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Riddley Walker
by Russell HobanFrom the book jacket: The remarkable originality of Riddley Walker will be no surprise to readers of Russell Ho ban's earlier novels, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, Kleinzeit, and Turtle Diary. In Riddley Walker we find Russell Hoban's most extraordinary hero. Long after the end of our time, when killer dogs roam England and green rot grows on the rubble of Canterbury, Riddley Walker's people dig for old iron and talk of lost cleverness, of boats in the air and pictures on the wind. Riddley Walker has just gone through his initiation ceremony as a connection man, a priest ordained with a scar on his belly, who interprets the puppet shows performed by the government's traveling showmen. In a time of mystery and change, he walks his riddles through the end of a hunting-gathering culture to the rediscovery of gunpowder and the future it will bring. In Riddley Walker, his world, and his language, Russell Hoban has redrawn the defining lines of fiction. Riddley speaks in a language we don't speak but all know, he walks riddles we want answered though we may not ask the questions. It is a book transfixing in its newness and strange familiarity. To read it once opens for the reader an experience to which he will long to return.
Ride: Awakening (Puca Mates #1)
by A. C. JamesHe gave her one helluva ride…Felicity Forrest has the perfect job as an investigative blogger for Everyday Supernatural. This curvy girl gets sent to the Aran Islands to find out whether a púca shape shifter is responsible for the strange accidents haunting a construction site. Niall O’Leary is tall, broody, and totally alpha. His mission is to discover why the veil between the human world and the Realm has lifted. And as the Chieftain’s son he must find a mate or his twin will be promised to a stallion he despises. He has a duty to his family, his clan, and a need for offspring. Otherwise the púca could become nothing more than folklore. Passion and frustration ignite when a curvy human female tempts his inner stallion like no other. There’s only one problem... She just got out of a relationship that left her broken hearted. Is she ready for a second chance at love?
Ride: Episodes 5-8 (Puca Mates Collection #2)
by A. C. JamesCyn & Fallon’s Story Cynthia Becket has been jet-setting around the world as plus size model. She loves her freedom, her career, and one night stands. This curvy girl follows her BFF to the Aran Islands on holiday. It’s her birthday and her ultimate mission is to shag some sexy bloke.Fallon O’Leary is Chieftain of the púca clan. He’s been widowed and without a mate for far too long. He sends a trusted clansman to find him a human mate.This curvy human female confuses the situation after one too many pints at the pub. Will Cyn be able to accept a hot púca shape shifter and an otherworldly Realm when her drunken escapades turn her life upside down?
Ride the Storm: A Cassie Palmer Novel (Cassie Palmer #8)
by Karen ChanceCassie Palmer can see the future, talk to ghosts, and travel through time—but nothing’s prepared her for this. Ever since being stuck with the job of pythia, the chief seer of the supernatural world, Cassie Palmer has been playing catch up. Catch up to the lifetime's worth of training she missed being raised by a psychotic vampire instead of at the fabled pythian court. Catch up to the powerful, and sometimes seductive, forces trying to mold her to their will. It's been a trial by fire that has left her more than a little burned. But now she realizes that all that was the just the warm up for the real race. Ancient forces that once terrorized the world are trying to return, and Cassie is the only one who can stop them...
Rider, Reaper (Deathlands #22)
by James AxlerFinding himself struggling for survival and revenge in the violent post-holocaust world of Deathlands, Ryan Cawdor and a vengeful band of Indian allies seek a bloodthirsty general and his band of paramilitary killers.
Riders
by Veronica RossiRiders. A new fantasy adventure from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Veronica Rossi.For eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can't remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse. Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen--Conquest, Famine, and Death--are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence.They fail.Now--bound, bloodied, and drugged--Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he's fallen for--not to mention all of humankind--he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger.But will anyone believe him?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Riders Down (Jack Doyle Series)
by John McEvoyNo one really notices that a fix may be in until Matt O'Connor, a Chicago-based columnist for a national racing newspaper, gets a call from Moe Kellman, a horse-owning acquaintance. Kellman's question for Matt: Was the death of ninety-two-year-old Bernard Glockner, Chicago's oldest active bookmaker, suicide or murder? Glockner was Kellman's late uncle and Kellman—a man not unfamiliar with the Chicago mob, wants Matt to check it out.Matt quickly comes to believe that the fate of the bookie is tied to a series of races whose outcomes have been manipulated. His quest is aided by horse trainer Maggie Collins and Dave Zimmer, a professional gambler known as "The Fount" for his reputation as an encyclopedic source of information. Eventually, going as far afield as Las Vegas and Madison, Wisconsin, they fix their sights on a brilliant sociopath. But why would this psycho have plotted a race-fixing scheme?Spiced with the kind of lively language that marked Blind Switch, the author's debut novel (2004), Riders Down offers striking insights into the world of horse racing and the possibilities of its corruption.
Riders of Leviathan
by Toni AnzettiTrapped on the exotic alien world of Typhon, their DNA forcibly altered by a strange (and often capricious) godlike entity, Dilani and her fellow colonists no longer know who or what they are. What they do know is that they are being stalked across the seas by the vicious Bone Killers, who are bent on their extinction. Their only hope for survival may lie with relics of a vanished past-- a past which still lies waiting, deep beneath the waves. But the past isn't all that awaits there. While a struggle for control erupts within the god itself, something vast and ancient is stirring in Typhon's secret depths. Something as strange and powerful as any deity. And the consequences of its coming will forever affect the lives of every creature living beneath the seas . . . From the Paperback edition.
Riders of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Three
by Harold LambA master of driving pace, exotic setting, and complex plotting, Harold Lamb was one of Robert E. Howard's favorite writers. Here at last is every pulse-pounding, action-packed story of Lamb's greatest hero, Khlit the Cossack, the “wolf of the steppes.” Journey with the unsung grandfather of sword and sorcery in search of ancient tombs, gleaming treasure, and thrilling landscapes. Match wits with deadly swordsmen, scheming priests, and evil cults. Rescue lovely damsels, ride with bold comrades, and hazard everything on your brains, skill, and a little luck. This four-volume set collects for the first time the complete Cossack stories of Harold Lamb: every adventure of Khlit the Cossack and those of his friends, allies, and fellow Cossacks, many of which have never appeared between book covers. Compiled and edited by the Harold Lamb scholar Howard Andrew Jones, each volume features essays Lamb wrote about his stories, an informative introduction by a popular author, and a wealth of rare, exciting, swashbuckling fiction. In this third volume, the wily old Cossack Khlit may have aged but he's lost none of his guile. He shepherds his dashing grandson Kirdy into one adventure after another, finally uniting with his allies Ayub and Demid in the climactic story White Falcon—out of print since the 1920s. Here too are the exploits of Ayub and Demid, risking all to safeguard the perilous Russian border from marauding Turks, Tatars, and even bloodthirsty Russian nobles.
Riders of the Storm: Stratification #2 (Stratification #2)
by Julie E. CzernedaThe next chapter in the Stratification saga that ?delivers all the right elements.?(Sci Fi Weekly) On the distant world of Cersi, Om?ray Aryl Sarc and her supporters have been exiled from the rest of their people. Finding refuge in the mountains, they work to rebuild the ruined village of Sona, even as they try to discover what happened to the original Sona Clan. But Sona has a history among all three of Cersi?s races?a history that may soon threaten the future of Aryl?s newly founded clan....
Riders of the Winds (Changewinds)
by Jack L. ChalkerBehold the horned demon of the snows... Who calls himself Klittichorn and schemes o destroy all Akahlar. With the power of the changewinds he can control the mighty storms that alter man and creature alike. Beware his evil minions... Who seek the beautiful Storm Princess in the Kudaan Wastes - lands that teem with frightful monsters and Storm Riders from the Inner Hells. Run like the wind... Or stand to fight with magic. For the fate not just of this but of all worlds is in the balance.
