Return to Perdition

Return to Perdition
Author: Max Allan Collins
Publisher: Vertigo
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1401241565

A new chapter in the saga of the O’Sullivan crime family from the acclaimed movie Road To Perdition. The time is America in the early 1970s and our third-generation hero, Michael Satariano, Jr. is a Vietnam vet recently returned to the States. He doesn’t know that his father’s real name was Michael O’Sullivan, and is unaware of the conflict between his dad, his grandfather and John Looney – the criminal godfather of Rock Island, Illinois. But when he’s recruited by the Mob as a hit man, he’s going to learn the hard way that you can never outrun (or outgun) your past.

Road to Perdition (New Edition)

Road to Perdition (New Edition)
Author: Max Allan Collins
Publisher: Vertigo
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2011-11-15
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 140124159X

Michael O'Sullivan is a deeply religious family man who works as the chief enforcer for an Irish mob family. But after O'Sullivan's eldest son witnesses one of his father's hits, the godfather orders the death of his entire family. Barely surviving an encounter that takes his wife and youngest son, O'Sullivan and his only remaining child embark on a dark and violent mission of retribution against his former boss. Featuring accurate portrayals of Al Capone, Frank Nitti, and Eliot Ness, this book offers a poignant look at the relationship between a morally conflicted father and his adolescent son who both fears and worships him.

Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition
Author: Max Allan Collins
Publisher: Onyx
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780451410290

In Depression-era Chicago, the city's most notorious hitman is stunned to discover that the mob intends to kill his own young son.

Perdition

Perdition
Author: Ann Aguirre
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101625171

WELCOME TO HELL The prison ship Perdition, a floating city where the Conglomerate’s most dangerous criminals are confined for life, orbits endlessly around a barren asteroid. Life inside is even more bleak. Hailed as the Dread Queen, inmate Dresdemona “Dred” Devos controls one of Perdition’s six territories, bordered on both sides by would-be kings eager to challenge her claim. Keeping them at bay requires constant vigilance, as well as a steady influx of new recruits to replace the fallen. Survival is a constant battle, and death is the only escape. Of the newest convicts, only one is worth Dred’s attention. The mercenary Jael, with his deadly gaze and attitude, may be the most dangerous criminal onboard. His combat skill could give her the edge she needs, if he doesn't betray her first. Unfortunately, that's what he does best. Winning Jael’s allegiance will be a challenge, but failure could be worse than death… FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!

Perdition's Reprieve

Perdition's Reprieve
Author: Scott Karick
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2017-04-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781521165393

"Perdition's Reprieve" is a dark journey through political intrigue, conspiracy and paranoia, that ends in a shocking reveal. It is set late in the 22nd Century, and written from the perspective of Frank Miller. Frank is a quiet, solitary individual who finds himself at a historic turning point. A sailor who lives floating along past the edge of society, watching from the outside, only occasionally peeking in at humanity at ports on the shore... when the need arises. He owns a small commercial sail boat registered under the name "Perdition's Reprieve" which, at just 12 years old, he inherited from his father who drown mysteriously in the middle of Lake Michigan. Using his father's boat, Frank makes his living as a courier. His latest contract wrenches him from his isolation and puts this self-described student of history at the paranoid heart of a conspiracy. Frank's choices will impact future history for all of us.The story is all in Frank's words. Frank is human. His perceptions of the world and how he views himself, how he deals with the vagaries of the situation within which he finds himself, these things all color how he relates the facts to you, the reader. A quote from Frank: "There are frequently opportunities for one unique individual to just do something, sometimes out of impulse, often out of desperation, or perhaps just some quirk of their own psyche. They catalyze a transition to the next phase. Or they just blow apart what others have struggled to build. They'll set themselves on fire out of desperation and trigger a revolution. Or they'll kill a duke and start a World War, or kill a President and derail the course of history. They could be a well-intentioned, but self-deluded, revolutionary, or a sociopath who just happens to be in the right place at the wrong time, or just a regular person getting caught up in the nauseating stream of history."

Skim Deep

Skim Deep
Author: Max Allan Collins
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1789091403

The first new Nolan novel in 33 years from one of the masters of the genre, Max Allan Collins, award-winning author of Road to Perdition. The onetime world-class thief Nolan - now happily gone straight with his own restaurant/nightclub - whisks his longtime lover Sherry off to Vegas for a trip to a wedding chapel and a honeymoon stay. But an eye-in-the-sky security cam at a casino spots Nolan, whose past catches up with him when he's thought to be casing the joint. An old "friend" sees Nolan as the perfect patsy for a scheme to heist the weekly skim haul, and when the former thief's young frequent accomplice, Jon - a musician in the casino's house band - finds the couple mysteriously, suspiciously missing, it's up to Nolan's Best Man to keep wedding bells from tolling a funeral march.

Kade

Kade
Author: Sean Patrick O'Reilly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9780976309567

Kade, called "The Key to the Kingdom of Heaven, and the Chain to the Abyss of Hell," must once again face the demon known as Apollyon, who has merged with Karmic to form The Beast, Abbaddon! And, if that wasn't bad enough, The Fallen - seven angels who defied God - are released, determined to bring about the Apocalypse! Kade: Sun of Perdition takes place 1,000 years after Identity and is set during the Dark Ages.

Road to Paradise

Road to Paradise
Author: Max Allan Collins
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061753246

Book description to come.

Moon Over Manifest

Moon Over Manifest
Author: Clare Vanderpool
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011-12-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375858296

Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award. The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was. Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it’s just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some old letters that mention a spy known as the Rattler. These mysterious letters send Abilene and her new friends, Lettie and Ruthanne, on an honest-to-goodness spy hunt, even though they are warned to “Leave Well Enough Alone.” Abilene throws all caution aside when she heads down the mysterious Path to Perdition to pay a debt to the reclusive Miss Sadie, a diviner who only tells stories from the past. It seems that Manifest’s history is full of colorful and shadowy characters—and long-held secrets. The more Abilene hears, the more determined she is to learn just what role her father played in that history. And as Manifest’s secrets are laid bare one by one, Abilene begins to weave her own story into the fabric of the town. Powerful in its simplicity and rich in historical detail, Clare Vanderpool’s debut is a gripping story of loss and redemption.

The Turn of the Screw Illustrated

The Turn of the Screw Illustrated
Author: Henry James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2021-04-21
Genre:
ISBN:

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898Horrornovella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898). In October 1898 it appeared in The Two Magics, a book published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted.