In his twilight years, a weary writer finds peace in a rural retreat, recording his thoughts on the simple pleasures of life and the beauty of the English seasons. This meditative...
Marian Arundel is caught in a tug-of-war between a frivolous, fashion-obsessed household and her own stern moral compass. Her refusal to compromise her principles makes her an...
Witness the origin of a legend in the novel that introduced the world to the orphan raised by great apes in the African wilderness. From his tragic beginning as the son of doomed...
A young peasant woman becomes an unlikely heroine in this powerful novel about the rigidity of law and the power of truth. When her sister is condemned to death for infanticide,...
A mysterious figure in a slouch hat haunts the criminal gangs of London, delivering a rough justice that the courts cannot provide. The police are torn between hunting this...
Horne Fisher languishes in a world where the truth is too dangerous to be spoken. He sees the strings pulling the puppets of state but is powerless to cut them, knowing that...
An army doctor returning from Afghanistan meets an eccentric chemist in a hospital laboratory, sparking a partnership that will become legendary. Their first joint investigation...
The polite drawing rooms of Edwardian society become the setting for savage wit and macabre humor in this biting collection of short stories. The author introduces a cast of...
Follow a desperate trail across the forbidden lands of Pal-ul-don, a prehistoric region teeming with dinosaurs and strange, tailed humanoids. Driven by the belief that his wife is...
A fisherman recounts six hours of terror trapped inside a funnel of water that stretches from the ocean floor to the sky. By observing the physics of the debris swirling around...