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Diablo: Diablo, Defiant, And Wanted (Romance Ser.)
by Patricia PotterThe most wanted desperado in Texas and the young woman he must betray to save his own life are unlikely lovers in this passionate, fast-paced historical romance by award-winning author Patricia Potter His enemies call him Diablo, but once he was a captain in the Confederate army. Kane O&’Brien is now a condemned convict facing death. His only hope of survival is to become a spy for the Yankees, who need him to infiltrate and destroy a notorious outlaw hideout. But in the Sanctuary, he meets a spirited beauty who makes him think twice about his mission. Nicky Thompson wants only to escape the Sanctuary, the place that was once a haven for her and her brother, and never look back—until the deadly outlaw Diablo seeks refuge there. The sensual, scarred stranger awakens powerful yearnings in her that threaten her independent spirit. As desire ignites into a dangerous passion, Nicky begins a perilous journey during which she must entrust her life to an irresistible man whose terrible secret may doom them both.
Deerskin
by Robin McKinleyFrom the Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown: the story of a princess who flees her father&’s unwanted attention and finds an unexpected new life. Princess Lissla Lissar is the only child of the king and his queen, who was the most beautiful woman in seven kingdoms. Everyone loved the splendid king and his matchless queen so much that no one had any attention to spare for the princess, who grew up in seclusion, listening to the tales her nursemaid told about her magnificent parents. But the queen takes ill of a mysterious wasting disease and on her deathbed extracts a strange promise from her husband: &“I want you to promise me . . . you will only marry someone as beautiful as I was.&” The king is crazy with grief at her loss, and slow to regain both his wits and his strength. But on Lissar&’s seventeenth birthday, two years after the queen&’s death, there is a grand ball, and everyone present looks at the princess in astonishment and whispers to their neighbors, How like her mother she is! On the day after the ball, the king announces that he is to marry again—and that his bride is the princess Lissla Lissar, his own daughter. Lissar, physically broken, half mad, and terrified, flees her father&’s lust with her one loyal friend, her sighthound, Ash. It is the beginning of winter as they journey into the mountains—and on the night when it begins to snow, they find a tiny, deserted cabin with the makings of a fire ready-laid in the hearth. Thus begins Lissar&’s long, profound, and demanding journey away from treachery and pain and horror, to trust and love and healing.
New Orleans Knockout (The Executioner #20)
by Don PendletonIn the home of Mardi Gras, the Executioner comes to crash the mob&’s party Mack Bolan learned to kill in Vietnam in a hellish, impenetrable jungle that he never knew could exist in the United States—until he came to the bayous of Louisiana. He spends a week in the swamp outside New Orleans learning the turf and waiting for the Mafia to pass by. When it does, it&’s in force, with more than a dozen trained gunmen protecting an armored car carrying $300,000 in dirty money. But their guns are no match for Mack Bolan. New Orleans is where the Mafia made its American debut—and now it&’s where the mob is going to die. New Orleans Knockout is the 20th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Dixie Convoy (The Executioner #27)
by Don PendletonIn the heart of the Deep South, the Executioner starts a new Civil War In a grassy field in North Georgia, Mack Bolan pays tribute to the men who died at Chickamauga. For more than a century, the battlefields of the Civil War have been peaceful memorials, but on a lonely stretch of highway outside Atlanta, the one-man army known as the Executioner is about to open a new battle. His target is the Mafia, which has long used the Georgia highways to smuggle cigarettes, whiskey, and stolen electronics. Lately, something far more sinister has been creeping up from the South: heroin, by the truckload. Bolan is here to cut the connection. To protect the innocent truckers hauling the Mafia goods, Bolan lets them drop their cargo before he destroys it. When the white powder fails to arrive at its destination, the mob comes after Bolan, and the highways of the South become a battleground. Dixie Convoy is the 27th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Come the Morning (Graham Clan #1)
by Heather GrahamThe New York Times–bestselling author begins the Graham Clan series with &“a swashbuckling tale of warring factions in 12th-century Scotland&” (Publishers Weekly). During a bloody borderland skirmish, thirteen-year-old Waryk de Graham wields his slain father&’s sword and vanquishes the Norman enemy. Ten years later, with King Henry I dead and the English succession in chaos, Waryk, the newly knighted Laird Lion, is once again fighting for his Scottish homeland—this time against Normans and Vikings alike. But it is for the heart of one extraordinary woman that the great warrior will wage his fiercest battle. The daughter of a Gaelic noblewoman and a Viking warlord, proud, independent Lady Mellyora MacAdin of Blue Isle is a formidable swordswoman who yields to no man. When Scotland&’s King David decrees that she marry the war-scarred knight Waryk in order to keep the Viking island secure for his kingdom, she defiantly rebels.Come the Morning is the first novel in Heather Graham&’s medieval Scottish series that introduces the Graham clan, Gaelic-speaking Lowlanders who fight with their Highland brethren for the country they love.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham, including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.Come the Morning is the 1st book in the Graham Clan series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Between Roc and a Hard Place