Riders to the Stars
by Curt SiodmakThree men, each driven by secret reasons, volunteered to take the strangest trip since the beginning of time:GORDON--filled with a need for power, enough power to wipe out the memory of an earlier terrible shame.LOCKWOOD--to whom life was worth very little without Susan--maybe it was worth nothing at all.STANTON--a man haunted by the knowledge that a special and mysterious fate awaited him.Behind them were their pasts. Ahead of them--infinity.In this different and suspense-filled novel, the author of Donovan's Brain tells the story of a strange quest whose outcome might mean the difference between survival and extinction for mankind.
Rides a Dread Legion (Demonwar Saga #1)
by Raymond E. FeistThe last remnants of an ancient advanced race, the Clan of the Seven Stars, are returning at long last to their lost homeworld, Midkemia-not as friends, but as would-be conquerors. Led by the conjurer Laromendis, they are fleeing the relentless demon hordes that are sweeping through their galaxy and destroying the elves' vast empire planet by planet. Only by escaping to Midkemia and brutally overtaking the war-weary world can the last remnants of a mighty civilization hope to survive . . . if the Dread Legion does not pursue them through the rift. The magician Pug, Midkemia's brave and constant defender, is all too familiar with the Demon King Maarg and his minions and their foul capacity for savagery and horror, and he recognizes the even graver threat that is following on the heels of the elven invasion. The onslaught to come will dwarf every dire catastrophe his imperiled world has previously withstood, and there is no magical champion in all of Midkemia powerful enough to prevent it. Only one path remains for Pug and Midkemia's clandestine protectors, the Conclave of Shadows: forging an alliance of formidable magical talents, from the demon-dealing warlock Amirantha, brother of Pug's hated foe, and the demon-taming cleric Sandreena, to the elven Queen Miranda, to the warrior Tomas. However, uniting enemies and bitter, vengeful former lovers will be no easy task, and even together they may ultimately be unable to turn the death tide. But a failure to do so will most certainly ensure Midkemia's doom.
Ridgerunners (Ridgerunners)
by Micky NeilsonFrom The New York Times Bestselling author from the World of Warcraft universe, comes this engaging science fiction, military series."A fun, fast adventure for space opera fans.&” — Publishers WeeklyAladhra doesn&’t run from anyone, not even the Collective.On the outskirts of earth&’s solar system, rule number one is to stay out of the Collective&’s way. They are ruthless, and powerful, and rule with an iron fist. They have no patience for Ridgerunners—the pirates and smugglers who thrive on the edges of their reach.But Aladhra&’s crew, the Pack, would rather run straight towards the Collective, guns blazing. Even wildly outmanned and outclassed, they would sacrifice everything for one shot at toppling the corrupt regime.When Aladhra and the Pack get their hands on next-generation technology, they set out to end the Collective once and for all. But the Collective knows they&’re coming. With a bounty on their heads that no Ridgerunner could resist, the Pack is surrounded by enemies, including former allies.What chance does one ship have against an entire solar system?"Fast-paced and clever, with plenty of twists and turns!" - Christie Golden, NYT Bestselling Author"A motley crew of interstellar pirates go up against . . . well, the rest of the known universe. This is adventure and blasters and an underdog story told at light speed––Micky Neilson's handle on sharp dialogue and action kept me laughing, shouting, and cussing at the Law of Thermodynamics." - Cameron Dayton, bestselling author of Etherwalker and creative director for Call of Duty.
The Ridiculous and Wonderful Rainbow Hat #3 (Locker 37 #3)
by Aaron Starmer"A laugh-out-loud tour de force." --Kirkus, starred reviewHidden away at Hopewell Elementary School is a magical locker that always delivers a solution to your problems--just not quite in the way you might expect.Locker 37 at Hopewell Elementary has been helping fourth graders solve their problems for as long as anyone can remember. So when Riley Zimmerman needs help pulling off the most ridiculous and wonderful prank the school has ever seen, the magical Locker 37 provides her with an equally ridiculous and wonderful rainbow hat that can clone anything that wears it. But will a group of clones, an untrustworthy bully, and 10,000 Ping-Pong balls be enough to help Riley pull off the most legendary prank in Hopewell's history?
