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Assassin’s creed: renaissance is the thrilling novelisation by oliver bowden based on the game series. ‘i will seek vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. i am ezio auditore di firenze. i am an assassin…’ the year of our lord 1476 – the renaissance: culture and art flourish alongside the bloodiest corruption and violence. bitter blood-feuds rage between the warring political families of italy. following the murder of his father and brothers, ezio auditore di firenze is entrusted with an ancient codex, the key to a conspiracy that goes back to the centuries-old conflict between the shadowy templar knights and the elite order of assassins. ezio must avenge the deaths of his kinsmen and in doing so fulfil his destiny, and live by the laws of the assassin’s creed. truth is written in blood assassin’s creed: renaissance is based on the phenomenally successful gaming series. fans of the game will love these stories. other titles in the series include assassin’s creed: forsaken, assassin’s creed: brotherhood, assassin’s creed: the secret crusade, and assassin’s creed: revelations. oliver bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist.

A compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from the bestselling author joyce conway remembers things she shouldn’t. she knows about tiny cobbled streets in paris, which she has never visited. and every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair. justin hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. he arrives in dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. it’s the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. when joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. all the while, a strong sense of déjà vu is overwhelming her and she can’t figure out why … cecelia ahern: making the everyday magical.

“out of the secret world i once knew i have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. first comes the imagining, then the search for the reality.’ the pigeon tunnel, john le carru’s memoir and his first work of non-fiction, is a thrilling journey into the worlds of his ‘secret sharers’ – the men and women who inspired some of his most enthralling novels. from terrifying meetings with yasser arafat in war-torn beirut to brilliantly observed encounters with the great figures of 20th century film, from stanley kubrick to alec guinness. the reader is swept along not just by the chilling winds of the cold war or by the author’s frightening journeys into places of terrible violence but, most importantly, by the author’s inimitable voice. in this astonishing work we see our world, both public and private, through the eyes of one of the world’s greatest writers.”

Steffi doesn’t talk, but she has so much to say. rhys can’t hear, but he can listen. their love isn’t a lightning strike, it’s the rumbling roll of thunder. steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life – she’s been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. but rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. he’s deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she’s assigned to look after him. to rhys, it doesn’t matter that steffi doesn’t talk, and as they find ways to communicate, steffi finds that she does have a voice, and that she’s falling in love with the one person who makes her feel brave enough to use it. the stunning follow up to beautiful broken things is a love story about the times when a whisper is as good as a shout. praise for beautiful broken things:’beautiful broken things is the book i’ve been waiting for. it made me want to go and rugby-tackle my best friends and give them a giant hug. it’s a beautiful tale of the power and complexities of female friendship’ holly bourne, author of am i normal yet?’beautiful broken things is a book that the ya world desperately needs – a book about the beauty, passion and extremities of female friendship’ alice oseman, author of solitaire’starkly realistic and ultimately uplifting, beautiful broken things is a compelling tale of pain and redemption, growing up and growing together, and finding empowerment and strength in friendship’ catherine doyle, author of vendetta’stories about female friendships are hard to come by, especially ones with no romance, but beautiful broken things fills that gap in an intensely compelling and passionate way’ lauren james, author of the next together

A stunning and original ya fantasy from a fantastic new talent. perfect for fans of leigh bardugo and laini taylor ‘deft, dark and daring’ melinda salisbury ‘a stormer of a story’ kiran millwood hargrave in a city where magic is feared and the dead are worshipped, life is overshadowed by a powerful and devastating storm cloud. one young woman is running for her life. another is trying to return home. both are looking for a place where they belong. but what lena and constance don’t realise is that the storm cloud binds them. without it, neither can get what she desires.