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Book III of Emperor. Julius Caesar has taken his legions north to battle the Gallic tribes. But as his successes mount, overwhelming ambition and new alliances begin to threaten his one true friendship. Marcus Brutus was instrumental in the conquest of Gaul and so in restoring Caesar’s reputation as a hero of Rome. But after decades standing side by side, will they choose to cross the Rubicon together? Are they both willing to take the fight to Rome herself? -
Plague Child: Peter Ransley
$10.00Tom Neave 1. September 1625: Plague cart driver, Matthew Kneave, is sent to pick up the corpse of a baby. Yet, on the way to the plague pit, he hears a cry – the baby is alive. A plague child himself, and now immune from the disease, Matthew decides to raise it as his own. Fifteen years on, Matthew’s son Tom is apprenticed to a printer in the City. Somebody is interested in him and is keen to turn him into a gentleman. He is even given an education. But Tom is unaware that he has a benefactor and soon he discovers that someone else is determined to kill him. The civil war divides families, yet Tom is divided in himself. Devil or saint? Royalist or radical? He is at the bottom of the social ladder, yet soon finds himself within reach of a great estate – one which he must give up to be with the girl he loves. -
A Man In Full: Tom Wolfe
$12.00Atlanta, Georgia - a racially mixed, late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth and wily politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 29,000 acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife, and a half-empty office complex with a staggering load of debt. Meanwhile, Conrad Hensley, idealistic young father of two, is laid off from his job at the Croker Global Foods warehouse near Oakland and finds himself spiraling into the lower depths of the American legal system. And back in Atlanta, when star Georgia Tech running back Fareek “the Canon” Fanon, a homegrown product of the city’s slums, is accused of date-raping the daughter of a pillar of the white establishment, upscale black lawyer Roger White II is asked to represent Fanon and help keep the city’s delicate racial balance from blowing sky-high. -
Set in the fourteenth century in Europe’s most far-flung outpost, a land of glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains, this is the story of one family – proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarsson; his daughter Margret, whose willful independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile; and his son Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling center of this unforgettable book. It’s a trip into a world of farmers, priests and lawspeakers; of hunts and feasts and long-standing feuds; a grand tale of a remote time, place and people made real by literary magic. Cover art by Kevin Twedell. -
Cotton Malone 15. One by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world. After former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will be offered to the highest bidder - blackmail that both the United States and Russia want, but for vastly different reasons. The price of admission to that auction is one of the relics, so Malone is first sent to a castle in Poland to steal the Holy Lance, a thousand-year-old spear sacred to not only Christians but to the Polish people, and then on to the auction itself. But nothing goes as planned and Malone is thrust into a bloody battle between three nations over a secret that, if exposed, could change the balance of power in Europe. From the tranquil canals of Bruges, to the elegant rooms of Wawel Castle, to the ancient salt mines deep beneath the earth outside Krakow, Malone is caught in the middle of a deadly war - the outcome of which turns on something known as the Warsaw Protocol. -
Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that America ever experienced and inspired by a little-known historical footnote regarding towns that quarantined themselves during the 1918 epidemic. Deep in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest is a small mill town called Commonwealth, conceived as a haven for workers weary of exploitation. For Philip Worthy, the adopted son of the town’s founder, it is a haven in another sense - as the first place in his life he’s had a loving family to call his own. And yet, the ideals that define this outpost are being threatened from all sides. A world war is raging, and with the fear of spies rampant, the loyalty of all Americans is coming under scrutiny. Meanwhile, another shadow has fallen across the region in the form of a deadly illness striking down vast swaths of surrounding communities. When Commonwealth votes to quarantine itself against contagion, guards are posted at the single road leading in and out of town, and Philip Worthy is among them. He will be unlucky enough to be on duty when a cold, hungry, tired – and apparently ill – soldier presents himself at the town’s doorstep begging for sanctuary. The encounter that ensues, and the shots that are fired, will have deafening reverberations throughout Commonwealth, escalating until every human value–love, patriotism, community, family, friendship – not to mention the town’s very survival, is imperilled. -
‘You need to put on something warm,’ Robert said. His eyes looked urgent. ‘You’d not want to take your time, Margaret,’ he said in a very quiet voice... Written as the ‘diary’ of teenager Margaret Anne Brady. Margaret Anne can hardly believe her luck when she’s chosen to accompany Mrs Carstairs on board the great ship Titanic. But when she’s woken on a freezing night in April 1912, she finds herself trapped in an unimaginable nightmare. Will she be able to get to a lifeboat in time? Will Robert? -
A Town Like Alice: World War II...The Japanese Army invades Malaya and Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is taken prisoner with other English women and children then forced on a brutal seven-month death march. They trudge from camp to camp, always turned away, leaving graves behind them and secretly learning to trade jewellery for medicines and extra food just to survive. Jean meets Australian P.O.W. Joe Harman, who tells her about the Gulf Country, the vast stock stations and a town called Alice - a town of lovely homes, green lawns, water and gardens. He steals food for the women, is caught by the Japanese and condemned to death by lashing and crucifixion. The women are forced to watch. When their guard dies, they are taken in by a village and work with the locals to grow rice for the Japanese army. After the war, Jean tries to put the nightmare behind her. Then an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved the life of the group of prisoners. There she learns astonishing news which lead her to travel to the desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she takes on an unusual challenge - to make Willstown a town like Alice. The Far Country: Jennifer travels from London to Australia on a small bequest from her late grandmother to visit her married cousin on a rural property. She falls in love with the rugged beauty of Australia and meets Zlinter, a Czech refugee who is a qualified medical practitioner but may not practise in Australia. When two stockmen are injured, Zlinter must make a decision - to break the law and do what he can to save them - or let them die. On The Beach: The classic nuclear war story first published in 1958 and made into a major film less than a year after publication. Nuclear war erupts and lasts less than 30 days - and no-one even knows how it started. The last operating U.S. submarine Scorpion makes its way to Australia ahead of the deadly fall-out creeping down the globe from the Northern hemisphere. The Australian Navy picks up Morse code signals coming from Seattle - could there be survivors? The Scorpion, with Australian officer Lieutenant-Commander Peter Holmes aboard is sent to investigate while Australians hope and prepare for the possible end of life on earth. -
Les Norton 14 :A week's holiday in Shoal Bay courtesy of Price Galese? Sweet. Help Eddie Salita pop a bent copper named Fishcake Fyshbyrne while you're up there? No worries. Solve a mystery on Virgin Island with a sweet little girl named Digger? You beaut. Les Norton, the lovable larrikin from the sunshine state, is back and is heading north, with a little bit of work and a hell of a lot of play in mind. But he had better watch out for hungry sharks and local louts with no manners; and gung-ho federal police with no bloody idea. As the saying goes, he don't go looking for trouble, trouble comes looking for him.
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