Martin Langfield
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Mystery & Thrillers, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Martin Langfield has been a Foreign Correspondent and Bureau Chief for Reuters since 1987, working mostly in the Americas. He has reported from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Cuba, Madrid, Miami, London and New York. He currently works with the company's Commentary team. Martin majored in French and Spanish languages and literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University in England. He has also worked as an English teacher in Paris and studied indigenous literature in Mexico. He has lived in New York since 1999.
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New images of the June 30, 1944 Aldwych V-1 flying bomb attack
The June 30, 1944 V-1 flying bomb explosion at Aldwych in London is one of the core events in my second novel, The Secret Fire.
With the 65th anniversary of the attack coming up this week, I've dipped into my research archives and scanned a couple of new images related to the blast.
The first is a formerly secret sketch of the explosion site, showing the precise location where the bomb fell, between
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Malice Box by Martin Langfield (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.34 — 32 ratings — published 2007 15 editions |
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The Secret Fire (Mystery & Thrillers)
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The Secret Fire is a supernatural thriller set in London and Paris, during World War Two and in the present day.
It is a story of love, betrayal and forgiveness, in which a mighty spell — the legendary Fenland Working, which helped shield Britain from destruction at the hands of its Nazi enemies during World War Two -- is dying with its maker.
As the key anniversary of the spell's casting nears, and its protective effects unravel in present-day London and Paris, a window in time begins to open that may allow history to be rewritten … for good or for ill. The fate of the modern world hangs in the balance.
Two men of matched but opposite powers — the chilling, sadistic occultist Isambard and the American OSS agent turned hard-nosed mystic Horace Hencott — battle across time for the soul of troubled double agent Peter Hale, while Horace’s proteges Robert and Katherine Reckliss must delve deep into the mysteries of their own families to come to his aid…
The Secret Fire is both a stand-alone novel, and a sequel to my first book, The Malice Box.
The Malice Box (Mystery & Thrillers)
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An unusual suspense thriller inspired by alchemy, riddles and the work of Carl Jung, The Malice Box traces the desperate race against time of Robert, an English journalist in New York, to halt the detonation of a mysterious psychic weapon -- a doomsday device of unimaginable power, hidden somewhere in Manhattan -- called the Ma'rifat'.
Guided only by the independent-minded young psychic Terri and his troubled old college friend Adam, and under the gaze of the sinister Watchman, Robert must undergo seven ordeals in as many days, each taking him further towards danger, and deeper into the mysteries of his own past.
The Malice Box is published in the USA by Pegasus Books. It was first published by Michael Joseph/Penguin in the UK, and will appear in 13 other languages in 2008/2009.
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Martin Langfield
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New images of the June 30, 1944 Aldwych V-1 flying bomb attackThe June 30, 1944 V-1 flying bomb explosion at Aldwych in London is one of the core events in my second novel, The Secret Fire. With the 65th anniversary of the attack coming up this week, I've dipped into my research archives and scanned a couple of new images related to the blast.
The first is a for ...more | |
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Martin said "no" to attending the event: Ashley and Tiana Author's Reception.
date: July 30, 2009 07:00PM location: The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, New York, NY, The United States description: Join me to celebrate the release of Ashley and Tiana, which will be available on July 31st. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments, party favors, and fun for all! Ashley and Tiana is the story of two unlikely friends, Ashley Glazier and Tiana Thompson, who meet at summer camp in Pennsylvania during the summer of 1982. Tiana, who lives in the Bronx, is into Hip Hop and Ashley, who lives in Greenwich Village, is into punk rock. After an awkward meeting, they become be...more | |
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"I greatly enjoyed the reading of The Secret Fire, the second of Martin's books. It has cemented my love of a dual story line. This book however has a delightful twist on the usual. The Malice Box (the first in the series) is filled in from both...more " | |
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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Bollingen Series (General)) by Mircea Eliade |
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