This poignant novel, beautifully translated by Simon Beattie, was, in Lampe's words, "born into a regime where it could not breathe;" he hoped that one day it might rise again. It has no one main character, but evokes the sensations and impressions of a sultry September evening on the waterfront of Bremen, with its charm and tenderness, squalor and lust. It contains a stream of images with many characters: children, old and young people, men and women,...

In The Island Chronicles Book 1, Conscious, Christopher, whose name has been changed to William, is drawn by the music to the mysterious woman, Eleutheria, who lives in the house with the thatched roof overlooking Bourani Cove and the ancient lime kiln which still burns hot for those who know how and where to look. There, she tells him about trapping time in the old tower, inadvertently creating the dragon, and how he must contain the monster while...

Shome Dasgupta, a young American author of Bengali descent, uses magical realism to explore his South Asian roots in this series of fourteen stories mostly set in modern day Kolkata, the city his parents came from and the one where their extended families continue to live. The stories reflect the surrealistic dimensions of an American boy/man's visits "home." They engage with memorable individuals, from barristas to beggars, boatment to bus drivers....

In The Island Chronicles Book 1: Conscious, William is drawn by the Music to the mysterious woman, Eleutheria, who lives in the house overlooking Bourani Cove and the ancient lime kiln which still burns hot for those who know how and where to look. There, she tells him about trapping time in the old tower, inadvertently creating the dragon, and how he must contain the monster while she searches the world for a solution. In Book 2: Chopping Water-part...

My name is Caitlyn O'Herlihy. I have had many names over the centuries, but this one is close to the original. I rather like it. This was to have been a time of quiet...a decade or two of peace before returning to the of being the last of my race in a world that knows I exist, and fears that existence. It was supposed to have been quiet, but someone is using black magic to summon demons. Some...THING has murdered innocent tourists...slain simple...

An encounter with the mysterious little old man leaves an unassuming boy with an unfathomable message about a prior life as well as an ominous warning about an ancient foe. In the process of recounting his angelic past, he embarks on a journey that will cost him everything. Finding the magic books of Belteshazzar, the man tells his story and the secret of a resurrection machine, an ancient technology that will literally open a portal to another dimension. While...

THE ASSIGNMENT When Brina Louise Grant, recent graduate of Cyclops (their equivalent of West Point), accepted a one way mission from her 25th century world into the wild west of their mid 1800's, she had no idea it would take her on a journey far and beyond what her wildest imagination could concoct. With a mystical entity by her side, Brina's assignment is to follow the assassin Jesse Loame to the past, tracking him down with orders to...

Unexpected twists and turns keep the reader guessing about what will happen next. Throughout this entertaining novel is weaved a one-way dialogue between a dying prisoner who tells repeatedly his sad story to a hungry jailhouse rat, which only lives to eat. The story moves from the death and destruction of one town to the amazing rebuilding of a new town by survivors who lived to tell the tale. The human foibles of many of the book's characters are...

Cathy has been set another quest, before she can take up the role as the Head of the Circle of the Dove Stone Coven. This time she has to solve the mystery of the whereabouts of Desdemona's granddaughter Donna Maria. Last seen before her mother sadly died, ten years previously. Add a bit of the wicked stepmother and more ghosts,Cathy sets out to find this long lost person. Cathy, along with the new members of the coven at the mill,...

Centré sur la vie d'une famille de colons dont la plantation est frappée par une malédiction naturelle, Balai de sorcière est un roman foisonnant o la réalité tragique est travaillée par la magie du carnaval. Traduit de l'anglais par Christine Pagnoulle Résumé Balai de sorcière Balai de sorcière retrace l'histoire de la malédiction coloniale d'une île des Caraïbes. Le roman raconte les traversées, dévoile mémoires et archives, chemine...