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The Plague Tales

Author : Ann Benson
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0307778118
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Plague Tales written by Ann Benson and published by Dell. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Part historical novel, part futuristic adventure . . . chock full of curious lore and considerable suspense.”—Entertainment Weekly It is history's most feared disease. It turned neighbor against neighbor, the civilized into the savage, and the living into the dead. Now, in a spellbinding novel of adventure and science, romance and terror, two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium—the invisible seeds of a new bubonic plague. In the year 1348, a disgraced Spanish physician crosses a landscape of horrors to Avignon, France. There, he will be sent on an impossible mission to England, to save the royal family from the Black Death. . . . Nearly seven hundred years later, a woman scientist digs up a clod of earth in London. In a world where medicine is tightly controlled, she will unearth a terror lying dormant for centuries. From the primitive cures of the Middle Ages to the biological police state of our near future, The Plague Tales is a thrilling race against time and mass destruction. For in 2005, humankind's last hope for survival can come only from one place: out of a dark and tortured past. Praise for The Plague Tales “Benson reveals a formidable talent as she blends historical fiction with a near-future bio-thriller.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Harrowing . . . Will give readers both nightmares and thrills . . . A carefully woven page-turner from which . . . Robin Cook and Michael Crichton could learn.”—Library Journal “A hard-to-put-down thriller steeped in historical fiction and bio-tech sci-fi.”—Middlesex News (Mass.)

The Physician's Tale

Author : Ann Benson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0440336457
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Physician's Tale written by Ann Benson and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeping us from plague-ravaged Europe to the terrifying near future, acclaimed author Ann Benson brings two eras brilliantly to life. The Physician’s Tale is a spellbinding saga of two healers separated by six centuries, both facing terror and trials, bound together by history, science, and destiny. In the near future, in the hills of the American Northeast, a group of men, women, and children band together for survival against nature and human enemies, huddling in the only corner of the world they know. Among these people is Janie Crowe, a physician whose son is her greatest hope and deepest secret. Etched into Janie’s memory is the ancient journal of a Jewish man of medicine–a man who fought for survival in his own age of plague. In Europe, in the age of the Black Death, Alejandro Canches must hide his identity–and break his oath as a physician for the sake of his and his loved ones’ lives. As France and England are locked in war, and disease lays waste to both, Alejandro’s daughter Kate is caught in the clutches of King Edward of England. Betrayed by a patient, hunted by the king, Alejandro makes a desperate journey to Windsor itself, where a clever scribe named Geoffrey Chaucer has hatched a fantastic plan for Kate’s escape.... As the story of Alejandro and his family builds to a gripping climax, and as Janie’s life is racked by trials and the dawning of a new age, The Physician’s Tale brings together a rich cast of friends and lovers, traitors and healers. Unraveling mysteries of science, history, and the human heart, Ann Benson has created a stunning chronicle of courage in the face of darkness–in a work of vibrant storytelling and unrelenting suspense.

The Burning Road

Author : Ann Benson
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 030777810X
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Burning Road written by Ann Benson and published by Dell. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Plague Tales comes a spellbinding new novel that sweeps from medieval France to America in the year 2007—interweaving two gripping stories and two extraordinary eras.... In fourteenth-century France, pockets of plague still bring death to peasants and noblemen alike. Amid the fury and the chaos, Dr. Alejandro Canches searches for a safe haven, accompanied by his foster child, Kate—the illegitimate daughter of Edward Plantagenet. But both disease and human enemies pursue them, and their only hope for survival is a rebel leader... and medical secrets that lie hidden in an ancient manuscript. Seven hundred years later, Dr. Janie Crowe is searching for the cure for a crippling disease in a world where genetic engineering has gone mad. A repressive government wants to stop her, unnamed benefactors want to help her, and time is running out to find answers linking two dark eras, two dedicated doctors, and one miraculous book....

