Book Preview Raif Sevrance of Clan Blackhail was out shooting ice hares in the Badlands with his brother Drey when his father and chief were slain back at camp. Upon returning to their clanhold, Raif and Drey found that Mace Blackhail, the chiefs foster son, had declared himself head of the clan. Mace had been … Read more
Book Preview ====================== Notes: Scanned by JASC If you correct any minor errors, please change the version number below (and in the file name) to a slightly higher one e.g. from .9 to .95 or if major revisions, to v. 1.0/2.0 etc.. Current e-book version is .9 (most formatting errors have been corrected; a few … Read more
Book Preview ====================== Book Information: Genre: Fantasy Author: J.V. Jones Title: A Cavern of Black Ice Series: Sword of Shadows Book 1 A Cavern of Black Ice Sword of Shadows Book 1 J.V. Jones PROLOGUE A Birth, a Death, and a Binding arissa whispered a hope out loud … Read more
Book Preview Master and Fool Volume 3 of The Book of Words By J.V. Jones ISBN: 0-446-60414-3 Prologue Drip. Drip. Drip. The waterclock turned another degree, sending a cup full of water trickling to the bowl. One more round and the hour would strike. The same hour on the same day that a month … Read more
Book Preview A Man Betrayed Volume 2 of The Book of Words By J.V. Jones ISBN: 0-446-60351-1 Prologue The girl began to snore gently: a wheezing unpleasant noise that seemed almost a plea for pity. It was the smell of her more than the sound that disturbed him. The fetid and cloying smell that … Read more
Book Preview The Baker’s Boy (The Book of Words 01) J.V. Jones Prologue “The deed is done, master.” Lusk barely had a second to notice the glint of the long-knife, and only a fraction of that second to realize what it meant. Baralis sliced Lusk’s body open with one forceful but elegant stroke, cleaving … Read more
Book Preview Prologue February 1988 Hulda Hermannsdóttir opened her eyes. So heavy and unrelenting was the sense of lethargy weighing her down that she felt as if she’d been drugged. She could have gone on sleeping all day, even here in her hard chair. It was just as well that, as a detective, she merited … Read more
Book Preview Special thanks are due to my guides, Sigurður Kristján Sigurðsson from the Westman Islands and Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, for showing me around and providing me with information about Elliðaey. I would also like to thank prosecutor Hulda María Stefánsdóttir for her assistance with police procedure. Last but not least, grateful thanks … Read more
Book Preview Una awoke with a jerk. She opened her eyes but couldn’t see a thing for the darkness pressing in all around her. For a panicky moment she couldn’t work out where she was, though she had the feeling she was in a strange place, not in her own bed. She stiffened with fear. … Read more
Book Preview Acknowledgments Special thanks are due to Haukur Eggertsson for his advice on expeditions to the highlands and interior, and to prosecutor Hulda María Stefánsdóttir for her assistance with police procedure. Special thanks are due to Haukur Eggertsson for his advice on expeditions to the highlands and interior, and to prosecutor Hulda María Stefánsdóttir … Read more
Book Preview PRAISE FOR SNOWBLIND ‘Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty – a must-read addition to the growing canon of Iceland Noir’ Peter James ‘Seductive … an old-fashioned murder mystery with a strong central character and the fascinating background of a small Icelandic town cut off by snow. Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully’ … Read more
Book Preview You reach a moment in life when, among the people you have known, the dead outnumber the living. And the mind refuses to accept more faces, more expressions: on every new face you encounter, it prints the old forms, for each one it finds the suitable mask. −Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities You … Read more
Book Preview “A masterpiece of suspense. Written with the narrative tension of some of the finest of postapocalyptic works, the exquisite terror of Lynn McBride’s predicament in a snow-covered wilderness is so utterly compelling and relevant that readers may find their view of the world changed.” —Anthony De Sa, author of Barnacle Love and Kicking … Read more
Book Preview “Sing, memory,” the storyteller says, the words low and quiet, a dirge for the darkness. His skin, the few stretches of it not covered by patchwork clothing, emanates a faint glow illuminating his steps and casting shadows of the fractured, broken buildings surrounding him, jagged outlines of the old world. “Sing,” he says … Read more
Book Preview “Get out of there, Sarah,” Boyd yelled from outside the house. “That wall is going to tumble any minute.” “Monty’s found something.” Sarah carefully moved over to the pile of rubble where the golden retriever was standing. “Be still, boy. Be very still.” “How do I know?” Monty always hoped it would be … Read more
Book Preview TALLADEGA FALLS, GEORGIA JANUARY 20 The skeleton had been in the ground for a long time. Joe Quinn had seen enough of them to The Killing Game – Eve Duncan 02 recognize that. But how long? He turned to Sheriff Bosworth. “Who found it?” “Two hikers. They stumbled on it late last night. … Read more
Book Preview Iris Johansen 1998 – The Face of DeceptionEve Duncan circle – book 1ACKNOWLEDGMENTSMy deepest and warmest thanks to N. Eileen Bar-row, Research Associate and Forensic Sculptor with the FACES Laboratory at Louisiana State University. Her generosity with her time, help, and guidance was invaluable in writing this book. Also a very sincere thank-you … Read more
Book Preview The phone was ringing. Ignore it, Eve told herself, her fingers moving swiftly on the skull reconstruction she’d given the name of Marty. She could call whoever it was back when she was through working. The phone was set for speaker and she could pick up if it was Joe or Jane. She … Read more