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Maybe the Horse Will Talk
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Descirption: 'I am absolutely terrified of losing a job I absolutely hate.'
Stephen Maserov has problems. A onetime teacher, married to fellow teacher Eleanor, he has retrained and is now a second-year lawyer working at mega-firm Freely Savage Carter Blanche. Despite toiling around the clock to make budget, he's in imminent danger of being downsized. And to make things worse, Eleanor, sick of single-parenting their two young children thanks to Stephen's relentless work schedule, has asked him to move out.
To keep the job he hates, pay the mortgage and salvage his marriage, he will have to do something strikingly daring, something he never thought himself capable of. But if he's not careful, it might be the last job he ever has...
Warm, dramatic, and at times laugh-out-loud funny, with the narrative pull of a thriller, Maybe the Horse Will Talk is a love story, a reflection on contemporary marriage, and on friendship. It is also an unflinching examination of sexual...
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The Catch
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Descirption: British spy master Mick Herron returns with an explosive novella set in the same world as his multiple CWA Dagger-winning Slough House series
John Bachelor is the saddest kind of spy: not a joe in the field, not even a desk jockey, but a milkman-a part-time pension administrator whose main job is to check in on aging retired spies. Late in his career and having lost his wife, his house, and his savings after a series of unlucky choices, John's been living in a dead man's London apartment, hoping the bureaucracy isn't going to catch up with him and leave him homeless. But keeping a secret among spies is a fool's errand, and now John has made himself eminently blackmailable.
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Praise for the Slough House novels
"Suspense, spycraft, dry wit and vulgar humor are all well-deployed in this satisfying work by Mr. Herron, whose style can accommodate everything from a tough action scene to a lyrical elegy."
-<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">The Wall Street Journal
"Herron writes squeakingly well-plotted spy thrillers. More than that, he composes-at the rate of a pulpist-the kind of efficient, darkly witty, tipped-with-imagery sentences that feel purpose-built to perforate my private daze of illiteracy. More than that, he's a world-bringer, the creator of a still-growing fictional universe with its own gravity, lingo, and surface tension."
<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">-The Atlantic
"Mick Herron is the John le Carré of our generation."
-Val McDermid
"[Herron] really is funny and his cynicism is belied, here and there, by flashes of the mingled tenderness and anger that seem to define Britain's post-Brexit self-reflections."
-Charles Finch, <span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">USA Today
"Scathingly funny."
<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">-Neweek
<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic"> "Herron blends character, place and espionage into a riveting melange that I've only encountered in the best of John le Carré or Len Deighton . . . Read one and you're hooked for the whole series."
<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">-The Globe and Mail
"Herron's morbidly witty backdrop hosts incisive storytelling with a rich mix of engaging characters."
<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">-Financial Times
"John le Carré with an extra dose of dry humor."
-<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">The Seattle Times
"A series that hits every mark-wicked, black humor, complex characters and breathless plotting."
<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">-The Cleveland Plain-Dealer
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"Hilarious and suspenseful . . . Sharper than most espionage fiction being written today and manages to stay uncannily contemporary."
-<span style="font-weight: 600; font-style: italic">St. Louis Post-Dispatch
[b]About the Author [/b]
Mick Herron is a British novelist and short story writer who was born in Newcastle and studied English at Oxford. He is the author of the Slough House espionage series, four Oxford mysteries, and several standalone novels. His work has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, and the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and been nominated for the Macavity, Barry, Shamus, and Theakstons Novel of the Year Awards. He currently lives in Oxford and writes full-time.
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Use Your Planets Wisely Jennifer Freed
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Descirption: "Jennifer's version of astrology, grounded in psychology, has the ability to force needed change in a profound way." -Elise Loehnen, chief operating officer, Goop Transform your life and grow into your highest potential using psychological astrology. "Who am I, really? What did I come here to do? Who am I in relationships?" A good therapist will help you answer these questions; so will a good astrologer. For the last 25 years, Dr. Jennifer Freed has combined her deep understanding of both these practices to deeply transform people's lives. Dr. Jennifer Freed introduces you to psychological astrology as a way to dive deep into understanding yourself and others in a profound and life-changing way. If you think of yourself as simply a Virgo or a Pisces or a Capricorn, be prepared to expand your self-knowledge manyfold. The knowledge in this book will give you a far more complete picture of your psychological...
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The Big Goodbye by Sam Wasson
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Descirption: From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece.
Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its twist ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Here for the first time is the incredible true story of its making.
