Download or read book The Ringmaster written by Karen Restaino and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Butterfly Theory – the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have significant effects elsewhere. A thriller oscillating between three generations... In 1937 Amy’s life was consumed by trying to survive, living hand to mouth on a small farmstead in the wild wind-swept hills of the Derbyshire moors high above the village of Castleton, England. Never knowing where the next meal might come from and with the added burden of caring for her aged, alcoholic father, Amy’s concerns cannot afford to stray far from the confines of High Oakham Cottage. Out of the blue, a new bright, fresh horizon opens before them in the form of a circus. Amy and her father, being swept away by the arrival of Circus Franconi, are transported by the kaleidoscope of fascination, colour and energy that the circus presents. As the ringmaster traverses his audience with an exciting realm of chaos, surrealism and magic, his long-awaited fantastic finale is yet to be unveiled. Waiting in the wings to explode in a confetti concoction of perfidy and intrigue embroiled in a dark long-forgotten past, the sadistic influence of the ringmaster creeps silently through the very walls of High Oakham Cottage, searching for the best finale ever. As the saying goes, the show must go on...and on...and on... In 2020 a father and daughter, Len and Georgia, move to High Oakham cottage to escape the chaos of London following the tragic death of Len’s wife. Their lives turn for the worse when they find themselves embroiled in a mystery that has haunted the locals for years.

Download or read book The Ringmaster s Secret written by Carolyn Keene and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2023-05-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy's Aunt Eloise, aware of her niece's current interest in learning horseback riding stunts, sends her a second-hand golden bracelet bearing charms of horses in all five gaits; a sixth charm is missing. Coincidentally, the Sims Circus, former employer of Nancy's equestrian instructor, is coming to town. Nancy investigates the link between the unhappy circus star, young aerialist, Lolita, and her bracelet. Lolita is the adopted daughter of the acting manager, Ringmaster Kroon, and his wife. Pietro, the young, handsome clown, tells Nancy Lolita has the missing charm from her bracelet. Nancy's regular appearances at the circus, and her detective reputation brings the ire of Kroon. When a bareback rider is injured, Nancy is asked to join the show as her replacement.

Download or read book The Morphant written by Cornelius Fuel and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel Grant thinks he’s an ordinary 13-year old Londoner. But one day, something happens that leaves him with extraordinary abilities... Suddenly, there are people who want to use him for his powers. What is Gabriel’s connection with a monastery in the distant Himalayas? Who is the mysterious Searcher, and can he be trusted? Who – or what – is spying on Gabriel? Why have his parents suddenly disappeared? And what does all this have to do with a visiting circus? In an adventure based in the heart of London, and together with his feisty sister Ariel, Gabriel eventually finds the answer to many of his questions. Above all: what it means to be a Morphant. Already attracting 5-star reviews as an e-book, The Morphant is a page-turning coming-of-age adventure set against a backdrop of iconic London landmarks, and exploring a secret underground London world before reaching a thrilling climax inside the Channel Tunnel.

Download or read book Nancy Drew 31 The Ringmaster s Secret written by Carolyn Keene and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1954-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy is given a beautiful gold bracelet and finds that one of the charms is missing. When she learns the unusual story behind the jewelry, she sets out to solve the fascinating mystery. The bracelet had been presented to a former circus performer by a queen who loved horses. For some reason the performer had to sell the bracelet but would not reveal her true identity. Clues lead Nancy to Sims’ Circus, where she meets Lolita, an unhappy young aerialist who has a horse charm wrought exactly like those on Nancy’s bracelet. Will Nancy be able to find the original owner of the bracelet?

Download or read book The Night Operator written by Frank Packard and published by Jovian Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Night Operator" you will follow with spellbound interest a panorama of rushing mountain rivers and dangerous curves, of brave men responsible for the safety of others, who meet their obligations with high hearts and abounding courage. When the book is read, you will recall with delight "Toodles," the spunky little night operator; "Royal Carlton," the big superintendent; "Regan," the purposeful master-mechanic, and "Tim O'Toole," the valorous Irishman, and say to yourself, "Packard has done it again - written another breathless adventure story." Although not a detective story, "The Night Operator," because of its thrilling adventures, will appeal to all readers and lovers of a story full of action and life...

