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  Under Ground - Jem Flockhart Book 6

  E S Thomson

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  A plague is coming to London. Dreaded more than the Devil himself, cholera - the 'blue death' - spares no one. As fear grows across the city, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain are called to the bedside of a dead man, murdered, and with his throat torn out, in the back room of a brothel. When an innocent man is taken to Newgate, Jem and Will have until execution day to save him. The search for the identity of the corpse, and the killer, takes them to the gates of Blackwater Hall, home to the secretive, and corrupt Mortmain family. With the approach of autumn, no one is safe, for the fog brings with it an evil and poisonous sickness - the perfect shroud for murder. 
  When family secrets are prised out into the open, people begin dying. But who, or what, is the cause? Searching for answers, Jem and Will are driven underground, to the passages and tunnels beneath the city's teeming streets. Here, their adversary proves to be more elusive, and more deadly, than ever. 
  'Jem Flockhart books are the best I've read in years' - KIRSTY LOGAN 
  'A marvel . . . thoroughly engrossing' - MARY PAULSON ELLIS

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  Conquistador

  Griff Hosker

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  When a young boy and his father, a master gunner, leave their home in Devon they cannot know that piracy will become their life, for a while, at least. Set in the early days of the Spanish conquest of the Americas and with a young King Henry on the throne of England, this is a novel of discovery and riches, slavery and death. It is a time of innovation when guns changed from being firing tubes to cannons that could bring death and destruction. Above all, it is the story of a youth who, against the odds, becomes a man, and more becomes a master gunner in his own right. 
   
  This is the first part of a series that will culminate in the heights of the Andes where the power of the Spanish comes up against the Incas in their mountain eyries.

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  The Colonists

  Vivian Stuart

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  The eleventh book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country made of blood, passion, and dreams.
   
  Against overwhelming odds they fought to tame a savage land, now they must fight to keep it.
   
  For three tumultuous generations they had struggled to harness an alien wilderness, to lay the bold foundation for their dreams. But now, just as a radiant future beckons, they are menaced by distant powers hungry to seize what they have so bitterly won.
  As the new generation comes into its own, some, like Lucy Van Buren, live drugged by lavish splendor. Others, like Michael Dean, carry on the invincible pioneer spirit. And still the newcomers arrive, burning with unbridled passions and dark desires. Men like Robert Willoughby, fleeing disgrace, headed for disaster … women like Alice Fairweather, willing to risk everything for a cause. Together, as lovers and enemies, they must battle to forge the glorious destiny that is rightfully theirs. Once outcasts, they are now The Colonists.

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  Buddha in Redface -...

  Dr. Eduardo Duran

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  Story is told by a narrator who is a psychologist in Indian country. What appears to be a consultation with a patient ends up meeting with his teacher, Tarrence. Tarrence proceeds to take the narrator into a dreamtime journey that melts the worldview held by the story teller. The dream leads the narrator to a place in which the energy generated by ancient dreamers must be balanced. The lack of balance brought on by the power dreamers and their ceremony resulted in the atomic bomb. New realms also give insights as to why the bomb was dropped on Japan. Throughout the story there are conflicts between western and Indigenous ways of knowing, the main protagonist being Carl, who is a psychiatrist.

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  All the Bees in the Hollows

  Lauren Keegan

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  WINNER OF INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 
   
  Bees choose their masters. Bees don't sting good people. 
   
   
  Marytè is a devoted beekeeper. She lives by the old rules: work with fellow beekeepers, be a good Christian and a good harvest will follow. These rules help her cope with her grief when she inherits her husband's tree hollows. But as harsh conditions and tax increases threaten the harvest, Marytè begins to question her faith, her community and her own sanity. 
   
  There is little help to be had from her eldest daughter. Austeja is no worker bee. She takes risks, speaks her mind and dreams of escaping their isolated community. As her mother works, she finds refuge in the ancient forest and the old beliefs instilled in her by her defiant grandmother. 
  When Austeja discovers the mutilated body of the Hollow Watcher and uncovers a honeycomb of lies and betrayal, she is intent on finding the truth and protecting her family.  
  Will mother and daughter overcome their differences, learn the truth behind the murder and complete the honey harvest? 
   
  ‘Beautifully written, atmospheric and compelling’ INGA SIMPSON

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  Sundown Town Duty Station - The...

  J.J. Zerr

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  Jon Zachery moves his wife and two small children to Meridian, Mississippi, in 1968 to begin US Navy flight training. He and his family wind up in the middle of a KKK resurgence. Jon must cope with the winnowing process that is Navy flight training as well as attempt to keep his family safe. His wife,  
  Teresa discovers she is wed to the US Navy every bit as much as she is wed to Jon.

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