Among Treacherous Stars
Among Treacherous Stars

Author: Kate MacLeod

Publisher: Ratatoskr Press

Published: 2018-09-12

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1946552585

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Scout Shannon wants nothing more than to leave her home world and its petty squabbling factions behind. Galactic central with all of its excitement and opportunities awaits her. She makes it as far as her own planet's orbit before the snares of bureaucracy close around her, trapping her on a space station populated by her people's oldest foe. Then her rescuer, her only friend in the galaxy, disappears, abducted by a group of strangers the moment he steps off his ship. Alone in a strange place, surrounded by the old enemies she knows and new enemies just making themselves known, Scout faces a challenge like none before. But with her dogs at her side, Scout stands prepared for anything. "Among Treacherous Stars" the third book in "The Travels of Scout Shannon" series, a young adult science fiction novel for fans of plucky heroines, girl spies conspiring in political intrigues, and loyal dog sidekicks.

In a Treacherous Court
In a Treacherous Court

Author: Michelle Diener

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-08-02

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1439197105

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An unconventional woman. A deadly enemy. A clash of intrigue, deception, and desire. . . . 1525: Artist Susanna Horenbout is sent from Belgium to be Henry VIII’s personal illuminator inside the royal palace. But her new homeland greets her with an attempt on her life, and the King’s most lethal courtier, John Parker, is charged with keeping her safe. As further attacks are made, Susanna and Parker realize that she unknowingly carries the key to a bloody plot against the throne. For while Richard de la Pole amasses troops in France for a Yorkist invasion, a traitor prepares to trample the kingdom from within. Who is the mastermind? Why are men vying to kill the woman Parker protects with his life? With a motley gang of urchins, Susanna’s wits, and Parker’s fierce instincts, honed on the streets and in palace chambers, the two slash through deadly layers of deceit in a race against time. For in the court of Henry VIII, secrets are the last to die. . . . Brilliantly revealing a little-known historical figure who lived among the Tudors, Michelle Diener makes a smashing historical fiction debut.

Born in a Treacherous Time
Born in a Treacherous Time

Author: Jacqui Murray

Publisher: Structured Learning LLC

Published: 2019-03-08

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781942101451

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'The book's plot is similar in key ways to ... Jean M. Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear--Kirkus ReviewsBorn in the harsh world of East Africa 1.8 million years ago, where hunger, death, and predation are a normal part of daily life, Lucy and her band of early humans struggle to survive. It is a time in history when they are relentlessly annihilated by predators, nature, their own people, and the next iteration of man. To make it worse, Lucy's band hates her. She is their leader's new mate and they don't understand her odd actions, don't like her strange looks, and don't trust her past. To survive, she cobbles together an unusual alliance with an orphaned child, a beleaguered protodog who's lost his pack, and a man who was supposed to be dead.Born in a Treacherous Time is prehistoric fiction written in the spirit of Jean Auel. Lucy is tenacious and inventive no matter the danger, unrelenting in her stubbornness to provide a future for her child, with a foresight you wouldn't think existed in earliest man. You'll close this book understanding why man not only survived our wild beginnings but thrived, ultimately to become who we are today.This is a spin-off of To Hunt a Sub's Lucy (the ancient female who mentored the female protagonist)."Murray's lean prose is steeped in the characters' brutal worldview, which lends a delightful otherness to the narration ...The book's plot is similar in key ways to other works in the genre, particularly Jean M. Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear. However, Murray weaves a taut, compelling narrative, building her story on timeless human concerns of survival, acceptance, and fear of the unknown. Even if readers have a general sense of where the plot is going, they'll still find the specific twists and revelations to be highly entertaining throughout. A well-executed tale of early man."--Kirkus Reviews

This Treacherous Journey
This Treacherous Journey

Author: Misty M. Beller

Publisher:

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780999701225

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Widowed and with child, Emma Malcom is fleeing to Canada to escape the reward unjustly offered for her arrest, but the mysterious mountain man who helps her traverse the Rockies may be her biggest challenge yet.

In Quaking Hills
In Quaking Hills

Author: Kate MacLeod

Publisher: Ratatoskr Press

Published: 2018-09-12

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1946552526

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After spending the last four days of her life hiding out from a deadly solar particle storm in an underground bunker, trapped with six treacherous women and a trio of girl assassins, Scout Shannon just wants to find the man who conned her mentor and leave her home world for good. Alas, the long-threatened war draws nearer and Scout finds herself caught in the middle, surrounded by rebels and bandits. Worse, she carries a pocketful of dangerous secrets with no one to entrust them to. And the hills keep shaking. Something lurks deep underground. Something massive. Something world-destroying. Scout leaves in three days. If she lives that long. "In Quaking Hills", the sequel to "Under Falling Skies" and the second book in "The Travels of Scout Shannon" series, a young adult science fiction novel for fans of plucky heroines, complicated boys, and loyal dog sidekicks.

The Treacherous Net
The Treacherous Net

Author: Helene Tursten

Publisher: Soho Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1616954027

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In Helene Tursten's The Treacherous Net, Detective Irene Huss faces unnerving crime and violence from all sides as she hunts down a psychopathic serial killer. Goteberg, Sweden sees an influx of disturbing murder cases and Irene's unit is stretched thin. When a girl's body is found wearing what appears to be the same set of lingerie found near another corpse, Irene and her colleagues embark on a desperate hunt that takes them deep into a shadowy world of anonymous online predators and insecure teenage girls on a deadly quest for affirmation.

Treacherous
Treacherous

Author: Melissa Toppen

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9781704836638

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Senior year was not going how I planned. It was supposed to be an amazing year-the perfect year. And it started out that way... until my mom remarried, and I found myself in a new town, at a new school, and living with quite possibly the most conniving person I had ever met. But my horrible stepbrother wasn't even the worst part. It was his best friend.Zayden Michaels.Gorgeous. Unpredictable. Treacherous. The kind of guy who sends most sane people running in the opposite direction.He hated me from the first moment he saw me.He made it his mission to make sure I knew it too.I became the target-the bullied. Until suddenly I wasn't anymore.But in a world of rumors, games, and deceit, you never really know who you can trust. Sometimes the best deceptions are the ones you never see coming.

The Story for the Letters
The Story for the Letters

Author: Kate MacLeod

Publisher: Ratatoskr Press

Published: 2018-09-12

Total Pages: 29

ISBN-13: 1946552542

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Sheshkala, far too young for such things, left her parents and her mountain home behind to secretly follow her big brother Irarra to his apprenticeship in the city. Then the siege began. Murderous barbarians surround the city, pounding at its ancient walls day and night. They want the king. They want the king's wealth. But more than that, they want to destroy the king's library. The library where she now hides and waits and watches her brother. "The Story for the Letters", a short story set in a bronze age city full of secret dangers. Dangers with no qualms about harming little girls. But resourceful little girls know no fear.

Come Closer
Come Closer

Author: Sara Gran

Publisher: Soho Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1569473285

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Instead of a book she had ordered by mail, Amanda receives "Demon Possession, Past and Present." Soon after, something seems to take her over, and she wonders if she has been possessed by a female demon known to students of the Kabbalah as Naamah.