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End of Story
by Kylie Scott"Kylie Scott&’s unique voice and engrossing story are perfect for fans of Sarah Hogle and Tessa Bailey"—Library JournalNew York Times bestselling sensation Kylie Scott&’s sexy, smart and unconventional opposites-attract love story looks at what happens when fate refuses to give up on what&’s meant to be…When Susie Bowen inherits a charming fixer-upper from her aunt, she&’s excited to start living her best HGTV life. But when she opens the door to find that her contractor is none other than her ex&’s best friend, Lars—the same man who witnessed their humiliating public breakup six months ago—she isn&’t exactly eager to have anyone around whose alliance is with the enemy. But beggars can&’t be choosers, and the sooner the repairs are done, the sooner she can get back to embracing singledom.Things go from awkward to unbelievable when Lars discovers a divorce certificate hidden in a wall and dated ten years in the future—with both their names on it. It couldn&’t possibly be real…could it? As Susie and Lars work to unravel the document&’s origins, the impossibility of a spark between them suddenly doesn&’t seem so far-fetched. But would a relationship between them be doomed before it&’s even begun?&“Sweet and spicy—the unique setup, top-notch banter and charming enigma had me hooked.&” —Anna E. Collins, author of Love at First SpiteDon&’t miss Kylie&’s next title, THE LAST DAYS OF LILAH GOODLUCK, about a woman who unexpectedly finds "fall in love with a prince" at the top of her bucket list!
End of Story: The most original thriller you'll read this year with a twist you won't see coming
by Louise SwansonToo much imagination can be a dangerous thing It's the year 2035 and fiction has been banned by the government for five years. Writing novels is a crime. Reading fairytales to children is punishable by law.Fern Dostoy is a criminal. Officially, she has retrained in a new job outside of the arts but she still scrawls in a secret notepad in an effort to capture what her life has become: her work on a banned phone line, reading bedtime stories to sleep-starved children; Hunter, the young boy who calls her and has captured her heart; and the dreaded visits from government officials.But as Fern begins to learn more about Hunter, doubts begin to surface. What are they both hiding? And who can be trusted? (P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
End of Story: The addictive, unputdownable thriller with a twist that will blow your mind
by Louise SwansonTHE THRILLER THAT EVERYONE IS RAVING ABOUT THIS SUMMER'Absolutely show-stopping' JANICE HALLETT'Unputdownable' SOPHIE HANNAH'So intense! So gripping!' B.P. WALTER'A tour-de-force' CHRIS WHITAKER'Wow!' CHRISTINA DALCHER'Enthralling and incredibly clever' C.J. TUDOR'Blew my mind' JANE CORRY'A drop-the-book twist' TAMMY COHENYOU KNOW HOW THIS STORY BEGINS. Once upon a time, there was a writer named Fern. She was a bestseller. An award-winner. Loved by readers and critics alike. With her words, she changed the world.Until her story took a turn. Now Fern is a cleaner in a hospital. Condemned to anonymity. Because reading books is now a crime. Only, Fern doesn't plan on going down without a fight. She'll keep writing, no matter the consequences. She will make her voice heard. Because Fern's story is only beginning. BUT CAN YOU GUESS HOW IT WILL END?A white-knuckle ride of a thriller set in an all-too-believable near-future with a shocking twist, perfect for fans of Gillian McAllister and Catriona Ward.___________________READERS LOVE END OF STORY . . .'It's actually hard to find words for how brilliant End of Story is' NETGALLEY REVIEWER, 5*'What a fantastic book, I really didn't see the twist coming but oh my gosh!' NETGALLEY REVIEWER, 5*'Without question one of my books of the year' NETGALLEY REVIEWER, 5*'I'm a bit flabbergasted after reading this. It wasn't what I was expecting; it was so much more' NETGALLEY REVIEWER, 5*'Wow, what have I just read? I honestly could not put this book down, I read it in one sitting.' NETGALLEY REVIEWER, 5*
End of Story: The addictive, unputdownable thriller with a twist that will blow your mind
by Louise Swanson'Absolutely show-stopping' JANICE HALLETT 'Unputdownable' SOPHIE HANNAH 'So intense! So gripping!' B.P. WALTER 'A tour-de-force' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Wow!' CHRISTINA DALCHER 'Enthralling and incredibly clever' C.J. TUDOR 'Brilliantly terrifying ' B.A. PARIS 'Blew my mind' JANE CORRY 'A drop-the-book twist' TAMMY COHEN 'I adored it' AMANDA PROWSE 'Devastatingly good' CLAIRE ALLAN 'A highlight of the year' CULTUREFLY 'Ingenious' SFX 'Compelling and chilling' HEAT 'Fascinating' BESTYOU MIGHT KNOW HOW THIS STORY BEGINS. BUT YOU WILL NEVER GUESS HOW IT ENDS . . .Once upon a time, there was a writer named Fern.She was a bestseller. An award-winner. Loved by readers and critics alike. With her words, she changed the world.Until her story took a turn.Now Fern is a cleaner in a hospital. Condemned to anonymity. Because reading books has become a crime.Only, Fern doesn't plan on going down without a fight. She'll keep writing, no matter the consequences. She will make her voice heard.Because Fern's story is only beginning.BUT CAN YOU GUESS HOW IT WILL END?READERS LOVE END OF STORY...'Wow, what have I just read? I honestly could not put this book down, I read it in one sitting' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Filled to the brim with twists' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'It's actually hard to find words for how brilliant End of Story is' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I really didn't see the twist coming but oh my gosh!