The beleaguered Tamul Emperor Sarabian needs his Elenian neighbours Sparhawk and Queen Ehlana if he is to defeat the vast conspiracy ranged against his ancient power. Most disturbing of all among his enemies are the Shining Ones, luminous beings that kill with a touch.
Charles Bukowski - The Rooming House Madrigals Poems deal with rejection, history, barbershops, friendship, death, longing, loneliness, and disappointment. This is the Bukowski of 1946-1966. The poet of gritty backwaters of great faceless cities, rainy bus stations and flophouse one-night stands; also of the moon shining in the gutter, and of the morning-after joys of making love in the sun.
Edited by: arcadius - 8 August 2010
Reason: category changed from 'Non-Fiction' to 'Fiction' Fruchtzwerg // DL link from user's PM added, author from title deleted. Pumukl
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Danny is only five years old, but he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of an old hotel, his visions grow out of control. Cut off by blizzards, the hotel seems to develop an evil force, and who are the mysterious guests in the supposedly empty hotel?