When a valuable shipment of ood vanishes from an important shipment, everyone assumes it was lost in transit. But Maple Leaf, the town's sharp-eyed witch detective, isn't convinced.Armed with her spellbook, a knack for solving mysteries, and her faithful friends, Maple follows a trail of strange clues through oceans and taverns. What begins as a simple missing-shipment case soon uncovers something far more troubling: a secret band of Pyrites, cunning tricksters who have been operat...

A terrorist attack. A daring raid. Ambitious individuals hungry for power. The Crossroads are in trouble.Carson Flint and his team have settled into a quiet life in their establishment. Two newcomers arrive with lofty goals of changing the entire planet. When two members of the community go missing, it acts as a launching point for a chaotic event, leaving the remaining citizens to fight for their lives or lose everything.Meanwhile, Supreme Commander Garvin...

Contains books five and six of the Rise of Mankind series.Pursuit, Book 5:Earth's mighty warship, The Behemoth, has been selected to receive the honor of formally joining the alliance. This momentous occasion opens new opportunities for the human race, a chance to help decide the fate of the universal government and participate in galactic affairs. As they prepare for the voyage and ceremony to come, not all are easy aboar...

'A tremendous novel with a cool and engrossing narrative voice'William Boyd, author of The Predicament'Thrums with the momentum of a page turner'Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars'Addictive'Ledia Xhoga, author of Misinterpretation' Brilliant . . . A novel about a shocking literary scandal ...

A full-cast drama series exploring six turning-points in the career of Winston ChurchillA Shooting Star: Lord Randolph's rapid rise and sudden end were always before his son as he pursued his singular path.Crisis at Agadir: June 1911: Churchill was Home Secretary and Lloyd George was Chancellor when the Germans sent a gunboat to Morocco to protect their interests....Gallipoli: 'I was ruined ...

Maple Leaf is a witch, not the dark and brooding kind, but the sort who brews potions with a splash of gin, talks to her plants (who talk back), and insists on holidaying somewhere with strong tea and better gossip. So when she books a much-needed vacation in the desert kingdom of the Jade Feast, she expects foot massages and fragrant markets, not a brooding king in crisis.Enter King Saragon: charming, stressed, and one evil wizard away from total ruin. After a fortuitous meeting, d...

The May/June 2024 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Arkady Martine, Sarah Rees Brennan, Tia Tashiro, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Rati Mehotra, K.S. Walker, and John Wiswell. Essays by John Scalzi, Amy Berg, Dawn Xiana Moon, and Cara Liebowitz, poetry by Angela Liu, Ali Trotta, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, and Fran Wilde, interviews with Arkady Martine and K.S. Walker by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Zara Alfonso, and an editorial by Lynne M...

Secrets hide behind those peacefully shuttered windows...Deception awaits around the next curve in the road. Rumors spread over garden hedges, fishing ponds, and knitting circles. Neighborhood cats discover a boneyard.And when Death strolls through the tranquil countryside or checks into the quaint village inn for the weekend, it's the intrepid - and often accidental - investigators who must find and decipher clues, unravel mysteries, and bring the killer to justice.

Launched in 1995, Bach Perspectives has become the premier English-language serial book series dedicated to cutting-edge Bach scholarship. The University of Illinois Press now offers the first four volumes in open access editions available for free to all interested readers.The fourth volume of Bach Perspectives analyzes J. S. Bach’s orchestral works, especially his concertos, and the interpretation and performance of his music in general. The diverse contributors...

Whether it’s vintage Hollywood, the Florida everglades, the Atlantic City boardwalk, or a farmhouse in Western Canada, the twenty authors represented in this collection of mystery and suspense interpret the overarching theme of “moonlight and misadventure” in their own inimitable style where only one thing is assured: Waxing, waning, gibbous, or full, the moon is always there, illuminating things better left in the dark.Featuring stories by K.L. Abrahamson, Sharon Hart Addy, C.W. B...

The July/August 2022 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Marie Brennan, AnaMaria Curtis, Juliet Kemp, K.S. Walker, John Chu, Radha Kai Zan, and Jordan Taylor. Reprint fiction by Tochi Onyebuchi. Essays by Keidra Chaney, Gay Haldeman, Jim C. Hines, and Jeannette Ng, poetry by Brandon O'Brien, Sarah Grey, Sonya Taaffe, and Millie Ho, interviews with AnaMaria Curtis and Jordan Taylor by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Kirbi Fagan, and editori...

Darkness, our most primitive fear since shadows first stirred.Within the pages of this horror anthology you will be taken back into the past, down to the depths of the ocean and across the borderline between our world and the next. You will see snapshots from the lives of small children, old-time cockney gangsters and aimless stoners. You will journey into the darkest house on the darkest street, wander hospital basements, and take a flight in the comfort of first ...