Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html /* /*]] */ d13 Ryan’s eye took in a scene from a heart-stopping nightmare. The huge mutie rattlesnake was well over twenty feet long, its body as thick as the thigh of a grown man. The setting sun glinted off a metal strip that circled the … Read more
Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html /* /*]] */ /* /*]] */ /* /*]] */ d12 The wind had become a full-blown gale, howling like a cemetery banshee Ryan paused, blinking the ocean spray out of his eye, and stared upward. He could see only a few feet ahead, but he made … Read more
Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html /* /*]] */ Dland6a A lone mutie rushed toward them, lashing out with the jagged blade of his knife. Jak spun like a dervish, trying to dodge the attack, but the creature had the advantage of surprise. The crude knife slashed upward, and Ryan, a little … Read more
Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html Ryan noticed an unnatural flurry of movement among the rancid weeds that crowded down to the brink of the water, now only fifty paces from the raft. “Push it away,” he called urgently, taking one of the branches himself and poling off. “What d’you see?” Krysty … Read more
Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html /* /*]] */ /* /*]] */ /* /*]] */ d11 It was unlike anyplace they had ever known. Krysty lay on her back, staring around her, relaxing on a soft couch of deep green moss. “What you said, Doc, about how it used to be was … Read more
Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html /* /*]] */ d10 Ryan Cawdor never heard the swampies One moment he was up and walking; the next he was rolling over on hands and knees, the G-12 pulled from his grip, someone’s arm around his throat, another attacker hanging on his waist, kicking at … Read more
Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html In the world of Deathlands There were, of course, survivors… The world was not destroyed—just a way of life. The global population was cut down to perhaps one-fifth of what it had been. The ecosystems were utterly disrupted. The climate was transformed. In what had once … Read more
Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html There were, of course, survivors. The world was not destroyed—just a way of life. The global population was cut down to perhaps one-fifth of what it had been. The ecosystems were utterly disrupted. The climate was transformed. In what had once beenNorth America , the survivors … Read more
Book Preview This is an uncorrected manuscript proof. Please do not quote for publication until verified with the finished book. This proof is for promotional purposes and review by the recipient and may not be used for any other purpose or transferred to any third party. Any duplication, sale or distribution to the public is … Read more
Book Preview I am more grateful than I can say for the assistance of many people who have helped me to learn about the ancient world of the people who lived when glaciers advanced far south of today’s margins and covered a quarter of the earth’s surface. However, there are some details which I have … Read more
Book Preview The Clan of the Cave Bear E A R T H ‘ S CHILDREN™ Crown Publishers, Inc. New York THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER. Copyright © 1990 by Jean M. Auel All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, … Read more
Book Preview who has become a man to be proud of, and for CHRISTOPHER, BRIAN, and MELLISSA, ENTRY area — storage of fuel, implements, outer clothes FIRST hearth — cooking hearth and space for gathering SECOND — Lion Hearth FOURTH — Mammoth Hearth — space for ceremonies, gathering, projects, visitors FIFTH — Reindeer Hearth SIXTH … Read more
Book Preview She was dead. What did it matter if icy needles of freezing rain flayed her skin raw. The young woman squinted into the wind, pulling her wolverine hood closer. Violent gusts whipped her bearskin wrap against her legs. Were those trees ahead? She thought she remembered seeing a scraggly row of woody vegetation … Read more
Book Preview The naked child ran out of the hide-covered lean-to toward the rocky beach at the bend in the small river. It didn’t occur to her to look back. Nothing in her experience ever gave her reason to doubt the shelter and those within it would be there when she returned. She splashed into … Read more
Book Preview BY MARGARET ATWOOD FICTION The Edible Woman Surfacing Lady Oracle Dancing Girls Life Before Man Bodily Harm Murder in the Dark Bluebeard’s Egg The Handmaid’s Tale Cat’s Eye Wilderness Tips Good Bones The Robber Bride Alias Grace The Blind Assassin Good Bones and Simple Murders Oryx and Crake The Penelopiad The Tent Moral … Read more
Book Preview Synopsis: First published in 1985, The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader is unable to forget its images and its forecast. With more than two million copies in print, it is Margaret Atwood’s most popular and compelling novel. Set in the near future, it describes life in what … Read more
Book Preview Part One The bridge The Toronto Star, 1945 The Blind Assassin: Perennials for the Rock Garden Part Two The hard-boiled egg The Globe and Mail, 1947 The park bench The Toronto Star, 1975 The carpets The Globe and Mail, 1998 The lipstick heart The Colonel Henry Parkman High School Home and School and … Read more
Book Preview Oryx and Crake: a novel Margaret Atwood For my family I could perhaps like others have astonished you with strange improbable tales; but I rather chose to relate plain matter of fact in the simplest manner and style; because my principal design was to inform you, and not to amuse you. Jonathan Swift, … Read more