Do you dare step through the red door? Spencer Grant had no idea what drew him to the bar with the red door. He thought he would just sit down, have a slow beer or two, and talk to a stranger. He couldn`t know that it would lead to a narrow escape from a bungalow targeted by a SWAT team. Or that it would leave him a wanted man. Now he is on the run from mysterious and ruthless men. He is in love with a woman he knows next to nothing about. And he is hiding from a past he can`t fully remember. On his trail is a shadowy security agency that answers to no one - including the government—and a man who considers himself a compassionate Angel of Death. But worst of all, Spencer Grant is on a collision course with inner demons he thought he`d...
ISBN: 978-0-553-58289-5
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he`s offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway: five men and eight huskies, crossing the Barents Sea by the light of the midnight sun. At last they reach the remote, uninhabited bay where they will camp for the next year. Gruhuken. But the Arctic summer is brief. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. He faces a stark choice. Stay or go. Soon he will see the last of the sun, as the polar night engulfs the camp in months of darkness. Soon he will reach...
ISBN: 978-1-4091-2118-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
It is Midwinter`s Eve, the night before Will`s eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. Will is about to make a shocking discovery - that he is the last person to be born with the power of the Old Ones, and as a guardian of the Light he must begin a dangerous journey to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.
This is the second in C. J. Sansom`s remarkable historical crime series. It`s 1540, three years after Shardlake was commissioned by Cromwell to investigate the murders at Scarnsea monastery. It is the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Shardlake is trying to keep a low profile, believing himself to be out of favour with Thomas Cromwell while at the same time maintaining his London-based legal practice. He has been pulled, against his better judgement, into defending Elizabeth Wentworth, charged with murdering her cousin. But Elizabeth refuses to plead either guilty or not guilty. The penalty for not pleading is to be crushed under a weight until you plead or die. Shardlake is powerless to help the girl yet she is suddenly granted a...
Richard Knox has served his time, so why shouldn`t he be allowed to live wherever he wants? Yes, in the past he was a violent rapist, but he has seen the error of his ways, found God, and wants to leave his dark past in Newcastle behind him and make a new start-or so he says. Detective Sergeant Logan McRae isn`t exactly thrilled to be part of the team helping Knox settle into his new Aberdeen home, and he`s even less thrilled to be stuck with DSI Danby, the man who put Knox behind bars for 10 years, supposedly here to "keep an eye on things". Only things are about to go very, very wrong. Edinburgh gangster Malk the Knife wants a slice of the development boom Donald Trump`s golf course is bringing to the Granite City, whether local crime...
ISBN: 978-0-00-724461-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Internationally acclaimed author John Connolly thrilled readers with his debut bestseller, Every Dead Thing. Now he gives a new name to fear with this atmospheric, spine-tingling page-turner. Haunted by the murder of his wife and daughter, former New York police detective Charlie Parker retreats home to Scarborough, Maine, to rebuild his shattered life. But his return reawakens old ghosts, drawing him into the manhunt for the killer of yet another mother and child. The obvious suspect is the young woman`s violent ex-husband. But there is another possibility - a mythical killer who lurks deep in the dark hollow of Parker`s own past, a figure that has
ISBN: 978-0-7434-1022-9
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
When Batman sees the Bat-Signal up in the sky, it means that danger is near! He`ll need his Batsuit and Bat-Pod to help keep Gotham City safe from its newest enemy—the Joker!
In the fertile lands of the East, the farming community has been warned the wolves are coming back. Four gunslingers, led by Roland of Gilead, are also coming their way. And the farmers of the Calla want to enlist some hard calibers. Torn between protecting the innocent community and his urgent quest, Roland faces his most deadly perils as he journey through the Mid-World towards the Dark Tower.
ISBN: 978-0-340-83615-6
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Gotham City is filled with villains, but The Joker may be the worst of the lot. Can Batman stop this crook from making a bank robbery getaway? This action-packed story is based on the upcoming feature film from Warner Bros. Pictures, opening in theaters on July 18. Full color.
ISBN: 978-0-06-156188-7
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Being a hero isn`t easy. There are lots of bad guys in Gotham City, and Batman has to fight them all. Based on the new feature film from Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, opening on July 18. Full color.
t`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why the nutty knight chopped off his own finger? The revolting truth about a gong-farmer`s job? What went on in the gruesome castle garderobes? Read on and find out about dreadful dungeons, cruel crusaders, ghastly ghosts that haunt creepy British castles, and the most famous man-in-a-can of all - Saint George.
From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh come two classic tales of love turned dangerous, set amid the splendor of Regency England--a time rife with passion, betrayal, and intrigue. DARK ANGEL: Jennifer Winwood has been engaged for five years to a man she hardly knows but believes to be honorable and good: Lord Lionel Kersey. Suddenly, she becomes the quarry of London`s most notorious womanizer, Gabriel Fisher, the Earl of Thornhill. Jennifer has no idea that she is just a pawn in the long-simmering feud between these two headstrong, irresistible men - or that she will become a prize more valuable than revenge. LORD CAREW`S BRIDE: Jennifer`s cousin Samantha Newman is smarting after she too is toyed with by Lord Kersey. In the...
