Η σειρ? ?Κρ?σταλλοι? - ?πω? ?σω? γνωρ?ζετε - ευελπιστο?με ?τι θα ολοκληρωθε? σε μια δεκαλογ?α η οπο?α θα ξεκιν?ει απ? την δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο?, θα διαπερν? ολ?κληρο τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, θα φθ?νει στο παρ?ν και θα συνεχ?ζει στο μ?λλον, παρακολουθ?ντα? περιληπτικ? την εξ?λιξη του ανθρ?πινου πολιτισμο?. Στο 1ο βιβλ?ο ε?δαμε την ε?ρεση εν?? αντικε?μενου με περ?εργε? ιδι?τητε?, την μελ?τη και τελικ? το ?κοσμικ?? ταξ?δι στο οπο?ο παρακολουθ?σαμε την Μεγ?λη ?κρηξη, την δημιουργ?α γαλαξι?ν και των αστρικ?ν συστημ?των. Το 2ο βιβλ?ο αναφ?ρεται η δημιουργ?α του ηλιακο? μα? συστ?ματο?, η δημιουργ?α και η δομ? τη? γη?, η εμφ?νιση τη? ζω?? π?νω στην γη και η εξελικτικ? τη? πορε?α. Ολ?κληρη αυτ? η περ?οδο?, που κατ’ ουσ?α ξεκιν?ει περ?που πριν π?ντε δισεκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια, επενδ?εται απ? μυθολογικο?? αγ?νε? και μονομαχ?ε?, προσαρμ?ζοντα? την πραγματικ?τητα με μυθολογικ?? μορφ?? ω? φυσικ?? δυν?μει?, για αυτ? και ονομ?ζονται ?Υπερφυσικ???. ?τσι παρακολουθο?με το δρ?μα τη? αρχ?γονη? ζω?? π?νω στον πλαν?τη γη υπ? την μορφ? Υπερφυσικ?ν Δυν?μεων. Στο 2ο βιβλ?ο κυριαρχο?ν οι Τιτ?νε? με αρχηγ? τον Κρ?νο. Παρουσι?ζονται οι ανακατατ?ξει? στον πλαν?τη γη υπ? μορφ? επικ?ν μονομαχι?ν και αγ?νων, οι καταστροφ?? και οι εξαφαν?σει? τη? ζω?? αλλ? και η εμφ?νιση ν?ων μορφ?ν ζω?? στην γη. Η 2η Τιτανομαχ?α φθ?νει ?ω? πριν 50 εκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια με την τελικ? επικρ?τηση των Υπερφυσικ?ν Δυν?μεων ?ναντι των Υπερκ?σμιων Δυν?μεων και κατ?πιν την διολ?σθησ? του? στην αλαζονε?α τη? εξουσ?α? η οπο?α θα προκαλ?σει την 3η Τιτανομαχ?α. Συνεχ?ζοντα? αυτ? το μαγικ? ταξ?δι και ?χοντα? ω? ?φορ?α? μετακ?νηση? στα ταξ?δια μα? τον Λευκ? Κρ?σταλλο, μ?σα απ? μ?θο, αλληγορ?ε?, αληθιν? γεγον?τα και πραγματικ?? επιστημονικ?? γν?σει?, στα επ?μενα βιβλ?α ο αναγν?στη? θα παρακολουθ?σει τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, απ? την δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο? ?ω? και σ?μερα. Τηλεγραφικ? τα 10 βιβλ?α που θα ακολουθ?σουν με ενδεικτικ?? ονομασ?ε?: 1η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κενο?-Υπερκ?σμιου (Δημιουργ?α) 2η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Υπερκ?σμιου-Υπερφυσικο? (Ουρανομαχ?α) 3η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Υπερφυσικο? (Ζευ?-Κρ?νο?) 4η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Παραφυσικο? (Γιγαντομαχ?α) 5η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Μεταφυσικο? (Προμηθει??) 6η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Καλο?-Κακο? (Λευκ??-Μα?ρο? Κρ?σταλλο?) 7η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κοινωνικοπολιτικο?-Αντικοινωνικοπολιτικο? (Πρ?τοι Πολιτισμο?) 8η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Ανθρωπισμο?-Τεχνοκρατισμο? (Νε?τεροι Χρ?νοι) 9η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Πολιτισμο?-Βαρβαρ?τητα? (Σ?μερα) 10η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Γ?ινων-Εξωγ?ινων (Διαγαλαξιακ? Ταξ?δια)

