39 books
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1. Jake Conley Mysteries Collection
All seven books in John Broughton's 'Jake Conley Mysteries', now in one volume! Elfrid's Hole : After Jake Conley regains consciousness from a coma, he discovers he’s affected by synaesthesia, and that his now cross-wired brain endows him with heightened psychic powers. Jake’s research on the Northumbrian King Aldfrith takes him to Elfrid’s Hole in North Yorkshire, where - as legend relates - the king sheltered after a b****y battle. What Jake doesn't realize is that his investigation has unleashed a series of deadly paranormal events, in which Jake himself becomes the prime suspect. Fighting to clear his name and overcome the hostility of Detective Inspector Mark Shaw, can Jake follow through and bring peace to a soul tormented for over a thousand years? Red Horse Vale : Aftering discovering his newfound powers, Jake Conley has gotten himself in a world of trouble. Now, after his cross-wired brain responds to psychometry in his childhood home, he sees his mother who had died young, and decides to go on holiday to the Cotswolds. But can he unravel the curse of the Red Horse Vale? Memory Of A Falcon : Entangled between the gods of the old world and an extremist group in the new, psychic Jake Conley is struggling to find a way to stop the zealots. When a conversion attempt leads Jake’s partner Liffi to erect a heathen temple to the old goddess Freya, the fanatics of Woden’s Brethren are furious. As their retaliation sets a string of terrorist atrocities in motion, Jake and Liffi are saved by the old goddess, but their differing philosophies begin to drive them apart. Torn between ways old and new, the two need to find a way to use their new powers and bring down the enemy. But as their own relationship hangs in the balance, can they find a way to stop the subversive organization for good? The Snape Ring : Something mysterious is loose in the British Museum, and a solution is needed. Something connects the events to malevolent forces that menaces a realm beyond our own. Only one man has the power to defeat this fearsome threat, so the Ministry of Defence engages psychic investigator Jake Conley to solve the mystery. Soon after, he discovers disturbing connections to the case, including murder. Can Jake overcome his diabolical adversary and save the day? Pinions Of Gold : 674 AD. Werburgh, great-niece of the Abbess of Ely, travels by night to save the abbey's treasure under a wayside cross in the kingdom of Lindsey. A cryptic inscription on the back indicates the location of the magnificent treasure. Becoming a family heirloom, the dove resurfaces at different points in history, only to be buried again. Later in the 1930's, a ghost of a family member appears, sparking off an investigation by psychic investigator Jake Conley, who is called in to solve the mystery. Together with his wife, he sets off on search for the legendary treasure, and a trail of deaths that seems to be following it. With their lives in danger as they draw ever closer to the archaeological find of the century, can they outwit hired killers and other ruthless individuals in the race to save the treasure for the nation? The Serpent Wand : A sinister Masonic-Templar organization - The Brotherhood Of The Wand - is planning to bring the world to its knees and create a dystopian one-government world. The price? 80% of the world's population. To achieve this aim, they are planning to harness ley lines and other ancient earth energies to reawaken the Serpent: a mythical creature known to early civilizations by different names. On the winter solstice, an apocalyptic event is to take place, and the last line of defense against the evil organization is Jake Conley - a psychic investigator with powers of retrocognition, shapeshifting and intuition. But to survive and save the world from the insane plot, he will have to overcome the greatest challenge of his life. The Beast Of Exmoor : MI5 has a task for psychic investigator Jake Conley: Operation Black Panther, a mission to obtain DNA from a beast in Exmoor. Meanwhile, wealthy arms manufacturer, Dr. Aubrey Drake, and the unhinged Major Lorimer infiltrate a top-secret military research station, dreaming of creating the ultimate soldier. Soon, Jake and his psychic powers are in their crosshairs. The odds are stacked against Jake, and he needs to tap into new areas of knowledge to defeat his enemies. But will it end in failure, as it logically should, or in a karmic payback?
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2. El Destino del Lobo
Acerca de las convulsiones políticas y religiosas de la Inglaterra del siglo 7°, nadie está a salvo. Cómo los viejos dioses son erosionados por la nueva iglesia y los hombres ambiciosos compiten por el poder, la sangre se derrama por toda la tierra. En el sur, el ealdorman Aelfhere cree que para su única hija de diecisiete años Cynethryth, unirla en matrimonio con un Rey Sajón es el camino a la seguridad. Y así en contra de sus propios deseos Cynethryth está comprometida. Sin embargo, mientras la batalla se desarrolla a su alrededor, Cynethryth se convierte en víctima de la guerra. Es tomada prisionera por los guerreros invasores, ella es forzada a presentarse a otro rey sajón, quien también la tomaría por esposa. Un hombre al que ella realmente ama. Aliarse contra su padre y su propia gente en una guerra espantosa, se convierte en un elemento clave de los eventos que continúan influyendo en la Inglaterra actual.
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3. Memoria De Un Halcón
Enredado entre los dioses del viejo mundo y un grupo extremista en el nuevo y retrocognitivo, Jake Conley busca una manera de detener a los fanáticos, mientras lucha por sobrevivir. Cuando un intento de conversión lleva a la pareja de Jake, Liffi, a erigir un templo pagano a la vieja diosa Freya, los fanáticos de la hermandad de Woden están furiosos. A medida que su represalia pone en marcha una serie de atrocidades terroristas, Jake y Liffi son salvados por la antigua diosa, pero sus diferentes filosofías comienzan a separarlos. Divididos entre lo antiguo y lo nuevo, los dos deben usar sus poderes para derribar al enemigo. Pero como su propia relación está en juego, ¿pueden encontrar una manera de detener la organización subversiva para siempre?
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4. Memory Of A Falcon
Entangled between the gods of the old world and an extremist group in the new, retrocognitive Jake Conley seeks a way to stop the zealots - while struggling to survive. When a conversion attempt leads Jake’s partner Liffi to erect a heathen temple to the old goddess Freya, the fanatics of Woden’s Brethren are furious. As their retaliation sets a string of terrorist atrocities in motion, Jake and Liffi are saved by the old goddess, but their differing philosophies begin to drive them apart. Torn between ways old and new, the two must use their powers to bring down the enemy. But as their own relationship hangs in the balance, can they find a way to stop the subversive organization for good?
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5. Red Horse Vale
When novelist Jake Conley regains consciousness after a serious head injury, he discovers he's affected by a rare condition: synaesthesia. This not only gives his brain heightened psychic powers, but also affects his behavior. Nationally prominent after discovering the tomb of King Aldfrith and writing a bestseller, Jake is in a world of trouble. After his cross-wired brain responds to psychometry in his childhood home, he sees his mother who had died young, and decides to go on holiday to the Cotswolds... to discover the curse of the Red Horse Vale.
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6. El Valle del Caballo Rojo
Cuando el novelista Jake Conley vuelve a la conciencia luego de una seia herida en la cabeza, descubre que es afectado por una rara condición: sinaestesia. Esto no sólo le daba a su cerbro mayores poderes psíquicos, pero también afecta su conducta. Destacado a nivel nacional después de descubrir la tumba del Rey Aldfrith y escribir un bestseller. Jake está en un mundo de problemas. Después de que su cerebro de cables cruzados responde a la psicometría en la casa de su infancia, ve a su madre que había muerto joven y decide irse de vacaciones a los Cotswolds para descubrir la maldición del Valle del Caballo Rojo.
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7. Whirligig
When the veil is thinnest, an ancient book of fairy lore acts as a bridge between two worlds. After young Emily finds an old book of fairy lore at an antiques fair, she discovers that it has instructions on how to enter the Other World. Together with her brother Adam, they step into the Whirligig: an unending carousel of states that govern the world. A realm filled with elves, hobgoblins and pixies, the Whirligig is at once strikingly different and eerily similar to our own. Facing challenges that change their lives forever, can Emily and Adam rise to the occasion and return back home?
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8. Pinions Of Gold
674 AD. Werburgh, great-niece of the Abbess of Ely, travels by night to save the abbey's treasure under a wayside cross in the kingdom of Lindsey. A cryptic inscription on the back indicates the location of the magnificent gold and garnet treasure. Becoming a family heirloom, the dove resurfaces at different points in history, only to be buried again. Later in the 1930's, a ghost of a family member appears, sparking off an investigation by psychic investigator Jake Conley, who is called in to solve the mystery. Together with his wife, he sets off on search for the legendary treasure, and a trail of deaths that seems to be following it. With their lives in danger as they draw ever closer to the archaeological find of the century, can they outwit hired killers and other ruthless individuals in the race to save the treasure for the nation?
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9. The Bretland Trilogy
A fisherman's son, Alun ap Drystan worships his grandfather Iolyn, a renowned former warrior. The old man is worried about the future of his homeland, and to help, he sends father and son to visit a reclusive seer with Druidic blood. Speaking in riddles, the seer tells Alun the find the Battle Prince: together, they will be the saviours of Gwynedd, and that he will be a great warrior, mingling with the greatest in the land. After a chance meeting with the cattle breeder Iowerth and his son, Cadfael ap Iowerth, Alun realises that the youth's name in Old Welsh means Battle Prince: his foretold comrade. The youths soon become inseparable friends and blood brothers. But can the seer's prediction be correct? A riveting, meticulously researched historical adventure set in early medieval Wales, 'Rhodri's Furies' is the first book in John Broughton’s BRETLAND TRILOGY of historical novels.
