Scaramouche tells the story of an unlikely hero during the French Revolution. Andre-Louis Moreau, a lawyer, is transformed from cynic to idealist as circumstances force him to change sides several times during the conflict in France. He becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship.Rafael Sabatini’s 1921 novel has been adapted numerous times, most famously in 1952 with Stewart ...

The critically acclaimed novel from a master of contemporary American fiction—now available as an ebookYglesias’s New York Times–bestselling novel of trauma, loss, and the bonds formed between victims of catastropheMax Klein suffers from many anxieties—including a terrible fear of flying—but after surviving a plane crash his worries vanish and he suddenly believes himself invincible. Back home, a psychiatrist puts him in touch with...

A Katie Couric Book Club Pick“Part mystery, part coming-of-age tale, Night Objects will keep readers guessing all the way through, but it's the book's emotional center—a daughter in deep mourning for her late mother—that elevates this novel into something truly memorable.” ―Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods

A thrilling tale of piracy, justice, and honor on the high seas from the author of ScaramoucheRetired soldier Peter Blood lives a happy, comfortable life as a physician in seventeenth-century England. Yet everything changes one fateful evening when he saves the life of the wrong patient: a young rebel involved in an uprising against King James II. For doing his job and obeying the Hippocratic oath, the shell-shocked Blood is convicted of treason and sentenc...

A twisted young medical student kidnaps the girl of his dreams and embarks on a road trip across Brazil in the English-language debut of one of Brazil's most celebrated young crime writersTeo Avelar is a loner. He lives with his paraplegic mother and her dog in Rio de Janeiro, he doesn't have many friends, and the only time he feels honest human emotion is in the presence of his medical school cadaver--that is, until he meets Clarice. She's almost his exact opposit...

An alternate-history fantasy of faith and wizardry set during the Italian Renaissance from the author of Tea with the Black Dragon.Discover three novels of magic—light and dark—from a winner of the John W. Campbell and Philip K. Dick awards.In Damiano, our hero is Damiano Dalstrego, a wizard's son, an alchemist, and the heir to dark magics. But he is also an innocent, a young scholar and musician befriended by the Archangel Raphael, who ins...

Captain Blood is one of the great pirate stories. First published in 1922, Rafael Sabatini’s novel has never been out of print. It was the basis for the hit Warner Bros. movie Captain Blood (1935), starring Errol Flynn.Although Blood is a fictional character, much of the historical background of the novel is based on fact. Blood is loosely based on Henry Pitman, a surgeon who tended the wounded Monmouth rebels and was sentenced to penal transportation to Barbados ...

In between Angels Before Man and Angels & Man:The fallen angel of fruit Rosier lives among cold caves and fiery demons with a soft heart succumbing to comfortable misery. He shares a bed with the monster who'd been his most beloved friend in Heaven, captive now to a beastly body of eternal rot. If there is any love left between them, it's surely a ghost fading with each daybreak. But when the devi...

Captain Blood, published in 1922, is a swashbuckling adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini. It chronicles the Odyssey of Peter Blood, an Irish Physician, from his arrest for rebellion in England to his slavery in the Caribbean to his piracy and, finally, to becoming His Excellency The Governor. According to Wikipedia, "Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of and adventure. Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi Italy, to an English mother and ...

The Rafael Sabatini Megapack collects 20 works by the author of many classic swashbuckling adventures, including Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, Scaramouche, and more.Included are:Mistress WildingCaptain BloodScaramoucheHistorical Night's Entertainment (First Series)Historical Night's Entertainment (Second Series)St. Martin's SummerThe SnareThe Trampling of the LiliesThe Life of Cesare BorgiaLove-at-ArmsThe ...

**A fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the universe—written by the creator of BoJack Horseman with his hallmark scathing dark humor“Transcendent tragicomedy.... Prepare to be devastated and made whole again.” —The A.V. Club**Featuring:• A young engaged couple forced to deal with interfering relatives dictating the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices for their wedding....

Callie has been hiding in plain sight ever since her dad tried to sell her out, or well, sell her. She's in her last year of college and isn't expecting to fall in love with a hot biker guy. But then again, most of her life has been unexpected.Raf has been living a quiet life, well as quiet as you can be being part of a large MC. He's put his previous life and job behind him and focuses on his dogs. He figures he's doing well until a trip to a bar changes everything. She's a bit sw...