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In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day later the object is gone and everyone awakens unharmed—except that all the women in the village are discovered to be pregnant.

What I like most about THE BOOKS OF MAGIC Book 4: “Transformations”, is the beginning. In a lot of instances, you’d expect the aftermath of being kidnapped and taken to Hell to be minimal. The hero and his best girl escape the monsters and go on to live happy lives and when we see them next, it’s business as usual.But writer John Ney Rieber didn’t fall into that trap. The next time we see our 13-year-old hero and his equally young girlfriend, she’s grounded and Tim isn’t allowed to see her. I think it was this detail more than any other that drove home for me how serious Rieber was taking the story and the characters, because it would have been so easy to forget the fact they’re only in the 8th grade and adopt the attitude that, well, Tim’s the hero of the story, real life consequences don’t apply to him.Except they do.As the story opens, Tim wants to see Molly, but can’t. So he changes himself into a cat and goes in through the pet door around back. But when we gets up to her room, he finds Molly has already snuck out, possibly to look for him. He tracks her down to a field where he finds her hanging out with Marya and talking about what the dragon told her at the end of “Reckonings”; that he was the adult Tim and that he would grow up to hurt Molly, but that he’d always regret it. However, the adult Tim/dragon told her, her Tim Hunter doesn’t HAVE to grow up to be that person. Before Tim can say anything to Molly, however, he’s captured by a mysterious woman who seems to know an awful lot about him.She takes Tim back to her tattoo shop where she decides to look inside his heart and, finding the animal inside him, extract it so Tim grows up to be a good person. But when she looks into him, she sees there is no animal in him. He’s not a bad person. So she turns him back into a boy and lets him go. But before heading home, Tim has one request.“Could you have…done something to me? To make sure I’d never hurt Molly?”“Any number of things.”“Then do it. I consent.”The woman’s answer is to tattoo a scorpion and a moth onto Tim’s chest, and any time he reacts out of anger, the scorpion stabs him in the chest.Meanwhile, back in the Hunter house, Tim’s father, having recovered remarkably well from being burned alive, has met a woman and is getting pretty serious. But the woman’s son, Cyril, is very jealous of Tim Hunter and the attention his mother is showing to Mr. Hunter, and he runs off, only to be met by an evil creature called the Margrave, that wants to pin a special button to Cyril’s chest that will make him explode, killing everyone in the vicinity: namely Tim Hunter. Tim intervenes and saves Cyril and himself, dispatching the Margrave, but also making a bold choice for such a young boy.“I’m sick of you things mucking about with my family and my friends, so I’ve decided not to have either. Now if you don’t mind, I’m tired and I’ve packing to do.”And with that, Tim Hunter turns his back on his life, his family, his friends, his home, and magic.As the book continues, we catch up with Molly who, a few weeks after Tim’s departure, is staying with her grandmother in Ireland. One day a letter arrives from Gwen, detailing what’s happened to Tim and how he’s left home. Gwen doesn’t want anything from Molly, it’s just a letter to keep her up to date and to say hello, but Molly decides this just won’t do, so she enlists the help of the fairy Amadan, jester to the Queen of the Fairies, Titania, who challenges her. Prove that Molly is the bigger fool, more fool than Amadan, and she’ll have her heart’s desire (to be reunited with Tim).Meanwhile, in the last chapter, we catch up with Tim once more, who has been gone from home for a while now, and is just kicking around the oceanside at an old amusement park he’d gone to as a kid. He’s considering finding John Constantine, his mentor in magic, and asking for his help in understanding his powers when he meets up once again with Death who helps Tim understand that magic isn’t always about spells and flashes of light and sometimes you can WORK magic without USING magic.“Transformations” is a very quick read, spanning only five issues (21-25), but it’s by far the most complete story arc so far, really encompassing the many interpretations of the title: physical, mental, emotional. Tim truly does some serious growing up in this arc and it’s good to see him taking charge, even if he’s not entirely sure what it is he’s taking charge of.Rieber said from the beginning that his intention was to place Tim Hunter firmly in a world we’re all familiar with, “adolescence”, and I believe with this arc, he’s finally done just that.Peter Gross served as artist for the entire arc, and for me it was back and forth, mostly. He had some really stellar panels that shone with brilliance and class, but then he’d turn a corner and several pages in a row would be sloppy and amateurish. I don’t know if it was because he was inking his own pencils or maybe he wasn’t used to the load of carrying the entire arc, who’s to say. Whatever the problem, a little consistency would have been nice, because for me every time the quality of the art changed, I kept going back to the title page and seeing if I’d missed the “guest artist” credit. I swear I kept seeing hints of Chris Wozniak in there, sometimes Sal Buscema (and just going by Buscema’s work on THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN in the 80s and 90s, that’s not a compliment).Inconsistent art aside, though, “Transformations” was a very good book, the most solid of the series so far. I have a feeling that from this point on, things are going to get very different, most likely even more complicated, for Tim Hunter, as there’s a definite change coming in the air. I’m just hoping it’s a good change, and not a silly one that takes the story down paths it’s not meant to travel, because so far I like THE BOOKS OF MAGIC. Too drastic a change in the status quo at this point could ruin things. But I guess there’s no way to find out but to keep reading, right?

