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  The Fall of Númenor

  J. R. R. Tolkien

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  J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume. 
  J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron. 
  It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans’ power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. 
  Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien’s magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form. 
  Now, adhering to the timeline of ‘The Tale of Years’ in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien from the various published texts. 
  In The Fall of Númenor, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Sunday Times bestselling author, takes readers on an action-packed journey through the mythical world of Middle-earth. This bestseller, a classic in the fantasy genre, is filled with tales of dragons, creatures, and epic adventures. 
  For fans of Andrzej Sapkowski (The Lady of the Lake), Frank Herbert (Dune), John Howe (A Middle-earth Traveller) and Robert Jordan (The Path Of Daggers). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Dead America - Idaho Pt 3

  Derek Slaton

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  Separated from the group, Kowalski faces dangerous times in downtown Boise.  
  Dead America - The Second Month series follows survivors from coast to coast as they deal with the threats posed by both the living and the undead.

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  Love Joins the Clans

  Barbara Cartland

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  After her mother Lottie’s death in Paris, penniless young Clova has no one to turn to, so she heads for Scotland – to the Clan Lottie abandoned when Clova was just seven. Then fate intervenes and a vast inheritance from her dead mother’s former lover makes her a rich woman.Nevertheless, she is afraid that her kin will despise her as they did her mother, who ran away with a ‘Sassenach’ to a life of ‘sin’ in Paris and Monte Carlo. But to her amazement, she is told that she has inherited the title of Marchioness of Strathblane and Chieftain of the McBlane Clan! But her new wealth and power are double-edged swords. Not only is her Clan embroiled in a bitter feud with the neighbouring McCowans, but her cousin Euan is also plotting to seize her title – by the foulest of means.Winning the hearts of her Clan with her brave leadership, she loses her own to the ‘enemy’ Laird – and if wicked Cousin Euan gets his way she will lose her life too.

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  Shatter the Dark

  Jenna Collett

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  First, she escaped the witch, now in order to save her family, she'll have to bargain with a beast. 
   
   
   
  Liana Archer knows the kind of evil that lurks in the dark. Kidnapped by a witch and forced to leave behind her brother to escape, she vows to live her life with purpose even as the past haunts her. 
   
   
   
  Years later, her adoptive family and her ability to forge magical weapons have put her on a fresh path, until her father is thrown in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now she'll do anything to gain his freedom, even if it means bargaining with a beast. 
   
   
   
  A scarred and broken man, Bowen Mackenzie only wants one thing: revenge. It's finally within his reach when a merchant delivers the mystical blade he's been searching for. But a new plan forms when he learns the merchant's daughter forged the magical weapon. 
   
   
   
  Living together in a remote manor by the sea, Bowen gets more than he bargained for as the tempting beauty upends his cold existence. When buried secrets threaten to destroy their fragile bond and an old enemy from Liana's past returns, he must choose between his revenge and the woman who could be his salvation. 
   
   
   
  Hansel and Gretel meets Beauty and the Beast in this exciting new retelling!

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  Ethel Lina White - A Short Story...

  Ethel Lina White

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  Ethel Lina White was born on the 2nd April 1876 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in Wales. 
   
  Her family were wealthy due to her father’s invention of a waterproofing material used, initially, for the London Underground. 
   
  Ethel started writing when she was only a child and published essays and poems in children’s papers.  She was also a talented artist. 
   
  As an adult she began to write short stories and, some years later, she started writing novels.  At the time she was working for the Ministry of Pensions in London but resigned in order to accept an advance of ten pounds and begin a career as a novelist.  It was this determination that helped her become one of the best-known crime writers in the English-speaking world during the 1930’s and 40’s. 
   
  Perhaps her best-known books are the ‘The Lady Vanishes’ and ‘The Spiral Staircase’ both of which were originally entitled differently but were republished with new names after being filmed.  Whilst today she lacks attention, in her day she was as popular and as highly regarded as Agatha Christie. 
   
  Ethel Lina White died in London on the 13th of August 1944 of ovarian cancer.  She was 68. 
   
  In her will she made a bizarre condition in order for her sister to receive her estate of £5737.  It read: "I give and bequeath unto Annis Dora White all that I possess on condition she pays a qualified surgeon to plunge a knife into my heart after death."   In life she had a fear of being buried alive.

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  A Ghost of a Chance & Life...

  Rachel Lawson

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  A Ghost of a Chance 
  "Is that you my love, that is haunting my mind and nights," cried Hope, the widow of Chance, the King of Time, "hiding in the shadows and in the back of my mind. Scaring me, thrilling me with your presence again. I fear you, I miss you. I want see you again, I fear your sight, I am alone with out you, I fear you are with me." he saw her hiding looking for him.Life Beyond Death 
  "Hello Hope, welcome to the afterlife." said the emperor of the grim reapers greeting his dead 1st wife's mother's ghost. They were in his dingy little office in the other world. 
  "Blake? Angela? what are you 2 doing here?" asked the ghost of his mother-in-law. 
  Some men would have enjoyed the meeting, having their mother-in-law dead. Blake was not happy nor was his new wife who was his first wife reincarnated by Fate. "Blake broke the rules for me. He is the emperor of the underworld. I am not supposed to be here but I had to say my goodbyes," said Blake's 2nd wife Angela.The Dark Army 
  also in book a super dark micro short story 
  "We Want You to Join the Dead" a poster read on the desk of Mortimer, the Grim reaper King he thought it was disturbing it had a grim reaper looking pointing it's hand forwards looking like an old we want you to join the army sign. It was his assistant, Dante's idea to drum up moral among the reapers. Mortimer wasn't sure it was the right attitude.

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