Before you read The Wind Whales of Ishmael by Philip Jose Farmer, it’s probably best to dust off your copy of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, in order to understand where this book is coming from. The protagonist, Ishmael, is the lone survivor of the Pequod and as he floats adrift Ishmael finds himself falling out of our...
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A woman is found dead at the bottom of the stairs on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She has been stripped of all of her valuables, but something doesn’t fit the bill. Though most cops would call this a mugging gone wrong, Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows better. Marta Dickenson was a well-off accountant, a beloved...
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It’s 1953 and William Denning is set to leave the army and return to the States. Nothing could convince him otherwise… well, nothing except maybe one of the largest diamond hauls ever, which can only mean one thing… trouble. Set against the backdrop of breathtaking scenery in Switzerland, Denning discovers that there is more...
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Set in 1939, Richard and Frances Myles are preparing for their annual European summer vacation. However, they are unexpectedly visited at Oxford College by Peter Galt, an old friend, who requests a favour… Their mission is to go to Paris and meet a man at a specific place who will give them details for...
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ISBN:9780356501666 Format: Paperback / softback Recommended Price: R120.00 Published: March 5, 2013 Fade to Black by Francis Knight is a book that’s been written in the shadows – no, it’s not bad, it’s just a little darker than your usual urban fantasy novels – Rojan Dizon is our main character and he...
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ISBN: 9780141346151 Format: Paperback / softback Recommended Price: R120.00 Published: February 1, 2013 Three Kingdoms strive to better themselves. One kingdom is wealthy, one mediocre and the third kingdom struggles for survival every day. Cleiona (Cleo) is the youngest Auranian princess, she’s childish, free-spirited and everything that’s not befitting for a princess, yet she’s...
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Seeking a fresh start, the newly divorced Sarah and her daughter Elissa find the house of their dreams in a small, up-scale rural town. However, when startling and inexplicable things begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn that the town has many shadows lurking in its past. Years earlier, in the house next door to...
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Mark Salisbury presents the reader with a coffee table book filled with fantastic pictures of none other than Tim Burton‘s Dark Shadows, a film that stars big Hollywood names such as, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pheiffer, Helena Bonham Carter and Cloe Grace Moretz. This film, which is a remake of a popular TV show...
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You don’t know horror until you’ve reclined in your favourite chair with a steaming hot cup of coffee on the table beside you, and you’ve picked up one of the Black Books of Horror. Sounds a little too boring for a die-hard horror-lover? Well, then you’ve clearly never read a Black Book of Horror....
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Sonya Garret has a very interesting job. It’s not the type of job you can put on your resume, but it’s the type of job that brings home the bacon. Her job is to lure people to secluded spots, drug them and then harvest their organs for profit. Why? Because one life is...
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