ταν ο κσμο εναι παντο φωτειν, λαμπρ, γεμτο αγπη και ευτυχα, παρδεισο και αλθεια, κποιοι διαλγουν να κρυφτον στο σκοτδι, να κυλιστον στο βορκο, να γνουν τρατα που θα τρομζουν το φω και θα καταβροχθζουν αδναμε συνειδσει. Κποιοι επιλγουν να βρουν το μνο σκοτειν μρο τη ψυχ του και να κατοικσουν εκε για πντα, μαζ με τη ματωμνη του συγγνμη, που ποτ και σε κανναν δε χρισαν. Επιλγουν το Ξσκοτο. ΑΠΑΓΟΡΕΥΕΤΑΙ ΑΥΣΤΗΡΑ η ανγνωση αυτο του βιβλου απ τομα με καρδιαγγειακ ψυχιατρικ παθσει, σθμα, λκο εγκου γυνακε, και γενικ, απ τομα με ευαισθησα. Αν αισθανθετε αδιαθεσα, τρμουλο, ταχυκαρδα, πνο στο στθο, ναυτα, ντονο πνο στο κεφλι και στα μτια, τσει προ λιποθυμα διαπιστστε αιμορραγα, σημανει πω εστε σε καλ δρμο!

The Crystals series will comprise a decalogy which will start from the creation of the universe, will transcend all human civilization, will come to the present and continue into the future, summarily showing the development of human civilization. The first book, ‘1st Battle of the Titans: Clash between Vacuum and the Hypercosmic (Creation)’ marks the beginning of a ‘cosmic’ journey from the Big Bang, following the evolutionary course of the universe, to reach the creation of planetary systems. The story in the first book starts from a town in the Greek provinces, where an enamoured couple comes upon an object with strange properties and potential. It is put under study by the local scientific community, and old folklore surrounding it is remembered that was hitherto dismissed as myth. The object is taken to Athens and is scrutinized by the Greek scientific community who call all the top brass of the international scientific community to their aid. On the basis of the object’s properties that have been assessed, an experiment is carried out on the Acropolis with wondrous, serendipitous findings. After that point, a wonderful journey starts that spans a series of ten books. Through myth and allegory, but also hard scientific facts, and apart from the reader’s entertainment, an effort is made for the reader to acquire true knowledge. Thus, through storytelling, the reader learns about the evolution of the universe, the galaxies, the solar systems, the earth and life on it, the evolution of humankind, philosophy, science, religion and in general, about the struggle for the humanization process of humankind to reach today’s conflicts. The following 10 books with follow with the following proposed titles: 1st Battle of the Titans: Clash between Vacuum and the Hypercosmic (Creation) 2nd Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Hypercosmic and the Supernatural (Battles of the Heavens) 3rd Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Natural and the Supernatural (Zeus-Cronos) 4th Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Natural and the Paranormal (Battle of Giants) 5th Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Natural and the Metaphysical (Prometheus) 6th Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Good and the Evil (White-Dark Crystal) 7th Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Sociopolitical and the Counter-sociopolitical (Early Civilizations) 8th Battle of the Titans: Clash between Humanism and Technocracy (Later Periods) 9th Battle of the Titans: Clash between Civilization and Barbarism (Current Times) 10th Battle of the Titans: Clash between Earthlings and Extraterrestrials (Intergalactic Travel)

