**'Lyrical and profound, delving into the depths of human connection. You will cry.'GLAMOUR'Impressive . . . it gripped my heart and imagination.'**JO BROWNING WROE'Intriguing . . . there is also significant charm and energy.'GUARDIAN'Compulsive, electrifying.'SPECTATOROne man, one choice, two lifetimes.In one un...

WARNING: This book contains harsh detail of true physical and sexual child abuseMy book is about my life up to the age of 17 years old. My mother did not want me as a baby and my mother's parents took me in, I was so happy with living with my grandparents, I loved them very much, Staying with my mother again was very different especially once she had a new boyfriend and horrible abuse started from a very young age. My mother was warned yet did nothing to save me and my two brothers...

In a cruel empire, two teens fight to survive and resist their oppressors amid magic, alchemy, and an impossible mission.In the treacherous land of Vesimaa, children are stolen from their families by a ruthless emperor and forced to undergo a horrific transformative procedure to serve as magical fire-wielding soldiers. Pran and Oksana, both taken from their homeland at a young age, only have each other in this heartless place.Pran dreams of rebelling and dest...

Through the eyes of eight-year-old Finn we find ourselves on a small island, surrounded by nothing but sea. Finn lives here with his Pa, his elder sister Alice and his younger sister Daisy, and has no memory of any world but this one. All he knows of the past comes from the songs and stories of his father, which tell of the great flood that drowned all the other inhabitants of the earth, a deluge their family survived thanks to the ark in which they now live.Alice, however, has ent...

A chilling post-apocalyptic tale of how far a father will go to protect his children?from the author of The AmnesiacIn a world nearly destroyed by catastrophic floods, one family has been spared. Many years ago, as the waters rose, a father and his three children took to their ark and drifted to the safety of a small island. Life there is a quiet idyll of music and farming?and young Alice, Finn, and Daisy are grateful for their salvation?until the day a st...

A gripping literary thriller from an exciting new voice in fictionHailed as 'one to watch' by the UK's Telegraph, Sam Taylor is one of the most imaginative and innovative young writers at work today. With The Amnesiac, his United States debut, he incorporates a murder mystery and a forgotten manuscript into an exhilarating and intelligent novel. When twenty-nine-year-old James Purdew returns to England from his home in Amsterdam, it is to discover...

As a collection of politically engaged poetry for the 21st century, Nude Descending and Empire develops the lyrical voice of a citizen-poet speaking to the urgency of our contemporary moment, especially its ecological crisis. This is a book that brings all the supposed sensitivity of poetry into contact with the world we actually live in—with all its crises, madness, and modernity—and insists that we feel it all. A reader will recognize many of the urgent political issues of our t...

In the cold, treacherous land of Vesimaa, children are stolen from their families by a cruel emperor, forced to undergo a horrific transformative procedure and serve in the army as magical fire-wielding soldiers. Pran and Oksana-both taken from their homeland at a young age-only have each other to hold onto in this heartless place. Pran dreams of one day rebelling against their oppressors and destroying the empire; Oksana only dreams of returning home and creating a peaceful life for them ...

They thought it was an open and shut case, they were wrong.When former MI6 agent Selwin Birks is found dead in his Costa Blanca villa, police call it a suicide. A few days later, MI5 agent Chris Kane is also found dead, killed on his boat. But the local police can see no connection.Maverick Government agent Sam Taylor knows better…Tasked with unraveling the mystery, Sam arrives in Spain - knowing he must find the connection before it finds him....

An agent finds himself dealing with a murder, a missing body, and a mole in this action-packed international thriller . . .Twelve months ago, maverick government officer Sam Taylor was shot and left for dead while investigating a black-market organization. Now his shooter, a mysterious and beautiful agent, has been found dead in Amsterdam.Sent to identify the body, Sam is reunited with old acquaintances—and introduced to a new one: Interpol agent Karl Vogt, l...

Three action-packed international thrillers that will have you on the edge of your seat…Code RedTwelve months ago, maverick government officer Sam Taylor was shot and left for dead while investigating a black-market organization. Now his shooter, a mysterious and beautiful agent, has been found dead in Amsterdam.But when national security is on the line, who can he really trust?Spy CodeWhen ...

Betrayal is the only certainty for government agent Sam Taylor in this pulse-pounding espionage thriller from the author of Code Red.When Alexandra May, the secretary to the British ambassador, vanishes in Berlin, Sam Taylor is sent to find her. But this isn't just a missing person case—Alexandra's disappearance threatens a critical deal.Soon, Sam becomes a target of Russian agents and learns that the embassy's deception runs deeper than anyone imagi...