"The first in an unmissable series, Priest of Bones is a fresh and compelling take on grimdark fantasy. Mashing together soldiers, gangsters, magic and war into a heady mix that is a hulking big brother to The Lies of Locke Lamora."--Anna Stephens, author of Godblind The war is over, and army priest Tomas Piety heads home with Sergeant Bloody Anne at his side. But things have changed while he was away: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg--his people--have run out of food and hope and places to hide. Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his with help from Anne, his brother, Jochan, and his new gang: the Pious Men. But when he finds himself dragged into a web of political intrigue once again, everything gets more complicated. As the Pious Men fight shadowy foreign infiltrators in the back-street taverns, brothels, and gambling dens of Tomas's old life, it becomes clear: The war is only just beginning.

Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne)

Literature & Fiction

McLean, Peter

Genre Fiction

Penguin Publishing Group

Tomas Piety has been many things: soldier, priest, gangster...and spy. As Tomas's power grows, the nobility better watch their backs, in this dark and gritty epic fantasy series. People are weak, and the poorer and more oppressed they are, the weaker they become--until they can't take it anymore. And when they rise up...may the gods help their oppressors. When Tomas Piety returned from the war, he just wanted to rebuild his empire of crime with his gang of Pious Men. But his past as a spy for the Queen's Men drew him back in and brought him more power than he ever imagined. Now, with half of his city in ashes and the Queen's Men at his back, the webs of political intrigue stretch out from the capital to pull Tomas in. Dannsburg is calling. In Dannsburg the nobility fight with words, not blades, but the results are every bit as bloody. In this pit of beasts, Tomas must decide once and for all whether he is truly the people's champion...or just a priest of lies.

Priest of Lies (War for the Rose Throne)

Meet Don Drake. He's a demon-summoning hit man who 's badly in debt. He doesn't like his job. He'd rather have a drink and stay away from murder and the supernatural, but he'll have no peace before he's cleared his debt. So Drake takes on one last kill job - and things only get worse for him when he discovers his victim was just a kid.  Suddenly, Drake's on everyone's bad list. His only friends are an archdemon trapped inside an ancient artefact, and Trixie, who smokes too much and happens to be as close to a fallen angel as you can get before you're Lucifer himself. And unfortunately for Drake, Lucifer's around too. And he's mad as hell. If Drake's going to find redemption, he's going to have to fight Peter McLean's debut is the first in a dark, funny urban fantasy series that pits a very British antihero against universal evil.

Drake

Angry Robot

Hitman Don Drake owes a gambling debt to a demon. Forced to carry out one more assassination to clear his debt, Don unwittingly kills an innocent child and brings the Furies of Greek myth down upon himself. Rescued by an almost-fallen angel called Trixie, Don and his magical accomplice The Burned Man, an imprisoned archdemon, are forced to deal with Lucifer himself whilst battling a powerful evil magician. Now Don must foil Lucifer’s plan to complete Trixie’s fall and save her soul whilst preventing the Burned Man from breaking free from captivity and wreaking havoc on the entire world. File Under: Urban Fantasy [ One Last Hit | Both Ends Burning | Going Underground | London's Finest ]

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

In the tunnels deep under London, the Earth Elementals are dying. Hunted by something they know only as the Rotman, the Elementals have no one trustworthy they can turn to.Enter Don Drake, diabolist and semi-reformed hitman, and analmost-fallen angel called Trixie. When the matriarch tells Don that Rotman is actually the Archdemon Bianakith, he knows this is going tobe a tough job. Bianakith is the foretold spirit of disease and decay whose aura corrupts everything it comes near, and even the ancient foundations of London will crumble eventually. Now Don, Trixie and the Burned Man have to hatch a plan to keep Bianakith from wiping out the Elementals and bringing down the city. But the Burned Man has other plans and those may have dire consequences for everyone. File Under: Urban Fantasy [ The Devil You Knew / Deeped &amp; Down / Great Irresponsibility / London’s Burning ]

