Forsaken - Assassin's Creed #5 (Oliver Bowden)

Forsaken - Assassin's Creed #5

Oliver Bowden

Blurb: 'I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.'

1735 - London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword form the age he was able to hold one. When his family's house is attacked - his father murdered and his sister taken by armed men - Haytham defends his home the only way he can: he kills.

With no family, he is taken in by a mysterious tutor who trains him to become a deadly killer. Consumer by his thirst for revenge, Haytham begins a quest for retribution, trusting no one and questioning everything he has ever known.

Conspiracy and betrayal surround him as he is drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and the Templars. 

ISBN: 9780718159498 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: Michael Joseph

Pages: 482 (Fiction)

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Hollywood Moon (Joseph Wambaugh)

Hollywood Moon

Joseph Wambaugh

Blurb: Hollywood Station isn't your typical police division, but in Hollywood Moon the cops of that surreal place seem called upon to deal with an even greater share of weirdness than normal.

A prowler has been violently attacking women, and officers 'Hollywood Nate' Weiss and the captivating Dana Vaughn are in hot pursuit, with Nate on edge because his no-nonsense, whip-smart partner has a knack for making him feel like a rookie.

And there's an even darker side to the weirdness. Cue the enigmatic crook Dewey Gleason, master of disguises. Each of his many identities is crafted for the execution of some under-the-radar racket. When, with his henchmen, he hatches an audacious plan, things get very violent indeed.

ISBN: 9781849163545 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Quercus

Pages: 344 (Fiction)

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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

Blurb: Although Polish by birth, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest writers in English, and Heart of Darkness, first published in 1902, is considered by many his 'most famous, finest, and most enigmatic story' (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed.). The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an ivory trader who exercises an almost godlike sway over the inhabitants of the region. Both repelled and fascinated by the man, Marlow is brought face to face with the corruption and despair that Conrad saw at the heart of human existence.

In its combination of narrative and symbolic power, masterly character study and acute psychological penetration, Heart of Darkness ranks as a landmark of modern fiction. It is a book no serious student of literature can afford to miss.

ISBN: 9780486264646 (Paperback)

Year: 1902

Publisher: Dover Publications

Pages: 72 (Fiction)

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