Ghost Wall’s protagonists are a mixed group of amateurs and professionals spending the summer after the fall of the Berlin Wall at an archaeology camp on the site of an Iron Age settlement in Northumberland. In Cold Earth, an archaeological dig in Greenland turns apocalyptic. Compact in form, both combine the components of a thriller with a nuanced understanding of history, its fluctuating interpretations and its often traumatic effect on the present. Moss’s sixth novel, Ghost Wall, while continuing this element of time-sifting, has more in common with her debut Cold Earth. Moss’s novels include Night Waking, in which a remote Scottish island is the eerie setting for exploration of past infant mortality Bodies of Light, with Victorian Manchester home to a William Morris-style coterie of artists and social reformers and, most recently, the history of the post-war reconstruction of Coventry Cathedral as the backdrop to modern-day parental anxiety in The Tidal Zone. Over the course of five books, Moss has used this analogy to establish herself as one of our foremost literary forensic anthropologists, excavating that which has long been covered over or covered up before offering it, newly realised, to the light of day. “I can’t tell you where historical truth ends and historical fiction begins,” the novelist Sarah Moss has said.
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We have long wondered why no one has written such a novel. Baker was shooting for something less mercenary and more ambitious: the Wide Sargasso Sea of the Jane Austen oeuvre by which we mean a paraliterature title that strives for literary achievement as well as, or perhaps even more than, popularity. While this soundbyte selling point makes it simple for publishers and booksellers, we think it has done the authoress a disservice. The Commercial Publishing Industrial Complex has predictably lost its mind over it frankly, we are astonished that its publication did not rip open the fabric of the universe, creating a giant black hole that sucked us all into it. What a brilliant idea! Two of the most wildly popular and well-known popular culture properties–now together! It might be the greatest idea since some genius combined chocolate and peanut butter. When we heard this premise, we were all admiration. It has been described as being a cross between Pride and Prejudice and Downton Abbey. The publication of Jo Baker’s new novel Longbourn generated the same sort of excitement as the arrival of a single gentleman of good fortune. She has given away the treasures she's collected over her many lifetimes to purge her past and clear the way for a future with her new lover, ER doctor Luke Findley. Now, two hundred years after imprisoning Adair, Lanore is trying to atone for her sins. He is a monster in the flesh, and he wants Lanore to love him for all time. And though he is handsome and charming, behind Adair's seductive façade is the stuff of nightmares. He used his mysterious, otherworldly powers to give her eternal life, but Lanore learned too late that there was a price for this gift: to spend eternity with him. She had no choice but to entomb Adair, her nemesis, to save Jonathan, the boy she grew up with in the remote Maine town and the man she thought she would be with forever. 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It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). Love after the End demonstrates the imaginatively queer Two-Spirit futurisms we have all been dreaming of since 1492.Ĭontributors include Darcie Little Badger, Mari Kurisato, Kai Minosh Pyle, David Alexander Robertson, and jaye simpson. Here, readers will discover bio-engineered AI rats, transplanted trees in space, the rise of a 2SQ resistance camp, a primer on how to survive Indigiqueerly, virtual reality applications, motherships at sea, and the very bending of space-time continuums queered through NDN time. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism's histories. 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About the Book Discover the breathtaking creative processes and intriguing inspirations behind the work of leading fantasy artist John Howe, in this comprehensive practical art book. Mary Hannah Gallo works with the Second Chance Ranch Animal Rescue to train therapy dogs for traumatized patients. But the scars left by AJ’s previous work are more difficult to escape than he thought… So far this series contains 2 books: Shelter Me (Second Chance Ranch #1) and Rescue Me (Second Chance Ranch #2)Ī rescued dog returns the favor in the latest Second Chance Romance from USA Today bestselling author of Shelter Me.ĭetective AJ Parker left undercover work in Atlanta to join a small-town Tennessee police force, hoping for an easier workload and the solitude of his cabin. The book blitz runs from 2 till 8 February, you can view the complete blitz schedule on the website of Lola’s Blog Tours. This book blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. This is my stop during the book blitz for Rescue Me by Catherine Mann. MARIEKE: A lot of it-from before I started drafting through final edits. Author Marieke Nijkamp joins us today to answer a few questions about her intense debut.ĬINDY: What inspired you to write about a U.S.-based school shooting? What kind of research did you do to capture the intensity of this kind of tragedy? Sylvia is trapped in the auditorium with the shooter, while Tomás is among those outside and trying to help. Two of the main characters are Tomás and Sylvia, unspecified twins. They are alternately hurt, betrayed, confused, and guilt-ridden about their possible roles in the tragedy and what they could have done to stop it. This Is Where It Ends, Marieke Nijkamp’s debut novel, captures 54 harrowing minutes of a high school shooting through the perspectives of four students who have personal connections to the shooter. At first, their relationship leaves a bad taste on me and what they have is REALLY WRONG but everything feels…. Obviously, Camille feels trapped but she’s attracted to him beforehand. Sebastian Lindstrom is a polarizing anti-hero. I never condone ANY of his actions kidnapping Camille Briarlane yet treats her like a queen. The Bad Guy is a good dark romance about a psychopath’s obsession with one of his employee’s girlfriend and abducts her. I can’t decide my rating but it’s sort of between 3.5 – 4 □. That’s me.Īuthor’s Note: This is a 90,000-word romance with dark themes and a HEA. A scoundrel who will set the world on fire if that means he gets what he wants. But every fairy tale has a villain, someone waiting in the wings to rip it all down. She was a damsel, one who already had her white knight. Instead, this is the true tale of how I found her, how I stole her, and how I lost her. I neither seek forgiveness nor would I accept it. And I can assure you, it will get so dark that you’ll find yourself feeling around the blackened corners of my mind, seeking a door handle that isn’t there.ĭon’t mistake this for a confession. To tell the truth for once in my hollow life, no matter how dark it gets. My name is Sebastian Lindstrom, and I’m the villain of this story. Darcy isn’t interested in breaking them up, and she’s fine with settling for less than Tom. I just really loved the idea of a girl who thought a guy was so perfectly wonderful in every way that she had no hope of winning his heart.Īt the beginning of the book, she believes he’s still engaged to his long-term girlfriend, and she’s fine with that because she knows he’s happy and looked after. What made this such an exciting topic for you to address? In the book, “99 Percent Mine”, the character Darcy hits a crossroads that many people deal with, going for their dream outcome ( in this case going for Tom) vs. 99 Percent Mine was really hard for me to write.Ģ. They say the second book is the hardest to write because there are expectations attached, and I would definitely agree with that. I’m still learning how I work and what my triggers and blocks to creativity are. How have you seen yourself evolve as an author, if any, from “ The Hating Game” to your latest novel “ 99 Percent Mine”? |