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Why are we destroying the very thing we should love most? The mother earth that has nurtured our growth. Can we save a little of humanity? Can we escape to the stars? We must try. We must succeed.
Nic's a writer of thriller novels who's lost his edge. Then you receive a mysterious package... from a professional assassin. Life changes, with deadly consequences as an Intelligence agency wants the contents... and the killer wants it back!
Sometimes the faerie tales are true. Sometimes they are a warning... For a hundred generations the fae have been locked away from the world, in the cold, the Outside.But now the barriers are weakening and they seek to return.
The Martin family buy their dream home. When a chamber buried below the house is uncovered, the dream becomes a nightmare. Phantom figures,threatening messages, and neighbours dying. An ancient and powerful evil has been released. Can it be stopped?
Beth’s double faces flight and strife,While Beth continues with her life.
Nick Cavanagh will hunt her down,
Through icy streets in London town.
But is he falling for Beth One?
Read on - the story’s just begun.
The tragic and beautiful Mercy Mulcahy has devoted her life to protecting her daughter, Star, from the father whose behavior blighted her own life. Now he’s dead. An assisted suicide? What is Star not telling?
In 1795, a convict ship en route from England to New South Wales is caught in a devastating storm. Miraculously, the ship survives and limps into Sydney, where the convicts rebel and escape. But the year is now 2017...
Meet Detective Sergeant Alicia Friend. She's nice. But is she too nice to stop a brutal killer, or will the latest victim's highly-skilled father get there first?
What happens when you hit rock bottom and can’t see a way out? Do you take the handsome stranger’s indecent proposal that seems to good to be true? And can a marriage based on lies ever lead to love?
They stole millions from the world's richest bank, they infected the Internet with ancient magic and they wrecked our modern way of life… and they're the good guys. Saving the world has just got a whole lot harder.
Ken wrote: "They stole millions from the world's richest bank, they infected the Internet with ancient magic and they wrecked our modern way of life… and they're the good guys. Saving the world has just got a ..."Nice one, Ken :o)
Simonetta holds a fearful secret. Her knowledge is her strength, her weapon. Her knowledge wounds him bitterly; Ignazio means to tear her down. As love, vengeance, mistrust and loyalty tragically collide, will it prove her saviour or her ruin?
When a high-ranking police officer is abducted and a potent grade of heroin hits the streets, a dangerous game of cat and mouse unfolds between a rookie detective and a young street dealer. The testimony of a homeless teenager could change everything.
Caitlin Schwarzbach exchanges small-town Texas for Cologne, Germany to be with her beloved but estranged brother Gus.When her brother goes missing, Caitlin's desperate search propels her into the Schattenreich.
To get Gus back, Caitlin must face down Death himself.
Good people make bad choices, and good choices... well, are they really that good!? This story brings you to the streets of Kinshasa, the London suburbs and back - an epic account of childhood told with wit and sarcasm.
Three nations on a collision course that will lead to destruction. With ugly truths coming to light on every side, can Astra bring peace to her people and her family, or will she bring about the destruction everyone foretells?
In 1989, Frank Kusy found himself the unwilling love slave of a booted and bodiced Boadicea on a Harley low rider. Then he fell in love with someone else, and it got a lot worse
Nine months ago, his wife committed suicide. Today, four color-speaking, Sinatra-invoking bandits kidnap him from his house.They take him to Weatherhead, a hellish city ruled by his wife. Nothing fun ensues.
Juliet tries to rescue her sister from a mystical cult. But when she meets the group's leader she starts to be drawn in...with dangerous consequences.
Isolated by a changing climate, surrounded by desert, a stone age tribe faces extinction.In the African rift valley, 43,000 BCE, a spark of consciousness flares into life. The dawn of human culture, the fire that will reshape the world.
Can an android win Wimbledon? Or the soccer World Cup? What about the heart of a beautiful woman?
When an egotistical novelist meets his ideal woman, he agrees to kill off his popular heroine. With life spiralling out of control, he battles the growing darkness in his soul as a secret is revealed, changing everything he once knew
This book has beer, punctuation, probably bacon and all sorts of really wild things.Like spaceships and blasters and old men who aren’t wearing swimsuits.
And Yak, did we mention the yak?
When the door is opened by his mysterious acquaintance, John, it seems as though fate has stepped in, and Tom quickly settles back into a life of blissful carnivorous freedom.
Chrissie Reid finally turns on her husband, Jack. After a brutal attack, she is driven to offering him poison. With no memory of that night, she believes she has killed him, especially when she discovers the remains of a body buried in the byre.