Pestilence

Author : Jeani Rector
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615639635
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Pestilence written by Jeani Rector and published by . This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the daughter of the Lord of Wynham Castle, Elaisse hears rumors of a great pestilence in France. She tells herself that God is punishing the French people because of the on-going war with England. She consoles herself that England is on the side of all that is right, therefore England is safe. And then Elaisse travels to London where suddenly the whole world changes around her. Circumstances arise beyond her control and she goes from a structured, sheltered life into one where normalcy falls by the wayside. The pestilence has come to England. The threads of her existence begin to unravel as the cart-man in the street calls for people to "Bring out your dead." PESTILENCE: A MEDIEVAL TALE OF PLAGUE is historic fiction, delving into a first-person account of life during the European plague years of 1346-1350. Today there are many end-of-the-world tales, but the bubonic plague pandemic in the 14th Century is the original apocalypse story. "A very well-researched book full of facts about that time, how people lived, and the disease itself, yet it tells the story at an exciting pace." - Larry Green, Death Head Grin Magazine

Cats in the City of Plague

Author : A. L. Marlow
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665541946
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Cats in the City of Plague written by A. L. Marlow and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Tad Williams's Tailchaser's Song and Richard Adams's Watership Down, add Cats in the City of Plague to your list of favorite books. Set amidst the chaos of the worst pandemic in history, the Black Death of the 14th century, Cats in the City of Plague tells the tale of a group of cats who are unfairly blamed for the plague. The main character, Leander, and his fellow cats cannot understand why people they have trusted have turned against them. But they realize that their only hope of survival is to escape from the French city that has long been their home and return to the forests where, cat legend has it, their kind originally lived. While evading the humans who seek to destroy them, the cats embark on what Booklife calls “a tense and dramatic journey through the city, powered by the danger and sacrifice inherent in tales of epic quests.” Racing over rooftops, hiding in the cathedral’s crypt, can they make it out of the city before dawn reveals them? And if they do make it, can these city cats learn to live in the wild? The setting of a great pandemic will resonate with modern readers, but it’s the flight of these intrepid cats that makes Cats in the City of Plague an unforgettable story.

Plague Tales

Author : Ann Benson
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613164108
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Plague Tales written by Ann Benson and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this spellbinding novel of adventure and science, two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium--the invisible seeds of a new Bubonic Plague. In the year 1348, a physician journeys to England on an impossible mission to save the royal family from the Black Death. In the year 2005, a scientist unearths a terror laying dormant in the soil for nearly 700 years. Their stories are linked by history and defined by circumstances. They are the plague tales. Online (www.plaguetales.com).

Thief of Souls

Author : Ann Benson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0440333792
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Thief of Souls written by Ann Benson and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2002-11-26 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her acclaimed novels The Plague Tales and The Burning Road, Ann Benson has carved out a unique place on the literary landscape with her fascinating alchemy of mystery, history, and psychological terror. Now this gifted storyteller returns with an astounding tale of two crime waves separated by nearly 600 years. In each, the victims are children. In each, the perpetrator is a man of power and renown. And in each, the pursuit of justice is spearheaded by a woman who has seen the face of evil up close—and whose own life is entwined with a madman’s. In the city of Nantes, in the year 1440, a woman hurries through the cobblestoned streets. Her world of faith, loyalty, and family is buckling under the weight of her suspicions about a dead child . . . and others who may have met the same fate—all at the hands of the same killer—the infamous Gilles de Rais. Soon Guillemette le Drappière, companion to the Bishop of Nantes, is investigating the young nobleman she helped raise from infancy. To unravel the truth, Guillemette must enter a dark realm of power, perversion, bloodlust—and bring to it the unforgiving light of the church she serves. In the city of Los Angeles, in the year 2002, a detective gets the kind of call she dreads most: “My child is gone.” Lany Dunbar, a mother, a cop, and a veteran of human horrors, cannot be prepared for where this search will lead her. For within days, Lany is certain that this missing-child case has exposed the work of a serial killer. At odds with her own department, sure that her killer is becoming more emboldened, Lany zeroes in on a suspect—while a suspect zeroes in on her. . . . Two horrific crime sprees. Two extraordinary eras. The connections between them are at once eerie, compelling, and surprising. Only Ann Benson can weave together the strands of history and suspense with such mastery. Skillfully blending past and present, myth and reality, Benson catapults us from an age when wolves ran wild through the streets of Paris to an age of high-tech criminal profiling. A riveting, rousing adventure through time, history, and forensic science, Thief of Souls introduces two unforgettable characters, separated by centuries, linked by a passionate quest for justice. For in a race to stop monsters from more monstrous crimes, both women will discover a frightening truth: that within a killer is a child, and within a child are seeds of both innocence and evil.

