She was being hustled out of the audience by beefy security guys. Her backstage pass was being put into immediate action. Fabulous. Didn’t she even get a say in this? Most fans wouldn’t think twice about this, she realized. A chance to meet Brody Gallagher of Nocturnal Rain? Was his real name Br...
The road that ran along the front of it used to have cobblestones, but had been overlaid with bitumen only ten years ago, so said the village policeman who gave Winter long-winded directions. There was a tor right behind the cottage, which set the cottage off by itself from the rest of the villag...
The farmer’s visit had popped the bubble of isolation. Calli sensed the demands of Nick’s world reaching for him, calling for his attention. She did not intrude on his thoughts. She took care not to give any hint of her need for him, although she badly wanted him to take her in his arms. She need...
He looked nearly seventy, so Taylor scaled his age to somewhere around the mid or late fifties for this era. Perhaps a bit younger, if disease had been unkind to him. But he was hearty for his age and there was nothing wrong with his mind. With Queen Ingvild’s permission, Marit presented Taylor t...
Each cutting phrase rang clear despite three tables and the blended babble of French, English and Japanese that separated them. If she could hear perfectly well, then the petite brunette sitting next to him must be benefiting from a Dolby surround sound experience. Shadows dusted the skin under t...
There were athletes all over the city, most of them so focused on adjusting to the altitude and getting in their training in preparation for the trials in two week’s time, that they had turned into obsessive compulsive automatons. Neal couldn’t wait to get paid so he could blow the town for good...
It rests at the highest altitude in the world, surrounded by three chains of imposing mountains and the breadth of China to its east. Its geography guarantees a degree of isolation which the Tibetans have sought to increase for generations. Consequently, the rhythms of life on Tibet’s semi-desert...
Lindsay stamped her feet, the heavy snow boots dumping the layer of snow that had accumulated on the toes. She jumped up and down, her hands under her arms. It was a vain attempt to gain a little warmth. It seemed like she was the only one who was feeling the cold. There were a few people sitting...
Patience, the other lion, could barely be seen through the thick snow. It was a record dump, they were saying. It felt like it. He looked at his watch once more, but it showed that exactly as much time had passed midnight as he had measured it for h...