The Crystals series – as you may already know – will hopefully be completed in a decalogy which will start from the creation of the universe, will transcend all human civilization, will come to the present and continue into the future, summarily showing the development of human civilization. In the first book, we saw the discovery of an object with strange properties, the study and finally the ‘cosmic’ journey in which we observed the Big Bang, the creation of galaxies and star systems.The 2nd book refers to the creation of the solar system, the creation and structure of the earth, the appearance of life on earth and its developmental course. This whole period, which in fact was initiated about five billion years ago, is elaborated with mythological fights and dwells, fitting in reality to mythological forms as natural forces, and that is why they are named ‘Supernatural’. Thus, we observe the drama of archetypal life on planet earth in the form of Supernatural Powers.The Titans with their leader, Cronos dominate the scene in the 2nd book. The structural upheavals on planet earth are presented in the form of epic battles and struggles, as well as the calamities and extinction of life but also the emergence of new life forms on earth. The 2nd Clash of the Titans brings us to about 50 million years ago with the final triumph of the Supernatural Powers in their fight against the Hypercosmic Powers followed by their slippage into the arrogance of power which will cause the 3rd Clash of the Titans.Continuing on this magic journey and keeping the White Crystal as the ‘vehicle’ of our transport, the reader of this and the other books in the series will observe the development of the human civilization from the creation of the universe to this day, through the use of myth, allegory and real events and scientific knowledge.

Η σειρ? ?Κρ?σταλλοι? ξεκιν?ει απ? τι? απαρχ?? τη? δημιουργ?α? του σ?μπαντο? και διαπερν? ολ?κληρο τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, φθ?νει στο παρ?ν και θα συνεχ?σει στο μ?λλον, παρακολουθ?ντα? περιληπτικ? την εξ?λιξη του ανθρ?πινου πολιτισμο?.Στο πρ?το βιβλ?ο ?1η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κενο?-Υπερκ?σμιου? (13,85 με 5 δισεκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια πριν) παρακολουθ?σαμε την αρχ? τη? μυθιστορηματικ?? σειρ?? ?Κρ?σταλλοι?, η οπο?α ξεκ?νησε απ? μια ελληνικ? επαρχιακ? π?λη στην οπο?α ανακαλ?φθηκε ?να αντικε?μενο με υπερβατικ?? ικαν?τητε?, η μελ?τη του οπο?ου απ?δειξε εκπληκτικ? αποτελ?σματα και με το οπο?ο ξεκ?νησε ?να κοσμικ? ταξ?δι. Στο κοσμικ? αυτ? ταξ?δι ταξιδ?ψαμε π?σω στο χρ?νο και παρακολουθ?σαμε τη δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο?.Στο δε?τερο βιβλ?ο ?2η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Υπερκ?σμιου-Υπερφυσικο?? (5 δισεκατομμ?ρια με 50 εκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια πριν) παρακολουθ?σαμε μ?σα απ? το κοσμικ? ταξ?δι τι? τιτ?νιε? δυν?μει? να συμβ?λουν στη δημιουργ?α του γαλαξ?α μα?, του ηλιακο? μα? συστ?ματο?, στη δημιουργ?α και στην κατασκευαστικ? δομ? τη? Γη?, στην εμφ?νιση τη? ζω?? π?νω στη Γη και στην εξελικτικ? τη? πορε?α, εν? ταυτ?χρονα παρακολουθο?σαμε και τη σ?γκρουση των τιτ?νιων δυν?μεων με αρχηγ? τον Κρ?νο με τι? υπερκ?σμιε? δυν?μει? με αρχηγ? τον Ουραν?.Στο τρ?το και τ?ταρτο βιβλ?ο, ?3η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Υπερφυσικο?-Φυσικο?? (50 εκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια με 100 χιλι?δε? χρ?νια πριν) κυριαρχο?ν οι Ολ?μπιοι θεο? με αρχηγ? το Δ?α. Υπ? μορφ? επικ?ν μονομαχι?ν και αγ?νων παρουσι?ζεται η εξ?λιξη τη? ζω?? στον πλαν?τη Γη, η κυριαρχ?α των θηλαστικ?ν και ο φυλογενετικ?? κλ?δο? του ανθρ?που. Η εξελικτικ? πορε?α του ανθρ?που φθ?νει ?ω? τον Homo sapiens. Ιδια?τερη ?μφαση δ?δεται στον “?νθρωπο” και στα εξελικτικ? στ?δια εξανθρ?πισ?? του, απ? τα πρωτε?οντα θηλαστικ? στου? ανθρωπ?δε? (Hominoidea), στη συν?χεια στου? αυστραλοπ?θηκου? (Australopithecines) και απ? αυτο?? στο γ?νο? “Homo”.Συνεχ?ζοντα? το μαγικ? αυτ? ταξ?δι, μ?σα απ? μ?θο, αλληγορ?ε?, αληθιν? γεγον?τα και πραγματικ?? επιστημονικ?? γν?σει?, στα επ?μενα βιβλ?α ο αναγν?στη? θα παρακολουθ?σει ?λον τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, απ? τη δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο? ?ω? και σ?μερα.

