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Immortality has been the theme of many a tales and has taken many different forms. The classics like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein personify it through the supernatural and science. However, as far as science goes, none have done to a plausibly realistic way – until now. Dean Crawford’ Immortal starts off with action and goes the full metal jacket. The action starts in the Santa Fe Trail where Patrol Office Lieutenant Enrico Zamora heads up the Glorietta Pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico after reports of a shooting. The aftermath of that incident leaves a body with bullet lodged in his thigh bone which carbon dating puts at 200 years old, back to the American Civil War. However, before county coroner Lillian Cruz can report it to the authorities, she disappears. “That’s a musket ball”, Alexis said in surprise. “It must have dropped out of him and rolled down the drainage chute.” - Immortal, page 15 The coroner’s disappearance gets the

Jack Reacher is an enigma. He walks alone, yet he seems to keep finding more than his share of trouble and adventure. In Lee Child’s latest thriller series, Personal , Reacher answers a newspaper advertisement and finds himself flown across the globe trying to find (and stop) a sniper with a personal vendetta against him, and a possible world leader in his scopes. Child brings us right into the action by giving a first person point of view narration. He also answers some questions about Reacher’s past, giving us a glimpse into the hero we know, on a more personal level. We discover more about his mother – Joséphine Moutier Reacher , and his greatest failure – Dominique Kohl . In chapter eighteen, Reacher visits his mother’s grave and shares some insight into where he may have inherited his heroism. ‘What did she do?’   ‘Resistance work. Allied airmen shot down in Holland or Belgium were funneled south through Paris. There was a network. Her part was to escort them from on

If its horror you crave then Stephen King’s IT  packs it from cover to cover. In the 1986 publication, seven childhood friends are brought back together after almost three decades to battle an ominous entity that feeds on children and takes the form of their innermost fears. Although the entity’s true form is revealed at the end, it’s most common form is that of a clown known as Pennywise . However, to each of the friends it manifests as something different, a large bird, a leper, the mummy and even dead people. While the novel is in its core a horror story, it is also a coming of age story that deals with abuse, guilt, sex, love and basically everything we experience growing up. It is graphic, thrilling and at times disturbing and shocking especially when details of the friends’ childhood encounter with It. The sexual activity portrayed in the book in the final part, The Ritual of Chüd, is rather scandalously pedophilic and at times perverted especially when an eleven year

Characters often remain forgotten after their stories have been told in books. However, with Doctor Sleep , the master of macabre Stephen King continues Danny Torrance’s struggle with his Shining gift. If you've always wondered what happened to Danny after the Overlook Hotel burnt down, then this book fills that void. Set years after the events in The Shining , Danny is now an adult and in his attempt to be normal tries to drown his gift with alcohol. This of course has serious consequences and leads him on a path that his father took. He drifts across the country and finally settles into a job where remnants of his gift provide comfort for the dying. Soon he encounters the evanescent Abra Stone who has the most spectacular and brightest shining he has ever seen and being alike, she soon reaches out to him. However, when an evil tribe of people called the True Knot come calling, Danny must face his own demons and summon his inner strength to save Abra. This time Danny

  In the old world shadows of Providence, Rhode Island, Nina Grey finds herself the center of a war between Hell and Earth. Struggling with her father's recent death, Nina meets Jared Ryel by chance…or so she believes. Although his stunning good...

In this highly anticipated follow-up to his blockbuster New York Times bestseller The Amateur, former New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief Edward Klein delves into the rocky relationship between the Obamas and the Clintons. An old-school reporter with incredible insider contacts, Klein reveals just how deep the rivalry between the Obamas and the Clintons runs, with details on closed-door meetings buttressed by hundreds of interviews. Blood Feud is a stunning exposé of the animosity, jealousy, and competition between America’s two most powerful political couples. With unparalleled reporting and access to the most sensitive sources close to the principals, Klein gives an insider's, behind the scenes view of the mutual loathing between the Democratic standard-bearers. In Blood Feud , you'll learn: Why Michelle Obama’s political ambitions could rival Hillary Clinton's  About the “deal”: why Bill Clinton supported Barack Obama for reelection—and why he feels betraye