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The American Civil War: Following the election of anti-slavery President-elect Abraham Lincoln, the Southern States of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas have all officially left the United States of America. Lincoln follows up with the call for a 75,000-soldier army to be levied to invade the South and suppress the breakaway states. The move is quickly followed by Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee, which have not yet seceded, to join the Confederacy rather than supply troops to fight their Southern neighbors.

Brought to you by Penguin. Once I moved like the wind. Now I surrender to you and that is all. The darkly funny and action-packed story of Geronimo and how the American West was 'won' A New York Times What to Read selection for 2026 In the contested borderlands between Mexico and the United...

When Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking a haven for her art, she faces instant opposition from the powerful Accademia, self-proclaimed guardians of the healing and necrotic magic that protect the city from plague and curses. As artists create their masterpieces, they add layer upon layer of magic drawn from their very life essence into the paint or marble, draining their power but producing works that will heal hundreds and inspire generations.

La conquista de México ha terminado, y Juan de Toñanes es uno de tantos soldados sin gloria que vagan como mendigos por la tierra que contribuyeron a someter. Cuando recibe una última misión, dar caza a un indio renegado a quien apodan el Padre y que predica una peligrosa herejía, comprende...

London, Christmas 1999. The world is on edge. With the new millennium just days away, fears of the Millennium Bug are spiralling – warnings of computer failures, market crashes, even global catastrophe. But 50 miles east, on the frozen Blackwater Island, a different kind of mystery unfolds. A child's body is discovered on the bracken, untouched by footprints, with no sign of how he died. And no one has come forward to claim him. At the International Tribune, reporter Jonny Murphy senses something is off. Police are appealing for relatives, not suspects.

Discover the steampunk adventures of Anglo-Indian amateur sleuth, Maliha Anderson. Follow her seven adventures in a time that never was-plus an extra story about her friend and mentor.

Bienvenidos a Tombstone, Arizona. Michael puede ver y hablar con fantasmas. También puede hablar con ciertos animales. Penny, una gata calicó, no se puede confiar, y es sarcástica. Neil, el Cuervo, es muy entrometido y siempre tiene algo que decir, quieras oírlo o no. Michael conoce a Doc Holliday, quien le presenta a todos los fantasmas locales de Tombstone y a la diligencia fantasma semanal que llega semanalmente, recogiendo y dejando lo mejor y lo peor de Tombstone. Estos fantasmas no pueden evitar volver a Tombstone.

A cruise to Antarctica turns deadly when a crew member is murdered, revealing a sinister plot to control the riches at the bottom of the world, and the power that comes with it. A group of strangers must uncover who is willing to destroy a continent for money and power. A fierce battle for the planet is brewing. The entire human race is at stake. Who will live? Who will die? Whose lives will be changed forever? A fictional story based on real facts. A book written to educate, inspire and change the way we see our world. Our home. We’re all in this together. Adult fiction.

A kingdom on the brink The Shadow Castles arrived without warning, burdening the Celtic nation of Dalria with a host of questions. What are they? Where are they from? What is their purpose? In the quest for answers only Artemis Macintyre and her Shieldman James Guthrie seem to have their heads in the game. That’s until a dash to Aberdeenshire in pursuit of a digital key reveals other parties willing to kill to win control of a Shadow Castle. Back in Stirling, the Dalrian court is increasingly divided while all around them, domestic threats and foreign enemies ramp up the pressure.

What if “emancipation” didn’t mean freedom—only removal? In this alternate history of early America, the 1816 Emancipation Proclamation declares that all formerly enslaved people must be repatriated to the new colony of Liberia. Freedom and exile become the same decree. Those who refuse are hunted. But some choose to stay.

"The pacing is great, the character development is fabulous and the tech is both believable and terrifying" - JAF, former US Navy intel, drone pilot. It is six months since the Battle of Hawaii. The war to defend Taiwan has become World War III, and the surviving pilots of a rested and refitted...

Amane stellt mit Entsetzen fest, dass ihre Eltern "kopuliert" haben, um sie zu zeugen, anstatt wie alle anderen die Vorteile künstlicher Befruchtung zu nutzen. Auch wenn ihre Mutter an der alten Welt festhält und das Konzept Liebe verzweifelt verteidigt, will Amane dazugehören in einer Gesellschaft, in der Sex und Romantik fast ganz verschwunden sind. Mit ihrem Mann Saku zieht Amane in die experimentelle Stadt in Chiba, wo auch Männer Kinder in künstlichen Gebärmüttern austragen und sich alle Menschen gleichermaßen um alle Kinder kümmern.

The Malwa Empire has conquered 6th century India and is forging the subcontinent's vast population into an invincible weapon of tyranny. Belisarius, the finest general of his age, must save the world. Guided by visions from a future that may never be, he and a band of comrades penetrate the Malwa heartland, seeking the core of the enemy's power. And when Belisarius leads the forces of good, only a fool would side with evil. 

There is a saying in Rome: The Tarpeian Rock is near the Capitoline - meaning that even at the height of power, one is never far from a fall. As the Vestalis Maxima, Pomponia has guided her order through the collapse of Rome’s Republic and the rise of the empire. Her wit and piety have elevated the Vestals to a position of unprecedented prestige - and her friendship with Caesar Augustus has personally afforded her a life of political influence and privilege. She has been adored and untouchable.

Nel maggio del 2119 Thomas Metcalfe, studioso di letteratura del periodo 1990-2030, si reca per l'ennesima volta alla biblioteca Bodleiana per consultarne gli archivi, a lui arcinoti, nel tentativo di scovare qualche scampolo di informazione inedita sull'oggetto dei suoi interessi, la fantomatica Corona per Vivien del grande poeta Francis Blundy, mai ritrovata.

In late September of 1866 a former confederate soldier returned home. But his dreams of putting the battlefield and bloodshed behind him were cut short. Deep in the night he learns of an awful and terrible truth. A pair of strange men arrive and dig up the body of his recently deceased father. He quickly learns that they are not simply grave robbers. But they are in fact part of a secret organization. One dedicated to the defense of mankind.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'It is rather awful, Emma thought as she walked across the fields down to the farm, how this business is leading us all into subterfuge and deception, and we can't really tell who is friend and who is enemy ... ' Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic...

The lost island of Atlantis has returned—and humanity’s survival hangs by a thread. Missing for millennia, the Oblivion Order’s most secret scientific base returns without warning, its experimental gravity engine unleashing catastrophic ripples through time and space. As the island’s...

THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla, her mate Jondalar, and their little daughter, Jonayla, taking readers on a journey of discovery and adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother and her training to become a Zelandoni - one of the Ninth...

Aide, a human soul embodied in a jewel, journeys back in time to join forces with Belisarius, the greatest general of the sixth century, to stop Link, an evil supercomputer that is using its vast powers to rewrite history to create the powerful, technologically advanced Malwa Empire.