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10. In The Name Of The Mother
It is 689 AD, and Cynethryth is returning from Rome, carrying her dead husband's child. She soon gives birth to a son, Aethelheard, whose parentage alone places him in danger. His mother has a tough choice to make and travels to Dorset, where the king is a cousin of her late husband. After the king adopts the boy, he grows up in the dangerous company of rebellious princes, all who wish to overthrow the mighty Ine, king of Wessex. How will mother and son face the physical and spiritual battles that await them?
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11. Saint Cuthbert Trilogy
After the Norman Conquest, fate throws a studious monk and a bluff mason together for a lifelong friendship. The monk, Thurgot, senses Kenrick’s destiny, a man who saves him from drowning near the Farne Isles. His Christian beliefs entwine with Kenrick’s pragmatic talents to overcome the obstacles of revolt, persecution and hardship that these turbulent times present. Each is able to leave his mark in late eleventh- and early twelfth-century Northumbria. Even today, the visitor to Durham can admire the work of the first master mason. Follow his trials and tribulations in The Master Of The Chevron, the third novel in John Broughton’s Saint Cuthbert trilogy.
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12. John The Old Saxon
In his darkest hour, hiding in the depths of the Somerset marshes in 878 AD, King Alfred devises a scheme to save his kingdom from the Vikings threatening to overwhelm the country. His spectacular success, beginning with the triumphant battle of Ethandun, involves creating a sense of nation among his subjects. To help with this, Alfred gathers a small band of brilliant foreign scholars in his court, chief among them John the Old Saxon. Follow this epic tale set in medieval England and see how King Alfred laid the foundations for a united country, and the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon Renaissance.
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13. Perfecta Saxonia
King Alfred never achieved his dream of uniting the disparate Anglo-Saxon kingdoms into one Perfecta Saxonia. The man destined to fulfill Alfred's dream is his grandson, Athelstan, as the spark of unity begins in the Saxon kingdom of Wessex. Abandoned by his father and raised by his uncle, young Athelstan faces numerous adversities on his way to becoming a mighty warrior and diplomat. But can he overcome the odds to transform England from an insignificant island off the Western European mainland, into the leading centre of tenth-century diplomacy and learning? Discover the story of one of the most important English kings, who put in place the foundations of modern-day England.
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14. The Crossed Hilt
A collection of three medieval historical novels by John Broughton, now in one volume! Sward And Sword : Amidst the bloodshed of 11th century combat and conquest, Saxon Godwine elevates himself from landless youth to trusted confidante of the most powerful man in England. But the pursuit of power is not without peril, and his skillful diplomacy and battle prowess are constantly tested by the schemes of distant, formidable enemies. His allegiance to the monarchy pledged by sward and sword, Godwine seeks to maintain his influence as the Normans attempt to thwart him. Beset on all sides by bold and bitter adversaries, who will prevail? The Purple Thread : It is 733 AD in Anglo-Saxon Britain – a time of warriors, war and religious extremes. Young Begiloc's world turns upside down when the Briton and his best friend Meryn are ordered away to protect English missionaries in Germany. For a man accustomed to brutality, Begiloc has a soft spot for the purple-tinged mountains, waterfalls, lakes, animals, trees and flowers – beginning to muse whether they, rather than Man, do not better embody the essence of God. Mission follows mission across the continent, and Begiloc is driven ever further from his loved ones. His ultimate foe is the corrupt and cruel Bishop of Rems, Milo. Will Begiloc ever be free from his obligations to the Church, and reunited with those whom he has been so long separated? The Rebel Scribes : Christ Church Priory, Canterbury, 990 AD. Orphaned by vikings, Folcwin and his elder brother Aelfwynn have become excellent scribes. Enlivened by sibling rivalry, their lives are upset by a competition to illuminate a commissioned psalter. After Folcwin is selected the victor, his brother is accused of murdering another competitor, and he escapes. While Aelfwynn begins a patriotic battle against Viking raiders, Folcwin’s fame as a scribe increases. Even with their imbalanced fortunes, the paths of the two brothers are bound to cross with powerful kings and strong leaders, including King Aethelred, Thorkell the Tall and Edmund Ironside. But can they overcome the Viking menace?
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15. Saint Cuthbert Trilogy
It's the late 9th century, and Northumbria is subject to both Viking attacks and settlers from Denmark. Cynn is the royal Horse-Thegn. Striving for peace and integration on his estates, he is charged by the king to end the pillaging of a foul band of raiders. Led by the elusive Edred, their atrocities have become increasingly violent, resulting in open revolt against legitimate rule. But in the face of many external threats, can Cynn achieve his aim of a durable and prosperous kingdom, as they enter a new century?
