It is the year 2049. John Ennis, a writer and political analyst, finds himself in Medina Hurriya , capital city of Algharb. His goal is a new media series for Global Focus Report, but he quickly finds himself dangerously ensnarled in a struggle against Algharb’s oppressive regime.It is the year 2049. John Ennis, a writer and political analyst, finds himself in Medina Hurriya, capital city of Algharb. His goal is a new media series for Global Focus Report, but he quickly finds himself dangerously ensnarled in a struggle against Algharb’s oppressive regime.The story has its roots in the early part of the twenty first century. During that period Europe and more particularly France had entered a period of intense transformation. In addition to the wave of continued immigration from Muslim countries, the sons and daughters of previous generations of immigrants reached maturity. The Muslim population of France reached eleven million. Islam had replaced Protestantism to a very large extent as the second religion of the country.Successive governments had encouraged or condoned immigration, without looking further than their next election, without questioning the changes that were taking place in the world, without taking the decisions necessary to integrate the new arrivals into the mainstream population.The result was a gradual radicalisation of attitudes of both the recent arrivals and the existing population towards each other. Most immigrants felt excluded or discriminated against and many were easily converted to the attitudes of their co-religionists in their countries of origin, who in turn were conditioned by events in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world, where Islam was in conflict with the West. This novel was originally written in 1991 and I have altered relatively little in the story as it is told here. Many of the scenarios have come to be: a Middle Eastern Caliphate, the massive flight of refugees towards Europe, the rise of right wing political parties, encroaching Islam, the spread of communitarism, the retreat of the UK from the EU, and the threat of disintegration of both. The politicians of Europe and the USA are largely to blame for the situation that exists in the Middle East today and the paths that lay ahead for France the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe are fraught with danger.

This is an alternate-cover edition for B00HUH6R7Q. Dr Beth Nichols thinks she has been held captive by Edwin Evans for probably 8 or 9 years now. Amidst her grief she often thinks back to happier times with her fiancée Liam; theirs was the greatest romance of all. She lays awake at night, looks up at the light bulb that is never switched off, and prays that he is still out there somewhere searching for her..........

Arthur Reeve was an early 20th century American mystery writer. His character Professor Craig Kennedy is the American counterpart of Sherlock Holmes. 82 Craig Kennedy stories were published in Cosmopolitan and later collected into 12 volumes. From the beginning of Constance Dunlap, "Even when he had thus barricaded himself, he paused to listen with all the elemental fear of the cave man who dreaded the footsteps of his pursuers. In the dim light of the studio apartment he looked anxiously for the figure of his wife. Constance was not there, as she had been on other nights, uneasily awaiting his return. What was the matter? His hand shook a trifle now as he turned the knob of the bedroom door and pushed it softly open."

They're no more than a few acres across, streets and buildings on every side--yet Patrick Reed is inexplicably drawn to the woods behind his house. What he finds in those trees is an ancient power that is both wonderful and terrifying. He embraces it at first... but when odd things begin to happen in Hillward, he's the only one who can protect the little town from the darkness that lingers there.They're no more than a few acres across, with streets and buildings on every side--yet Patrick Reed is inexplicably drawn to the woods behind his house. What he finds amongst those trees in the scarce light of the moon is an ancient power that is both wonderful and terrifying. He embraces this power at first... but when odd things begin to happen in Hillward, he's the only one who can protect the little town from the darkness that lingers there. Now, while avoiding the attention of his concerned parents and maintaining a budding friendship with a special classmate, Patrick must use his new-found power to uncover the mystery of the beckoning crow before the whole town is engulfed in shadow..."The Color of Night" is a YA paranormal mystery/thriller by author Jack Thomas.

After death of his best friend, Deepankar's soul was implanted to his friend's body. He was facing problem in dealing with Gayatri who was the wife of his best friend, whom Deepankar used to look as his own sister. How he faced his best friend's wife in the bed room is only a part of the book. The book is about love, friendship and tragic end of a lovely couple.The book is based on some wild thoughts. We are always worried thinking about loss of someone near and dear, physically or emotionally. However, when we leave someone with or without valid reasons, we never try to gauge his/ her emotional sufferings. Normally, we do not think twice to go for a better pasture. We never look back the earlier fields which fed us till yesterday. In case of development of new relations also, we cannot visualize the extent of the mental trauma of the other one whose importance has been reduced at the expense of a new relation However, whenever we develop some new relations, some old relations are bound to suffer. We cannot visualize the extent of the mental trauma of the other one whose importance has been reduced at the expense of the new relation. Again, when you have to change a relation, you may suffer. In this book, when Deepankar was forced to see Gayatri, whom he saw as his own sister till few hours ago, as his wife, he had to face a lot of mental agony. Deepankar has to face a whole lot of problems when his best friend died in a road accident leaving three month pregnant wife, Gayatri.

The Sorrow is a dark crime story that explores the consequences of pain, and losing yourself to it.The Sorrow is a dark crime story that explores the consequences of pain, and losing yourself to it. Jack Mercer is a struggling cop caught between two worlds - trying to protect his wife and daughter by staying under the radar, or taking the fight to his enemies.When a breakthrough threatens to uncover grand secrets about the mob, their hand is forced and Jack returns home one night to find his family brutally murdered. Three weeks later he receives a phone call from his dead daughter.As Jack chases the ghost of his child, he discovers a darkness within him; a bloodlust that he cannot control.

