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The Traitor's Emblem
Juan Gomez-jurado
Mystery & Thrillers / Literature & Fiction / Young Adult
Based on a true story: A Spanish sea captain rescues four German castaways during a treacherous storm in 1940. He doesn’t know who they are or where they came from, but one of them gives him a mysterious gold-and-diamond emblem before disembarking. Decades later, the captain’s son receives a substantial offer for it and is told an astounding story behind the object: it holds the key to Paul Reiner’s lifelong quest. . . .
Munich, 1919. After his family falls into disgrace, fifteen-year-old Paul dreams of the heroic father he never knew. But one night, seconds before committing suicide, Paul’s cousin reveals a terrible secret about his father’s death. This discovery turns Paul’s world upside down and leads him on a hunt in Nazi Germany to uncover the mystery surrounding his father’s death.
The Traitor’s Emblem is an epic novel spanning decades of family betrayal, impossible love, and the high price of vengeance. Set against the menacing streets of Depression-era Munich and the cruel rise of Nazism, Gómez-Jurado’s spellbinding thriller proves again that he is a master of narration.
The Mafia Emblem
Michael Hillier
Mystery
ben finds the body of his friend toni beside a small emblem on which is the picture of a wolf.he flies to naples and joins the struggle between toni´s family and the powerful vitelli with toni’s sister. they hear about the legend of the wolf of hades.they confront the godfather of the vitelli, learn the wolf is waiting to consume its latest victims and have to flee for their lives into a volcano- the mafia emblem -ben cartwright finds the brutally murdered body of his friend and business partner toni cimbrone in their office. beside the body is a small metal emblem with the picture of a grotesque wolf enamelled on it.the next morning he is told that the cimbrone family is going to exclude him from the business. he flies to naples to confront them and meets a glamorous american, donna carter, on the plane.arriving in italy, he finds himself embroiled in the struggle between the cimbroni and their enemies, the vitelli. toni’s young sister francesca is now almost the last of her family and she and ben have to battle against the powerful vitelli, helped sometimes by donna.from francesca’s grandfather they learn about the legend of the wolf of hades (the symbol on the emblem) and its occasional emergence from hell to claim the souls of its victims.ben has to confront the godfather of the vitelli’s in his eyrie-like stronghold where he discovers the wolf of hades is still waiting to consume its latest victims. the story reaches its climax as ben and francesca flee for their lives into the crater of a volcano on the point of eruption.
The Coward's Emblem
A. D. Guier
A single lie can destroy an entire Empire... The Mekshi Empire is teetering on the edge of civil war, and the legendary Shield, the protector of the Empire, is missing. The Lances of the Sovereign, a squad of elite knights, are desperately scouring the land while a shadow, the Merciless, thought to be gone forever, is rising. A coward might be the only one who can save them all.
The Emblem Throne (The Runes of Issalia Book 2)
Jeffrey L. Kohanek
Journey on a magical quest to save the world.
As they strive to become Masters within the Ministry, Brock and his friends resume their training at the Academy, an institution founded on magic, science, knowledge, law, and combat. They soon discover an expansive web of conspiracies and deceit within the Ministry, hidden behind a veil of benevolence and piety. The exposure of one of those secrets forces Brock and his friends to flee the institution with their lives in the balance.
Joined by a fierce Tantarri warrior, the group embarks on a quest to locate a mysterious throne that has been lost for centuries. Guided by the cryptic words of an ancient prophecy, and backed by a forbidden magic that they are still learning to wield, they journey across the continent to save humanity from extinction.


