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  The Three Musketeers Volume 3

  Alexandre Dumas

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  In "The Three Musketeers Volume 3" by Alexandre Dumas, the thrilling exploits of d'Artagnan and his comrades reach new heights as they confront escalating dangers. Amidst court intrigues and romantic entanglements, the Musketeers face treacherous foes, including the cunning Milady de Winter and Cardinal Richelieu's agents. Loyalties are tested as secrets unravel, propelling them through daring duels and perilous missions. Dumas weaves a rich tapestry of adventure, friendship, and honor, ensuring a captivating conclusion to this timeless epic.

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  Call of Cthulhu

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  The story follows Francis Wayland Thurston, who investigates the strange death of his grand-uncle, Professor Angell. While sorting through the professor’s notes and artifacts, he discovers evidence of a worldwide cult and their plans to awaken an ancient cosmic being called Cthulhu. The deeper he digs, the more he realizes humanity’s smallness in the universe and the madness such knowledge brings—leaving him fearful for both his sanity and the world’s future.

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  Beyond the Desert Sands

  Tracie Peterson

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  Can she reconcile who she's become with who she's meant to be? 
   
  Accustomed to an opulent life with her aunt, the last thing twenty-five-year-old Isabella Garcia wants is to celebrate Christmas in her parents’ small silver-mining desert town, leaving her handsome beau, Diego Morales, behind in California.  
   
  Adding insult to injury, she must bear the company of Aaron Bailey, the disapproving Santa Fe Railroad businessman her father has sent to escort her home, who clearly finds her spoiled. 
   
  But she is surprised to see how much the town of Silver Veil has grown and how fragile her father’s health has become. Then a surprise visitor shows up with news that entirely upends the comfortable life she’s been leading. 
   
  Faced with all these changes, Isabella struggles to sort through her future and who she wants to be. But trouble is brewing, and there are those who hope she stays just as she is, even if it costs her everything.

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  The Inner Circle Wu Xing Book 1

  Patrick M. Dransfield

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  “Duel of the Sorcerers” starts with the hero Paul Tian-Kermode, a young Welsh-Chinese orphan and trainee lawyer, sitting behind his antique Chinese desk above the family shop called 'The Chinese Epicurean Centre' in Liverpool's Chinatown on Sunday, 29th, 1916.  It ends with Paul's confrontation with his nemesis, the evil necromancer, Gregori Gurdjeef, in revolution-torn Petrograd's 'Church of the Epiphany' on April 17th, 1917. During his physical and mystical journey, Paul learns that he is ‘Guardian of the Water Element of the Wu Xing’ and can ‘surf’ through Time.  His duty, like his Hakka-Chinese ancestors before him, is to protect the Universe – and even Time itself – from the evil machinations of Gurdjeef and his Sarmoung Brotherhood. Journeying deeply into the mystical parallel worlds of the Wu Xing (Chinese Elements ‘Fire’, ‘Water’, ‘Earth’, ‘Wood’ and ‘Metal’), the ancient Kabbalah, and modern physics, 'The Inner Circle, Book One' is an immersive historical and fantastical fiction like no other.History, mystery, and Scouser sorcery - all come together in an intriguing tale that brings Chinese philosophy and adventure together with style and verve.”Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford“’The Inner Circle Wu Xing: Duel of the Sorcerers’  is a truly remarkable book.  Patrick has conjured a cosmopolitan adventure of mystical and secular forces let loose against a meticulously researched European historical narrative and reflects the author’s deep knowledge of and respect for Chinese culture, philosophy and tales of the supernatural. The central mission is part of the seemingly endless fight of good against evil. The story has pace, twists and turns, time travel and other surprises. It will delight those who enjoy tales of the esoterica and a ripping yarn told well, alike.”Stefan Gannon, author of “The Green Door”“…a tour de force”  Philip Bowring, author of ‘Empire of the Winds'

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  The Shadows on the Wall - A...

  Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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  Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was born in Randolph, Massachusetts on the 31st October 1852 to parents who were strict and orthodox Congregationalists. 
   
  When she was a teenager the family moved to Brattleboro, Vermont and it was there she finished her education and began writing verse and stories for children. 
   
  When the family’s dry-goods store closed in 1873 the family, now impoverished, returned to Randolph where her mother was to die mother three years later. 
   
  She published ‘The Ghost Story’ in 1881 after it won a short story competition.  With elements of the supernatural and domestic realism she had hit upon a solid formula for success. 
   
  Two years later her father died and with no immediate family and only a small estate she now committed to writing full-time to secure an income.  For the times it was a brave move but her undoubted talent meant success would follow. 
   
  Over her career she published more than two dozen volumes of short stories and novels and is most well-known for ‘A New England Nun’.  Her works were mainly set in New England and many of her female characters are strong and assertive, challenging contemporary stereotypes over their then roles, values and relationships in society.  As a feminist she was keen to engage her audience in a discussion about the lack of control women had over many issues including the family finances. 
   
  A meeting with the younger Dr. Charles Manning Freeman began a slow, decade long, courtship that endured many obstacles and delays until they eventually married on New Years Day, 1902.   
   
  They built a home in Metuchen, where Mary was something of a local celebrity. Sadly her husband suffered from alcoholism and addiction to sleeping powders, fast horses and was also prone to womanizing.  He was committed to the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane and with that the couple separated.  After his death in 1923, he left his estate to his chauffeur and one dollar to Mary.  
   
  On 13th March 1930, Mary E Wilkins Freeman suffered a fatal heart attack in Metuchen. She was 77.

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  The Set Up

  Jon Wynn

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  Ally, an aspiring actress, is about to give up on getting her big break. But then, after another disappointing audition, a charismatic scene partner says he has a fun gig for her. Soon, Ally is making easy money working for a guerrilla-marketing outfit called The Set Up. Now she’s getting lots of practice pretending to be someone she’s not—but each job seems more suspicious than the last. 
    
  Marshall is a washed-up journalist, teaching a summer class at the university and struggling to keep his students (and himself) focused on his planned lessons. Someone has been leaving copies of his old articles on his lectern every morning, forcing him to revisit the story of a decades-old tragedy and mistakes he’s made … both personal and professional. 
    
  Web, a quirky loner, has always been ready to pick up and go at a moment’s notice. In fact, he’s very good at not being noticed, at least not unless he wants to be. That’s been helpful in his years working for The Set Up, but the new hire’s questions are starting to make Web feel less confident about his work as a con man. 
    
  What is The Set Up, and who’s playing whom? The search for answers leads Ally, Web, and Marshall from the glitz of the Strip to the grit of Sin City’s strip-mall suburbs, and from an abandoned Unification compound to a deadly bar mitzvah. As their paths converge, this unlikely trio uncover the shadowy power dynamics and shifting personalities that shape a city.  
    
  "An unusual novel about contract killing in a world of technology and influencing."—Library Journal

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