May Earth Rise


Book Description

In this conclusion to a powerful saga, cruel deprivation and a full-scale conflict bring the Y Dawnus to the brink of annihilation. In the land of Kymru, High King Arthur has designated the talented pillars of society as the Gifted. These Gifted peoples are essential to his empire. When they are taken captive by the Corianans, King Arthur confronts his mortal enemy, Havgan the Warleader—a formidable opponent backed by menacing powers that threaten to end the magic in Kymru. Forced to enter a treacherous realm where captives are collared and sacrificed, where ruthless territorial boundaries are drawn and enforced, and where death by poisoning and torture are the norm, King Arthur and those loyal to him must fight to save their way of life and to liberate the Gifted. In this captivating and stirring fantasy, only the strongest survive in the pursuit of freedom. Only the deepest passion will drive away the evil that lurks in this mystical land of fragile kingdoms, powerful warlords, and ancient magic.




Turned Earth


Book Description

Gardening is just a hobby for most - but for some, it's a matter of life and death.Your neighbor's garden is a laboratory of mass destruction. It can kill you in any number of ways.Who keeps killing soil scientists and agriculture industry executives around the world? If you dare to ask, you may end up as the next corpse to disappear into the Earth as compost. When gardener Jack Broccoli and his boss are targeted by a radical farming cult, Jack's entire life is turned upside-down as he's forced into a terrifying world of international agro-industrial intrigue.TURNED EARTH is a frighteningly funny novel by expert gardener David The Good and the first in the Jack Broccoli series of gardening thrillers.




As the Earth Turns Silver


Book Description

From the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, from Kwangtung, China to Wellington and Dunedin and the battlefields of the Western Front – A story of two families. Yung faces a new land that does not welcome the Chinese. Alone, Katherine struggles to raise her children and find her place in the world. In a climate of hostility towards the foreign newcomers, Katherine and Yung embark on a poignant and far-reaching love affair . . . . He came from behind and held her in his arms, told her to look again at earth and sky and water. Could she see how the world turned silver? People died, he told her, because they were afraid. They did not go out at night on dangerous water. They did not see the earth as it turned overnight to silver.




Where We Are


Book Description




The Idler


Book Description




May Earth Rise


Book Description

Paul Campbell has fought the Turks, Germans, and the occasional rogue crocodile. A confirmed bachelor, veteran of the Great War and Jack-of-all-Trades in the rough country of Western Australia, he is free to live the rest of his life in peace. He has only one goal: to make life easier on the residents of the Outback by flying medicine, supplies, and the occasional letter to those who live in Australia’s sprawling Interior. That is, until a wounded woman lands on his doorstep begging for a gentle hand and a warm kiss–even if she doesn’t know it yet. A new doctor, Helen Stanwood leaves the relative comfort of her San Francisco home with a mission. She will abandon and forget the pain of her former existence by devoting herself to helping those in need. But when she arrives in Australia she is faced with the realization that she can’t run away from herself, her past, or . . . The Flyer.




Fire and Earth


Book Description

Casora is the captain of the war band known as the Deathless, so it’s her responsibility. Her fault that so many of them turned berserker at the news that their homeland had been conquered. All she wants is to lead the Deathless back home to drive out the invaders, but berserkers are barred from ever returning. Unless they can find a cure for the Curse. There’s one chance, the answer to a prayer: help the youngest prince find his way and he will help them find theirs. It’s their only hope. Tiaran is the youngest prince of Artria, the one no one believes can ever be a warrior. His father has other plans. Tiaran is to be used to secure the loyalty of an opportunistic general by marrying the general’s horrible daughter. Deep down, in a way he can’t explain, he knows he must fight to defend Artria from the invading horde. No one would believe him if he told them that they’ll lose the war if they don’t let him fight. So be it. But taking matters into his own hands very nearly gets him killed. When these two join forces on the battlefield, they’ll shake the foundations of kingdoms. Sword and Sorcery, NobleBright, berserker, war, destiny




From the Author of


Book Description

Nick Ascroft is one of the most gifted young poets to emerge in New Zealand in recent years. He writes with astonishing dexterity in a wide range of voices and styles, but underlying the verbal fireworks is a deeply felt engagement with life in New Zealand today.




From the Ground Up


Book Description

Amy Stewart had a simple dream. She yearned for a garden filled with colorful jumbles of vegetables and flowers. After she and her husband finished graduate school, they pulled up their Texas roots and headed west to Santa Cruz, California. With little money in their pockets, they rented a modest seaside bungalow with a small backyard. It wasn't much--a twelve-hundred-square-foot patch of land with a couple of fruit trees, and a lot of dirt. A good place to start. From the Ground Up is Stewart's quirky, humorous chronicle of the blossoms and weeds in her first garden and the lessons she's learned the hard way. From planting seeds her great-grandmother sends to battling snails, gophers, and aphids, Stewart takes us on a tour of four seasons in her coastal garden. Confessing her sins and delighting in small triumphs, she dishes the dirt for both the novice and the experienced gardener. Along the way, she brings her quintessential California beach town to life--complete with harbor seals, monarch butterfly migrations, and an old-fashioned seaside amusement park just down the street. Each chapter includes helpful tips alongside the engaging story of a young woman's determination to create a garden in which the plants struggle to live up to the gardener's vision.