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The epic and heartbreaking penultimate novel in the million-copy bestselling Bone Season series from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Samantha Shannon.'Blazing a trail for a new generation of feminist fantasy authors' Grazia'Truly extraordinary and thrilling' Andy SerkisThe world has been plunged into chaos. Beyond the Republic of Scion, humans now know that gods walk among them.After months abroad, Paige Mahoney is ready to reunite with Arcturus and finish the fight they started together. Before returning to Scion, they accept an invitation from the Ranthen, who are choosing their new leader in Iceland - only for the night to end in violence.Forced to go on the run through the unforgiving Alps, the labyrinths of Lyon and beyond, Paige must now solve the mystery of her own existence - and the origins of clairvoyance - to save the revolution.Alliances will be tested, hearts will be shattered, and ancient truths will be unearthed.Sweeping, suspenseful and emotionally charged, the sixth instalment Bone Season novel cements Samantha Shannon as a master of epic storytelling as the series hurtles towards a breath-taking finale.'Part fantasy, part dystopia, all intrigue. It's a world of impressive scope' Vogue'A masterclass in page-turning prose' Saara El-Arifi

Sarah J. Maas, the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, returns to the courts of Prythian... The magic continues in the next exciting instalment!The full Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:1) A Court of Thorns and Roses2) A Court of Mist and Fury3) A Court of Wings and Ruin4) A Court of Frost and Starlight5) A Court of Silver Flames6) A Court of Thorns and Roses 6: Publishing on October 27th 2026Also available from Sarah J. Maas is the bestselling Crescent City series, beginning with House of Earth and Blood, and the bestselling Throne of Glass series, starting with Throne of Glass.

“Burn hotter, dangerous girl. Let me taste your fury." A thrilling and incredibly sexy new dark romantasy series from #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author Elizabeth May, perfect for fans of Phantasma, Gild, and Quicksilver. A princess and a war-weary god met in the ashes of a broken city, forging a pact in blood and sacrifice. Now, centuries of fragile peace are on the brink of collapse… Bryony Devaliant was born to die—again and again. In Vartena, royal blood is the currency of peace, with every monarch sacrificed and resurrected to appease the gods. But when rebellion stirs, the god-king sends his deadliest weapon to restore order: an immortal assassin known only as the Wolf. Evander has perfected the art of killing over centuries—until his latest target becomes the one person he cannot destroy. When forbidden desire burns between the assassin and the sacrificial princess, their connection threatens the fragile boundary between gods and mortals. And when that boundary shatters, empires crumble. Because when gods fall in love with mortals, mortals are always the ones to break. Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and Eros and Psyche, this dark, seductive tale is perfect for fans of Raven Kennedy’s Plated Prisoner series, with the wit and spice of Callie Hart’s Quicksilver. Packed with dark fairytale vibes, gothic romance, and tropes like enemies to lovers, forced proximity, death pacts, and villain-gets-the-girl, this is a story where love is as deadly as it is irresistible. Featuring:? A dark fairytale atmosphere? Enemies-to-lovers?? Villain gets the girl? Beauty and the Beast vibes

A powerful and personal memoir that tells the real story behind the headlines of how two people got caught up in a struggle against Putin's regime - one that continues today.The photo of Alexander Litvinenko lying on his deathbed in November 2006, poisoned by polonium, caused shockwaves around the world. But how did it come to this? And why are the lessons he provided still important now, twenty years on? In Marina Litvinenko's compelling new memoir, A Life in Fragments, we find out exactly why and discover the inspirational personal story behind the public tragedy.Marina met the man who would change her life on her thirty-first birthday; she was a dancer while he was an agent in the Russian security services. They fell in love and soon had a son, Anatoly. But Russia in the 1990s was a difficult place in which to live a happy family life; soon, Alexander was uncovering corruption at the heart of the state in the aftermath of the communist era. His fearless investigations led to his arrest and imprisonment on false charges; eventually the Litvinenkos had to escape the country, seeking political asylum in the UK.Litvinenko remained an outspoken critic of Putin's regime, which could not be tolerated. His murder left Marina seeking justice for her husband, but she was obstructed every step of the way by Russia. Even the British government appeared reluctant to hold Russia to account, and it wasn't until 2016 that a public inquiry finally confirmed it had been a 'state sponsored murder'. Marina had won her battle, providing hope to all those who continue to fight to reveal the crimes of Putin's regime and to deliver justice for the victims.