by Heather GrahamTwo almost-exes battle sharks, saboteurs, and treacherous desire when they become caught up in a dangerous search for a legendary shipwreck Salvage diver Roc Trellyn has just hauled up the biggest catch of his career. But the creature in his net isn&’t a prize fish—or a mermaid. It&’s Melinda Davenport, his ex-wife. Except they&’re still married—just a little glitch they both seem to have overlooked. What is she doing on the high seas? Has she come to spy and make sure she gets her cut of the bounty? It&’s been three years since Melinda last laid eyes on Roc. She thought they were divorced. Her mistake. A bigger blunder would be to let the gorgeous hunk seduce her again. After Roc walked out, she swore she&’d hate him forever. Now she&’s his prisoner aboard the Crystal Lee, assailed by treacherous memories of sensual nights in his arms on the open seas. And now the hunt is on for a legendary Spanish ship that went down somewhere between the Florida Keys and the Bahamas . . . until passion reignites, giving Melinda and Roc a second shot at a love that just might be the true treasure. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham, including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.
The Ocean: A Novel
by James HanleyFive shipwrecked passengers fight panic, thirst, and the sea itself One minute, sailor Joseph Curtain is in his bunk. The next, he is submerged in the ocean. A German torpedo has struck the Aurora, and she is sinking fast. Curtain makes his way to a lifeboat and guides the survivors aboard. There are only six of them, and when the submarine&’s machine gun rakes the side of their boat, the number dwindles to five. Alongside Curtain are three men of various character and an elderly chaplain who is too sick to speak. Hope is slim, but Curtain will do what he must to survive. He organizes the party into watches, rationing their food and enforcing strict discipline. But as their time in the boat stretches on, Curtain realizes that this tiny craft and its flagging crew are hardly a match for the power of the ocean.
The Bostonians: A Novel, Volume 2 (Mobi Classics Ser.)
by Henry JamesHenry James&’s tragicomic masterpiece pits a headstrong Mississippi lawyer against his feminist cousin in a no-holds-barred fight for the heart of an impressionable young suffragette When Basil Ransom, a headstrong Mississippi lawyer, comes to Boston to call on his wealthy activist cousin, Olive, an epic battle of wills ensues. Basil is a conservative of the most ardent type while Cousin Olive is steadfast in her radicalism. Perhaps for a laugh, perhaps for a story to tell his lawyer friends back in Mississippi, Basil accompanies Olive to a women&’s emancipation rally, whereupon he falls irrevocably in love with a young suffragette, Miss Verena Tarrant, and sets about trying to rewrite her beliefs. The problem is that Olive has been grooming Miss Tarrant as her protégé. Will Basil reform the lovely young activist orator, or will Olive win the young woman&’s heart and mind? Often proclaimed James&’s funniest novel and regarded as his most successful political work, The Bostonians deals with love and friendship in the awkward landscape of shifting social roles, feminism in post–Civil War America, and a woman&’s place in this brave new world. Funny, astute, and merciless, The Bostonians is one of James&’s most successful portrayals of a world teetering between old values and the relentless march of social progress. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Nine Buck's Row
by Jennifer WildeNew York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Wilde&’s spine-tingling classic Gothic romance based on the facts and legends of Jack the Ripper Panic has Victorian-era London in a death grip. Young women are being murdered in the East End, and Scotland Yard isn&’t getting any closer to finding the serial killer. Now eighteen-year-old Susannah Hunt&’s aunt has been found savagely slain, leaving her all alone in the world—until Nicholas Craig becomes her legal guardian. But even under the protection of the handsome, unusually secretive Craig, Susannah may not be safe. Her new home at Nine Buck&’s Row harbors mysteries of its own. What is she to make of the upstairs boarder, itinerant painter Daniel Lord, who professes desire for her yet conceals himself in the shadows? As Susannah&’s attraction to the enigmatic Nicholas increases, she is thrust deeper into danger. Grisly murders continue to terrorize the city, and as the list of suspects grows, Susannah finds she can trust no one, not even the man she loves—for the monster they call the Ripper is still out there.
