IN  PASSING

IN PASSING

B. L. Torsades

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Editorial:
B. L. Torsades
Año de edición:
2024
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9798227072900
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In the depths of the African bush a mission hospital is seized with a creeping sense of doom and foreboding.Things are starting to go wrong - the malign monsoon has come early, independence is just round the corner, a new recruit has turned out to be a twisted predator, and the hospital’s treasured theatre sister has died on the operating table after a mysterious illness. As if that weren’t bad enough, a brutal tribal chief has signalled his intention to come in for treatment.Stress levels escalate as the medical team prepare to face him, his armed enforcers - and his witchdoctor.In other stories, there’s drama when the spirit of a murdered concubine fastens onto an American family in Hong Kong...The end of the world, as seen through Inuit legend...How to sink an aircraft carrier in seconds...Extreme sport tragedy and unexpected horror...A thrilling and thought-provoking compilation.

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