In Sam Wasson's telling, it becomes the defining story of the most colorful characters in the most colorful period of Hollywood history. Here is Jack Nicholson at the height of his powers, as compelling a movie star as there has ever been, embarking on his great, doomed love affair with Anjelica Huston. Here is director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, haunted by the savage death of his wife, returning to Los Angeles, the scene of the crime, where the seeds of his own self-destruction are quickly planted. Here is the fevered dealmaking...
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Open Book by Jessica Simpson
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Descirption: Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 600">Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining.
This was supposed to be a very different book. Five years ago, Jessica Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer, and nobody understood why. The truth is that she didn't want to lie.
Jessica couldn't be authentic with her readers if she wasn't fully honest with herself first.
Now, America's Sweetheart, preacher's daughter, pop phenomenon, reality TV pioneer, and the billion-dollar fashion mogul invites readers on a remarkable journey, examining a life that blessed her with the compassion to help others but also burdened her with an almost crippling need to please. Open Book is Jessica Simpson using her voice, heart, soul, and humor to share things she's never shared before.
First celebrated for her voice, she became one of the most talked-about women in the world, whether for music and fashion, her relationship struggles, or as a walking blonde joke. But now, instead of being talked about, Jessica is doing the talking. Her book shares the wisdom and inspirations she's learned and sho the real woman behind all the pop-culture clichés - "chicken or fish," "Daisy Duke," "football jinx," "mom jeans," "sexual napalm." and more. Open Book is an opportunity to laugh and cry with a close friend, one that will inspire you to live your best, most authentic life, now that she is finally living hers.
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A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni
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Descirption: The last time homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite was in Cedar Grove, it was to see her sister's killer put behind bars. Now she's returned for a respite and the chance to put her life back in order for herself, her attorney husband, Dan, and their new daughter. But tragic memories soon prove impossible to escape.
Dan is drawn into representing a local merchant whose business is jeopardized by the town's revitalization. And Tracy is urged by the local PD to put her own skills to work on a new case: the brutal murder of a security officer officer's wife and local reporter who was investigating a cold-case slaying of a young woman. As Tracy's and Dan's cases crisscross, Tracy's trail becomes dangerous. It's stirring up her own haunted past and a decades-old conspiracy in Cedar Grove that has erupted in murder. Getting to the truth is all that matters. But what's Tracy willing to risk as a killer gets closer to her and threatens everyone she loves?
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Kitchen Privileges by Mary Higgins Clark
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Descirption: In her long-awaited memoir, Mary Higgins Clark, America's beloved and bestselling Queen of Suspense, recounts the early experiences that shaped her as a person and influenced her as a writer.
Even as a young girl, growing up in the Bronx, Mary Higgins Clark knew she wanted to be a writer. The gift of storytelling was a part of her Irish ancestry, so it followed naturally that she would later use her sharp eye, keen intelligence, and inquisitive nature to create stories about the people and things she observed.
Along with all Americans, those who lived in New York City's borough of the Bronx suffered during the Depression. So it followed that when Mary's father died, her mother, deciding to open the family home to boarders, placed a discreet sign next to the front door that read, FURNISHED ROOMS. KITCHEN PRIVILEGES. Very shortly the first in a succession of tenants arrived: a couple dodging bankruptcy who moved in with their wild-eyed boxer; a teacher who wept endlessly...
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[Liam Scott 03] The New Enemy
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Descirption: IT'S A DEADLY GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK
Liam Scott has joined Recce Platoon. And it looks like he will be heading for Somalia. His mission is to gather intelligence from behind enemy lines, carrying out top-secret surveillance and dead letter drops. But he's new to the game and there's a lot to learn.
Soon Liam is monitoring a den of Al-Shabaab militants and hunting a key terrorist target. Can Recce Platoon find their man and get out undiscovered? If the militants find them first, it's game over . . .
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Andy McNab [Nick Stone 12] Exit Wound
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Descirption: SUMMARY:The breathtaking new Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author ofBravo Two Zero. Three tons of Saddam Hussein's gold sit in an unguarded warehouse in Dubai. For two of Nick Stone's closest ex-SAS comrades, it was to have been the perfect, victimless crime. But when they're double-crossed and the robbery goes devastatingly wrong, only Stone can identify his friends' killer and track him down. As one harrowing piece of the complex and sinister jigsaw slots into another, Stone's quest for vengeance becomes a journey to the heart of a chilling conspiracy. Ticking like a time-bomb, brimming with terror and threat, Andy McNab's latest Nick Stone adventure is a high-voltage story of corruption, cover-up and blistering suspense - the master thriller writer at his electrifying, unputdownable best.
