Moon-Face and Other Stories
Moon-Face and Other Stories

Author: Jack London

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Published: 2021-07-07

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 8726563886

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We’ve all taken a dislike to someone for no real reason. But few of us nurture this hatred like the narrator of "Moon-Face". The target of his irrational malice is a man named John Claverhouse. With cold precision, the narrator sets to planning the man’s downfall. Why he has this urge, he can’t explain. But he knows he’ll feel immense satisfaction when John Claverhouse is made to suffer. In this macabre little tale, Jack London pinpoints a very common but unpleasant human trait. And then takes it to a horrifying extreme. This short story collection also includes "All Gold Canyon", which was adapted as part of the Netflix anthology movie "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". Jack London (1876–1916) was one of the first American writers to achieve worldwide celebrity. He did so with rugged adventure stories set in forbidding landscapes. And heroes who survive by embracing their most primal instincts. His breakthrough best seller was "The Call of the Wild". Inspired by his time in the Klondike Gold Rush, this hard-hitting novel is told from the perspective of a sled dog named Buck. It’s inspired many adaptations, including a big-budget movie starring Harrison Ford. Among London’s other notable works are "White Fang", also featuring a canine protagonist, as well as "The Sea-Wolf", "Martin Eden" and "The Iron Heel".

The Alexandria Connection
The Alexandria Connection

Author: Adrian d'Hage

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2014-10-22

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1743484208

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A chilling new world order is upon us . . . In the shifting desert sands of Egypt, rumours abound of a lost papyrus that will reveal the true purpose of the Pyramids of Giza. Could these ancient monoliths be the source of a new kind of energy, one that comes at no cost to the planet? CIA agent Curtis O'Connor and archaeologist Aleta Weizman are determined to find out. Close by, a shadowy and powerful group known as Pharos meets in Alexandria, its membership a closely guarded secret. Its first order of business: to orchestrate chaos on international financial markets with a series of spectacular terrorist attacks on the world's fossil-fuel supplies. And in Cairo, amid the anarchy of Tahrir Square, thieves have broken into the famed Museum of Antiquities and stolen one of the world's priceless artifacts: the mask of Tutankhamun. Is the audacious theft linked to the Pharos Group? Nimbly weaving politics, history and science through a rip-roaring plot, from Afghanistan to Washington, Sydney to London, The Alexandria Connection is a spectacular and stylish ride. Praise for Adrian d'Hage's Novels 'A provocative book in which every sort of dogma is questioned and every preconceived idea turned on its head.' Sunday Mail 'A fast-paced and thrilling read.' West Australian

The Russian Affair
The Russian Affair

Author: Adrian d'Hage

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2018-07-02

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1743484216

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Russian President Petrov is determined to restore his country’s dominance on the world stage at any price. In order to develop deadlier nuclear weapons, he recruits Ilana Rabinovich, a beautiful but lethal scientist, to infiltrate the Mossad and steal their research. What no one expects is for the Israelis to then assign her an even more dangerous mission of their own: to penetrate the US nuclear facilities in the deserts of Los Alamos. If the information falls into the wrong hands the results could be devastating. Especially as in the Hindu Kush, ISIS soldiers are also plotting to acquire nuclear weapons. It’s up to CIA agent Curtis O’Connor to stop them before it’s too late. From Russia’s secret nuclear city of Sarov, across the myriad canals of St Petersburg, to an assault on an ancient castle more impenetrable than Colditz, the chase is on. But with a corrupt Russian general, a femme fatale double agent and a very unpredictable US president waiting in the wings, is it only a matter of time until a war begins?

Little White Helpers
Little White Helpers

Author: Rhys Knight

Publisher:

Published: 2018-04-10

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 9781980537809

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Jack, stuck in a dead-end job and surrounded by dysfunctional relationships has just received some depressing news. Frank, his psychiatrist has told him that he has depression. But at least there's a little white pill for that. Meanwhile, Sophie, Jack's hooker roommate is bringing men back to the house for "dates" and his impulsive need for immediate gratification means he is leaving a trail of broken hearts and angry bosses in his wake. As his world continues to spiral out of control, a series of events will force Jack to look deeply at himself. Or else take enough mind-bending substances that he doesn't have to. "It's not the best thing you've written." Author's Mum "You should be ashamed of yourself." Letter from a publisher "We don't want to be associated with you." Mental Wellness Charity

