Píše se rok 1774. Rob Courtney žije svůj život v poklidné obchodní stanici na východoafrickém pobřeží a sní o dobrodružství. Po smrti dědečka využije příležitost a odplouvá jako černý pasažér do Anglie. Brzy ovšem přijde téměř o všechno a nezbývá mu než nastoupit na britskou válečnou loď, která míří přes Atlantik zkrotit vzbouřené americké kolonisty…
'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily MirrorA RUTHLESS ENEMY.
Occhi vispi e sguardo furbo, Bertie non rinuncerebbe mai a una cuccia calda e alle coccole che lo fanno sentire amato. Ma, a poche settimane dal Natale, scopre che il suo padrone non può più occuparsi di lui: senza un posto dove andare è sperduto. Finché il piccolo Sam Green lo sceglie come compagno di giochi. Con lui, Bertie spera di trovare una nuova casa e le attenzioni che tanto gli mancano. Eppure, appena si trasferisce dai Green, il suo fiuto infallibile gli suggerisce che qualcosa non va. A poco a poco, si rende conto che Sam si sente solo. Il suo nuovo padroncino è convinto sia colpa sua se la madre non c’è più e per questo gli serve tutto l’affetto possibile. Un affetto che il padre, severo e intransigente, non riesce a dargli. È troppo preso a pensare al proprio lavoro e a sgridarlo a ogni disobbedienza per accorgersi di cosa abbia davvero bisogno. Quando Sam, stanco dei rimproveri, scappa di casa, Bertie decide che è il momento di intervenire prima che sia troppo tardi. Non può permettere che incomprensioni e fraintendimenti separino una famiglia. Non può lasciare che rovinino un momento importante come il Natale, in cui si riscopre l’allegria e la bellezza dello stare insieme. Perché Bertie sa che non esistono problemi insormontabili, ma c’è sempre una soluzione a tutto, e ha intenzione di insegnarlo anche a Sam: sarà questo il regalo per lui e per la sua famiglia. E chissà che anche loro non abbiano preparato una sorpresa per il nuovo amico di casa.
S Tehuti a Bekatou, dcerami královny Lostris, putuje Taita na Krétu, kde se princezny mají v zájmu Egypta vdát za Nejvyššího Mínose, tajemného krále, jehož podobu nikdo nezná, protože stále nosí masku posvátného býka. Když na Krétě vybuchne sopka, čeká Taitu a jeho přátele těžký úkol: obě dívky mají být obětovány k usmíření bohů. Román navazuje na Řeku bohů 1.
When story-lover Anna takes over Longhampton's bookshop, it's her dream come true. And not just because it gets her away from her three rowdy stepchildren and their hyperactive Dalmatian. Unpacking boxes filled with childhood classics, Anna can't shake the feeling that maybe her own fairytale ending isn't all that she'd hoped for.
Každý, kdo viděl film Čokoláda, velmi dobře ví, že nic nerozvíří poklidné vody francouzského maloměsta tak jako příchod nové osoby. Snad o tom angličtí manželé neměli tušení, snad byli příliš velcí snílci, aby doufali ve vlídné příjetí… Zvěst o tom, že zájezdní hostinec koupili nějací přivandrovalci z Anglie, obrátí život ve Fogas vzhůru nohama. Místní mají jasno: ty dva mezi sebe nepřijmou a do hostince chodit nebudou. Vždyť každý přece ví, že od Angličanů se nedá čekat nic než naprostá kulinářská katastrofa! Nejrázněji jedná starosta Papon, kterého pobouřila zejména skutečnost, že hostinec nezískal jeho příbuzný. V domnění, že ho všichni obyvatelé Fogas bezvýhradně podporují, rozehraje velkou hru, která má jediný cíl: vyštípat ty dva cizáky z města. Brzy však vyjde najevo, že mezi starousedlíky nepanují zdaleka idylické vztahy. Starobylé městečko ovládnou intriky a pomluvy, na jejichž konci už není nic takové, jaké bývalo.
A delightful new novel from the author of "Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts."Juliet's hiding from her feelings about the recent loss of Ben, the love of her life. If it weren't for having to walk Ben's loyal dog, Minton, she'd never leave their half-finished house. Then her mother asks her to take her elderly lab, Coco, along. One dog leads to another, and soon Juliet's the unofficial town pet-sitter. And when she takes on a lonely spaniel, and gets to know its attractive owner, she realizes that her emotions aren't as easy to handle as her canine charges...
ROMANTIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2010. When the abandoned strays from a local dogs' home are matched with brand new owners, it turns out it might not just be the dogs who need rescuing. Rachel's aunt has left her a house, a Border Collie and, despite knowing nothing about dogs, a crowded kennel. But since her life has collapsed she's not sure she can deal with any more lost souls. Zoe's ex-husband has given their children a puppy. The kids are in love, but she's the one stuck training Toffee the impossible Labrador. She's nearly at the end of her tether - until Toffee leads her to a handsome doctor . . . Meanwhile Natalie and Johnny's marriage hasn't been easy since they started trying for a baby. But is a fridge-raiding, sofa-stealing Basset hound like Bertie really the child substitute they're looking for? As the new owners' paths cross on the town's dog-walking circuits, their lives become interwoven. And they - and their dogs - learn some important lessons about loyalty, companionship and unconditional love . . .
Lilly and Val, friends from childhood, reveal their feelings, secrets, and recipes through a series of letters, until a misunderstanding separates them for years and a death forces them to decide if they want to reconcile.
Lestat is back, saviour and demon, presiding over a gothic story of family greed and hatred through generations, a terrifying drama of blood lust and betrayal, possession and matricide. Blackwood Farm with its grand Southern mansion, set among dark cypress swamps in Louisiana, harbours terrible blood-stained secrets and family ghosts. Heir to them all is Quinn Blackwood, young, rash and beautiful, himself a 'bloodhunter' whom Lestat takes under his wing. But Quinn is in thrall not only to the past and his own appetites but, even more dangerously, to a companion spirit, a 'goblin' succubus who could destroy him and others. Only the unearthly power of Lestat combined with the earthly powers of the Mayfair clan could hope to save Quinn from himself and his ghosts, or to rescue the doomed girl Quinn loves from her own mortality. Shocking, savage and richly erotic, this novel with the deceptively gentle title bring us Anne Rice at her most powerfully disturbing. Here are vampires and witches, men and women, demons and a doppelganger, caught up in a maelstrom of death and destruction, blood and fire, cruelty and fate.
