Title: Sovereign Author: C. J. Sansom File Type: Mobi Subject:Mystery:Historical Description:Autumn, 1541. Following the uncovering of a plot against his throne in Yorkshire, King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to overawe his rebellious subjects there. Accompanied by a thousand soldiers, the cream of the nobility, and his fifth wife Catherine Howard, the King is to attend an extravagant submission of the local gentry at York. Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak. As well as assisting with legal work processing petitions to the King, Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a special mission - to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation. But the murder of a local glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries, connected not only to the prisoner in York Castle but to the royal family itself. As the Great Progress arrives in the city, Shardlake and Barak stumble upon a cache of secret papers that holds danger for the King's throne, and a chain of events unfolds that will lead Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age.
Title: Afterlight
Author: Elle Jasper
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fantasy:Vampires
Description:From Publishers WeeklyJasper introduces tattoo artist Riley Poe in this shallow launch of a Southern-fried vampire romance trilogy. Once a wild child, Riley is now a surrogate parent to her younger brother, Seth. Riley's adopted Gullah relatives provide a living blood bank for the Dupré family of good vampires, who kept deadly undead strigoi bloodsuckers encrypted in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery until Seth's teenage prank freed them. Now evil strigoi Victorian and Valerian are bent on recruiting Seth and slaking their thirst on Riley's rare blood. Mysterious and magnetic Eli Dupré, entrusted with Riley's protection, both thrills her and freaks her out with vampiric cravings and sensual caresses. This superficial addition to today's vampire craze, couched in superheated first-person tough-girl lingo, adds only a few meager drops of insight into the current popularity of Dracula's literary descendants. (Nov.) (c) br Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. FromDarkly atmospheric and steamy, Jasper’s tale follows Riley Poe from her wild-child teens to her becoming a talented tattoo artist, and taking care of heryounger brother, Seth, after their mother dies. One night she follows Seth, 15, and his friends to the historical Bonaventure Cemetery, where, before she can stop them, they break into an ancient crypt that her Gullah friend Preacher had always called “da hell stone” and warned her away from. Over the next few days, Seth’s personality changes as he spends the days sleeping and the nights prowling the city. Preacher takes Riley to meet the Dupres, an ancient vampire family who helped Preacher lock the Arcoses, two evil vampire brothers, in the crypt long ago. Now that they’ve escaped and infected the teens, the city is in peril. Eli Dupre is gorgeous and has an instantaneous deep connection to Riley, but they have to stop the growing pack of soon-to-be-vampire teens and the Arcoses. --Diana Tixier Herald
Title: All the Pretty Dead Girls
Author: John Manning
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Thriller
Description:
One By One...Two decades ago, at a private women's college in upstate New York, a student was brutally attacked in her dorm room. Her assailant was never found...They Disappear...Sue Barlow arrives at Wilbourne College twenty years later. When a classmate disappears, Sue thinks it's an isolated incident. But then two other girls vanish...And Die...As fear grows on campus, Sue begins to sense she's being watched. And as the body count rises, she soon realizes that a twisted psychopath is summoning her to play a wicked game - a game that only will end when she dies.
Title: The Arctic Event
Author: James Cobb
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Thriller
Description:
On a desolate island deep within the Canadian Arctic, a scientific expedition photograph the wreckage of a bomber on a mountain glacier. To the world at large, the half-century old aeroplane is merely a relic of the early Cold War. Only a handful of insiders know that it still represents a major threat to civilization, as the aircraft is a Soviet Air Force biological warfare platform, still armed with two tons of active weaponized anthrax.Lieutenant Colonel Jon Smith of Covert-One - the personal action arm of the President of the United States - is assigned to lead CIA agent Randi Russell and the lovely, but lethal, weapons expert, Professor Valentina Metrace to secure the site.But on the island Smith and his team find themselves confronted with a traitor from within their ranks. Cut off from all outside aid, the operatives must struggle against both betrayal and the brutal polar environment. Gradually they become aware that something else exists within the hulk of the ancient bomber: a secret potentially more devastating than even the plane's warload, and one that could bring about both a cataclysmic revision of global history and serve as the trigger for a Third World War.
