by Eugenia Price (1991)
Eugenia Price has long shared with her millions of devoted readers her fascination with St. Simons Island and the families who built their lives in that beautiful corner of Georgia. Bright Captivity opens in the last days of the War of 1812, when the British invade the southern United States, and a young officer of the British Royal Marines takes one very special prisoner... Anne Couper knew that one day love would come for her-love for one man, endless and abiding. But she never expected that the very first time she looked into the eyes of Lieutenant John Fraser on her eighteenth birthday she would see there the certainty that this man, her enemy, loved her as deeply as she loved him. The lush plantation of Dungeness would become her prison, the man she loved would be her jailer, and together they would learn that while love offers joy, it also brings harsh choices.
Nadine Gordimer
At the heart of this story is an interracial couple, Steven and Jabulile, living in a 'free' South Africa. He is a university lecturer and she is a lawyer, both comrades in the Struggle and now parents of children born in freedom.
Gyrus
From the back cover: "Apocalyptic dreams and racial healing... The myths that cluster around intensive breathwork... French cuisine as a holy sacrament... Egyptian death rites to heal the living... An Irish film maker initiated as an ayahuasquero in the Peruvian jungle... The impending challenge of perpetually dwindling oil supplies... Ancestral communion in theory and practice... Multi-faceted speculations on our origins in prehistory... A florid and protean collection of ideas, investigations and experiments, brought to you by the creator of *Towards 2012*."
John D. Nesbitt
With a lot of rustling in the area, tensions are high and rumors are flying. Word's going around that some of the larger ranchers have hired gunman Wolf Carlton to protect their cattle. And now a couple of the smaller ranchers have been found shot to death. Unfortunately for Spencer Prescott, some people think he's the one killing the competition, not Wolf. Worse, some think Spencer is behind the rustling - which means Wolf will be looking to put a bullet in his back.
Daniel Cohen
Discusses ceremonial magic, which frequently involves elaborate rituals, from that practiced by ancient Egyptians to that practiced today.