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Cass blows glass for a living - but when she's not cranking out tourist pieces to pay the bills, she creates unique glass art with the dream of winning a prestigious award that might just change her life.
But Cass has a problem.
The heat and intensity of the glassblowing hot shop have damaged her eyesight - and time is running out.
She only has one chance left to win and a rival artisan stands in her way, the trophies on his shelf testament to his...
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When down-on-his-luck busker Evan takes to the streets of Bath during the Christmas market, he hopes his music will earn him enough for a warm meal and bed for the night. But after a violent robbery leaves him broken and destitute, Evan unwittingly awakens an ancient evil that demands blood sacrifice in return for vengeance.
Lured into the dark depths beneath the city by a mysterious woman who is far more than she seems, Evan discovers the long-dormant...
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When renowned architect Arania Webb returns to Bristol Zoo - once her childhood sanctuary but now a derelict ruin - she discovers her late father's hidden underground lab, which harbours a dark obsession.
Inside, she uncovers his journals documenting twisted experiments to fuse arachnid DNA with humans, creating unnatural creatures that blur the line between species. As Arania descends into the shadowy depths and explores further, she realises the...
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When ARKANE archivist Martin Klein joins the Vatican digital archiving project, he finds an ancient letter mistakenly scanned along with the medieval papal decree Militia Dei, Soldiers of God. It points to a dark secret the Knights Templar once tried to erase from existence, hidden in a medieval fortress under the heart of Paris for almost a thousand years.
As Martin follows the trail to the hidden Templar crypt, aided by biblical scholar Camara...
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How far would you go to see again?
Conflict photographer, Sara Miles, loves being embedded with the military out in the desert. Her pictures pay tribute to those who fight, suffer, and die for freedom and the images she captures can turn public perception in the never-ending war.
Her photography matters.
But when Sara is caught in an explosion out on patrol, her eyes are damaged by a face full of shrapnel. She may never be able to see through a...
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A city threatened by an ancient plague.
A love across borders.
A desperate choice that could break their worlds apart forever.
When a fragment of a deadly map is recovered from a medieval plague pit in London, the Mapwalker team must cross over into the Borderlands once more.
In a race against time, they must find the remaining pieces of the map in a journey across long-lost cities before the Shadow Cartographers wield it against Earthside in a...
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A relic, stolen from the heart of an ancient city. An echo of nationalist violence not seen since the dark days of the Second World War.
Budapest, Hungary. When a priest is murdered at the Basilica of St Stephen and the Holy Right relic is stolen, the ultra-nationalist Eröszak party calls for retribution, and anti-Semitic violence erupts in the city.
Morgan Sierra, psychologist and ARKANE agent, finds herself trapped inside the synagogue with Zoltan...
8) Tree of Life
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An ancient manuscript that leads to the Garden of Eden. A seed that can restore the world to nature... but only by destroying humanity in its wake.
When a fragment of an ancient manuscript is stolen from a Jewish library in Amsterdam, ARKANE agents Morgan Sierra and Jake Timber discover a conspiracy that stretches back to the days of the Portuguese Empire, and a hidden Order of monks who have protected Eden for generations.
Meanwhile, a radical...
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A map of skin etched in blood.
A world under threat from the Borderlands.
A young woman who must risk the shadows to save her family.
When her Grandfather is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Sienna Farren inherits his map shop in the ancient city of Bath, England. Once there, she discovers that her family is bound up with the Ministry of Maps, a mysterious agency who maintain the borders between this world and the Uncharted.
With the help...
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Any wish can be granted: money, power…even death itself can be beaten back. All it takes is the blood of an angel. When a woman is crucified and burned alive in the center of New York City, Jake Timber is already on his way. Tasked with locating an extremist group interested in a recently discovered relic, the Cloisters Cross, Jake expected trouble. After all, as one of the top agents of ARKANE, the secret organization entrusted with protecting...
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A journey through the realm of the dead.
A threat that will change the world.
A choice that might save everything-or end it all.
As natural disasters sweep Earthside, a mutant army rises in the Borderlands, driven by the dark force behind the Shadow Cartographers.
Sienna and the Mapwalker team must use the Map of the Impossible to journey through the realm of the dead and face the nightmare at its heart.
But when one of their number is taken and...
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When Neo-Viking terrorists invade the British Museum in London to reclaim the staff of Skara Brae, ARKANE agent Morgan Sierra is trapped in the building along with hostages under mortal threat.
As the slaughter begins, Morgan helps museum researcher and reluctant psychic, Blake Daniel, to discern the past of the staff through the mists of time to the Viking invasion generations ago.
Day of the Vikings is a fast-paced, action-adventure thriller set...
13) Tomb of Relics
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A supernatural relic. A thousand-year-old conspiracy. A madman who turns death into art. It's all in a day's work for the agents of ARKANE.
When a priceless relic disappears from Canterbury Cathedral, ARKANE - the agency tasked with protecting the world from supernatural adversaries - fears the worst…and sends its best.
Now, ARKANE agents Morgan Sierra and Jake Timber are on the job. Across Europe, through historical cities and into spectral...
14) Pilgrimage
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Do you enjoy travel memoirs with a combination of personal reflection and practical tips? Are you interested in solo walking, or are you considering walking the Camino de Santiago or other multi-day walks?
Are you a seeker? Or did you enjoy the movie, The Way?
If yes, Pilgrimage is for you.
In mid-2020, I was not okay - and I didn't know how to find my way out of that darkness.
But I could put one foot in front of the other until I figured it out.
So,...
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Three short stories inspired by Dante's Inferno, linked by a book of human skin passed down through generations. Written and read by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author J.F.Penn. SINS OF THE FLESH: When the mutilated corpse of a wealthy author is discovered, the police officer sent to investigate finds a curious diary amongst the occult objects at the scene. Will he uncover the author's secret at the ruined chapel, and is he willing to...
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A sunken city. A lost goddess… and the woman who longs to find her. Lara is part of a dive team exploring the sunken city of Thonis-Heraklion off the north coast of Egypt. When a storm threatens the site, there's only time for one last dive and Lara is determined to be on it – even if it means diving with the man who threatened her this summer. Because The Dark Queen is down there and Lara intends to find her before it's too late.
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An ancient prophecy. An occult secret. The power to raise the dead. When a long-hidden tomb and a body covered in Voodoo symbols are found in New Orleans, ARKANE agent Jake Timber discovers a mystery that stretches back to the Spanish Empire and the bloody dungeons of the Inquisition. But he is not the only one who seeks the Hand of Ezekiel. A shadowy billionaire, backed by those who seek immortality at any price, will stop at nothing to find the...
18) End of Days
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A marble tablet found in the ruins of Babylon warns of the resurrection of a banished serpent in the final days. A sarcophagus is discovered in the deepest ocean, locked by seven seals scattered throughout the ancient world.
As the Brotherhood of the Serpent race to find the seals before a rare lunar eclipse over the heart of Jerusalem, ARKANE agents Morgan Sierra and Jake Timber battle to find them first. But this time, evil threatens to destroy...