Joe je autorem, který se proslavil díky svému vítězství v soutěži The Dark Crystal Author Quest, kde získal smlouvu na napsání prvního oficiálního prequelového románu k filmové klasice Jima Hensona. Jeho styl se vyznačuje hlubokým ponorem do fantasy světa, kde zkoumá témata jako je osud, dobro a zlo a síla spojení mezi různými bytostmi. Zkušenosti z oblasti lingvistiky a studia Shakespeara se odrážejí v jeho precizním jazyce a propracované struktuře příběhů. Prostřednictvím svých děl vtahuje čtenáře do epických dobrodružství a nutí je zamýšlet se nad složitostí světa.
The final book in an original series of novels set in the world of Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Will the fires of resistance finally unite the Gelfling clans against the growing Skekis threat . . . or is it too late to save Thra?
Before you watch the upcoming Netflix series, read the original novels from J. M. Lee (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) that intertwine with the events of the series. Kylan of Sami Thicket is a skilled song teller, but singing the tales of long-gone heroes won’t help his friends as they journey into dangerous, unknown lands. After uncovering the betrayal of the Skeksis Lords, he and his friend Naia are on the run, pursued by the Skeksis’s underlings and outcast even among their fellow Gelfling. But Kylan knows the truth must be told, no matter how difficult the telling. Maybe there’s use for a song teller after all . . . Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal is one of the most beloved and enduring fantasy stories of the past thirty years. This series of young adult novels will both please the diehard fans and bring new fans in to the world of The Dark Crystal.
"Play with fire, and you're going to get burned... In Manchester, a block of flats is burning. The only victim is a middle-aged man, sat watching TV. Are the fire and the man's death an accident or is something more frightening at work? Meanwhile, DI Ridpath is back with his wife and enjoying work at the Coroner's Office, his myeloma still in remission. But the quiet life is soon shattered by a new threat. More corpses start appearing; charred, burnt, silent bodies, strewn in the streets and lodged in buildings. Next to each one is a chilling message sprayed in orange ink. Fighting on all fronts, Ridpath will be drawn into the dark past of his city and the youth football clubs of the 1990s. He must find the link before any more people die. Before the flames come close to home..."--Provided by publisher
"The case was closed. Until people started dying ... DI Thomas Ridpath was on the up in the Manchester CID: a promising detective who captured a notorious serial killer. But ten years later he's recovering from a serious illness and on the brink of being forced out of the police. Then the murders began, in an uncanny echo of his first case. As the death count grows, old records, and bodies, go missing. Caught in a turf war between the police and the coroner's office, Ridpath is in a race against time. A race to save his career, his marriage, and innocent lives. When a detective disappears everything is on the line. Can Ridpath save his colleague?"--Provided by publisher
"A scream breaks the air in the coroner's office. An execution is being broadcast live on the internet. An old case has come back to haunt DI Thomas Ridpath...Coppers are being targeted. Graves desecrated. What is it - a warning? And who else will be dragged in? Just as Ridpath's life is getting back to normal, the investigation that defined Ridpath's career, the Beast of Manchester, rears its head once again. But this time it's not just the investigation at stake - it's his life."--Provided by publisher.
"DI Ridpath is in the process of getting his life back together when everything goes wrong. Driving to meet his daughter, he is caught in a gruesome motorway accident, in which a near-naked man is rundown by a lorry, while fleeing from a lone gunman. As Ridpath closes Manchester's road network in search of the assailant, one question remains: why did nobody else see him? Ridpath's investigations soon unearth a number of inconsistencies, which pulls the police force itself into question, and hint at something sinister to come. For Manchester is on the brink of a fresh surge of violence unlike anything it has seen in decades, and Ridpath must battle this unprecedented conflict along with his own demons. One thing is for sure. There will be blood on the streets..."--Provided by publisher.
In a time of war, they discovered peace. When David Wright finds a label, a silver button and a lump of old leather in a chest in the attic, it opens up a window onto the true of joy of Christmas. Jayne Sinclair, genealogical investigator, has just a few days to unravel the mystery and discover the truth of what happened on December 25, 1914. Why did her client
Three severed hands. No clues. A race against time.Three embalmed hands are discovered in a disused Victorian house. Is it the work of a cult? Or a gangland ritual? And what happened to the rest of the bodies? DI Thomas Ridpath is told to investigate.At the same time, the Coroner needs to issue a Presumption of Death certificate on a teenage girl who vanished eleven years ago in mysterious circumstances. What happened to her? Where did she go?When another woman disappears, this time a local councillor, Ridpath is under immense pressure to solve the case before another person vanishes. As hints emerge the two cases are connected, Ridpath must push himself to the limit to find out what really happened at Daisy Nook Children’s Home.Not knowing that his own life and that of his daughter, are under threat. He has just one week to discover the truth...The latest in the #1 bestselling DI Ridpath crime thriller series, this is a perfect read for fans of Matt Brolly, Mark Billingham and Peter James.
The first series of original novels ever set in the world of Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal. Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Shadows of the Dark Crystal is set years before the events of the classic film and follows the journey of a young Gelfling woman who leaves her secluded home to uncover the truth surrounding the disappearance of her brother who has been accused of treason by the sinister Skeksis Lords.
When a young Gelfling woman called Naia gets life-altering news from the All-Maudra, she embarks on a journey to the Castle of the Crystal to learn the truth about her twin brother and uncover a secret that threatens all of Thra