The Destructors

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The childish pranks of the Wormsley Common Gang turn serious when the newest member suggests destroying an old man's house.

Draw the words, and all will be revealed ... