The year is 2040. A rare visitor to a hospice in Frascati, nestling in the hills above Rome, elicits macabre reminiscences from inmate Franco Tira, whose life changed when the day-to-day business of disposing of dissidents got personal. Who is the mysterious visitor, and what is his purpose? A gripping, illusion-free look at people we license to kill. The e-book includes, as a taster, chapter two of the author's novella "Goodbye, Padania", which examines the career, style and motives of an...

Uno stato canaglia in agonia. Un uomo con una missione: salvare i figli dei suoi migliori amici. A che prezzo? E basterà? Chi è la misteriosa intermediaria, fredda ma sensuale? Un "prequel" di "Padania addio" per presentarvi Daria Rigoletti.

In a nursing home in the hills above Rome, former spy Franco Tira saves an English fellow patient, Charlie Dunpy, from poison meant for himself. As a result they become friends. Charlie has dementia, but he also seems to possess unusual powers that Franco wants to harness to protect himself against killers seeking revenge for his own past misdeeds. Will Charlie help him? Will his powers keep them both alive? Dark future, good reading.

Over the years, many things have been written about him. The scandals, love affairs, the lies, the backstage feuds.Stories from social media, TMZ, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, The Sun, Page 6, National Enquirer, et. al.Here, star of stage, screen, and roadside café, BRYAN MURPHY, the boy from Brooklyn, finally sets the record straight. In his own words.

In the future Great Brighton, the administration has turned work into a luxury, which it doles out grudgingly. You take what you can of it, and outside of work, you take what you like. Madeleine takes Oratory. It sounds harmless, but in a society where mating is a duty but sex is a drug, can anything really be what it seems? Where will Madeleine's addiction lead her once her only attempt at rebellion fails? Dark future, good reading from Bryan Murphy.Comes together with Bryan Murph...

The near future. An independent, racist state, carved out of northern Italy. Economic meltdown. A slide into bloody chaos. A man with a mission: to save the two children of his closest friends. At what risk? At what price? Will it be enough? And who is the mysterious female go-between with the sensuous lips and steely eyes? Introducing Daria Rigoletti, the contract killer desperate to renounce violence in "Goodbye, Padania", to which "Breakaway" is the prequel. Dark Future, good reading. C...

In questo romanzo di idee ambientato in un prossimo futuro distopico, una giovane donna si batte disperatamente per liberarsi dal peso di un passato cupo e per sottrarsi al destino pieno di sangue che la vita le ha riservato. Sullo sfondo di uno stato canaglia in agonia, Daria Rigoletti si trasforma prima in una killer professionista, poi in una contrabbandiera di esseri umani, infine in una cult leader, ma le circostanze ostacoleranno i suoi tentativi di liberarsi della violenza. Riuscirà...

In this novella of ideas set in a dystopian near future, a young woman strives to break free of the weight of her grim past and avoid a bloody future. Amid the death agonies of a pariah state, Daria Rigoletti transforms herself: from contract killer to people-smuggler to cult leader; but circumstances combine against her attempts to break free of violence. Will the mysterious Mercurio help her – if she doesn't kill him first? Will any other man reignite her human feelings and her passion f...

The third story in the Sean Linehan series, set in the year 2021. Linehan brings over his dead boss to Hong Kong to open Asia's finest sports venue, the SplattaDome. Captivated by the alluring Hypatia, Sean gets kidnapped by Maoist guerrillas and help prisoner in a safe house. His government will not pay a ransom. Can he stay alive long enough to fulfil his quest to give up the perks of his job – money, girls and dodgy antiques - and become good? Or even long enough to see Hypatia again? W...

After an accident sends her tumbling down a cliff, Emilia ends up in a summer camp for monsters. She must survive, trusting a few new beastly friends to keep the fact that she's a human a secret!

Well into adolescence, Dougal is finally doing his duty to the diet and marrying his allotted bride, Verbena. They risk their lives by going abroad for the honeymoon. On their return, Dougal, Verbena and the whole community face the biggest threat of all: heresy!A riveting tale of a not-so-distant future in which who you are is what you eat. And loyalty depends on sharing, or refusing to share blood. Literally. Dark Future, good reading.

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