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Thousands of years ago in the destitute village of Bedlam, two star-crossed lovers flee from Orion, the brutal king of Aipotu. This is a martyr's tale, and a moving story of love, faith, self-sacrifice and courage. It is filled with ironies about the "truths" of history, the casual cruelty of tyrants, the obsession of the powerful with their legacies, and the shamelessness of propaganda and spin control.
Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Dog Days in Bedlam:
Many milleniums ago on a scorching summer day during the midday sun, a horseman wearing a purple cloak with gold tassels galloped through the dusty narrow road through Bedlam. Bedlam was a poor village of huts made out of crude mud bricks. The walls and roofs of most of the huts were cracked and crumbling. A few of the huts were mere rubble and were abandoned. When the rider reached the village square, he pulled hard on the reins making his sweating horse neigh in protest. The horseman pointed to the first Bedlamite he saw, and barked:/ | |  | | The Bard of Bethlehem
This is a historical novel about a Celtic harpist who plays songs to the Star of Bethlehem.
Exerpt from Chapter 33 of The Bard of Bethlehem: "Terentius kept his eyes on the star, but thumbed the strings trying to ape the star's pulse. Bridicia and Suha fell silent as they listened to him. Soon Terentius experimented with a rhythm with the shorter strings, trying as he did so to fit into the pulse of the star. The music sounded strange. Yet the harp was a forgiving intrument, and Terentius's initial efforts held charm and promise. He kept at it. He altered his melody. He saw a subtle extra beat in the star's pulse. He imitated it. Again he altered his melody. "Drawn by th |
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A Murder in a Different Light
by Brendan O'Brien
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 Ireland 1947. Seven weeks of relentless snow. Guard Eamon Foley is searching for a missing child.
At Toby Appleyard’s farm, he discovers the kitchen littered with dead cats. And the skeletal remains of a woman. Upstairs, Toby is dead in his bed. |
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