The Single Hound: A Novel
by May SartonIn May Sarton&’s debut novel, a mysterious and beloved Belgian poet finds new life when a young Englishman ventures to meet her Published under the pseudonym Jeanne Latour, Doro&’s poetry inspired a generation. Her teaching of great literature and philosophy also fired up the imaginations of her young pupils. Throughout her adult life, Doro&’s most important relationships have been those with Claire and Annette, fellow teachers who have nicknamed themselves the Little Owls and with whom she shares a close-knit friendship. Despite her full life, Doro can&’t help but feel that her first sixty-three years have been but a prelude to something yet to come.The heartbreak of young poet Mark Taylor has stifled his art and well-being. In love with an older, unavailable married woman, Mark goes in search of Jean Latour, whose poetry, he believes, could be his salvation. But Mark knows nothing of the enigmatic writer&’s true identity, and it is in their unexpected meeting that both poets begin to find a renewed and transformative sense of self.This ebook features an extended biography of May Sarton.
Schismatrix Plus
by Bruce SterlingThe Nebula-nominated novel of &“abrave new world of nearly constant future shock&”—plus all the short fiction of the Shaper/Mechanist universe (The Washington Post). Acclaimed science fiction luminary and a godfather of the genre&’s remarkable offspring—cyberpunk—Bruce Sterling carries readers to a far-future universe where stunning achievements in human development have been tainted by a virulent outbreak of prejudice and hatred. Many thousands of years in the future, the human race has split into two incompatible factions. The aristocratic Mechanists believe that humans can only achieve their greatest potential through technology and enhancing their bodies with powerful prosthetics. The rebel Shapers view these &“improvements&” as abominations, and their faith in genetic enhancements over mechanical ones has led to violent, even murderous, clashes between the two sects. One man is caught in the middle. The child of Mechanists, Abelard Lindsay is a former Shaper diplomat who was betrayed and cast out of the fold. Scrupulously trained in the fine art of treachery and deceit, he travels freely between the warring camps during his never-ending exile, embracing piracy and revolution all along the way. But while saving his own skin is Lindsay&’s main motivation, a greater destiny awaits him, one that could offer a bold new hope for a tragically sundered humankind. A breathtaking flight of unparalleled imagination, Bruce Sterling&’s Schismatrix Plus also includes every subsequent excursion into the Mechanist and Shaper universe, complementing his acclaimed novel with the complete collection of mind-boggling Schismatrix short fiction. The result is is a total immersion into the Mechanist/Shaper universe from the Hugo, Campbell, and Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author called &“a writer of excellent fineness&” by Harlan Ellison and &“one of the very best&” by Publishers Weekly.
Starcatcher: Starcatcher, Starfinder, And Star Keeper (The Scottish Star Series #1)
by Patricia PotterSet on the eve of the Scottish Restoration, this first book in award-winning author Patricia Potter&’s Scottish Star Series is a heart-stirring tale of star-crossed love The clans of cherished childhood friends Patrick Sutherland and Marsali Gunn have decreed that the two will wed. Before he goes off to Ireland to fight Cromwell&’s armies, Patrick promises he will return in ten years to claim his bride. When Marsali begs him to leave something behind, Patrick chooses a star in the sky. Marsali promises to look for it every night. But when Patrick finally comes home, he is an outlaw in Scotland. A bitter blood feud has turned the two families into vengeful enemies, and now Marsali is to wed the cruel chieftain of a powerful clan. She didn&’t reckon on Patrick staying true to his vow to honor their betrothal at all costs. As they finally give in to their long-denied passion, the Highlands erupt into a savage clan war. Now Marsali must choose between loyalty to her family and a love that demands the ultimate surrender.Starcatcher is the 1st book in the Scottish Star Series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Her Heart's Captain
by Elizabeth MansfieldAppearances can be deceiving in award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield&’s seductive Regency tale about a woman who loses her heart to the one man she has sworn never to love When Jenny Garvin arrives at the Portsmouth pier to see her adored brother sail off on one of His Majesty&’s ships, she catches the eye of a tall, well-dressed stranger, who rescues her from a thief. But Captain Tristram Allenby is not what he seems. According to her brother, he is an icy-cold, monstrous tyrant who must be avoided at all costs. Tris Allenby only has eyes for the spirited beauty who has haunted his dreams for the past six months. Now the most sought-after bachelor in London wants the one woman who will have nothing to do with him. The battle lines have been drawn—but there are always two winners in the intriguing game of love.
Rebecca: Rebecca (The Foxbridge Legacy #2)
by Jo Ann FergusonThe British soldier whose life was saved by a young woman during the American Revolution returns to claim her as his bride in the second seductive novel in Jo Ann Ferguson&’s captivating Foxbridge Legacy series About to exchange vows with her fiancé, Rebecca North is stunned when a towering, raven-haired stranger interrupts the ceremony. Five years earlier, at the height of the American Revolution, fourteen-year-old Rebecca rushed to the aid of a wounded English soldier she discovered hiding out in her barn. Although he was an enemy of the Patriots, she saved his life. When he begged her to fulfill his final wish before he rode off to battle, she made a secret vow. Now he has returned to claim his bride. After swearing never to give her heart to Nicholas Wythe, Rebecca reluctantly leaves Connecticut for England. But at legendary Foxbridge Cloister, his sprawling estate on the wild north coast, the new Lady Foxbridge realizes there are those who resent the Yankee in their midst. While a vengeful enemy plots to destroy her, Rebecca makes startling discoveries about her husband. As a relationship forged in the fires of war flames into something deeper, she will risk everything—even her life—for what she never expected to find with Nicholas: a passionate, lasting love.Rebecca is the 2nd book in the Foxbridge Legacy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Forbidden Fire
by Heather GrahamA maid secretly takes her mistress&’s place in an arranged marriage—igniting unexpected passion—in New York Times– and USA Today–bestselling author Heather Graham&’s turn-of-the-century romance. On a frigid March day in Yorkshire in 1895, ten-year-old Marissa Ayers encounters a raven-haired, blue-eyed stranger for the first time. When next they meet, she has put the dust of the coal mines behind her and is now a lady&’s maid at a fine estate, determined to escape her hardscrabble life. Marissa recognizes him instantly, but has no inkling that their lives are about to come together in the most intimate way—until her mistress begs her to take her place in a marriage of convenience. Haunted by the memory of his lost love, Ian Tremayne is honor-bound by the promise he made to an old friend. His marriage to Katherine Mary Ahearn will be a union in name only. Yet something about the proud, green-eyed Englishwoman seems familiar . . . and intrigues him. He takes her home to America, where the willful beauty slowly begins to thaw his guarded heart. But will she reveal herself to him completely?This ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham, including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.
The Drowning Season: A Novel (Famous Authors Series)
by Alice HoffmanFrom the author of The Rules of Magic: A novel of a Long Island family matriarch and her namesake granddaughter who discover the power the past holds over their present. Esther the Black is eighteen years old and ready to leave the Compound, the collection of cottages on the North Shore of Long Island where she has lived all her life. But as July turns to August and her family braces for the height of Drowning Season, she realizes that she may not be able to escape her family&’s legacy. Her father will find a way through the locked sea-wall gate and try to drown himself in the harbor, her mother will be too hung over to leave her cottage for days at a time, and her grandmother will refuse to say a single kind word. Esther the White left home when she was just a girl, fleeing her abusive parents across a frozen Russian river with a pocketful of stolen jewels. Life has taught her to be cold and unyielding, but in the heat of another fraught summer at the Compound, she feels her resolve melting away. Cohen, the landscaper and chauffeur responsible for keeping her son out of the water, looks at her with a desire she finds harder and harder to resist. Her granddaughter&’s name may be an insult to tradition, but does that mean the poor girl should never feel her grandmother&’s love or know her story? Graceful, haunting, and wise, The Drowning Season &“casts the spell of all great fairy tales. It takes daily life and transforms it into myth as we watch&” (Chicago Sun-Times).
