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The Woman in BlackEvery intelligence operative in Washington D.C.knows her name ... but little else.A tough Navy Seal with a reputation for efficiency, Steve McMillan has heard all the stories about the world's most glamorous assassin. But nothing prepared him for the goddess in tight black leather who now stands before him. Marlena is his new assignment -- his superiors in the shadow world of secret missions want him to get information and then turn her over. McMillan is the consummate professional, but dealing with this beautiful enigma is playing with fire. To trust her would be crazy -- as crazy as following his burning desire for her to its passionate conclusion.Because there's something beyond the yearning in her eyes and the inviting softness of her lips. Dark clouds are circling around Marlena Maxwell, drawing Steve along with her into a lethal game of deception and betrayal. And perhaps the deadliest mistake they could both make would be to fall in love ...
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This edition of the annual anthology contains work by Denis Johnson, T. Coraghessan Boyle, A. S. Byatt, Edith Pearlman, Douglas Light, Ann Harleman, Evan S. Connell, William Trevor, and--of course--Alice Munro.
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In this story collection, David Means turns his talents to a series of disparate characters--a man who is repeatedly struck by lightning, an abused young woman, a pianist who can't play, a goldfish concerned about his human family's troubles--who are struggling to deal with major upheavals in their lives.
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THE POWER THAT PRESERVES wraps up the first trilogy in the dark-toned classic epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. In the midst of an attempt to rescue a little girl from a rattlesnake, Thomas Covenant is once again summoned back to the magical place called the Land. Although mere days have passed for him, seven years have gone by in the Land, and the Land is even more seriously devastated by Lord Foul's evil. Although Covenant still doubts the reality of the Land, he has come to love it nonetheless, and he's tired of being a victim of circumstance, both in the real world and in his apparent delusion. So he decides to act. Accompanied by his friend, the giant Saltheart Foamfollower, and Lena, the woman he raped when he first visited the Land, Covenant travels to the stronghold of Lord Foul, planning to destroy the evil Illearth Stone and defeat Lord Foul through the wild magic in his white gold wedding ring. Unfortunately, Covenant still has no idea how to use that magic.
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Though primarily known as a novelist, L'Amour wrote hundreds of short stories. This volume collects 35 of his Western stories, the genre for which he has received the most notice.
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