But as Alix's past catches up to her, and Devyn's old enemies turn lethal, they have to fight together…or fall alone, in Born of Ice, the third bestselling League novel from Sherrilyn Kenyon. Signing on to work for Devyn as a System's Engineer, she finds a cause she can fight for-and a man she can respect. May the gods have mercy on any who get in his way, because he definitely won't.Alix Garran is a woman on the run from a past she can't escape. Refusing to play those politics, he became a Runner-someone who makes sure planets get the weapons, medicine and supplies they need to survive. Devyn Kell spent his life in service to the League until he learned of the double dealing and backstabbing that was costing innocent people their lives. Welcome back to the future…and meet hell's new breed of heroes. Welcome to a world where corrupt assassination politics dominate everyone. In the Ichidian Universe where The League is law, most live in fear.
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The mystery of Fawcett’s last expedition, which also claimed the life of his 21-year-old son Jack, has proved to be an irresistible obsession. Taking the Amazon as his specialty, Fawcett led a number of grueling expeditions before disappearing into the jungle in 1925, when he was 57. No wonder Brad Pitt snapped up the movie rights before The Lost City of Z was even published.įawcett was last in the line of heroic explorers that included Henry Stanley, Richard Burton and Ernest Shackleton - men who left Europe in search of adventure and science in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The story has everything to fire the imagination: Romance, nostalgia, bravery, monomania, hardship, adventure, science, tragedy, mystery. That’s when David Grann’s article about explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest to find the mythic city of El Dorado in the Amazon appeared in The New Yorker. I’ve been waiting for this book since 2005. 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Roommate by Sarina Bowen is a gay romance novel about an out and down on his luck baker and a closeted farmboy who is not only questioning his sexuality but also his identity within his family structure. It’s no wonder my new landlord is so wary of me. I should probably add: Gay AF, and has no filter. I’m tidy, have no pets, and I will feed you homemade bread. Wanted: One roommate to share a 3-bedroom house, split the rent, and ideally not be the guy I can’t stop thinking about. Sherlock Holmes' arch enemy, the criminal genius Professor Moriarty, is back! But the solution to the riddle, found after many surprising twists and high dramas, lies far away, half across the world in a location known as 'The Valley of Fear'. It was clear that it had been fired at close range, and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces”. “Lying across his chest was a most curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawn off in front of the triggers. The Valley of Fear is a dark, powerful tale, which provides the great detective with a most perplexing case and opens with a vile murder: Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair. James Mortimer to protect Sir Henry Baskerville, the American heir of the Baskerville fortune. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are recruited by Dr. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. The Hound of the Baskervilles: The Hound of the Baskervilles was written by the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who also wrote A Study in Scarlet, The Valley of Fear, and The Sign of the Four. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. |