For readers who love language and enjoy rummaging through the cultural baggage that comes with it, Short Cuts gathers an engaging sampler of the most delightful and cogent--and above all brief--forms of contemporary English.
Freedom's Ransom is the fourth novel in Anne McCaffrey's Freedom series, also known as the Catteni Sequence. The sequel to Freedom's Landing, Freedom's Choice, and Freedom's Challenge, Freedom's Ransom will please some fans of this star-spanning science fiction series, but others will find the book slow-paced, talky, and lacking in action. Freedom's Ransom ends conclusively, with no major unresolved plot lines, yet leaves space for at least one sequel.
One of the most recognizable names to the ancient and modern worlds, Caesar is one of the few figures from the Roman Empire--Cicero and Augustus are two others--susceptible to modern biographical treatment.
In present-day Iraq, thieves roam the streets. Terrorists have seized a
£25m Van Gogh from one of Saddam’s palaces and are offering it to the
highest bidder. Mick Kilbride is an ex-SAS soldier. The British
Government has promised a Kuwaiti prince it will retrieve the painting,
but it doesn’t want to pay the ransom. Mick and his team are hired to
get the painting back—and leave no man alive...
