"The world has never been in a more vulnerable position: asteroids, tsunamis, earthquakes, flooding, and terrorist threats; our energy resources are being used up at an alarming rate; oil and gas supplies are running out; global warming; the ozone layer. But, if the NHBs have the technology we think they have, they should be able to help us. That's where you come in."How can Professor Egbert a renowned authority on Quantum Communications help?How can Annie Brown a reclusive...

They live among us, slaves to the very condition that empowers them. They are the Vampyre, and their sole chance at survival lies in banding into Clans. Only Joe Pitt has gone his own way. The upside is freedom. The downside is there's nobody on his side when trouble comes around. Joe gets rough receptions from all the countless Clans shifting about on the island of Manhattan, but his current trouble is with the Coalition - the Clan that controls the city river to river, from 14th Street t...

As the concluding volume of this highly acclaimed series opens, Joe has spent a year splashing around in the city's sewer system, protecting the perimeters of the ground on which his love, Evie, now lives.Above ground, Manhattan's Vampyre clans have at last abandoned any claims on civility and have finally sprung fully for each others' throats. But as Vampyre civil war rages, Joe is tracked down by an old acquaintance and pulled back to the surface. At last, the many questions that...

There's a bad vibe in the air. Every Vampyre in Manhattan feels it in their bones . . . and in their blood. The mother of all gang rumbles is brewing between the divided Clans of the city's undead. A battle royal for more turf that will tear the island from stem to stern. And just his luck, Joe Pitt is smack in the middle of it.A rogue Vampyre who shunned Clan life, Joe's his own man. Kind of. Thing is, there's certain people have a claim on his talents. When they need someone who'...

After a year hiding out in the Bronx, Joe Pitt is given an assignment he can't refuse.One Clan needs Joe to inform on another, but he's playing them both while keeping his eye on the main prize: his girl Evie is on the Island somewhere and he'll do anything to get her back. And in this case, 'anything' means coming face to face with the horrendous secret that lies beneath the Vampyre world. It's a quest that will drive him to the heart of the two most perplexing mysteries of the Va...

New York's favourite rogue detective, Joe Pitt, is about to find himself caught in a nasty power struggle between competing Vampyre clans.Down to his last few bags of blood and behind on rent, Joe takes on a decidedly dirty job: finding the source of a powerful drug that's hit the street, one strong enough to affect Vampyres and make its users do unpredictable things, things that could bring unwelcome exposure to New York's Vampyre community.Unfortunately, that entails cros...

**Featuring a special introduction read by the author, David Baldacci, and read by a full cast, including Stewart Crank, Alexandra Boulton, John Lee, Nicola Delgado, Matthew Lloyd Davies, and Joe Pitts.'A beautiful read that will linger long in the memory' – Kate Quinn**During one of the fiercest conflicts the world has ever known, three strangers’ lives collide as they confront the raining bombs of their present and the explosive secrets of their past. Journey back...

**From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes a novel set in 1940s London about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in one another."A masterpiece of a historical thriller." —Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of Eternal**Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, p...

A sweeping and emotional World War II novel for readers of Soraya M. Lane and Veronica Leigh.‘Heartbreaking and hopeful’ Kate Galley'An engaging story of fortitude … and unexpected love.' Anita Frank'A moving story of love, sacrifice and survival.' Suzanne Fortin'A gripping and original tale' Catherine LawApril, 1945.Hamburg is a city on the brink of ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA YOUNG ADULT BOOK CLUB PICK • A new generation of characters takes center stage in the start of a ruthless and romantic fantasy saga set in the same world as the unforgettable An Ember in the Ashes series."A tour de force of fantasy that will leave readers breathless and boneless and aching for more." —Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken Heart**...

'Heir is a tour de force of fantasy that will leave readers breathless and boneless and aching for more' Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken HeartPrepare for the action-packed, ruthless, and romantic new fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winning author Sabaa Tahir about love, legacy, and vengeance.An orphan.An outcast...

‘Cancel your plans because once you start reading you won't be able to stop’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The book ends with a final twist that is as shocking as it is dramatic’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐He was ten years old when the world decided he was evil.A child is killed falling from the Humber Bridge. Despite fleeing the scene, two young brothers are found guilty and sent to prison. Upon their release they are granted one privilege only – their anonymi...