Download or read book The Frozen Fist written by Adam Sunderman and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demosyna is charged with reaching the abandoned Wise-woman Order, but the unproven apprentice soon claws at any magic that will help her survive the timeless Empress. Chain and crystal bind every corner of the northern mountains, and Demosyna flees across the frozen continent in the hope of atonement and understanding. All generations have known the taste of ash and salt, while the fractured Demosyna is born into an eternal struggle for control within the Fist.

Download or read book The Unexpected Circus written by Julie Steimle and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The circus has come to Middleton Village and everyone is excited - except for the seven teens who already had their fair share of trouble. Seven individuals (out of eight total) chosen to combat witchcraft in that town and the world find this turn of events disconcerting for two reasons: 1. A circus has never been allowed into town before. 2. The Ladies Aid Society (witches) invited them. What reason would the witches have to invite in strangers after all these years? The Seven soon find out exactly why. Sleight-of-hand, robbery, and con-men are nothing to the horrors that truly lie at the source of this road show. The Seven must once again defeat real magic - and capture a stone that would set their world on fire - literally.

Download or read book The Forever Ship written by Francesca Haig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Three in the critically acclaimed The Fire Sermon trilogy—The Hunger Games meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road in this richly imagined post-apocalyptic series by award-winning poet Francesca Haig. The apocalypse has come and gone, and now every person is born a twin: one a strong Alpha, one a mutated Omega. The Omegas live in segregation, cast out by their families as soon as their mutation becomes clear. Forced to live apart, they are ruthlessly oppressed by their Alpha counterparts. The only thing that keeps the Alphas at bay is the fact that whenever one twin dies, so does the other. In this thrilling conclusion to The Fire Sermon trilogy, Cass, Piper, and Zoe have discovered that Elsewhere exists, and it’s more real and more complicated than any of them could have imagined. Now, they must race to prevent the Alphas from destroying what might be the only salvation for the Omegas. The end to their lifelong discrimination is in sight, but before she can be free, Cass must overcome her loyalty to her Alpha twin, Zach, her most dangerous enemy. But if they’re not careful, both will die in the struggle for power.

Download or read book The Fated Stars written by Veronica Scott and published by Veronica Scott. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larissa Channer, a tough no-nonsense mercenary in the Sectors, is celebrating success on her last job and a big bonus, with no slightest thought of taking on another assignment anytime soon. Out for a night of carousing with her friends at a third rate carnival on a backwater planet, she walks into the tent of a fake fortune teller and finds herself confronting the most intriguing man she’s ever seen. But something’s wrong, ominous currents lie beneath the surface of their encounter and Larissa can’t leave well enough alone. Samell, a powerful, high born empathic priest, has been kidnapped from his own primitive planet along with a number of his people, and sold to the shady operator of an interstellar carnival. Kept enslaved, pretending to be a fortune teller while forced by his captor to steal information from the minds of all who come before him, Samell despairs of every breaking free. Until Larissa walks into his tent and he recognizes the warrior who might mean the difference between life and death. The situation becomes dire when Larissa and Samell come to the attention of the Shemdylann pirates who kidnapped him in the first place and the deadly Mawreg, aliens who threaten the Sectors. Can she save herself and the empathic alien noble, and derail the Mawreg plot against the Sectors? And will the soldier end up with her prince when all’s said and done?

Download or read book Destiny written by William Emmett and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Menem is marooned to another world. His advanced technology clashes with the Empire of Ronnin. He falls in love with the beautiful Destiny and befriends the city of Parit, showing its citizens how to break free from the overwhelming power of Ronnin. But Ronnin is more cunning than Menem predicted. Can Parit survive a war without Menem?

