Apostle LodgeFrom the author of the acclaimed The First Rule of Survival, praised by Lee Child as 'excellent and uncompromising', comes Paul Mendelson's explosive latest thriller. Apostle Lodge looks out over the ocean, an award winning mansion built by a renowned architect. Stark and minimal, its black opaque windows hide a terrible secret. As Colonel Vaughn de Vries investigates the depraved crime committed within its walls, he believes there may be more than

in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales

One of the toughest lessons of her deployment was perfectly articulated by the TV show M*A*S*H: "There are two rules of war

These rhyming

the woman who killed her mother

including male

And the boy she fell in love with last summer

on the fringes of a Western Europe that has renounced human governance in favour of ostensibly more efficient

the last of her kind

he's approached by a stranger: a dying man who

both physical and emotional

the futility of self-denial and the place of happiness

From Tadpole to Frog traces the lifecycle of this familiar animal