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Raptor: Gary Jennings
$105.00An abandoned waif, the blond, gray-eyed Goth was called simply Thorn. From his unorthodox sexual awakening in a monastery and a convent to his exciting journey across Europe in search of his people, he would learn a warrior's skills and the cunning of a survivor. And amidst it all a stunning secret would mark him forever as an outsider who knew too deeply and too well all the hidden desires of men's ... and women's ... hearts. In the great cities of a dying empire, on the battlefields of Roman legions, and in the opulent palaces of potentates and kings, Thorn would witness human beings at their most brutal and their most noble. His incomparable adventures bring to electrifying life a vanished age never again matched for its doers of great deeds...and of chilling revenge. -
Punch 1872-3 – Volumes 62-63
$95.00Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. From 1850, John Tenniel was the chief cartoon artist at the magazine for over 50 years. Punch became a staple for British drawing rooms because of its sophisticated humour and absence of offensive material, especially when viewed against the satirical press of the time. Yet a quick glance through this volume reveals some very sly wit indeed. -
Book V of Outlander. The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser’s wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy—a time-traveler’s certain knowledge. Claire’s unique view of the future has brought him both danger and deliverance in the past; her knowledge of the oncoming revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way through the perilous years ahead—or ignite a conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes. -
Of all the rough frontier towns that stretched in a ragged line along the eastern bank of the Missouri, Council Bluffs seemed most alive with the robust spirit of the time. There the crowd was most motley; there the leaping pulse could best be felt; there was the very vortex of the mad maelstrom of passionate hope, desire, and purpose. An American frontier story about the settling of Nebraska in 1854. -
Rain Boat: Lace Kendall
$90.00The people of Spanish Fort, Florida, had never seen such rain before. Young Edward Ames is washed away, eventually landing in the company of the two Morse children on one of the few remaining areas of high ground. Many days later, the children are rescued by Shem, a mysterious dark skinned stranger, a kind man with a curious ambition. And his cargo is strange - a boatload of animals. -
Richard III - a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history. Here is his redemption - Richard III was vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes, in the Tower - from his maligned place in history. Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century England, in the midst of what history has called The War of the Roses, Richard was raised in the shadow of his charismatic brother, King Edward IV. Loyal to his friends and passionately in love with the one woman who was denied him, Richard emerges as a gifted man far more sinned against than sinning. This magnificent retelling of his life is filled with all of the sights and sounds of battle, the customs and lore of the fifteenth century, the rigors of court politics, and the passions and prejudices of royalty. Cover art by Geoff Taylor. -
Book 1 of Earth's Children. Ayla, a five year old Cro-Magnon girl, separated from her family during an earthquake, is taken in and raised by a group of Neanderthals looking for a new home. She is physically and mentally more advanced that her adopted people, and her differences and intelligence make them both fearful and admiring. Ayla is cared for by Iza, the Clan's medicine woman and her brother Creb, a gentle holy man, wise and magically empowered. Brun, the Clan's leader, must punish Ayla when he finds she has learnt to use a sling, for women are forbidden to touch weapons. Broud, his son, loathes Ayla and does all he can to destroy her. But Ayla is a survivor. Cover art by Barbara Lofthouse.
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The list of short stories included in this volume: Heubler; Life of the Party; The Drover's Wife; Zoellner's Definition; Portraits of Electricity; The Silence; The Dog Show; Paradise; Ore; Cul-de-Sac (uncompleted); The Partitions and A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z. Cover art: Richard Neville by Brett Whiteley. -
Trap: Peter Mathers
$80.00Jack Trap is an interesting mix of Irish, English and Aboriginal - but he looks Aboriginal. Admired by a few and hated by many, he affects everyone. He is a shifting product of the back streets, passively resisting poverty and racism, occasionally indulging in bursts of aggression. He is a symbol around which lurk a variety of characters representing the different aspects of an oppressive society. Trap is a hero.
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