Sarah J. Maas, the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, returns to the courts of Prythian...Romance, danger and intrigue await you in the stunning new instalment.The full Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:1) A Court of Thorns and Roses2) A Court of Mist and Fury3) A Court of Wings and Ruin4) A Court of Frost and Starlight5) A Court of Silver FlamesAlso available from Sarah J. Maas is the bestselling Crescent City series, beginning with House of Earth and Blood, and the bestselling Throne of Glass series, starting with Throne of Glass.

Sarah Waters meets The Terror in this twisty, chilling historical polar horror debut for fans of Michelle Paver and Emma StonexEight years ago, HMS Melpomene met disaster on her search for the missing Franklin polar expedition. A tiny handful of survivors returned home against all odds; now, one of them is to be hanged for the murder of his wife and brother, a crime he claims no memory of committing.Among the spectators is ambitious London newsman, Harry Lambert, obsessed by the Melpomene story and the question of what could drive a hero of the Arctic to such an end.His search for answers takes him to the door of Sidney Blakely, the survivors' charismatic leader turned celebrated Spiritualist medium - a power granted to him, he says, in the thin-veiled North. Living with him is Lieutenant Taylor who claims a darker 'gift': to be a vessel for possession by spirits of the dead. Harry doesn't believe a word of it. But as the true, bloody story behind Melpomene's end unfolds, he begins to wonder.Blakely's revelations of desperate mutiny and a hierarchy out of its depth are shocking enough. But between these lines are whispers of unquiet ghosts, and more than ordinarily savage beasts. In the gaps between what is said and unsaid, what can be believed is as shifting and unstable as the ice itself.Harry knows what Melpomene's crew left in the Arctic. But what did they bring back?

'A science-based approach for doing your best work without sacrificing your health or wellbeing' NIR EYAL'What a great book. Ultraproductive is science-backed, actionable, and genuinely transformative' ALI ABDAALThe only self-help book you'll ever need: a simple, proven 90-minute method to achieve more and stress less.How many notifications do you receive a day? How many news articles do you see? How much of your life is lost to scrolling, swiping and endless updates? Our work-lives have been turned into boundary-less messes by email and Teams. Because of social media, our personal lives never know peace. We're all trying to keep up without burning out, and being productive is no longer enough; now, we have to be 'ultra'. But what if the secret to navigating an increasingly hectic world lies not in doing more, but in doing three things differently? In Ultraproductive, Eric Partaker and Dr. Christian Poensgen reveal the transformative power of the 90-minute method - a simple, science-backed approach that addresses the three areas that matter most for our productivity and well-being.Sharper focus: 90 minutes of deep, uninterrupted work each day. Deeper sleep: 90 minutes of deep sleep each night.Smarter stress: Reset stress cycles every 90 minutes. Drawing on cutting-edge research and packed with actionable strategies - from reevaluating your relationship with social media to scheduling 'ultrafocus' sessions - Ultraproductive is the essential guide to achieving more without burning out.Its simple framework will help you regain control over your time and attention, restore your energy, and build the resilience to thrive in an overstimulated world.

An immersive journey into the art of decipherment and the lost past that emerges when ancient scripts are brought back to lifeFor centuries, the world's earliest writing stood unread. Only through the work of decipherers did their languages begin to speak again, revealing lives that were long forgotten.The Book of Lost Languages is part detective story, part history, part linguistic adventure. It traces the epic journeys of decipherment, from the international strife that unearthed the Rosetta Stone, key to Egypt's hieroglyphs, to the drunken wager that unsealed Old Persian, and from the malaria cure that revealed China's most ancient writing to the proof by chocolate that Mayan writing had been unlocked behind the Cold War's Iron Curtain. From earliest victories to latest findings, Harbour chronicles the remarkable mental feats that have restored forgotten worlds.As it moves through these discoveries, the book celebrates the minds behind them - their strengths and quirks, their brilliance and pettiness, their inexplicable flashes of insight. It reveals the astonishing engine that drives decipherment: when we unravel forgotten scripts, we connect across millennia with the minds that created them. Through these connections, we have extended our knowledge of written history by thousands of years. The result is an exhilarating story of people and politics, dogma and doubt, genius and ingenuity, and of the beguiling artistry behind some of the greatest puzzles ever created.

