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James Swallow

Nemesis

Neely Tucker

Love in the Driest Season

<p>Foreign correspondent Neely Tucker and his wife, Vita, arrived in Zimbabwe in 1997. After witnessing firsthand the devastating consequences of AIDS on the population, especially the children, the couple started volunteering at an orphanage that was desperately underfunded and short-staffed. One afternoon, a critically ill infant was brought to the orphanage from a village outside the city. She'd been left to die in a field on the day she was born, abandoned in the tall brown grass that covers the highlands of Zimbabwe in the dry season. After a near-death hospital stay, and under strict doctor's orders, the ailing child was entrusted to the care of Tucker and Vita. Within weeks Chipo, the girl-child whose name means gift, would come to mean everything to them.</p><p>Still an active correspondent, Tucker crisscrossed the continent, filing stories about the uprisings in the Congo, the civil war in Sierra Leone, and the postgenocidal conflict in Rwanda. He witnessed heartbreaking scenes of devastation and violence, steeling him further to take a personal role in helping anywhere he could. At home in Harare, Vita was nursing Chipo back to health. Soon she and Tucker decided to alter their lives forever – they would adopt Chipo. That decision challenged an unspoken social norm – that foreigners should never adopt Zimbabwean children.</p><p>Raised in rural Mississippi in the sixties and seventies, Tucker was familiar with the mores associated with and dictated by race. His wife, a savvy black woman whose father escaped the Jim Crow South for a new life in the industrial North, would not be deterred in her resolve to welcome Chipo into their loving family.</p><p>As if their situation wasn't tenuous enough, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was stirring up national fervor against foreigners, especially journalists, abroad and at home. At its peak, his antagonizing branded all foreign journalists personae non grata. For Tucker, the only full-time American correspondent in Zimbabwe, the declaration was a direct threat to his life and his wife's safety, and an ultimatum to their decision to adopt the child who had already become their only daughter.</p><p>Against a background of war, terrorism, disease, and unbearable uncertainty about the future, Chipo's story emerges as an inspiring testament to the miracles that love – and dogged determination – can sometimes achieve. Gripping, heartbreaking, and triumphant, this family memoir will resonate throughout the ages.</p><

Marcia Talley

Sing It to Her Bones

She lost her job. She almost lost her life. Now Hannah Ives is taking her first brave steps back into the world, wearing a wig and her heart on her sleeve after a frightening bout with breast cancer. But in the small Chesapeake Bay town where she came for a vacation, she does not find the relaxation she deserves. Instead Hannah finds a body – of a girl who disappeared eight years before.<

Sidney Sheldon

Der Regenmörder

Marcia Talley

Tomorrow's Vengeance

<p>A brutal murder draws Hannah Ives into a mystery where to understand the present, she must uncover a dark past.</p><p>While at Calvert Colony, a life care community centre in Maryland, and at lunch with her friend, retired mystery author and amateur painter L.K. 'Naddie' Bromley and her neighbour Sophia Milanesi, who survived the closing years of the Second World War in a convent in Italy, Hannah meets Filomena Buccho, a personable young Argentine server. Her brother, Raniero, also works at the Colony as chef. But when Masud Abaza and his wife, Safa, move into the community and Masud is found murdered, his head bashed in by a croquet mallet, suspicion falls on Raniero, who has made no secret of his neo-Fascist sentiments. Hannah and Naddie agree to investigate, uncovering old crimes and reigniting ancient quarrels that know no boundaries of place or time.</p><

Ben Stewart

Cockshy coed

Greenleaf Elite

Marcia Talley

The Last Refuge

<p>Lights, camera, murder… who wrote dying into Hannah Ives' script?-</p><p>It doesn't take much arm-twisting to persuade Hannah Ives to join the twelve-strong cast of Patriot House, 1774, a reality show recreating eighteen-century colonial life during the turbulent days leading up to the American Revolution. But when Hannah befriends Amy Cornell, a maid on set and the young widow of a Navy SEAL off it, and the crew's dance master is found murdered, events away from the camera become just as dramatic as those on it…</p><

