Bøger af Peter Lalor

Eaza Fishman is a rising star within the Guard, the military branch of the Great Lake Alliance. But his renown can't protect his little sister Lydia from being arrested by the authorities when she breaks anti-prophesy laws, telling everyone about the "ghost" that has announced the arrival of a new messiah. His family now disgraced, Eaza is suspended from service and finds himself a pariah. He seeks the truth behind what haunts his sister and visits the forbidden Talis Dunes, where others claim to have seen the ghosts. There, a radiant being appears, telling him to rescue his sister and flee into the southern desert. His faith renewed, Eaza's task is daunting, fight the Guard's elite forces that now hold his sister and find a way to escape across the lakes into the drought-riven wastes. Meanwhile, just as Eaza's quest begins, a lone intelligence officer within the Guard uncovers a foreign plot involving holographic images, designed to reawaken religious fervor and create chaos throughout the strictly secular alliance. Are the ghosts real, or an illusion?

A special 90th anniversary edition of the definitive story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of the world's most amazing engineering feats - a structure that has become a national icon. Ninety years on from its opening in 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge remains the most recognizable symbol of Australia. The iconic arch took almost nine years to complete - at a cost of sixteen lives and more than six million pounds - and the people, political wranglings and incredible feats of engineering behind its creation have become the stuff of legend. The Bridge brings to life the stories of those who dreamed it, built it and were drawn to it: Lennie Gwyther, the nine-year-old boy who made a 900-mile solo journey on horseback to witness the opening; Dr. J.J.C. Bradfield who eventually realized his dream of connecting Sydney's two shores; Vince Kelly, the larger-than-life boilermaker who fell from the arch and survived; and many other fascinating characters. This is the lively history of a bridge that has garnered the collective pride of the nation and become one of the world's most famous structures. > "Lalor has written a most intimately affectionate version of an epic story." --Canberra Times

Rock musician Philo Mae has run to Philadelphia from his home on the Jersey shore to escape the haunting suicide of his bandmate John Kind.Looking to start life anew, Philo falls for a beautiful woman who wastes no time in breaking his heart. In a compounded state ofdepression, he realizes that he must return to Cape May and retrace the steps that led to John''s senseless death. Once there,Philo discovers that neither John''s former girlfriend nor his younger brother have recovered from the tragedy.On the anniversary of the suicide, Philo relives the final hours of that day and is forced to make a difficult decision: succumb to his dark thoughts or resurrect his life in order to stop the seeminglyinevitable course of events.