Creator: Todd McLaren
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-01-01
Dewey code: 813.54
RRP: £40.49
Price: £28.61
Review The Sky People / Tantor Media, Inc:
Authors
- Frank Muller
- Tim F. LaHaye
- Jerry B. Jenkins
Publication date: 2000-11-14
Dewey code: 813.54
RRP: £14.50
Price: £9.37
Review The Mark: the Beast Rules the World (Left Behind) / Tyndale House:In Tim F LaHaye's The Mark, it's the dawn of the Great Tribulation, "the bloodiest season in the history of the world". After lying in state for three days, Nicolae Carpathia has risen from the dead. As the world responds in awe, statues of the potentate and "god" are erected in every major city, and a new religion, "Carpathianism", is in full swing. Followers of the Antichrist are branded with a loyalty mark on their right hands or their foreheads, and "vaccinated" with a biochip embedded with personal information. Those who refuse the mark take a one-way trip to the guillotine. The second coming of Christ is only three and one-half years away. But can the Tribulation Force hang on? "The God who calls you to the ultimate sacrifice will also give you the power to endure it. No one can receive the mark of the beast by accident. It is a once-for-all decision that will forever condemn you to eternity without God," writes Tsion Ben-Judah in his daily newsletter with its cyber-audience of more than a billion. Heavenly power may be the only hope for the Tribulation Force, as it struggles to survive amid new terrors, the death of more loved ones, and some unexpected twists in their plans. [+]The Mark: The Beast Rules the World is the eighth instalment in the blockbuster Left Behind series. Rich in dialogue, this action-packed thriller delivers the same consistent mix of apocalyptic mayhem and quirky humour readers have come to expect from the pen of Jerry Jenkins and the prophetic interpretations of Tim Lahaye. -Cindy Crosby.
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2001-12-03
Dewey code: 813.54
Price: £16.99
Review The Eugenics Wars: Rise and Fall of Khan Noonian Singh v. 1 (Star Trek) / Simon & Schuster Audio:Star Trek has never been afraid to rewrite history, and Greg Cox's impressive first volume in The Eugenics Wars trilogy focuses on Trek's version of the late 20th century. It's the biography of charismatic dictator Khan Noonien Singh, the genetically engineered superman who featured in the original series episode "Space Seed" and the film "The Wrath of Khan". Kirk and crew appear briefly, visiting a planet of genetically enhanced humans, but most of the action takes place in Khan's time. In a fine piece of Trek continuity, the other main protagonists are the stars of original series episode "Assignment Earth": high-tech undercover agent Gary Seven and his assistants Roberta Lincoln and alien feline Isis. It's 1974, and they are investigating the Chrysalis Project, a secret research lab in India, where they find several hundred genetically enhanced children. Four-year-old "Noon" is already the leader of his toddler group. Seven and his sidekicks attempt to sabotage the project before the scientists' genetic tinkering can unleash deadly consequences. He watches over Khan's subsequent development, and 10 years later tries to recruit the boy to help in his own undercover work. The inclusion of Kirk and Gary Seven, as well as several bit-players from various Trek episodes, ensures that although the story takes place during our own recent past, and includes several real historical events, it always feels like a Star Trek novel. Khan himself is presented as a complex character, showing compassion as well as arrogance. [+]This is a promising start to what should be a strong trilogy. -Elizabeth Sourbut.
Creator: Michael Prichard
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2003-06-01
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £19.49
Price: £12.05
Review The Lost World / Tantor Media, Inc:
Publication date: 2005-02-07
RRP: £37.00
Price: £38.99
Review The Spook's Apprentice / Chivers Children's Audio Books:
Creator: Andrew Sachs
Publication date: 2003-08-30
Price: £24.62
Review The Magician of Samarkand / Chivers Children's Audio Books:
RRP: £20.00
Price: £21.99
Review The Restaurant at the End of the Universe / ISIS Audio Books:
Creator: Ray Sawyer
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-07-01
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £58.50
Price: £60.49
Review Barking / ISIS Audio Books:
Publication date: 2005-09
Price: £9.99
Review The Queen of Slarvos (Tomorrow People) / Big Finish Productions Ltd:
Authors
- Tim F. LaHaye
- Jerry B. Jenkins
Dewey code: 813
RRP: £18.99
Price: £6.47
Review Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind) / Tyndale House:
Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 2006-03-06
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.97
Review Conrad's Fate (The Chrestomanci) / Collins Audio:Apart from the occasional short story, Diana Wynne Jones' fans have been starved of her most famous creation, the dressing-gown wearing magician Christopher Chant-star of all her Chrestomanci novels-for nearly twenty years. It's been far too long! J. K. Rowling was knee-high to a grasshopper when the first book in this sequence, Charmed Life, hit the shelves in 1977 and, although this hugely talented fantasy author has gone on to create a myriad of other imagined and fantastically crazy worlds, it is her books featuring the world-hopping Chrestomanci that have remained her most appreciated and popular tomes. In Conrad's Fate, his uncle tells twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic that his constant and terrible luck is the result of a shocking dose of bad karma that within the year could threaten his very existence. He is despatched at once to Stallery Mansion, high in the mountainous Alps above his hometown of Stallchester, to work in disguise as a servant. There, in the magical fortress that seems to dominate the whole town, he must infiltrate its workings and seek out the person who has interfered so disastrously with his fate. Along the way, Conrad strikes up a friendship with a mysterious, self-assured older boy, who has a mission of his own-to find his friend Millie who has hidden herself thereabouts. The discovery that Stallery Mansion lays on a `probability fault' adds gloriously to the wonderment and adventure that inevitably follows. In some ways a prequel to the earlier novels, in that this book features Chant as a teenager before his Chrestomanci guise, there is definitely no need, however, to read it first. [+]Any of other titles such as Witch Week or The Lives of Christopher Chant will be equally superb introductions to this infamous creation and just as entertaining. (Age 10 and over) -John McLay.
