that have ever made me feel anything. One was my best friend. The other owned my soul. She’d tattooed her name on my heart the second she had smiled at me for the first time. But the past stands in our way. I know I need to explain that night to her, but once I have her back in my bed, I can’t think about anything but making her mine.

Read online

  • 268

    Geek Drama

      Holly Smale
     Geek Drama

"My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek." A brand new World Book Day story from the no. 1 bestselling and award-winning GEEK GIRL series! Harriet Manners knows that the hottest observed place on earth is Furnace Creek in Death Valley. She knows that dolphins shed the top layer of their skin every two hours. And she knows just how badly auditions can go, especially when you're a model. But she has no idea how to get herself out of the extreme embarrassment of the school play or what to do when arch-nemesis Alexa decides it's the perfect opportunity to humiliate her... Can GEEK GIRL survive the bright lights of the stage? A hilarious World Book Day GEEK GIRL story by award-winning, bestselling author Holly Smale.

Read online

  • 268

    Another Spaniard in the Works

      Oscar Hijuelos
     Another Spaniard in the Works

After buying a used copy of A Spaniard in the Works on an October evening in 1980, Victor Mercado, a twenty-seven-year old clerk, had a chance encounter that would change his outlook forever: he met the book's author, John Lennon. It happened so quickly, though, that this struggling musician and Beatles fanatic didn't get to say the things he needed to say. What unfolds is a desperate search for Lennon, revealing big dreams, missed opportunities, and a quest for fulfillment. Unearthed after Oscar Hijuelos's sudden passing, and published for the first time, ANOTHER SPANIARD IN THE WORKS embodies the omnipresent themes from Hijuelos's literary canon: Cuban identity, musicianship, and self-discovery.

Read online

  • 268

    Colour Scheme

      Ngaio Marsh
     Colour Scheme

Often regarded as her most interesting book and set on New Zealand's North Island, Ngaio Marsh herself considered this to be her best-written novel.It was a horrible death -- Maurice Questing was lured into a pool of boiling mud and left there to die.Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, far from home on a wartime quest for German agents, knew that any number of people could have killed him: the English exiles he'd hated, the New Zealanders he'd despised or the Maoris he'd insulted. Even the spies he'd thwarted -- if he wasn't a spy himself...

Read online

  • 268

    Once Bitten, Twice Burned

      Cynthia Eden
     Once Bitten, Twice Burned

Blood And Lust Ryder Duncan keeps his secrets. With a twisted scientist starving him in a 10 x 12 cell, it's not easy to conceal the abilities that set him apart from other vampires, or his plans for escape. But survival—and revenge—are worth waiting for. Until the so-called doctor tempts his appetites with something special: a woman, with a soft Southern accent and a scent like flowers. Sabine. Sabine Acadia didn't volunteer to be dinner. She was kidnapped and tossed into the cage of a monster. A monster with fierce green eyes, a body that speaks of ruthless power—but a touch gentle as a caress. Ryder knows things about her, secrets Sabine needs to learn fast. Because while they might soon escape this prison, she's fighting an urge to set all her desires free...

Read online

  • 268

    Bound in Darkness

      Cynthia Eden
     Bound in Darkness

Hunter… When it comes to killing vampires, werewolf Cade Thain is the best slayer in the Northwest. So when a witch hires him to take out a pureblood vamp, the assassin thinks it will be just business as usual. One less vicious vamp on the streets…one more undead parasite gone from the earth. Then he meets her. Protector… Allison Gray isn’t the prey that Cade expects. Beautiful, innocent, she stirs a dark desire within him. Allison hasn’t transformed fully into a vampire, not yet, and it’s Cade’s job to make sure that she never does. Allison thinks that he’s at her side to keep her safe, but Cade is supposed to pick the right moment—and kill her. Lover… Killing Allison is soon the last thing that Cade plans. As she begins the transformation that will turn her into a vampire, her bloodlust and their desire merge in an explosion of need that neither can control. But Allison’s enemies are closing in, and the coming battle will take Cade and Allison beyond life, beyond love…and into a deadly darkness that waits to claim them both. Bound in Darkness.

Read online

  • 268

    Wellington

      Richard Holmes
     Wellington

In this compelling book, Richard Holmes tells the exhilarating story of the Duke of Wellington, Britain's greatest ever soldier. Seeing Wellington as a remarkable figure, Holmes follows his career from the ruins of his family seat in Ireland to the plains of India where Wellesley first gained his reputation as a brilliant commander, to the horrors of the Peninsular War and Waterloo. Combining his astute historical analysis with semi-biographical examination, Holmes artfully illustrates the rapid evolution in military and political thinking of the time.

Read online

  • 268

    Return to the Carnival of Horrors

      R. L. Stine
     Return to the Carnival of Horrors

"Reader beware—you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS! You escaped the first time. But Big Al, the evil carnival manager, wants your second visit to last forever! You've got to get out there—before midnight. If you win three midway games, you have a chance. But the games are horrifyingly hard. Like Q Quest. If you pick the wrong number, the penalty will really blow you away! Maybe you should look for a way out on the rides. But watch out for the Roller Ghoster. It's a steer-yourself roller coaster—filled with ghosts! The choice is yours in this scary GOOSEBUMPS adventure that's packed with over 20 super-spooky endings!"

Read online

  • 268

    Hallow Point

      Ari Marmell
     Hallow Point

The Spear of Lugh, one of the four Kingly Hallows of Ireland is in Chicago. And everyone, everyone wants it, for it is said that he who carries the spear into battle cannot be defeated. Among those who seek it are an agent of the infamous Wild Hunt; a mobster who knows far more about these things than he should; and of course both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts – the last people PI Mick Oberon would want getting hold of the spear...**

Read online

  • 268