Histories of a Plague Year

Author : Giulia Calvi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520057999
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Histories of a Plague Year written by Giulia Calvi and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dramatic and highly interesting story--one that brings to life the complexities of plague and of piety."--Natalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University

After the Plague

Author : T.C. Boyle
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110157383X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book After the Plague written by T.C. Boyle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-12-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few authors in America write with such sheer love of story, language, and imagination as T.C. Boyle, and nowhere is that passion more evident than in his inventive, wickedly funny, and widely praised short stories. In After the Plague, Boyle speaks of contemporary social issues in a range of emotional keys. The sixteen stories gathered here address everything from air rage to abortion doctors to first love and its consequences. The collection ends with the brilliant title story, a whimsical and imaginative vision of a disease-ravaged Earth. Presented with characteristic wit and intelligence, these stories will delight readers in search of the latest news of the chaotic, disturbing, and achingly beautiful world in which we live. "Boyle's imagination and zeal for storytelling are in top form here."—Publishers Weekly

A Plague of Giants

Author : Kevin Hearne
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0345548612
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book A Plague of Giants written by Kevin Hearne and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Iron Druid Chronicles, a thrilling novel that kicks off a fantasy series with an entirely new mythology—complete with shape-shifting bards, fire-wielding giants, and children who can speak to astonishing beasts “A spectacular work of epic fantasy . . . an absolute delight.”—Shelf Awareness MOTHER AND WARRIOR Tallynd is a soldier who has already survived her toughest battle: losing her husband. But now she finds herself on the front lines of an invasion of giants, intent on wiping out the entire kingdom, including Tallynd’s two sons—all that she has left. The stakes have never been higher. If Tallynd fails, her boys may never become men. SCHOLAR AND SPY Dervan is an historian who longs for a simple, quiet life. But he’s drawn into intrigue when he’s hired to record the tales of a mysterious bard who may be a spy or even an assassin for a rival kingdom. As the bard shares his fantastical stories, Dervan makes a shocking discovery: He may have a connection to the tales, one that will bring his own secrets to light. REBEL AND HERO Abhi’s family have always been hunters, but Abhi wants to choose a different life for himself. Embarking on a journey of self-discovery, Abhi soon learns that his destiny is far greater than he imagined: a powerful new magic thrust upon him may hold the key to defeating the giants once and for all—if it doesn’t destroy him first. Set in a magical world of terror and wonder, this novel is a deeply felt epic of courage and war, in which the fates of these characters intertwine—and where ordinary people become heroes, and their lives become legend. Don’t miss any of Kevin Hearne’s action-packed Seven Kennings series A PLAGUE OF GIANTS • A BLIGHT OF BLACKWINGS • A CURSE OF KRAKENS (Coming Later!)

The Plague of Doves

Author : Louise Erdrich
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061736589
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book The Plague of Doves written by Louise Erdrich and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, The Plague of Doves—the first part of a loose trilogy that includes the National Book Award-winning The Round House and LaRose—is a gripping novel about a long-unsolved crime in a small North Dakota town and how, years later, the consequences are still being felt by the community and a nearby Native American reservation. Though generations have passed, the town of Pluto continues to be haunted by the murder of a farm family. Evelina Harp—part Ojibwe, part white—is an ambitious young girl whose grandfather, a repository of family and tribal history, harbors knowledge of the violent past. And Judge Antone Bazil Coutts, who bears witness, understands the weight of historical injustice better than anyone. Through the distinct and winning voices of three unforgettable narrators, the collective stories of two interwoven communities ultimately come together to reveal a final wrenching truth. Bestselling author Louise Erdrich delves into the fraught waters of historical injustice and the impact of secrets kept too long.

