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41) The Final Heist
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Four old men had spent most of their adult life in prison following many failed attempts to rob financial institutions. Now aged late 70s and early 80s, they are released from a long jail term to take up residence in a warden-controlled, local-authority owned block of self-contained apartments. Other residents are a strange mixture. The local diminutive vicar relaunches the campanology group. The bell-ringing group of gays drives the bats from the...
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A princess is forever in the public eye, but she can enjoy herself. Andrela, Princess of Eland, but not heir to the throne, takes her fun wherever she can find it. Her light-heartedness is frequently deplored by her parents, but that does not inhibit her. She has her own priorities and her own ambitions. She does understand her duties, though, and sometimes duty demands more than she wants to give.
43) The Crucial Step
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The Crucial Step, the next book in the series after One Step Away, considers the believable reality of a coexistence between worlds and the actions of after-world dwellers as they fight to slow down global warming impact on Earth.
As those on Earth struggle to come to terms with the growing evidence of global warming and the dilemma facing nations in competition, those in the after-world watch. They are one step beyond death but realise their immortality...
44) Onirohora
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In Onirohora, we are introduced to Constantine, a thirty-three-year-old man at the brink of despair. Life's relentless challenges have left him without hope, a situation further compounded when his girlfriend Alicia ends their relationship. In a quest to escape his pain, Constantine takes a fateful drive to a place he holds dear, only to meet with an unexpected accident that transports him to a realm beyond the ordinary constraints of time and space....
45) Eagle Heart
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Raised by adoptive parents in a small community, Narfi simply doesn't fit in. Shocking violence and tragedy force him to flee the only life he has known, pursued by agents of the Chancel Of The Crooked Cross; religious zealots intent on destroying the indigenous Celtyth culture.
All he has for guidance is the last instruction his adoptive father gave him – a clue to help him find his true name and destiny. It points him west to the lands of the...
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Axzis, son of Thela the Swordsmistress and Vasmox the head of the institute of the Paranormal in New Sydney, knows about his Ezskiasian heritage, though he has never been Over There. His rich and varied life as a student and lute player is, however, interrupted when he catches sight of a strange, masked figure on the side walk opposite where he lives. From then on his life takes dramatic turns where he comes face to face with his roots.
Lucy, a...
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In a world where one's field isn't just a piece of land but a reflection of their identity, each patch of soil represents a person's legacy, dreams, and their very essence. Family of Farmers tells the tale of such a world, where every individual is intrinsically connected to their field, and through it, to the very fabric of life itself. Dive into a narrative that intertwines personal destinies with the ebb and flow of nature, reminding us of the...
48) The Devil Inside
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Matthew's life is turned upside down the day his daughter, Lucy, is born. His wife has died, and Gabriel, the all-powerful leader of his world, has taken Lucy to the mortals. Eight years later, Matthew returns from his self-imposed exile looking for answers. He decides to go back home and ask his brother, Lucifer, for help. It becomes Lucifer's mission to bring Lucy back home.
Lucy's family has no idea she is not their biological daughter, nor do...
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Freedom means nothing if you're the only one free.
Stefan has only ever wanted a peaceful, normal life without harming anyone...but that's not the life he was given.
Growing up with two brilliant sisters, Kesia has always wondered why she was born...she needed to find meaning in her life.
When these two lost souls meet, a new hope arises for both of them. A chance to right the wrongs and give meaning to their lives.
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Beyond the vast expanse of the cosmos lies Hazar, a realm of monumental valleys and towering peaks, where oceans cascade from the heavens, creating lakes of unmatched splendor. In this nascent world, mighty heroes rise to etch their legends, and powerful monarchs marshal vast armies, asserting their dominion.
As four distinct races grapple for prominence and legacy, they live under the watchful gaze of The Hand – a pantheon of five deities who...
51) Satan's Guitar
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Right or wrong, left or right, should I, or shouldn't I? Every minute of every day, people make decisions that will change the course of their lives. Usually, the course change is small and insignificant. Sometimes it is profound. Not only does it affect the person making the decision, but it also alters the path of everyone around them.
Satan's Guitar offers the most crucial decision ever, Good or Evil? When a number of players decide to take advantage...
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Two families, one secret that will tear them apart. Evelyn loves Bryce, but Bryce is not who he says he is. Unbeknownst to Evelyn, neither is she. In a place where many worlds exist, Keepers guard the gates between them, and Watchers command the Keepers. However, an archaic war between Watchers and Keepers ensues, which threatens to destroy Evelyn and Bryce's happiness if Evelyn's best friend, Sylvia, does not come in between them first.
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"In the 237th year of the Grand Empress Bo'sel, the Windell Empire changed its laws on magic. It allowed mages to teach and train others in war magic within the Windell army for the first time outside of the blackened-spired towers of Immalaris. Within two years the Empire spread from the East of the Dunna to the West coast of the Westlands, conquering the Myststep's kingdom including the cities of Barrow Haven and Simerlin. With this, all peoples...
54) The Anemone Bowl
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The tale of an afterlife.
"If the inability to see other than that which you wish to see can be considered a kind of heaven, then presumably the inability to escape self-knowledge must be one version of hell."
The ill-fated consequences of happenstance: Born into an English country village community in the 1950s, a young boy is led, through a series of events over which he in effect has little or no control, to take the life of a neighbour's...
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In the year A.D. 390, magic is both omnipresent and feared in newly Christian Rome. In an effort to revive their faith, three witches cast a curse on local leaders of the Empire's new religion, subjecting them to demonic hauntings, possessions, and eventual death. Will the Iracundus family be able to survive the witches' curse? Can the witches succeed in their quest for revenge?Medea has always cherished her witch heritage, despite her family's mistreatment...
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Lord Theodore Olden counts it a blessing when his old friend Bjorn the Brave arrives at the celebration of his eldest son's betrothal. Soon after his arrival, demons from Bjorn's past come back to haunt him. To this day, he knows not of who murdered his family, with only his daughter spared from the attacks on his house and a son who is seemingly back from the dead. Both houses encounter a plague of demons that were thought long gone in their quest...
57) 13 Lives
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Still reeling from her family's execution during the Salem Witch Trails and her own unnatural extended lifeline, in the present day, Margaret Baker is a twenty-two-year-old witch. She finds herself falling in love in the big apple while also trying to come to terms with and overcome her survivors' guilt. A ghost from her past re-emerges and shakes up her world. In a story of love, loss, betrayal, and grief, Margaret must rise above all her demons...
58) The Spaceman
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Older than all the known stars, June watched the universe turn. He watched too as the old gods failed. Now he is tired and beset with doubt, his effort wasted, his strength to hold back the tide of indifference diminished. But with allies and enemies gathering and those with loyalties beyond his understanding he commits to change.
Against the old order change will be hard. There will be pain before the fruit of his sacrifice is known. But into the...
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In a world full of magic and supernatural beings, what would you do if you were the only non-magical being in your family?
Bracken Carmichael is that very girl. Classed as an outcast amongst her people, her life has been a roller coaster of emotions in a normally dull little village.
But life is about to get very interesting when the Vampire Lord visits. Danger is around every corner and it seems that her family know more than they are letting...
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A young tourist, travelling alone in a foreign country, suddenly encounters a young woman wearing a set of blue armour who seemed to pop out of thin air. After a brief conversation, she leaves abruptly, without telling him anything about herself. Eager to get to know her better, he follows her and suddenly finds himself in a magical land on the brink of war. While running around searching for the girl in the blue armour, he has to undergo a crash...
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