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Twenty-year-old Ward de’Ath expected this to be a simple job—bring a nobleman’s daughter back from the dead for fifteen minutes, let her family say good-bye, and launch his fledgling career as a necromancer. Goddess knows he can’t be a surgeon—the Quayestri already branded him a criminal for trying—so bringing people back from the dead it is.

But when Ward wakes the beautiful Celia Carlyle, he gets more than he bargained for. Insistent that she’s been murdered, Celia begs Ward to keep her alive and help her find justice. By the time she drags him out her bedroom window and into the sewers, Ward can’t bring himself to break his damned physician’s Oath and desert her.

However, nothing is as it seems—including Celia. One second, she’s treating Ward like sewage, the next she’s kissing him. And for a nobleman’s daughter, she sure has a lot of enemies. If he could just convince his heart to give up on the infuriating beauty, he might get out of this alive…

About the Author

Greg Cox is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels and short stories.  He has written the official movie novelizations of Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Death Defying Acts, and the first three Underworld movies, as well as books and stories based on such popular series as Alias, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI, Farscape, The 4400, The Green Hornet, The Phantom, Roswell, Star Trek, Terminator, Warehouse 13,  Xena: Warrior Princess, and Zorro.  He has received two Scribe Awards from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.  He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania. Visit him at www.gregcox-author.com.

These are the tales of the last days be­fore the great dark­ness de­scend­ed. These are the tales of the Lost Lands, the coun­try that was once ours but which our en­emies now call Eng­land. These are the tales of Arthur, the War­lord'; the King that Nev­er Was, the En­emy of God and, may the liv­ing Christ for­give me, the best man I ev­er knew. How I have wept for Arthur... Fifth ‹cen­tu­ry Britain lies on the edge of dark­ness. Mem­ories of Ro­man civ­iliza­tion! are fad­ing; the pa­gan Gods are re­treat­ing be­fore the spread of Chris­tian­ity; the Sax­ons are snap­ping and snarling at the bor­ders. On­ly frag­ile bonds unite the un­ruly king­doms of Britain against the in­vaders, bonds ce­ment­ed by the vigour of the High King, Uther Pen­drag­on. But the Pen­drag­on is fail­ing, and his heir is no strong lead­er but a child, born on a bit­ter win­ter night. On­ly one man could keep Uther's throne safe,-on­ly he could hold the war­ring king­doms to­geth­er to face their true en­emy, the Sax­ons. That man is Arthur: sol­dier, states­man, Mer­lin's pro­tege, Uther's il­le­git­imate son. But he has been ban­ished, ex­iled by his own fa­ther to Brit­tany. Der­fel, one of his spear­men, nar­rates the sto­ry of Arthur's re­turn and of his quest for peace: em­bat­tled, bloody and, fi­nal­ly, tri­umphant. The Win­ter King is a mag­nif­icent tale of the Dark Ages and the re­al­ity of war and po­lit­ical strife in a land where re­li­gion vied with mag­ic for the souls of the peo­ple. It por­trays Arthur the man rather than the leg­end, a mil­itary ge­nius who, with a small band of war­riors bound to him by loy­al­ty and love, strug­gled to keep alive a flick­er of civ­iliza­tion.<

Ene­my of God is the sec­ond nov­el of the War­lord se­ries, and im­me­di­ate­ly fol­lows the events de­scribed in The Win­ter King. In that book the King of Dum­non­ia and High King of Britain, Uther, dies and is suc­ceed­ed by his lamed ba­by grand­son, Mor­dred. Arthur, a bas­tard son of Uther's, is ap­point­ed one of Mor­dred's guardians and in time be­comes the most im­por­tant of those guardians. Arthur is de­ter­mined to ful­fil the oath he swore to Uther that Mor­dred, when he comes of age, will oc­cu­py Dum­non­ia's throne.Arthur is al­so de­ter­mined to bring peace to the war­ring British king­doms. The ma­jor con­flict is be­tween Dum­non­ia and Powys, but when Arthur is in­vit­ed to mar­ry Cein­wyn, a Princess of Powys, it seems that war can be avoid­ed. In­stead Arthur elopes with the pen­ni­less Princess Guin­evere and that in­sult to Cein­wyn brings on years of war that are end­ed on­ly when Arthur de­feats King Gorfy­ddyd of Powys at the Bat­tle of Lugg Vale. Powys's throne then pass­es to Cune­glas, Cein­wyn's broth­er, who, like Arthur, wants peace be­tween the Britons so that they can con­cen­trate their spears against the com­mon en­emy, the Sax­ons (the Sais).The Win­ter King, like the present book, was nar­rat­ed by Der­fel (pro­nounced Dervel), a Sax­on slave boy who grew up in Mer­lin's house­hold and be­came one of Arthur's war­riors. Arthur sent Der­fel to Ar­mor­ica (to­day's Brit­tany) where he fought in the doomed cam­paign to pre­serve the British king­dom of Benoic against Frank­ish in­vaders. Among Benoic's refugees who re­turn to Britain is Lancelot, King of Benoic, whom Arthur now wants to mar­ry to Cein­wyn and place on the throne of Sil­uria. Der­fel has fall­en in love with Cein­wyn.Der­fel's oth­er love is Nimue, his child­hood friend who has be­come Mer­lin's help­mate and lover. Mer­lin is a Druid and the lead­er of the fac­tion in Britain that wants to re­store the is­land to its old Gods, to which end he is pur­su­ing a Caul­dron, one of the Thir­teen Trea­sures of Britain, a quest which for Mer­lin and Nimue far out­ranks any bat­tle against oth­er king­doms or in­vaders. Op­pos­ing Mer­lin are the Chris­tians of Britain, one of whose lead­ers is Bish­op San­sum who lost much of his pow­er when he de­fied Guin­evere. San­sum is now in dis­grace and serv­ing as Ab­bot of the Monastery of the Holy Thorn at Ynys Wydryn (Glas­ton­bury).The Win­ter King end­ed with Arthur win­ning the great bat­tle at Lugg Vale. Mor­dred's throne is safe, the south­ern British king­doms are al­lied and Arthur, though not a king him­self, is their undis­put­ed lead­er.<

