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From the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction PrizeThis is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn't know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this:There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom.They are talking to him.His life will never be quite the same again...Kester lives in a land in quarantine. A deadly virus has killed all the animals except pests and it's expec...

The Sunday Times Number One BestsellerIt’s time we get back to common sense.It’s time to cancel the cancel culture.It’s time to Wake Up.If, like me, you’re sick and tired of being told how to think, speak, eat and behave, then this book is for you.If, like me, you think the world’s going absolutely nuts, then thi...

Beauty with brains meets a big, grumpy Beast just before Christmas. Only a third wheel and a long carriage ride are in their way...The beauty of a barmaid, Sofie, has rejected every marriage offer she's ever received. To Sofie, marriage requires trust and true love. Equally important, she wants to be an independent woman, not someone's property. And a piece of that independence means attending a lecture where she can learn new ways...

BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR, BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY • Discover the magical beginning of Piers Anthony’s enthralling Xanth seriesXanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled—where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs and dragons and basilisks.For Bink of North Village, however, Xanth was no fairy tale. He alone had no magic. And unless he got some—and got some fast!—he would be exiled. Forever. But the Good Magician H...

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE 2014.A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine RundellTwelve-year-old Kester thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong.Below the sparkling city of Premium, deep underground, a dark wild remains: animals who believe the time is right to rise up against their human enemies.A...

A fascinating insight into the life of one of the country's bestselling and best-loved authors, marrying her work with her extraordinary life, and looking at her rise to fame and fortune against all the odds.‘Everything I have touched in my life figures in my books. Every single book I write has something that has happened to me or my family or to my friends.’Josephine Cox was born in Blackburn during its decline as the cotton-weaving capital of the world. Life was hard but...

Not even a bluestocking on the verge of scandal could invent a love like this.When Lady Bridget is riding her newest invention through Hyde Park, the last thing on her mind is love. She has dedicated her life to science and improving the world around her. And she will settle for nothing less than complete freedom to do so, even if she remains unwed.Arthur, the Duke of Whitewood, can’t help but notice the strange woman on th...

A quest for the source of power threatened to doom the land of XanthAs a ruler of a country steeped in enchantment, King Trent was naturally curious about the source of its magic. It made sense to order Bink, the only one of his subjects immune to supernatural harm, to undertake a quest to discover the wellspring of Xanth’s uniqueness.From the beginning, Bink and his companions, Chester the centaur and Crombie, the soldier transformed into a griffin, were h...

FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZEA thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine RundellThis is the story of a boy named Kester. He has rescued the last wild animals in the world, and saved his capital city from destruction. But now he must face his greatest challenge yet, because:The only blue whale on the planet has brought news from across the oceanA mysteri...

The complete first trilogy. 3 books. 1,100 pages. Over 80,000 copies downloaded.Rath's DeceptionOn the cut-throat streets of Tarkis, orphaned teens like Rath end up jailed … or dead. So when the shadowy Janus Group offers Rath a chance to earn riches beyond his wildest dreams, he seizes it. But the Janus Group is as ruthless as the elite assassins it controls. Rath will have to survive their grueling, off-world training, and fulfill all fift...

The future tyrant begins his path to power as an asylum seeker on Jupiter in this sci-fi series opener from the New York Times–bestselling author.Though he was later accused of every crime and sexual perversion in the galaxy, Hope Hubris began as an innocent. Because he defended his older sister against the violent lusts of a wealthy scion, Hope and his peasant family were forced to flee Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. Pursued by the bloodthirsty sci...