Creator: Erik Steele
Publication date: 2006-05
RRP: £23.89
Price: £13.74
Review The Revenge of the Shadow King (Grey Griffins) / Scholastic Press:
Creator: Cynthia Holloway
Edition: MP3 Una
Publication date: 2007-06-05
Dewey code: 813.54
RRP: £26.46
Price: £51.99
Review The Harlequin (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter) / Brilliance Audio:
Authors
- Jerry B. Jenkins
- Frank Muller
- Tim F. LaHaye
Publication date: 2000-05-31
Dewey code: 813.54
RRP: £17.50
Price: £7.24
Review The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession (Left Behind) / Tyndale House:The Antichrist is dead. Or is he? The city of Chicago lies in ruins. The safe house is blown, and the Global Community police are hot on the heels of the Tribulation Force. And who assassinated Nicolae Carpathia? It's a formidable challenge to keep an audience's attention midway through a projected 12-volume series, but with its trademark blend of humour and gripping suspense, authors Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye continue to captivate readers in The Indwelling, the seventh instalment of the Left Behind series. Carpathia's funeral takes a hair-raising turn for the four million people who attend. Over the crowd looms the centrepiece of a new world religion, a 24-foot bronze statue of Carpathia, belching black smoke and demanding obedience. Woven through the fast-paced drama are the ongoing stories of people struggling amidst the mayhem. Chloe Williams wrestles with the moral implications of whether to kill her toddler Kenny to avoid having him fall into enemy hands; her father Rayford Steele is brought face-to-face with the consequences of his pride; Dr. Chaim Rosenzweig, a prominent Jewish Israeli statesman, ponders a conversion to Christianity. The strength of the series is in Jenkins' ability to keep the action moving and readers caring about the characters. [+]And there's a hook: the end of The Indwelling promises "If the last three and a half years are your idea of tribulation, wait until you endure the Great Tribulation. " The bad news is just beginning. But, the Tribulation Force believes, the good news is also on the way. -Cindy Crosby-Amazon. com.
Authors
- Spider Robinson
- Robert A. Heinlein
Publication date: 2007-05
Dewey code: 813.54
RRP: £17.91
Price: £8.86
Review Variable Star / Blackstone Audiobooks:
Creator: Anthony Head
Publication date: 2006-03-06
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.85
Review Mixed Magics: Complete & Unabridged (The Chrestomanci Series) / Collins Audio:"There are thousands of worlds, all different from ours," says Diana Wynne Jones in the introduction to this collection of four short stories featuring her most famous creation. "Chrestomanci's world is the one next door to us, and the difference is that magic is as common as music is with us. "And to the enormous relief of her legion of fans, the author has finally returned to that world again with a brand new story featuring her nine-lived enchanter Chrestomanci, the star of four previous full-length novels: Charmed Life, The Magicians of Caprona,Witch Week and The Lives of Christopher Chant. "The Stealer of Souls" combines the inhabitants of Chrestomanci Castle during Charmed Life and one of the young characters from The Magicians of Caprona to great effect, creating a tale with all the usual suspects-original fantasy, spooky humour, substantial characters and a dastardly plot to ruin Chrestomanci and take over the worlds. It's vintage Dianna Wynne Jones. But there's more. Alongside the new story is another not published in the UK before, Carol Oneir's Hundreth Dream. In it, Chrestomanci is called upon to find out why a young dream-maker is unable to realise her landmark hundredth "Dream film". The magician must go deep inside her mind to unravel her true intentions. Two further collected stories from other anthologies-Warlock at the Wheel and The Sage of Theare-both feature characters new and old, making Mixed Magics a tantalising glimpse of the quality of fantasy that has gone before-and hopefully what is still to come. [+]-John McLay.
Creator: William Dufris
Edition: MP3 Una
Publication date: 2007-05-08
RRP: £26.46
Price: £22.58
Review The Pilgrims of Rayne (Pendragon) / Brilliance Audio:
Creator: Nigel Davenport
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2002-06-29
Dewey code: 590
RRP: £34.95
Price: £35.98
Review Encounters with Animals / Chivers Audio Books:
Authors
- Sarah H. Hoyt
- Terry Franklin
- Robert Silverberg
Price: £24.38
Review Nova Science Fiction Series; Volume 1 Issues 1-3 / Images Publishing (NY):
Publication date: 2003-01-31
RRP: £43.42
Price: £43.42
Review The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker Series) / Chivers Audio Books:
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