The Strangling of Satan-My Beloved World

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Jun. 21, 2013

Today's Emerging Author
	The Strangling of Satan by Anthony Dickenson ISBN / ASIN: 1608601064
PROLOGUE Steve Dalton froze; he couldn’t take in what was happening to him. The first brick that shattered in front of his eyes left him momentarily bemused and then, almost in slow motion, he realized that someone was shooting at him! – This only happened to hoodlums or army personnel; yet here he was late morning in a sleepy Cheshire village, being shot at in broad daylight; a respectable businessman who paid his taxes and who definitely hadn’t joined the British Army! Although he had no Forces training, instinct cut in, he dropped to the floor and rolled under a parked van as even more brickwork exploded above him. The initial shock had ebbed a little but now he was acutely aware of his heart thumping in his chest and, to his surprise, that his senses were almost cat-like. Survival mode was now fully engaged, thanks to adrenalin, and he was not ready to die! Where were the shots coming from? – The marksman, whoever he was, had to be on the roof of one of the shops on the opposite side of the main street. Thirty feet away there was an entrance to a pub car park that had once been the coach access to the old inn. There was no cover but,... Continue Reading

Today's Bestseller
	My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor ISBN / ASIN: 0307594882
I was working my way through the summer reading list when Lord of the Flies brought me to a halt. I wasn’t ready to start another book when I finished that one. I’d never read anything so layered with meaning: it haunted me, and I needed to think about it some more. But I didn’t want to spend the whole break doing nothing but reading and watching TV. Junior was happy shooting baskets all the daylight hours, but there wasn’t much else going on around the projects if you were too old for the playground and not into drugs. Orchard Beach still beckoned, roasting traffic and all, but getting there was a trek you couldn’t make every day. Besides, without Abuelita’s laugh and the... Continue Reading