Anthony O'Neill

"In this dark and gripping sci-fi noir, an exiled police detective arrives at a lunar penal colony just as a psychotic android begins a murderous odyssey across the far side of the moon...Visual, visceral, and tons of fun, "The Dark Side" fuses hard science with brutal crime and lunar adventure."--Provided by publisher.

The Dark Side

Seven years after the death of Edward Hyde, a stylish gentleman shows up in foggy London claiming to be Dr. Henry Jekyll. Only Mr. Utterson, Jekyll's faithful lawyer and confidant, knows that he must be an impostor - because Jekyll was Hyde. But as the man goes about charming Jekyll's friends and reclaiming the estate, and as the bodies of potential challengers start piling up, Utterson is left fearing for his life ... and questioning his own sanity. From the internationally acclaimed Australian author Anthony O'Neill comes Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Seek, an ingenious, original sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Seek

Scheherazade

Devil Upstairs

In 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Egypt. But hidden in Egypt was a secret that conquered him. The Chamber of Eternity is said to contain a hieroglyphic code to the future, the meaning of life and the secrets of immortaility. For thousands of years its site has been fiercely guarded, its existence defended by preposterous rumours and outright lies. Learning of the mysterious vault, Napoleon Bonaparte launches an expedition to Egypt to find it. When its extraordinary secrets are revealed to him in the heart of the Great Pyramid, he returns to Paris and swiftly becomes Emperor of France. Forty years later Queen Victoria becomes infatuated with the legend and recruits Alexander Rhind, a modest young Scot, to infiltrate a secretive cabal of archaeologists known as the 'Brotherhood of Eternity'. But when Rhind himself is seduced by the mystery, he is compelled to undertake his own expedition to Egypt to uncover the truth. With its cast of emperors, popes, queens, generals, sheikhs, artists and archaeologists - every one of them real - The Empire of Eternity is a spellbinding novel about the wonders of Egypt, the secrets of the gods, and man's desire to achieve immortality at all costs.

The Empire of Eternity

In Edinburgh, evil is just one floor away... Fraud investigator Cat Thomas has bought a beautiful 18th-century apartment in Edinburgh, far from the dangers of her life in Florida. But when the neighbour from hell arrives, her nightmare begins. Desperate for a decent night's sleep, Cat dreams of ways of killing him. And when her darkest thoughts become reality - and her neighbour ends up very, very dead - her life takes a sinister new turn. Is this heaven? Or hell? Is she being framed for murder? Is her devilishly charismatic new neighbour upstairs responsible? And why are so many people around her suddenly being so gruesomely dispatched? 'Deliriously diabolical ... O'Neill is the most ingenious author I know.' - ROBERT J. HARRIS, author of Castle MacNab 'O'Neill knows how to tell a story.' - THE TIMES 'I was utterly hooked... a gripping level of suspense.' - THE COURIER

The Devil Upstairs

In Edinburgh 1886, the brutal murder of a university professor, coming soon after the killing of a retired lighthouse keeper and quickly followed by a bizarre exhumation, has the entire city on edge. Carus Groves, a conceited and prejudiced police inspector, is assigned to the case.

The Lamplighter

Cat Thomas has just moved from Florida to an idyllic flat in historic Edinburgh. Everything seems perfect. Everything seems serene. Except for the noisy, obnoxious, uncooperative musician upstairs. When all else fails, Cat is talked into attending a seance at a creepy Scottish castle. She makes an appeal directly to Satan. And finds that the nightmare has just begun ...

Twenty years after a girl is handed over to a shadowy man claiming to be her father, she reappears in the wake of a series of grisly murders, prompting Inspector Carus Groves and metaphysics professor Thomas McKnight to investigate.

A Novel

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Continues Seven years after the death of Edward Hyde, a stylish gentleman shows up in foggy London claiming to be Dr Henry Jekyll. Only Mr Utterson, Jekylls faithful lawyer and confidant, knows that he must be an impostor because Jekyll was Hyde.

