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  Philip Francis Nowlan:...

  Philip Nowlan

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  This is the original ‘Buck Rogers’ SF classic. Thrill to the adventures of Anthony "Buck" Rodgers is one of the most celebrated characters in the history of science fiction. Famed in comic strips, television, in movies, and even radio, this is the first novel to introduce Buck Rogers to the reading public. In Armageddon – 2419 A.D., Buck, a victim of accidental suspended animation, awakens five hundred years later to discover America groaning under the tyranny of the villainous Han, ruling from the safety of their armored machine-cities. Falling in love with one of America's new warrior-women, Wilma Deering, Rogers soon become a central figure in using new fangled scientific weapons – disintegrators, jumping belts, inertron, and paralysis rays – to revolt against the Han. 'Nuff said. Adventure awaits!!!!! (This book has no redeeming cultural value. Neither does it's sequel, where the dastardly Han get what is coming to them)

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  The Moving Finger - An detective...

  Rose Champion de Crespigny

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  Annie Rose Charlotte Key was born on 9th November 1859 in Kensington, London. 
   
  With a privileged background—her father was an admiral, her mother a Lady, Rose began her creative life as a painter before a stab at writing local history settled her into popular fiction. 
   
  Her works were solidly written and often described as having a ‘certain graceful facility’. 
   
  Her marriage to Philip Augustus Champion de Crespigny in 1878 resulted in a family of 4 children and a name of status. 
   
  Rose was a leading member of the Ridley Art Club, the Lyceum Club in Piccadilly, and of the British College of Psychic Science.  Victorian society had a particular fascination with spiritualism and in ‘The Moving Finger’ Rose uses the theme as a background to introduce her popular occult detective Norton Vyse into her series of short stories.  
   
  Rose Champion de Crespigny died on 10th February 1935.  She was 75.

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  The Escalator

  Andrew Budden

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  It's amazing where you can roam at the foot of an escalator. William, free to think at the bottom of his, is about to embark on the shocking finale to his mysterious search. 
  There's much else to ponder, too. There's his love for the barbed Cas. And who's the woman he meets every week claiming to be his daughter? There's the past he pictures of flying, TV, spiritual and sporting glory. But how does the ordinary life he remembers at the steelworks sit with being confidant to Marlon Brando and Michael Jordan, Brookside scriptwriter and Concorde's chief test pilot? 
  Can William resolve the conflicts of a brilliant, riotous mind to stop self-destruction? Are we all on the same track? 
    
  This literary novel confronts love and isolation, freedom and focus, reality and imagination with tragi-comic craftsmanship.

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  Vendetta - The addictive...

  Edie Baylis

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  'Edie Baylis has produced another fantastic gangland read. I loved the characters and was gripped from the first page' Caz Finlay  
  Who can you trust? 
  Once bitter enemies, Samantha Reynold and Seb Stoker's powerful alliance enables their firms and casinos to go from strength to strength. With the families no longer in opposition, it seems that Sam and Seb are untouchable… 
  But not everyone is happy with the new power couple of the club world. 
  Unbeknownst to everyone, someone new wants to see Sam’s perfect life ruined. And they will stop at nothing to seek their revenge – even if it means destroying everything - and everyone - in their path. 
  With tensions high, Sam and Seb must put their trust in each other completely. But can they trust those closest to them? Or do they have a vendetta of their own? 
  A gripping gangland story perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Heather Atkinson and Caz Finlay. 
  Praise for Edie Baylis: 
  'From start to finish, fast paced and gripping. Gangland fiction at its best! Bestselling author Kerry Kaya. 
  'Shocking and thrilling at the same time. It will take your breath away!' Bestselling author Gillian Godden 
  'Fabulous series, tense, danger-ridden, and with a strong gangland thriller feel' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
  'Once again this is an excellent and gritty thriller full of action and scheming characters which gripped me from start to finish' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
  'Edie proves yet again that her gritty, gangland books are up there with the best in the genre as they all, this one included, have you hooked from beginning to end' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

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  Brevet Wedge

  K.A. Bachus

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  "I’ve never known Mack to make a threat he was not prepared to carry out,” I said carefully. “He doesn’t bluff." 
  Frank Cardova provides logistic support for a highly effective team of deadly operatives known as Charlemagne, the premier freelance specialist team used by Western governments for black operations conducted without fingerprints. Mack, the team’s knife-wielding leader, and his son Charlie arrive on Frank’s doorstep bringing chaos, terror, and violence with them. 
  The last thing Frank ever wants to see is Louis, the volatile marksman of the team, anywhere near his home, let alone sitting at the kitchen table drinking a martini meant for him and flirting with his wife. For Frank, the men of Charlemagne have become the ultimate houseguests from hell. 
  Mack offers Frank’s subordinate, Steve Donovan, a chance to join the team after the fallout of a recent disaster puts his young family at risk. As Frank watches Steve turn into a killer and his wife and daughter discover what his thirty-year career has been all about, he helps the team save the lives of Steve’s family while dreading the danger to his own. 
  Can Frank trust anyone in his immediate circle? 
  Brevet Wedge is the third novel in K.A. Bachus’s fast-paced Charlemagne Files series chronicling the lives of a team of deadly Cold War intelligence operatives over three decades.

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  A Judge Called Deborah

  Kenneth Winter

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  In a day when the culture dictated that women were to be seen and not heard, God raised up a woman with the faith, wisdom and courage to lead her people as a judge over Israel.  After settling in the Promised Land, the people of Israel repeatedly turned their backs on God and went their own way. But by His grace, God mercifully responded to His people’s cries for help by raising up judges to lead His people back to Him. This is the story of one of those judges — the one called Deborah.  Discover the heart and character of this one God called and used to bring peace to His chosen people. Explore her story and the story of the times in which she lived — the portion you may already know … and the rest of the story that could have been.

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