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Arkansas, 1952. Seven-year-old Luke Chandler, who lives with his parents and grandparents in a house that has never been painted,…
recounts the events during cotton-picking season. As Luke faces the daily grind of harvesting, he witnesses a murder, a birth, and a storm that changes their lives forever. Some violence. Spanish language. Bestseller
Young public defender Clay Carter reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing. But…
as he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy and finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Bestseller. Strong language. Spanish language
Set in the near future, the story describes the rise of a police state in North America in which every…
level of society is infected with propaganda, confusion and disinformation. Against this background, the Delaney family is struck a severe blow when the father of the family is arrested by the dreaded Office of Internal Security. His older children flee into the forest of the northern interior, accompanied by their great-grandfather and an elderly priest, Father Andrei. Their little brother Arrow also becomes a fugitive as the government seeks to remove any witnesses, and eradicate all evidence of its ultimate goals. Bestseller
In this first book in the six book series called Children of the Last Days, Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling…
apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of time. It explores the state of the modern world, and the strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary religious scene, by taking his central character, Father Elijah Schafer, a Carmelite priest, on a secret mission for the Vatican which embroils him in a series of crises and subterfuges affecting the ultimate destiny of the Church. In this richly textured tale, Father Elijah crosses Europe and the Middle East, moves through the echelons of world power, meets saints and sinners, presidents, judges, mystics, embattled Catholic journalists, faithful priests and a conspiracy of traitors within the very House of God. This is an apocalypse in the old literary sense, but one that was written in the light of Christian revelation. Bestseller
This fourth book in the six book series called Children of the Last Days, the central character, Nathaniel Delaney, the…
editor of a small-town newspaper, is about to face the greatest crisis of his life. As the novel begins, ominous events are taking place throughout North America, but little of it surfaces before the public eye. Set in the not-too-distant future, the story describes a nation that is quietly shifting from a democratic form of government to a form of totalitarianism. Delaney is one of the few voices left in the media who is willing to speak the whole truth about what is happening, and as a result the full force of the government is brought against him. Plague Journal chronicles the struggle of a thoroughly modern man put to the ultimate spiritual and psychological test, a man who in losing himself finds himself. For high school and adult. Bestseller
Set in the rugged interior of British Columbia, the first volume of a trilogy which traces the lives of four…
generations of a family of exiles. Interwoven with scenes from Ireland, England, Poland, Russia, and Belgium during the War, it's a tale of the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary. For high school and adult. Bestseller
Los hermanos Ray y Forrest Atlee reciben una citacion de su padre, un juez retirado, para acudir al testament final.…
Antes que ellos puedan reunirse, el juez muere dejando un secreto solament conocido por Ray
An oil painting entitled "The Shell Seekers" is the unifying thread of this saga of a modern English family. The…
narrative, a series of vignettes that shift back and forth in time, centers on the lives of the principal characters in the family. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1987
Rand al’Thor struggles with internal conflict while seeking to unite the fractured kingdoms for Tarmon Gai’don, the last battle. Meanwhile…
Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, tries to mend the divisions. Sequel to “Knife of dreams”. Followed by “Towers of Midnight». 2009.
Jamie Fraser and his time-traveling wife Claire, from A Breath of Snow and Ashes (DB 61201), know the outcome of…
the American rebellion, but not the personal hardships they may endure. Meanwhile their twentieth-century daughter Brianna tracks their fate through old letters. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009
Thomas Cromwell, a closet Protestant and blacksmith's son who becomes advisor to Henry VIII of England, realizes that he can…
accumulate power and wealth by assisting the king in obtaining an annulment and simultaneously help commoners and his country by destroying the corrupt Catholic clergy. Booker Prize. Bestseller. 2009
Washington, D.C., detective Alex Cross gets a case both horrifying and personal when his niece is murdered and put through…
a grinder. Cross soon learns something the Secret Service already knows--that the killer is connected to the White House. Bestseller. 2009.
Cedar Cove, Washington. Soon after widowed sheriff Troy Davis breaks off his relationship with his former high school girlfriend Faith…
Beckwith, her home is vandalized. Realizing that Faith was targeted and that she may leave town for good, Troy is determined to protect her--and reclaim her affections. Bestseller. 2009.
1943. U.S. agent Cletus Frade helps German lieutenant colonel Wilhelm Frogger escape a Mississippi prisoner-of-war camp. Frade hopes this will…
persuade Frogger's uncooperative parents, who know Nazi secrets, to provide intelligence vital to the Allied war effort. Sequel to Death and Honor (RC 67043). Some strong language. Bestseller. 2009
A team of professional criminals kills former mercenary Frank Meyer and his entire family in their home. Frank's one-time employer…
Joe Pike sets out to avenge the murders and, with help from his PI partner Elvis Cole, to determine why Frank was targeted. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2010
1890. Matthew Coulter tracks the Sebastian Gang across the West after they murder his wife. When the outlaws kidnap Eden…
Paxton, half sister of Ace Keegan, from Keegan's Lady (DB 46569), Matthew rescues her and falls in love. Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
Two romantic novels involving competitors. In Partners (1985), rival New Orleans reporters find trouble while investigating a murder. In The…
Art of Deception (1986), sculptor Kirby Fairchild welcomes painter Adam Haines to her father's estate--but both artists have secrets. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009
Seemingly random circumstances--two women searching for a crashed meteor off the coast of Maine, a young California scientist secretly continuing…
his murdered mentor's research, and a former CIA agent tracing the origins of radioactive gems--lead to a startling discovery near Mars. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2009
Baltimore. After losing his teaching job, sixty-one-year-old Liam Pennywell moves into a smaller apartment. The first time Liam goes to…
bed in his new home, he awakens in the hospital with no memory of getting there. Liam deals with his ex-wife and daughters--while puzzling over the missing time. Bestseller. 2009
Wereanimals publicly announce their existence to the human world in the Great Reveal. But when a mutilated werepanther is discovered…
outside of Merlotte's bar, Sookie Stackhouse finds herself in the middle of a murder and a creature war. Explicit descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violence. Bestseller. 2009