Thrillers and fantasy

"The Man Without a Country" first appeared in the Atlantic Monthlyfor December, 1863. It was the author's wish that it be published anonymously, in the hope that it might be ascribed to some officer of the Navy; but unfortunately, the man who compiled.

With the fallen angels defeated, Greg and his new wife, Grace, retreat to the safety of St. Rita's church. Grace is pregnant with twins that excite the newlyweds, but stir up interest from old and new gods.

Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth,—a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centered upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys.

The Lost Continent, A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms!

This story was begun, within a few months after the publication of the completed "Pickwick Papers." There were, then, a good many cheap Yorkshire schools in existence. There are very few now.

Jim Powell was a Jelly-bean. Much as I desire to make him an appealing character, I feel that it would be unscrupulous to deceive you on that point. He was a bred-in-the-bone, dyed-in-the-wool, ninety-nine three-quarters per cent Jelly-bean.

The only island known to exist in the region in which my uncle was picked up is Noble's Isle, a small volcanic islet and uninhabited. It was visited in 1891 by H. M. S. Scorpion. A party of sailors then landed, but found nothing living thereon.

The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand.

All night in the Pullman it was very cold. She rang for the porter to ask for another blanket, and when he couldn't give her one she tried vainly, by squeezing down into the bottom of her berth and doubling back the bed-clothes.

Bizarre murders, dark humour, and fearless friendship – the Raili & Ylva Mystery Series keeps you guessing until the final page!

Bizarre murders, dark humour, and fearless friendship – the Raili & Ylva Mystery Series keeps you guessing until the final page!

Brother Greg, a wealthy and influential head pastor of a mega-church, lives a deceptive life built on ambition and manipulation. His seemingly perfect world begins to unravel when his childhood friend returns. Unknown to Greg, his assistant Grace is secr

When xenoarchaeologist Clio Cormack accidentally awakens a dormant alien megastructure, she unearths a threat that could consume humanity.

When xenoarchaeologist Clio Cormack accidentally awakens a dormant alien megastructure, she unearths a threat that could consume humanity.

After the mission ended, Salva wanted nothing more than to continue fighting for justice. And now he got that chance. An attack on his mysterious client leads to Salva being identified as the perpetrator. That is when the problems really start...

A gripping dark romance and psychological suspense novel. Forced to impersonate a fixer’s deceased wife to pay a debt, Kelly enters a world of secrets. A cinematic story of forced proximity, slow-burning tension, and the price of a fake identity.

This story has its beginnings in the town of Alexandria, Illinois, between 1884 and 1889, at the time when the place had a population of somewhere near ten thousand.

Joseph Heidel looked slowly around the dinner table at the five men, hiding his examination by a thin screen of smoke from his cigar. He was a large man with thick blond-gray hair cut close to his head. In three more months he would be fifty-two.

In this Volume-two, ”Endeth here the fourth day of the Decameron, beginneth the fifth, in which under the rule of Fiammetta discourse is had of good fortune befalling lovers after divers direful or disastrous adventures. ”

– FIRST DAY – NOVEL I. – Ser Ciappelletto cheats a holy friar by a false confession, and dies; and, having lived as a very bad man, is, on his death, reputed a saint, and called San Ciappelletto. NOVEL II. – Abraham, a Jew, at the instance o

Notorious Balkan war criminal Šaban Buljubasic is being transported to the Hague to finally face trial, however, powerful forces are conspiring to have him silenced before he can expose their involvement.

This was the rainy year. Last year had been the dry one, and it would come again. But they wouldn't be here to see it, Captain Louis Carnahan thought. They had seen four dry ones, and now had come the fourth wet one, and soon they would be going home.

On the 26th of July, 1864, under a strong gale from the northeast, a magnificent yacht was steaming at full speed through the waves of the North Channel. The flag of England fluttered at her yard-arm, while at the top of the mainmast floated a blue pennon

Captain Shreve must tell him all he knew about the "king." He was intensely interested in the subject. Splendid material, you know. That romantic legend of Waldon's arrival in the islands—too good to be true, and certainly too good not to put into a boo

“The Blazing World”, is a Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, better known as The Blazing World, is a 1666 work of prose fiction by English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle.

Bizarre murders, dark humour, and fearless friendship – the Raili & Ylva Mystery Series keeps you guessing until the final page!

Mystic

Have you ever found yourself in a no-win situation? A young Greg encountered a mysterious stranger who urged him to steal a Vatican relic on display at his friend’s church. If he refused, he would endanger the lives of his loved ones.

Bizarre murders, dark humour, and fearless friendship – the Raili & Ylva Mystery Series keeps you guessing until the final page.

After years of a bloody war, they came to finish the job. They did not account for our tenacity.