Sagas

India, 3400 BCE. A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don’t give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time....

He was gorgeous, older and guarded. I knew he was trouble from the moment we locked eyes. We met at work, on my first day as a barista. He smiled, I melted...then he tasted my coffee and threw it away. Again, the next day, and the next. He hated the coffee, yet still came back....

William Warwick is eight when he decides to join the police force. Resolute in the face of his prominent QC father’s objections, William graduates in Art History from university and immediately enrols as a constable in the Metropolitan Police....

Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years....

In a fit of rage, Brahma banishes his star pupil from Swarglok. Mortally wounded, and anguished at Brahma's unfair punishment, the man struggles to survive in tamastamah prabha....

The dark age of Kali is rising, and every man and woman must choose between duty and conscience, honour and shame, life and death....

The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international bestselling author....

With the backing of his uncle, General Penrod Ballantyne, young Leon Courtney joins the King's Rifles of Nairobi. When he becomes discouraged by the dishonesty of army life, his uncle recruits him for a special mission....

William Warwick, now a Detective Inspector, is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force....

Devon, 1887. Life has not been kind to dairymaid Tresca Ladycott. She can’t rely on her flighty farmhand father, Emmanuel, so she relies on herself. Then comes a devastating blow. Tresca is sacked from the dairy, and the pair lose their home....

With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975....

The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international best-selling author....

Kait Whittier has built her magazine column into a hugely respected read followed by fans across the country. She loves her work and adores her grown children....

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known....

Kartikeya was born from the flames of a desperate need, an ardent desire, and an utmost devastation. In him was distilled the terrible powers of Mahadev, at its fiercest and most deadly....

Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.... 

Resisting an irresistible force wears you down and turns you out. I know - I've been doing it for years....

Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat....

Even the most perfect lives can be shattered in an instant....

The master storyteller continues the Clifton saga with this, the second novel.....

This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives, and who dies? Listen to find out....

In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend....

1700 BCE, Harappa – the devta of Harappa has fallen tortured and condemned to the dungeons of the dead. His murdered wife’s pious blood falls on the sands of the metropolis, sealing the black fate of Harappa forever....

England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant....

When powerful real estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities....

 A new stand-alone saga from the bestselling author Rosie Clarke. 

Germany, 1937. Fear and betrayal stalk the streets. People disappear. Persecution of the Jews has become a national pastime. When Ruth Friedman's husband is arrested by the SS, she is left to fend for herself and her four children. She alone stands as their shield against the Nazis. But where can she go? Where will her family be safe? Ruth must overcome the indifference, hatred and cruelty that surrounds her as she and her family race to escape the advancing Nazi army's final solution.

London, 1929. Lady Alice Mayton-Walsh has always been a free independent spirit. With wealth and position, Alice defies convention and created, Sheer, a women's magazine. However, after years of hard work, she finds that her life isn't as complete as she expected it to be. Then her brother's best friend Vince reveals plans to marry an heiress to save his family's fortunes. The news shocks Alice as she realises she wants more than just friendship with him. Yet, before she has a chance to follow her heart, Vince turns his back on the extravagant life.

The marriage of Marcia and Curt Ratheter seems idyllically happy. As much in love now as on their wedding day, nothing can mar their joy. But one fateful day in 1931, Curt disappears, leaving Marcia her two daughters bereft. Then Barty Bendall admits his love to Marcia. Desperately trying to forget the past, Marcia moves to Blackburn with him, but soon Barty sinks into bad ways, tyrannising the family. He particularly focuses his aggression on Polly, Curt and Marcia’s first-born, blonde as an angel but afflicted since birth with an ominous shadow over her health.

Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2020. Serious illness has forced Eleanor Wilder to leave her life in London, close her antique shop and return to the family farm in Pembrokeshire. Her instinct is to hide from the world but when her parents bring her to a family reunion at the nearby house, Cliffside, she is transfixed by a set of old family photographs. One of the images is of a woman in theatrical dress, labelled ‘Esme Blood'—a name that is familiar to Eleanor through a set of Victorian tarot cards and diaries that she found through her shop. 

Das große Finale der Senfblütensaga! Ein packendes dreistimmiges Hörbuch über eine Frau, die ihrer Zeit voraus ist, und ein dramatisches Kapitel deutsch-französischer Geschichte. Düsseldorf 1920: Nach der überstürzten Flucht aus Metz müssen Emma und die Familie Seidel ihre Existenz neu aufbauen. Doch als Flüchtlinge sind sie nirgends gern gesehen. Das Wertvollste, was Emma besitzt, sind Carls Pläne für Senfmaschinen. Aber wie soll sie ohne ihn den Betrieb wieder aufbauen? Emma bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als auf die Gnade ihrer Eltern zu hoffen.