Chris Haynes thinks he has everything under control - until his wife leaves him and a mugger jumps him after work. Now his young son is rebelling big time, the mugger hasn't finished with him yet and there's something he would rather keep secret under the summer house. It's time for Chris to prove himself as a father and a man, but fighting back could be the most dangerous response of all.When Chris Haynes is mugged one evening, a nightmare begins. Struggling to cope as a single parent, Chris is attacked again – only this time the mugger uses his name. More menacingly, his attacker hints at knowing something disturbing about his volatile son, Bradley. What is it the cause of Chris' guilt? How does Bradley's friend, Gordon know the mugger, too? And what is hidden under the floor of the Haynes’ summer house? As the intimidation and violence intensify, someone is heading for a fall, and someone stands to lose everything.

What if those things that go bump in the night are real? How do you feel as you stand before your bathroom mirror at midnight? For Damon, the experience was far too real to be dismissed. The love of his life was not his fiancee, but a mysterious woman he couldn't touch until Halloween.As the hairs rise and the goosebumps quiver, who do YOU see in the mirror?Soon after Damon moved into his house, a beautiful woman began appearing in his dreams. Unbeknownst to his fiancee, Damon and the woman carried on a year-long affair. Halloween night was to be their joyous and climactic reunion, but their celebration will far exceed Damon's expectations.

The lamp post lights the park but as its light begins to fade it must find a way to survive. It searches the night to find a source of light worth having. The lamp post refuses to die even if someone else has to.In the West, a fragile peace has held the bickering provinces of Adjuria together for the past twenty years. In the East, the Empire of Jonguria has been bound together for generations by force.But now both countries are losing their grip. Will an Adjurian Royal Council offer up a solution, or will politics prevail? Can two ancient enemies bind their wounds, or is their hope for reconciliation, the Jongurian Mission, doomed from the start?Join a motley group of war veterans tasked with opening up a reclusive country. But when their mission of peace suddenly turns deadly, all bets are off, and the Jongurian Mission takes on a whole new meaning: survival.

Arriving in the big city one may find oneself lost, especially if one is to come across an elusive man like the baron, who never reveals himself. Yet there is no escape from destiny as the events unfold, and the protagonists confront each other for multiple showdowns that are to change their lives and the course of history.John FajoSoftware EvolutionAbstractAs the title indicates this is a book about software evolution. Software evolution has two meanings and consequently the novel has two continuous parallel themes, one is thriller-like and its main purpose is to give a supportive framework for the other, which is about development in the thinking manner of a person at childhood’s end, this being called software evolution. Besides these, the book attempts to pinpoint the misconceptions people have about the main essence of science, any science for that matter. Here the second meaning of software evolution emerges.The book is organized into four parts and follows the classical scheme: introduction, main theme, interlude and conclusion. The events are depicted more as slides or short footages, the time elapsing in-between is irrelevant, and time hasn’t the usual meaning due to the second theme; it’s linear from the characters’ point of view, but has non-linear aspects otherwise.In ‘The inspector’, we have a build up to the main theme. The protagonist, the inspector arrives in a big city, where he is faced with a different world, his ideas are challenged.In ‘The scientist’, the main theme unfolds. We step into the world of a scientist, not a joyful inventor or a forgetful genius, but an emotionless and well-organized person on an island secluded from the rest of the world. Most of the events are presented from another character’s point of view, which allows perspective to be obtained. It is also vital for the second theme, for this other, nameless person is the one the scientist talks to, presents his ideas, fears, love and hate.In ‘In deserted nowhere’ our nameless character is banned, has to travel to a far away planet. He is entirely alone, only a dream world helps him survive his solitude. Romanticism is defended; romanticism the scientist criticized in ‘The scientist’. This part also allows the thriller theme to continue several years later than it had ended, without any abrupt jumps.In ‘The beggar’, we have the conclusion, childhood’s end. The two main characters confront each other for the last time.John Fajo, 1996

The sequel to the New York Times bestseller *Rosemary’s Baby—*a thrilling cautionary tale of the troubling forces that war within each of us  The modern master of suspense Ira Levin returns to the horror of his 1967 groundbreaking novel Rosemary’s Baby with this darkly comic sequel set at the dawn of the millennium. Thirty-three years ago, Rosemary gave birth to the Devil’s child while under the control of the satanic cult of witches. Now the year is 1999, and humanity dreads the approaching twenty-first century, desperately in search of a savior for this troubled world. In New York City, Rosemary’s son, Andy, is believed to be that savior. But is he the force of good his followers accept him to be? Or is he his father’s son? Rosemary and Andy will be reunited in a battle of wills that shall decide the fate of humanity—and keep readers on the edge of their seats until the final page.

The year is 1667; Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of South Africa. They are lying in wait for one of the treasure-laden galleons of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient. So begins a quest for adventure and the spoils of war that sweeps them from the settlement of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa to the Great Horn of Ethiopia far to the north - at a time when international maritime law permitted acts of piracy, rape, and murder otherwise punishable by death. Wilbur Smith introduces a generation of the indomitable Courteneys and thrillingly re-creates their part in the struggle for supremacy and riches on the high seas.

It's the late 1980s and Sharmouth Council is having a difficult time. Accountant Dave Winner teams up with auditor Sally Travis to get to the bottom of things, but their investigations soon bring them into conflict with a powerful businessman who will stop at nothing.Ill-suited to a James Bond lifestyle, our heroes lurch from comic incompetence to improbable success, but corruption has a price.It's the late 1980s and Sharmouth Borough Council is having a difficult time. Money has been lost on speculative financial deals, budget cutbacks threaten redundancies and the whiff of corruption is in the air. Worse still, one of the accountants dies in a car crash and Chief Accountant Dave Winner finds ten thousand pounds in banknotes hidden in his desk.Winner teams up with auditor Sally Travis to get to the bottom of things, but their investigations soon bring them into conflict with Miles Cavendish, a powerful local businessman who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.Ill-suited to a James Bond lifestyle, our heroes lurch from comic incompetence to improbable success, but corruption always has a price.