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'A Japan that never was, a future lost, ghosts that are not dead ... not even a partial list of ingredients can do justice to this wonderful cake of a book ... A time-defying thriller' ROBIN HOBB Strange things are happening in Tokyo. As war with Russia looms, the city is plagued by strange electricity storms, while the staff at the British Legation have gone on strike, claiming that the building is haunted. Thaniel Steepleton is sent over from London to act as interpreter, bringing with him his partner, Keita Mori the watchmaker, their adopted daughter, Six, and Mori's clockwork octopus, Katsu. Thaniel is dazzled by life in Tokyo, but he feels increasingly out of his depth - especially when he meets Takiko Pepperharrow, and learns of her connection to Mori. But then Mori disappears, and Thaniel and Takiko's paths diverge as they desperately try to find him. As their searches lead them to snow-steeped prisons and mountainside shrines, Thaniel is faced with the terrifying revelation that Mori's powers are no longer enough to save them - and that the watchmaker's time may have run out. Natasha Pulley's extraordinary new novel, The Kingdoms, will be available in Spring 2021.

Ben, een student aan de universiteit van Oxford, mag als wetenschappelijk experiment samen met zijn vriendin Cara op vakantie naar de kust van Kenia. Onderdeel van het onderzoek is dat al zijn emoties worden geregistreerd via een op zijn schedel aangebracht apparaatje. Niet lang nadat Ben op de exotische bestemming is aangekomen, wordt hij onverwacht gearresteerd. Hij begint door te krijgen dat dit paradijs niet zo perfect is als het lijkt en dat niemand te vertrouwen is. In welk vreemd spel is hij beland?

Four men who reunite every year during hunting season in the woods of Maine, encounter a disoriented, incoherent stranger who drags the men into a terrifying struggle with a creature from another world, and their only chance for survival lies in their shared past.

Als Nackttänzerin einer Peepshow in Lyon läßt Louise, noch Jungfrau, nichts und niemanden an sich heran, bis sie eines Tages einem Mann in tragischer, verbrecherischer Leidenschaft verfällt

"Ich hatte Familienkram zu regeln, mehr nicht, aber ich beschloß, dies nicht ohne Pistole zu tun."