Πεταλο?δα… αρχ?τυπο σ?μβολο... η ομορφι? τη? και η εξ?λιξη τη? δεν ?φησε καν?ναν λα? ασυγκ?νητο... σ?μβολο τη? ψυχ??, των αδι?κοπων αλλαγ?ν, τη? εξ?λιξη?... ?να σ?μβολο που μα? υπενθυμ?ζει το δ?δαγμα των αλλαγ?ν... ε?ναι μια παν?μορφη ?παρξη συνδεδεμ?νη με την ελευθερ?α και την ευτυχ?α, που ?μω? για να φτ?σει να ε?ναι τ?σο ?μορφη και ελε?θερη, κουρ?στηκε και εργ?στηκε σκληρ? για την εσωτερικ? και εξωτερικ? τη? μεταμ?ρφωση...Η Μυρτ?, μια γυνα?κα που ?ζησε τη ζω? τη? στα ?κρα, οι επιλογ?? τη? ?τανε επιλογ?? ?λλων... μια ?λευκ? πεταλο?δα? που δεν μπ?ρεσε ποτ? να πετ?ξει ελε?θερη και να αγγ?ξει την ευτυχ?α ?τσι ?πω? την ονειρε?τηκε...Ο ?λκη? στιγμ?τισε τη ζω? τη?, π?ρασε σα θ?ελλα γκρεμ?ζοντα? ?,τι ?μορφο και αληθιν? ε?χε στην ψυχ? τη?, π?τισε με π?νο και δ?κρυα τα χρ?νια τη? ζω?? τη? που κ?λησαν μ?σα στη μοναξι? και την απομ?νωση... ο θ?νατο? του ?ραγε σ?μανε και το τ?λο? τη? μο?ρα? του?;Ο Μ?νο? και η Τ?μμυ, αδερφ?? ψυχ?? τη? Μυρτ?? πλ?ρωσαν ?ραγε αρκετ? για την αγ?πη και την αφοσ?ωση του? προ? εκε?νη; Η πραγματικ? φιλ?α και η αληθιν? αγ?πη θα σπ?σουν τα δεσμ? και θα οδηγ?σουν στην απελευθ?ρωση τη Μυρτ?;Π?τε η μο?ρα λυτρ?νει τα π?θη; Π?τε ?να? κ?κλο? κλε?νει;Φιρασ?ντ Αλσσο?μπα, ο γιο? τη? Σ?ρα?... Μ?γκεν, το αστ?ρι του Δαυιδ… Αλ?ξανδρο?, η ?μα?ρη πεταλο?δα?...?να πρ?σωπο, τρει? ταυτ?τητε?... γενν?θηκε μ?σα στη δ?νη του κυκλ?να, κρατ?θηκε στη ζω? μ?σα στη θ?ελλα τη? ερ?μου, αναζ?τησε την αλ?θεια στην ?κρη του κ?σμου ξετυλ?γοντα? το κουβ?ρι των αμαρτι?ν εν?? πολ?παθου παρελθ?ντο? που ο ?διο? δε γν?ρισε ποτ?... π?σο δυνατ?? ε?ναι για να παλ?ψει με τα τ?ρατα και να φ?ρει τα αγαπημ?να του πρ?σωπα στην εσωτερικ? του? μεταμ?ρφωση; Μια πεταλο?δα που θα ανο?ξει τα φτερ? τη? 20 χρ?νια μετ?...