Sidney Sheldon

Zeit der Vergeltung

<p>Für Männer mag Macht das stärkste Lebenselixier sein, aber für eine Frau, die verschmäht wurde, ist es Vergeltung. Und die süßeste Rache wird spät und eiskalt genossen! Einst verband die schöne, ehrgeizige Leslie Stewart und den charismatischen Politiker Oliver Russell eine kurze, heiße Liebesaffäre. Aber um des Erfolges willen verließ Oliver die junge Frau und heiratete eine andere. Inzwischen ist er der Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten - und glaubt seine Vergangenheit weit hinter sich gelassen zu haben. Aber Leslie war nicht untätig: Karrierebewußt und kühn machte sie ihren Weg an die Spitze eines Medienimperiums, dessen Flagschiff die ist, eine der einflußreichsten Zeitungen der amerikanischen Hauptstadt.</p><p>Und wie früher als Freundin ist sie nun auch als Feindin die Frau, die den Präsidenten nachts nicht schlafen läßt. Denn trotz seiner unbestreitbaren politischen Erfolge wird irgend jemand aus dem engsten Umfeld des Präsidenten nicht müde, pikante Details aus seinem Privatleben an die Öffentlichkeit sickern zu lassen. Während Oliver Russell verzweifelt versucht, dem Verräter auf die Spur zu kommen, begleitet Leslie Stewart seine Bemühungen - und Fehltritte - mit jeder denkbaren schmutzigen Schlagzeile, die ihr zur Verfügung steht. Denn ihre Zeit der Vergeltung ist endlich gekommen ...</p><p>Sidney Sheldon ist ein absolutes Phänomen in der internationalen Buchwelt. Er ist der weltweit am häufigsten übersetzte Autor, und die Auflage seiner Romane liegt inzwischen bei mehr als 275 Millionen Exemplaren! Sidney Sheldon, der 1997 seinen 80. Geburtstag feierte, lebt abwechselnd in Südkalifornien und London.</p><p>Originaltitel: The Best Laid Plans Originalverlag: William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York</p><p>Der Blanvalet Verlag ist ein Unternehmen der Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann</p><p>l.Auflage © der Originalausgabe 1997 by The Sidney Sheldon Family Limited Partnership © der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 1998 by</p><p>Blanvalet Verlag, München in der Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann GmbH Satz: Uhl + Massopust, Aalen Druck und Bindung: Wiener Verlag, Himberg Printed in Austria ISBN 3-7645-0045-X</p><

Sidney Sheldon

Das Imperium

<p>DAS IMPERIUM -</p><

Marcia Talley

Through the Darkness

<p>Cancer survivor Hannah Ives looked Death in the eye… and walked away victorious. But the terror she once felt in its shadow pales before the ice-cold fear that now grips her heart in the wake of an unthinkable crime: the kidnapping of Hannah's innocent grandson.</p><p>One-year-old Tim vanished from the day care center at the luxurious upscale spa his parents recently opened, and the lack of a ransom note suggests the innocent child may have fallen into the hands of the worst sort of fiend. Hannah will find no peace until the boy is found and his abductor punished-;not even taking comfort in the caring words of a dear friend and spiritual advisor whose own life and marriage may be haunted by something dark and sinister. But the hunt may be leading Hannah to places she never dreamed she'd have to go…</p><

Sidney Sheldon

Die zwölf Gebote

12 Geschichten vom Sinn und Unsinn der 12 Gebote: von Menschen, die erst durch die Nichtbeachtung der Gebote ihr Glück fanden, zum Beispiel von Tony, dem jungen sizilianischen Bildhauer, der entgegen dem heiligen Gebot ein Ebenbild Gottes fertigt, das ihm zu Reichtum und der Hochzeit mit seiner Geliebten verhilft.<

