Karen Riggs laments her unfulfilling life, thinking that true love has passed her by, that it is too late for her to ever find it. However, a chance meeting with a much younger Tom Clark gives her the opportunity to experience all the romance and passion she should have had decades ago. The encounter leaves her torn between wanting more and wishing it had never happened. When what she believes is a one-night stand turns into a whirlwind romance she discovers a whole new side of herself she...

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R.F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead.Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrif...

The searing follow-up to 2018’s most celebrated fantasy debut – THE POPPY WAR.Rin is on the run…Haunted by the atrocity she committed to save her people, addicted to opium, and driven by the murderous commands of Phoenix, the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power.Rin’s only reason for living is to get revenge on the traitorous Empress who sold her homeland, Nikan, to her enemies.With no other options, Rin joins forces with...

Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018‘The best fantasy debut of 2018’ – WIREDA brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.When Rin aced the Keju – the test to find the most talented students in the Empire – it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province...

I looked at my watch—9:42 a.m. on the twenty-eighth day of September. It was the exact moment I fell in love with the girl on the bridge.Discarded in a dumpster at birth and never adopted, MC has been crippled by social anxiety for most of his twenty-five years. Then one day, during an eventful bicycle ride through the Nova Scotia countryside, he has an improbable encounter with a woman on a bridge that changes everything. Although no words are spoken at the time, it’s love at firs...

Even as the world is dying, there are those who would seek to live forever.Corporate orphans—children whose parents are forced to abandon them just to make ends meet—have become commonplace. Twins Eli and Mabel Harper are two such kids, trapped beneath the heel of an establishment that seems content to burn the world's future in exchange for today's convenience.In this world, compliance is key to survival. When Eli loses his temper protecting his sister, he's prepared to sh...

He settles divorces. She manages break-ups. They both think love is a scam... until they have to start faking it for the cameras.Julian Thorne is the city’s most ruthless divorce attorney. He’s seen enough "happily ever afters" end in a courtroom to know that love is just a chemical lapse in judgment. He’s cold, calculated, and has a win record that makes him the most feared man in Manhattan.Sloane Whitaker is the "Break-up...

Relentlessly politically incorrect Horace Bixby manages to skewer Americans of all stripesold and young fat and thin gay and straight New Age and conservativebut all are so affectionately portrayed that we dont mind. The bawdy farcical plot revolves around Horaces crusade for justice and eventual campaign for president intertwined with the gossipy doings at his twin sister Hortenses Florida trailer park. The eponymous Horace is a pompous offensive boor who wears loud ties and has hair sprouti...

In the near future, a pre-apocalyptic world rushes toward the end of history. And as the stage for mankind's ultimate battle is set, two dimensions collide.In post-republic America, a boy called Joshua Flying Fox, consumed by hatred and eager for revenge, discovers an ancient parchment and a mysterious stone. His blood-lust denied; he must now run for his life, pursued for a crime he did not commit.In Zambia, a woman desperate for a cure commits a hideous act of betrayal. W...

BROKEN MINDS: Three Tales of Perception and ObsessionIn the darkest corners of the human psyche lie obsessions that transform, consume, and ultimately shatter lives. "Broken Minds" presents three haunting tales that explore the fragile boundary between perception and reality, between love and possession.In "Visions," a man who lost his sight as a child finds himself haunted by dreams of a woman he believes must exist in the waking world. His lifelong search for her leads hi...

Isolation, boredom, heat and sand: a crew of expatiate oil workers in the Libyan desert, the high light of their working week the arrival of the company truck with supplies and letters from home bringing in the mundane outside world to this small cluster of porta-cabins.The arrival of a Dear John, there has never been a Dear John sent to this tiny dot in this vast Libyan desert.Dear Alan it is very hard for me to write this letter, Alan the youngest member of the crew the only single bloke...

The English edition of this book has been prepared from the third Gem1an edition published in December 1974. The first two German editions, published in 1971 and 1972, respectively, were very well received in Germany. We hope that this English version will enjoy a similar popularity by students wishing to understand the essential concepts relevant to the fascinating field of neurophysiology. The evolution of this book has been unique. The first edition was based on a series of lectures pre...