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  The Lost Books of the Odyssey -...

  Zachary Mason

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  Zachary Mason’s brilliant and beguiling debut novel, The Lost Books of the Odyssey, re-imagines Homer’s classic story of the hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy.With brilliant prose, terrific imagination, and dazzling literary skill, Mason creates alternative episodes, fragments, and revisions of Homer’s original that, taken together, open up this classic Greek myth to endless reverberating interpretations.The Lost Books of the Odyssey is punctuated with great wit, beauty, and playfulness; it is a daring literary work that marks the emergence of an extraordinary new talent.A Macmillan Audio production.

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  Titans of War - The thrilling...

  Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn

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  Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series.A RUTHLESS ENEMY. A CIVILISATION IN RUINS. A QUEST FOR SALVATION.For over fifty years Egypt has known nothing but war and devastation at the hands of the Hyksos, a bloodthirsty barbarian people from the distant east who continue to advance, crushing armies in their wake. Times are desperate, but throughout the conflict, a brave resistance fights on under the great Taita, a slave who has risen far beyond his ranks. Piay, entrusted into Taita's care by his parents at the age of just five, has been trained to become a great spy, unmatched by any other. Determined to prove his worth, he embarks on a dangerous mission to the north - to Mycenae and through the heart of Hyksos land and across the great sea - to find allies to help defend Egypt. As the situation becomes increasingly precarious, and the fate of the kingdom is hanging in the balance, can Piay succeed in his quest or will this mean the end of the glory that is Egypt once and for all?

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  Dance of Hearts - A Cinderella...

  Byrd Nash

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  In Regency England, 1816, it is not fashionable to display fairy blood.With her mother’s dubious bloodline, and her father’s death, Miss Wychwood acts as her cousin’s unpaid housekeeper and companion. However, when a childhood friend returns, will she remain a dowdy chaperone or take a chance at love?Sweet Romance (fade to black)Written in a Jane Austen (book) styleChildhood love returnsPoor girl makes goodFairy Godmother Magical dress and ball sceneDance of Hearts is a quick read, short story fantasy fairytale for fans of Regency romances who want a dash of fairy magic with their tea and cake.Appropriate for 12+ up readers.

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  Castle Richmond

  Anthony Trollope

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  Set against the background of the Irish famine in the 1840’s, the novel tells of the tangled relationships between Clara Desmond, Herbert Fitzgerald and his cousin Owen Fitzgerald. Clara – whose previously ‘great’ family is almost bankrupt – is initially attracted to Owen, but whose dissolute lifestyle is a handicap. The matter is further complicated by the fact that Lady Desmond, Clara’s mother, is in love with Owen.Meanwhile, Herbert supplants Owen in Clara’s affections. Herbert is heir to Castle Richmond and the name and property but this position is threatened for much of the book because of the possible illegitimacy of his parents’ marriage. - Summary by Simon Evers

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  The Goldminer's Sister - Gold is...

  Alison Stuart

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  Gold is a fever. Will it lead her to love ... or death? A suspenseful romance set on the turbulent goldfields of 1870s Australia, for readers of The Postmistress and The Woman in the Green Dress. 
    
  'There are people in this town with the gleam of gold in their eyes and cold steel in their hearts.' 
  1873. Eliza Penrose arrives in the gold mining town of Maiden's Creek in search of her brother, planning to make a new life for herself. Instead she finds a tragic mystery - and hints of betrayals by those closest to her.  
  Mining engineer Alec McLeod left Scotland to escape the memory of his dead wife and child. Despite the best efforts of the eligible ladies of Maiden's Creek, Alec is determined never to give his heart again. 
  As lies and deceit threaten Eliza's life, Alec steps in - although he has problems of his own, as he risks his livelihood and those he holds dear to oppose the dangerous work practices at the Maiden's Creek Mine. 
  When disaster draws the pieces of the puzzle together, Eliza and Alec must save each other - but is it too late? 
  'Suspenseful and compulsive reading, The Goldminer's Sister doesn't disappoint' - Darry Fraser, author of The Good Woman of Renmark

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  Death Rides Alone - Luke Jensen:...

  William W. Johnstone, J.A....

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  Mountain Man Smoke Jensen's long-lost brother Luke Jensen is a dead shot scarred by war — the perfect formula for a bounty hunter. And he's cunning, and fierce enough to bring down the deadliest outlaws of his day....Luke Jensen has earned this bounty, hunting down the violent man charged with murdering a preacher's daughter. The outlaw Judd Tyler confesses to many crimes, but not the girl's murder. And he tells Luke they won't reach the town of White Fork alive because a corrupt sheriff does the bidding of a cattle baron, and that man's son is the true killer. Sure enough, halfway to White Fork, Luke and his prisoner are battling for their lives, and when they finally reach town, they're greeted by a storm of bullets, betrayal, and blood.With a band of innocent travelers caught up in the melee, Luke is outgunned, surrounded, and sure of only this: his only job now is survival — by the measured, efficient, righteous killing of as many men as he can....

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