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1) Misrule
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Malice duology volume 2
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Del Rey
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[2022]
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"Does true love break curses, or begin them? Sleeping Beauty's dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice. The Dark Grace is dead. Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce's wicked domain. And no one will escape the consequences of her wrath. Not even the one person who holds her heart. Princess...
2) Misrule
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Security Services officer Christian, confused and unsure of who he is, must come to terms with his identity while on the hunt for a Russian agent responsible for the deaths of British troops.
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A tale of power and vengeance, love and betrayal, and a fight for redemption.The Misrule – a dark, morally ambiguous series that follows the fate of one family as they struggle with their greatest enemy: themselves.A Father's ChoiceWhen confronted by a government's dark secret, will Rick Franklin risk everything for what he knows to be right or hide behind a lie?A Brother's SecretA young soldier's quest to find the truth about the brother he never...
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"Misrule" and "A Bad Town for Spacemen" were both first published in Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine in 1962. In this reformatted edition you can read both science fiction short stories.
Science fiction often answers the question, "What if?" In "Misrule", author Robert Scott explores what could happen if the government made all decisions and provided every need for all the people–even the need to vent their anger and frustrations.
On People's...
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Morganville vampires volume 5
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In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans have coexisted in (relatively) bloodless harmony...until the arrival of Bishop, a master vampire who threatens to put the evil back in evil undead and smash the fragile peace. But Bishop isn't the only threat.... Violent black clouds promise a storm of devastating proportions. As student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against the elements-both natural and unnatural-the...
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"Escorting the nine-day queen Lady Jane Grey across the Tower of London from throne room into imprisonment is Elizabeth Tilney, who surprised even herself by volunteering for the job. All Elizabeth knows is she's keen to be away from home; she could do with some breathing space. And anyway, it won't be for long: everyone knows Jane will go free as soon as the victorious new queen is crowned. Which is a good thing because the two sixteen-year-olds,...
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Francis Bacon is charged with investigating the murder of a fellow barrister at Gray's Inn. He recruits his unwanted protégé Thomas Clarady to do the tiresome legwork. The son of a privateer, Clarady will do anything to climb the Elizabethan social ladder. Bacon's powerful uncle Lord Burghley suspects Catholic conspirators of the crime, but other motives quickly emerge. Rival barristers contend for the murdered man's legal honors and wealthy clients....
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The Yule festival of Twelfth Night is a time when servants are the masters and vice versa, and tension and humor fill the air. Dan and his partner, Taj, have busy lives even without their duties as members of the Society for Creative Anachronism. When Taj is selected to coordinate the holiday activities and assigned the title Lord of Misrule, it encroaches on their time as a couple-until they negotiate their way to a happy holiday.
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"The family at Misrule" by Ethel Turner. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
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Yuletide promises to be eventful when the Court of Fools arrives in White Haven. Stan, the town's pseudo-druid, has decided the Christmas festivities will be different this year. He announces he is the Lord of Misrule and appoints his Court of Fools. Very quickly odd things start to happen. Magic and paranormal characteristics are unveiled, throwing everything into disarray, and making life very difficult for the witches and their friends. And unfortunately,...
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Midsomer Murders volume 6
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Barnaby and Jones are forced to take part in a team building exercise and Tom has plenty of problems dealing with the young, new, acting Chief Superintendent, John Cotton (Nick Fletcher).
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From Barack Obama (Harvard and Chicago) to Bill and Hillary Clinton (Yale), many of our current national leaders emerged from the rarefied air of the nation's top law schools. The ideas taught there in one generation often shape national policy in the next. The trouble is, Walter Olson reveals in Schools for Misrule, our elite law schools keep churning out ideas that are catastrophically bad for America. From class action lawsuits that promote the...
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A murderous brother. A country in chaos. A desperate mother.Ray Franklin is on the run, chased by men he once served with and haunted by his past. His brother, a man determined to gain complete power at any cost, is directing that hunt. As Ray is slowly dragged into a trap in long-forgotten tunnels under the streets of the capital, his mother seeks a way to stop her surviving children from slaughtering each other.Set in a future with parallels to...
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A future earth. A government's secret. An honest man's choice.Rick Franklin is a model soldier, devoted to his wife and daughter, and loyal to his friends. But when he becomes a reluctant hero for a president that is soon overthrown, his fame puts him and everyone close to him in danger.As he struggles to keep his family safe, Rick discovers the murderous truth behind the Silk Revolution - a secret that stretches to the dark heart of government. Will...
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Randall Soulier murdered his parents. Now he wants his brother's death and will sacrifice nations to get it.The country of Ailan is in chaos. The resistance have been exposed for the redundant force they are. The legions' loyalties are split and Randall's burning desire for murder is pushing him to the brink of madness.Aided by an uneasy collection of allies, Ray Franklin stages a final stand against his brother. A father makes the ultimate sacrifice...
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A young soldier. An unknown brother. A hidden truth.Corporal Ray Franklin is respected by his colleagues but distant to his friends. He serves his country faithfully, without asking the questions that keep him awake. But when he discovers he has a brother he never knew, his loyalty is stretched to breaking point.Ray's quest to find his family's hidden truth rips his world apart. He is injured and betrayed, hunted by his own government as he loses...
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Lust and wrath. Vengeance and love. Hope.A collection of short stories that tumble through a whirlwind of human emotions.A bullied man is pushed over the edge with disastrous consequences.A woman stands up to a lecherous professor who has been preying on 'his girls'.Benn Tate wakes up in a hospital of nightmares.Then there are the tales of unsung heroism, sacrifice and dark magic. Stories of love and humanity amongst cruelty.From British author Andy...
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In Rockefeller "Internationalist": The Man Who Misrules the World, which was first published in 1952, author Emanuel M. Josephson purports to expose the global conspiracy between the Rockefeller family and the Axis powers. Alleging that the Rockefeller Institute of Pacific Relations controlled the spy ring responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, the author goes to great lengths to describe the links between the Rockefellers and companies such...
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Great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "The Snowbank Orbit", "The &4-Square Madhouse", "Misrule", "A Bad Town for Spacemen", "Something Will Turn Up", "Garrity's Anuities", "Road Stop", and "The Man Who Flew".
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