Books with author A C. Clarke

Book 1 in the Battalions of Oblivion seriesEvery teen has dreams, but only Joe Knightley can make his dreams reality. Even the nightmares…There can be only one Dream Master.Joe has been falling asleep everywhere, and he has enough on his plate with wrangling his wayward best mate, suppressing the urge to murder his little sister and facing off with Charlie Meek, the knife-wielding bully who makes school a misery for so many.Joe does not need the discovery that he can make his dreams come true. At first, turning a classroom into an aquarium and conjuring up a Lamborghini are amusing ways to use this new power. But Joe soon realizes he’s roused an enemy far deadlier than Charlie Meek.Drawn into a duel with a being who has had centuries of experience, Joe must fight for everything he cares for. But deciding exactly what he holds dear is perhaps the biggest battle of all.About A.Z.A ClarkeA.Z.A Clarke has worked as an English teacher and journalist in Beijing, Brighton, Brussels and the Isle of Man.

A short and sinister story of Marta and her grandmother who have been tormented by nocturnal, demonic visitors since the disappearance of Marta's mother when she was a young child. The story reaches a turning point when Marta inadvertently meets one of her tormentors in the form of vampire Lazlo. She is conflicted in whether to join him and his band of misfits, one of whom is her long-lost mother, or remain loyal to her kindly grandmother who raised her and cared for her.

Every teen has dreams, but only Joe Knightley can make his dreams reality. Even the nightmares…There can be only one Dream Master.Joe has been falling asleep everywhere, and he has enough on his plate with wrangling his wayward best mate, suppressing the urge to murder his little sister and facing off with Charlie Meek, the knife-wielding bully who makes school a misery for so many.Joe does not need the discovery that he can make his dreams come true. At first, turning a classroom into an aquarium and conjuring up a Lamborghini are amusing ways to use this new power. But Joe soon realizes he’s roused an enemy far deadlier than Charlie Meek.Drawn into a duel with a being who has had centuries of experience, Joe must fight for everything he cares for. But deciding exactly what he holds dear is perhaps the biggest battle of all.

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Excerpt from A Mother's Sacrifice: And Other TalesNasta was the walking post between the village Of Spas and the post-office at Smolnica. It was her business to deliver the letters first to the inspector, then to the Jews who kept the public houses, and the small proprietors in the neigh bouring hamlets who could not fetch their own letters, and lastly, in summer-time, to the visitors who came thither for the benefit Of the mountain air. Her husband had been the postman of the district, and on his death, ten years before, Nasta had been allowed to take his place.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Mother's Sacrifice: And Other TalesNasta was the walking post between the village Of Spas and the post-office at Smolnica. It was her business to deliver the letters first to the inspector, then to the Jews who kept the public houses, and the small proprietors in the neigh bouring hamlets who could not fetch their own letters, and lastly, in summer-time, to the visitors who came thither for the benefit Of the mountain air. Her husband had been the postman of the district, and on his death, ten years before, Nasta had been allowed to take his place.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.