Quozl
by Alan Dean FosterRabbitlike aliens from outer space colonize Earth during humankind&’s Second World War in a delightfully funny and thought-provoking science fiction adventure The Quozl just need somewhere to call home. A gentle race of extraterrestrial rabbits, they have a propensity for reproduction that has left their home planet, Quozlene, dangerously overpopulated, and in their search for greener and less-crowded pastures, they have discovered the perfect place to start over: the third planet away from a healthy, warming sun. What they don&’t realize is that this world they call Shiraz is already inhabited by a species of violent sentient creatures known as humans. But there&’s no going back now. In the midst of the brutal and helpfully distracting global conflict the Shirazians call World War II, the colony ship lands undetected, and the space rabbits immediately go into hiding. But a secret like the Quozl can be concealed for only so long, especially when their numbers start to increase and certain rebellious members of the long-eared society decide the time is ripe to claim their place in a world they believe is rightfully theirs. One of the most admired and prolific authors in the science fiction arena, Alan Dean Foster will delight readers who hunger for something different with this funny, thoughtful, and wildly inventive novel of first contact and coexistence. Once you meet the Quozl, you will never forget them.
Satan's Sabbath (The Executioner #38)
by Don PendletonIn New York the Executioner brings his war to an explosive end Every day this week, one of the last great Mafia outfits has fallen. All that remains is New York, whose dons no longer believe the one-man army known as Mack Bolan even exists. They will soon find that he is very real—and that their most trusted hit man of all is working on the Executioner&’s side. Ever since his war began, Bolan has known that it would end in death—either for him or for the Mafia itself. Lured by the promise of amnesty into working for the US government, he will make this his final, most incredible mission. One way or another, Mack Bolan is finished—but the Executioner&’s war will live forever. Satan&’s Sabbath is the 38th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Love Me, Marietta: Love's Tender Fury; Love Me, Marietta; And When Love Commands (The Marietta Danver Trilogy #2)
by Jennifer WildeThe spellbinding New York Times–bestselling sequel to Love&’s Tender Fury follows Marietta Danver as she is captured by pirates in the Caribbean and caught once again between the desires of three very different, passionate men After surviving harrowing twists of fate, Marietta Danver has finally overcome her hardscrabble past. Soon she will be the wife of Lord Derek Hawke, the English aristocrat who fought for his legacy and is about to reclaim his beloved ancestral estate. But in New Orleans, Marietta meets rakish, indigo-eyed Jeremy Bond, who both attracts and intrigues her. Then, on the eve of her voyage back to England, Marietta once more becomes the prisoner of a cruel and capricious destiny. A shocking act of violence shatters her romantic dreams. A prisoner on the high seas, she&’s now at the mercy of the seductive and ruthless pirate Red Nick. It is here, on an island far from civilization, where she will again meet Jeremy Bond—a man who will risk his life over and over for the woman he loves. The Marietta Danver Trilogy also includes Love&’s Tender Fury and When Love Commands.
Mambo (The Frank Pagan Novels #3)
by Campbell ArmstrongIn international bestselling author Campbell Armstrong&’s pulse-pounding thriller, the hunt for a ruthless bomb maker takes Frank Pagan to Cuba and into the midst of a startling conspiracy Gunther Ruhr, a.k.a. the Claw, is a terrorist responsible for hundreds, possibly thousands, of deaths. A passenger jet, a busload of soccer players, and an entire hotel full of tourists have all been targets of his extravagant, almost artistically designed explosions. He will kill anywhere and for anyone if the price is right. Now it&’s up to Detective Frank Pagan to track down the depraved killer and escort him to prison. Along the way, from Glasgow to London and on to Miami and Havana, Pagan will have to shore up a leak in Scotland Yard; get reacquainted with his old flame, Magdalena; and uncover a plot involving a cruise missile, Fidel Castro, and an international banking syndicate.Mambo is the 3rd book in the Frank Pagan Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
A Regency Charade
by Elizabeth MansfieldA daring charade could reunite a husband and wife in award-winning author Elizabeth Mansfield&’s sparkling Regency romance After nearly losing his life at the Battle of Waterloo, Captain Alexander Tyrrell, Earl of Braeburn, comes home to the shocking news that he is still married. Braving enemy fire is nothing compared to having to see the duplicitous Priscilla Vickers again. Priss has waited six years to be reunited with the man she loves. But her husband believes her guilty of the worst kind of betrayal. And nothing she says or does will convince him that Sir Blake Edmonds isn&’t her illicit lover. It will take a daring deception—and a scheming minx who has set her cap for Alec—for these two people to realize how much they have lost and how much they could gain if they were to find the courage to turn a sham union into a second chance for happiness.
