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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.

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...

Juggling a new job, a newborn, and an untested team, Greg already has more than enough to handle — until a prison escape throws everything into confusion. Someone out there is killing without pattern or mercy. And the closer Geldard gets to the truth, the more certain it becomes that they haven’t finished yet. If you're a fan of the gripping suspense of Elly Griffiths, or love the atmospheric settings of L J Ross, this series is for you. Expect thrills, twists and authentic characters with heart and integrity.

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.

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.

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.

When news reporter Bob Newman gets a tip-off about a mysterious package smuggled across an eastern border, it’s yet another link in a chain of sinister incidents that have one thing in common: they are all connected with the Berne Clinic and something called Terminal. But what is Terminal? And why is Tweed of the British Secret Intelligence Service so desperate to find out?

It is Autumn 2020, and the nation is tentatively emerging from its first lockdown. Streets remain abnormally quiet even as businesses start to reopen. But anxiety still dominates this strange world and evil haunts the shadows. Desperately seeking two lost children, Greg is distracted by hare-coursers, vehicle thefts and a particularly reckless arsonist targeting farms. Then his investigation uncovers long buried crimes and he’s hit by a personal disaster that will call on all his resilience.

The streets may be quiet, but violence lurks beyond closed doors. Greg has his challenges. Trying to get Chris to take his marriage proposal seriously is one. Finding the mole who is leaking intelligence from Norfolk Police is another. Add in a pandemic, a knife-wielding nutter with delusions of grandeur and two missing children, and he is going to need all the help he can get.

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.

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.

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.

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.

With his partner Chris just home from hospital, a baby on the way and a ten year-old murder to solve, Greg really doesn't need any distractions. But when cyclists start vanishing on the county’s empty roads, he can’t ignore the pattern. Are the disappearances tragic accidents, or is something more sinister happening?

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.

When a wounded warrior in a mirrored mask seeks the help of two best friends, elemental forces bond to them, granting immense power and a burden older than Time itself. Thrust across dimensions and into a cosmic conflict, Cooper and Reid must uncover the truth, unlock the secrets of their powers, and choose to accept the path that fate has chosen for them, or write their own futures.

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.

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.

Very soon, the top four Western leaders—American, British, French and German—will be on their way to meet their Soviet counterpart in Vienna for a crucial summit. Tweed and Martel believe one of them is the target for assassination. They must urgently work out which one—or a nightmare will come true....

A body is found during a bird flu turkey cull. DCI Greg Geldard, newly promoted and newly transferred to Norfolk, is about to face the most challenging case of his career. His investigation starts with one body found amongst dead turkeys but goes on to expose a range of crimes hiding in plain sight, from modern slavery to wildlife smuggling. The body count rises, a friend is threatened, and justice seems a long way off.