Showing results for "Rust" in Literature & Fiction

An article in a random travel magazine - about coyotes freely roaming the banks of the Rio Grande right in the middle of the city of Albuquerque - compels talented but socially isolated artist Margaret Shaw to pack up and move from New York City to New Mexico. She quickly settles into a Chicano/Mexican barrio near the river, spending long days at local junkyards attempting to satisfy another recent obsession - her determination to move her art from two dimensions to three.

At 18, I left my hometown in the rearview mirror, vowing to never return. Ten years later, my best friend is getting married, and I have to make a choice: set foot back in Rust Canyon, where painful memories of the past lurk around every corner, or let down the only person who's always been there for me.

Det økonomiske kollaps og finanskrisen forårsager farlige spaendinger mellem indbyggerne i en lille by. Grådighed graver grøfter mellem tidligere venner. Arbejdsløshed, sorte penge, et mord og en barnebortførelse sender chokbølger gennem det lille samfund.

A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic ""robot western"" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. It’s been thirty years since the apocalypse and fifteen years since the murder...

Deirdre Morgan is a Reconstructor working at the Rust-city Criminal Investigations Agency. She is one of the Touched, people with extrasensory perception serving society but always kept on the fringes, feared and mistrusted for what they can do. Deirdre has been transferred from one team to another, until she becomes a part of Agent Sebastian Cadwalder’s unconventional squad.

Publiekslieveling Hendrik Groen keert terug naar tuincomplex Rust en Vreugd. Op een zonnige dag in april nam weduwe Emma Quaadvliegh, op zoek naar afleiding en niet gehinderd door al te groene vingers, een tuin met huisje op volkstuincomplex Rust en Vreugd. Ze maakte er nieuwe vrienden, maar werd ook geconfronteerd met een wondere wereld van heggencontroles, bouwcommissies en kinnesinne tussen 'oude' en 'nieuwe' tuinders. Samen met haar tuinvrienden, verenigd in het licht subversieve clubje Klavertje Vier, wist ze de macht van voorzitter Harm van Velsen te ondermijnen.

The bad boy. The f--k up. The thief. That was me. Once a king, now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away over and over again. I was reckless. Still am. I'd been exiled. Twice. I did my time. I've cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her. A bolt of lightning - startling, unsettling, breathtaking, out of reach. The woman I once scorned years ago is now the woman I can't live without. I need what I didn't think I'd ever need again.

Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he’s an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute—unless she does as he says.

The year is 1992. The Third World War rages. With Central Europe locked in a bloody stalemate, the chaos boils over into Greece and Turkey, with NATO holding on by a thread against the Soviet onslaught. But the greatest twists of fate unfold behind the scenes. The United States Presidential election may upend the balance altogether, as America's citizens choose who will lead them into the maelstrom. But in Moscow, hidden forces within the Soviet Union finally make their bid for power.

I thought I could trust my allies. I was wrong. Now we all have to pay the price. A new, seemingly impossible quest from the Oracle has seared itself into my brain. Enemies are watching our every move. NIX is experimenting on my brother. And my new power is eating me alive. Literally.

The House of Rust is an enchanting novel about a Hadrami girl in Mombasa. When her fisherman father goes missing, Aisha takes to the sea on a magical boat made of a skeleton to rescue him. She is guided by a talking scholar’s cat (and soon crows, goats, and other animals all have their say, too). On this journey Aisha meets three terrifying sea monsters. After she survives a final confrontation with Baba wa Papa, the father of all sharks, she rescues her own father and hopes that life will return to normal. But at home, things only grow stranger.

De volkstuingebruiken – de tuincontrole­commissie, de fancy fair, de strijd tussen "geitenwollen sokken" en "tuinkabouters" – worden door Hendrik op hilarische wijze beschreven Als Emma Quaadvliegh na het overlijden van haar man oude papieren opruimt, vindt ze een vergeten inschrijving terug voor een tuinhuisje bij 'Rust en Vreugd'. Ongemerkt is er elf jaar wachttijd verstreken, ze kan nu elk huisje krijgen dat vrijkomt.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers a secret that brings the greatest shock of her life. “I love the Flavia de Luce novels! Flavia is the best female detective I’ve...

A noble leader is dead. His five children, once heirs to a bustling port, are scattered around the Encircled Sea. Their kingdom, the ancient land of Zohar, has fallen to the cruel Aelarian Empire. As the dust settles, new fires kindle. In a shattering world, the pieces are up for grabs. Here fleets clash at sea, and desert warriors battle among dunes and ancient ruins; cloaked conspirators gather in shadowy alleyways, vowing to slay their emperor; and a girl seeks the magic of light beyond guardians of shadow.

On the last day of normality in Mackinaw, Illinois, Oliver McCallister thinks his worst problem is figuring out how to come clean to his wife about the secret he’s been keeping from her. Zoe McCallister thinks her worst problem is squeezing in an errand at the courthouse before another long day of nursing classes—and worrying about whatever Oliver is hiding from her.

When a dying millionaire asks his lawyer to track down and covertly protect his long-lost niece, who stands to inherit his fortunes, little does he know that his life is about to end in an unsolved murder. Enter Oliva Cresswell, the unsuspecting heir, who is working as a cashier in a bustling West End store. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she crosses paths with a man named Beale, who claims to be a wheat merchant. After a harrowing attack in her apartment, a job offer from Beale, an inexplicable dismissal from her job, and her increasing reliance on Beale, the riddles around her keep ...

Cities across the United Entities continue to burn. Fractured military forces struggle to preserve what is left of Stability as the Harbingers of the Fall push society ever closer to collapse. Adrift in this conflict, characters both familiar and new must forge their paths through the chaos. After facing heavy losses, the small group of cadet pilots takes their battered training mechs back to the Academy, unsure of what they may find waiting for them. Zak, separated from his fellow cadets, finds himself helping an enemy soldier. Alison reluctantly relies on him in her desperate search for Eva.

Rust Belt Bleeds is a Vampire: the Masquerade live play set in the American Midwest. It follows multiple stories across multiple states thorough the World of Darkness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Engine of War is a gritty low-fantasy serial about power, morality, and machines. Across 22 bi-weekly episodes, three paths—creation, control, and sacrifice—lead toward a single, world-shaping goal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Into the Dark of the Woods is an anthology horror series set across the forgotten corners of Northern Michigan - a place where the land remembers what the people forget. Each story stands alone, told weekly in five episode beats, with rich, cinematic narration. We explore folklore, grief, and the strange roots beneath the Rust Belt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.