Author: Raphael Sabatini
Publisher: House of Stratus
Keywords: chivalry
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 2008-01-11
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0755115309
ISBN-13: 9780755115303

Columbino, a great mercenary in pre-Renaissance Italy, has developed his own moral code of chivalry to which he ruthlessly and relentlessly adheres. Yet when four women are singularly betrayed as a direct result of this code, he comes to question the very essence of his understanding. He emerges with a renewed passion and an awakened sympathy.

Author: Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Publisher: House of Stratus
Keywords: stories, amp, intervenes, trent
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-09-23
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0755103262
ISBN-13: 9780755103263

Artist, connoisseur and private detective, Philip Trent, features in this classic and unputdownable collection, comprising eleven short stories. Including The Genuine Tabard, in which a clergyman and unique objets d’art are involved in a neat confidence trick; The Foolproof Lift, in which a blackmailing valet is found murdered; and The Ordinary Hairpins, in which a golden-haired opera singer commits suicide - but Trent is wisely suspicious.

Author: John Buchan
Publisher: House of Stratus
Keywords: hostages, three
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2008-09-23
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1842327941
ISBN-13: 9781842327944

England is at peace after the end of World War I. Spy-catcher, Richard Hannay, is enjoying the country life at Fosse Manor. However, Hannay’s peace is shattered when a dangerous criminal gang kidnap three children of important national figures. The deadline for searching for the hostages is midsummer. Hannay joins forces with Sandy Arbuthnot to face this most difficult enemy whose speciality is hypnotism.

Author: Charles Percy Snow
Publisher: House of Stratus
Keywords: brothers, strangers, men, new
Number of Pages: 290
Published: 2008-09-23
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1842324241
ISBN-13: 9781842324240

It is the onset of World War II in the fifth in the Strangers and Brothers series. A group of Cambridge scientists are working on atomic fission. But there are consequences for the men who are affected by it. Hiroshima also causes mixed personal reactions.

Author: Raphael Sabatini
Publisher: House of Stratus
Keywords: duke, justice
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 2008-01-11
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0755115406
ISBN-13: 9780755115402

Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois and Romanga, has been the subject of much study and debate. In The Justice of the Duke, Sabatini paints an enduring picture of Italian life under the duke and reveals the true nature of this much-reviled man. This is a story of passion, revenge and murderous ambition with all the skill and ambition that has earnt Sabatini his masterly reputation.

Author: Raphael Sabatini
Publisher: House of Stratus
Keywords: islam, sword
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 2008-01-11
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0755115589
ISBN-13: 9780755115587

European waters are rife with mighty naval battles - not least the renowned Battle of Amalfi of 1527. Yet for Andrea Doria, the Admiral of the King of France, he soon learns that the battles he confronts are not confined to sea alone. The House of Dorian is plagued with conflict, both within and without, and Andrea finds that he has very real enemies in his midst.

Author: Raphael Sabatini
Publisher: House of Stratus
Keywords: blood, captain, chronicles
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-01-11
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0755115317
ISBN-13: 9780755115310

Further adventures from the much-loved Captain Blood, the ’Robin Hood’ of the Spanish Seas. In his latest exploits, The Chronicles of Captain Blood takes him to new adventures with as much excitement and swashbuckling adventure as ever before. Winning invaluable treasures, rescuing his crew from almost certain death and saving an English settlement are all in a day’s work for this remarkable hero of land and sea.