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A début of extraordinary strength and power, Absolution shines a light on contemporary South Africa and the long dark shadow of Apartheid In her lush garden on the Western Cape, Clare Wald, world-renowned author, takes up her pen and confronts her life. Ambitious young writer Sam Leroux has...

Samuel “Max” Maxwell had it all—until a bad business decision by his partner and closest friend, Jacob Amott, cost him everything. After serving five years in prison, Max walks free with nothing left but a shadowed past and a fractured legacy. His business is gone. His friendship died in betrayal—and in blood. Now, Max wants a fresh start. But when a chance to reclaim what he lost puts him on a collision course with the organization that killed Jacob, Max must decide: can he outrun his past, or will it bury him for good?

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy. TOP SECRET: A clear and present threat exists. Open-ended. Existential. Confirmation via uncanny op. Nature of same: Unknown. Initiating entity: Unknown...

It has been three years since the fall of Simon de Montfort and, still, there are lingering de Montfort supporters in England that are being systematically rooted out and subdued. At a particularly nasty battle at Kennington Castle, Torran and the royal army manage to raze the castle and kill all but two members of the oppositionist's family—a lovely young woman and her excitable younger brother. Torran is introduced to Lady Andia St. Albans.

A disgraced ex-cop, framed by a crooked politician, abandoned by his family, he’s forced into the life of a bounty hunter just to survive. Tracking down a traitor who stole military grade weapons to sell on the black market, Masterson finds out things aren’t as simple as the wanted poster made them seem. Because Delia Beckett isn’t a traitor, simply a patsy, and the forces manipulating her may be the same ones responsible for Masterson’s fall from grace.

I might be a monster, but I'm her monster. When a ghost from our past returns to threaten Abigail, I will do anything to protect her. She says she doesn't want me to kill for her again, but I don't think I'm capable of mercy. Especially not when her safety is on the line. Even though I'm a...

Redemption exists, but the price must be paid in blood. Daniel Hunt is still searching for answers to his past. Along the way, he stumbled across The Order, an ancient society credited for toppling Earth. His search will take him into the Badlands where a former member of the Pack Protocol has made her home. Except all is not as it seems in the small town and war is in the air. To survive the emerging forces Daniel will have to come to peace with his past. Allies will need to be found and formed. A far greater threat than anyone could have imagined approaches on the blood moon.

You can't outrun your past, a mistake I learned the hard way. Stripped of the last piece of my innocence in the middle of the Californian desert, I waited for death. Then he appeared. My vengeful angel. He's everything I'm not. He's everything I want. He's everything I can never have.