Riding Red
by Charles PayseurBig and Red are conmen and lovers a bit down on their luck when they learn of an easy mark, a rich old woman who lives alone in the woods. Hoping to ingratiate themselves by pretending Red is her long lost granddaughter (complete with red dress and basket of baked goods), they set out over the river and through the woods, even if Red is a bit hesitant about the cross-dressing.When they aren't the only ones trying to cash in, their plans have to change. Jack, a trickster himself, is already on the scene, and is very good at making both Big and Red rather hot and bothered. And when it turns out the little old woman is running a con of her own, all bets are off, and the fur -- and clothing -- will fly as everyone scrambles to survive.
Riding Rescue #6
by Sue Bentley Angela SwanAfter a horseback-riding scare, Gina has lost all her confidence and wants nothing more to do with riding. But when magic pony Comet turns up at the pony rescue center that her mom runs, Gina discovers that her love of horses comes cantering back!
Riding Shotgun
by Rita Mae BrownThe author of Venus Envy takes you on a riotous ride back to one woman's future... In a delightful contemporary farce with a riotous twist, Rita Mae Brown welcomes you to Virginia's horse country, where a fox hunt is about to lead a 1990s woman, Cig Blackwood, into a 1690s adventure of the heart. Infidelity, single motherhood, family betrayal, and the thrill of the hunt (in many varieties) are hilariously and poignantly played out in this captivating novel of time travel and self-discovery.
Riding Shotgun
by Rita Mae BrownThe author of Venus Envy takes you on a riotous ride back to one woman's future...In a delightful contemporary farce with a riotous twist, Rita Mae Brown welcomes you to Virginia's horse country, where a fox hunt is about to lead a 1990s woman, Cig Blackwood, into a 1690s adventure of the heart. Infidelity, single motherhood, family betrayal, and the thrill of the hunt (in many varieties) are hilariously and poignantly played out in this captivating novel of time travel and self-discovery.From the Paperback edition.
Riding the Storm (Dragonsdale Book #2)
by Salamanda DrakeBreena's determination to secure a position with the guard flight by qualifying for the Island Championships pits her against her best friend, Cara, and damages the Trust bond she has with her dragon, Moonflight.
Riding the Waves (Forbidden Fantasies)
by Tawny WeberAll uptight workaholic Drucilla Robichoux wants is to experience incredible sex, at least once in her life. So she heads off to Mexico for some sun, sand and sin. And she finds the perfect playmate in sexy surf instructor Alex. Her temporary boy toy teaches Dru to ride the waves, all right……right into the most intense climaxes she's ever had!But all vacation flings must end. When Dru heads home, she buttons up tight again. Might as well keep this delicious fantasy right where it belongs… in her naughty memories.So it sure is a shock when she walks into work Monday morning and finds her secret fling is her new boss! And he's definitely still interested in catching the big one with Dru.
Riding The Trail Of Tears
by Blake M. HausmanSherman Alexie meets William Gibson. Louise Erdrich meets Franz Kafka. Leslie Marmon Silko meets Philip K. Dick. However you might want to put it, this is Native American fiction in a whole new world. <P><P> A surrealistic revisiting of the Cherokee Removal, Riding the Trail of Tears takes us to north Georgia in the near future, into a virtual-reality tourist compound where customers ride the Trail of Tears, and into the world of Tallulah Wilson, a Cherokee woman who works there. When several tourists lose consciousness inside the ride, employees and customers at the compound come to believe, naturally, that a terrorist attack is imminent. Little does Tallulah know that Cherokee Little People have taken up residence in the virtual world and fully intend to change the ride's programming to suit their own point of view. <P>Told by a narrator who knows all but can hardly be trusted, in a story reflecting generations of experience while recalling the events in a single day of Tallulah's life, this funny and poignant tale revises American history even as it offers a new way of thinking, both virtual and very real, about the past for both Native Americans and their Anglo counterparts.
