The Green Devil


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In a world plagued by systematic oppression, Billy Evans finds out early how ruthless life could be for a fatherless, teenage boy growing up in America's ghetto. Exposed to his family's financial difficulties immediately after his father's death, Evan's turns to his neighbor, T-bone, for guidance and answers. Despite mama's forbiddance, Evan's learns from T-bone that life is a rat race in a dog eat dog world, and quickly becomes absorbed into the false riches of a drug dealer's life. Caught up in a whirlwind of violence, corruption, addiction, murder, and greed, Evans inevitably crosses paths with a corrupt cop named John Green who, sadly, has become a product of America's cut throat, greedy, capitalistic system.




Night of the Devil: War Picture Library


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Night of the Devil by comics legend Hugo Pratt is the fourth in a major series of new collections - joining the War Picture Library’s mission to bring all of the long-lost UK of war comics master artists back into print. "A rare chance to see one of the undisputed greats of the comic book medium growing into the full strength of his talents." - Hollywood Reporter In Night of the Devil, take a hallucinatory trip through the oppressive heat of the Burmese jungle along with British soldiers engaged in desperate skirmishes with the enemy. In Bayonet Jungle, Private Jack Green’s presence is seen as an omen of bad luck but he struggles to prove himself to the experienced soldiers of Third Platoon as they fight against the Japanese army that surrounds them. Two exciting and explosive war stories lushly illustrated by Hugo Pratt, comics legend and creator of iconic character, Corto Maltese. Praise for previous War Picture Library volumes: "Lives up to expectations – both in story and art." - Downthetubes "There is no doubt that Battle Stations, and the titles following it, are sure to find their home among modern comic fans once again." - The Beat




"Strawman Cometh!"


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It is 1897 in northern India. On the eve of an epic battle between the British Army and Indian tribesmen, Lieutenant James Cavendish leads his scouts outside the outpost while wondering if he will see the dawn. Thankfully as the British win the day, fate dictates his survival. During this conflict at the outpost, Cavendish meets Jenny Farnsworth, his future wife. But before their union can come to fruition, the aftermath of the battle signals the beginning of a mysterious adventure in terror and chaos for Cavendish and his men that sets in an uncharted jungle valley in the Himalayan mountains to battle against an ancient evil enemy and his legions of walking dead. Cavendish befriends an ancient benevolent race and falls in love with a beautiful shape-changer. He returns home; eventually injured and is forced to retire. He and his wife Jenny move to Jamaica to help run the family rum business. But it is not long before paradise is destroyed by the advent of a powerful voodoo king from Haiti with strange origins, known as Strawman. As it comes face-to-face with Cavendish, only time will tell if he and his allies will eliminate or only contain this vile nemesis? Strawman Cometh is an epic tale of life, love, and war as a young British lieutenant and his family become trapped in the landscape of an unholy ancient terror. In 1975, James Ambrose Sullivan, the great grandson of James Cavendish will become family custodian of the dangerous legacy of Strawman. Will “Strawman Cometh” to St. Louis Missouri to destroy the seed of Cavendish and fulfill its vile revenge?




Goblin


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“A profoundly affecting, intellectually challenging and beautifully written fable ... a marvellous piece of work.” –Stuart Kelly, Scotsman. Goblin is an oddball and an outcast. But she’s also a dreamer, a bewitching raconteur, a tomboy adventurer whose spirit can never be crushed. Running feral in World War II London, Goblin witnesses the carnage of the Blitz and sees things that can never be unseen...but can be suppressed. She finds comfort in her beloved animal companions and lives on her wits with friends real and imagined, exploring her own fantastical world of Lizard Kings and Martians and joining the circus. In 2011, London is burning once again, and an elderly Goblin reluctantly returns to the city. Amidst the chaos of the riots, she must dig up the events of her childhood in search of a harrowing truth. But where lies truth after a lifetime of finding solace in an extraordinary imagination, where the distinction between illusion and reality has possibly been lost forever?




The Enchanted Night


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Transporting stories of intrigue, superstition and rivalry from a European master, in English for the first time In this stark, haunting collection, Miklós Bánffy narrates with wry wisdom stories of cunning, betrayal and myth ranging from classical antiquity to the Transylvania of his own day. These are communities of sharp rivalries and religious superstition: young Borbálka, about to marry an unsuitable man, receives strange counsel from a suspicious figure in her village; four men seek to exploit the captive Gavrila Lung for money, while mountain wolves howl in the distance; when Old Damaskin betrays his stepson to hold on to his land, his wife extracts bizarre revenge. Translated into English for the first time by the award-winning Len Rix, this collection further establishes Bánffy as one of the foremost European writers of the twentieth century.




The People of the River


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"Commissioner Sanders should have known better than to go on vacation. He is just a few days from his offices in British West Africa when he receives word from his second in command that trouble, always at a simmer in this jungle outpost, is about to come to a boil. He rushes home, arriving just in time for a meeting of the chiefs of his territory, who have been misled by an ambitious agitator named Bosambo into thinking that Sanders is dead. Sanders's return staves off rebellion, but Bosambo's power grab is not over yet. To keep the province from erupting into all-out tribal warfare, Sanders must outsmart the most brilliant chieftain in Africa. In these rip-roaring adventures, the heroic commissioner contends with malaria, ju-ju, and the whims of government officials safely ensconced in their London offices."--fantastic fiction.com.




Death at Swaythling Court


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Hubbard made his money in blackmail, most detestable blackmail at that. A wealthy, lisping butterfly collector, there were no special regrets when he was found dead at his desk in his own home. Yet Colonel Sanderstead felt it his duty to probe the affair, since his nephew's best friends had very good reason to wish Hubbard dead. His investigation, as it turns out, would never have solved the case, but it leads to an amazing confession ...







The People of the River


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'The People of the River' is an adventure novel written by Edgar Wallace. The story follows a man named Commissioner Sanders, who happens to be stationed by the British Empire in West Africa during the 20th century.




Uncharted Seas


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In the face of an Atlantic hurricane, a boatload of mis-matched crew and passengers find themselves aboard a life-boat and must pit their strength against the rigours of the open sea. Tension mounts both inside and outside the rescue vessel - the desirable Synolda is forced into the arms of a man who knows her past and uses that knowledge. A man with hatred in his eyes – a hatred that can only be satisfied with blood. There is mutiny and murder before the unrelenting Sargasso weed entombs them all. But suddenly land is sighted – land unmarked on the chart, concealing further, unimaginable horrors.