Marcia Talley

All Things Undying

Hannah is stunned when a stranger stops her on the street to deliver a message from her long-dead mother. Susan Parker, Hannah learns, is a popular television medium whose accurate predictions leave fans and critics alike puzzled and intrigued. In spite of her scepticism, Hannah schedules a private reading. But on the morning they are to meet, Susan is struck by a hit-and-run driver. An accident? Hannah doesn't think so – especially when she discovers that more than one person had good reason to want Susan dead…<

Charles Sheffield

El ascenso de Proteo

Proteo

<p>En el siglo XXII, la combinación de una bio-realimentación potenciada por ordenador con unas nuevas técnicas de quimioterapia ha permitido al ser humano no sólo curarse (eliminando la profesión médica), sino también alterar a voluntad su forma física. La alteración física, sin embargo, presenta aspectos oscuros, y la Agencia de Control de Formas que dirige Behrooz Wolf tiene la misión de impedir que formas ilegales o peligrosas se difundan. </p><p>Mientras investiga proyectos de apariencia siniestra, Wolf encuentra pistas que lo conducen al mensaje legado hace millones de años por una especie extraterrestre. Más tarde, la recurrente imagen mental de un misterioso Bailarín le llevará a enfrentarse con los rebeldes que, desde el espacio exterior, se oponen al poder de la Tierra. Razones más que suficientes para replantear lo que significa ser humano precisamente en una época en la cual los humanos adquieren cualquier forma física si lo desean y cuando el nuevo Test de Humanidad resulta esencial para identificar a los miembros de la propia especie.</p><

Marcia Talley

Without a Grave

This book presents the new Hannah Ives mystery. Hannah's in paradise, enjoying the active, back-to-basics rhythms of Bahamian island life. When controversy arises over the construction of a luxury resort that could devastate the coral reef, Hannah dives in. Acts of vandalism, a deadly wildfire, a missing scientist – Hannah suspects a connection, but her investigation stalls when Hurricane Luis slams into the island. Before the skies clear, a dynasty is threatened by a venomous sibling rivalry, environmentalists face-off against progressive island fathers, and somebody else will die. Gin-clear waters, sand so white you're blinded by the glare, palms rustling in a tropical breeze. Paradise? Sometimes it's just an illusion…<

Charles Sheffield

Proteo desencadenado

Proteo

<p>En el siglo XXII, la combinación de una bio-realimentación potenciada por ordenador con unas nuevas técnicas de quimioterapia ha permitido al ser humano no sólo curarse (eliminando la profesión médica), sino también alterar a voluntad su forma física. La alteración física, sin embargo, presenta aspectos oscuros, y la Agencia de Control de Formas que dirige Behrooz Wolf tiene la misión de impedir que formas ilegales o peligrosas se difundan. </p><p>Mientras investiga proyectos de apariencia siniestra, Wolf encuentra pistas que lo conducen al mensaje legado hace millones de años por una especie extraterrestre. Más tarde, la recurrente imagen mental de un misterioso Bailarín le llevará a enfrentarse con los rebeldes que, desde el espacio exterior, se oponen al poder de la Tierra. Razones más que suficientes para replantear lo que significa ser humano precisamente en una época en la cual los humanos adquieren cualquier forma física si lo desean y cuando el nuevo Test de Humanidad resulta esencial para identificar a los miembros de la propia especie.</p><

Marcia Talley

Occasion of Revenge

<p>The bride thought they'd live happily ever after – until a murderer struck…</p><p>The guests were off the wall. The would-be groom was off the wagon. And the bride certainly wasn't blushing.</p><p>Aside from that, it was the perfect occasion: a party for Hannah Ives's widowed father and the younger woman he had suddenly decided to marry. Then the evening takes a strange turn, with a sudden death and disappearance.</p><p>For Hannah, the stunning turn of events came after a Christmas season slide into anger and confusion. First her father had found a floozy who had already buried three husbands. Then her late mother's jewelry started showing up around the gold digger's neck.</p><p>Now Hannah, who has just put her life together after a bout with cancer, is desperately searching for her missing father. Because this poor man has either made a terrible mistake, committed a terrible crime, or fallen victim to a killer who seized the moment for murder…</p><

