As fourteen-year-old archaeologist Will and his friends plummet down a subterranean pore, they face deadly creatures and discover a strange fungal shelf, which not only reveals artifacts from...
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Author: Gordon, Roderick, Williams, BrianSummary:Genre: Juvenile fiction
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Author: Gordon, RoderickSummary:
Will Burrows believes he is safe at the very center of the earth, in a world that no one knows exists, but the Styx are close behind and will follow him anywhere, while on the surface, Drake and...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Author: Graham, LynneSummary:
Already haunted by a youth of illegitimacy and poverty, Valente Lorenzatto never forgave Caroline Hales's abandonment of him at the altar.But now he's made millions and claimed his aristocratic...
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Author: Gordon, Roderick, Williams, Brian JamesSummary:
The outer crust is under attack by the subterranean Styx who are turning ordinary humans into walking bombs and incubators for their eggs, and only Will Burrows and his band of retired commandos...
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Author: Lodge, DavidSummary:
As he lies dying in 1944 in Lodge's fictional account, H.G. Wells takes the opportunity to reflect on his many sexual conquests, but finds himself focusing on his memories of a handful of wives...
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Author: Putney, Mary Jo.Summary:
Grey Sommers is conducting a bit of light espionage in France when a dalliance with a government official's wife gets him thrown into a dungeon. Enter beguiling spy Cassie Fox, sent to free the...
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Author: Erickson, CarollySummary:
A powerful ruler, an alluring young woman, a scandal that would rock the nation: Anne Boleyn's life story sounds more like a juicy TV docu-drama than a chapter of English history. Although she is...
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Author: Smith, Alexander McCallSummary:
Cornelius P. "Fatty" O'Leary and his wife, Betty, plan a vacation in Ireland for his fortieth birthday, where they will tour his ancestral homeland and relax in the countryside. Almost immediately...
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Author: Rushdie, SalmanSummary:
A rickshaw driver dreams of being a Bombay movie star; Indian diplomats, who as childhood friends hatched Star Trek fantasies, must boldly go into a hidden universe of conspiracy and violence; and...
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Author: Hamalainen, KaroSummary:
Inspired by puzzle-mystery great Agatha Christie, prizewinning Finnish author Karo Hamalainen's first novel in translation is a comedy of murderous intentions Three cell phones ring in an opulent...
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Author: Trevor, WilliamSummary:
The publication of a new book by William Trevor is a true literary event. One of our finest chroniclers of the human condition, Trevor's precise and unflinching insights into the lives of ordinary...
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Author: Mitchell, DavidSummary:
Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew...
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Author: Nix, GarthSummary:
A short story collection from bestselling fantasy author Garth Nix, including an Old Kingdom novella, a short story set in the same world as Shade's Children, and another story set in the...