Vincent Alan Chell is coy about answering the questions of his captor. He’d much rather talk about his dead wife, Yael, whose suicide somehow led him into captivity. Or Preacher, the bearded leader of a cult-like group that meets in the bowels of a church basement. Or the Peacemaker, the computer intelligence that has guaranteed peace between nations for half a century. Chell describes a world... [click here for more]
18 years old Amelia del Atore, the only child in an affluent Brazilian family has everything others can only dream about. However, when Amelia's father Robert stands for election to the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, Amelia becomes a target of his unknown enemy. All signs show that it's someone who is close to their family. While her disturbed parents want to send her to England, away from the danger,... [click here for more]
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is one of the best-loved Scottish writers. Beginning with a series of poetry collections and nonfiction works, Scott quickly became known as a rising force in British letters. But it was with the publication of Waverley (1814), the first of a series of sixteen bestselling historical novels known collectively as the Waverley novels, that the writer established himself as... [click here for more]