Stephan Talty
STEPHAN TALTY is a widely published journalist who has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, Time Out New York, Details, and many other publications. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water and Mulatto America: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture.
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Black Irish
Hardcover | 336 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
978-0-345-53806-2 (0-345-53806-4)
February 26, 2013 | $31.00
In this explosive debut thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, where she confronts a city’s dark demons and her own past while pursuing a brutal serial killer on a vengeful rampage.
Absalom “Abbie” Kearney grew up an outsider in...
Written by Stephan Talty
Hardcover | 336 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
978-0-345-53806-2 (0-345-53806-4)
February 26, 2013 | $31.00
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In this explosive debut thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, where she confronts a city’s dark demons and her own past while pursuing a brutal serial killer on a vengeful rampage.
Absalom “Abbie” Kearney grew up an outsider in...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Black Irish
eBook | 368 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
978-0-345-53887-1 (0-345-53887-0)
February 26, 2013 | $13.99
In this explosive debut thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, where she confronts a city’s dark demons and her own past while pursuing a brutal serial killer on a vengeful rampage.
Absalom “Abbie” Kearney grew up an outsider in...
Written by Stephan Talty
eBook | 368 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
978-0-345-53887-1 (0-345-53887-0)
February 26, 2013 | $13.99
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In this explosive debut thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, where she confronts a city’s dark demons and her own past while pursuing a brutal serial killer on a vengeful rampage.
Absalom “Abbie” Kearney grew up an outsider in...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
Black Irish
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
978-0-385-36076-0 (0-385-36076-2)
February 26, 2013 | $24.00
In this explosive debut thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, where she confronts a city’s dark demons and her own past while pursuing a brutal serial killer on a vengeful rampage.
Absalom “Abbie” Kearney grew up an outsider in...
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
978-0-385-36076-0 (0-385-36076-2)
February 26, 2013 | $24.00
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In this explosive debut thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water, a brilliant homicide detective returns home, where she confronts a city’s dark demons and her own past while pursuing a brutal serial killer on a vengeful rampage.
Absalom “Abbie” Kearney grew up an outsider in...
Escape from the Land of Snows
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Biography & Autobiography - Religious; History - China; History - Military
978-0-7393-8379-7 (0-7393-8379-5)
January 18, 2011 | $19.50
On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent power grab by Chinese occupiers—one that would forever wipe out any vestige of national sovereignty—the twenty-four-year-old Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and spiritual leader, contemplated the impossible. The task before him was immense: to slip past...
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Biography & Autobiography - Religious; History - China; History - Military
978-0-7393-8379-7 (0-7393-8379-5)
January 18, 2011 | $19.50
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On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent power grab by Chinese occupiers—one that would forever wipe out any vestige of national sovereignty—the twenty-four-year-old Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and spiritual leader, contemplated the impossible. The task before him was immense: to slip past...
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Escape from the Land of Snows
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Broadway Books | Biography & Autobiography - Religious; History - China; History - Military
978-0-307-46096-7 (0-307-46096-7)
January 18, 2011 | $22.00
On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent power grab by Chinese occupiers—one that would forever wipe out any vestige of national sovereignty—the twenty-four-year-old Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and spiritual leader, contemplated the impossible. The task before him was immense: to slip past...
Written by Stephan Talty
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Broadway Books | Biography & Autobiography - Religious; History - China; History - Military
978-0-307-46096-7 (0-307-46096-7)
January 18, 2011 | $22.00
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On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent power grab by Chinese occupiers—one that would forever wipe out any vestige of national sovereignty—the twenty-four-year-old Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and spiritual leader, contemplated the impossible. The task before him was immense: to slip past...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Escape from the Land of Snows
eBook | 320 pages | Crown | Biography & Autobiography - Religious; History - China; History - Military
978-0-307-46097-4 (0-307-46097-5)
December 28, 2010 | $14.99
On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent power grab by Chinese occupiers—one that would forever wipe out any vestige of national sovereignty—the twenty-four-year-old Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and spiritual leader, contemplated the impossible. The task before him was immense: to slip past...