From T. H. White's The Once And Future King to Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists Of Avalon, the legend of King Arthur has haunted and inspired generations of writers to reinvent the ancient story. In The Winter King and Enemy Of God, Bernard Cornwell demonstrated his astonishing ability to make the oft-told legend of King Arthur fresh and new for our time. Now, in this riveting final volume of the Warlord Chronicles, Cornwell tells the story of Arthur's desperate attempt to triumph over a ruined marriage and the Saxons' determination to destroy him. Set against the backdrop of the Dark Ages, this brilliant saga continues as seen through the eyes of Derfel, an orphan brought up by Merlin and one of Arthur's warriors. In this book, the aging Arthur has been betrayed by, among others, his beloved Guinevere; but although he is alone and deeply saddened, he still embraces his dreams of a world in which civilization triumphs over brute force. Arthur and his warriors must face the dreaded Saxons -- now allied with Arthur's betrayer Lancelot -- for the throne of Britain. This is the tale not only of a broken love remade but also of enemies more subtle than any Saxon spearman -- of forces both earthly and unearthly that threaten everything Arthur stands for. When Merlin and Nimue embark on a dangerous quest to summon the Gods back to Britain, they unleash forces that will lead to a last desperate battle on the sands of Camlann, where it seems that Arthur must fail unless Merlin's final enchantment can avert the horror. Peopled by princesses and bards, warriors and magicians, Excalibur is a story of love, war, loyalty, and betrayal, the unforgettable conclusion to a brilliant retelling of one of the most powerful legends of all time.<

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"Carr offers a well-written, warm-hearted story and a genuinely fun read." -- Publisher's Weekly on the house on Olive Street

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Antor Trellig, head of a ruthless interstellar syndicate, had seized a super-computer with godlike powers, which could make him omnipotent. The Council offered master criminal Mavra Chang any reward if she stopped Trellig -- and horrible, lingering death if she failed. But neither Trellig nor Mavra had taken the Well World into consideration. Built by the ancient Markovians, the Well World controlled the design of the cosmos. When the opponents were drawn across space to the mysterious planet, they found themselves in new alien bodies, and in the middle of a battle where strange races fought desperately, with the control of all the Universe as the prize.

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4 Cherries: Ms. Chenery certainly gives readers an eyeful when Kian has his way with Jorja, and his manly action should leave readers as satisfied as he left Jorja, over and over. A Werewolf at the Falls is a relaxing and entertaining short story that has a passionate, sweet yet erotic flavor that should appeal to paranormal romance readers looking for a uplifting happily ever after.--Xeranthemum, Whipped Cream

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As a cocktail waitress at Fallsview Casino Resort, Jorja has been witness to some brow-raising moments. But she’s never been part of one until a hot-as hell patron in her section pulls her into his lap and kisses her senseless. Talk about a generous tipper. Lady luck has smiled on her indeed. What was supposed to be a weekend of harmless gambling takes a dramatic turn when Kian’s wolf scents his would-be mate. Consuming her lips as if his life depends on it in the middle of a crowded casino is bad enough—but giving in to his mating urge and claiming her before she knows his true nature is nothing short of a disaster. And when a fellow pack member shows up and lets the wolf out of the bag, Kian is forced to admit not only who and what he is, but what he did. He may need more than luck to pull this one off.