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Without question one of my books of the year' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Louise Swanson is an absolute force to be reckoned with' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Never mind the fact that I'm usually not that big of a dystopia fan . . . this book is a true masterpiece' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I will be shouting about how good it is to everyone I know' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
End of the Beginning
by Harry TurtledoveSix weeks ago, Imperial Japanese military forces conquered and occupied the Hawaiian Islands. A puppet king sits on Hawaii's throne, his strings controlled by the general of the invasion force. American POWs, malnourished and weak, are enslaved as hard labourers until death takes them. Civilians fare little better, struggling to survive on dwindling resources. And families of Japanese origin find their loyalties divided.Despite the victory, the strain is starting to take its toll on the Japanese. Inhabiting the islands and keeping American, British, and Australian forces at bay are pushing their supply lines to the breaking point.Meanwhile, across the United States, from Pensacola, Florida, to San Diego, California, the military is marshaling its forces. Steel factories and fuel refineries are operating around the clock. New recruits are enlisting, undergoing rigorous training exercises.All for the opportunity to strike back and drive the enemy from American soil...
End of the Beginning (Pacific War Series #2)
by Harry TurtledoveSix weeks ago, Imperial Japanese military forces conquered and occupied the Hawaiian Islands. A puppet king sits on Hawaii's throne, his strings controlled by the general of the invasion force. American POWs, malnourished and weak, are enslaved as hard laborers until death takes them. Civilians fare little better, struggling to survive on dwindling resources. And families of Japanese origin find their loyalties divided. Meanwhile, across the United States, from Pensacola, Florida, to San Diego, California, the military is marshaling its forces. Steel factories and fuel refineries are operating around the clock. New recruits are enlisting, undergoing rigorous training exercises. All for the opportunity to strike back and drive the enemy from American soil...
End of the Century
by Chris RobersonAt the eve of the new millennium, teenager Alice Fell is alone on the streets of a strange city, friendless and without a pound to her name. She is not sure whether she's losing her mind, or whether she is called by inescapable visions to some special destiny. Along with a strange man named Stillman Waters, a retired occultist and spy - or so he claims - she finds herself pursued by strange creatures, and driven to steal the priceless "vanishing gem" that may contain the answers to the mysteries that plague her.A century earlier, consulting detective Sandford Blank, accompanied by his companion Roxanne Bonaventure, is called upon to solve a string of brutal murders on the eve of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The police believe that Jack the Ripper is back on the streets, but Blank believes that this is a new killer, one whose motive is not violence or mayhem, but the discovery of the Holy Grail itself. And what of the corpse-white Huntsman and his unearthly hounds, who stalks the gaslit streets of London?And in the sixth century, Galaad, a young man driven by strange dreams of a lady in white and a tower of glass, travels to the court of the high king Artor in Londinium, abandoned stronghold of the Roman Empire in Britain. With Galaad's bizarre dreams as their only guide, Artor and his loyal captains journey west to the Summerlands, there to face a threat that could spell the end of the new-forged kingdom of Britain.These three adventures--Dark Ages fantasy, gaslit mystery, and modern-day jewel heist--alternate until the barriers between the different times begin to break down, and our heroes confront the secrets that connect the Grail, the Glass Tower, and the vanishing gem. And lurking behind it all, the entity known only as Omega.
The End of the Day
by Claire NorthAt the end of the day, Death visits everyone. Right before that, Charlie does.You might meet him in a hospital, in a warzone, or at the scene of a traffic accident.Then again, you might meet him at the North Pole - he gets everywhere, our Charlie.Would you shake him by the hand, take the gift he offers, or would you pay no attention to the words he says?Sometimes he is sent as a courtesy, sometimes as a warning. He never knows which.The End of the Day is the stunning new novel by Claire North, author of word-of-mouth bestseller The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.
