On April 6, 1940, explorer and future World War II spy Theodore Morde (who would one day attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler), anxious about the perilous journey that lay ahead of him, struggled to fall asleep at the Paris Hotel in La Ceiba, Honduras.
The little girl was only five, much too young to die - a lost treasure who should have been cherished, not murdered.She could have been J.P. Beaumont's kid, and the determined Seattle homicide detective won't rest until her killer pays dearly. But the hunt is leading Beaumont into a murky world of religious fanaticism, and toward a beautiful, perilous obsession all his own. And suddenly Beau himself is a target - because faith can be dangerous...and love can kill.
Added by: KundAlini | Karma: 1594.10 | Fiction literature | 19 October 2014
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The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser’s wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy—a time-traveler’ s certain knowledge. Claire’s unique view of the future has brought him both danger and deliverance in the past; her knowledge of the oncoming revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way through the perilous years ahead—or ignite a conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes.
After winning a decade-long war, Odysseus, captain of the Greek army, only has to guide his men back home across the sea. Yet the journey will prove more perilous than any battle.
After her adventures with the League of the Healing Hand, Finn the Cat finds life at Castle Rurach overwhelmingly boring and dreads the prospect of being molded into a "lady" by her mother, until she is summoned by Lachlan the Winged to embark on a perilous quest into the Forbidden Land to rescue a rebellious prophet who holds the key to the kingdom's salvation.