How to Survive a Plague

Author : David France
Publisher : Knopf Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780307700636
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book How to Survive a Plague written by David France and published by Knopf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A history of AIDS activism in New York in the early years of the plague"--

G581: Plague Tales

Author : Christine Shuck
Publisher : Christine D. Shuck
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book G581: Plague Tales written by Christine Shuck and published by Christine D. Shuck. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready for a journey through the end of the world? G581: Plague Tales is an anthology of science fiction stories that will take you on a roller coaster ride of survival, love, and loss in the face of a devastating virus and an asteroid so large it will destroy life on Earth at the end of the 21st century. In these tales, you'll meet a diverse cast of characters who must navigate their way through a chaotic world filled with illness and disaster. From the scientists struggling to find a cure for the virus, to a group of survivors trying to rebuild society in the aftermath of the asteroid, each story will leave you on the edge of your seat. With gripping plot twists and thought-provoking themes, G581: Plague Tales is a must-read for fans of science fiction. So grab your copy today and get ready to be transported to a future where humanity is pushed to its limits.

The Plague-spreader's Tale

Author : Gesualdo Bufalino
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Plague-spreader's Tale written by Gesualdo Bufalino and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last year of World War II the narrator of The Plague-Spreader's Tale is sent to a TB sanatorium near Palermo. The place is like a leper colony. People arrive but they never leave until they are dead, usually within a matter of months. The narrator is a young man straight out of the army who has been diagnosed with the fatal disease. The doctor is a lean rake of a man who, like most of the medical staff, has the illness in his cells. However, the sap of life cannot be stopped from flowing and the narrator falls in love with a woman patient. She was once a ballerina, and has not lost her grace. She leads her suitor a merry dance as her attitude varies from the come-hither to cloistered retreat. How much of a future can the pair build for themselves on these shifting sands?

G581 Plague Tales

Author : D. Shuck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781955150453
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book G581 Plague Tales written by D. Shuck and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready for a journey through the end of the world? G581: Plague Tales is an anthology of science fiction stories that will take you on a roller coaster ride of survival, love, and loss in the face of a devastating virus and an asteroid so large it will destroy life on Earth at the end of the 21st century. In these tales, you'll meet a diverse cast of characters who must navigate their way through a chaotic world filled with illness and disaster. From the scientists struggling to find a cure for the virus, to a group of survivors trying to rebuild society in the aftermath of the asteroid, each story will leave you on the edge of your seat. With gripping plot twists and thought-provoking themes, G581: Plague Tales is a must-read for fans of science fiction. So grab your copy today and get ready to be transported to a future where humanity is pushed to its limits.

Tales of Galldoria

Author : Neil Wilson
Publisher : Publish America
ISBN 13 : 9781413755466
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book Tales of Galldoria written by Neil Wilson and published by Publish America. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The island of Galldoria had at one time been the southernmost tip of the landmass before the Great Quake. It now lies far south of all the other landmasses, with the exception of another much smaller island, Adeao. Galldoria has no king. It is governed by a party consisting of three wizards known as the Triad, who act as the entire government for the island. The Triad also has a large number of knights that they use to enforce the law and to protect the people. They were a kind and caring ruling party. But peace did not last forever Evil creatures, accompanied by a deadly plague, begin to sweep the land of Galldoria. While the Triad wizards search desperately for a cure, the knights fight to the death against the advancing evil beasts. The elves and dwarves on Galldoria, fearing what is to come, flee to safer lands and abandon the humans and halflings to meet their fate together. As the creatures and plague spread, reducing the territory of the free lands, many internal struggles abound. Not all knights are noble, faithful and chivalrous. There are deserters, drug addicts, murders and saboteurs.

A plague tale - Innocence

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book A plague tale - Innocence written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: