Change Of CommandLord Thornbuckle Speaker of the Grand Council has been assassinated. Battle lines are quickly drawn between powerful Families keen to control the new political order and neighbouring states prepare to defend themselves. Even Fleet can no longer be depended on to keep the peace. Young Fleet officers Esmay and Barin want simply to marry. But nothing is straightforward in these difficult times and especially not for the children of the powerful. For

Derric and Becca form an un-severable bond

Indian Conservative

Understanding Freud is a quick

'The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRY

Beth and Amy undertake their journey through life together

In a compelling narrative the author links the fate of one of Napoleon's most charismatic mashals with American privateers escaped prisoners the Danish navy and a violent confrontation set beneath the aurora

a war photographer returning from Afghanistan

But there's little time to think about his future - he has enough problems trying to make sure his friends don't end up at the bottom of a cliff

and the humiliations and triumphs of aging

making them ideal for the busy

And as he rode

but neither is it normal for meat cleavers to fly through the air by themselves