Arkadij Strugacki

Trudno być bogiem

<p>Grupa historyków z XXI wieku trafia do królestwa Arkanaru, w którym panuje ziemskie średniowiecze. Czy podołają trudnej roli miłosiernych i światłych bogów, czy mają prawo ingerować w obcy świat, choćby był nie do przyjęcia niesprawiedliwy i okrutny? I czy ktokolwiek ma prawo przyspieszać ewolucję jakiegokolwiek społeczeństwa?</p><

Marcia Talley

In Death's Shadow

<p>Hannah Ives struggled bravely through the ravages of illness, and fellow patient Valerie Stone was at her side. As cancer survivors they have a lot to celebrate when they meet again, but their reunion is short-lived. Soon Valerie is dead, and a suspicious Hannah must sift through a mountain of clues trying to uncover the cause of her friend's untimely death. But there are those in the big business of living and dying who think she's becoming too curious… and it's high time her questions were silenced.</p><p>Hannah Ives knows what it means to be a survivor. Now she's about to discover what it means to be a target.</p><

Robert J Sawyer

Recuerdos del futuro

<p>Recuerdos del futuro es la historia de un asombroso descubrimiento en las instalaciones del CERN en Suiza. El equipo de investigación de Lloyd Simcoe y Theo Procopides está empleando el acelerador de partículas del laboratorio para buscar el esquivo bosón de Higgs, una partícula subatómica teórica. Pero su experimento sale terriblemente mal y, durante unos instantes, la conciencia de toda la raza humana es arrojada veinte años hacia el futuro.</p><p>Mientras la humanidad debe restañar los catastróficos efectos inmediatos del experimento (miles resultan muertos o heridos cuando el cuerpo de todos los hombres y mujeres queda inconsciente en el presente), las implicaciones más serias tardan algo en aparecer. Aquellos que no recibieron visión del porvenir tratan de descubrir cómo morirán, mientras que otros buscan a sus futuros amantes. Lloyd deberá superar la culpabilidad de haber provocado accidentalmente la muerte de la hija de su prometida, mientras Theo se ve atrapado en la investigación de su propio asesinato.</p><p>A medida que las verdaderas consecuencias de lo sucedido comienzan a hacerse claras, la presión para repetir el experimento aumenta sin cesar. Todos quieren un destello del futuro, una oportunidad para saltar y ser testigo de su éxito... o para aprender a evitar sus errores. </p><

Marcia Talley

Unbreathed Memories

<p>Is the key to a therapist's murder hidden away…in a patient's mind?</p><p>Is a shrink's death fall a Freudian slip?</p><p>Hannah Ives has every reason to mind her own business. Having survived a recent bout with breast cancer, she's opting for reconstructive surgery and a fresh start. Her Annapolis home is decorated for better feng shui. Her parents are living close by. And her sister, Georgina, is finally getting help for recurring depression. Everything is coming up roses-until her sister's therapist takes a nosedive off a balcony.</p><p>Now, with Georgina a prime suspect in the murder, Hannah needs to do some analysis of her own. A few pages torn from an appointment book may hold a crucial clue. And some bizarre memories from her sister's past may point to a motive…if Hannah can keep a clear head and dare to enter the darkness of a killer's twisted mind…</p><

