The Best of MenIt is 1642, and Laurence Beaumont has just returned to England after six long years fighting and avoiding fighting in the European Wars. Having fled his homeland to escape the responsibilities of his noble birthright, he has been a lowly infantryman, a spy, and a cardsharp in a Dutch brothel. He has seen the worst inhumanities visited on men, women and children by enemy and neighbour alike, and he no longer has faith in God, in causes, or much in

When another child goes missing

Piotr hasnt seen Eva in years

Death is never far away

compelling and original Mark Lawrence

Tzorekov has close links with Vladimir Putin and is planning to use his influence with the President to improve relations between Russia

and the present

Some of these people are very powerful indeed

sub-Saharan country led by Colonel Hakim Flix Ellello

Take special care

I found it both terrifying and hugely enjoyable

and tells the story of Corporal Phelim Halloran

And Finn begins to fear for his own survival