Newsman Laurent Michaelmas and Domino, the master computer he created, are faced with a threat to their power when the dead start to reappear on the earth
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The eponymous protagonist, Laurent Michaelmas, is an ex-hacker who had, early in the computer era, left back doors in many key pieces of software which run vital government & commercial computers. As a result, by the turn of the millennium, he's become one of the most powerful men on earth, because
### Amazon.com Review _Finity's End_ falls after _Merchanter's Luck_ but before _Tripoint_ in the lineup of C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter novels (part of the author's award-winning Alliance/Union universe). It resumes the story of Fletcher Neihart, an orphan and unwanted foster child who, against his
### From Publishers Weekly In a psychologically compelling coming-of-age novel, Cherryh (Downbelow Station; Cyteen) continues her tales of a human-dominated space attempting to find equilibrium in the aftermath of war. Tom Bowe-Hawkins, young crew member of the family ship Sprite, was conceived in
SUMMARY: The New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Cyteen and Rider at the Gate now brings forth a major new novel set in her Merchanter universe.Set in the far-future age introduced in her Hugo Award-winning novels Cyteen and Downbelow Station, C. J. Cherryh tells the story of the o
### Amazon.com Review *Finity's End* falls after *Merchanter's Luck* but before *Tripoint* in the lineup of C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter novels (part of the author's award-winning Alliance/Union universe). It resumes the story of Fletcher Neihart, an orphan and unwanted foster child who, against his w
Since POSTMORTEM garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated, but never bettered. Against her own judgement and the advice of Benton Wesley and her niece, Lucy, Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consulta
Narcotics office Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learne
A novel on a casino robbery in Las Vegas carried out by a woman. She is Cassie Black, a professional thief who thought she was stealing a quarter million dollars. Instead, the loot turns out to be two million and the mob sends a killer after her.
The first novel featuring Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta from the #1 bestselling author of Black Notice and Point of OriginWinner of the Edgar Award and the Macavity Award for best first mysteryFour women with nothing in common, united only in death. Four brutalized victims of a brilliant monster -
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EDITORIAL REVIEW: Brian Aldiss marked the centenary year of H G Wells' birth with this ingenious novella combining comedy, terror and, intriguingly, late nineteenth-century period charm. In a sleepy East Anglian town we meet Bruce Fox and Gregory Rolles - two young men who have sworn to Think L
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After being reported as dead in a German POW camp, Jack Chesley returns to L.A. in 1947 very much alive, only to discover that his wife is dead--and her twin sister insists that it wasn't an accident like the cops said. They set out to find her killer, a journey that takes them from the boozy back c
A rogue attack. A shocking kidnapping. A surprise fated mate. Joshua, the Crown Prince and Captain of the Guards, doesnโt want to fall in love, but fate has other plans for himโฆ so do rogue wolf shifters. Leah enjoys the time she spends with her longtime friend and fiercest confidante, but when ti
0At Christmas time, will Cleoโs frozen heart melt when she meets the perfect man? After the tragic loss of her husband in Afghanistan, single mom Cleo Martin moves to Pecan Grove with her young son to build a new life. Sheโs stuck in a dead-end job and struggling to make ends meet when a fateful ic
I married my fake fiancรฉ and nowโฆ I want a divorce. Iโve known Mason since we were kids and next-door neighbors. Back when I was more interested in his brother. Scandalous, I know. All of that is in the past. The only thing that matters now is my dying fatherโs last wish. His dream is to wal
A birthday wish led to an unexpected gift landing on her doorstep. Who knew this unexpected cowboy would bring so much trouble with him? Sydney led a fulfilling life of hard ranch work. She had her animals, and she thought that was enough for her. Until she made a crazy birthday wish which was
He came back to kill a tyrant. He found the Devil instead. An amazing historical novel with a supernatural twist set after the English Civil War. This is the stunning debut from Clifford Beal. He came back to kill a tyrant. He found the Devil instead. 1653: The long and bloody English Civi
Everyone in second grade seems set on breaking a world record and friends Ivy and Bean are no exception, deciding to become the youngest people ever to discover a dinosaur skeleton.
### From Publishers Weekly *Starred Review.* Fossum may not be well-known outside a select circle, but that could change with the publication of this outstanding contemporary police procedural, the fourth Inspector Sejer mystery to be translated into English (after 2006's *He Who Fears the Wolf*).
Left with a babysitter for the first time, Brother and Sister Bear are certain they won't like her. But with her bag of tricks and comforting way of tucking them in, Mrs. Grizzle wins them over.
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When Professor Humberto Ossmann and Dr. Clematis Woodley, who heartily despised each other in life, are found together in a mortal embrace, Norman de Ratour knows that evil once again stalks the hallowed precincts of the Museum of Man. It has been several years since the museum was wracked by what b
In the city of Quafin, Emilie Hartford will find dangerโฆand love I always knew that being a cop would be dangerous. Long nights, unknown threats, and the constant rush that any hesitation to act could very well mean death. But I lived for that. I loved the rush. And nowhere was more dangerous than