The End of the Dream (Beyond Armageddon)
by Philip WylieIn The End of the Dream, venerated science-fiction author Philip Wylie trains his sights on the ultimate catastrophe—the destruction of the world through human beings’ unheeding and willful poisoning of the atmosphere, the land, the seas and rivers, and finally of the human race itself. The End of the Dream describes a horrific future when toxic chemicals, mutated creatures, and noxious gases all contribute to the eventual death of the human race and of the earth itself through a choking, painful, and pitiless exposure to foul air, disease, and the eruptions of outraged nature. Shortly before his death in 1971, Wylie wrote this warning on the dangers of pollution in the hope that constructive action against environmental disasters might yet be possible. Although many positive changes have taken place in the intervening forty years, Wylie’s haunting tale still points out many unaddressed abuses—abuses that still have the potential to cause enormous damage to the ecosystem and humanity. The End of the Dream is still relevant today—its dire tableau highlights now as earlier the problems and choices we continue to face.
The End of the Dream (Beyond Armageddon Ser.)
by Philip WylieWylie's final novel, published posthumously, focuses on man's destruction of the world through his unheeding and willful poisoning of the atmosphere, the land, the seas and rivers, and finally the human race itself.
The End of the End of Everything
by Dale BaileyDale Bailey's new collection, The End of the End of Everything, is filled with hope. As we rush headlong toward a "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" future, Bailey hangs back, refusing to let go of the indelible ferocity of the human heart. His stories are filled with the vibrant sound of those hearts, always beating. There is the Creature from the Black Lagoon, who is more human than any of those he meets in Hollywood; Eleanor, who works at the End-of-the-World Café, and who sees the depravity and despair of the Pit every day, yet never gives up hope for her ailing child; and young Tom, lost in a world scorched by the sun, who follows the rumor of angels still hanging on the wind. Reminiscent of Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, Dale Bailey mixes the macabre in with his melancholy, crafting stories that linger long after their reading. He sees a dark world that is growing darker, but he carries with him a light that refuses to go out.
The End of the End of Everything: Stories
by Dale BaileyShirley Jackson Award Finalist: &“The stories in this collection range from unsettling to downright chilling, but are uniformly intelligent . . . and memorable.&” —Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times–bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves This collection of nine stories, suffused with apocalyptic anxiety and stubborn hope, comes from an author widely acclaimed for his mix of the fantastic, the menacing, and the melancholy—and includes, among other tales, &“The End of the World As We Know It,&” a Nebula and International Horror Guild Award finalist; &“The End of the End of Everything,&” a Shirley Jackson Award winner; and &“The Bluehole,&” a Bram Stoker Award finalist. &“Nine gorgeously-written and closely-observed tales of ordinary people trying to hold it together when everything is falling apart. . . . I can&’t think of a more accomplished master of the fantastic short form. Prepare to hunt feral Girl Scouts! Pack your bags for a dinosaur safari! Invite friends to your end of the world party! Dale Bailey is the poet of the apocalypse; his stories are guaranteed to haunt you.&” —James Patrick Kelly, Nebula Award–winning author of The First Law of Thermodynamics &“There&’s a wonderful clarity in the writing, a strong emotional center in each piece, fully realized characters, and as dark as these pieces get, and they get dark, Bailey, unlike a lot of his contemporaries, never forgets the humor, which makes the darkness more profound. Nine stories that will stay with you long after the reading is done.&” —Jeffrey Ford, World Fantasy Award–winning author of Big Dark Hole
The End of the Internet.
by Diego Galán RuizThe end of the internet Everything is related to the existence of what they call "theElixir of Happiness", which is nothing more than an internetaddiction that occurs when individuals connect to thenetwork while wearing special glasses. With them it has aneffect that makes them feel happy, but they becomeaddicted. The attempt to resolve this situation with acomputer virus that apart from these people on the networkby governments not only does not help, but complicates thesituation. The problems for humanity and for Javier haveonly begun. The author shows in his pages the dominion ofsuspense. In "The end of the Internet" Nothing is what itseems. The unexpected turns leave the reader with hismouth open. Sci-fi with touches of black novel to enjoy.