Marcia Talley

Daughter of Ashes

Is a tragic discovery from the past triggering a number of shocking present-day events? When Hannah loses out on the cottage of her dreams because of an unscrupulous real estate agent, she and her husband, Paul, buy a fixer-upper instead. But contractors restoring the chimney soon make a tragic discovery: the mummified body of an infant. Hannah, already researching the history of her home in the county archives, is searching for clues to the dead infant's identity when more shocking events occur. Suddenly, her access to the courthouse is denied and the records she has been examining are slated for destruction. Someone with money, influence or both is trying to make sure incriminating information stays buried. Can Hannah solve the crimes before the evidence and over one hundred years of county history go up in smoke?<

Ron Smith

Marina girls

Illicit library

Marcia Talley

Dark Passage

<p>Hannah, her sisters and fourteen-year-old niece Julie set sail from Baltimore on a bonding cruise, and have a dramatic first night when Pia Fanucci, a bubbly bartender magician's assistant whom Hannah befriends, narrowly escapes injury during an illusion. But while Pia may make light of the incident, it's no laughing matter when Julie suddenly disappears. Has she gone overboard, or is she injured somewhere on the enormous ship?</p><p>To make matters worse, Hannah meets David Warren, a grieving father whose twenty-two-year-old daughter vanished without trace from an earlier cruise. With claims of a proper investigation proving to be an illusion too far, Hannah teams up with David and Pia in desperation. Can they see through the ship's smoke and mirrors to reveal the identity of a dangerous sea-faring predator?</p><

Arkadij Strugacki

Pora deszczów

Wiktor Baniew, sławny i tolerowany przez władze pisarz, powraca do miasta swych urodzin. Miasto opanowane jest przez mokrzaki — ludzi u których specyficzna choroba genetyczna spowodowała całkowitą odmienność, zarówno w sensie fizycznym, jak i psychicznym. Baniew dostaje się w sam środek walki politycznej. Niektórzy starają się wykorzystać — do swoich celów — fenomenalne talenty mokrzaków; niektórzy zaś — zniszczyć ich całkowicie mając jako broń nienawiść tłumu. Tymczasem mokrzaki przygotowują rozumianą na swój sposób rewolucję…<

Marcia Talley

A Quiet Death

Hannah is returning from a charity luncheon in Washington, DC, when her train is involved in a horrific crash. Although her arm is broken, she remains at the side of her critically injured seatmate until help arrives – but when she is later discharged from hospital, she finds herself in possession of the man's distinctive bag, and her efforts to return it soon set in motion a chain of events that put her life in grave danger.<

Arkadij Strugacki

Poniedziałek zaczyna się w sobotę

INBADCZAM

Młody programista w czasie urlopu spotyka w lesie dwóch sympatycznych naukowców, którzy proponują mu pracę w swojej placówce w pobliskim miasteczku. Wizyta w tajemniczym Instytucie Badań Czarów i Magii staje się początkiem wypadków, które przeczą logice. Ich kulminacją jest niezwykła podróż do świata wyobrażeń, która odbywa się w kierunku odwrotnym do osi czasu…<

Marcia Talley

This Enemy Town

<p>Hannah Ives is always ready to support others like herself who have been through the gauntlet of fear and uncertainty that a diagnosis of cancer often brings. So when friend and fellow survivor Dorothy Hart asks for help building sets for the Naval Academy's upcoming production of Sweeney Todd, Hannah readily agrees.</p><p>But it means associating with an old foe – a vindictive officer whose accusations once nearly destroyed Hannah's home life. And when one corpse too many appears during a dress rehearsal of the dark and bloody musical, Hannah finds herself accused of murder – and enmeshed in a web of treachery and deception that rivals the one that damned the "Demon Barber."</p><p>Caught up in a drama as sinister as any that has ever unfolded on stage, Hannah stands to lose everything unless she unmasks a killer before the final curtain falls…</p><