From the author of the bestselling global sensations The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story

THE DARING FOLLOW-UP TO THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WANT'Am I a bad person? Or am I allowed to wonder "what if"?''Is this kind of desire simply something people feel but don't speak about?''What is a woman without fantasy?'More pleasure, more kink, more partners, more zest - this is desire turned all the way up.If Want sparked the fire of a quiet revolution, More gives women the fuel to let it roar. In this electrifying sequel to the landmark bestseller, Gillian Anderson invites us to leave shame and fear at the door as she dials up the heat on women's sexual fantasies and dares us to want more.This collection of intimate letters - submitted by anonymous women across the globe, curated and introduced by Gillian - dives deeper into what women everywhere think, feel and dream about in their most private moments. Spilling out of the bedroom, the letters take us to all spaces where desire resides, from the school gates to office boardrooms, kitchen counters to forest floors. Bolder and more explicit, they come from over fifty nations and women from eighteen to eighty. Nothing is off limits: there are silken ropes and stirrups, metal collars and machines, neighbours, friends, in-laws and strangers, cravings to own and be owned, people to desire and be desired by, pleasure and pain in equal measure.Joyful, unapologetic and deliciously unfiltered, More proves that the freedom for women to fantasise without restraint is as exhilarating and vital as ever.--'A love letter to the community built by Want [and] the natural next step on our collective journey towards sexual liberation' GLAMOUR

'The world's most successful history podcast ... Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' THE TIMES'The history publishing phenomenon of my lifetime' NEW STATESMANFrom the award-winning podcast The Rest is History and Sunday Times bestselling authors Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook comes a riotous deep dive into history's biggest heroes and most notorious villainsWelcome to a shadowy realm where the divide between the noble and the nefarious isn't quite as clear as it seems. Where supposed saints appear suspiciously traitorous, and so-called scoundrels reveal unexpected glimmers of virtue.Prepare for sword fights, scandals and enough moral ambiguity to make Machiavelli blush - from the imperial court of eleventh-century Japan to the studios of twentieth-century Hollywood. Along the way, Holland and Sandbrook debate questions like:-Was Caligula an irredeemable monster or history's favourite scandal magnet?-Was Joan of Arc a saintly saviour or a dangerous heretic?-Was Wojtek the bear a true Second World War hero or simply a cuddly mascot?-Was Elizabeth I a true Virgin Queen or just brilliant at branding?So polish your armour, don your villainous moustache and get ready to choose a side in the ultimate showdown between history's greats and rogues...

Reds tells the global history of communism, going beyond the turmoil of the 20th century, and exploring communist ideas, movements, and regimes. It starts in antiquity, not in 1917. It centres not just on the obvious leaders and thinkers but asks how the idealism of millions of working-class activists could lead to their acquiescence in mass murder, repression and social atomisation. A fact whose legacy - unfortunately - is alive and kicking in both Russia and China today. Paul Mason's startling new book will argue that the desire to live without hierarchy and property is an impulse deeply rooted in our human nature. Reds traces the history of communist ideas through revolts in the ancient and medieval worlds, and chronicles the rise of 19th century anti-capitalist movements. Using first hand testimonies of both the perpetrators and the victims, Mason gives a new and terrifying account of how the 20th century experiment in communism turned into a totalitarian nightmare. But, he argues, the story is not over. Western democracies are stagnant and lacking self-belief. Looming climate chaos demands radical economic answers. Millions of people in the global south see China's offer of authoritarian, state-led development model as a viable alternative. And among the Western left, new forms of techno-egalitarianism vie with right-wing libertarianism in the battle over the digital future.Reds will be a major analysis as we head into a dangerous new world order where China and Russia threaten major change to the world's democracies.