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Dropzone 02 Terminal Velocity Andy McNab
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Descirption: The Raiders are a talented young skydiving team - with a secret. They are also a highly trained group of covert operatives, carrying out deniable missions for Britain's intelligence services. Under the demanding guidance of their ice-cold leader, an ex SAS explosives expert, the Raiders are developing into an impressive unit.
This time, the mission lands Ethan and the team in the most perilous adventure of their careers. The bodies of homeless teenagers are turning up dumped on the street, having been beaten to death. At first no one really seems to care, but then one survives long enough to talk of being forced to fight in a cage, and the authorities suspect organised crime. But they have no luck cracking the impenetrable wall of silence surrounding the organisation. Somebody suitable, trained in hand-to-hand combat needs to go undercover.
Ethan's life just got very, very dangerous . . .
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Street Soldier Andy McNab
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Descirption: Sean Harker is good at two things: stealing cars and fighting. One earns him money, the other earns him respect from the gang that he calls family.
A security officer chase through the city streets is just another rite of passage for Sean . . . as is getting nicked. But a brutal event behind bars convinces him to take charge, and turn his life around.
Now he must put his street skills to the ultimate test: as a soldier in the British Army. And the battlefield is London, where innocent people are being targeted by a new and terrifying enemy.
Undercover, under threat - only Sean Harker can save the streets from all-out war.
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Buddha's Diet The Ancient Art of Losing Weight Without Losing Your Mind
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Descirption: There's a lot you probably don't know about the Buddha. For one, the real Buddha was thin. And before he became the actual "Buddha" or "Enlightened One," he was a pampered prince named Siddhartha. He tried starving himself to become more spiritual, but realized that didn't work. Instead, he discovered a "middle way" between unhealthy overindulgence and unrealistic abstinence. And the guidance he gave his monks more than 2,500 years ago can still be relevant for us today. Sure, Buddha lived before the age of Twinkies, but his wisdom endures, providing us with a sane, mindful approach to food.
Buddha's Diet isn't complicated or expensive. You don't need to join a club or buy special meals. You just need to follow a few guidelines that Buddha provided - guidelines that, believe it or not, will help you lose weight,feel better, and eventually stop thinking about food much at all. With chapters such as "What would Buddha drink?" and Did Buddha do Crossfit?",...
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Verge by Lidia Yuknavitch
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Descirption: [b][b]Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year by [b]Vogue, Buzzfeed, Hello Giggles, and more. [/b]
A fiercely empathetic group portrait of the marginalized and outcast in moments of crisis, from one of the most galvanizing voices in American fiction. [/b][/b]
I tell you, do not go near that place. Do not go near it. Graywolves guard the ground there. Girls are growing from guts, enough for a body and language all the way out of this world.
An eight-year-old trauma victim is enlisted as an underground courier, rushing frozen organs through the alleys of Eastern Europe. A young janitor transforms discarded objects into a fantastical, sprawling miniature city until a shocking discovery forces him to rethink his creation. A brazen child tells off a pack of schoolyard tormentors with the spirited invention of an eleventh commandment. A wounded man drives eastward, through tears and grief, toward an unexpected...
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The Adventures of Indiana Jones 1 3
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[b]FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A SINGLE VOLUME-THE THREE THRILLING NOVELS INSPIRED BY THE BLOCKBUSTER FILMS[/b]
With bullwhip in hand, Indiana Jones has unearthed a wealth of ancient treasures. In Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, the fearless archeologist journeys from Nepal to Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps, and snakes, battling rivals old and new-all in pursuit of an ancient artifact that holds the key to dazzling, invincible power.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom finds our intrepid hero in a remote village in India, where a mysterious old shaman tells him that his arrival has been foreseen-and that he must retrieve a stolen mystical stone.
And finally, Indy must face the most challenging and personal endeavor of his life: rescue his estranged father, the eminent professor Dr. Henry Jones, from a Nazi's lair, and recover the legendary Holy Grail. Yet Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade doesn't mean the adventure is over . . .
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The Hollo by Jess Montgomery
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Descirption: Jess Montgomery showcases her skills as a storyteller in The Hollo: a powerful, big-hearted and exquisitely written follow-up to her highly acclaimed debut The Wido.
Ohio, 1926: For many years, the railroad track in Moonvale Tunnel has been used as a shortcut through the Appalachian hills. When an elderly woman is killed walking along the tracks, the brakeman tells tales of seeing a ghostly female figure dressed all in white.
