Books published by Atlantic Books

The second instalment in the Merrily Watkins series: Merrily's new role as Diocesan Exorcist is not plain sailing, as signs of evil appear around the old city of Hereford...

In the new Vincent Calvino novel, Calvino's assignment takes him deep into the corrupt bureaucracy of Bangkok.

Christian Wolmar's biggest paperback yet. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways and how the railways changed the world. 'Full of wondrous curiosities... This authoritative and highly readable book will remain the definitive history for years to come.' Michael Williams, Daily Telegraph

'A Japanese Mirror is what the tourist who wants to see the real Japan - "through the looking glass" - should pack in his flight-bag.' TLS

A high-profile murder on the edge of an erupting volcano... a family feud reignites... Magnus Jonson searches for the truth in the third instalment of the Fire and Ice Quartet'This is international thriller writing at its best, fine characters, page-turning suspense and a great, fresh location.' PETER JAMES

A lively and eclectic sequence of more than 150 concise and intellectually challenging essays in which the world's leading thinkers reflect on how the internet has changed their modes of thought.

A fisherman's son is snatched from home to fulfil his true destiny in this thrilling novel of ancient curses, warring emperors, forbidden love... and blood-sucking ninjas. 'A fast-paced, gripping book, with ninjas. It's all I ask for, really.' Conn Iggulden

Funny, moving and sharply ironic, My Chocolate Redeemer is a novel full of intellectual fireworks and red-herrings, from the award-winning South African author Christopher Hope.

The earth's resources are finite, climate change threatens to dramatically transform how and where we live, and the global economic system is in disarray. One way or another we have to change. In this brilliant and timely book Zac Goldsmith argues here for the creation of what he calls 'a constant economy'.

A true detective story tracing the murder investigation of a human rights activist and Guatemalan bishop, with the plot twists and colourful characters of a Graham Greene novel. Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. 'A multi-layered real-life whodunnit... Forensic and chilling.' Rory Carroll, Guardian

A compellingly original illustrated chronicle of two thousand years of British history, recounted via the stories of one hundred landmark documents that changed the face of Britain.

A tale of consequences that spans from the 1930s to the 1990s. It takes us on a journey from claustrophobic Dublin and the tense formality of London, to the heat and bustle of the pre-war Italian Riviera.

A time machine repairman becomes trapped in a time loop of his own making: Douglas Adams collides with Douglas Coupland'Charles Yu is a tremendously clever writer, and How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is marvellously written, sweetly geeky, good clean time-bending fun.' AUDREY NIFFENEGGER

Religious strife, Glastonbury legends, the bones of King Arthur and the curse of the Tudors... can astrologer John Dee help the young Queen Elizabeth to avoid it? And can fans of C.J. Sansom afford to miss Phil Rickman's stunning new series of historical crime thrillers?

'Timothy Garton Ash is the best and most perceptive political writer of our time, and this book is a wonderful distillation of his thoughts on an extraordinary range of subjects. They were excellent as individual essays; put together like this, they shine the clearest of lights on an entire decade.' John Simpson

The darkly intimate story of intense rivalry between two sisters in one familiy in which the ties of love and hate, fear and jealousy, innocence and experience, have all become dangerously tangled. It is a must-read for anyone who loved Atonement.

A novel that offers an adventure story about a young boy forced to square fantasy against reality.

The bestseller on the credit crunch. In this brilliant short book, Vince Cable, 'the sage of the credit crunch' (Daily Telegraph) explains how we got here and where we're going.

'Downright hilarious' Herald

Strummer, Jones, Simonon & Headon. In their own words. For the first time. In paperback.

Combining natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, To Sea and Back is a dazzling portrait of a fish whose story is closely intertwined with our own.

Taro - Japanese fisherman's son and silent assassin trained in the arts of death - is back in a second thrilling novel of ancient curses, epic battles, scheming warlords... and blood-sucking ninjas. 'A fierce, stylish, brooding, relentless beast of a book. The night has a new hero.' DARREN SHAN on Blood Ninja