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Zale is a cry baby. He can't help it. He just gets so mad that the tears start flowing, which makes him even madder. It also doesn't help that the world is sinking.Unpredictably, the land shifts and entire cities can disappear under the water. Zale and his family thought they were safe, until the water started to rise. They raced to higher ground and lost everything in the process. With no money, they find themselves in a world congested with flood survivors. They can't find work o...

River has been on his own since he was thirteen. His coat is seen as too dark for a sub, but too light to be given any other rank than omega, so he suffers rejection after rejection from potential suitors.As he grows older, River fears he'll never find a mate. He wants to give back to his pack, but for someone of his status that can only happen through attracting a high-profile werewolf. River doubts that is even possible for a lowly omega like himself.A new pack member thi...

Fin has a secret; one that can not be shared.He has an undying love for fire. He craves the heat and only feels at peace when he's engulfed in flames. His skin never blisters or shows the slightest sign of discomfort when he sneaks into the woods to feed his addiction.It's only when the cold sets in that he feels an aching pain in his chest. Fin can't let anyone find out. Others, who were different like himself, have been burned alive when they were discovered.A sma...

When several children from the same village start succumbing to a mysterious illness, the quest to discover the cause has devastating and extraordinary consequences.'Absolutely MAGNIFICENT: dark, witty, charming. I LOVED it.' MARIAN KEYES'Utterly absorbing' LISA MCINERNEY'Heart-rending, hilarious . . . it's a belter' LOUISE KENNEDY'Blistering...glorious...written from the guts and from the heart.' LU...

Aden Perri has problems.The last day of school his girlfriend calls it quits. His friends disappear, leaving him to spend the summer alone. His mother buys a dog. Aden hates dogs. The scar on his leg confirms it. And his new job titles are garbage collector and toilet scrubber.Aden is ready to barricade himself in his room, until school starts back up in the fall. His mother won't allow it, and his father is ready to do some character building.They drag him out and ...

Crooked Cross describes, through the eyes of one ordinary family, the Nazis’ growth in power between December 1932 and August 1933. It is extraordinarily prescient, anticipating all the horrors they were about to inflict on the world. The main focus of the novel is on disaffected German youth: it shows with great subtlety that by the early 1930s there was huge unemployment, and a corresponding feeling of futility, and that what the Nazis did so skilfully was to provide a sense of purpose. ...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, creating a lyrical meditation in the tradition of William Car...

The next instalment in John Carson's gripping DCI Liam Brodie series.On the fog-shrouded Isle of Harris, secrets come with a deadly price.Exiled to the remote Hebrides after a high-stakes Edinburgh operation went wrong, DI Lucy Warren expects little more than mundane island routine. But when eighteen-year-old Zack Raven - the son of a wealthy tech tycoon - is found dead in the wine cellar of Gleannasdail Castle, an exclusive boarding school...

On his first moon, Aden finds a white werewolf with red markings staring back at him in his reflection. He is definitely a sub but with a little extra fire. It's okay. Aden was expecting it. Titus, on the other hand, couldn't be happier.He takes Aden home where the pack is waiting. They are thrilled about the new addition. They instantly embrace Aden as one of them, and he starts adjusting to life as a werewolf.The rules of the pack are hard at first. Aden clings to some of...

Stuck in the middle of the ocean, Zale is desperate to return to solid, dry land. He's convinced the tidal waves will come again and sink the ship Steel left him to rot on. Zale's plan to escape his floating prison is discovered, and he finds himself in a worse situation.Steel does take Zale to shore—a small island a short distance from his sunken hometown. With the water so close and images of the flood plaguing his mind, he'll go to extreme lengths to survive and return to Oasis....

‘If you loved The Twilight Zone, this is for you. It's a mind-blower.’ STEPHEN KING"The future of warfare – if not humanity – changed on a hot August day on the grounds of a naval base more than 1,000 miles from the nearest ocean. The discovery involved a single scientist and a model airplane."When every pilot in the country receives a call from their mother begging them not to fly, air travel comes to a ...

In the final volume of Carson's trilogy, the seventeen-year-old sorcerer-queen will travel into the unknown realm of the enemy to win back her true love, save her country, and uncover the final secrets of her destiny.Elisa is a fugitive in her own country. Her enemies have stolen the man she loves in order to lure her to the gate of darkness. As she and her daring companions take one last quest into unknown enemy territory to save Hector, Elisa will face hardships she's never imagi...