Siergiej Sniegow

Dalekie szlaki

Ludzie jak bogowie

Trafiamy oto na Ziemię dalekiej przyszłości. Nie wiemy dokładnie, który to rok, lecz „czytając między wierszami” przypuszczam, że akcja rozgrywa się w okolicach przełomu trzeciego i czwartego tysiąclecia. Ludzie osiągnęli technologiczne szczyty. Na Ziemi kontrolują pogodę, w kosmosie, dzięki silnikom wykorzystującym tzw. efekt Taniewa, poruszają się z prędkością wielokrotnie przewyższającą szybkość światła. Krótkodystansowa komunikacja odbywa się za pośrednictwem fal mózgowych, a na obiekty fizyczne wpływać można dzięki swobodnie generowanym polom siłowym. Uporano się ze wszystkimi wielkimi plagami ludzkości, takimi jak katastrofy naturalne, głód, choroby… I nie, nie ma żadnego „ale”. Homo sapiens osiągnął ostateczną formę dobrobytu oraz szczęścia na Ziemi i zajął się zaawansowaną eksploracją Wszechświata. Nawiązano kontakt z wieloma inteligentnymi rasami, ale żadna z nich nie dorównuje poziomem zaawansowania technicznego człowiekowi. Wygląda więc na to, że ludziom przypadła rola przodowników kosmosu. Do czasu… Na arenie międzygwiezdnych zdarzeń pojawiają się potężni i zagadkowi Galaktowie oraz złowrodzy Niszczyciele. Bohaterowie wyruszają na sztuczną planetę Orę, gdzie odbyć ma się wielka konferencja z udziałem wszystkich zjednoczonych pod przewodnictwem człowieka inteligentnych gatunków. Jej uczestnicy zadecydują, jakie kroki należy podjąć w związku z odkryciem nowych ras i na jakich zasadach spróbować nawiązać z nimi kontakt.<

Marcia Talley

Dead Man Dancing

The new Hannah Ives mystery – Driving a wedge between Ruth and her fianc, Hutch, is not what Hannah intends when she recommends J K Dance Studios to her sister. Ruth is determined to shine on her wedding day, but when stunning dance teacher Kay Giannotti greets Hutch with a kiss, its clear this isnt the first time theyve met. Talked into auditioning for Shall We Dance?, a TV talent show, the auditions end in tragedy. Accident or murder? Hannah is on the case…<

Siergiej Sniegow

W Perseuszu

Ludzie jak bogowie

Druga część trylogii znanego radzieckiego twórcy fantastyki naukowej , za powieścią a przez .<

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The False Virgin

<p>AD 848.Bernwyn of Lythe, the young daughter of an ealdorman, spurns marriage and chooses to remain a virgin dedicated to Christ. When she is found murdered in the chapel where she kept her nightly vigils, it is thought that she has fallen victim to the Viking raiders who are ravaging the country and the butterflies found resting on her body are taken to be a sign from God.</p><p>But what if Bernwyn was not all she seemed? Could the saintly deeds attributed to her have been carried out by someone else and the people have set up a shrine to a false virgin?</p><p>Throughout the ages, St Bernwyn comes to be regarded as the patron saint of those suffering from skin diseases, and many are drawn on pilgrimage to her shrines. But from a priory in Wales to the Greek island of Sifnos, it seems that anywhere that St Bernwyn is venerated, bitter rivalry breaks out. So when a famous poet is inspired to tell the story of the saint, perhaps it is little wonder that he finds himself writing a satirical piece on the credulity of man.</p><

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House of Shadows

Bermondsey Priory, 1114. A young chaplain succumbs to the temptations of the flesh – and suffers a gruesome punishment. From that moment, the monastery is cursed and over the next five hundred years murder and treachery abound within its hallowed walls. A beautiful young bride found dead two days before her wedding. A ghostly figure that warns of impending doom. A plot to depose King Edward II. Mad monks and errant priests…even the poet Chaucer finds himself drawn into the dark deeds and violent death which pervade this unhappy place.<

