The Gateway to Dendokan is open.A deceptive victory, for with the opening of the World Gate, a path to Razuklan is also opened for the Master of Souls and his White Vonynen. The only one who can stop them is Leik, but his fate hangs in the balance, for suddenly the magical colors of the sphere turn against him. Every spell could mean his death. And that doesn't go unnoticed by his enemies either...The final book in the Alaburg Saga!

Bloomsbury presents Galway's Edge by Ken Bruen, read by John Keating.When an Irish vigilante group is targeted by a killer, Jack Taylor must unravel the deadly mystery.Edge is an organisation set up to rid Galway of criminals and abusers who have evaded the law. Its members include the most powerful figures in the city.The Vatican is not pleased when it hears one of its priests has joined Edge. Who better to intercede with Father Whelan tha...

First published in 1986, A Short History of Irish Literature combines the scholarship of exceptional range and depth with the power to persuade us to read authors we have forgotten or neglected, and to reread sympathetically those we have insensitively undervalued or dismissed.From the earliest Gaelic poetry to Seamus Heaney and John Montague, from O Bruadair to O'Casey, Professor Deane is an admirable guide. He combines the clarity of the critic with the sensitivity of th...

James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated new thriller in years.A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time.Desmond Aloysius Limerick (“Dez” to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoy...

It's Bryn's third semester, and Âlaburg has fallen into disarray.Chancellor Tejal has disappeared, and nobody knows why—or where. Jehal, the Magic Master, who Bryn detests, has taken her place. Then, making matters worse, Ûlyėr has fallen gravely ill. Bryn and the others try their best to help. There is also no trace of Bryn's beloved Drena. Only one thing is certain: the powerful magician mercilessly stalking Bryn will do anything to get hold of him—even if she ha...

The final volume of the Feldsher's Apprentice trilogy.The year is 1645. A murderous war has been raging through Central Europe for 28 years, and there seems to be no end in sight.After the death of his master, Martin, Gustav is left with nothing. Only Anike is there to console him over the heavy loss. When she asks him to help her possessed father, Gustav realizes that the key to helping her—Martin's Codex Daemonum—makes no sense to him. He must first compl...

Told in the vernacular of the day, this novel-as-notebook features a nineteenth-century ornithologist on a remote Irish island—from the author of indie favorite The Gospel of Orla**.**Field Notes from an Extinction follows the life and work of one Ignatius Green, a fictitious English scientist dispatched by the Royal Society to the remote island of Tor Mor off the northern Irish coast. Green is single-minded and self-righteous, br...

Contains all three books in the Demon Summoner trilogy.Apprentice, book one:The year is 1642. As a decades-long war rages through Central Europe, military field surgeon Martin shares a shocking truth with his apprentice Gustav: Demons are real, and the victims of battle are their reward for fighting for mankind. A reveal that changes everything…Historical facts combined with elements of fantasy and sprinkled with a good do...

“Gripping, beautifully written, and genuinely chilling, The Nothing Man had me from page one. Simply stellar.”—Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award–winning author of The Dark Corners of the NightI was the girl who survived the Nothing Man. Now I am the woman who is going to catch him …At the age of twelve, Eve Black was the only member of her family to survive an encounter with serial attacker the Nothing Man. Now an adult, she is ob...

"The charm of Taylor's Irish Country tales is brought to life in John Keating's performance. His Irish lilt will transport listeners straight to Ballybucklebo...Keating's pacing and inflections are perfect as he gives a unique vocal personality to each character." — AudioFile Magazine on An Irish Country Love StoryAn Irish Country Cottage is a charming audiobook in Patrick Taylor's beloved New York Times and international...

Welcome to Patrick Taylor's Irish Country Books and the colourful Ulster village of Ballybucklebo, where two doctors work hand in hand to mend the bodies and spirits of the town's diverse and engaging inhabitants. But who is looking after the wounded hearts of the doctors?In An Irish Country Courtship, after less than a year, young Barry Laverty, M.B., is settling in to the village, with only a few months to go before he becomes a full partner in the practice. He'...

Centering on the seminal lockout of 20,000 workers in Dublin in 1913, Strumpet City by Irish writer James Plunkett encompasses a wide sweep of city life. From the destitution of "Rashers" Tierney, the poorest of the poor, to the solid, aspirant respectability of Fitz and Mary, the priestly life of Father O'Connor, and the upper-class world of Yearling and the Bradshaws, it paints a portrait of a city of stark contrasts, with an urban working class mired in vicious poverty. Str...