Books with title Come a Stranger

It seemed at the beginning of the new year that Beany had to worry only about what dress she would wear to the dinner dance with her best boy friend, Marine Corps Corporal, Andy Kern. She could see it all- Andy, handsome in his dress blues, lost in admiration as she floated toward him in her misty green brocade. But life was to make stern demands on Beany before that school year was over. And she turned, in her despair, to Tony Lombard, who was as tormented as Beany herself. She felt that family had deserted her, that Andy did not understand her, that her most intimate friends were unperceptive.

When wizard, Jake Stranger, discovers what the nightmarish future holds for the human race, he knows that he is in a race against time not only to save his people but the woman he loves.Not knowing who to trust, and with the body count rising, Jake learns that he has to look to the past to save the future. But will Jake Stranger be able to deal with the truth that he discovers in his past or will he let it destroy him?‘Stranger’ (Book 3) the final and nail-biting conclusion in the ‘The Clockwork Immortals Trilogy’.

After condemning three men to death, Wizard, Jake Stranger, is banished from his home and sent to the town of Grey Edge. Desperate to become one of the respected Talismen, Jake knows that he has to keep his head down and keep out of trouble. But trouble is something that is never too far from him. Within minutes of arriving in Grey Edge, Jake becomes embroiled in a series of gruesome murders. But his real problems start when he sparks up a friendship with the young and beautiful Taliswoman, Franziska Rubik. Hunting a killer, they travel together from the world of magic and into the human world of 1985. Jake soon discovers that not everything in the human world nor the world of magic is as it first appears. Something terrifying is unraveling - and nothing could be stranger. Bestselling author author, Tim O'Rourke, is back with another spellbinding tale of mystery, horror and paranormal romance. Strap in tight and enjoy the twists, turns and those nail-biting cliff-hangers!

Bestselling author, Tim O’Rourke, is back with another spellbinding tale of mystery, horror and paranormal romance. Strap in tight and enjoy the twists, turns and those nail-biting cliff-hangers!Something sinister is happening in the desolate town of Grey Edge. Wizard, Jake Stranger, knows that he must discover who and what Mary Briggs was but more importantly why she seemingly came back from the dead.With the rest of the Talismen unwilling to face what is really taking place in the small town, and with the body count rising, Jake seeks the help of an old friend and lover, the wiser Witch – Holly Felderstafe. But with his feelings growing for the beautiful young Taliswoman, Franziska Rubik, will Jake be creating trouble for himself as the events that are unfolding about him become ever more dangerous.As Jake begins to unravel the truth about the terrifying events in Grey Edge, he soon discovers that not all the townsfolk are who or what they claim to be and have come from a very different world – a world that is far stranger than anything Jake could have imagined.

Patrick McCarthy places The Stranger in the context of a French and French-Algerian history and culture, examines the way the work undermines traditional concepts of fiction, and explores the parallels (and more importantly the contrasts) between Camus and Sartre. His account provides a useful companion to The Stranger for students and general readers.

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17)] [Read by Caitlin Davies and Chris Patton] Fast-paced, enormously cinematic, and full of inventive world-building, diverse characters, and moral complexity, Stranger is speculative fiction and its best - and its most true to our lives. Many generations ago, a mysterious cataclysm struck the world. Governments collapsed and people scattered to rebuild where they could. A mutation called the Change arose, granting some people unique powers. Though the area once known as Los Angeles retains its cultural diversity, its technological marvels have faded into legend. ''Las Anclas'' now resembles a Wild West frontier town - where the Sheriff possesses superhuman strength, the doctor can warp time to heal his patients, and the distant ruins of an ancient city bristle with deadly crystalline trees that take their jewel-like colors from the clothes of the people they killed. Teenage prospector Ross Juarez's best find ever - an ancient book he doesn't know how to read - nearly costs him his life when a bounty hunter is sent to kill him and steal the book. Ross barely makes it to Las Anclas, bringing with him a precious artifact, a power no one has ever had before, and a whole lot of trouble.