Newly elected Sheriff Lily Ross is called on to the case to dispel the myths. With the help of her friends Marvena Whitcomb and Hildy Cooper, Lily follo the woman's trail to The Hollo-a notorious asylum-and they begin to expose dark secrets long-hidden by time and the mountains.
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The Making of a Miracle by Mike Eruzione
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Descirption: On the fortieth anniversary of the historic "Miracle on Ice," Mike Eruzione-the captain of the 1980 U.S Men's Olympic Hockey Team and the scorer of the winning goal-recounts the legendary upset against the Soviets, winning the gold medal, and his amazing career on the ice.
It is the greatest American underdog sports story ever told: how a team of college kids and unsigned amateurs, under the tutelage of legendary coach-and legendary monster-Herb Brooks, beat the elite Soviet hockey team on their way to winning the gold medal at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. No one believed the scrappy Americans had a real shot at winning. Despite being undefeated, the U.S.-the youngest team in the competition-were facing off against the four-time defending gold medalist Russians. But the Americans' irrepressible optimism, skill, and fearless attitude helped them outplay the seasoned Soviet team and deliver their iconic win.
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The Puzzler's War by Eyal Kless
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Descirption: The intriguing futuristic dystopian story begun with The Lost Puzzler continues in this expansive speculative science fiction adventure.
There is nothing out of the ordinary in waking up . . . unless you're dead.
Sent on a dangerous mission with little hope of succeeding, the man known as "Twinkle Eyes" has beaten the odds and found the key that could save civilization: Rafik, a teenage boy with the power to unlock the invaluable Tarakan technology that can restart their world. But the world might not be ready for what is unleashed, and now Twinkle Eyes must find a needle in a haystack in order to save himself . . . and perhaps the world.
This time, though, he will not go it alone. And while his companions-from the fiery Vincha to the laconic Galinak-have their own motivations, each will be vital in solving the last grand puzzle. One that could bring prosperity and progress to the world or destroy humanity's last hope for...
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The Scientist and the Spy by Mara Hvistendahl
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Descirption: A riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is pursued by the U.S. government for trying to steal trade secrets, by a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction.
In September 2011, sheriff's deputies in Iowa encountered three ethnic Chinese men near a field where a farmer was growing corn seed under contract with Monsanto. What began as a simple trespassing inquiry mushroomed into a two-year FBI operation in which investigators bugged the men's rental cars, used a warrant intended for foreign terrorists and spies, and flew surveillance planes over corn country-all in the name of protecting trade secrets of corporate giants Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer. In The Scientist and the Spy,Hvistendahl gives a gripping account of this unusually far-reaching investigation, which pitted a veteran FBI special agent against Florida resident Robert Mo, who took a questionable job with the Chinese agricultural company DBN...
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James Rollins, Rebecca Cantrell Order of the Sanguines 01 The Blood Gospel (v5)
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Descirption: In his first-ever collaboration, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins combines his skill for cutting-edge science and historical mystery with award-winning novelist Rebecca Cantrell's talent for haunting suspense and sensual atmosphere in a gothic tale about an ancient order and the hunt for a miraculous book known only as . . . The Blood Gospel
An earthquake in Masada, Israel, kills hundreds and reveals a tomb buried in the heart of the mountain. A trio of investigators-Sergeant Jordan Stone, a military forensic expert; Father Rhun Korza, a Vatican priest; and Dr. Erin Granger, a brilliant but disillusioned archaeologist-are sent to explore the macabre discovery, a subterranean temple holding the crucified body of a mummified girl.
But a brutal attack at the site sets the three on the run, thrusting them into a race to recover what was once preserved in the tomb's sarcophagus: a book rumored to have been written by Christ's own hand, a tome that is said to hold the secrets to His divinity. The enemy who hounds them is like no other, a force of ancient evil directed by a leader of impossible ambitions and incalculable cunning.
From crumbling tombs to splendorous churches, Erin and her two companions must confront a past that traces back thousands of years, to a time when ungodly beasts hunted the dark spaces of the world, to a moment in history when Christ made a miraculous offer, a pact of salvation for those who were damned for eternity.
Here is a novel that is explosive in its revelation of a secret history. Why do Catholic priests wear pectoral crosses? Why are they sworn to celibacy? Why do the monks hide their countenances under hoods? And why does Catholicism insist that the consecration of wine during Mass results in its transformation to Christ's own blood? The answers to all go back to a secret sect within the Vatican, one whispered as rumor but whose very existence was painted for all to see by Rembrandt himself, a shadowy order known simply as the Sanguines.
