The Raven Key


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Unlocking the truth of his past could end the world’s future… Something is wrong with Seth. At least, that’s what his mother believed the night she tried to murder him when he was six. Almost twelve years later, Seth still struggles to reclaim a sense of normalcy after that trauma, an endeavor that isn’t helped by his father’s alcoholism or the ever-present void of his mother’s absence. It’s an emptiness Seth isn’t sure how to fill until a romance sparks with Gabriel, a kindhearted college senior who offers Seth the support and intimacy he craves. But Gabriel is more than what he seems—and Seth might be as well. When he wakes one night to the metallic tang of blood in his mouth and a menacing voice in his head, Seth is forced to confront the very evil his mother had feared. Now, more than one war is being waged inside Seth, and even with Gabriel’s help, he isn’t sure he’s strong enough to win.




The Raven's Revenge


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Christopher finally uncovers the Raven’s identity in this sixth novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series. The stakes are higher than ever when the Raven sets Christopher up for a horrible crime, leading him to be locked away in London’s most notorious prison. This terrible act is the first in a series of games the Raven plans to play with Christopher…games that are as dangerous as they are challenging. Once free from prison, Christopher, Tom, and Sally engage in a cat and mouse game with the Raven that takes them all over London. Can Christopher outwit the Raven one final time and finally unmask him? And what price might he have to pay to achieve that? This is the thrilling conclusion to the Blackthorn Key series that fans have been waiting for!




The Raven (Illustrated)


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This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven includes: • All 25 illustrations by Gustave Doré for Harper & Brothers’ 1884 edition • An informative Introduction • A detailed Biography of Edgar Allan Poe • The illustrated version and text-only version of the full poem No poem has ever received the kind of immediate and overwhelming response that Poe’s “The Raven” did when it first appeared in the New York Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845. It made Poe an overnight sensation (though his great fame never brought him much wealth) and the poem, a powerfully haunting elegy to lost love, remains one of the most beloved and recognizable verses in the English language. The illustrations that accompany this Top Five Classics edition are reproductions of the renowned French artist Gustave Doré’s steel-plate engravings created for Harper & Brothers’ 1884 release of The Raven. It would be Doré’s last commission as he died shortly after completing the 25 illustrations in January 1883. His illustrations would become famous in their own right, evoking as they do the lyrical and mystical air of Poe’s masterpiece.




The Raven Key


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A god gave his life to seal away darkness, though that was in vain. The darkness grew and festered in its underground cage. It waited, leering and scheming until it was strong enough to speak to those who listened. Hawk had lost his home, not through fire or war or anything as such. He simply went to bed at his home and woke up in the dusty deserts of RedGate. He was having an ordinary day, years after he magically appeared in the town, when he was uninvitedly dragged into a series of events that would change his life forever. All the while the Darkness watched. The darkness waited. His vessel. The Light Bringer.




Rosie the Raven


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When the last egg in the raven's nest hatches, little Rosie, a girl, emerges and tries unsuccessfully to do whatever her feathered brothers and sisters do, but finally realizes there are certain things that only she can do.




The Raven's Assignment


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Special Agent Jesse Colton had a stronginstinct to say no to sweet, vulnerableSamantha Cosgrove. Not because hedoubted her shocking claim—that her bosswas sharing government secrets—butbecause the innocently seductive blondbeauty made him want to say yes…toanything her heart desired.He was one of the Agency's finest. ButSamantha wished someone had warnedher that Jesse Colton was tall, dark andhandsome. Now he was posing as herboyfriend to protect her from a dangerousweb of deceit—but his own “pretend”kisses made her traitorous body wish he'dperform more husbandly duties….




The Raven


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Elliot Major accepts an assignment from the Inex Pharmaceutical Corporation in Dubai to impersonate Robert Sinclair, an incapacitated rogue scientist in their employ. His is to find out from Robert's new friend Helen Burford in Lausanne, if Robert had given her any information on an Inex Yellowstone program. When Helen meets Elliot, she is unaware he is posing as Robert. She confirms that he previously spoke to her about Yellowstone and that he was getting proof that people had died during their experiments. Elliot falls in love with Helen and feels guilty about the deception, but before he can explain the ruse, he finds her brutally murdered in her apartment. As detectives place Elliot into a police car, Elliot notices the bald-headed man who brushed by him as he arrived in the foyer of Helen's building. The man stares at Elliot and mouths, "You're next." When the police release Elliot, he realises he has unwittingly caused the death of his lover and that Inex had made him an accomplice in an illegal operation of deceit and murder. He escapes from the Inex security people and returns to England to avenge Helen and Robert's murders. He follows the encrypted clues in Robert's notebook that uncovers a much larger conspiracy, drastically changing who he really is and his whole perception of reality. Originally from Essex, England, P. Confrey Webb is retired and now lives in Canada. He is writing his next two mystery novels. He credits his writing to his Irish grandmother's gift for storytelling and his mother's fortune telling that held people spellbound.




Legacy of the Clockwork Key


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An orphaned 16-year-old servant in Victorian England finds love while unraveling the secrets of a mysterious society of inventors and their most dangerous creation.




Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle


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“A first-rate fantasy for middle-grade readers,” declares Booklist in a starred review, comparing Gabriel Finley to Harry Potter, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series, and The Mysterious Benedict Society. A tangle of ingenious riddles, a malevolent necklace called a torc, and flocks of menacing birds: these are just some of the obstacles that stand between Gabriel and his father, Adam Finley, who has vanished from their Brooklyn brownstone. When Gabriel rescues an orphaned baby raven named Paladin, he discovers a family secret: Finleys can bond with ravens in extraordinary ways. Along with Paladin and three valiant friends, Gabriel sets out to bring his father home. They soon discover that Adam is being held captive by the evil demon Corax—half man, half raven, and Adam’s very own disgraced brother—in a foreboding netherworld of birds called Aviopolis. With help from his army of ghoulish minions, the valravens, Corax is plotting to take over the land above, and now only Gabriel stands in his way. “A vivid, compelling fantasy that sends you off to a world you will not soon forget.” —Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth “A great read for fantasy lovers who have worn out their copies of Harry Potter.” —School Library Journal, Starred “Brimful of antic energy and inventive flair, like the best middle-grade fantasies; readers, like baby birds, will devour it and clamor for future installments.” —Kirkus Reviews




The Raven's Revenge


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Christopher, Tom, and Sally engage in a dangerous cat and mouse game with the Raven as Christopher attempts to finally unmask him.