Introduced during "Sandman: Season of Mists", when Death was bound and ghosts walked the Earth, the Dead Boy Detectives are Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine - deceased!When the bodies of homeless children begin washing up on the banks of the Thames, Charles and Edwin resolve to investigate. As ghosts, only other children can see them - but it doesn't mean they're not in danger, as encounters with Hob Gadling, the man who refused to die, and the two-hundred-year-old witch Mad Hettie will reveal...!Acclaimed author Ed Brubaker (Criminal) and legendary British artist Bryan Talbot ("Alice in Sunderland") present this spooky, fun tale of the boys who found that life begin in the afterlife - a must for "Sandman" and "Harry Potter" fans alike!

Lesson One of the ScholomanceLearning has never been this deadlyA Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won’t allow its students to leave until they graduate… or die! The rules are deceptively simple: Don’t walk the halls alone. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere. El is uniquely prepared for the school’s dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out millions. It would be easy enough for El to defeat the monsters that prowl the school. The problem? Her powerful dark magic might also kill all the other students.

When God was a Rabbit is an incredibly exciting debut from an extraordinary new voice in fiction.Spanning four decades, from 1968 onwards, this is the story of a fabulous but flawed family and the slew of ordinary and extraordinary incidents that shape their everyday lives. It is a story about childhood and growing up, loss of innocence, eccentricity, familial ties and friendships, love and life. Stripped down to its bare bones, it’s about the unbreakable bond between a brother and sister.

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts, who created thousand...

In Los Angeles, California, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-Presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon, and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers, and send young Agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi, and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.

Following a truck hijack in New York, five criminals are arrested and brought together for questioning. As none of them are guilty, they plan a revenge operation against the police. The operation goes well, but then the influence of a legendary mastermind criminal called Keyser Söze is felt. It becomes clear that each one of them has wronged Söze at some point and must pay back now. The payback job leaves 27 men dead in a boat explosion, but the real question arises now: Who actually is Keyser Söze?

Nine year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting. Based on the book by Walter Tevis.

DCI Gene Hunt is back, but he's no longer the self-styled "Sheriff of Manchester." Flanked by his faithful sidekicks, Ray Carling and Chris Skelton, and drawn by the action and intrigue of the London Met, Gene's turned his attentions to taking on the "southern nancy" criminal scum. However, Gene did not expect to be thrown together with a sexy, intelligent DI Alex Drake. Single mother to daughter Molly, Alex has rapidly risen through the ranks of the Met and, in the modern world of 2008, skillfully uses psychological profiling to capture suspects. When Alex and her daughter are kidnapped, she makes a daring attempt at escape, resulting in a horrific incident. Alex suddenly finds herself in 1981, interacting with familiar characters, not just from her own lifetime, but also from the detailed reports logged by none other than Sam Tyler, which Alex previously spent months poring over. Alex is ripped from her current world of sexual equality and respect in 2008, and finds herself opposite an arrogant DCI, in a two-tone, "New Romantic" '80s London with a soundtrack of Adam Ant, Roxy Music, and the Human League ringing in her ears. Alex finds that some of Gene's team has dispersed, yet others, loyal as ever, are still in tow. Now a technological whiz kid in the squad's surveillance team, DC Chris Skelton has clearly moved with the times, along with a tight-permed DS Ray Carling, who's keen to experience London's nightlife. Frustrated by each other's stubbornness, the friction between Alex and Gene heats up. However, as the two titans collide, it becomes apparent that there is more than just a professional tension emerging.

