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When a mysterious and manipulative wizard learns the deadly relic know as the Ravenstone has been uncovered by a self-proclaimed regent known as the Priagent, he hastily assembles a group of mismatched travelers to steal and deliver it to safety. The unlikely company sent to retrieve it consists of Arcturus, an exiled politician with a fondness for wine, Kariayla, a winged slave girl on a quest for redemption, Jinx, an unlucky thief and his imp counterpart, and Hawkwing, the wizard’s personal spy, at the helm.

Every world has its heroes, and every hero has tales to tell. Britannia, Queen Victoria's realm, is not the least of these, for its many heroes are varied and inextricably linked. If but one falters, then others might follow .In a Victorian world off-kilter with our reality, a malevolent entity and an incarnation of past evil seek to overpower Britannia and its weakened queen. The disenchanted Sir Belvedere Magnanimous Wainthrop, the Lion of Britannia, will brave time and space to battle this unholy alliance and return glory to the empire. Destiny will test their courage and resolve.

Detective Inspectors Vance and Shepherd reunite in the second book in John Broughton's Vance And Shepherd Mysteries. After a murder is committed in a quiet suburban subway under a tramline, it becomes obvious that the murder squad is dealing with a copycat killer.

Why motivational quotes are important for everyone. Quotes are useful for everyone. Thoughts are an important aspect to humanity, as it allows us time to process ideas and the appeal to the subconscious. Inspirational or motivational quotes capture and appeal to your subconscious mind, which cures procrastination. One of the toughest things we all have to deal with is procrastination. There is no better cure for feeling depressed or down.

Across Ethiopia and beyond, Sherlock Holmes encounters both the hideous and the divine, ripping asunder the fragile veil separating us from worlds unknown—all while in the company of the renowned Allan Quatermain. The last of Allan Quatermain's true African adventures to appear, The Treasure of the Lake, was published nearly a century ago in 1926. Those who lusted to vicariously accompany Quatermain on new perilous treks into the vast reaches of the "Dark Continent" (as they had done to King Solomon’s Mines) had no choice but to remain disappointed. Until now!

John Grissom's enhanced vampiric hearing leads him to investigate the oldest and most powerful order of vampires in England. His investigation takes him from London to Brighton and back again, from a vampire proof dungeon to a glittering masked assembly.

Dr. Felix Cowdrey is working in a London free hospital and hating every minute of it. Then he meets Dr. Miles Wakefield, who offers him a position at his private lunatic asylum in Essex. Intrigued by the opportunity to work with patients who have damaged minds rather than bodies, Felix accepts and sets out for Flete House. His future seems assured. But the return of a young woman to the madhouse's best bedroom will set Felix on a new path that will expose a shocking family secret and uncover a deadly conspiracy that will change his life forever.

This audiobook explains how an interviewer views each job applicant, noting their ability to communicate competencies confidently. You will discover how everyone conforms to one of 16 interview identities based on their own perception of their experience and their level of confidence. With this knowledge, you can learn how to ensure your knowledge and skill levels are demonstrated throughout the interview process, with you coming across as confident, knowledgeable and ultimately more hireable.

Like the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union and the Battle of Midway in the Pacific, El Alamein has all the features of a monumental shift in fortunes. On the one hand, there is the once invincible Axis army being halted and then pushed backed decisively; whereas the tired Allied army begins to regroup and then successfully counterattack.

Two terrorist ideologies combine forces to assassinate the British prime minister and kill hundreds of innocent people on the streets of a British city. To hunt them down and eliminate them, David Reece leads a black ops team known as The Department, or SG9, the killing arm of MI6. Time is short, and acting on the information received by Reece from an agent from his past, he knows they must play by big boys rules: kill or be killed.

A serial killer is hunting newsreaders. To catch him, a detective will have to journey to places he never imagined existing. He will go to mirrorland, the land beyond reflections, where the killer is perfectly at home.

Captain Peter Cannon of the King's Third Hussars recalls his experiences as a young cavalry officer during the Malayan Emergency of 1953 to 1956.

In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left in a suitcase for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion that the sword had more to tell than appeared, so he sent it for specialist tests. When the results came back, he realized that what he had in his possession was possibly the finest, and certainly the most complex, sword ever made, which had been forged in seventh-century Northumberland by an anonymous swordsmith.

Black Ice. It is a substance of magic mined from the earth, an Enhancement of the senses, and a diversion for the aristocracy who consume it. To Arythan Crow, “Dark Wizard of Cerborath,” it is nothing more than a black crystal, and his role is to harvest and purify it. But when this crystal becomes the object of attacks, a kidnapping, and the near demise of the prince, he has to wonder what more is to be learned of this Enhancement.

Vampire turned Runner, John Grissom, is a founding member of Bow Street's new clandestine investigative division, Odd Crimes. He finds himself witnessing an assassination attempt on the Foreign Secretary. He then discovers London's most notorious purveyor of stolen goods at the bottom of it.

John Grissom, vampire bacteriologist, has found a new purpose in life, joining up with friends Henrietta Isherwood and Gerhardt Van Helsing to comprise the off-book Bow Street Odd Crimes Division. What Mulder and Skully were to the FBI, John and Henrietta are to Bow Street.

Their mission was at an end. Suffering the price of their failure, the companions are divided. Undeterred in her quest for redemption, Kariayla, followed by Jinx and Ruby, pursues the deadly stone in a seemingly futile mission. Hawkwing and Arcturus seek the infamous White Demon, who has managed to escape the Priagent's grip.

Rob MacLaine, CEO of Harper MacLaine Security and ex-Special Forces operative, is preparing to take part in a demonstration of a game-changing military weapon. Merging the technologies of laser guidance, smart bullets, and drones, the invention is something never before seen in the field of battle. But after Rob foils an attempt to kidnap a senator, a series of events is set in motion that takes him deep into the dark world of people-trafficking and crime.

Welcome to the city of Greenville, where murder is never what it seems. Detective Lynn Pocker and her team are battling crime on several fronts: two serial murderers and a secret organization that has been pulling the strings of crime and justice for decades. Our heroine will have to fight this and her own personal struggles as she herself becomes ensnared in the game of foxes and hounds.

Dickie Metcalfe was not your typical secret agent, but he was larger than life in more ways than one. Unlike many other agents who were part of the Double Cross System during the Second World War, he did not defect; nor was he blackmailed into becoming a spy. Instead, using his father's connection with Sir Vernon Kell, the first director of MI5, Metcalfe volunteered his services. Recently cashiered from his infantry regiment, he had an ulterior motive.