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The Horizon
Oct 31, 2024 9:34 AM

Author:Douglas Reeman

The Horizon

This engrossing and edge-of-your-seat saga from multi-million copy bestselling author Douglas Reeman is perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Bernard Cornwell and Wilbur Smith. The third novel in the Blackwood saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family, this captivating naval adventure at its very best!

'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times

'Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it' --The Times

'Another romping good yarn by my favourite author' -- ***** Reader review

'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review

'Magnificent!' -- ***** Reader review

'I was engrossed from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review

'Had me hooked' -- ***** Reader review

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1914-1918: for three generations, members of the Blackwood family have served the Royal Marines with distinction. With the outbreak of World War I, at last comes Jonathan Blackwood's turn to carry the family name into battle.

But as the young marines embark for the Dardanelles, and a new kind of warfare, it dawns on them that the days of scarlet coats and an unchanging tradition of honour and glory have gone forever. First in Gallipoli, and two years later at Flanders, comes their horrifying initiation into a wholesale slaughter for which no training could ever have prepared them.

Caught up in the savagery of a conflict beyond any officer's control, Blackwood's future rests on the 'horizon' - the dark lip of the trench which was the last fateful sight for so many.

Reviews

Mastery storytelling.

—— The Times

A writer of formidable strength. His novel is important not only for its theme but also for the beauty and clarity of his style

—— Daily Telegraph

I have known few authors who can evoke such a wilderness in the heart of man . . . Coetzee knows the elusive terror of Kafka

—— Sunday Times

J.M. Coetzee’s vision goes to the nerve centre of being. What he finds there is more than most people will ever know about themselves, and he conveys it with a brilliant writer’s mastery of tension and elegance

—— Nadine Gordimer

A remarkable and original book

—— Graham Greene

A powerful – even prophetic – intelligence at work

—— Independent on Sunday

This is a voice at once authoritative and subtle: a very powerful combination

—— Hermione Lee , Observer

A work of great accomplishment

—— Abdulrazak Gurnah , Week

It should be on everyone's reading lists

—— Sunday Times

The hopelessness of love and passion during one of history's darkest hours is gently eked out... Questions of identity, loyalty and secrets are unavoidable, whether they stand uniformed and proud or lie hidden in a photo album. The Dark Room offers a haunting perspective on the ripples the most extraordinary of actions can cause. Seiffert is sparing with historical specifics, crafting the tale so lovingly that the most affecting moments lie in words unspoken and truths untold

—— Scotland on Sunday

Brilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that could be life-changing

—— New York Times Book Review

Absorbing and searing

—— Washington Post

A major achievement

—— People

Deserves a place on the shelf with The Diary of Anne Frank - set to become a classic

—— USA Today

Zusak makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable in the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse 5, with grim, darkly consoling humour

—— Time

Zusak's playfulness with language leavens the horror and makes the theme more resonant - words can save your life ...It's a measure of how sucessfully Zusak has humanized these characters that even though we know they are doomed, it's no less devastating when Death finally reaches them

—— Publishers Weekly

One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years

—— The Wall Street Journal

'Elegant, philosophical and moving. A work to read slowly and savour. Beautiful and important

—— Kirkus Reviews

Both gripping and touching, a work that kept me up late into the night feverishly reading the last 300 pages

—— Cleveland Plain-Dealer

Zusak's novel is a highwire act of inventiveness and emotional suppleness

—— The Australian

A triumph of control ...one of the most unusual and compelling of recent Australian novels

—— The Age

A brilliant, quirky tale ...a superb book you will be recommending to everyone you meet

—— Herald-Sun

A literary gem

—— Good Reading

...the much talked about The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak...should soon have the UK under its spell.

—— Sam Burson , The Western Mail

It wouldn't surprise us if this became a great classic in years to come.

—— Thomas Murphy , Flipside

...this is a novel to touch even the coldest of hearts - definitely 2007's first must-read book.

—— Newmarket Journal

A compelling tale from the start...definitely 2007's first must-read book.

—— Bury Free Press

A moving story from the German perspective of everyday civilian hardship and surivival under the Third Reich. It celebrates the power of words and love, in the face of unutterable suffering

—— Mail on Sunday

Death turns out to be a tender narrator in Zusak's 'The Book Thief' [...] This novel movingly depicts the Himmel Street community, and its orphaned book thief, Liesel Meminger

—— Books Quarterly (Waterstones)

Exceptionally good ... full of gruelling episodes... and an ending that will almost certainly move you to tears.

—— The Word
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