Dominion

Shambolic demon-hunting hitman Don Drake is teetering on the edge of madness in this smart, witty urban fantasy novel. Don Drake is living rough in a sink estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh, doing cheap spells for even cheaper customers while fending off the local lowlifes. Six months ago, Don fled from London to Glasgow to track down his old girlfriend Debbie the alchemist. With the Burned Man gradually driving him mad, Don meets with an ancient and mysterious tramp-slash-magician, with disastrous consequences. Now his old accomplices must step into save Don from himself, before he damns himself for good this time. File Under: Dark Fantasy [ Fallen So Far | Smacked Up | Devil Don’t Care | Hell or Heaven ]

Damnation

Now in its second edition, Managing Employee Performance and Reward continues to offer comprehensive coverage of employee performance and reward, presenting the material in a conceptually integrated way. This new edition has been substantially updated and revised by a team of specialist contributors, and includes: • an increased focus on employee engagement and the alignment between the organisation's goals and the personal goals of employees • expanded coverage of coaching, now a leading-edge performance enhancement practice • extensive updates reflecting the major changes in employee benefits in recent years, as organisations strive to attract and retain talent • updated coverage of executive salaries and incentives in the contemporary post-GFC environment. This popular text is an indispensable resource for both students and managers alike. Written for a global readership, the book will continue to have particular appeal to those studying and practising people management in the Asia-Pacific region.

Managing Employee Performance and Reward: Concepts, Practices, Strategies

Business & Money

Shields, John

BROWN, Michelle

Kaine, Sarah

Dolle-Samuel, Catherine

North-Samardzic, Andrea

Johns, Robyn

O’Leary, Patrick

Plimmer, Geoff

Robinson, Jack

Human Resources

Cambridge University Press

Dominion: A Burned Man Novel

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

ReadHowYouWant

Gangster, soldier, priest. Queen's Man. Governor. 'If you haven't yet picked up this riveting and unique series, I highly recommend you do' Fantasy Book Critic Tomas Piety has everything he ever wanted. In public he's a wealthy, highly respected businessman, happily married to a beautiful woman and governor of his home city of Ellinburg. In private, he's no longer a gang lord, head of the Pious Men, but one of the Queen's Men, invisible and officially non-existent, working in secret to protect his country. The queen's sudden death sees him summoned him back to the capital - where he discovers his boss, Dieter Vogel, Provost Marshal of the Queen's Men, is busy tightening his stranglehold on the country. Just as he once fought for his Pious Men, Tomas must now bend all his wit and hard-won wisdom to protect his queen - even when he can't always tell if he's on the right side. Tomas has started to ask himself, what is the price of power? And more importantly, is it one he is willing to pay? 'If you like your fantasy with a side of dark and gritty, you won't want to miss this' CHRISTINA HENRY, bestselling author of The Girl in Red on Priest of Lies

Priest of Gallows (War for the Rose Throne)

Quercus Publishing

'Praise be to Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows,&nbsp;and blessed be the Ascended Martyr.' Those were the words on lips of the faithful: Blessed be the Ascended Martyr,&nbsp;and woe betide you if you thought otherwise. The word Unbeliever had become a death sentence on the streets in those days. Gangster,&nbsp;soldier,&nbsp;priest. Governor,&nbsp;knight,&nbsp;and above all,&nbsp;Queen's Man. Once,&nbsp;Tomas Piety looked after his men,&nbsp;body and soul,&nbsp;as best he could. Then those who ran his country decided his dark talents would better serve in the corridors of power. Crushed by the power of the Queen's Men and with the Skanian menace rising once more on the streets of Ellinburg,&nbsp;Tomas Piety is forced to turn to old friends,&nbsp;old debts and untrustworthy alliances. Meanwhile in the capital city of Dannsburg,&nbsp;Dieter Vogel is beginning to wonder if the horror he has unleashed in the Martyr's Disciples might be getting out of control. With revolution brewing and tragedy and terrorism running rife in the cities,&nbsp;Piety and Vogel must each weigh the cost of a crown.

Priest of Crowns (War for the Rose Throne)

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Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne)

Priest of Lies (War for the Rose Throne)

Drake

Drake

Dominion

Damnation

Managing Employee Performance and Reward: Concepts, Practices, Strategies

Dominion: A Burned Man Novel

Priest of Gallows (War for the Rose Throne)

Priest of Crowns (War for the Rose Throne)