A blend of historical detail, fast-paced action, scientific discovery, and the thrill of exploration that informs as well as entertains. The breathtaking ending in the high Arctic is as chilling as a polar breeze.
Keely and Jack are oil and water. Each despises the other. But he would kill to get this commission, and if Keely agrees to “marry” him, he’ll do her renovation.
It seems idyllic, a thriving dog-training school, a challenging volunteer job, but it all came at a price for Fiona Bristow. All you have to do is survive a nightmare.
That wily barbarian Vigholf the Abhorrent better stay out of my way, for I am Rhona the Fearless, doing what I do best – destroying the enemies of my kind.
Karvanak–the demon general who stole the third Spirit Seal–is back. And this time, he’s out for blood after he kidnaps Chase, Delilah’s love.
An epitaph, a legend, an elegy, commemorative words, an inscription, famous last words…hmmm…the possibilities… This was a stretch for me. Oh, not in that I haven’t read some really great last lines in some of the books I’ve read. But it’s not a detail I’ve tracked. Nor is it something that’s easy to go hunting for. Not without staying real. So, for the most part, the “last lines” are from what I’ve read in the past week. #1 – …a woman who values truth over treasure. A somewhat obscure explanation by [?] about his mother’s character. From Yasmine Galenorn’s Courting Darkness. #2 – Maybe it is simply that my world has grown much, much larger. I loved this expression [by which character] in David Weber and Jane Lindskold’s Fireseason. #3 – …someone had to make the hard decisions, had to do the dirty work, had to be the bad guy… It’s close enough [14 pages from the end] for me that I consider this the last words in this particular book. And they’re true. Someone does have to make decisions that are unpopular. The key is that those choices are made in the best interests of people as a whole […]
C.S. Lakin has a guest poster, author and promoter Nick Thacker, talking about his marketing plans for his books in “A Secret Method for Selling a Lot of Books”. He has some good ideas which I thought y’all might want to note.
No one tells Reacher where he can and cannot go. Nor does anyone get between Reacher and his conscience. Something has to give, and Reacher never gives an inch.
The town of Lansquenet, to which Vianne Rocher had sworn never to return, welcomes her with Father Francis desperate for her help and the Muslim community in an uproar.
Archangel Neha is raging, for her consort lies murdered, and Jason must find the murderer with the Princess Mahiya’s help, a woman who trusts no one. Least of all an enemy spymaster.