K.J. Parker je pseudonym pro Toma Holta, který se jako autor proslavil svým osobitým stylem a jedinečným vypravěčským hlasem. Jeho díla se často ponořují do komplexních témat a zkoumají hlubiny lidské povahy prostřednictvím poutavých příběhů. S citem pro detail a pronikavým vhledem do lidského údělu Parkerovy knihy zanechávají v čtenářích trvalý dojem. Jeho prozaické mistrovství a umění vyprávění z něj činí výraznou postavu v literárním světě.
Hlavní téma této knihy je jedna z nejnásilnějších válek mezi motorkářskými gangy od samotného počátku motorkářské subkultury: Quebecká motorkářská válka. Tento konflikt byl veden mezi dvěma znepřátelenými motorkářskými gangy, a bojovalo se o kontrolu nad velmi hodnotným drogovým obchodem celého Quebecu. Jeden z dvou gangů zapojených do této války se jmenoval "Hell's Angels" ("Pekelní andělé"), a říká se že právě tento gang celou tuto válku započal, když se pokusil svrhnout konkurenční gang použitím hrubé síly.
The second volume of a sweeping and ingeniously plotted epic fantasy from the
World Fantasy Award-winning author K. J. Parker and his most ambitious work to
date. This is a story of a war on a grand scale, told through the eyes of
soldiers, politicians, victims and heroes
The follow-up to Devices and Desires continues to push the boundaries of
fantasy fiction in a fast-moving mix of politics, action and intelligent
world-building.
The acclaimed author of The Fencer Trilogy and The Scavenger Trilogy begins a
brilliant new series, pushing the boundaries of fantasy fiction with his most
powerful novel to date.
Known as the 'Grim Sleeper', Franklin killed most of his victims by choking them, and then disposed of their naked bodies in alleys and trash bins. He was convicted in 2016 for 10 murders but is suspected to have killed 30 plus. Michael McGray drifted from town to town throughout Canada and the US where he left bodies in his wake. Even being convicted and sent to prison didn't stop him from killing. Serial Killer, Allan Legere was finally captured, convicted, and put away in prison for life. A New Brunswick community could finally breathe again. Until the day the cold-blooded killer escaped prison and rained terror upon anyone and everyone in his way. The Pig Farmer from British Columbia, Canada, known as the 'Butcher', slaughterer at least 49 women on his property and grounded their remains into mince meat. Some of which he sold to local restaurants. Anthony Sowell was a sexual deviant who lured his victims into his home with the promise of drugs and alcohol. There he raped, tortured, and strangled almost a dozen women, and, lived among their rotting corpses. One of America's first serial killer was Felipe Espinosa who, during the summer of 1863, went on a vicious killing spree. Many of his 30 victims were killed the same way: mutilated with their hearts hacked out of their chests.
From underworld gangsters to homegrown terrorists, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has tracked down and arrested some of the most infamous felons in history. In this 2nd volume of TOP CASES of The FBI, Parker includes more recent and illustrious cases broken down into major criminal categories; Organized Crime and Gangsters, Counterintelligence/Espionage, Violent Crime/Major Thefts/Bank Robberies, Civil Rights, White Collar Crime, and Terrorism. Some of the more notorious investigations detailed in the book include; Black Dahlia, Hurricane Katrina Fraud, American Traitor Robert Hanssen, Undercover FBI Agent Joseph Pistone, the KKK, and the Anthrax Attacks post 9/11.
Fuelled by methamphetamines and deviant motives, nothing was off limits for James Daveggio and Michelle Michaud. Not even their own children. Living out of a specially rigged minivan (a mobile torture chamber that included ropes, hooks, curling irons, duct tape, etc), this cold-blooded murdering duo kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed young girls from Reno, Nevada, to Sacramento, California. While the local and state police departments, and even the FBI, vigorously searched for the couple, they freely hunted for prey and carried out their months-long spree of abduction and murder. Warning: This true account is at times quite graphic which some may find disturbing.
The third and final volume of a sweeping and ingeniously plotted epic fantasy
from the World Fantasy Award-winning author K. J. Parker and his most
ambitious work to date. This is a story of a war on a grand scale, told
through the eyes of soldiers, politicians, victims and heroes
