Those Barren LeavesIn a renovated Italian palace set above the blue of the sea, the Junoesque figure of Mrs Aldwinkle moves among her guests. These include a poet who earns his living editing The Rabbit Fancier's Gazette; a popular novelist who records every detail of her affair with another guest as future literary material; an aging philosopher who pursues a wealthy yet mentally disabled heiress and a pair of na ve and charming young lovers. Deliciously satirical,

Jack realises that despite the danger he cannot stand by and watch

The truth is there for the finding

he'll be booted off the family estate for good

In the distance a group of people - a family - walk towards us

All he has to do is sign some papers and collect a handsome fee - but this is Greg's first step into the dangerous world of post-colonial rebellions

explosive and deeply satisfying' MELISSA FU

but doesn't understand him

Anna Cooper was sent to live with her uncle

stepfather and half-sister Esme for Christmas

and this enemy will stop at nothing to protect its earth-shattering secret

passionate

Thomas's sister Sonia