Siergiej Sniegow

Pętla wstecznego czasu

Ludzie jak bogowie

W spotykamy tych samych bohaterów, jak i w dwóch poprzednich książkach, ale przeszło dwadzieścia lat później. Kwestię Galaktów i Zływrogów definitywnie rozwiązano, lecz na horyzoncie pojawił się nowy problem. Ekspedycja wysłana do jądra galaktyki została zniszczona w niejasnych okolicznościach. W ślad za nią wyrusza druga, dużo lepiej przygotowana, by ustalić tożsamość potężnych istot zamieszkujących centrum Drogi Mlecznej<

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Hill of Bones

Cerdic, a young boy who has the ability to see into the future, has a mysterious treasure in his possession. A blind old woman once gave him a miniature knife with an ivory bear hilt – the symbol of King Arthur – and told him that when the time comes he will know what he has to do with it. But when he and his brother, Baradoc, are enlisted into King Arthur's army, he finds that trouble seems to follow him wherever he goes. When Baradoc dies fighting with King Arthur in an ambush of the Saxons on Solsbury Hill, Cerdic buries the dagger in the side of the hill as a personal tribute to his brother. Throughout history, Solsbury Hill continues to be the scene of murder, theft and the search for buried treasure. Religion, politics and the spirit of King Arthur reign over the region, wreaking havoc and leaving a trail of corpses and treasure buried in the hill as an indication of its turbulent past.<

Sándor Szathmári

Vojaĝo al Kazohinio

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The First Murder

Carmarthen, 1199 – A sudden snowstorm in late December means that two parties of travellers are forced to abandon their journeys and take refuge in the bustling market town of Carmarthen. Unfortunately, the two groups – one representing the Archbishop of Canterbury and one comprising canons from St David's Cathedral – are bitter opponents in a dispute that has been raging for several months. When an enigmatic stranger appears, and requests permission to stage a play, which he claims will alleviate tensions and engender an atmosphere of seasonal harmony, the castle's constable, Sir Symon Cole, refuses on the grounds that encouraging large gatherings of angry people is likely to end in trouble, but his wife Gwenllian urges him to reconsider. At first, it appears she is right, and differences of opinions and resentments do seem to have been forgotten in the sudden anticipation of what promises to be some unique entertainment. Unfortunately, one of the Archbishop's envoys – the one chosen to play the role of Cain – dies inexplicably on the eve of the performance, and there is another 'accident' at the castle, which claims the life of a mason. Throughout the ages, the play is performed in many guises, but each time bad luck seems to follow after all those involved in its production.<

Ricky Lee Smith

Fame,fortune and lust

Lancaster press

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The Tainted Relic

The anthology centres around a piece of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ, which falls into the hands of Geoffrey Mappestone in 1100, at the end of the First Crusade. The relic is said to be cursed and, after three inexplicable deaths, it finds its way to England in the hands of a thief. After several decades, the relic appears in Devon, where it becomes part of a story by Bernard Knight, set in the 12th century and involving his protagonist, Crowner John. Next, it appears in a story by Ian Morson, solved by his character, the Oxford academic Falconer, and then it migrates back to Devon to encounter Sir Baldwin (Michael Jecks). Eventually, it arrives in Cambridge, in the middle of a contentious debate about Holy Blood relics that really did rage in the 1350s, where it meets Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael (Susanna Gregory). Finally, it's despatched to London, where it falls into the hands of Elizabethan players and where Philip Gooden's Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate.<

Arkady Strugatsky

Roadside Picnic

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled by some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths.<

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The Lost Prophecies

575 AD. A baby is washed up on the Irish coast and is taken to the nearest abbey. He grows up to become a scholar and a monk but, in early adulthood, he appears to have become possessed, scribbling endless strange verses in Latin. When the Abbott tries to have him drowned, he disappears. Later, his scribblings turn up as the Book of Bran, his writings translated as portents of the future. Violence and untimely death befall all who come into the orbit of this mysterious book.<

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