When the Fire, the mighty sword of Hephaestus, falls into the hands of thugs determined to use its power against the innocent, Hercules is tasked by the gods to find and return the fearsome weapon to its owner.
Fighting to protect the innocent and to redeem her troubled past, Xena, the Warrior Princess, travels the ancient world with her trusted companion, the bard Gabrielle.
Blown off-course to the land of Crete, Xena, Warrior Princess, her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, and Joxer the Mighty hope to find word of Helen of Troy's location.
Reunited at last, Xena, Warrior Princess, her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, and the annoying but well-intentioned Joxer the Mighty, are on an epic voyage to find Helen of Troy-who has been in hiding since the end of the Trojan War.
Summoned mysteriously to a small town, Xena, the Warrior Princess, and her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, are confronted with a startling and disturbing prophecy-the end of the world is coming .
When a chance encounter with a petty thief named Helarion land Xena, Warrior Princess, and her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, in an Athens jail, it looks like someone wants them out of the way .
Passing through Athens, Xena, the Warrior Princess, and her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, are just in time for the women's foot races-in which the legendary hunter, Atalanta, will be running.
In the years after the Trojan War, as warriors and kings travel the ancient world returning to their homes, Xena, the Warrior Princess, and her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, travel to Ithaca on a mission for the king of Sparta.
Haunted by her troubled and violent past, Xena, the Warrior Princess, now travels the ancient world with her trusted companion, the bard Gabrielle, defending the innocent and protecting the honourable.
A tale of magic and murderThe increasingly bizarre murders have baffled the police but each death is somehow connected with the city's elusive Gypsy community.
The extraordinary literary debut of Salman RushdieFlapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister.
'The first great rock 'n' roll novel in the English language' The Times On Valentine's Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake.
THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING CHOCOLAT SERIES'Expertly crafted, typically mouthwatering' DAILY MAILWhen Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop.
'Good-hearted and brutal at the same time, The Milkman in the Night is a complex, unsettling mixture of bleakness and warmth' Sunday TimesRead this eccentric epic from the author of cult classic Death and the PenguinSemyon is disturbed.
This captivating and charming novel from international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris takes us back to the French village we first discovered in Chocolat.
Angels of Destruction is the mesmerising story of Norah, a nine-year-old girl who seems to materialise out of thin air when she arrives one bitterly cold night on the doorstep of Margaret Quinn.
THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING CHOCOLAT SERIES'A delicious urban fairytale' DAILY MAILSeeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Vianne Rocher disguising herself as 'Yanne' and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop.
A moving, deeply affecting story about street children in Africa, from the bestselling writer behind the Kurt Wallander series One night Jos hears gunfire from the deserted theatre next door to his bakery.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE BRITISH WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'She uses words with the enjoyment and mastery with which Renoir used to paint' REBECCA WEST 'Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes' ENGLISH PEN 'No English writer has told the pains of women in love more truly or more movingly' MARGHANITA LASKI Grace Fairfax lives with her dull, conventional husband Tom in a grey manufacturing town in the north of England.
In a world enshrouded by mysterious magic and resplendent swordplay, an ordinary high school student, Wooly, inadvertently crosses over, setting the stage for his heart-stopping adventure in a fantastical world.
Qualche volta, quando siamo alla ricerca di una rotta, avviene un silenzioso quanto auspicabile braccio di ferro tra la bussola e il sogno…nel viaggio da compiere, la bussola indica il Nord, eppure il sogno fa di tutto per metterle (giustamente) i bastoni tra le ruote, naturalmentein nome del bene più prezioso, la scoperta, l’imprevisto, una certa rivelazione… Nonostante il nostro eroe sia assolutamente ordinario, ha vissuto l’esperienza di questo viaggio iniziatico; ha intrapreso la via degli studiosi alla ricerca di una sorta di utopistico guru e, in seguito, ha fatto numerosi incontri, alcuni più proficui di altri.
'Crackles with sizzling banter and hot chemistry, weaving a spell of desire that will also bewitch you' Good HousekeepingBridgerton meets The Ex Hex this witchy season with this oh so spicy romantasy Regency romcom!
When Curva Peligrosa arrives in Weed, Alberta, after a twenty-year trek on the Old North Trail from southern Mexico, she stops its residents in their tracks.
Having taken great risks-to immigrate to America, to take monastic vows-Bengali physician Meena Chatterjee and Brother Flavian are each seeking safety and security when they encounter Johnny Faye, a Vietnam vet, free spirit, and expert marijuana farmer.
An enchanting, audacious retelling of the Cleopatra story from a Mexican novelist who is "e;a luminous writer"e; and "e;a masterful spinner of the fantastic"e; (The Miami Herald).