One and Wonder: Piers Anthony's Remembered Stories
by Theodore Sturgeon James Gunn Jack Williamson Walter Miller Jr. William Tenn Isaac Asimov Rog Phillips Peter Phillips Gary JenningsPiers Anthony presents a compendium of the Golden Age science fiction classics that inspired his astonishing career—timeless tales by Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson, Walter M. Miller Jr., and other early SF masters When Piers Anthony was thirteen years old, he picked up a copy of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, and his life changed forever. These breathtaking stories of space exploration and remarkable technologies, of alien cultures and future dystopias blew his mind and set his imagination free. Now, after nearly two hundred novels and many New York Times bestsellers, one of the most creative minds in contemporary science fiction and fantasy returns to his roots, presenting the amazing tales that made him the writer he is today. In One and Wonder, Anthony invites readers to experience the same amazing tales that moved him in his youth, beginning with the first science fiction story he ever read: Jack Williamson&’s &“The Equalizer,&” in which the members of a space mission return to Earth after twenty years only to discover that the world they left is gone forever. Anthony continues on to Theodore Sturgeon&’s disturbing tale of an alien virus that literally turns people inside out, Isaac Asimov&’s fable of a dangerous automaton hiding among masses of seemingly identical but more-benign machines, and seven more prime examples of Golden Age speculative and fantasy fiction, as breathtakingly inventive and unforgettable today as when they first mesmerized a young Piers Anthony.
Mazurka (The Frank Pagan Novels #2)
by Campbell ArmstrongIn international bestselling author Campbell Armstrong&’s page-turning thriller, counterterrorism agent Frank Pagan races against the clock to defuse a confrontation with the Russians that might change the map of Europe Escorting a hard-drinking, fun-loving, probably-former-KGB Russian &“envoy&” to Edinburgh would appear to be one of the more relaxing jobs in Frank Pagan&’s career. But in the flash of a gunshot everything changes. Now Frank&’s got a Russian official with a bullet lodged in his heart, his bosses at Scotland Yard wondering if Frank missed a step, and countless politicians and secret service agencies screaming bloody murder. With spies from the KGB, MI6, and the CIA dogging his every move, Pagan has to find the men behind the deadly shooting. From the Baltic émigré community, where he meets a beautiful woman who might provide answers, to the United States to the Soviet Union, Pagan unravels a chilling plot that will have devastating worldwide repercussions.Mazurka is the 2nd book in the Frank Pagan Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Terrible Tuesday (The Executioner #34)
by Don PendletonThe Executioner descends on California to destroy the West Coast syndicate once and for all Yesterday Mack Bolan was in Louisville, dismantling the midwestern crime syndicate drop by bloody drop. The next stop on his six-day rampage is California, where ambitious gangsters have pooled their resources to form a last-ditch coalition known as the California Concept. The Executioner arrives on Tuesday. His intent is to have destroyed the criminal empire by Wednesday. Bolan starts his battle by rescuing the daughter of a midlevel boss and using her father&’s influence to get close to the local mob. The criminal syndicate of California is far healthier than he realized, and its leaders are on the verge of pioneering a high-tech brand of organized crime that could upend life across the United States. It would take the police years to unravel this conspiracy, but Bolan has no time to waste. The killing starts now. Terrible Tuesday is the 34th book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Merlin's Mirror
by Andre NortonFew authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton&’s books have sold millions of copies worldwide.In this great science fiction novel, Andre Norton brings to new life the legendary King Arthur and the wizard Merlin in the light of modern knowledge of a lost period of history and today&’s understanding of science and interplanetary communication. Yet, as in all Norton&’s wonder novels, this is a fabulous adventure in fantasy. Here is Merlin, half star-born, gifted with the advice of an alien intelligence, given the task of renewing civilization and starting humanity again up the ladder to the stars. Here is Arthur, unaware of his stellar heritage. And here, too, is the Lady of the Lake, akin to Merlin in that she is also a listener to the music of the spheres and obedient to a celestial command post.