The Maya Codex
The Maya Codex

Author: Adrian d'Hage

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2010-07-28

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1742531008

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DECEMBER 2012 – TIME IS RUNNING OUT . . . Deep in the Guatemalan jungle lies the Maya Codex, an ancient document containing a terrible warning for civilisation. Archaeologist Dr Aleta Weizman and CIA agent Curtis O'Connor are desperately searching for the codex, but powerful forces in Washington and Rome will do anything to stop them. Both Weizman and O'Connor know that the earth will align with a massive black hole at the centre of the galaxy on the winter solstice, December 2012 – just as the Mayans predicted. Might a catastrophic pole shift be on the way? From the corridors of power in Nazi Germany to modern-day Washington, from the secret archives of the Vatican to the Temple of the Lost World pyramid in the jungles of Central America, The Maya Codex takes us on a heart-stopping journey to find the codex before it's too late. 'Adrian d'Hage mixes doomsday superstition with Da Vinci Code-like investigation in this page-turner thriller.' Courier Mail

The Inca Prophecy
The Inca Prophecy

Author: Adrian d'Hage

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2012-07-25

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1742536239

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The end of the world awaits humankind if the Inca Prophecy cannot be found . . . An eerie clue to the Prophecy lies heavily guarded beneath the Vatican. Another is hidden near the famous Inca ruins at Machu Picchu. Archaeologist Aleta Weizman and rogue CIA agent Curtis O'Connor must unearth both clues if they are to decode the prophecy's meaning – before it's too late. But time is not on their side. The Iranians are building a nuclear bomb. Israel has an itchy trigger finger. Though the world has never been closer to destruction, a powerful few are doing all they can to ensure the Inca's fabled warning will never be heard. And the CIA is hunting Weizman and O'Connor down, hell bent on silencing them forever. With trademark style and sizzling pace, the bestselling author of The Maya Codex delivers his next action-packed international tour de force. Praise for Adrian d'Hagé's novels: 'A provocative book in which every sort of dogma is questioned and every preconceived idea turned on its head.' Sunday Mail 'A classy action thriller.' Sunday Times 'A fast-paced and thrilling read.' West Australian 'Chilling . . . d'Hage knows his stuff.' Sun Herald

The Omega Scroll
The Omega Scroll

Author: Adrian d'Hage

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2006-07-31

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 0143003232

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A Dead Sea Scroll has lain undisturbed in a cave near Qumran for nearly two thousand years. The Omega Scroll contains both a terrible warning for civilisation and the coded number the Vatican fears the most. The Pope's health is failing and the Cardinal Secretary of State, the ruthless Lorenzo Petroni, has the keys to St Peter within his grasp. Three things threaten to destroy him: Cardinal Giovanni Donnelli has started an investigation into the Vatican bank; journalist Tom Schweiker is looking into Petroni's past; and the brilliant Dr Angela Bassetti is piecing together fragments of the Omega Scroll. While they fight for their lives in a deadly race for the scroll, the Vatican will stop at nothing to keep the prophecy hidden. At the CIA's headquarters in Virginia, Mike McKinnon suspects a number of missing nuclear suitcase bombs are connected to the warning in the Omega Scroll. In the Judaen Desert a few more grains of sand trickle from the wall of a cave. The countdown for civilisation has begun.

The Beijing Conspiracy
The Beijing Conspiracy

Author: Adrian D'Hagé

Publisher: Viking

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9780670029587

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From China's western-most province, near its border with Pakistan, comes this deadly ultimatum. In the White House Situation Room, the President and his team dismiss it as one of thousands of threats made against the US every week. But CIA agent Curtis O'Connor isn't so sure. The man making the warning is Dr Khalid Kadeer, a brilliant Muslim microbiologist. As an expert on bioterrorism, O'Connor knows Kadeer isn't bluffing. So too does Kate Braithwaite. She works in a hot-zone laboratory, on the USA's own top secret biological weapons. If the results of Kate's research fall into the wrong hands, billions of people will die. As Curtis O'Connor and Kate Braithwaite work to unravel the riddles of the Kadeer's warning and prevent a devastating attack on the world's greatest sporting event, they begin to uncover a threat more sinister than they had imagined.