![]() ![]() Time passes, Earth achieves interstellar space capabilities, and once again Earth people are reunited in the future. Once there, Sir Roger and his band of resourceful Englishmen proceed to conquer the colony, and from there forge alliances, eventually defeating the Wersgor Empire and establish a space version of the Holy Roman Empire and new branch of the Catholic Church. He tricks Sir Roger, sets the ship on irreversible automatic pilot, and heads for the planet colony of Tharixan. But the captive Wersgorix has other ideas. With the spaceship in hand and a captured crew member to navigate, it’s Sir Roger’s intent to fly his force and townspeople and livestock over to France for battle and then on to the Holy Lands on a great crusade. Accustomed to doing battle by air and with advanced war machines, the Wersgorixs have lost the skill of close-in hand to hand combat, a deficiency that enables Sir Roger and his warriors to overrun the ship. Unfortunately for the Wersgorixs, they land in the small town of Ansby in Lincolnshire at the exact moment Sir Roger, Baron de Tourneville, has assembled a force to assist King Edward II in the Hundreds Years’ Wars. What happens when an advanced race of alien space marauders lands a scout ship on Earth in the year 1345 preparatory to launching an invasion? Not what you would expect in this thoroughly engaging and fast-paced space opera by Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Poul Anderson. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Guys, Amy is what, seventeen? I sincerely doubt that she holds all the answers to the universe in her hands and that is not okay. She has these ideals and she's she freaking stubborn and her way is the right way and that is that. ![]() I don't hate him, but I have no more real love for him. He's an all right character, but he could have used some improving. He tends to doubt himself when he needs to step up, but he also has no idea when to let go. He tries to be a good leader, but he's a teenager and we are not the best leaders. I like him more than Amy, which isn't actually saying much but still. This review kind of makes it sound like I didn't love this book, but believe me, I did.Įlder is okay, I guess. This last installment was just as brill as the two books that came before. Even so, it's a major page turner that kept me up late into the night. It's fast-paced, almost a thriller, but doesn't quite reach this level. It's not often we get to experience an entirely new planet, and it was fun to try that in this novel. I love a good sci-fi series, especially the wild ones. ![]() ![]() ![]() Right from the start, their mission was difficult. They had two weeks to complete their mission. ![]() So they did not take vehicles, but asked to be dropped off by helicopter. They also knew that their mission was very dangerous because the terrain was so flat that there was nowhere to hide. The team had limited information to go on since there weren't very many updated maps. He left his girlfriend, Jilly and his daughter, Kate and went off to Iraq. There were seven other men on a mission, and it was called Bravo Two Zero. In 1991, Andy was sent on a mission to destroy landlines in the Northern Main Supply Route and to find and destroy a Scud. He loved the adventure and excitement that came along with the job and he remained dedicated to his work even though it was the source of the demise of three marriages. At first he did not like the rules and structure, but soon found out that the negatives far outweighed by the positives of other aspects of military life. The story tells of the struggles they faced from communication failure to snowstorms and captivity.Īndy had a propensity for getting in trouble and after his first arrest when he was 16, he decided to join the Army. In January of 1991, Andy and seven other men were sent behind Iraqi lines to complete a top-secret mission called Bravo Two Zero. ![]() "Bravo Two Zero" by Andy McNab, Sergeant, SAS, tells the story of a soldier in the British Special Forces in the early 1990s. ![]() ![]() Historical romances might not be your thing, but a few hours spent in the company of Heyer’s sparkling heroines and dashing Regency bucks may change your mind. She is generally credited with having invented the genre of the Regency Romance, and readers lapped up her meticulously plotted novels, still sought out today as the perfect form of escapism by readers in-the-know. The book was published and became a success, and Heyer began to write follow-ups. Georgette Heyer wrote her first book, The Black Moth, when she was 19, to amuse her brother who was recovering from an illness. There are also some problematic scenes for contemporary readers: consider yourself warned and skip to the bottom if you want to know which novels to avoid. Laura’s cousin, who she was sure would love them, said ‘Laura, there’s far too many cousins marrying cousins for me!’ Fair enough. It has to be said, they are not for everyone. ![]() ![]() Having outed ourselves we thought it a good idea to put together a list of our favourites. In our latest Bookshelf show ( episode 78), we got happily lost in a tangent about the time we both spend secretly reading Georgette Heyer novels. What is the best Georgette Heyer novel? Read on, read on. ![]() ![]() ![]() So it happens that Osborne’s research trip is interrupted by a trainload of anxious hacks from London Lillian the fluffy blonde secretary, Michelle the sub editor who has a secret crush on Osborne, and Trent Carmichael, crime novelist and bestselling author of S is for… Unbeknown to Osborne, driving down to Devon to interview Angela in her country retreat, the sleepy magazine has been taken over by the new management. This week his ‘Me and My Shed’ column will be based on the charming garden outhouse owned by TV sitcom star Angela Farmer. Osborne Lonsdale, a down at heel journalist mysteriously attractive to women, writes a regular celebrity interview for Come Into the Garden. After all, it was a bit like being dead but not lying down’. ![]() Nevertheless, it required strength of character for those intimately acquainted with the title not to take the comments personally. ![]() ‘It was nobody’s fault, this widely held assumption that Come Into the Garden had long since sought eternal peace in the great magazine rack in the sky. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a swift and breathtaking narrative, Susannah tells the astonishing true story of her descent into madness, her family’s inspiring faith in her, and the lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn’t happen. Now she was labeled violent, psychotic, a flight risk. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: At the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. When 24-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. ![]() Now a major motion picture starring Chloë Grace MoretzĪn award-winning memoir and instant New York Times best seller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity. Includes a brand-new afterword, written and read by the author ![]() ![]() Yet it soon becomes clear that her mother is more concerned with sticking to Omnistellar protocol than she is with getting Kenzie out safely.Īs Kenzie forms her own plan to escape, she doesn’t realize there’s a more sinister threat looming, something ancient and evil that has clawed its way into Sanctuary from the vacuum of space. ![]() As a junior guard, she’s excited to prove herself to her company-and that means sacrificing anything that won’t propel her forward.īut then a routine drill goes sideways and Kenzie is taken hostage by rioting prisoners.Īt first, she’s confident her commanding officer-who also happens to be her mother-will stop at nothing to secure her freedom. Kenzie holds one truth above all: the company is everything.Īs a citizen of Omnistellar Concepts, the most powerful corporation in the solar system, Kenzie has trained her entire life for one goal: to become an elite guard on Sanctuary, Omnistellar’s space prison for superpowered teens too dangerous for Earth. ![]() ![]() Alien meets Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds in this thrilling debut novel about prison-guard-in-training, Kenzie, who is taken hostage by the superpowered criminal teens of the Sanctuary space station-only to have to band together with them when the station is attacked by mysterious creatures. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pete Volkĭen of Thieves leaves Netflix May 1. ![]() The debut feature film for director Christian Gudegast, with sharp editing by frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator Joel Cox and an energetic score by former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Cliff Martinez, Den of Thieves is a hard-hitting heist movie that delivers on its scheme. Starring a Pepto Bismol-chugging Gerard Butler, Den of Thieves could accurately be described as “dirtbag Heat.” The movie follows a team of former Marines (including Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and 50 Cent) who plan to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles, and the amoral detective (Butler) who hopes to stop them. 2018’s Den of Thieves sits under the radar in comparison, but it’s well worth your time as a grimier version of that kind of movie. “Los Angeles heist movie” is a tried and true genre of action thriller, blessed with titles like Heat, The Italian Job remake, Point Break, and one of the best movies of 2022, Ambulance. ![]() Cast: Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr. ![]() ![]() While this is certainly a must-have for anyone who loves the Weetzie Bat books, it’s also simply a great cookbook filled with imaginative, healthy recipes for anyone looking to enliven their culinary repertoire. ![]() This collaborative collection of recipes reveals how a splash of creativity and a sprinkling of love-mixed with quality, wholesome ingredients-can create food that restores as well as nourishes.ĭrawing from the first five books of the Dangerous Angels series, Staton has worked her own magic in the kitchen to uncover the formulas for dishes such as Jah-Love Black Beans & Plantains, Coyote’s Cornmeal Cakes, and Dirk’s Chocolate Raspberry Kiwi Birthday Cake. Weetzie Bat fans, worry no more! Now you can experience the rejuvenating fun of eating well with your favorite punk pixie and her colorful friends and family.Ĭarmen Staton brings award-winning Francesca Lia Block’s creative cuisine to life with the Fairies in the Kitchen cookbook. ![]() Reading about fictional food can be agonizing-especially when it sounds mouthwateringly good and you have no idea how to make it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Characters rarely move and when they do it sometimes plays out like a slide show. On the other hand the animation is terrible. It's obvious the creators put a lot of effort into making the animation have a unique feel to it that contributes to Lovecraft's eerie source material. really enjoyed the handmade characters and sets. I give the story 9/10 because they are based off of masterpieces (though I may be biased) As a result of the very, very, VERY limited animation it makes it hard sometimes to follow the story, and for someone who has never read anything by Lovecraft it may not be very enjoyable. So the stories are automatically good, well the source material is atleast. ![]() ![]() Well since there has yet to have been a review written about this I guess I'll take a shot at it.Īll three of the stories are written by one of the most lauded horror writers of all time, H.P Lovecraft. ![]() |