The End of the Line (Black Market Magic)
by Gray WilliamsA crew of thieves race through Siberia to defeat a murderous demon in this gritty fast-paced horror thriller debut. Con-artist Amanda Coleman lives in a London rife with undercover magic. Abras, as they are known, can harness these illegal powers, but for Coleman—whose father was a powerful and abusive practitioner—magic is anathema. When her criminal crew hire an Abra to help with their heists, they accidentally raise a dangerously violent demon. Now they must race across darkest Siberia to a remote stone circle to kill the creature, in this engrossingly tense and gripping adventure. But as the demon&’s power grows during their grisly chase, Coleman must fight to survive, facing demons both in chains and within herself. This unique high-octane horror thriller is perfect for fans of Lauren Beukes and James Oswald.Praise for The End of the Line &“Williams creates an original world of wonder and menace that leaves the reader guessing.&” —Linwood Barclay, TheSunday Times–bestselling author &“The End of the Line is driven by non-stop action, strange magic, and gritty noir banter—fun, in other words. Gray Williams has created a matinee double-feature of mixed genre mayhem that aims to please.&” —Andrew Pyper, author of The Homecoming and The Demonologist&“Absolutely brutal, doesn&’t look away, and doesn&’t pull a single punch . . . Reeves is an absolutely stand-out character.&” —S. J. Morden,Philip K. Dick Award–winning author
The End of the Matter (Adventures of Pip & Flinx #4)
by Alan Dean FosterAccompanied by his faithful minidragon Pip and a most troublesome alien called Abalamahalamatandra- Ab for short- Flinx set out for Alaspin, the ruggedly primitive homeworld of his flying snakeThere he hoped to find the giant man with the gold earring who somehow held the key to Flinx's mysterious past and to the strange powers he possessed. Chasing down his heritage was trouble enough, but Flinx didn't know what real trouble was until he realized that the Qwarm- a deadly assassin squad- were three steps behind him with a contract to kill. But the minidragon's homeworld did not offer safety and Flinx had a terrible time just staying alive... a matter complicated to no mean degree by a collapsar already set on an unstoppable death course across the galaxy!
The End of the Ocean: A Novel
by Maja Lunde“Two stories on the impact of climate change intersect in this thoughtful and suspenseful novel. . . . convincingly detailed and quietly wrenching . . . powerful.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewFrom the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future.In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets sail alone on a hazardous voyage across the ocean in a sailboat. On board, a cargo that can change lives. Signe is haunted by memories of the love of her life, whom she’ll meet again soon.In 2041, David and his young daughter, Lou, flee from a drought-stricken Southern Europe that has been ravaged by thirst and war. Separated from the rest of their family and desperate to find them, they discover an ancient sailboat in a dried-out garden, miles away from the nearest shore. Signe’s sailboat.As David and Lou discover Signe’s personal effects, her long ago journey becomes inexorably linked to their own.An evocative tale of the search for love and connection, The End of the Ocean is a profoundly moving father daughter story of survival and a clarion call for climate action.“Lyrical, atmospheric, and eerily prescient . . . Lunde expertly weaves together both a warning and a gorgeous literary work of love and survival that will leave you wishing for rain.” Christina Dalcher, Sunday Times–bestselling author of Vox“Gripping and powerful.” —Sam J. Miller, Nebula award–winning author
The End of the World
by Don HertzfeldtFrom the imagination of legendary animator and two-time Oscar nominee Don Hertzfeldt comes a hilarious fever-dream vision of the apocalypse, now available in wide release for the first time since the rare original edition sold out.Created during sleepless nights while he worked on his animated films, The End of the World was illustrated entirely on Post-It notes over the course of several years, slowly taking shape from all the deleted scenes, bad dreams, and abandoned ideas that were too strange to make it to the big screen, including essential early material that was later developed into the animated classic World of Tomorrow. Hertzfeldt's visually striking work transcends its unusual nature and taps into the deeply human, universal themes of mortality, identity, memory, loss, and parenthood . . . with the occasional monstrous biting eel descending from the sky.
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse
by Robert Silverberg Martin H. GreenbergBefore The Road by Cormac McCarthy brought apocalyptic fiction into the mainstream, there was science fiction. No longer relegated to the fringes of literature, this explosive collection of the world's best apocalyptic writers brings the inventors of alien invasions, devastating meteors, doomsday scenarios, and all-out nuclear war back to the bookstores with a bang. The best writers of the early 1900s were the first to flood New York with tidal waves, destroy Illinois with alien invaders, paralyze Washington with meteors, and lay waste to the Midwest with nuclear fallout. Now collected for the first time ever in one apocalyptic volume are those early doomsday writers and their contemporaries, including Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Lucius Shepard, Robert Sheckley, Norman Spinrad, Arthur C. Clarke, William F. Nolan, Poul Anderson, Fredric Brown, Lester del Rey, and more. Relive these childhood classics or discover them here for the first time. Each story details the eerie political, social, and environmental destruction of our world.