Riese: Kingdom Falling
by Ryan Copple Greg Cox Kaleena KiffA steampunk princess is torn between love and duty in this prequel to SyFy.com's wildly popular webisodes.Riese has never been happy as a princess; she'd much rather be hunting or fighting than sitting through another lesson on court etiquette. When she meets Micah, a wandering artist with a mysterious past, she pretends to be a peasant--it's a chance to be just a normal girl with a normal boy for a while. But with war decimating her once-proud nation and the sinister clockwork Sect infiltrating her mother's court, Riese's moments with Micah are the only islands of sanity left in a world gone mad. As her kingdom falls and the Sect grows ever stronger, will Riese remain true to her duty as a princess...or risk everything on a boy she barely knows? SyFy's enormously popular Riese webisodes come to literary life in this prequel rife with steampunk technology and medieval mysticism.
Riesgos de los viajes en el tiempo
by Joyce Carol OatesLa novela más imaginativa, joven y distópica de Joyce Carol Oates. «Agárrate fuerte: esta es una obra sobrecogedora de principio a fin.»The Guardian «Una novela memorable.»Publishers Weekly En el Estado rígido y totalitario en el que tiene lugar esta historia, los viajes en el tiempo, tanto como sus peligros, son muy reales. Sin embargo, aquí no son el origen de divertidas aventuras, sino castigos del poder contra individuos subversivos. Individuos como Adriane Strohl, aunque ella nunca hubiese sospechado ser una chica peligrosa. Después dar su discurso de graduación y a modo de «rehabilitación» por Traición y Cuestionamiento de la Autoridad, Adriane es enviada a Wainscotia, una ciudad que solo existía ochenta años antes, en 1959. Pero su idealismo no entiende de saltos temporales y no puede evitar cuestionar los principios que rigen su sociedad, con resultados liberadores... pero también estremecedores. La crítica ha dicho...«Esta historia parece estar cargada de los horrores de nuestra época orwelliana.»Independent «La escritura de Oates siempre ha parecido sencilla: urgente, temeraria, torrencial. Escribe como una mujer que se adentra en una región salvaje sin mirar atrás.»The New York Times Book Review «Si sientes que perteneces a otra época, plantéate la posibilidad de que vienes del futuro y de que has sido enviado al pasado a modo de castigo [...]. Esta es una novela extraña y desgarradora.»Los Angeles Review of Books «Oates sigue cautivando con su terrible magia oscura.»The Washington Post «Una maestra del diálogo afilado y de las descripciones vibrantes, Oates sigue siendo poderosamente fascinante.»People «La violencia del mundo de Oates es excesiva porque se parece mucho a la nuestra.»The New York Times «Vívida e inquietante. [...] La nueva novela de Oates es da escalofríos.»New Statesman «Joyce Carol Oates reinventa aquí el género y crea una historia brillante de amor y exilio.»James Gleick «La escritora más sólida, ingeniosa, brillante, curiosa y creativa del momento.»Gillian Flynn
Rifare i mondi
by Paul Vaillé Lydia Del DevotoSecondo un'antica teoria, un uomo non sarà realmente in sintonia con il mondo e attore del suo tempo, se non dopo aver vissuto tre esistenze: l'anima vegetale, l'anima animale e l'anima razionale. All'alba del XXI secolo, tra tanti individui che non hanno trovato la loro dimensione in questo mondo ma aspettano di crearsela, Niels, al tempo giovane architetto greco ossessionato dai miti del passato, è ricoverato in un ospedale psichiatrico a causa di quello che gli esperti descrivono come un "fulmine a ciel sereno." Niels idealizza questa diagnosi in un colpo di fulmine per una perfetta sconosciuta, Stella, che spera di riconquistare mettendo in pratica il gioco dell'anima che gli è stato insegnato da un fioraio. Attraverso il dialogo con la sua anima, solo allora riuscirà a guardare nella stessa direzione del suo alter ego e rifare il mondo nella sua diversità.