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Born on the gallows, the corpse of his mother swinging from the rope above, the villagers brand him The Bane of the North and leave him out for the Fug to claim - a deadly fog ruled by Draugr - Viking warriors that had long ago fallen in battle. They didn’t expect to find him the next day, tattooed with the mark of an ancient god.

The Memory of an Elephant is an epic saga told by an aging African elephant as he makes a last, perilous journey to find the humans who rescued him as an orphan some fifty years ago. Interwoven with his narrative are the tumultuous lives of the family who raised and then lost him.

The war for the North continues, and as the Empire releases a new threat onto Alialis, Garik must seek new allies to prepare for the coming battle which will decide the outcome of mankind — yet help may come from beyond the veil of the Fug itself.

Originally published in 1927, Ole Edvart Rolvaag's ‘Giants in the Earth’ is a classic Norweigian-American immigration novel. Ole Edvart Rolvaag was a Norwegian-American novelist and professor who became well known for his writings regarding the Norwegian American immigrant experience.‘Giants in the Earth’ follows a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION The Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2024 CBC’s Best Canadian Fiction of 2024 “Pure delight.” —Ann-Marie MacDonald...

As the end of school quickly approaches, and Cooper Bailey watches his perfect world slip away, his only concern is savouring every last minute of his high school career. For his best friend, Reid Patterson, graduation is a doorway to the future, where his discipline and focus will finally allow him to meet his true potential. When a mysterious mirror-masked man begs for their help to stop a dangerous heretic, Cooper and Reid find themselves thrust into unknown worlds, wrestling with a destiny as old as time itself.

Bane, Alruna and Garik knights, embark on a perilous journey to the Empire on a quest to find and bring home a lost hero. Fraught with danger in the unforgiving land, they find themselves amidst a rebellion. As the stakes grow higher and the challenges more desperate, they must overcome the will of Gharl himself.

Ulf is like a storm, slowly building up its power, he grows more dangerous with each passing moment. And like all storms, he will eventually break. When he does, he will destroy everything in his path. Ulf is one of a long line of famous Norse warriors. His ancestor Tyr was no ordinary man, but the Norse God of War. Ulf, however, knows nothing about being a warrior.

Introducing the acclaimed Greg Geldard Norfolk Mysteries—your gateway to an enthralling world! Join Tristan Smith, a goat farmer, cheese maker, and weaver, tending her North Yorkshire smallholding, when the unexpected discovery of a skeleton in a deserted World War II bunker by archaeologists sets off a chain of events that unravel a mystery beyond that first casualty.

You never want to ruin a really good dramatic exit. When you flee home on a cyborg horse the exact second you turn eighteen, you don’t really expect to go back to the place you fled from, you know? But sometimes your old life hits you from behind. Sometimes you spend years away from home, killing dangerous people who had the bad luck to get infected by a lungful of ghostfog, only to find out that your dad, the king, is dead, and now your siblings are ordering you back home for a high stakes family reunion.

With his ex-wife receiving threatening phone calls and a ritual burial found in a Norwich archaeological dig, the last thing Greg Geldard needs is an East Coast flood and a cliff fall that reveals—what exactly? Set in the unique landscape of the Norfolk Broads and on the sometimes treacherous Norfolk coast, this thriller follows a serial killer, and his relentless pursuer.

When a top British agent is murdered in Hamburg, spymaster Tweed is desperate to know why his man was killed – and who he should target for revenge.The investigation quickly leads Tweed to a devastating conclusion – one of his four European sector chiefs is a traitor. Tweed’s terrible problem is that he does not know which one. With time running out, Tweed realises he may also be tracking a mass murderer – and that an appalling scandal in London will break if he does not find the killer.

When a brilliant and ruthless master planner from the Soviet Union’s elite forces vanishes, Tweed of the SIS is summoned to an urgent and secret meeting with the Russians. To his shock, Tweed is told the missing genius has turned maverick and Moscow does not know what he is planning – terrorism, extortion, or both? At first Tweed is skeptical – why should he help his great enemy? But gradually he begins to collect clues, which he reads as signs that some dark plan is being put into motion.

A gruesome murder and a missing colleague—Greg Geldard has problems. And that's before he attracts attention from a vengeful crime-lord. As he seeks Sarah in a desperate race against time, he uncovers a sinister County Lines operation entangled with money laundering, knife crime, and a labyrinthine web of organised crime.

A new threat looms over Garik Castle, forcing Bane and Alruna to once again defy the odds to defend the realm. Their quest begins with finding the key to unlocking the Fug and uniting the fractured clans. As the war between gods intensifies and the end of days draws near, the fate of mankind rests in the hands of a mortal.

Darcy has always emulated his wise and honourable father, George Darcy. But following a sinister act of betrayal by a former family friend, his father rejects his most benevolent principles. When Georgiana forms a friendship with Miss Elizabeth Bennet, Darcy convinces his father to allow the association to continue. However, Elizabeth soon presents a thorny problem: she entices Darcy as no other lady has before, and with his father's current outlook, he would not approve of her as a daughter-in-law.

ntelligence agencies are convinced that Adam Procane, a top Washington official, is about to defect. But the Presidential election is only two months away and it’s the last thing the Americans want. Trouble is, no one knows who Procane really is, so nothing can be done to stop him. In London, Tweed of SIS watches and waits. Four highly suspect Americans have already passed through London en route to Scandinavia – the Deputy Head of the CIA, the National Security Advisor and his wife, and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. Any one of them could be Procane. So it’s time for Tweed to act.

Gatsby: Death of an Irishman is a fresh and compelling insight into the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the genesis of his most iconic character. Underpinning Fitzgerald’s brilliant but turbulent life was his complex, evolving and surprising relationship with his Irish identity. From childhood shame at being ‘common’ to a patriotic immersion in Irish literature and revolutionary politics at Princeton.

Oliver Caradog saves a small boy from a white dragon. Unable to find his family and suspecting him to be not entirely human, he names him Jude and takes him home to be cared for by his wife in the realm of the tyrant King Vortigern. This is a fantasy fiction short story based on the real history of Wales, a beautiful and wild country where dragons have always lived.

Narrated by Scott Fleming, Reclaiming Mni Sota offers a new, creative reimagining of the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862. Delve into one of America's most tragic and regrettable events as you listen to dual narratives from both sides of the conflict. Through vivid descriptions and fully developed characters, this captivating audiobook confronts America's history of settler-colonialism while exploring the personal stories and heart-wrenching choices faced by men and women, white and Native alike.