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A woman gives birth to her child in a village in Northern England, the cold northern edge of the Roman Empire. As she struggles through a painful labour she begins to scream out a series of words in Latin. A language she has never heard before, much less spoken. One of the family recognises the words for what they are. Only later does it become clear that the women has spoken a prophecy. A prophecy that relates to the death of the Emperor Cons...

A spellbinding, unprecedented story of the Great War, told from the point of view of an American Indian sniper, intertwined with the story of his aunt - the last of the Cree Indians to live off the snowy wilderness of North America.

* The extraordinary roller-coaster story of Anne Robinson's life from alcoholism and a vicious custody battle for her daughter - which haunts her to this day - to her triumphant fight back. * A brave and remarkable book by a woman at the height of her career.

When Elsie and Bert Jones move with their children, Ann and Arthur, to Candle Lane, a modest street in Battersea, they miss their comfortable house in Wimbledon. Their move is to enable Bert to finance his new removal business. They are a warm-hearted family and Elsie soon befriends her neighbour Ruth Marchant whose husband Ken has never allowed her to forget that their daughter Sally is the result of her indiscretion while he was away during ...

Marcus Sedgwick's brand new novel returns to the same territory as the bestselling and prize-winning MY SWORDHAND IS SINGING Years on, Peter is still on the trail of the Shadow Queen. His search leads him to Venice, a city whose beauty disguises many ugly secrets and which makes it the perfect setting for Marcus's captivating gothic novel of love and loss.

With this epic tale of altered histories and different earths, a universe where Alexander's empire prompted a different past, and a time when man is looking to colonise the red planet FIRSTBORN scales new heights of ambition and sheer story telling brio. This third novel in the acclaimed Time's Odyssey sequence is classic SF adventure from two of the biggest names in the genre and the final word from Arthur C. Clarke.

It is a matter of historical record that during the latter part of World War II, England's top-secret Ministry of Serendipity enlisted the services of arch-magician Aleister Crowley to create a Homunculus. Why? Well that's a long story, spanning almost seven decades as it follows the life and career of Tyler, rock star, private eye. The cast of millions also includes ukulele maestro George Formby, Mick Jagger, Mama Cass, Elvis Presley, Lazlo W...

Paperback edition of Seth's tale of obsessive love. Playing in a trio in Vienna, Michael the violinist is very attracted to Julia the pianist. But the trio splits up and the three go their own way. Several years later Michael sees Julia in London and, although she says she happily married and has a child, she agrees to visit Venice and Vienna with him... "The greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to ...

Mr Cipolla, you have two roads before you: on the one hand, thirty years for premeditated murder, and on the other, a few short years for manslaughter and illegal posses­sion of a handgun. The decision is yours. I repeat: what else did Sidoti throw into the sea?'From the title story, 'Death at Sea', in which an alleged manslaughter upon a fishing trawler leads Inspector Montalbano to uncover an even more sinister crime, Andrea Camilleri takes ...

Three secrets. Two women. One Grail ... The spellbinding No1. bestselling novel of destiny and betrayal.

A brilliant, gripping stand-alone novel from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author of HOLD TIGHT.

Superb fiction from the world's favourite storyteller. A group of people, all looking for something more in their lives, and all they have in common is their Italian evening class... 'A deliciously gossipy read' Daily Mail

An old copper beech overlooks a school, and witnesses all the hopes and loves, dreams and ambitions of the children who grew up there... Wonderful, nostalgic fiction from the No.1 bestselling author.

A stunning debut in which Venice is dying - and a long-ago prophecy of an enchanted child has been awakened from the canal's poisoned waters.

Classic tale of artificial worlds from the author of "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?" (aka "Blade Runner").

A compelling tale of love, deception and illusion from the author of "The Legacy". England, 1911. When a free-spirited young woman arrives in a sleepy Berkshire village to work as a maid in the household of Rev and Mrs Canning, she sets in motion a chain of events that changes all their lives.

Dexter Morgan is a hero with a difference, Dexter is a serial killer. When a similar killer works his way through Miami it seems to Dexter he is being asked to come out and play.