When memories of a stranger burst into Aurora’s mind her life is turned upside down. Desperate for answers and pursued by a ruthless mercenary, Aurora and her friends descend into a wondrous new world of technological marvels that blend the line between magic and reality. As she learns the depths of her abilities, she uncovers a desperate question: Is she the key to a war fought across time? From award-winning author John Bowie, comes a new sci-fi adventure that will forever change the way you look at time and imagination. "Gripping from the first page and the intensity never lets up. The intriguing world painted is imaginative and original." -- Indies Today * Finalist for the 2019 Book Excellence Awards Science Fiction Category. * More about The Houses of the Curious Decades ago, a band of neurally augmented rebels, the Seventy-Seven, and their leader, Arthur Lannius helped liberate the mountain town of Prospector from the Perpetual Corporation in a great machine war. Eventually defeated, the Seventy-Seven scattered and Lannius went into exile without a trace…except for a child. When memories of a stranger burst into her mind, Aurora learns she is not an ordinary orphan of the war, but that she was entrusted to her mother by Lannius, and that she too is neurally augmented. In discovering her hidden augmentations, she accidentally awakens an old surveillance drone and reignites the dormant war. When one of Perpetual's mercenaries attacks, Aurora and her friends flee their remote town and descend into the futuristic world beyond. There they discover a world where augmentations are the norm and imagination flows between people like magic. The future is full of wonder. But, the safety of their world is short lived. Pursued by Perpetual for the memories that she holds, Aurora must choose a side in a secret war fought by machine armies and a pantheon of digital beings. Questioning both friend and foe, she wrestles with the memories of the mysterious other buried in her mind as the key to a war fought across time.

The Houses of the Curious

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Bowie, John

Science Fiction

Bowker

Spanning the period 1848 to 1908, this collection of photographs brings together the first pictures ever taken during military campaigns, including the drawn out campaigns of the Boer Wars and the siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

Empire at War

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

B.T.BATSFORD LTD

Hobbes and His Critics: A Study in Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism

First Published in 1969. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Literature & Fiction

Routledge

'BRUTAL, DARK AND LYRICAL MANC NOIR' As clubbers in Manchester's most notorious club partied hard in the 90s, a girl collapsed, falling from the stage after a bad pill.&nbsp; Few noticed. Those that did, didn't care, lost in a hedonistic haze.&nbsp; John Black, an ex-SAS soldier, who was working security that night, carried her out in his arms.&nbsp; Now on witness protection for exposing the city's underworld after the girl's death, he returns to the city that disowned him. Helping a troubled mother search for answers to her son's suicide -- as eerie recordings tell of increased sexual depravity in the block of flats he jumped from.&nbsp; Confronting the orchestrator of his pains, he works to solve the case, have vengeance...and reclaim his lost identity. 'Lyrical-poetry and prose mix with blood down Manchster's harsh rain-soaked alleyways.' --- REVIEWS: 'Bowie's dark, hard-edged crime novel inaugurates a promising series.' - Publishers Weekly 'Dark, hard-edged crime noir.' - Publishers Weekly 'Noir fans will find a lot to like.' - BookLife 'Bowie's writing is lyrical, moody, funny and as gritty as hell...like a British blend of Jim Thompson and Nelson Algren.' - Paul D. Brazill, author of Guns of Brixton 'I would definitely recommend this crime novel and John Bowie as an author, and look forward to reading his next book.' - Amanda Brightman, on Untethered 'It's a loopy surreal fever dream of a novel, a dark, disorienting Möbius strip of people and places that are not always what they seem.' - 'The Thrilling Detective' on Untethered '...its pages are packed full of deceit, human depravity and surprisingly dark humour.' - STORGY.com on Untethered

TRANSFERENCE: Love + Hate in Rain City (The John Black Thrillers)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Independently published

First Published in 1969. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

John Barrie is bored in his witness protection program in Bristol. A disturbed ex-SAS soldier, he searches for meaning at the bottom of many a glass as madness begins to set in. Then a series of cryptic messages arrive, pulling him into a web of deceit, destruction and disillusionment. One such note comes with a knock on his door and a chance to find a missing girl; to start over again... as a private investigator. Meanwhile, his therapist encourages him to put his demons on paper; to write it all out. As John battles with his past, could this writing lead him to find the girl, his future and maybe even the love he craves? Untethered is a semi-autobiographical crime noir, reminiscent of old noir films like Chinatown and Double Indemnity, exploring themes of identity, isolation and the damaging effects of drink, depression and PTSD.

Untethered: Dreams of Future Memories (Black Viking Thriller)

Red Dog Press

BRUTAL, DARK AND LYRICAL MANC NOIR As clubbers in Manchester's most notorious club partied hard in the 90s, a girl collapsed, falling from the stage after a bad pill. Few noticed. Those that did, didn't care - lost in a hedonistic haze. John Black, an ex-SAS soldier, who was working security that night, carried her out in his arms. Now on witness protection for exposing the city's underworld after the girl's death, he goes back to the city that disowned him - to confront the orchestrator of his pains... and reclaim his lost identity.

Transference: Love + Hate in Rain City (Black Viking Thriller)

Thrillers & Suspense

DARKNESS FOLLOWS WHEREVER HE GOES John Black returns to Northern England for a family funeral, having left the woman he loves to protect her from his past. His solace is broken as the sands shift, crows and gulls circle overhead, and children run on the beach where John used to play as a child...and where a body is found in the dunes by Cross Hill - the body of a woman John once knew. With a set of coordinates left for him in a haunted pub, the body count grows, as the police are made sure of John's connection. As he drives the ancient coastal and rural landscapes, from Alnwick, Hadrian's Wall, Lindesfarne to Bamburgh, racing to confront the killers, John wrestles the pain of bringing the evils of his past to his homelands. WILL DEATH EVER LEAVE HIM?

Division: The Crows Over Cross Hill (Black Viking Thriller)

Genre Fiction

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Books by Bowie, John

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The Houses of the Curious

Empire at War

Hobbes and His Critics: A Study in Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism

TRANSFERENCE: Love + Hate in Rain City (The John Black Thrillers)

Hobbes and His Critics: A Study in Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism

Untethered: Dreams of Future Memories (Black Viking Thriller)

Transference: Love + Hate in Rain City (Black Viking Thriller)

Division: The Crows Over Cross Hill (Black Viking Thriller)