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland: A New Translation (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
by Haruki MurakamiFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. &“Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka.&”—The Philadelphia InquirerAcross two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a hyperkinetic novel that is at once hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind.
End of the World Blues
by Jon Courtenay GrimwoodFrom Jon Courtenay Grimwood, author of the celebrated Arabesk series, comes a stunningly inventive novel of futuristic noir set in a world of shifting realities. Here a man is drawn into a gritty postmodern subculture and a secret kingdom of otherworldly beings to find what he lost long ago: a reason to live. Kit Nouveau figured he'd already come to the end of the world.
The End of the World Running Club
by Adrian Walker#1 International Bestseller"A fresh and frighteningly real take on what "the end" might be...quite an exciting and nerve-wracking 'run', with characters you believe in and feel for."—New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammonPerfect for fans of The Martian, this powerful post-apocalyptic thriller pits reluctant father Edgar Hill in a race against time to get back to his wife and children. When the sky begins to fall and he finds himself alone, his best hope is to run - or risk losing what he loves forever. When the world ends and you find yourself forsaken, every second counts.No one knows this more than Edgar Hill. Stranded on the other side of the country from his wife and children, Ed must push himself across a devastated wasteland to get back to them. With the clock ticking and hundreds of miles between them, his best hope is to run — or risk losing what he loves forever.
The End of This Day's Business (Gateway Essentials #526)
by Murray ConstantineSet more than four thousand years in the future, The End of This Day's Business depicts a truly utopian way of life, a global society in which distinct national cultures are preserved but coexist without competitive nationalism, violence, or war. Women, characterised as the reasonable sex in this society, care for the earth and all it's creatures. Only one price must be paid for this harmony. It is the subjection of men, who, stripped of their history and deprived of any knowledge of women's sacred rights, complacently accept their 'natural' inferiority. The plot turns on the desire of one woman, Grania, an artist and leader, to teacher her son what is forbidden for men to know. Risking both their lives, she tells the story of when men dominated, especially of the twentieth-century rise of fascism, and the subsequent world transformation as life-loving women took over from death-loving men.
The End of This Day's Business
by Murray ConstantineSet more than four thousand years in the future, The End of This Day's Business depicts a truly utopian way of life, a global society in which distinct national cultures are preserved but coexist without competitive nationalism, violence, or war. Women, characterised as the reasonable sex in this society, care for the earth and all it's creatures. Only one price must be paid for this harmony. It is the subjection of men, who, stripped of their history and deprived of any knowledge of women's sacred rights, complacently accept their 'natural' inferiority. The plot turns on the desire of one woman, Grania, an artist and leader, to teacher her son what is forbidden for men to know. Risking both their lives, she tells the story of when men dominated, especially of the twentieth-century rise of fascism, and the subsequent world transformation as life-loving women took over from death-loving men.
End Of The World Blues
by Jon Courtenay GrimwoodKit Nouveau didn't escape himself when he flew to Japan. He runs a bar in the Roppongi district of Tokyo and is having an affair with the wife of a High Yakusa ganglord. All things considered being held up at gunpoint isn't a complete shock. The pale girl in the black cloak appearing from nowhere and punching an ivory spike into the man's head on the other hand . . . Nijie has stolen fifteen million dollars, she's on the run, she's just killed a man and she has a cat who knows more than it should. It's a lot to deal with when you haven't even left school. But Nijie is really Lady Neku. And it is time for her to stop mewling in the darkness. And suddenly, the girl who became Lady Neku understands she's never really been anyone else. And in a sentient castle at the end of world Lady Neku otherwise known as Baroness Nawa-no-ukiyo, Countess High Strange and chatelaine of Schloss Omga realizes that a man called Kit has stolen some of her memories.
End Program
by James AxlerHOPE'S ADVERSARY No one waits long for trouble in Deathlands-it's everywhere in the remains of a nuke-altered civilization. The American dream was annihilated more than a century ago by the country's own unchecked power play. But the worst may be yet to come. SURVIVAL'S CASTOFF Built upon a predark military installation in former California, a ville called Progress could be the utopia Ryan Cawdor and his companions have been seeking. A place where humanity and technology thrive, it's the nucleus of a new hope for Deathlands. The successful replacement of Ryan's missing eye with a cybernetic prosthetic nearly convinces the group that their days of surviving hell are behind them. Then they discover that the high tech in Progress isn't designed to enhance human life, but to destroy it. To block the final assault, the companions must stop Ryan from becoming a willing pawn in the eradication of mankind.