David Burrows
1) Dragon Rider
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Armies are gathering but Astalus, the Thracian court wizard, is in a quandary as to who to trust. Shocking news has arrived from an unlikely source. A spy, arrested brazenly entering the city, claims to be a prince from an extinct royal household, a household that was overthrown, the family members murdered over sixty years ago. Intriguingly, the spy's claim to be from Allund is more than a coincidence, for the army marching against Thrace is also...
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Kaplyn yearns to escape the tedium of court. Most people would envy him, seeing him as pampered and spoilt, but this is not Kaplyn. He finds contentment in a simple life, hunting with his friend Hanneth, the Royal Gamekeeper, who is more of a father than the King he rarely sees.However, something is driving him to leave and perhaps fate has taken a hand, for a crisis is fast approaching. The people have largely forgotten their history and the horror...
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Events are coming to a head. The battle for CarCamel has ended and Kaplyn is seen as its saviour. Catriona, the Thracian Queen, wants him to lead the army in its fight against Trosgarth, with a dragon at his command.Kaplyn, however, has other ideas. He fears dragons, but does not know why. His dreams remain plagued by the great serpents and yet one helped them to defeat the enemy. It is a conundrum that cannot be solved and instead Kaplyn decides...
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Lothanol is arrogant and bored, which is a very dangerous combination. His people are sorcerers and they use elementals to summon magic, but their power is very limited. Imps are the next in the hierarchy and they can be used as a conduit to summon their more powerful brethrens, demons, but summoning imps or demons is forbidden.Lothanol despises rules and he spies on the demon world, seeking knowledge and caught in the act of making a pact with the...
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Already there's several prostitutes hanging around, one's even hanging out of a third-story window by her neck.
From the slums of Victorian London to the very echelons of high society and everywhere in between, follow the exploits of two of Scotland Yard's finest, Detective Inspector Gerald Potter and Detective Sergeant Richard Head, as in between getting drunk and helping themselves to 'rewards' they ruthlessly pursue some of the vilest criminals...
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Fiction. Crime/dark comedy. Full length novel set in Victorian Cornwall. A crime/ mystery laced with dark outrageous humour set in rural Cornwall. A family of dysfunctional aristocrats mired in sexual intrigue, blackmail and all manner of skullduggery.
Two detectives trying to track down a ruthless fiend among a sea of red herrings before the killing starts. What happens when you can't separate the hunted from the hunter?
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The trafficking of children in Victorian London is paramount to a story that is as brutal as it is sad, as miserable as it is joyous, as grotesque as it is beautiful. It also a tale of revenge and redemption.
Two dogged Scotland Yard detectives hunting for the killer of an upmarket prostitute are side tracked to also hunt down twin brothers William and Robert Boyle.
Having returned to London after a five-year absence the twins are determined to...
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Jack the Flasher
As a punishment the Detectives are assigned to the task of bringing a flasher to justice.
Bitterly cold weather with lots of snow, eccentric upper-class witnesses, a wooden leg, a Davy Crocket hat and Bobby's balls all play a part in a madcap tale that is both confusing and frustrating for our intrepid duo.
Who exactly is the Flasher? Where is he hiding out and is someone sheltering him?
Is anyone telling the truth about anything...
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[2021]
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Ron's Gone Wrong is a computer-animated film set in a world where it's the norm to have B-Bots, digitally connected robot companions. Barney is a shy middle-schooler who is the last one in his city to finally get Ron, his B-Bot. Unfortunately, his "Best Friend Out of the Box" becomes a major pain, malfunctioning on a regular basis. Not knowing what else to do, Barney sets out to teach Ron about social cues and what it means to be a human.
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[2017]
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In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble, LEGO Batman, stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from the Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others, and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
