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Conflict of Empires
by Sam Barone
The beginning of civilization is fraught with war, invasion, plunder and rapine. The little city state of Akkad is carving out a mini Empire on the banks of the mighty Tigris river -- prosperity has returned after the bloody pitched battles waged by Akkad’s ruler Eskkar and his beautiful wife Trella. But now comes Akkad’s greatestthreat from the south: Akkad’s rival Sumer, a port city at the hub of the great sea trade routes. Sumer is poisedto give birth to the mightiest empire in history. It is ruled by an incestuous parricide and his power hungry sister who are determined to crush and enslave the nation state on their northern borders.
Esskar and Trella must prepare their fledgling nation for total war before it is too late. This time it will be a battle not of villages or of roving warrior bands, but a battle for Empire, for the known world, with no quarter given. As ever Eskkar, the ultimate warrior and battle tactician, must pit his wits againsta vastly superior force in a battle to the death.
Century • RRP £12.99 •
Trade Paperback
Publication date: 04/02/2010 • 624 pages • Royal Octavo
• ISBN: 1846056101
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Ford County
by John Grisham
Master thriller writer and worldwide No.1 bestseller John Grisham takes you into the heart of America’s Deep South with a collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County: a place of harsh beauty where broken dreams and final wishes converge.
A mercy mission that is hilariously sidetracked by human weakness; a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea; a small town divorce attorney who suddenly hits pay dirt; a man that sets out to break a casino to revenge a broken heart; a kidnapped lawyer who is confronted with one of his previous cases at gun point; a conman who preys on the rich and elderly; the boy dying of AIDS who finds mercy across the tracks in downturn Clanton: the sum total of human life is brilliantly captured in Grisham’s unique evocation of lives lived and lost in Mississippi.
Frequently moving, often hilarious, and always entertaining, Ford County brims with the same page-turning quality and irresistible narrative of his previous bestsellers, and is proof once more why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.
Century • RRP £12.99 •
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Publication date: 04/02/2010 • 320 pages • Royal Octavo
• ISBN: 1846057302
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Maximum Ride: Fang
by James Patterson
FANG WILL BE THE FIRST TO DIE
For years, Max has been on the run from evil forces threatening her and the Flock – but nothing could have prepared her for this horrifying prophesy delivered to her by Angel. Fang is Max’s best friend, her soulmate, her partner in leadership of her flock of winged children. A life without Fang is a life unimaginable.
Max’s desperate desire to protect Fang brings the two closer than ever. But their world is turned upside down yet again when the Flock meet a wealthy scientist who has a great interest in the birdkids. He introduces them to another winged boy, the beautiful Dylan. Raised in a lab like the Flock, he exists for only one reason: he was created to be Max’s perfect other half.
Now, a battle of science against soul, perfection versus passion unfolds, twists, and turns … and meanwhile, the apocalypse is coming.
Century • RRP £12.99 •
Hardback
Publication date: 04/02/2010 • 336 pages • Demy Octavo
• ISBN: 1846054648
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