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  Revenge at Burial Rock

  Peter Brandvold

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  Joe believes the old regulator, "Long-Shot" Hunter Drago, who did twelve years' hard time because of Mannion, has moved to the town of Del Norte, in the Colorado Territory to kill him. But nearly everyone else in town believes that he merely moved there to take over the Three-Legged Dog Saloon and to begin a new, peaceful life. 
   
   
   
  Mannion, who doesn't believe in coincidences but does know the nature of "Long Shot's" black heart, doesn't buy a word of it. 
   
   
   
  The rest of the town, including his lover, Jane Ford, thinks Mannion's just being his old, stubborn, bloody self—especially when he catches Drago palling around with his daughter, Evangeline, and beats the old killer half to death on Del Norte's main street for all to see. 
   
   
   
  Bloody Joe has finally gone too far. The town's powers-that-be believe it's time for Joe to go. 
   
   
   
  As the game of cat and mouse continues and Mannion finds himself dodging a veritable lead storm nearly everywhere he goes, he finally finds himself in a bloody showdown on the stone mountain called Burial Rock, where he finds that not only his own life hangs in the balance but Jane's life, as well. 
   
   
   
  He's going to have to move fast and shoot straight to escape a blood bath . . .

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  The Burden of Silence

  Pierre Botha

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  In the shadow of South Africa’s turbulent history, one family’s story unfolds—bound by the land, haunted by the past, and driven by hope. 
  Set between 1930 and 1945, this sweeping tale follows Ruth MacLeod, a young woman determined to carve out a life beyond her family’s farm in Limpopo. Burdened by the legacy of the Anglo-Boer War—a conflict that left scars on both the land and the people—Ruth’s journey is one of resilience, independence, and quiet rebellion against the silence that has bound her family for generations. 
  Through the voices of Lena, a mother torn between duty and dreams; William, a father hardened by his own father’s emotional distance; and the indomitable Magda, a grandmother forged in the fires of survival, the MacLeod family must navigate love, loss, and the shifting sands of a world on the brink of change. 
  At its heart, this is a story of endurance, of finding beauty in the small moments, and of daring to seek more. As Ruth follows her own path, she carries with her the strength and sacrifices of those who came before her—and the hope of a future that feels just within reach. 
  Rich with historical detail and emotional depth, The MacLeod Legacy (or your book's title) is a poignant exploration of family, memory, and the ties that bind us to each other—and to the land we call home.

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  Lazarus in St Petersburg

  Wayne Goodman

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  Would you alter the course of history if you had foreknowledge of a catastrophic event?  
  Lazarus wrestles with this dilemma as he carries on his business as a healer in 1879 St. Petersburg. Accustomed to working with the talented and prominent, his charmed life gets upended with the introduction of a peculiar boy apprentice who might be the malevolent instrument of fate. 
  "Goodman’s book is a peek into Imperial Russia from a unique point of view. Rich in history and full of curious turns, I highly recommend it." 
  --Jo Niederhoff, San Francisco Book Review

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Virginia Woolf, D H Lawrence, A...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this volume the decade reveals some who are doing very well and the many who are not; underfoot, underpaid and under-represented.   
   
  Our writers of many hues and telling talents bring both their stories and their characters to bear on the decade between the two world wars with searing clarity. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - The 1920's - The English - An Introduction 
  02 - The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf 
  03 - The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D H Lawrence 
  04 - Rats by M R James 
  05 - The Resurrection of Father Brown by G K Chesterton 
  06 - Miss Ogilivy Finds Herself by Radclyffe Hall 
  07 - Running Wolf by Algernon Blackwood 
  08 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson 
  09 - Smee by A M Burrage 
  10 - Young Magic by Helen Simpson 
  11 - Decay by Marjorie Bowen

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  Protectors of Time

  Kim Malaj

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  Six months after Itra and Danae were ejected from the Castle of Teskom, an alarming phone call sends them back and not by choice. 
  They’re not alone aided by the support of the new alliance of descendants from the bloodlines of Zeus and Mui and the Protectors of Time. They arrive just-in-time to defend the castle from Ember’s scorned ex-lover Chronos.  
  But the list of opponents evolve as they uncover an ancient prophecy of a new beginning of time between the four dimensions. 
  To begin again or tip the end. They must decide.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Charles Dickens

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this small corner of England, just across from Europe, some of England’s finest literary talent was born, raised and created short stories that still thrill the soul and ravish the brain with a verve and talent that is second to none.  In their words true genius is often found. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - English Authors of the South-East - An Introduction 
  2 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 
  3 - The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H G Wells 
  4 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James 
  5 - The Death Room by Edgar Wallace 
  6 - The Unfortunate Bride or The Blind Lady a Beauty by Aphra Behn 
  7 - Pink Flannel by Ford Maddox Ford 
  8 - Sophy Mason Comes Back by E M Delafield 
  9 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson 
  10 - Freckles by William Pett Ridge 
  11 - Frida, or The Lover's Leap, A Legend of the West Country by R D Blackmore

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