Serpents Among the Ruins

**From the author of The Unquiet Dead, featured on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour** 'Powerful' – **Bookpage** 'Exceptionally fine' – **Library Journal** 'Compelling' – **Leigh Russell** **Esa Khattak wanted justice. Now he just needs to stay alive.** The murder of renowned political filmmaker, Zahra

On leave from Canada's community policing department, Esa Khattak is traveling in Iran, reconnecting with his cultural heritage and seeking peace in the country's beautiful mosques and gardens. But Khattak's supposed break from work is cut short when he's approached by a Canadian government agent in

A beautifully written story of love, idealism, and our recent history.Amid the crises of the summer of 1968, two teenagers become lovers. Emily is a good Catholic girl, for whom an incarnate God means joy and contentment in the life of the body. William is preoccupied, in a vague sort of way, with p

A beautifully written story of love, idealism, and our recent history. Amid the crises of the summer of 1968, two teenagers become lovers. Emily is a good Catholic girl, for whom an incarnate God means joy and contentment in the life of the body. William is preoccupied, in a vague sort of way, with

The year is 2311. It is a year of infamy, a year that later generations will remember as one that altered the course of history at the cost of thousands of lives. It is the year of the Tomed Incident, and its tale can at last be told. In the midst of escalating political tensions among the Klingons,