In the end, be warned: some books should never be found, never opened-until now.
Amazon.com Review
Author One-on-One: James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell
Q. How did you two meet?
Rebecca: I used to live in Hawaii, and Jim was my instructor at the Maui Writer's Retreat where I was workshopping a thriller. My first novel, A Trace of Smoke, had been accepted for publication a few weeks before and he kindly agreed to give me my first blurb. It was so good, I printed and hung it above my writing desk until it got covered in gecko poop. Then I took it down. Sorry about the poop, Jim.
Q. The Blood Gospel is a bit of a deviation from the books that both of you are traditionally known for. What inspired the idea for this book?
James: This book came about from viewing Rembrandt's painting of "The Raising of Lazarus." It struck me strange how scared everyone looked, and this started me down a road of reflection about early Catholicism, vampirism, and a story began to unfold. I knew this could be a huge, ground-breaking new mythology, a story so epic in scope that I knew I didn't want to tackle this alone.
Rebecca: Jim called to ask me if I was interested in collaborating on a project. The premise and the world were so intriguing and controversial, I said yes immediately.
Q. Both of you are well known authors in your own right; how did you learn to collaborate?
Rebecca: We went back and forth a lot while trying to decide what would be fun and interesting for both of us. Since we're two people, more ideas come out and the books end up going in a direction I don't think either of us would have found on our own. Luckily, he's very open and easy to work with and has never once said "that's the stupidest idea ever," because I think you need to feel safe to throw out any idea at the beginning and see what sticks.
James: It's one of the best things about collaboration: we each bring a unique skill set to the table. Scenes where I know I perhaps am more deft (i.e. action), I handle. Likewise, Becky's skill at characterization and atmospheric historical descriptions, I let her run with it. That said, then we each take each other's work and tweak it in new and surprising ways that neither of us could have done alone.
Q. Could vampires have been or be real?
Rebecca: Our series plays with the idea that vampires are and always have been a myth, but the myth is based on some truth-that strigoi have always existed within and without the Church and their bloody crimes have formed the basis of the vampire myth.
James: It was interesting how many of the Church's trappings (hooded robes, crosses, celibate priests, and the rite of turning wine into Christ's blood) could be directly folded into the vampire mythology. It makes you wonder if the Church isn't keeping something secret about a mythology that has existed for millennia.
Q. Can fans expect to find elements of science in this series?
James: With a scientific background in biology, I wanted to instill into the mythology how vampirism might be possible, how such creatures could live among us, how they could survive without beating hearts, why silver would be toxic to them. The goal of this book was to explore the line between faith and science, so that meant exploring a scientific and historical rationalization for the existence of vampires.
Review
"Pure genius...The pairing of Rollins and Cantrell has brought the best out of both authors. The Blood Gospel is not just a must read, it would be a sin not to read it!"-- Suspense Magazine
"Irresistible. The DaVinci Code meets vampires." -- Booklist
This work is all thriller fans would expect from a combination of Rollins (Bloodline) and the Macavity Award-winning Cantrell (A Trace of Smoke): cutting-edge science, ancient history, and a solid gothic mystery plot. Publishing plans call for this to be a trilogy, but this combination may be just too good to stop with only three books. Fans of the authors will not be disappointed, and those who lapped up The Da Vinci Code will be clamoring for more in this series. -- Library Journal (Starred Review)
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James Rollins, Rebecca Cantrell Order of the Sanguines 01 05 Blood Brothers
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Descirption: From New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell comes a dark story of murder, mystery, and a brotherhood steeped in a bloody past.
As a young reporter, Arthur Crane exposed the secrets behind the Orchid Killer, a cult murderer from the late '60s whose crimes blackened the end of the Summer of Love. Half a century later, Arthur wakes to find an orchid resting on his pillow, a symbol of death from a killer connected to his estranged younger brother, Christian. To discover the horrifying truth, Arthur will risk all--even his very soul--for Christian may not be the brother that Arthur remembers...
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Included with this thrilling story is a sneak peek at Innocent Blood, the second book in the Order of the Sanguines Series.
From the Author
About James Rollins
JAMES ROLLINS is the New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. Known for unveiling unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets, Rollins' knack for breakneck pacing and stunning originality has been hailed by critics and embraced by scores of millions of readers around the world.
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