Acțiunea tetralogiei începe în anii 1950, într-un cartier sărac, dar plin de viață, din mahalalele oraşului Napoli, şi acoperă aproape şaizeci de ani, pe măsură ce protagonistele—Lila, cea impulsivă şi întreprinzătoare, şi Elena, povestitoarea îndrăgostită de romane—devin femei, soții, mame şi apoi stăpânele propriilor vieți, legate în tot acest timp de o prietenie profundă şi deseori conflictuală.

Personaje memorabile, un remarcabil simț al limbii și al construcției narative sunt doar câteva dintre calitățile acestui surprinzător roman al lui Bogdan Coșa. Istoria unei familii rurale, apăsată de maledicția insecurității, a alcoolismului, a neșansei sociale în care tinerii își visează plecarea, ne amintește, cu discreție, de fragilitatea umană în aceste vremuri derutante. Carte a deplinei maturități creatoare, Cât de aproape sunt ploile reci marchează o dată pe harta prozei actuale.

The war has ended; the men are returning home to their loved ones, but for some, things have changed. Charlotte Hennessey-White's husband, David, is no longer the gentle loving man he once was and Charlotte, so independent during the war, is devastated. Edna Burbage's strong fiancée, Colin, has suffered appalling physical injuries. He won’t hold her to her promise of marriage, but she insists her feelings are unchanged. But is that true? And Polly Chandler's sweetheart, Gavin, who’d she’d planned her whole future around, hasn’t come home at all.

Dunkle Wolken am Horizont. Ein neues Jahrzehnt bricht an. Die "Waldfriede"-Saga geht weiter! Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1933. Gerade als sich das Waldfriede endlich einen Namen gemacht hat und Klinikleiter Conradi in die Berliner Chirurgische Gesellschaft aufgenommen wird, ziehen mit der Machtergreifung der Nazis dunkle Wolken am Horizont auf. Plötzlich steht das Waldfriede und sein Personal unter Beobachtung.

Julia und Álvaro sind glücklich miteinander. Der traditionelle Salzgarten mit seinem erlesenen Meersalz ist erfolgreich. Julias kleines Restaurant wird immer beliebter. Alles könnte so schön sein, wenn nicht ausgerechnet Jens, Julias Bruder und Vater ihres geliebten Patensohns Emil, in der Nähe eine Tauchstation für Touristen eröffnen wollte. Denn zu Jens' Plan gehört, dass einige Unterwasserfelsen gesprengt werden. Doch diese Sprengungen würden das gesamte Ökosystem an diesem Küstenabschnitt gefährden - und natürlich auch den Salzgarten.

Auftakt der spannenden und berührenden Familiensaga. 1938: Die Amerikaner John Morgan und Richard Cooper treffen in Wien auf die Halbjüdin Isabelle. Beide verlieben sich in die unbekannte Schönheit. Als Hitler Österreich dem Deutschen Reich einverleibt, schwebt sie von einem Tag auf den anderen in höchster Gefahr, und die beiden Männer verhelfen ihr zur Flucht. Fortan lebt Isabelle von Heimweh geplagt auf Johns Apfelbaumplantage "Morgan's Hall". John kettet sie wie sein Eigentum an sich und hofft auf ihre Liebe.

Marzo de 1951. Miquel y Patro están a punto de ser padres en una Barcelona inmersa en un periodo de agitación social. Son los días de la "huelga de los tranvías”, el primer reto de la España de Franco que muchos temen acabe en otra guerra civil. En este contexto histórico, reaparece en la ciudad un viejo agente del cuerpo, Pere Humet, que le cuenta a Miquel cómo se exilió, sobrevivió en Argelés, luchó con los franceses y acabó en el campo nazi de exterminio de Mauthausen con otros compañeros.

Ein schillerndes Panorama der Zeit nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg, in der nichts mehr ist, wie es war, und in der jede Familie versucht, so gut es geht zu leben und überleben. Bis zum Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs war das Schicksal der Geschwister Ulferts aus Ostfriesland eng miteinander verwoben, der Bauernhof ihrer Eltern ihr sicheres Zuhause. Durch den Krieg aber gerät ihr Leben aus den Fugen. Mit dem Beginn der Weimarer Republik müssen sie sich, jeder auf seine Weise, den Herausforderungen einer ihnen noch unbekannten Welt stellen.

Spring, 1942. Lizzie is making plans for her wedding with fiancé Bill. But preparations during wartime aren't easy, and attacks on the Yorkshire port of Kelthorpe are only getting worse. Connie wants to be there for her sister, but she has troubles of her own—a secret that is driving a wedge between herself and those who love her. Meanwhile, Pamela faces new complications in her romance with Fred, and the arrival of two new RAF servicemen stirs up trouble.