The Ragged Man

Author: Tom Lloyd
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 0575088869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 556

Book Description
There is a new Saviour in the Land - but the people may come to regret the 'peace' he offers ... Lord Isak is dead, his armies and entire tribe in disarray. It falls to King Emin to continue the war alone, and the Menin are only too happy to meet his challenge. In Byora, Ruhen is developing his 'Saviour' persona. The Harlequins start preaching in his name and many of the pilgrims who flock to him are recruited to be 'Children', disciples who spread Ruhen's message. All over the Land people are starting to see Ruhen as the answer to their troubles. A showdown is coming: battle lines are finally drawn and the atrocities quickly mount. The spectre of the Great War looms, but in this age the Gods cannot and will not come to King Emin's aid. With the peoples of the Land turning against Emin and his few remaining allies, their only chance for survival lies in the hands of a dead man.

Ragged Man

Author: Jack Priest
Publisher: Bootleg Press
ISBN: 9780974524603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Author: Robert Tressell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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The Rising of the Moon

Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Pastworld

Author: Ian Beck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599905299
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
In 2048, while visiting Pastworld, a Victorian London theme park, teenaged Caleb meets seventeen-year-old Eve, a Pastworld inhabitant who has no knowledge of the modern world, and both become pawns in a murderer's diabolical plan that reveals disturbing truths about the teenagers' origins.

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Modernista
ISBN: 9181080999
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15

Book Description
»A Tale of the Ragged Mountains« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1844. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began working as a literary critic and author. He made his debut with the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket in 1838, but it was in his short stories that Poe's peculiar style truly flourished. He died in Baltimore in 1849.

Killer Tracks

Author: Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326397613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
Animal tracks, railroad tracks, there are many and various interpretations of the word and Thirteen's talented authors have explored them in their inimitable way, to bring you a diverse set of stories. Walk with them in the tracks they have created and see what horrors, gore and surprises await you...

Ragged Company

Author: Richard Wagamese
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385256949
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Four chronically homeless people–Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger–seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his back on writing “the same story over and over again” in favour of the escapist qualities of film, and an unlikely friendship is struck. A found cigarette package (contents: some unsmoked cigarettes, three $20 bills, and a lottery ticket) changes the fortune of this struggling set. The ragged company discovers they have won $13.5 million, but none of them can claim the money for lack proper identification. Enlisting the help of Granite, their lives, and fortunes, become forever changed. Ragged Company is a journey into both the future and the past. Richard Wagamese deftly explores the nature of the comforts these friends find in their ideas of “home,” as he reconnects them to their histories.

A Curious Book

Author: R A Hennerley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244448663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
What if all you can see isn't all there is to be seen? 23 curiously magical tales to help you stay human.Why do Trolls hate Bankers?Who is the The Old Man In The Mountain and why has he spent an eternity crafting the most beautiful shoes ever seen?A shoemaker decides he will make only size seven, left foot shoes. Has he gone mad? Or does he know something no-one else does?Why do Fairies cry diamonds - and why do they steal children?Why would a teenage boy suddenly grow a fine pair of Angel's wings?These and many more questions from the world of Anywhere answered within...Welcome to Anywhere. A world ruled over by a tiny elite of dangerous psychopaths - a world where might is right and money is king. Welcome to a land where love, compassion and the Soul lie forgotten, replaced by a shallow culture of unsustainable consumption - and only Fairies and Trolls, mocked and despised by humans who have been lulled into complacency by shiny bling and celebrity, fight for decency and goodness.

The Toyminator

Author: Robert Rankin
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 0575088214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
Somewhere over the rainbow and just off the Yellow Brick Road stands Toy City, formerly known as Toy Town. And things are not going well for the city's inhabitants. There have been outbreaks of STC - Spontaneous Toy Combustion - and there are strange signs and portents in the Heavens. Preachers of Toy City's many religions are predicting that the End Times are approaching and that a Toy City Apocalypse will soon come to pass. But can this possibly be true, or is there a simple explanation - an alien invasion, for instance. With the body count rising and the forces of law and order baffled, it is the time for a hero to step forward and attempt to save the day. Well, two heroes actually, Eddie Bear, Toy City Private Eye and his loyal sidekick, Jack: our courageous twosome are about to face their biggest challenge yet, to save not only toykind, but the world of mankind too. Which should keep them out of the pub for a while.