In Vishnu Sharma's famous Panchtantra tales, animals talk and act like humans. A wily jackal or a deceiving donkey, an impetuous frog-king or an arrogant lion often mirror our everyday world. Through these tales the master storyteller reveals the secret of living life wisely yet happily to generations of readers all over the world.

In Vishnu Sharma's famous Panchtantra tales, animals talk and act like humans. A wily jackal or a deceiving donkey, an impetuous frog-king or an arrogant lion often mirror our everyday world. Through these tales the master storyteller reveals the secret of living life wisely yet happily to generations of readers all over the world.

As the rangers and staff of a luxury lodge in Etosha National Park, Namibia welcome the last guests of the season, thoughts are predominantly on the three-month break ahead. Except for Sean, who is fighting his growing attraction for the manager’s wife, Thea. Camping in the park nearby, Professor Eben Kruger has his work cut out keeping the attention of the university students in his charge on the behavioural habits of the cunning jackal. None of them could ever be prepared for the horrendous events about to take place. Each will be pushed to breaking point as the quest for survival becomes the only thing that matters. Shocking, gripping, breathtaking, Beverley Harper’s latest outstanding novel is a guaranteed bestseller.

As the rangers and staff of a luxury lodge in Etosha National Park, Namibia welcome the last guests of the season, thoughts are predominantly on the three-month break ahead. Except for Sean, who is fighting his growing attraction for the manager’s wife, Thea. Camping in the park nearby, Professor Eben Kruger has his work cut out keeping the attention of the university students in his charge on the behavioural habits of the cunning jackal. None of them could ever be prepared for the horrendous events about to take place. Each will be pushed to breaking point as the quest for survival becomes the only thing that matters. Shocking, gripping, breathtaking, Beverley Harper’s latest outstanding novel is a guaranteed bestseller.

JACKAL IN THE DARK, David Patrick Beavers' first novel, was highly praised on both sides of the Atlantic. "He serves up a novel which is witty and profound, evocative and erotic," Gay Times (UK) announced. In THE JACKAL AWAKENS, the self-contained sequel to JACKAL IN THE DARK, Beavers has written a gritty contemporary love story, the action of which is set in the early 80s, a decade after that of the earlier novel. The anonymous hero has moved from Los Angeles to New York, kicked his drug habit and joined Alcoholics Anonymous. Yet although the externals of his life have been smoothed into almost conformity, he is deeply dissatisfied. When he meets and invites home a straight model called Jeremy, his life changes once again - not necessarily for the better. Vividly evoking a stiflingly hot New York summer, this is a compelling and erotically charged novel about the relationships of lovers and the relationships of friends - and the dangerous sexual precipices over which either may all too easily fall.

JACKAL IN THE DARK, David Patrick Beavers' first novel, was highly praised on both sides of the Atlantic. "He serves up a novel which is witty and profound, evocative and erotic," Gay Times (UK) announced. In THE JACKAL AWAKENS, the self-contained sequel to JACKAL IN THE DARK, Beavers has written a gritty contemporary love story, the action of which is set in the early 80s, a decade after that of the earlier novel. The anonymous hero has moved from Los Angeles to New York, kicked his drug habit and joined Alcoholics Anonymous. Yet although the externals of his life have been smoothed into almost conformity, he is deeply dissatisfied. When he meets and invites home a straight model called Jeremy, his life changes once again - not necessarily for the better. Vividly evoking a stiflingly hot New York summer, this is a compelling and erotically charged novel about the relationships of lovers and the relationships of friends - and the dangerous sexual precipices over which either may all too easily fall.

“The history of our house has been greatly affected by the presence of the Normans. If I am honest, I will admit this right from the start: Ponthieu has been eclipsed by William Bastard and his brood...”

Thus begins the dictated history of Count Guy of Ponthieu, in the last year of his life, as he meets with monk historians at the abbey of Saint-Evroult. They have asked the aged Count of Ponthieu to commit his memories and observations to writing, for a great compiled history of the Norman dukes and kings of England. The year is 1100 A D. The Norman Conquest of England is the accomplished fact of the previous generation. Count Guy’s generation.