Download or read book That s All Folks written by Robin L. Murray and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines animated films in the cultural and historical context of environmental movements"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes Impossible Mysteries written by Mike Ashley and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery conundrums from crime's finest storytellers Presenting 30 impossible mysteries and bizarre crimes guaranteed to fascinate and intrigue. The delight in these stories is unravelling the puzzle and trying to work out what on earth happened. Stories include: • A man alone in an all-glass phone booth, visible on CCTV and with no one near him, is killed by an ice pick. • a man sitting alone in a room is shot by a bullet fired only once and that was over 200 years ago. • A man enters a cable-car carriage alone and is visible the entire journey but is found dead when he reaches the bottom. • A man vanishes at the top of the Indian rope trick and is found dead miles away. • a dead man continues to receive mail in response to letters apparently written by him after he'd died. The anthology includes several brand new stories never previously published, plus a range of extremely rare stories, many never reprinted since their first appearance in increasingly rare magazines.

Download or read book Flesh Circus written by Lilith Saintcrow and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cirque de Charnu has come. They will clean out the demons and the suicides, and move on. As long as they stay within the rules, Jill Kismet can't deny them entry. But she can watch -- and if they step out of line, she'll send them packing. When Cirque performers start dying grotesquely, Kismet has to find out why, or the fragile truce won't hold and her entire city will become a carnival of horror. She also has to play the resident hellbreed power against the Cirque to keep them in line, and find out why ordinary people are needing exorcisms. And then there's the murdered voodoo practitioners, and the zombies. An ancient vengeance is about to be enacted. The Cirque is about to explode. And Jill Kismet is about to find out some games are played for keeps. . .

Download or read book A Circus of Brass and Bone written by Abra SW and published by Bimulous Books. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the end of civilization, but the show must go on. The Loyale Traveling Circus and Menagerie is in turmoil. During their ocean voyage from British India to Boston, someone murdered their ringmaster. The killer must be one of their own. Unfortunately, that is the least of their problems. While they were at sea, an aetheric calamity sent a wave of death rolling across the world. In post-Civil War America, a third of the population died outright, and many of the survivors suffer strange nervous symptoms that are steadily increasing in severity. Basic technology is also rendered dangerously unstable by the disaster. The circus members find themselves traveling through the collapse of civilization. In such desperate times, what use is a circus? If they can defend themselves against the starving populace, if they can outwit and outperform the political factions that have seized power, if they can fight off the ravening monstrosities born of the aether storm ... they just might find the answer.

Download or read book The Ring Master s Secret written by Marilyn Brokaw Hall and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1939 Hazard, Kentucky a rural family tries to cope with the loss of their twelve-year-old son Stephan. The Juniper Circus Line brings a sinister Ringmaster to town who threatens disaster on the Meadows family. While their father, John, is away Katie, Grace, and Danny all go missing. Their mother Sarah is driven to communicate with Stephan through riddled dreams to find her children. Stephan battles the Ringmaster in the spirit world to protect his family while the Ringmaster uses his power to hold him at bay....

Download or read book The Inside City written by Anita Mir and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020 As India hurtles towards Partition, in Lahore's ancient inside city, Amrau Dar is not thinking about politics. She is waiting for a prediction about her son, Awais, to come true. Awais discovers not a secret garden but a secret city and his beloved sister, Maryam, discovers the world of maths. Fearing that the prediction has gone wrong, Amrau takes a series of decisions that will change all their lives. * 'The Inside City is a bold and vivid evocation of times and places on the fringes of our memories; a multi-patterned screen that reveals, through the secrets, mysteries, loves and tragedies of a multitude of characters, the inner life of a nation. A compelling and hugely entertaining debut.' – Aamer Hussein, author of Another Gulmohar Tree 'Brimming with compassion' – Mohammed Hanif, author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes

Download or read book Fortune written by Aurelia Evans and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's the reason to be careful what you wish for. After her jealous boyfriend makes an angry, careless wish, Maya DeLuca finds herself trapped in a traveling demonic circus and at the mercy of a devious jinni, Bell Madoc. She joins the other lost souls of Arcanium who suffer in perpetual purgatory under the weight of their wishes, all making the best of a cursed situation. But Maya's not even cursed because of her own wish, which means she still has three for Bell to grant. He may be fond of her—the passion they share is as hellfire hot as it is wrong—but that doesn't mean she's safe from his endlessly inventive, wicked imagination. He might twist her wishes at his whim for his own pleasure. Or he might just give her what she wants...which could be even worse.