Dr. Jekyll Y Mr. Seek

WHEN YOU’RE AT YOUR WIT’S END ... WHEN NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK ... WHEN YOU’RE LOSING SLEEP ... WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOUR IS GIVING YOU HELL ... WOULD YOU CALL UPON THE DEVIL? Cat Thomas has just moved from Florida to an idyllic flat in historic Edinburgh. Everything seems perfect. Everything seems serene. Except for the noisy, obnoxious, uncooperative musician upstairs. When all else fails, Cat is talked into attending a seance at a creepy Scottish castle. She makes an appeal directly to Satan. And finds that the nightmare has just begun ... The Devil Upstairs is the astonishing new thriller from the internationally acclaimed author of The Lamplighter and The Dark Side. Praise for Anthony O’Neill ‘Anthony O’Neill is the most ingenious and versatile writer I know. Every novel he writes is an individual gem that sparkles with its own particular brilliance. Wherever the magic carpet of his imagination takes him next, I definitely want to be along for the ride.’ —Robert J Harris, bestselling author of The Thirty-One Kings ‘A masterful storyteller.’ —Publishers Weekly ‘Inspired lunacy … satisfying on every level.’ —The Wall Street Journal ‘Mastery of storytelling it its hallmark. [O’Neill] relates a thrilling, complicated quest … boldly and rightly convinced of his power to engross us.’ —The Herald Sun ‘Clever, entertaining and stimulating.’ —Vogue ‘O’Neill has a rare talent for at once frightening and enlightening readers.’ —San Francisco Chronicle ‘O’Neill is a grand storyteller, adept at evoking evil and playing with ambivalence.’ —The Age ‘Ingeniously audacious and imaginative. Rich and entertaining. Good enough company for two readings.’ —Adelaide Advertiser ‘O’Neill writes with authority, blending fact, fiction and fable in this brilliant debut.’ —The Independent on Sunday ‘What you get in O’Neill’s novels is a vivid evocation of time and place, allied to an unflagging narrative drive.’ —The Sydney Morning Herald

Seven years after the death of Edward Hyde, a stylish gentleman shows up in foggy London claiming to be Dr Henry Jekyll. Only Mr Utterson, Jekyll’s faithful lawyer and confidant, knows that he must be an impostor – because Jekyll was Hyde. But as the man goes about charming Jekyll’s friends and reclaiming the estate, and as the bodies of potential challengers start piling up, Utterson is left fearing for his life ... and questioning his own sanity.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek

The Chamber of Eternity is said to contain a hieroglyphic code to the future, the meaning of life and the secrets of immortality. For thousands of years its site has been fiercely guarded, its existence defended by preposterous rumours and outright lies. Learning of the mysterious vault, Napoleon Bonaparte launches an expedition to Egypt to locate the Chamber. When its extraordinary secrets are revealed to him in the heart of the Great Pyramid, he returns to Paris and swiftly becomes Emperor of France. Forty years later Queen Victoria becomes infatuated with the legend and recruits Alexander Rhind, a modest young Scot, to infiltrate a secretive cabal of archaeologists known as the 'Brotherhood of Eternity'. But when Rhind himself is seduced by the mystery, he is compelled to undertake his own expedition to Egypt to uncover the truth. With its cast of emperors, popes, queens, generals, sheikhs, artists and archaeologists - every one of them real - The Empire of Eternity is a spellbinding novel about the wonders of Egypt, the secrets of the gods, and man's desire to achieve immortality at all costs. By turns awesome and intimate, its revelations endure far beyond the final page.

It is nearly twenty years since Scheherazade spun her tales for a thousand and one nights; the tales that saved her life and immortalised the city that she had never seen - until now. Scheherazade and her husband, King Shahriyar, arrive in Baghdad to a rapturous welcome from the Caliph and his people, but within hours the Queen is kidnapped from her bathhouse. An ancient prophecy leads the Caliph to despatch a motley crew of sailors on a rescue mission. As the seven unlikely saviours venture deeper into the unforgiving desert, losing camels, supplies, and all sense of direction, Scheherazade must face her abductors alone. And once again she begins to spin a tale to save her life ...

An adventure full of wit, danger and incident, murder and mystery, poetry and philosophy ?nd testament to the power of the imagination - Scheherazade seamlessly weaves fact, fiction and fable into a novel rich with all the heady power of the 1001 Nights.

A Tale

An atmospheric thriller set in nineteenth-century Edinburgh, Anthony O'Neill's elegant, darkly masterful novel is full of psychological suspense and first-rate horror. Evelyn is a clever orphan at the Fountainbridge Institute for Destitute Girls. Enchanted by a cheerful lamplighter who fires the streetlamp outside her window each evening, she mesmerizes the other girls with flights of fancy. In a time before Freudian awareness of sexuality and the subconscious mind, such tales are forbidden by the institute's governor, who warns Evelyn to cease her nocturnal storytelling. Evelyn defies him -- and is cast out of the orphanage and sacrificed to a shadowy figure claiming to be her long-lost father. Who is this man, and why does he lock Evelyn away in a hunting lodge? Years later, the mutilated body of a professor of ecclesiastical law turns up on one of Edinburgh's finest streets; the grave of a famous colonel is ravaged; a shady entrepreneur is slaughtered while dashing for a train; and a retired lighthouse keeper is ripped to shreds while walking his dog -- all this after Evelyn, now a young woman, has reappeared in the city. What connects the victims? And what of Evelyn, anguished and appealing, who repeatedly claims to have dreamed the murders in great detail -- each time blaming a mysterious "lamplighter"? Leading the official investigation is Carus Groves, a conceited yet effective police inspector desperate to cap his unremarkable career with a sensational case. Heading up the unofficial investigation is a disillusioned professor of logic and metaphysics, Thomas McKnight, and his assistant, Joseph Canavan, a strapping young gravedigger. Using reason, intuition, philosophy, and luck, these men race to solve the murders and unveil the source of Evelyn's torment, and in so doing penetrate the very gates of Hell.

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