"How can you be so sure it's a fake, Leonid Ilyich?" the diminutive figure inquired. Yuri Zaborski knew after years of running the KGB who had been cast as the mouse the moment his phone had rung at four that morning to say that the General Secretary required him to report to the Kremlin office-immediately. The head of state security moved restlessly in his chair as the cat-and-mouse game continued. The Czar must have removed the original sometime before the Red Army entered Petrograd and overran the Winter Palace." "True, Comrade Zaborski," said the old man, "but for fifty years we've been guarding a fake. "The Czar's icon of Saint George and the dragon has been in the Winter Palace at Leningrad under heavy guard for over fifty years." "That can't be possible," replied his Politburo colleague. "IT'S A FAKE," said the Russian leader, staring down at the small exquisite painting he held in his hands.
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As the Beaumonts and Lassiters pool their resources to locate Angelique's Curse, the Caribbean waters darken with shadowy deceptions and hidden threats. In order to find this precious artifact, the Beaumonts reluctantly form a partnership with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter. Over the years, she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them: Angelique's Curse-a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure-hunting. About the Book Roberts delivers an exciting tale that takes readers to the depths of the Caribbean-and the heights of passion and suspense-as a marine archaeologist and a salvager join forces to search for a legendary treasure.īook Synopsis A marine archaeologist and a salvager join forces to search for a legendary treasure in this novel that takes readers to the depths of the Caribbean and the heights of passion and suspense-from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. Every word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Did their mother’s murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?Īs Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. Gamache and Beauvoir’s memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Now they’ve arrived in the village of Three Pines. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators’ lives after many years. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge.Īs the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. But not everything buried should come alive again. It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. Gamache is a fascinatingly complex protagonist’ BOOK OF THE MONTH, THE TIMES ‘Electrifying drama … the bodies pile up, the intensity and horror are reminiscent of Thomas Harris at his finest. *** SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN *** He created worlds as colorful and exotic and memorable as any our genre has ever seen. Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny 3. Set on a faraway world, the seminal tale of a battle between Ancient Egyptian gods, Creatures of Light and Darkness is a grand display of the imagination, wit, and audacious genius that has placed Zelazny eternally alongside Heinlein, Asimov, Phillip K. Back in print at long last is the master’s classic novel Creatures of Light and Darkness. The author of more than 50 books and winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, the incomparable Roger Zelazny remains one of the most revered names in sf and fantasy. “He writes about science as if it were magic and magic as if it were science.” “Nobody else made myths real and valuable in the way Roger Zelazny could.” As Zelazny did with the Hindu pantheon in the legendary, groundbreaking classic Lord of Light, the master storyteller here breathes new life into the. His dynasty was linked to Aeneas and Romulus by way of contemporary legends. Augustus, as Pater Patriae, controlled and ordered his empire as Roman fathers managed their families. His definition as an autocrat above the senate was made through a familial concept, Pater Patriae. He praised the Roman family as a traditional Roman institution within the context of the restoration of order and unity of the Republic. Augustus, within the process of his institution as the sole ruler of the empire, extensively employed familial concepts as a propaganda tool. These paraphernalia reminded the inhabitants of the household of the family pride, to which they must be loyal and whose expectations they must fulfill. The family pride in state affairs were advertised in the most public part of the Roman house, the atrium, by way of busts, wax masks and shield portraits of the notable ancestors trophies and wall-paintings illustrating the notable achievements of the family and family trees and shrines to the Lares, Penates and Genius. Since the Roman Republic was an oligarchic state, the governing class had always been identified with families. Family has always been an important aspect of the Italian way of life from antiquity to the present. Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she's known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn't just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined. 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King has in no way lost his unmatched gift for ensnaring and chilling his readers with 'terrible fishbelly fingers.' "ĭuma Key is also available from Simon & Schuster Audio. Rocky Mountain News (Denver) "A tale of conflict between the forces of horror and the redemptive power of creativity. "May be the finest prose King has ever written. "At its core it's a horror story, but with enough emotional complications to keep you turning the pages." "In essence, a classic Gothic tale of terror." Perhaps Duma Key's setting-it is King's first Florida novel-accounts for its fresh vigor and supreme craftsmanship." A return to form for a beloved pop novelist. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "First-rate entertainment. And it's no mistake to have those two authors' names in the same sentence." Stephen King's #1 New York Times bestseller "is as fresh as a Hemingway sentence is short. But, alas, it is a story we will have to read on into book three to find out the reasoning. I have to say that I am with Cheyenne when she wonders why she can't just ditch the whole betrothed thing and 'she's the hope of the world' and run away with Colt (my FAV of the boys). She really expresses herself more clearly in book two.Īnd, there is so much more action and new characters to get to know and try and figure out what their role is in this story and Cheyenne's journey. Cheyenne is torn between so much that has been thrown at her over the last twelve months that it only makes sense at her age that she would be all mixed up emotionally. But Lisa totally had Cheyenne grow up in book two. I loved the first book (obviously) but I did have a few issues with Cheyenne, the MC, and her kind of whishy-washy attitude. Thank you Lisa, and as before I'll be honest in my review. Luckily, she knows how busy life can get, especially at the end of the school year with kids and all. I was so thankful (and nagging for months) for Lisa Wiedmeier to send me an ARC to read and then I failed to meet my deadline for the review. Gosh, I'm finally writing my review on book two in the Timeless Series. The fact my daughters read through it twice in such quick succession and keeps referring to Sam and Aurelia is testament to that.Īll in all, I cannot recommend this book enough. I’ve read parts of it myself… or rather my daughter has read parts to me (mostly her favourite bits) including the twist at the tail end of the story (sorry, obligatory pun had to be included) and it’s obvious that the author knows how to craft a compelling story. I know how difficult it can be at that age, so it means a lot to me, knowing my daughter is reading books with a strong attachment to camaraderie and an emphasis on building positive relationships. In less than a week she had finished it and she has just completed her second read-through (which if you have a teenager, you will know is somewhat of miracle!) Outside of the magic elements (which she adored) and the, in her words, “beautiful mystery” of the story, she really seemed to gravitate towards the idea of friendship in the book.Īs a father, I really appreciate this element too. She has shown a real interest in reading over the last year, so I wanted to get something that would not only encourage her to continue, but that would also appeal to her. Recently my daughter has become completely infatuated with magic and fantasy, in particular, mermaids and the idea that they exist in the real world. Buying gifts for a 13-year-old is tricky at the best of times, let alone Christmas, but The Secret of Moon Lake helped me out enormously. She has loved art and animals all her life and has been drawing ever since she could hold a pencil. Robin James is a gifted illustrator and a native of the Pacific Northwest. The winner of the Coors Lumen Award for family values and multiple Children’s Choice Awards, he lives in Austin, TX. Since then, he has written more than 300 books, some under his own name and others using pseudonyms, ranging from picture books to young adult thrillers. Cosgrove went on to create four titles that became the foundation of his best-selling Serendipity series, which has sold over 80 million copies worldwide. Consequently, he decided to write his own stories. His writing career began in 1973 when, while shopping at bookstores for his three-year-old daughter, he was frustrated by the lack of fun-to-read picture books that also convey positive values. Stephen Cosgrove is one of the best-selling children’s book authors of all time. |