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The Universe in 3/4 Time

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 14:26:43 +0200

WINNER OF THE 2016 WATTYSWhat if the government claimed that terrorists were using your startup? Would you happily hand over the keys to your kingdom without a second thought? Or would you defend your customer's privacy no matter the cost? David Alexander always dreamed of starting a company. But when his startup takes off, it doesn't turn out the way he hoped. Money disappears. Friendships are tested. And that's just the beginning. David's thrown into this world and his adventures spiral him into a dark hole of terrorist plots, government espionage, and classified information. It turns into more of a nightmare than a dream. One wrong decision could put the country in jeopardy, collapse David's company, or even cost him his life. THE TERM SHEET is a fast-paced technothriller about entrepreneurship, startups, encryption, and the delicate balance between national security and individual privacy. Its complex characters explore thought-provoking questions about the role of...

The Sage of Waterloo

Sat, 21 Nov 2015 09:18:38 +0200

The most beguiling and distinctive debut novel of the season: the Battle of Waterloo...as told by a rabbit.On June 17, 1815, the Duke of Wellington amassed his troops at Hougoumont, an ancient farmstead not far from Waterloo. The next day, the French attacked—the first shots of the Battle of Waterloo—sparking a brutal, day-long skirmish that left six thousand men either dead or wounded.William is a white rabbit living at Hougoumont today. Under the tutelage of his mysterious and wise grandmother Old Lavender, William attunes himself to the echoes and ghosts of the battle, and through a series of adventures he comes to recognize how deeply what happened at Waterloo two hundred years before continues to reverberate. "Nature," as Old Lavender says, "never truly recovers from human cataclysms."The Sage of Waterloo is a playful retelling of a key turning point in human history, full of vivid insights about Napoleon, Wellington, and the battle...