Erasing Kane

by Derek Ross
Erasing Kane
Author: Derek Ross
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1913227197
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Lee Kane isn't your everyday police detective. He isn't the ideal husband and he wasn't a favourite son.And yet to all intents and purposes he is all of these things to those who love and know him.The only problem is that nobody really knows him at all because nobody knows Kane's past and nobody can ever be allowed to know it.Lee Kane is a box of contradictions, but like ageing, his past is slowly but surely catching up with him.

Legendborn

by Tracy Deonn
Legendborn
Author: Tracy Deonn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 153444162X
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and “braids together Southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief, power, and self-discovery” (Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles). After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw. The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates. She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.

The Beam: Season One

by Johnny B. Truant
The Beam: Season One
Author: Johnny B. Truant
Publisher: Johnny B. Truant
Total Pages: 585
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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From the bestselling authors of the Invasion and Yesterday's Gone series comes The Beam, a disturbing philosophical exploration of the future of our hyperconnected world. This chilling, intricately-plotted series is set in a futuristic dystopia where politics and technology have widened the gap between haves and have-nots. All of humanity is connected ... to The Beam and to the lie. In the year 2097, the only stable nation is the NAU: a dystopia exploding with new technologies and ruled by two political parties. The choices are Enterprise (sink-or-swim; effort and luck determine whether members prosper or starve) or Directorate, where members are guaranteed safety but can never rise above their station. Above it all is The Beam: an AI-built computer network that serves every whim and connects citizens through implants and biological add-ons. The Beam anticipates every need and has created a world within the world. It permeates everything. And is everywhere. But the NAU's power is shifting. New powers are making their moves while others hang in the balance. Behind it all, a shadowy group is pulling strings, and guiding the upcoming election exactly where they want it to go. The Beam is coming alive; immersion is as real as reality. If the NAU's power goes unchecked, the actions of a shadowy few will shape the fate of millions forever. ★★★★★ "This series is one of the best from these authors, which is saying a lot because Sean Platt/Johnny B. Truant/David Wright (any combination of the three) are by far my favorite authors. The Beam is an extremely complex world with complex characters." -- Matt Browner ★★★★★ "I'd have to say this series has them all beat because all the technologies (or magic, if you will) in this series are better developed, the characters are more involved, and the story lines are better woven. And I'm not talking about twists and turns in the plot that require suspending disbelief (yeah right), or leave you confused as to what happened. It's pretty amazing and thought-provoking." -- Burton Kent

Off the Grid

by Mark Young
Off the Grid
Author: Mark Young
Publisher: Clearwater Publishing
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2011-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0983266328
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Seven years ago, U.S. Marine Gerrit O’Rourke returned from Iraq after learning of a family tragedy. When a manhunt turns up empty, Gerrit joins that city’s police department to find those responsible and bring them to justice. Gerrit travels undercover to a European city on what he believes to be a matter of national security. Contacted by a mysterious woman, Alena Shapiro, Gerrit discovers his life is in danger. Gerrit returns home only to find people close to him wind up dead. Gerrit and Alena combine forces with others to live Off The Grid while uncovering a conspiracy that reaches to the highest level of government. Against overwhelming odds, they seek to expose a breach in national security. Time is running out—for Gerrit, for Alena…for the nation.

The Crying Season

by D.K. Hood
The Crying Season
Author: D.K. Hood
Publisher: Bookouture
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2018-10-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786815427
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After In-Yer-Face Theatre

by William C. Boles
After In-Yer-Face Theatre
Author: William C. Boles
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2020-04-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 3030394271
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This book revisits In-Yer-Face theatre, an explosive, energetic theatrical movement from the 1990s that introduced the world to playwrights Sarah Kane, Martin McDonagh, Mark Ravenhill, Jez Butterworth, and many others. Split into three sections the book re-examines the era, considers the movement’s influence on international theatre, and considers its lasting effects on contemporary British theatre. The first section offers new readings on works from that time period (Antony Neilson and Mark Ravenhill) as well as challenges myths created by the Royal Court Theatre about the its involvement with In-Yer-Face theatre. The second section discusses the influence of In-Yer-Face on Portuguese, Russian and Australian theater, while the final section discusses the legacy of In-Yer-Face writers as well as their influences on more recent playwrights, including chapters on Philip Ridley, Sarah Kane, Joe Penhall, Martin Crimp, Dennis Kelly, and Verbatim Drama.