A fearless captain, Andrew sails off -with his crew- from a safe harbor towards his homeplace. Fighting the wild sea and the unpredictable elements of nature, he will be found in an unknown zone, where a big surprise is waiting for him.

A young woman tries to save three people she loves in this elegant and remarkably insightful coming-of-age debut. Afraid of losing her parents at a young age her father with his weak heart, her deeply depressed mother Naomi Feinstein prepared single-mindedly for a prestigious future as a doctor. An outcast at school, Naomi loses herself in books, and daydreams of Wellesley College. But when Teddy, her confidant and only friend, abruptly departs from her life, it's the first devastating loss from which Naomi is not sure she can ever recover, even after her long-awaited acceptance letter to Wellesley arrives. Naomi soon learns that college isn't the bastion of solidarity and security she had imagined. Amid hundreds of other young women, she is consumed by loneliness until the day she sees a girl fall into the freezing waters of a lake. The event marks Naomi's introduction to Wellesley's oldest honor society, the mysterious Shakespeare Society, defined by secret rituals and filled with unconventional, passionate students. Naomi finally begins to detach from the past and so much of what defines her, immersing herself in this exciting and liberating new world and learning the value of friendship. But her happiness is soon compromised by a scandal that brings irrevocable consequences. Naomi has always tried to save the ones she loves, but part of growing up is learning that sometimes saving others is a matter of saving yourself. An Uncommon Education is a compelling portrait of a quest for greatness and the grace of human limitations. Poignant and wise, it artfully captures the complicated ties of family, the bittersweet inevitability of loss, and the importance of learning to let go.

From Dan Fante, the son of novelist John Fante, comes a gritty detective novel featuring JD Fiorella, an ex-private investigator who's bent on avenging his friend's murder.Failed private investigator JD Fiorella was a pro at finding trouble. Mixing it up with the wrong people in New York, he escaped to L.A.—only to hit rock-bottom after too many nightmares and too much booze.Now forty-six and sober, JD?is working hard to get it together. Living in Malibu at his mother's house in Point Dume, he's got a new job selling used cars with his friend Woody and a new girlfriend. But just as things are looking up, JD discovers a gruesome murder. Now the ex-private detective has to make a choice.Determined to exact vengeance, he follows a twisting trail of clues that leads him to unexpected truths about himself and his new life—and to a psychopathic killer with an eerie connection to his past. And, as JD soon learns, this time there's no easy way out.

International bestselling author Liad Shoham makes his American debut in this compelling, superbly plotted crime thriller.After a brutal rape disturbs a quiet Tel Aviv neighborhood, baffled detectives find no clues, no eyewitnesses, and no suspects. The father of the shattered victim refuses to rest until justice is done, so he begins his own investigation. Keeping watch over his daughter's apartment from the street, he notices Ziv Nevo lurking in the shadows.All circumstances—and the victim—point to Nevo's guilt, and it appears the case is closed. But appearances can be deceiving. Detective Eli Nachum is eager to wrap up this high-profile case, which threatens to thwart his career. He sees an easy conviction when the father, determined to succeed where the police have failed, hands over Nevo. But why does the suspect keep silent during the interrogationWhat secret is he hidingWhat should Nachum and the idealistic young district attorney understand from the suspect's silence?What unfolds is a brilliant, fast-paced story that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Lineup is a twisted tale of mistaken identity, organized crime, a disgraced detective looking for redemption, a tireless young reporter, and an innocent man with a not-so-innocent past. Which lines will they cross and what will they be willing to risk, as their worlds begin to collapseThis seamless, gripping novel introduces a powerful new voice in crime fiction.

Russia, 1986. On a run-down apartment block in Moscow, a nine-year-old prodigy plays his piano silently for fear of disturbing the neighbors. In a factory on the outskirts of the city, his aunt makes car parts, hiding her dissident past. In a nearby hospital, a surgeon immerses himself in his work, avoiding his failed marriage.And in a village in Belarus, a teenage boy wakes to a sky of the deepest crimson. Outside, the ears of his neighbor's cattle are dripping blood. Ten miles away, at the Chernobyl Power Plant, something unimaginable has happened.Now their lives will change forever. An end-of-empire novel charting the collapse of the Soviet Union, All That Is Solid Melts into Air is a gripping and epic love story by a major new talent.

