Strategist paperback

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Ruin is coming. For ten millennia, the Machinery Selected the greatest leaders of humanity, bringing glory to the Overland. But the Machinery came with a Prophecy: in the 10,000th year, it will break, and Ruin will come. Now, the Prophecy is being fulfilled. The Machinery has Selected a terrible being to rule the Overland, an immortal who cares little for the humans she governs. Some call her the Strategist. Others call her the One. Everyone knows her as Mother. Mother will do anything to find the Machinery and finally bring Ruin. But only one creature knows where the Machinery is - the Dust Queen, an ancient being of three bodies and endless power. And if Mother wants the Dust Queen's help, she must ready herself for a game. A game from older times. A game of memory. A game in which mortals are nothing more than pawns. Features Summary Ruin is coming. Author Gerrard Cowan Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20180125 Pages 320 ISBN 0-00-816022-8 ISBN 13 978-0-00-816022-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days "We need to stop meeting like this. People will talk." "What would they say?" "That we're madly in love and can't stand to be apart." Political strategist Danielle Brookline jaded and disillusioned by the scratching, clawing and mudslinging of the campaign trail books a week at the SpringDale for a much needed vacation. The brochure advertising the SpingDale sounded like just the place to exorcise unhappy childhood memories and clear her head before embarking on the job of a lifetime - the election of her candidate to the Presidency. Riley Dillon owner of a working dude ranch has spent the last four years casting out her own painful past, working and sweating to make her ranch a successful venture. Timing could not be worse when she runs into Danielle a second time. Riley senses an attraction between them but has a new batch of guests arriving at the ranch the next day leaving her no opportunity to see where the enticement might lead. Features Summary Political strategist Danielle Brookline disillusioned by the scratching, clawing and mudslinging of the campaign trail books a week at the SpringDale for a vacation... Author Julie Cannon Publisher Bold Strokes Books Release date 20080226 Pages 241 ISBN 1-60282-009-0 ISBN 13 978-1-60282-009-8

  DESCRIPTION:   LANGUAGE - ENGLISH   BINDING - PAPERBACK   PUBLISHER - ARROW BOOKS   ISBN - 0-09-950432-4   COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION - UK   DATE OF PUBLICATION - 2006   PAGES - 240   BOOK CONDITION - VERY GOOD (VG)

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days New York career woman Stacey Knight marries James Makepeace just as she learns he's been offered the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to run a major Hollywood studio. There's one catch: they must relocate to Los Angeles. Will Stacey be lost in translation, or will her hard-earned New Yawk survival skills prove yet again, as Ol' Blue Eyes so often said, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere? The unwitting newlyweds land in a Technicolor high-stakes Social War, pursued by ruthless power brokers in the film demimonde. What's a girl to do when the promise of a glittering blockbuster future descends rapidly into film noir despair? At once seduced and repelled by the rigid caste system and predatory aspect of Hollywood life, Stacey navigates a sea of confusing social obstacles and extremely bad behavior. Empowered by 2,500-year-old military strategist Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Stacey takes control of the War Game and learns that they must adapt to survive and attack if they are to thrive. Features Summary In this hilarious and delectable novel of Hollywood--soon to be a major motion picture--a couple go from being New York City insiders to L.A. pariahs as they land in a high-stakes... Author Jodi Wing Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20081113 Pages 320 ISBN 0-06-156824-4 ISBN 13 978-0-06-156824-4