Written by Stephan Talty
eBook | 320 pages | Crown | Biography & Autobiography - Religious; History - China; History - Military
978-0-307-46097-4 (0-307-46097-5)
December 28, 2010 | $14.99
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On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent power grab by Chinese occupiers—one that would forever wipe out any vestige of national sovereignty—the twenty-four-year-old Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and spiritual leader, contemplated the impossible. The task before him was immense: to slip past...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
The Illustrious Dead
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Broadway Books | History - Europe - Western; History - Military
978-0-307-39405-7 (0-307-39405-0)
June 1, 2010 | $17.50
“Gripping . . . a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”
—Jack Weatherford,author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the
Modern World
In a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling...
Written by Stephan Talty
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Broadway Books | History - Europe - Western; History - Military
978-0-307-39405-7 (0-307-39405-0)
June 1, 2010 | $17.50
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“Gripping . . . a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”
—Jack Weatherford,author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the
Modern World
In a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
The Illustrious Dead
eBook | pages | Broadway Books | History - Europe - Western; History - Military
978-0-307-45975-6 (0-307-45975-6)
June 2, 2009 | $13.99
“Gripping . . . a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”
—Jack Weatherford,author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the
Modern World
In a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling...
Written by Stephan Talty
eBook | pages | Broadway Books | History - Europe - Western; History - Military
978-0-307-45975-6 (0-307-45975-6)
June 2, 2009 | $13.99
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“Gripping . . . a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”
—Jack Weatherford,author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the
Modern World
In a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
The Illustrious Dead
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - Europe - Western; History - Military
978-0-7393-8350-6 (0-7393-8350-7)
June 2, 2009 | $21.00
“Gripping . . . a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”
—Jack Weatherford,author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the
Modern World
In a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling...
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - Europe - Western; History - Military
978-0-7393-8350-6 (0-7393-8350-7)
June 2, 2009 | $21.00
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“Gripping . . . a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”
—Jack Weatherford,author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the
Modern World
In a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling...
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Empire of Blue Water
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Broadway Books | History - Caribbean & West Indies; Biography & Autobiography - Criminals & Outlaws
978-0-307-23661-6 (0-307-23661-7)
April 22, 2008 | $18.00
A May 2007 Book Sense Pick
“Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean will sate even fickle Jack Sparrow fans. . . . A pleasure to read from bow to stern.”
—Entertainment Weekly
The passion and violence of the age of exploration and empire come to vivid life in this story...
Written by Stephan Talty
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Broadway Books | History - Caribbean & West Indies; Biography & Autobiography - Criminals & Outlaws
978-0-307-23661-6 (0-307-23661-7)
April 22, 2008 | $18.00
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A May 2007 Book Sense Pick
“Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean will sate even fickle Jack Sparrow fans. . . . A pleasure to read from bow to stern.”
—Entertainment Weekly
The passion and violence of the age of exploration and empire come to vivid life in this story...
Empire of Blue Water
Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - Caribbean & West Indies
978-0-7393-4166-7 (0-7393-4166-9)
April 24, 2007 | $22.00
He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean.
Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades...
Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - Caribbean & West Indies
978-0-7393-4166-7 (0-7393-4166-9)
April 24, 2007 | $22.00
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He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean.
Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades...
Empire of Blue Water
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - Caribbean & West Indies
978-1-4159-3595-8 (1-4159-3595-5)
April 24, 2007 | $29.95
He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean.
Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades...
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - Caribbean & West Indies
978-1-4159-3595-8 (1-4159-3595-5)
April 24, 2007 | $29.95
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He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean.
Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades...
Empire of Blue Water
eBook | pages | Broadway Books | History - Caribbean & West Indies; Biography & Autobiography - Criminals & Outlaws
978-0-307-38275-7 (0-307-38275-3)
April 17, 2007 | $11.99
He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean.
Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades...
Written by Stephan Talty
eBook | pages | Broadway Books | History - Caribbean & West Indies; Biography & Autobiography - Criminals & Outlaws
978-0-307-38275-7 (0-307-38275-3)
April 17, 2007 | $11.99
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He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean.
Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades...
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.