A serial killer stalks the London book-world, striking at editors, agents, publishers – even reviewers, murdered for an unkind world. Can a self-styled ‘investigative author’ unmask the killer and foil the threat to blow up the London Book Fair?
When the soldiers shot her father, she took an oath—and the name the rebels gave her. ‘Inez’ avenged her father. Then she was ready to move on. She had no more need for Inez.
But it wasn’t that simple. They said she couldn’t just walk away.
She had one last mission: deliver a package to the City of Fury—Buenos Aires.
What could possibly go wrong?
Murder. Kidnapping. Betrayal.
Everything…
Simon wrote: "A serial killer stalks the London book-world, striking at editors, agents, publishers – even reviewers, murdered for an unkind world. Can a self-styled ‘investigative author’ unmask the killer and..."
Now that's my kind of serial killer...
Young Baffin wants to breathe fire, he is a Dragonasaurus after all! But the most he can muster is a small puff of smoke. Determined to find a solution to his fiery problem Baffin sets out for the remote Fire Mountain in search of the legendary Fire Bird.There are dangers to overcome and friends to be made on Baffin's adventure. But will he find his fiery breath and will he avoid the hideous Grong!?
There are some things in space bigger and scarier than we could imagine. Discovering one of them 450 million miles from home can ruin your day.
An orphaned boy travels to a surreal world seeking to discover his true origins. Timothy becomes embroiled in a matter of life and death when he faces the evil forces who are determined to discover the secret of Golden Life.
Brierley's Boarding School for BoysLatin master Gray has a secret. So does prefect Thompson.
When tragedy strikes, the headmaster will stop at nothing to cover it up, fighting for his school's reputation. Others are left fighting for their lives.
She was ambitious. She wanted to follow her dream. But in order to do that she had to do the unthinkable. She had to sell her baby. And this would tear her apart for the rest of her life.
Have you ever worried about not being hip? Or are you the kind who flaunts your unhipness with abandon? Do any of these float your boat: Gilbert O’Sullivan, Morris Dancing, Vicar of Dibley, Brolleys? Check out your unhip rating score!
An ill-timed omen sends a malicious leader on a hazardous quest that will alter everyone it touches.
Dorley College appreciates difficult students and Ben's parents are glad to see the back of him, but the magnificent grounds hide a dark secret and the welcoming smiles a sinister intent. The truth is terrifying - and there is no escape.
She’s an adored doctor but a semi-bereaved wife. She runs away from home at the age of twenty-eight and a half. She becomes a heroine of a revolution. Now for the hardest part: to find atonement and return home.
Sally works in the building where Keith is the night watch guy, she hardly notices him, but Keith certainly does notice her.Keith watches her… a LOT.
One day Sally smiles at Keith, triggering an all consuming trail of obsession.
Alex is a schoolboy whose one aim in life is to be a magician. But who is the mysterious man who offers to teach him? And can Alex trust him as the secrets multiply?
Well, this has brought out the lurkers.Nice one, Simon!
Should we be commenting on the blurbs we find interesting?Or will there be a vote or something?
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Well, this has brought out the lurkers.Nice one, Simon!"
I know; who's Gingerlily? Never heard of her…
No, its the Chhek Republic now.
Kate wrote: "Have you ever worried about not being hip? Or are you the kind who flaunts your unhipness with abandon? Do any of these float your boat: Gilbert O’Sullivan, Morris Dancing, Vicar of Dibley, Brolle..."This one sounds like a bit of fun! I'm sure I am terminally unhip!
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Alex is a schoolboy whose one aim in life is to be a magician. But who is the mysterious man who offers to teach him? And can Alex trust him as the secrets multiply?"Honestly, Ginge, I don't think young Alex should trust that mysterious man. Hasn't anyone warned him about stranger danger?
Ah yes Lexi, but there are exceptions... or are there...?
Alex, a clinical researcher, journeys through a different realm. Quite literally he is testing the limits of his dreams. But he’s playing with fire undertaking unethical experiments. The addiction is intense. Will he identify the stalker of his nightmares?
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Just for fun I thought I would do another anonymous blurb competition.
Rules :
Post a blurb here.
Don't cut and paste.
Your blurb must NOT contain the book title or the author (it will get deleted and disqualified if it does)
Your blurb must be 40 or less words (same as above if you go above 40)
It can be your book
Non-authors are really welcome to have a go at this
There won't be a vote at the end. A panel of experts (cough) will select the winner based on the most interesting blurb and other comments on the thread.
At the end you can all post your book titles, author and description (along with the original blurb) on a thread I will create for the purpose - not here!
Good Luck.