The Blood Pit

Author: Kate Ellis
Publisher: Piatkus
ISBN: 0748126651
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times DI Wesley Peterson has never witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. A man has been brutally murdered by two precise wounds to his neck and his body drained of blood. It seems that the victim was not a popular man in the Devon area and Wesley doesn't have a shortage of suspects. But then two more victims are found killed in an identical fashion. As if Wesley didn't have enough to investigate, Wesley's friend, archaeologist Neil Watson, begins to receive disturbing anonymous letters about macabre events at a medieval abbey. The gory details bare resemblance to the recent deaths and Neil fears they are being sent by the killer. Wesley and Neil are forced to face shocking revelations as they come face to face with a murderer scarred by past sins. Whether you've read the whole series, or are discovering Kate Ellis's DI Wesley Peterson novels for the first time, this is the perfect page-turner if you love reading Elly Griffiths and Ann Cleeves. PRAISE FOR KATE ELLIS: 'I loved this novel . . . a powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves 'Haunting' Independent 'Unputdownable' Bookseller 'The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end' Closer 'A gripping read' Best 'A fine storyteller, weaving the past and present in a way that makes you want to read on' Peterborough Evening Telegraph

The Blood-pit

Author: Mark Carrel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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Heart's Blood

Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547544855
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371

Book Description
Second in the thrilling young adult fantasy series from the award-winning author of Dragon’s Blood. “Readers . . . will welcome this one with delight.” —Booklist An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Jakkin now has everything he’s ever wanted—the rank of freeman, a string of victories in the dragon pits, and the companionship of his dragon, Heart’s Blood. Everything, that is, except for his beloved Akki, who vanished a year ago. To find her, Jakkin must become a rebel spy. He will risk everything he holds dear—Heart’s Blood, her hatchlings, even his hard-won freedom—and join in a game fiercer than any dragon pit match, a game he’ll lose no matter how well he plays. “Eloquent . . . rich in symbolism.” —The Horn Book

Dragon's Blood

Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547538979
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Dragons are trained to fight to the death, and two determined teens help free them in this spellbinding saga. Training a dragon to be a fighting champion is the only way to freedom for fifteen-year-old Jakkin.

Drinking from the Blood-Pit

Author: Kostas Myrsiades
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543425097
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description
Drinking from the Blood-Pit is a work of creative nonfiction, which uses Odysseuss descent to the underworld (Od.10.490-95) as a unifying theme for each of the fourteen pieces included. Each piece is based on a Homeric theme and/or episode that stresses the lessons culled from reading Homers Iliad and Odyssey on the authors journey from childhood to adulthood. The title of each story indicates the Homeric myth or episode used and is accompanied by a short epigraph from either the Iliad or Odyssey. The fourteen works are divided into three sections: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The first part, childhood (four stories), describes growing up on the island of Samos, Greece, during the Nazi occupation and the Greek Civil War that followed. The second section, adolescence (four stories), continues the authors odyssey to the United States, attempting to deal with a new language and becoming acclimated to a foreign culture. The third part, adulthood (six stories), returns the author to his native land as a student of Greek culture struggling to study the censored works of Greek poets under the military government of 19671974.

Blood Pit a Pbp

Author: Kate Ellis
Publisher: Piatkus Books
ISBN: 9780708861691
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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The Pit

Author: Frank Norris
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1605209023
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description
Like his more famous contemporary Upton Sinclair, American author BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NORRIS, JR. (1870-1902) also highlighted the corruption and greed of corporate monopolies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries... themes that continue to make his work riveting reading more than a century later. The Pit, first published in 1903, is a fictional narrative of the dealing in the Chicago wheat pit, focusing on speculator Curtis Jadwin, who is so addicted to his own greed that it becomes his downfall. The second part of Norris's projected "Trilogy of the Epic of the Wheat," *The Pit is preceded by 1901's The Octopus, also available from Cosimo. (Norris died before he could write the third volume, The Wolf.)

A Sending of Dragons

Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547544766
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
“A riveting saga that intertwines elements of fantasy and science fiction . . . [The] tightly plotted, adventurous trilogy constitutes superb storytelling.” —Publishers Weekly Teens dragon master Jakkin and beloved healer-in-training Akki hide in mountain cave network beside Heart’s Blood warm hatchlings, exchanging mind-picture “sendings.” But who could leave a huge pile of stripped dragon bones neatly interwoven? The monstrous secret is bloodier than they could imagine. Can they save anyone, even sacrificing themselves? “An ambitious and rewarding work of speculative fiction.” —School Library Journal “The author combines well-wrought dragon lore with exciting adventure and good characterization.” —Booklist “A brilliantly imagined planetary complex where the evils of our own urban society can be scrutinized in a serious but exciting tale about a legendary species and about young people who have learned to accept its right to peaceful co-existence.” —Growing Point “Engrossing and engaging.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Blood Pit

Author: Kate Ellis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750535489
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 432

Book Description
A string of grizzly murders and ominous epistles present a perplexing case in this unique blend of history and mystery At the scene of an unusual crime, DI Wesley Petersen finds the body Charles Marrick, who has been murdered and his body drained of blood. When a popular local vet is murdered in an identical fashion, Wesley wonders what the two men could possibly have in common. Meanwhile Wesley's friend Neil Watson is alarmed when he begins receiving disturbing anonymous letters writing in gory detail about macabre events at a medieval abbey; Neil fears that his letters are being sent by the killer. Wesley's investigation takes an unexpected twist when both a third body and a skeleton are found, the latter possibly belonging to a sex offender who disappeared 20 years before. As the sinister truth behind the mystery unfolds, both Wesley and Neil are forced to face tragedy, shocking revelations, and a killer who bears the scars of past sins.

The Fire Pit (Faroes novel 3)

Author: Chris Ould
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1783297093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454

Book Description
THE FIRE PIT IS THE THIRD BOOK IN THE FAROES NOVEL SERIES, FOLLOWING ON FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED THE KILLING BAY In the wake of a dying man's apparent suicide, the skeleton of a young woman is discovered on a windswept hillside. Detective Hjalti Hentze suspects that it is the body of a Norwegian woman reported missing forty years earlier, while a commune occupied the land, and whose death may be linked to the abduction and rape of a local Faroese girl. Meanwhile British DI Jan Reyna is pursing his investigation into his mother's suicide. But as he learns more about her final days, links between the two cases start to appear: a conspiracy of murder and abuse spanning four decades. And as Hentze puts the same pieces together, he realizes that Reyna is willing to go further than ever before to learn the truth...