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Rose and Johnny are a modern couple, a career couple, in their thirties with their London flat, their urban family, their confidence in their choices. But suddenly - unexpectedly - Johnny's desire for commitment and a child brings them to an abrupt and painful crossroads. To save their relationship Rose, an ambitious photographer still struggling for recognition, reluctantly concedes - only to discover that achieving parenthood is far harder than they had imagined.        In the struggle to conceive Rose finds herself propelled on an obsessive quest through an emotional and ethical minefield, until finally she is driven to far more desperate and unconventional measures to become the mother she so desperately wants to be. Click here or on the book cover to purchase your copy of One Life from kalahari.net	One Life Rebecca Frayn Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0743268776 Trade Paperback 256 pages R124,95
A terrifyingly plausible novel from the King of contemporary horror:        "Civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic futurist. By Halloween, every major city from New York to Moscow stank to the empty heavens and the world as it had been was a memory."        The event became known as The Pulse. The virus was carried by every cell phone operating within the entire world. Within ten hours, most people would be dead or insane.        A young artist Clayton Riddell realises what is happening. He flees the devastation of explosive, burning Boston, desperate to reach his son before his son switches on his little red mobile phone... Click here or on the book cover to purchase your copy of Cell from kalahari.net	Cell Stephen King Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 0340921447 Hardback 398 pages R179,95
People-smuggling, counterfeit currency and attempted murder. It's all in a day's work for undercover cop Dan Spider Shepherd. But what starts off as a run-of-the-mill investigation quickly turns into a matter of life and death when he uncovers a terrorist cell on a mission of death and destruction.        The target: hundreds of passengers on the Eurostar cross-channel train deep below the English channel. With the clock ticking and the explosives primed, Shepherd and his colleagues have to decide just how far they are prepared to go to save innocent lives. And they realise that to avoid catastrophe, they have to be even more merciless than the terrorists. Click here to purchase your copy of Cold Kill from kalahari.net	Cold Kill Stephen Leather Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 0340834110 Trade Paperback 432 pages R149,95
Laura Byrd is in trouble. Three weeks ago she and her friends found themselves alone in one of the coldest, most remote places on earth. Her friends set out in search of help, and now Laura realises that they are not coming back. So she gathers her remaining supplies and sets out on an extraordinary journey.        Meanwhile in another city, more and more people arrive every day. Each has a different story to tell, but their accounts have one thing in common - it is their final journey. For this is the city of the dead. And the link between this city and Laura's journey lies at the heart of Kevin Brockmeier's remarkable novel. A story of spellbinding power and imagination, which resonates long after the final page. Click here to purchase your copy of The Brief History of the Dead from kalahari.net	The Brief History of the Dead John Murray Headline ISBN: 0719568331 Trade Paperback 252 pages R149,95
Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His mother Edie, an actress, is distraught. His father Russell, a theatrical agent, is rather hoping to get his wife back, after decades of family life. His brother, Matthew, is wrestling with a relationship in which he achieves and earns less than his girlfriend. His sister Rosa is wrestling with debt, and the end of a turbulent love affair.      Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-first-century style. Click here to purchase Second Honeymoon from kalahari.net	Second Honeymoon Joanna Trollope Bloomsbury ISBN: 0747584540 Trade Paperback 323 pages R159,95

LitNet: 31 March 2006

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