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Clockwork Century #01 - Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
epub |eng | 2009-10-11 | Author:Cherie Priest [Priest, Cherie]

Sixteen Swakhammer shined his lantern at a pile of broken and buried crates that had been stacked haphazardly and left to wobble and sink. It seemed to be the only ...
( Category: Science Fiction December 28,2017 )
Charles Cumming by A Spy By Nature
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-07-10 | Author:A Spy By Nature [Nature, A Spy By]

SEIZE THE DAY The keypad on my telephone at home has four preprogrammed numbers: 1 is Mum; 2 is Saul; 3 is Katharine and Fortner; 0 is Abnex. The rest ...
( Category: Mystery December 28,2017 )
Merchant Princes #03 - The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross
epub |eng | 2006-01-02 | Author:Charles Stross [Stross, Charles]

One of the guards outside Matt’s room had a Secure Field Voice Terminal. Mike took it, ducked into the Post-Debriefing Office, plugged it into one of the red-painted wall sockets, ...
( Category: Fantasy December 28,2017 )
Charles Cumming by The Spanish Game
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-04-08 | Author:The Spanish Game

24. El Cochinillo It was a honey trap. I allowed the simplicity of Rosalía’s deceit to obscure the truth about Arenaza’s disappearance. She posed as his lover, lured him to ...
( Category: Mystery December 28,2017 )
Merchant Princes #02 - The Hidden Family by Charles Stross
epub |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:Charles Stross [Stross, Charles]

Early evening, a discreet restaurant on the waterfront, glass windows overlooking the open water, darkness and distant lights. It was six-thirty precisely. Miriam nervously adjusted her bra strap and shivered, ...
( Category: Fantasy December 28,2017 )
The Demon Princes by Jack Vance
epub |eng | 2005-10-15 | Author:Jack Vance [Vance, Jack]

"I don't know He's starting strong." Three days the yacht plied the sunny seas, for Gersen three pleasant days, though the hospitality came from a man he intended to kill. ...
( Category: Science Fiction December 28,2017 )
Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance
epub |eng | 1972-01-02 | Author:Jack Vance [Vance, Jack]

the project, hoping to discover some forgotten cache of food. He prowled here and there, but the rubble-gatherers —had removed every trace of substance extraneous to the pattern. With appetite ...
( Category: Science Fiction December 28,2017 )
Pastorale americana by Philip Roth
epub |eng | 2010-12-18 | Author:Philip Roth

Disse alla segretaria che andava a New York, alla missione ceca, dove aveva già avuto discussioni preliminari a proposito di un viaggio in Cecoslovacchia da fare piú avanti, in autunno. ...
( Category: Higher & Continuing Education December 28,2017 )
Dying Earth by Jack Vance
epub |eng | 1950-01-02 | Author:Jack Vance [Vance, Jack]

release men from all labor, and thus permit full leisure for meditation and ascetic discipline. " 'While Rogol Domedonfors completed his great work, the city dissolved into turbulence—the result of ...
( Category: Science Fiction December 28,2017 )
The Floating City by Eric Van Lustbader
mobi |eng | 2011-04-28 | Author:Eric Van Lustbader

"I need some advice," Rock said confidentially. "Recently, my partner's becoming something of a pain in the ass. I think he's getting ideas of a nature I can only describe ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense December 28,2017 )
The Dress Shop of Dreams by Menna van Praag
epub |eng | 2014-12-29 | Author:Menna van Praag [Praag, Menna van]

Sebastian can’t count the number of times he’s wanted to go back to Etta, to find her, beg her forgiveness and ask her to reconsider. How many moments in over ...
( Category: Women's Fiction December 28,2017 )
Petty Cash by Vargas Kimberly
epub |eng | 2013-09-20 | Author:Vargas, Kimberly [Vargas, Kimberly]

Stock Family _______ We slept with the bedroom window open, and I can hear the palm trees blowing outside. The rustling sound paired with the calm whiteness of the room ...
( Category: Contemporary December 28,2017 )
The Seed and the Sower by Laurens Van Der Post
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-27 | Author:Laurens Van Der Post

6 The Sowing of the Seed ‘THE QUESTIONS PUT in my mind by this disturbing document,’ Lawrence said to me when we were alone again in the afternoon, ‘come so ...
( Category: Contemporary December 28,2017 )
Strength in Numbers by Brad Vance
epub |eng | 2016-02-08 | Author:Brad Vance [Vance, Brad]

On Marc’s plane, he explained the meaning of the phrase to Jesse. “‘Held together with wire’ is an Argentinian phrase that refers to the way the whole society is so ...
( Category: LGBT Romance December 28,2017 )
Fear Itself by Jonathan Nasaw
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-01-15 | Author:Jonathan Nasaw [Nasaw, Jonathan]

5 “Abruzzi. Have a seat.” For a man with no real power base left, and just over two months to go before retirement, Deputy Director Steven P. McDougal had himself ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense December 28,2017 )

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