![]() ![]() ![]() With the help of several Loyalists, Black snags Washington and, for our purposes, changes the course of history. He bluffs and fights his way through several hairy incidents until he reaches his target. This Kings Guard officer is nothing if not flexible on his feet, however. Weather, rebels, and even Loyalists conspire against Black. Black has a tight window, with only eight days to capture a formidable foe and return with him-alive-to the ship bound to take them back to England. Getting to the Continental Army’s general is no small feat, even if Black had unlimited time and resources-which he does not. The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington by Charles Rosenberg is a thought-provoking novel that imagines what would have happened if the British had succeeded in kidnapping General George Washington.Ĭolonel Jeremiah Black arrives on America’s shore in 1780 with no idea if he will succeed in his mission: to capture George Washington. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The writing is beautiful, with many poetic musings, and the emotions throughout are rich and complex. ![]() Everything is written in first-person, present-tense, which gives the book a feeling of momentum and immediacy but doesn’t lend itself to any differentiation in the narrative threads. The story alternates between past and present and shifts between Katrina's and Nathan's perspectives. As more feelings return, they have to confront what tore them apart the first time. The rift between them is not easily repaired, but as they find a flow in their work, their friendship blossoms once more. Nathan and Katrina are under contract for one more book, so they agree to spend a few months together in a house in Florida and get it written. Now, three years later, Nathan’s new solo book is underperforming, and Chris, Katrina’s fiance and agent, is pushing her to return to writing. Nathan got divorced around the same time the book came out, leading to rumors and speculation about the relationship between the co-writers. A novel they wrote about an affair became wildly popular, but they've refused to work together again for reasons they won't reveal. Shortly after meeting each other at a writers’ workshop, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen decided to join forces. Famous co-writers who had a major falling out team up for a new novel and dredge up past feelings. ![]() ![]() His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels and numerous short stories. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. ![]() His work has been collected in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Equinox" is a story of a woman who takes care of her neighbor's house while they are away and readers will never forget what she finds in the house. In "Final Processing," Lindqvist also reveals the next chapter in the lives of the characters he created in Handling the Undead. "Let the Old Dreams Die" is not the only stunner in this collection. Fans of Let the Right One In will have to read the story, which is destined to generate much word of mouth both among fans and online. Now at last, in "Let the Old Dreams Die," the title story in this absolutely stunning collection, we get a glimpse of what happened next to the pair. ![]() A classic short story collection from the writer called Sweden's Stephen King that continues the breathtaking story begun in the internationally acclaimed classic Let the Right One Inīecause of the two superb films made of John Ajvide Lindqvist's vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In, millions of people around the world know the story of Oskar and Eli and of their final escape from Blackeberg at the end of the novel. ![]() ![]() We found out that the entire thing was orchestrated by Simon, a suicide attempt with a manifesto, and that Jake had known about Addy sleeping with TJ from the start and had been working with Simon to implicate Addy for his murder, intending to get her arrested. This book was on my #2020tbrreading challenge list, for “a 2020 release”, and I’m also using it for the #armedwithabingo “published in 2020” bingo square!Īt the end of One of Us is Lying (my review here!), we left the Bayview Four cleared of all suspicion in Simon’s suicide, despite his and Jake’s best efforts to implicate Bronwyn, Nate, Cooper and Addy. ![]() It’s safe to say I’m now counting down the days until The Cousins. I was actually lucky enough that my pre-order came in a little bit early, so I managed to read this a couple of days pre-release. ![]() I will be talking about One of Us is Next in a spoiler-free way, but One of Us is Lying will be fair game for SPOILERS so if you haven’t read the first book in this amazing duology, turn away here. I’m glad it was so early in the year so I can get my hands on it. This has been one of my most highly anticipated reads and is out in the UK tomorrow. ![]() “Who do you want to be? The guy who goes along or the guy who stands up? This is the time to decide.” ![]() |