This riveting debut collection of short fiction about women cops comes from the author's real life experience as a Baton Rouge police officer. In an entirely fresh and unique voice, these stories reveal the humanity, compassion, humour, tragedy and redemption hidden behind the "blue wall." Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You centres on the lives of five female police officers. Each woman's story like each call in a police officer's day varies in its unique drama, but all the tales illuminate the tenuous line between life and death, violence and control, despair and salvation. Because the stories come from the author's own experience, they open a curtain on the truth behind the job how officers are trained to deal with the smell of death, how violence clings to a crime scene long after the crime is committed, how the police determine when to engage in or diffuse violence, why some people make it from the academy to the force and some don't, and all the friendships, romances, and dramas that happen along the way. It illuminates not only how officers feel while they are in uniform, holding their guns, but also what they feel after they go home and put those guns aside.

The critics have been effusive in their praise for Richard Bausch's Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America and All the Ships at Sea.His hardover sales have also never been higher.Taking its title from Walter Winchell's famous radio salutation, Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America opens in Washington, DC, in 1964, just after the Kennedy assassination, telling the story of Walter Marshall, an idealistic 19-year-old who lives with his widowed mother and studies to be a journalist like his hero, Edward R. Murrow. In this coming-of-age novel in the truest sense of the phrase, young Marshall fumbles toward manhood in a nation that is itself in the midst of cataclysmic change.With the same elegance and precision that has distinguished his other novels, Richard Bausch has evoked a sense of time and place in a different America and brings the last 30 years of history profoundly and vividly to life.

No one in 1917 New York had ever encountered a woman like the Bar-oness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven -- poet, artist, proto-punk rocker, sexual libertine, fashion avatar, and unrepentant troublemaker. When she wasn't stalking the streets of Greenwich Village wearing a brassiere made from tomato cans, she was enthusiastically declaiming her poems to sailors in beer halls or posing nude for Man Ray or Marcel Duchamp. In an era of brutal war, technological innovation, and cataclysmic change, the Baroness had resolved to create her own destiny -- taking the center of the Dadaist circle, breaking every bond of female propriety . . . and transforming herself into a living, breathing work of art.

There's something going on in this Great Land of ours -- more and more people are famous for being famous. Now, one of the Avon Trade program's brightest young voices examines what happens to an ordinary young woman who ends up in some pretty wild circumstances.When a Hollywood heartthrob moves in next door, Julie finds herself thrust into the spotlight and becomes a bona fide celebrity for no good reason at all! But the man known as "The Sexiest Man in Hollywood" is living in her somewhat shoddy building so he can "learn to live like the little people" while preparing for a new role. When Julie is caught by the paparazzi leaving his apartment, clad only in a bathrobe, the publicity machine takes over. Suddenly, Julie is the "new and normal" girlfriend. So fresh! She works as a waitress... So normal! She's a whopping size 10. Amazing, Julie and, by extension, her friends, even her mom, become famous simply for being, well, famous.

“A frothy, swashbuckling tale of high adventure….Escapist fiction at its ultimate.” —Seattle Times “It has a plot as satisfying as an Indiana Jones film and offers enough historical knowledge to render the reader a fascinating raconteur on the topics of ancient Egypt and Napoleon Bonaparte.” —USA Today A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author William Dietrich introduces readers to the globe-trotting American adventurer Ethan Gage in Napoleon’s Pyramids—an ingenious, swashbuckling yarn whose action-packed pages nearly turn themselves. The first book in Dietrich’s fabulously fun New York Times bestselling series, Napoleon’s Pyramids follows the irrepressible Gage—a brother in spirit to George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman—as he travels with Napoleon’s expedition across the burning Egyptian desert in an attempt to solve a 6,000 year old riddle with the help of a mysterious medallion. Here is superior adventure fiction in the spirit of Jack London, Robert Lewis Stevenson, and H. Rider Haggard, and fans of their acclaimed successors—James Rollins, David Liss, Steve Berry, Kate Mosse—will certainly want to get to know Ethan Gage.

