'Full of invention and ingenuity . . . Great fun' SFX K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it. A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all. To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more experience with bridge-building than battles, is a cheat and a liar, and has a serious problem with authority. He is, in other words, perfect for the job. Sixteen Ways To Defend a Walled City is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Great Siege, written down so that the deeds and sufferings of great men may never be forgotten. *** Praise for K. J. Parker 'Parker's settings and characterisations never miss a beat' Library Journal 'There's a mordant wit to the workings of Parker's mind' Time Out 'Parker's skilful control of pacing, expert rendering of characters, and subtle sense of humour add depth and believability' Library Journal 'Parker's acerbic wit and knowledge of human nature are a delight to read' RT Book Reviews

Sixteen Ways To Defend A Walled City

Science Fiction & Fantasy

K. J. Parker

Fantasy

Orbit UK

The Black Elfstone: Book One of the Fall of Shannara

Brooks,Terry

Everything About You: Discover this year's most cutting-edge thriller

Computers & Technology

CHILD, Heather

Programming

'Black Mirror meets Gone Girl' -Rosamund Lupton, Sunday Times and Richard and Judy bestseller
THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SHARE YOUR LIFE ONLINE.
Freya has a new virtual assistant. It knows what she likes, knows what she wants and knows whose voice she most needs to hear: her missing sister's. It adopts her sister's personality, recreating her through a life lived online. But this virtual version of her sister knows things it shouldn't be possible to know. It's almost as if the missing girl is still out there somewhere, feeding fresh updates into the cloud. But that's impossible. Isn't it?
'Amazing, creepy, twisty and clever' -Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh-King's Daughter 'Exquisitely plausible and insidiously chilling' -M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts
'A compelling, terrifying and stunningly assured debut' -Gareth L. Powell
'Gone Girl for the VR generation' -Starburst
With twists and turns you'll never see coming, Everything About You is a thrilling debut showing a chilling vision of a future that's just around the corner. You'll never look at your privacy settings in the same way again . . .
The world of Everything About You is closer than you think: * Right now, the average child features in over 1,500 online photographs by the age of five * By 2025, you will interact with connected devices nearly 5,000 times per day * Today there are already companies who will collect your data so that your relatives can interact with your 'digital doppelganger' after you die.

Senlin Ascends

Bancroft, Josiah

Saevus Corax Captures the Castle

Warrior of Scorpio (Dray Prescott, No. 3)

Alan Burt Akers

Science Fiction

Swordships of Scorpio (Dray Prescot, No. 4)

Literature & Fiction

Akers, Alan Burt

Contemporary

'...indescribably addictive. I can heartily recommend both Shadow and Pattern to fantasy connoisseurs who prefer a little more bite from their fiction. Do try this most excellent of sagas. I really don't think you'll be disappointed.' - THE ALIEN ONLINE
'This is exactly what the fantasy genre needs. Mature, confident prose from a talented writer...compelling, assured, intelligent - five stars' - SFX
In a world he does not know, Poldarn's future is uncertain. Pursued by invisible enemies, and haunted by the demons of his past, nobody can be trusted - not even himself, it seems. 
Attempting to piece together his own life from whatever scattered fragments he can find and dreams that hide as much as they reveal has brought him nothing but trouble. 
Now all he craves is peace. But will he find it on the island he believes to be his childhood home? Or will this place hold more terrors for him to confront?
K.J. Parker's SHADOW began a ground-breaking new series that takes fantasy into remarkable new territory. Now, with PATTERN, the extraordinary story of Poldarn takes a new shape.
Books by K.J. Parker:
Fencer Trilogy The Colours in the Steel The Belly of the Bow The Proof House
Scavenger Trilogy Shadow Pattern Memory
Engineer Trilogy Devices and Desires Evil for Evil The Escapement
Saloninus Blue and Gold The Devil You Know
Two of Swords The Two of Swords: Part 1 The Two of Swords: Part 2 The Two of Swords: Part 3
Novels The Company The Folding Knife The Hammer Sharps Savages Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City My Beautiful Life

Pattern (Scavenger Trilogy)

Parker, K.J.

'Frantically wacky and wilfully confusing ... gratifyingly clever and very amusing' - Mail on Sunday
'Frothy, fast and funny' - Scotland on Sunday
J.W. Wells seemed to be a respectable establishment, but the company now paying Paul Carpenter's salary is in fact a deeply sinister organisation with a mighty peculiar management team. 
Paul thought he was getting the hang of it (particularly when he fell head over heels for his strangely alluring colleague Sophie), but death is never far away when you work at J.W. Wells. Unlike the stapler - that's always going awol. Our lovestruck hero is about to discover that custard is definitely in the eye of the beholder. And that it really stings.
Tom Holt's exceedingly comic fantasies are populated with evil goblins, annoying sprites and people like us. However, it's not always possible to tell the difference.
The third book to follow the hilarious adventures of Paul Carpenter - Tom Holt at his inventive best.
Books by Tom Holt:
 Walled Orchard Series Goatsong The Walled Orchard
 J.W. Wells &amp; Co. Series The Portable Door In Your Dreams Earth, Air, Fire and Custard You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps The Better Mousetrap May Contain Traces of Magic Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages
 YouSpace Series Doughnut When It's A Jar The Outsorcerer's Apprentice The Good, the Bad and the Smug
 Novels Expecting Someone Taller Who's Afraid of Beowulf Flying Dutch Ye Gods! Overtime Here Comes the Sun Grailblazers Faust Among Equals Odds and Gods Djinn Rummy My Hero Paint your Dragon Open Sesame Wish you Were Here Alexander at World's End Only Human Snow White and the Seven Samurai Olympiad Valhalla Nothing But Blue Skies Falling Sideways Little People Song for Nero Meadowland Barking Blonde Bombshell The Management Style of the Supreme Beings An Orc on the Wild Side

Earth, Air, Fire and Custard

Holt,Tom

Humor & Satire

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