ISBN: 978-0-440-24544-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Billi Sancreal is a Knight Templar and has thrown herself utterly into their brutal regime, shutting herself off from everyone and everything. But when Billi finds herself at the heart of a savage werewolf attack, she knows their target - a young girl - must be rescued at all costs. For this is no ordinary girl. Vasilisa is an avatar with an uncontrollable force within - and it`s not just the werewolves who want her. The Dark Goddess wants to sacrifice Vasilisa and use her powers to unleash unimaginable catastrophes and devastation. Can Billi protect Vasilisa from the ancient goddess - and at the same time stop her from destroying the world?
ISBN: 978-0-14-132588-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Juan Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo`s special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates the waters of South-East Asia. Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he discovers a deadly international conspiracy - a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.
ISBN: 978-0-425-21092-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
The strange power: Kaitlyn is an artist, but not an ordinary one; everything she draws comes true. When she is invited by Dr Xetes, a scientist who is studying psychic abilities, to join his school of talented individuals in California, Kaitlyn is only too happy to go. There she meets Rob, a healer, and Gabriel, a dark lone wolf, who apparently wants nothing to do with her. But with so much supernatural energy going around, it`s hardly surprising that the psychics soon develop a telepathic link that can`t be broken. The Possessed: Having learned the dark secrets of the psychic institute, Kaitlyn and her new friends are on the run, not even daring to contact their parents or old friends. As the group hide-out together they grow closer and...
ISBN: 978-1-84738-682-3
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
An explosion rips through New York City`s Grand Central Station one morning, destroying the train Karen Friedman`s husband, a successful hedge fund manager, is riding in to work. Days later, with many bodies still unidentifiable, Karen resigns herself to the awful truth: her husband of eighteen years is dead. On that same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a young man dead in Karen`s hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut. Ty Hauck, a detective, becomes emotionally caught up in the case and finds a clue that shockingly connects the two seemingly unrelated events. Months later, two men show up at Karen`s home digging into Charles`s business dealings. Hundreds of millions of dollars are missing - and the trail points squarely to...
ISBN: 978-0-06-114343-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Based on the blockbuster Warner Bros. Pictures film starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. Allied with both the police department and the district attorney’s office, the vigilante known as Batman continues to bring justice and hope to Gotham City. But one man dares to mock Batman’s mission. A man with a twisted sense of humor. A man whose grotesque smile is reflected on the calling card he leaves at the scene of his crimes: The Joker.
ISBN: 978-0-425-22286-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This a pivotal instalment in the epic saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland`s life. In the next part of their journey to the tower, Roland and his band of followers face adversity from every side: Susannah Dean has been
ISBN: 978-0-340-83616-3
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A prodigal son. A dangerous love. Haunted Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared and her brother Jude came home covered in his own blood. Now that Daniel`s returned, Grace must choose between her growing attraction to him and her loyalty to her brother. As Grace gets closer to Daniel, she learns the truth about that mysterious night and how to save the ones she loves, but it might cost her the one thing she cherishes most: her soul.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-5458-8
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: август 2011
In this first novel in his epic fantasy masterpiece, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey into good and evil, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own. In his first step towards the powerful and mysterious Dark Tower, Roland encounters an alluring woman named Alice, begins a friendship with Jake, a kid from New York, and faces an agonising choice between damnation and salvation as he pursues the Man in Black. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, THE GUNSLINGER leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter. And the Tower is
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2344-1
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland`s band of pilgrims remains united, though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to New York to give birth. Terrified of what may happen, Jake, Father Callahan and Oy follow. Roland and Eddie are in Maine, looking for the site which will lead them to Susannah. As he finally closes in on the tower, Roland`s every step is shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation. And finally, he realises, he may have to walk the last dark strait You`ve come this far, Come a little farther, Come all the way, The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door behind you. Welcome to The Dark...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2350-2
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2012
On his journey across the Mid-World to reach the Dark Tower, errant knight Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger, encounters three doors - each leading to New York. Here he joins forces with the defiant Eddie. Dean and courageous, volatile Odetta Holmes. And must confront deadly serial killer Jack Moff. As the titanic forces gather, a savage straggle between underworld evil and otherworldly enemies threatens to bring an end to Roland`s quest for the Dark Tower… Masterfully weaving dark fantasy and gritty realism, The Drawing of the Three propels readers towards the next chapter. And the Tower is
ISBN: 978-0-340-82976-9
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The chaos spirit had chosen the child Alexander to be its human host. But Parmenion, most powerful warrior of ancient Greece, had won a small victory over the darkness that sought to rule through Alexander. The boy`s soul had not been destroyed by evil, but instead had merged with it - and now Parmenion aided Alexander in the battle between light and dark that constantly raged within there was another world, where the creatures of Greece`s legends still flourished. There, the chaos spirit already ruled, through a demon king. In this Greece, there was a prophecy that a child of great power, the legendary golden child, would come and restore the fading magic of the land to the creatures of myth. The demon king believed also that devouring...
ISBN: 978-0-345-49478-8
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011