Title: The Choice
Author: Nicholas Sparks
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Romance
Description:From Publishers WeeklyIn his 13th book, bestselling Sparks (At First Sight, etc.) limns the far-reaching implications of several seemingly ordinary choices made by Beaufort, N.C. veterinarian Travis Parker and his next-door neighbor Gabrielle Holland, a physicians assistant and recent arrival. After an inauspicious first meeting where Gabby accuses Traviss boxer of impregnating her purebred collie, the two fall hard for each other. Already dating someone else seriously, Gabby is faced with a dilemma: whether to stick with longtime boyfriend Kevin, or get involved with Travis. The first part of the tale paints a vivid picture of her decision-making process and its effects on Travis and Gabbys lives. That sets up Part II, which takes place 11 years later when Travis faces a life and death decision following a car accident. A tender and moving love story and a quick read, Sparkss latest does not disappoint. br Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. ReviewHolter Graham gives a polished performance with his versatile skills and vocal range as he embraces the roles of Travis Parker, local veterinarian, and Gabby Holland, physicians assistant. In Part One, Graham captures the exquisite story of their attraction, love, and marriage with a warmth and rhythm that breathes life into the characters. Ten years later in Part Two, Graham portrays Traviss torment when Gabby falls into a coma after a car accident that is his fault. As Gabby fails to recover, Graham captures Traviss conflict over a decision he must make--a decision based on a promise Gabby extracted from him before her life took its tragic turn. A compelling story. G.D.W. AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: APR MAY 08]
Title: The Key to Midnight
Author: Dean Koontz
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Suspense
Description:A haunting nightmare is the key to one woman's mysterious past in the spine-tingling novel from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Dean Koontz.
Title: The Heretic's Daughter_ A Novel
Author: Kathleen Kent
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Historical
Description:Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived. Kathleen Kent is a tenth generation descendent of Martha Carrier. She paints a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England, but also of one family's deep and abiding love in the face of fear and persecution.
Title: The Winds of Dune
Author: Brian Herbert
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Dune
Description:From Publishers WeeklySet immediately after Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah (1969), this satisfying tale from Herbert's son and Anderson (_Paul of Dune_) follows Jessica, the mother of galactic emperor Paul Atreides, as she returns to the desert planet Dune for her son's funeral. Paul's suicide after his mistress's childbed death leaves his sister, the insane and brutal Alia, as regent for his twin children. Alia releases Princess Irulan, Paul's wife and biographer, from house arrest on the condition that she present Paul as a god, even as Bronso of Ix circulates contrasting writings focusing on Paul's humanity. Alia, Jessica, Bronso and Irulan can describe aspects of Paul, but no single narrative can capture him. Fans of the original Dune series will love seeing familiar characters, and the narrative voice smoothly evokes the elder Herbert's style. (Aug.) br Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. ReviewPraise for The Winds of Dune: Fill[s] in the gaps between the late Frank Herbert's classic Dune and its sequels _Dune Messiah_ and Children of Dune. . . . This sequel to _Paul of Dune_ is an important addition to the Dune chronology and will be in demand by Herbert fans.”br --_Library Journal_ (starred review) Delivers solid action and will certainly satisfy.br _--Booklistbr _br “This satisfying tale from Herbert’s son and Anderson follows Jessica, the mother of galactic emperor Paul Atreides. . . . Fans of the original Dune series will love seeing familiar characters, and the narrative voice smoothly evokes the elder Herbert’s style.”br --Publishers Weekly Unquestionably, Herbert & Anderson can spin a great yarn; while technically producing a vivid, mystifying universe, filled with characters that are both endearing, and loathsome. I recommend this one highly, but be warned, if this is the first Dune book you are reading, get ready to hit the bookstore, because I promise you, it will not be the last!br _--BookSpotCentral _The Winds of Dune is filled with the same psychological complexities that were a hallmark of Frank Herbert’s books. It twists and turns on matters of trust, loyalty and the meaning of honor. Familiar characters are brought back to life with poignant clarity and the suspense and tension never let up. Even knowing what comes next in _Children of Dune, _I was hooked by this tale and enjoyed it immensely. It is a worthy addition to the _Dune_ saga.br _--IN Denver Times Praise for the bestselling novel, Paul of Dune: _“This vital link between the first two books of the Dune saga begins immediately after the close of Dune. . . . This is good reading. . . . Standing well enough on its own for Dune novices, it goes without saying that it’s must reading for established fans.”br --_Booklist _“Drawing on Frank Herbert’s massive body of notes, the coauthors of the new Dune series continue their expansion and illumination of the unexplored pieces of one of the genre’s most significant and powerful stories. A priority purchase for libraries of all sizes. Highly recommended.”br --Library Journal (starred review)Praise for Dune, the timeless classic that began the epic story: “One of the monuments of modern science fiction.”br --_The Chicago Tribune__ _“I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings.”br --Sir Arthur C. Clarke_ _“A portrayal of an alien society more complete and deeply detailed than any other author in the field has managed . . . a story absorbing equally for its action and philosophical vistas. . . . An astonishing science fiction phenomenon.”br --_The Washington Post__ _“Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious.”br --Robert A. Heinlein_ _“Herbert’s creation of this universe, with its intricate development and analysis of ecology, religion, politics, and philosophy, remains one of the supreme and seminal achievements in science fiction.”br --_Louisville__ Times_