Product Description: In this adventurous retelling of The Prince and the Pauper, the lives of a runaway royal and a carnival worker become intertwined as each is compelled to fight for his life and family. Fans of The Sixty-Eight Rooms and Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy won’t want to miss this...read more

Charismatic womanizer Jack Bryant has the world at his feet, but when trouble catches up with him he's forced to flee Penzance for good.Honest Ned Sinclair is on a family adventure in Rangoon when he is dealt a bitter blow. With all the odds against him, he risks his life in a desperate bid to escape.Both men hope to start their lives anew, seeking their fortune in India's fields of gold. Their paths collide in the colorful city of Bangalore, where they form a friendship like no other. In the years that follow, they remain inextricably bound by a dark secret, while their love for the same woman threatens to tear them apart.From the windswept cliffs of the Cornish coast to the goldmines of southern India, this is a story of high adventure, devastating tragedy, and enduring love.

Product Description: A practical and inspirational guide on how to become a professional author of genre fiction lmost everybody thinks they have a book in them, or dreams of seeing their name on the cover of a book. And while there are many resources out there on the "craft" of writing or how to find your creative voice as an "artist," there is little by way of practical advice on how to actually set about writing genre fiction for a career...read more

Product Description: Fiona McIntosh returns to Paris and Morgravia, her popular fantasy world, with The Scrivener’s Tale, a thrilling standalone novel.Ex-psychologist Gabe Figaret was done with patients for good, until he meets Angelina, a young mute woman he’s been asked to mentor...read more

Product Description: “Two words on the cover—Fiona McIntosh—always let me know I’m in for a good read.”Robin Hobb Fiona McIntosh is a new “Big Name” in Epic fantasy—and now she continues her remarkable Valisar Trilogy with Tyrant’s Blood, a breathtaking tale of heritage, vengeance, and destiny that returns readers to the world of violence and intrigue she introduced in Royal Exile...read more

Product Description: A prisoner in the forbidden harem of the great Stone Palace of Percheron, Ana inflames the desires of every man who sees her, even as she fears for her future. The city's beloved protector, Spur Lazar, offered up his life for her, accepting punishment intended for the bewitching odalisque...read more

Product Description: Once a captive of merciless desert slave traders, Lazar fought his way to freedom—and to an exalted role as Spur of Percheron, guardian of his adopted city, and confidant and protector of the Zar, Joreb. But now the Zar is dead and his fifteen-year-old heir, Boaz, must assume the mantle of leadership—guided by trusted advisor Lazar, the "mad" dwarf jester Pez ...read more

Forced to watch the torture and execution of Myrren, an accused witch, by the self-centered, calculating, and cruel Celimus, the new king, Wyl Thirsk's sympathy for the victim leads her to bequeath him an unexpected gift, which could hold the key to stopping Celimus's brutal depradations and political machinations and preserving his own life and the honor of his country. Reprint.

In the sequel to Myrren's Gift, Wyl Thirsk, trapped in the body of a hired assassin by a sorcerous spell, embarks on a desperate search for the Manwitch, the only hope of providing answers to his magical destiny, while his friends continue their struggle against the evil of King Celimus and Wyl's beloved is threatened by a doomed political marriage. Reprint.

Product Description: While enemy ships threaten Percheron's harbor, heroic Lazar lies afflicted with the drezden illness and cannot rise. And Zaradine Ana has been taken prisoner by the mysterious Arafanz and his warriors, and is believed to be with child—carrying the heir to the throne, the unborn son of Zar Boaz...read more

In the epic conclusion of the Quickening trilogy, Wyl Thirsk, a former general of the Morgravian army and bearer of Myrren's 'gift,' risks everything to stop the marriage of his beloved queen to his enemy, the hated tyrant King Celimus of Morgravia, as well as to prevent a looming war between the two nations and a growing threat from an ominous new power. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: The first instalment of a thrilling new epic fantasy trilogy from the rising star of the genre. From out of the East they spread like a merciless plague - destroying kingdom after kingdom and the sovereigns who had previously mocked the warlord Loethar and his barbarian horde...read more

Product Description: From out of the East they came riding like a merciless plague—destroying kingdom after kingdom and the sovereigns who had previously mocked the warlord Loethar and his barbarian horde. Now only one land remains unconquered—the largest, richest, and most powerful realm of the Denova Set ...read more

In the epic conclusion of the Quickening trilogy, Wyl Thirsk, a former general of the Morgravian army and bearer of Myrren's 'gift,' risks everything to stop the marriage of his beloved queen to his enemy, the hated tyrant King Celimus of Morgravia, as well as to prevent a looming war between the two nations and a growing threat from an ominous new power. Reprint.

Discover the riches beyond the sun, sea and sand u explore the delights of the Jewel of the Indian Ocean. Seven days in Mauritius is not only an guide to every part of the coast and interior, but a souvenir of a holiday well spent.

Product Description: The extensive performance history of Euripides' Medea since the Renaissance underscores its lasting social and political relevance. Here, papers drawn from an interdisciplinary colloquium hosted at Somerville College by the University of Oxford's Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama in August 1998 are augmented by additional essays from specialists...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)