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Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed. Just knowing that, one day, people will be able to walk the surface of the planet is enough to justify their sacrifice. The Earth is dying, and Darrow and his people are the only hope humanity has left • Until the day Darrow learns that it is all a lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look down at Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought • Until the day Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their society

There was one truth on Australia, the derelict ship on which Chan was born and raised: you fight or you die. Usually both • But everything on Australia was a lie. Abandoned and alone, Chan was forced to live a terrible existence on the fringes of society, Australia's only survivor after a terrible crash-landing on Earth • But Chan discovered she was not alone. Together with the unlikeliest of allies, Chan carved out a place for herself on Earth. And now the time has come: she's finally found a reason to keep going. But friends have become enemies, and enemies have become something worse. It's time for Chan to create her own truths, and discover a life beyond fighting and death • A life beyond Australia

The terrifying thriller from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Every Dead Thing • Still raw from the brutal slayings of his wife and daughter, and the events surrounding the capture of their killer, The Travelling Man, Charlie Parker retreats to the wintry Maine landscape of his childhood. By following in the steps of his beloved grandfather, Parker hopes to heal his spirit and get through the bitter anniversary of Jennifer and Susan's murder. But the echoes of the past that await him are not all benign. In a gruesome re-enactment of Parker's own nightmares, another young woman is killed with her child and his brief involvement in their lives impels Parker to hunt their vicious murderer. As the death toll mounts, Parker comes to realise that the true answer to the puzzle lies thirty years in the past, in a tree with strange fruit, in his own grandfather's history, and in the perverted desires of a monster incarnate - Caleb Kyle

Her life is a lie. The truth is in her blood...A stunning new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Slated, Teri Terry • The stunning first novel in a new speculative thriller trilogy from the bestselling author of SLATED • Tabby lives a transient life with her mum Cate, never sticking in one place long enough to make friends • Until one day, an accident changes everything. Cate is arrested and Tabby realises her life has been a lie: Cate is not her mother • As she adjusts to her new life, Tabby finds herself drawn to the ocean - the only place she feels happy - and enrolls at a swimming summer school to help her heal • But all is not as it seems. She and her new friends are cut off from the outside world and she's plagued by a repeating symbol of interlocking circles that follows her everywhere

Вошедшие в данный сборник рождественские рассказы Энид Блайтон по праву считаются нестареющей классикой детской литературы. Эта книга - отличный подарок для тех, кто насладился этими историями в детстве и хочет познакомить с ними новое поколение читателей • Книга «Enid Blyton`s Christmas Stories» оказалась столь популярной, что издательство Hodder & Stoughton по просьбам читателей выпустило второй праздничный сборник, и именно его вы держите в руках! Энид Блайтон передаёт атмосферу Рождества с несравненным мастерством, какой бы аспект праздника она ни описывала: колядки, ожидание подарков, праздничный стол и, конечно, посиделки с родными и близкими… Да, в историях Блайтон, как обычно, нашлось место для озорства и хаоса, но добро и веселье в них всегда на первом месте! • Рассказы из этой книги ранее не публиковались в «Enid Blyton`s Christmas Stories»

"Дикая природа" - захватывающее приключение с животными от Пирса Тордея • Двенадцатилетний Кестер думал, что обнаружил последних диких животных на земле. Он думал, что его приключение закончилось. Он был неправ • Под сверкающим городом Премиум, глубоко под землей, остается темная дикая природа: животные, которые верят, что настало время восстать против своих врагов-людей • И вскоре Кестер понимает: он единственный, кто может остановить их • Кестер Джейнс спас животных. Сможет ли он спасти и людей тоже? • Книга на английском языке • A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine Rundell • Twelve-year-old Kester thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong

Introducing The Famous Five to younger readers, age 5+. In this full-colour, newly created adventure story, the children and Timmy find a special toy, hidden deep inside a cave • The Five have found a bottle with a message inside! It says that there's a hidden doll in the caves across from Kirrin Island, so the Five set off on a rescue mission. But the caves are dark and they soon lose their way • Set in the world of Enid Blyton's best-loved series, this newly created story follows Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog on a special new adventure. The story is broken down into short chapters with vibrant, full-colour illustrations on every page - perfect for shared reading or for newly confident readers to enjoy independently

The classic love story of Katherine and John of Gaunt, repackaged as a Hodder Great Read • Katherine comes to the court of Edward III at the age of fifteen. The na ve convent-educated orphan of a penniless knight is dazzled by the jousts and the entertainments of court • Nevertheless, Katherine is beautiful, and she turns the head of the King's favourite son John of Gaunt. But he is married, and she is soon to be betrothed • A few years later their paths cross again and this time their passion for each other cannot be denied or suppressed. Katherine becomes the prince's mistress, and discovers an extraordinary world of power, pleasure and passion

A natural storyteller with a vision of his own. THE DARK LADY, Akala's debut novel for teens, will enthuse and entertain teenagers and young adults, showing that reading is a true super-power • A Pickpocket with an Exceptional Gift • A Prisoner of Extraordinary Value • An Orphan Haunted by Dreams of the Mysterious Dark Lady • Henry is an orphan, an outsider, a thief. He is also a fifteen-year-old invested with magical powers • This brilliant, at times brutal, first novel from the amazing imagination that is Akala, will glue you to your seat as you are hurled into a time when London stank and boys like Henry were forced to find their own route through the tangled streets and out the other side

When horror writer Nick Steen gets sucked into a cursed typewriter by the terrifying Type-Face, Dark Lord of the Prolix, the hellish visions inside his head are unleashed for real. Forced to fight his escaping imagination - now leaking out of his own brain - Nick must defend the town of Stalkford from his own fictional horrors, including avascular-necrosis-obsessed serial killer Nelson Strain and Nick's dreaded throppleganger, the Dark Third • Can he and Roz, his frequently incorrect female editor, hunt down these incarnate denizens of Nick's rampaging imaginata before they destroy Stalkford, outer Stalkford and possibly slightly further? • From the twisted genius of horror master Garth Marenghi - Frighternerman, Darkscribe, Doomsage (plus Man-Shee) - come three dark tales from his long-lost multi-volume epic: TerrorTome

Charlie's Angels meets The Thursday Murder Club in this action-packed, globe-trotting adventure full of twists, turns and whip-smart women • Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon • Billie, Mary Alice, Helen and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. But now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates their real-world resourcefulness in an age of technology • When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses-paid trip to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realise they've been marked for death • To get out alive they have to turn against their own organization, relying on experience and each other to get the job done, knowing that working together is the secret to their survival

"За диким" - захватывающее приключение с животными от Пирса Тордея • Это история мальчика по имени Кестер. Он спас последних диких животных в мире и спас свою столицу от разрушения. Но теперь он должен столкнуться со своим самым большим испытанием на сегодняшний день, потому что • 1. Единственный синий кит на планете принес новости из-за океана • 2. Таинственный стальной купол поднялся над четырьмя башнями • 3. Где-то там, снаружи, у храброй мыши есть ключ к будущему • Книга на английском языке • A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine Rundell • This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has rescued the last wild animals in the world, and saved his capital city from destruction. But now he must face his greatest challenge yet, because • 1