He grew up, the younger son of Count Hugh, in a world being taken over by the aggressive Normans, the children of Viking invaders. Guy saw his brothers slain in battle against them. After he became Count of Ponthieu himself, Guy tried to avoid Norman entanglements. But the inescapable presence of William Bastard’s meteoric rise to power and fame swept Ponthieu into his plans. Serving the ends of the Duke of Normandy cost Count Guy even more blood and sacrifices from his own family before he finally said “enough.” But his decision was harder to live with than he had thought. Late in life, his own house is pulled irrevocably into the Anglo-Norman realm through marriage with the notorious house of Bellesme.

This is a tale of sweeping scope, passing through more than a century of intrigue, battles and alliances. Here Guy meets Edward the Confessor, King of England, and his dashing successor Harold Godwinson. Guy joins Normandy’s war against Harold to seek a morbid vengeance. He admires and loathes William Bastard, Duke of Normandy, destined to become King of England, and known to history as the Conqueror. Guy says he is William’s enemy, and yet, at the end, no one else stands by him save he alone.

Jackals in Iron is a novel. But much more than this, it is good history, succinctly told with depth and authentic detail.

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Simply email me at, douglarsen50@msn.com, and include the date that you bought your Kindle version of Jackals In Iron. Please use "Jackals In Iron" as the subject of the email.

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“The history of our house has been greatly affected by the presence of the Normans. If I am honest, I will admit this right from the start: Ponthieu has been eclipsed by William Bastard and his brood...”

Thus begins the dictated history of Count Guy of Ponthieu, in the last year of his life, as he meets with monk historians at the abbey of Saint-Evroult. They have asked the aged Count of Ponthieu to commit his memories and observations to writing, for a great compiled history of the Norman dukes and kings of England. The year is 1100 A D. The Norman Conquest of England is the accomplished fact of the previous generation. Count Guy’s generation.

He grew up, the younger son of Count Hugh, in a world being taken over by the aggressive Normans, the children of Viking invaders. Guy saw his brothers slain in battle against them. After he became Count of Ponthieu himself, Guy tried to avoid Norman entanglements. But the inescapable presence of William Bastard’s meteoric rise to power and fame swept Ponthieu into his plans. Serving the ends of the Duke of Normandy cost Count Guy even more blood and sacrifices from his own family before he finally said “enough.” But his decision was harder to live with than he had thought. Late in life, his own house is pulled irrevocably into the Anglo-Norman realm through marriage with the notorious house of Bellesme.

This is a tale of sweeping scope, passing through more than a century of intrigue, battles and alliances. Here Guy meets Edward the Confessor, King of England, and his dashing successor Harold Godwinson. Guy joins Normandy’s war against Harold to seek a morbid vengeance. He admires and loathes William Bastard, Duke of Normandy, destined to become King of England, and known to history as the Conqueror. Guy says he is William’s enemy, and yet, at the end, no one else stands by him save he alone.

Jackals in Iron is a novel. But much more than this, it is good history, succinctly told with depth and authentic detail.

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For U.S.A. mailing addresses only: When you buy the Kindle version, I, the author, will send you a first edition paperback, signed, for free; while supplies last - only a few hundred copies left.

Simply email me at, douglarsen50@msn.com, and include the date that you bought your Kindle version of Jackals In Iron. Please use "Jackals In Iron" as the subject of the email.

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Deep beneath the temple, young Tarith makes a discovery, one that will take her on a journey of learning and danger. The Dreaming God is waking, and it is only Tarith who holds the balance of power within her hands. Or is it?

Tarith's journey will take her across vast lands and numerous encounters to try to restore the balance of power that keeps the world safe.

Deep beneath the temple, young Tarith makes a discovery, one that will take her on a journey of learning and danger. The Dreaming God is waking, and it is only Tarith who holds the balance of power within her hands. Or is it?

Tarith's journey will take her across vast lands and numerous encounters to try to restore the balance of power that keeps the world safe.