Eragon / Eldest - The Inheritance Cycle Books One & Two (Christopher Paolini)

Eragon / Eldest - The Inheritance Cycle Books One & Two

Christopher Paolini

Blurb: Eragon

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will but his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realises he has stumbled upon a legacy almost as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands...

Eldest

Eragon and his dragon, Saphira have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the forces of King Galbatorix. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship. It is the journey of a lifetime, each day a fresh adventure. but chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and as his cousin Roran fights a new battle in Carvahall, Eragon is put in even graver danger...

ISBN: 9780552559997 (Paperback)

Year: 2002/2005

Publisher: Corgi Books

Pages: 1197 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the series

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Official site of the series

4. Wiki for the series

5. Goodreads page for Eragon

Inheritance -Inheritance Book #4 (Christopher Paolini)

Inheritance (Inheritance Book #4)

Christopher Paolini

Blurb: Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilisation rests on their shoulders.

The Rider and his dragon have come farther than anyone dared to imagine. But can they topple the evil king Galbatorix and restore justice to Alagaesia? And if so, at what cost?

ISBN: 9780857520630 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Doubleday

Pages: 860 (Fiction)

Links

1. Official site of the book

2. Wikipedia page for the author

3. Wiki on the series

4. Buy from Amazon

5. Good reads page for the book

The Water Room (Christopher Fowler)

The Water Room

Christopher Fowler

Blurb: An oasis in the heart of Kentish Town, Balaklava Street is ripe for gentrification. But then the body of an elderly woman is found at No. 5. Her demise seems to have been peaceful but for the fact that her throat is full of river water...

For the Met's Peculiar Crimes Unit, led by London's longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, this curious death marks the beginning of a distinctly sinister investigation. And the new owner of No. 5 is understandably unsettled by the damp in the basement of her home, some particularly resilient spiders and the ghostly sound of rushing water.

Unearthing hitherto undiscovered secrets, the two octogenarian policemen learn that, in a London filled with the rich, the poor and the dispossessed, there's still something a desperate individual is willing to kill for. And kill again to protect.

Armed only with their wits, their own idiosyncratic practices and a plentiful supply of boiled sweets, Bryant and May come face to face with madness, greed and revenge in a wickedly sinuous mystery that goes to the heart of every London home.

ISBN: 9780553824681 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Bantam Books

Pages: 430 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's Wikipedia page

2. Review of the book

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Another review

5. Blog on the book

Orion's Hounds (Star Trek: TITAN) (Christopher L. Bennett)

Orion's Hounds (Star Trek: TITAN)

Christopher L. Bennett

Blurb: As the U.S.S. Titan ventures beyond the outermost reaches of known space, the telepaths in her crew - including Diplomatic Officer Deanna Troi - are overwhelmed by an alien cry of distress, leading the ship to the scene of a shocking act of carnage: a civilisation of interstellar 'whalers' preying upon and exploiting a familiar species of sentient spaceborne giants.

Appalled but reluctant to rush to judgment, Captain William Riker and his crew investigate, discovering a cosmic spawning ground in a region of active star formation - the ecosystem for a bewildering array of diverse but similarly vast life-forms. While attempting to negotiate an end to the victimisation of these creatures, Riker's crew inadvertently grants them the means to defeat their hunters' purpose... only to learn that things are not exactly as they seem.

ISBN: 9781416509509 (Paperback)

Year: 2006

Publisher: Pocket Books

Pages: 379 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Publisher's page for the book

3. Review of the book

4. Annotations of the book

5. Wiki page on the book

The Second Assassin (Christopher Hyde)

The Second Assassin

Christopher Hyde

Blurb: The year: 1939 - and the world is readying itself for a war that is sure to come.

The conspirators: A group of powerful men who want to keep America out of the approaching conflict - at all costs.

The plan: Assassinate the King and Queen of England on American soil, destroying any hope of an alliance between Great Britain and the United States - an ensuring victory for the Nazis in World War II...

From Christopher Hyde, the master of international suspense, comes an electrifying new novel based on actual events that follows two unlikely allies in a desperate race to stop the perfect assassin. Tense, powerful, and startling authentic, The Second Assassin is the most explosive novel of World War II since Eye of the Needle.

ISBN: 0451410300 (Paperback)

Year: 2002

Publisher: Onyx Book

Pages: 394 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Good reads page

3. Penguin page for the book

4. Google books page

5. Review of the book

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3 (Nancy Holder, Kirsten Beter and Christopher Golden)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3 (Includes Carnival of Souls, One Thing or Your Mother and Blooded)

Nancy Holder, Kirsten Beter and Christopher Golden

Blurb: In every generation, there is a chosen one. A slayer destined to protect the human race. She alone must fight the demons of hell. She alone must risk her life to stop the spread of evil. Buffy is the Chosen One.

A night at the fair becomes a night of terror for Buffy and her friends when their personalities start matching the amusements in the park in Carnival of Souls.

In One Thing or Your Mother, Buffy must face a fear worse than her typical demon: children.

In Blooded, Willow accidentally turns her body into a vessel for the spirit of an ancient warrior - and he's out for revenge.

ISBN: 9781442412118 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Pages: 853 (Fiction)

Links

1. Simon and Schuster Australia page for the book

2. TV Series page at IMDB

3. Wikipedia TV Series page

4. Fan blog dedicated to the creator of Buffy

5. BuffyWorld - A complete guide to all the episodes