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16. The Bretland Trilogy
All three books in John Broughton's 'The Bretland Trilogy', a series of historical fiction set in medieval Wales, now available in one volume! Rhodri's Furies : Alun, a fisherman's son, seeks to fulfill his grandfather's wish for him to become a great warrior and save their homeland of Gwynedd. After meeting Cadfael, whose name means Battle Prince, the two become inseparable friends and blood brothers, determined to prove the seer's prophecy true. Avenging Rhodri : Charismatic king Rhodri Mawr's death in battle leaves his son Anarawd to defend the small Welsh kingdoms against Saxon Wessex, Mercia, and the Vikings. Rhodri's legacy of nationalist sentiment and unity inspires one of his descendants to unite all of Wales under his kingship. Discover the gripping story of Rhodri and the triumph of a united Wales in the second book in the series. Hywel the Good : This captivating historical novel is based on the life of Hywel, the King of Dyfed. As he becomes a just and wise king, introducing reforms to the Welsh legal system and forging alliances with neighboring kingdoms, Hywel goes on a pilgrimage to Rome and gets caught up in political intrigue, leading to a rebellion upon his return. Despite the challenges, Hywel strives to be a virtuous and enlightened king, and remains beloved by his people, making him one of the most important figures in Welsh history.
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17. Saints And Sinners
Mierce, the English Midlands, 8th Century A.D. Æthelbald, King of Mierce, is a man of ambition. Having created much-needed stability within his domain, he now aspires to take the surrounding kingdoms to expand and fortify his own. Stealthy and cunning, Æthelbald manipulates other men of power to achieve his goals. The quest for power is not King Æthelbald's only passion in life. Despite not wishing to marry, he has an unabating l**t for women and takes advantage of his position to 'raid' nunneries to satisfy his desires. But Æthelbald also wishes to be seen as a fair and merciful king, and many poor, common folk benefit from his generous deeds and favourable resolutions. As Æthelbald's reign grows and strengthens, so too does the authority of the church, whose leverage over monarchical matters becomes increasingly overbearing. The church does not approve of King Æthelbald's exploits with innocent women and seeks to bring him into line with the threat of eternal damnation. The sequel to Saints and Sinners, Mixed Blessings chronicles the life of an English king in the days where the boundaries of kingdoms and social propriety were undergoing rapid change.
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18. The Snape Ring
Something mysterious and scary is loose in the British Museum, and a rapid solution is needed. Something connects the events to malevolent forces that menaces realm beyond our own... and all mankind. Only one man has the power to defeat this fearsome threat, so the Ministry of Defence engages psychic investigatorJake Conley to solve the mystery. Soon after, he discovers disturbing connections to the case, including murder. Can Jake overcome his diabolical adversary and save the day?
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19. Jake Conley Mysteries Collection - Books 1-4
The first four books in John Broughton's 'Jake Conley Mysteries', now available in one volume! Elfrid's Hole : Aspiring novelist Jake Conley wakes from a coma to find he has synaesthesia and heightened psychic abilities. When researching King Aldfrith, Jake unwittingly unleashes deadly paranormal events, becoming the prime suspect. With the help of Detective Inspector Mark Shaw, Jake must clear his name and bring peace to a tormented soul from over a thousand years ago. Red Horse Vale : Despite his fame from discovering King Aldfrith's tomb, Jake's life is complicated. After his brain responds to psychometry, he reconnects with his deceased mother and travels to the Cotswolds, searching for the curse of the Red Horse Vale. Memory Of A Falcon : In a world under threat by an extremist group, Jake Conley uses his retrocognitive abilities to stop the zealots while fighting for his survival. When a heathen temple to the goddess Freya is erected by Jake's partner Liffi, it sets off a chain of violent retaliations from the fanatical Woden's Brethren. As Jake and Liffi struggle to reconcile their differing beliefs, they must work together to bring down the enemy and save their relationship before it's too late. The Snape Ring : When malevolent forces threaten to cross over into our world and unleash terror, psychic investigator Jake Conley is called upon by the Ministry of Defence to stop them. With events unfolding at the British Museum and murders occurring, Jake realizes the gravity of the situation. But can he unravel the mystery and defeat the dark forces before it's too late?
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20. EL Cielo en una Flor Silvestre
Aella es un peletero que vive en la Northumbria del siglo VII. Después de sobrevivir a la guerra contra los pictos, el rey se convierte en su padrino y Aella se hace amigo del obispo Cuthbert. Conscientes de las habilidades de Aella, los monjes de Lindisfarne le encargan la portada del Evangelio de San Juan como regalo para Cuthbert. Impresionado por la obra maestra, el sucesor de Ecgfrith, el rey Aldfrith, envía a Aella a Irlanda para que aprenda a leer y escribir. Pronto, Aella se hace amigo de un compañero de estudios, aprende a iluminar manuscritos y se enamora. Pero, ¿podrá él lograr sus sueños y casarse con el amor de su vida?
