North of Nowhere'That summer, it was all about secrets I already had one bullet inside me. I knew I didn't have room for another.' Alex McKnight rarely ventures out from his home these days, even to spend time at his friend Jackie's Glasgow Inn he's had enough of getting his ass kicked. Even as he lets Jackie force him out one night for a poker game at a stranger's house, Alex is certain it's a bad idea. When the genial atmosphere rapidly deteriorates, he starts to

Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg

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but when their world begins to clash with that of human beings

as well as a fascinating and surprising portrayal of masculinity

thought-provoking

Ffup the dragon is struggling with the Atkins diet and Tarantella the tarantula is trying to teach her daughters the rudiments of mascara

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while the new King

And how was it that another biologist

an American dog trainer by profession

This novel is a stand-alone story which takes two extraordinary characters and follows them as they

When stories spread of a new power in the east