Collection: Adult Fiction

In this work the plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, but possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order which circumscribes her life and position. Introducti...

A pregnant queen is surrounded by the forces of evil in a forest but she is not alone. Three powerful warriors are with her, the last of the once proud Drenai army. The fate of the world rests upon them as they strive to protect the unborn king.

The prophecy had come true. The world spun. Tidal waves lashed the planet, & a new ice age dawned. The few survivors of a once great empire struggled to hold their ground against the rising barbarian tide. But a terrible evil threatened everything.

Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this is the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel who try to craft a childhood for themselves amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory.

Charles O'Brien, bard and giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance, the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. But what of his own story as he is led from Ireland to seek his fortune beyond the sea in England?

Ripley wanted out. He wanted money, success, the good life - and he was willing to kill for it. Patricia Highsmith's other novels include Strangers on a Train and This Sweet Sickness.

Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. It tells of the Joad family who travel West in search of the promised land, and find only broken dreams.