Be invited into some very different No. 9s, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre. From a grand country house where a game of 'sardines' leads to some chilling revelations in a wardrobe; to a very oddly haunted house; to a blood-soaked actor's dressing room in London's West End; to the flat of an apparently happy primary school teacher who becomes the victim of a good deed; these unpredictable tales feature high comedy and claustrophobic horror by turns.

British dark comedy anthology television program

Bodyguard tells the fictional story of David Budd, a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague, whose politics stand for everything he despises, Budd finds himself torn between his duty and beliefs. Responsible for her safety, is he actually her biggest threat?

A sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams' years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday's attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago - all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.

American horror comedy television series directed by Tim Burton.

When chemistry teacher Walter White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given only two years to live, he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives with his teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, and his wife, in New Mexico. Determined to ensure that his family will have a secure future, Walt embarks on a career of drugs and crime. He proves to be remarkably proficient in this new world as he begins manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his former students. The series tracks the impacts of a fatal diagnosis on a regular, hard working man, and explores how a fatal diagnosis affects his morality and transforms him into a major player of the drug trade.

In this modernized version of the Conan Doyle characters, using his detective plots, Sherlock Holmes lives in early 21st century London and acts more cocky towards Scotland Yard's detective inspector Lestrade because he's actually less confident. Doctor Watson is now a fairly young veteran of the Afghan war, less adoring and more active.

British crime drama television series, first broadcast in 2010

Amateur sewers take on challenges as they compete to be named Britain's best home sewer.

A reality show featuring glass blowers from around the world competing to be the best. One artist is dismissed after each episode/challenge.

Canadian reality glassblowing competition TV series

A talented group of aspiring make-up artists attempt to prove their potential to industry professionals in this competition hosted first by

An Englishman, Jonathan Pine (played by Tom Hiddleston), is working as the night manager of a Cairo hotel. He gets involved with a local woman who is the girlfriend of a local gangster. Through her relationship with the gangster she has acquired information linking illegal international arms sales with Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie), an English billionaire. She is soon found dead, murdered due to her having this information. Fearing for his own life, Pine flees, ending up working at a remote hotel in Switzerland. Four years pass, and then Roper visits the Swiss hotel. This rekindles Pines thirst for revenge, and he is enlisted by British Intelligence to spy on Roper. What follows is a very dangerous game of intrigue and deception.

BBC miniseries about an undercover hotel manager bringing down a kingpin

War veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted assistant Robin Ellacott.

After being involved in a car accident in 2006, DCI Sam Tyler wakes up to find himself in 1973.

Line of Duty follows Detective Seargent Steven "Steve" Arnott (

The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.

Eve is a bored, whip-smart security services operative whose desk-bound job doesn't fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a talented killer, who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. These two fierce women, equally obsessed with each other, will go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse, toppling the typical spy-action thriller.

Slough House is a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've screwed up: left a service file on a train, say, blown a surveillance, or become drunkenly unreliable. They're the service's poor relations, the slow horses and most bitter among them is River Cartwright, whose days are spent transcribing mobile phone conversations. But when a young man is abducted, and his kidnappers threaten to behead him live on the internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. But is the victim who he first appears to be. And what's the kidnappers' connection with a disgraced journalist. As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone involved has their own agenda.

Bernard Black runs his own bookshop even though he doesn't much like people who buy books and hates having customers. Next door to Bernard's shop is the Nifty Gifty gift shop run by Fran, probably Bernard's only friend in the world. When Bernard's accountant goes on the run Bernard employs stress victim, Manny to help in his shop. This leads to a series of surreal adventures around the shop.

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