title: The Storm King: A Novel
author:  Brendan Duffy 
description: Deeply atmospheric, breathlessly suspenseful, with a ticking clock like no othera terrific thriller.<b>Lee Child</b><br /><br />Brendan Duffys second book mingles horror, historical fiction, supernatural suspense and old-fashioned murder mystery, the rare phantasmagoria whose pieces click into a satisfying resolution. . . . This is a gutsy, intricate, evocative piece of mischief, much closer than anyone usually gets to that particular spell cast by Stephen King.<b><i>USA Today</i></b><br /><br />Duffy follows his debut, <i>House of Echoes</i>, with a stunning literary thriller, which combines accomplished wordsmithing with startling twists.<b><i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review)</b><br /><b><br /></b> An elaborately layered, creepily atmospheric story that blends haunting legends and the psychological terror of a murderer on the hunt. A winning thriller sure to draw readers of Jennifer McMahon, Ruth Ware, and Michael Koryta.<b><i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b><br /><br /> Brendan Duffy owes me several nights of sleep, because once I finished the first chapter of his novel, I couldnt stop turning the pages until Id read every last thrilling, unsettling, heartbreakingly lovely last one of them. Duffys novel is, on the surface, a gripping murder mysterybut beneath that lies a love story, a cautionary coming-of-age tale, and a devastating meditation on violence and loss. A whirlwind of intrigue, vengeance, and wild longing, <i>The Storm King</i> will sweep you off your feet and blow you away.<b>Robin Wasserman, author of <i>Girls on Fire<br /></i></b><br />Duffys sophomore offering again toes the line between thriller and horror in this tale that flips between coming-of-age and coming-home-again timelines. Smartly-drawn characters arent who they first seem, their layers revealed slowly like lightning illuminating a stormy night. The richly atmospheric setting crackles with tension between the hurricane bearing down and the past coming to light.<b><i>RT Book Reviews</i></b><br /> <br /> A slow-burning mystery, a delectable piece of crime fiction, and a coming-of-age storyall wrapped into one neat and tidy novel . . . full of rich characters and insightful writing . . . highly recommended.<b>The Suspense Is Thrilling Me</b><br /> <b></b><br /> A haunting, wonderfully written thriller.<b><i>Criminal Element</i></b><br /> <i></i><br /> Duffy has written a mystery that unleashes a well of emotionsfrom thrills and chills to heartbreak and sorrow. This is one tale that most definitely will keep readers hooked until the very end.<b><i>Suspense Magazine</i></b><br /> <br /> A powerful story . . . Former friends regroup when a secret kept for years comes to light, threatening the lives they have built. Brendan Duffy adds so many layers that those bare plot bones feel like an entirely new creature.<b><i>The News &amp; Observer</i></b>
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  # WARRIORS OF THE STORM
  
  
  ## BERNARD CORNWELL
  
  
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  ### [Copyright](part0003.html#d0c8a572e43ea-d1e37)
  
  
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  First published by HarperCollins _Publishers_ 2015
  
  
  Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2015
  
  
  Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of
  this work
  
  
  Map © John Gilkes 2015
  
  
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  the author’s imagination.
  
  
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