Book Preview There are three big windows that go from floor to ceiling on the south side of my cabin. I like to sit in the brown leather chair in the twilight of winter evenings and watch birds at the feeder that stretches across them. The windows were a gift from my husband before he … Read more
Book Preview “Hello? Yes. I’m here.” “Ah. Lukas. You weren’t saying anything. I thought for a second there … that you were someone else.” “No, it’s me. Just getting my headset adjusted. Been a busy morning.” “Yeah. Boring stuff. Committee meetings. We’re a bit thin up here at the moment. A lot of reassignments.” “But … Read more
Book Preview Prologue: 2110: Beneath the hills of Fulton County, Georgia 1. 2049: Washington, DC 3. 2049: Washington, DC 5. 2049: Washington, DC 7. 2049: Washington, DC 9. 2049: Fulton County, Georgia 11. 2049: Savannah, Georgia 13. 2049: RYT Hospital, Dwayne Medical Center 15. 2049: Savannah, Georgia 17. 2051: Washington, DC 19. 2052: Fulton County, … Read more
Book Preview 1 The children were playing while Holston climbed to his death; he could hear them squealing as only happy children do. While they thundered about frantically above, Holston took his time, each step methodical and ponderous, as he wound his way around and around the spiral staircase, old boots ringing out on metal … Read more
Book Preview • A Note to the Reader • I am not a historian by birth. I received no training in that field. What follows comes from an amateur at relating past events. Also, by dint of birth, I’m not a leader. The mistakes I made are described freely and accepted as my own. Of … Read more
Book Preview There once was a humble land, surrounded by an ocean and afloat within its celestial sphere like an islet, where the sun and moon shared the sky. The stronger light shimmered upon the countryside each day, and the gentler provided a reprieve from darkness each night. Together, day and night were complete, like … Read more
Book Preview To the fans of the Splintered Series:Your love for my stories inspired me to revisit the rabbit hole . . . to reimagine the end as the beginning. This book is for you, with a promise of more to come one day. Thank you for opening your hearts to my characters and worlds. To the fans … Read more
Book Preview It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.—Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There I once thought memories were something better left behind . . . frozen pockets of time you could revisit for sentimental value, but more of an indulgence than a necessity. That was before I realized memories … Read more
Book Preview My art teacher says that a real artist bleeds for her craft, but he never told us that blood can become your medium, can take on a life of its own and shape your art in vile and gruesome ways. I shove my hair over my shoulder, puncture my forefinger with the sterilized … Read more
Book Preview ~ 1 ~The Moth’s Machinations “You’re sure about this, Morpheus?” “I am,” Morpheus answered, dragging off his gloves and tucking them into his jacket. “You, however, appear to need convincing.” Magic tingled at his fingertips, a pulsing blue light just beneath the skin. Due to the iron bridge outside, his powers were limited … Read more
Book Preview Free Uncorrected ProoF This is an advance, uncorrected proof. Not for resale. Please do not quote without comparision with the finished book. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, … Read more
Book Preview While writing this story, I was struck by how lonely and dark life would be for someone who had to make the journey without friendship. Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero once said, “What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of … Read more
Book Preview Province of Ulster, Northern Ireland Breaking into a wealthy estate should never be this easy. No night watchmen posted, no dogs sniffing around … it was as if the grand countess wanted her enclosed garden to get robbed. Butterfly consortiums were all the rage back in London. A symbol of wealth and prestige … Read more
Book Preview The outskirts of Westminster, London—1891 The outskirts of Westminster, London—1891 Mama is a hummingbird. Willomena watched from the shadows of the empty big top as her mother glided from one trapeze to another—soaring over a net. From up high, she looked as small as the wasp-sized bird Willomena had seen a month earlier … Read more
Book Preview Ola Faye Ruggles and Carol Rene Howard. Ola Faye Ruggles and Carol Rene Howard. One of you brought me into this world and had to leave too soon. The other welcomed me into her family and treats me as her own. One of you brought me into this world and had to leave … Read more
Book Preview And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini Riverhead (2013) Rating: **** Tags: Fiction / Literary An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, … Read more
Book Preview In You Only Live Twice, James Bond was sent to Japan, where he tracked down Ernst Stavro Blofeld on the island of Kyushu. Following a pitched battle in Blofeld’s ‘Garden of Death’, Bond received a traumatic head injury which resulted in amnesia. He spent the next year in a Japanese fishing village. He … Read more
Book Preview A WOMAN CROSSES A LONDON STREET. It is just after 11am on a bright spring morning, and Diana Cowper is going into a funeral parlour to organise her own service. A mere six hours later she is dead, strangled with a crimson curtain cord in her own home. Did she know she was … Read more