The Saga of Darren Shan is a series of books about vampires, in the books the life of Shan is narrated when he was transformed into a half human half vampire. He was involved in many young adult books until January 2000 where he wrote his first children’s book Cirque du Freak. “The Vampire’s Assistant blazes a thrilling, gruesome trail through a fascinating plot.” The Good Book GuideĪbout the author and series: Darren Shan also known as Darren O’Shaughnessy as his real name is an Irish author born in London, he began his early career as a typewriter with much of his interest in dark comedy. I love the way you manage to juggle the funny with the unpleasant, the affection with the hurt. “…fast-paced and compelling book … full of satisfyingly macabre touches…which leaves the reader hungry for more.” JK Rowling
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Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. That is, until the end of the war - when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed.ĭrawing on the voices of the women who lived it - women who are now in their eighties and nineties - The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Get this audiobook free when you try Audible:Īt the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan on Audible: Quickly falling in with the pirate crew who has found her, she must race against time to stop a plague from being unleashed by the evil that has taken root in Hainak. It is 342 pages, priced at 17.99 in trade paperback and 13.99 in digital formats. The Dawnhounds was published by Saga Press on June 14, 2022. Resurrected by an ancient power, she finds herself with the new ability to manipulate life force. The Dawnhounds is the opening novel in The Endsong sequence. When she stumbles across a dead body on her patrol, two fellow officers gruesomely murder her and dump her into the harbor. She’s barely holding it together, haunted by memories of a lover who vanished and voices that float in and out of her head like radio signals. Yat has recently been demoted on the force due to “lifestyle choices” after being caught at a gay club. But, after a devastating war and a sweeping biotech revolution, all its inhabitants want is peace, no one more so than Yat Jyn-Hok a reformed-thief-turned-cop who patrols the streets at night. The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. Gideon the Ninth meets Black Sun in this queer, Māori-inspired debut fantasy about a police officer who is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with protecting her city from an insidious evil threatening to destroy it. |