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The Husband is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 2006. [1] Focus Features , in conjunction with Random House Films , has announced that a film adaptation has been greenlit .
Aethelred, the King of the Mercians and estranged husband of Aethelflaed, is dying after being wounded in a battle at Teotanheale. The Witan is to decide Aethelred's successor, a difficult task as there is no obvious candidate. Eardwulf, whose sister is Aethelred's lover, commands Aethelred's household warriors and is a contender.
"Word Processor of the Gods" was adapted for an episode of the Tales from the Darkside TV series, [2] first broadcast November 25, 1984.. A similar concept is used in the first episode of the 2019 Twilight Zone series, in which a stand-up comedian incorporates details about people he knows into his routines, unaware that every joke results in someone being erased from existence.
L. T.'s Theory of Pets is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King.It was originally published in the 1997 limited-edition collection Six Stories.In 2001, it was released as an audiobook with the recording of King reading the story live at Royal Festival Hall in London.
"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the May 1984 issue of Redbook magazine, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew. Plot summary [ edit ]
The story begins in the year 972, when Romieux de Provence, a young nobleman descended from Charlemagne and King Alfred, leaves his native Kingdom of Burgundy for England and the royal court of Edgar I. After being shipwrecked on the coast of Cornwall, Rumon encounters Merewyn, a teenage girl who claims to be a descendant of King Arthur.
The Orc King was No. 8 on the fiction hardcover bestseller list as reported by The Buffalo News in October 2007. [3]The Orc King, which marked the 20th anniversary of the character, made it to #7 on the list, as well as #9 on the Wall Street Journal list, #6 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list, and #36 on the USA Today list of top sellers.
The Lords of the North is the third historical novel in The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell published in 2006. [1] The story is set in the 9th century Anglo-Saxon kingdoms Wessex and Northumbria. Uhtred wants revenge against his uncle, and falls in love. He fights for both the Danes and for Alfred.