Like a glass of lemonade that is both sweet and tart, writer Patricia Jones mixes up a refreshing blend of deep emotion and raw truth, tempered by a grounded dose of wisdom.To Lila Giles, the term "passing" refers to those pale-hued folks who take advantage of their creamy shade by crossing into the white world. Descended from a long line of an elite Baltimore family awash with "high-colored" skin just right for "passing", family lore told Lila that not one of them would have thought to deny their true selves and rich history in such a way. It is this sense of pride that bonds the Giles family together -- a bond strongly enforced by Lila's controlling stepmother Eulelie. But the delicate balance of this branch of the family Eulelie has so carefully engineered is threatened when Lila's brother decides to marry a woman from an oh-so-very-wrong family.A proud though severe matriarch, Eulelie Giles has ruled her four grown stepchildren with a heavy self-righteousness that could break the spirit of the most sound opponent, let alone the nearly thirty-year-old Lila. Relentlessly loyal to her privileged world, Eulelie has ingrained upon Lila and her three other stepchildren the importance of distinguishing between acceptable and unacceptable blacks. Despite her strident belief in an unyielding class line, Eulelie has kept a secret about her own past that manages to affect, in more ways than a few, anyone who enters her life. As the wedding day draws closer, Lila begins to look at her reality versus Eulelie's, and what Lila finds leads to a confrontation between stepmother and stepdaughter that could finally shatter Eulelie's reign over Lila and the family, but ultimately, one that will lead Eulelie back to the truth.Filled with multi-dimensional characters and rich with atmosphere, Passing is a story of tangled family relationships; the secrets, misunderstanding, and deceptions that hold them together.

From the Bestselling Author of Friendship Cake Comes a Remarkable Story of Love, Loss, Infidelity, and Forgiveness

Haley Bombauer, aka Flash Jackson, confronts the summer of her seventeenth year with glorious anticipation. She envisions herself roaming the hillsides and forests on her beloved horse, venturing farther and farther away from her sleepy hometown and her overprotective mother. But when Haley falls through the rotted roof of the barn, she is destined to spend the summer in a thigh-high cast, stuck at home with her mother, enduring visits from her spooky grandmother, and pondering the error of her impulsive ways. The year that follows will, in fact, transform not only her life but also the lives of those around her. Set in Mannville, New York, William Kowalski's signature town, here is the story of one young woman's emergence into a world that, in her words, "was not designed with girls in mind" and her efforts to find a way to fit in without giving up her independence.

Samantha Ranvali can't sleep. Haunted by nightmares and the memory of a man who attacked her years ago, she seeks a cure for her insomnia through an experimental study called "Endymion's Circle." The treatment seems to be a success, but after her first full night of sleep in months, Samantha learns that one of the other participants in the study has been murdered. The body is found crucified upside down, and a recording of J. S. Bach's "Goldberg Variations" plays at the scene. As an old lover investigates the crime, he draws Samantha into a mystery that spans over two hundred years and suggests something far more sinister than the police expect. And with each night of Samantha's newfound sleep, she awakens to another ritualistic crime. Every clue takes her deeper into her own past, her own history of loss, pain, and desperation. Every murder reveals that a dark curse has taken hold of her world. And every clue brings her closer to the revelation that she is the next victim. Here is stunning suspense that plays masterfully with the conventions of the genre and perfectly blends historical richness with modern-day terror.

Lieutenant Richard Sharpe finds himself fighting the ruthless armies of Napoleon Bonaparte as they try to bring the whole of the Iberian Peninsula under their control. Napoleon is advancing fast through northern Portugal, and no one knows whether the small contingent of British troops stationed in Lisbon will stay to fight or sail back to England. Sharpe, however, does not have a choice: He and his squad of riflemen are on the lookout for the missing daughter of an English wine shipper when the French onslaught begins and the city of Oporto becomes a setting for carnage and disaster.Stranded behind enemy lines, Sharpe returns to his mission to find Kate Savage. Sharpe's position on enemy grounds is precarious, and his search is further complicated by a mysterious and threatening Englishman, Colonel Christopher, who has his own ideas on how the French can be driven from Portugal.