Paul Lynch
1) Prophet song
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"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new,...
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2013.
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"A tense, thrilling debut novel that spans two continents, from "a writer to watch out for" (Colum McCann). It's 1832 and Coll Coyle has killed the wrong man. The dead man's father is an expert tracker and ruthless killer with a single-minded focus on vengeance. The hunt leads from the windswept bogs of County Donegal, across the Atlantic to the choleric work camps of the Pennsylvania Railroad, where both men will find their fates in the hardship...
4) Grace
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2017.
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A sweeping, Dickensian story of a young girl on a life-changing journey across nineteenth-century Ireland on the eve of the Great FamineEarly one October morning, Grace's mother snatches her from sleep and brutally cuts off her hair, declaring, "You are the strong one now." With winter close at hand and Ireland already suffering, Grace is no longer safe at home. And so her mother outfits her in men's clothing and casts her out. When her younger brother...
5) Detention
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[2004], c2003
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After being in the military service, Sam has returned to his inner city neighborhood to teach at the toughest high school in town. Frustrated, Sam hands in his resignation. But the day he does, he has to work one last detention duty with the toughest kids in the school. That day, gunmen take over the high school - using it to hide $300 million worth of cocaine they've hijacked. The paid-off local police and school security guards were supposed to...
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c2011
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Evil bong: A toke from a mysterious and powerful vintage bong takes a group of college kids on the wildest trip of their lives.
Demonic toys: When a sixty-six-year-old demon with the power to bring toys to life is awakened, he goes in search of a body to inhabit.
Meridian: When a young woman visits her recently inherited Italian castle, she discovers that she has also inherited a medieval curse that threatens her life.
Decadent evil: A vampire...
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