'A world of richly-imagined wonder' Cressida CowellIt's the Midsummer Feast on the Islet of Glimt and on this magical moonlit evening, the word on everyone's lips is bandits. Reports of masked men burning villages are spreading throughout the Archipelago, but worse is still to come: Christopher and Anya are ambushed and one of the people they love most is kidnapped. The two children - alongside Ratwin the ratatoska and Jacques the Jaculus dragon - set sail on the Neverfear to recover three precious treasures. Together they must face fearsome giants, win a daring race, and outwit deadly enemies to save those they love most.Discover the magic of Katherine Rundell in the most hotly-anticipated book of the year - the third adventure in the internationally bestselling Impossible Creatures series. Adorned with beautiful blue foil, this hardcover edition makes for a perfect gift.Awards and praise for Impossible CreaturesWINNER Waterstones Book of the YearWINNER British Book Awards Children's Book of the YearWINNER Foyles Children's Book of the Year WINNER Books Are My Bag Readers Award'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight' - Cressida Cowell'I love Katherine Rundell and everythings she writes. I defy anyone not to lose their heart to her stories' - Maggie O'Farrell 'Readers will seize this with delight' - Philip Pullman 'A masterpiece to rival Tolkien' - Daily Telegraph'Every sentence sparkles ... Magnificent' - The Times

A high-stakes tour-de-force from Vikas Swarup, the internationally bestselling author of Q & A, the book that inspired one of the most memorable films of the twenty-first century: hit Hollywood, multiple-Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.Devi is a fighter. Growing up in the slums of Delhi, she has learnt that survival comes at a cost - and naturally, that means she's made a few enemies along the way. Now she's being held captive, her life up for sale in an online auction, where the highest bidder will determine her fate.With her existence hanging in the balance, Devi proceeds to give her captor 'a confession to beat all confessions' - as over the course of a single night, Devi unveils the secrets of her seven extraordinary lives.Devi is the ultimate survivor - a girl from the gutters who dares to rewrite her own destiny. But will she survive the longest night of her life?

In the heart-thumping, epic conclusion to the duology that began with A Dance of Lies, Vasalie must journey to the realms of the dead to restore the memories of her beloved prince and stop a mounting war.Once a spy for the ruthless King Illian, Vasalie sacrificed herself to kill him and prevent a prophesied war. But Illian's brother, Anton - the king she allied with and had only just begun to love - struck a deal with the goddess of the underworld, to bring Vasalie back. The cost: his compassion, his memories of her, and all the events of the past six weeks.Now stripped of the truth, Anton believes his friends betrayed him and accepts an offer from the goddess to rule the kingdom of the dead. But with the realm he leaves behind on the brink of civil war, and her cruel father threatening to invade, Vasalie realizes only Anton can reunite a fractured realm.To save her world and the man she was coming to love, Vasalie journeys to the underworld and reclaim him. though the Anton she finds is arrogant, debauched, hopeless. To restore him, she'll have to restore his memories - even if it means sacrificing her own heart.

An unexpected spark between a hockey player and the coach's daughter might cause them to cross the line in the next Dalton University book from international bestselling author Bal Khabra. Kian Ishida is all about parties, hockey, and living in the moment. But when he realizes he's headed to the NHL without his degree, his late dad's one wish for him, he's determined to make up those last few credits. Desperate for help, he joins a study group led by none other than Scarlett Kilner. She's as gorgeous as she is smart. Too bad he doesn't know yet that she's his coach's daughter. After making a reputation for herself, all Scarlett wants for her senior year is to prove she's more than her mistakes and graduate without tarnishing her well-respected father's name. But when Kian Ishida, one of her dad's star hockey players, joins her study group, things get complicated. As Scarlett helps Kian, their study sessions turn into something more - stolen glances, lingering touches, and a connection neither of them expected. Kian has to decide what's more important: the dream he's worked for his whole life or the girl he never saw coming. Embrace is the fourth book in the Off the Ice series. Collide, Spiral and Revolve are out now. Spiral ranked No. 6 on the Sunday Times bestseller chart week ending 01/02/2025. Revolve ranked No. 10 on the Sunday Times bestseller chart week ending 18/10/2025.