LONGLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2022.The champion of a dead king has nothing left to lose... and only vengeance to claim.Hastings, 1066. Styrkar the Dane emerges from the blood-soaked fields of Senlac Hill, wounded, furious, and filled with purpose. His king is dead. His comrades lie butchered. The Norman usurpers think England is theirs, but Styrkar isn't finished.Driven by loyalty and wrath, he becomes a hunted outlaw, a ghost in the woods,...

Can Styrkar, the fearsome Red Wolf, finally take his revenge on the Conqueror? The gripping new adventure from the Wolf of Kings series.England, 1069. King William's iron rule grips the land, his Frankish lords dominating with towering castles. But on the edges of his realm, rebellion still smolders.In the east, an outlaw builds an island fortress, rallying common folk against Norman oppression. Edgar the Aetheling remains defiant, seeking the throne that is rightfully his....

A warrior torn between blood and brotherhood.In the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, Styrkar, loyal housecarl to the fallen King Harold, journeys to Ireland in search of the dead king's exiled sons. But when a plot to murder Harold's widow and infant son is uncovered, duty pulls him in a different direction.Fleeing back to England with the dowager and child, Styrkar's loyalties are tested as he's forced into an uneasy alliance with his old comrade Eadnoth, now sworn to ...

From the victims of a teenage murderess to dismembered corpses in train station luggage racks, London is home to some of the most macabre and gruesome murders in history. And for more than 200 years, Scotland Yard has built its name and reputation pursuing death merchants, psychopaths and serial killers.From its inception in 1829 up to the eve of World War II, Scotland Yard: A Bloody History tells the full story of how the Yard developed and advanced modern crime-fighting ...

In the twilight of the Wars of the Roses, one knight carries out a final mission for his fallen king…August 1485. Grizzled knight Sir John Hawker carries a heavy burden on his shoulders, but a chance for atonement beckons when his liege lord, King Richard III, charges Hawker with two secret missions.However, when Richard falls at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Hawker hastens to fulfil his final duty to the king. But the usurping Tudors have discovered Hawker's quest, and are...

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and space, where Doctor Silas Coade is tasked with keeping his crew safe as they adventure across the galaxy in search of a mysterious artifact.In the 1800s, a sailing ship crashes off the coast of Norway. In the 1900s, a Zepellin explores an icy canyon in Antarctica. In the far future, a spaceship sets out for an alien artifact. Each excursion goes horribly wrong. And on eve...

A child-friendly audio-drama adventure for young children that fires the imagination while gently conveying important values such as friendship, courage and love. Ideal for children aged four to ten. Prince Siegfried comes of age and celebrates his twenty-first birthday in the palace gardens. The next day, at the court ball, he must at last choose his future bride. Near the palace, on the shore of Swan Lake, the beautiful swan-maiden Odette rises from the water in the bright moonlight. In ...

Brought to you by Penguin.Born to swim thousands of miles in the ocean, the giant sea turtles are now trapped in a tank of golden-green water at London Zoo. But not for much longer. Two lonely people, a bookseller and a children's illustrator, have begun thinking turtle thoughts. As they come together to hatch a plan to release the turtles into the sea, their diaries reveal how they find their own lives changing in imperceptible and quite unintended ways.'W...

Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and The Goldsmiths PrizeA Guardian, New York Times, Spectator, Hot Press and White Review Book of the Year'A Shock inhabits the secret life of a city, its hidden energies. It dramatizes how patterns form and then disperse, how stories are made and relationships created . . . remarkable' - Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn

Jenny McDade’s heart-warming comedy about a wannabe Blue Peter presenter who joins a slimming groupIt’s the 1990s and the body positivity movement has yet to be born. Graham Pitscottie dreams of one day becoming a presenter on Blue Peter. However, he is stuck replenishing the pick 'n' mix at Woolworths. By his own admission he is, ‘a bit of a fatso’, and because there are no fat Blue Peter presenters, he joins - at the insistence of his m...

A dangerous snake attacks Prince Tamino in the forest but three noble ladies protect him. Together with the bird catcher Papageno, Tamino is supposed to free Princess Pamina because the dreaded Sarastro has imprisoned her in his castle. Tamino and Papageno receive a magic flute and a glockenspiel from Pamina's mother, the Queen of the Night. The brave rescuers must overcome difficult tests, but the daring rescue plan succeeds. In the end, Tamino and Pamina, Papageno and his new girlfriend ...

A child-friendly audio-drama adventure for young children that fires the imagination while gently conveying important values such as friendship, courage and love. Ideal for children aged four to ten. A dangerous serpent attacks Prince Tamino in the forest, but three ladies of the court protect him. Together with the bird-catcher Papageno, Tamino sets out to rescue Princess Pamina, for the feared Sarastro is holding her captive in his fortress. As magical aids, the Queen of the Night, Pamin...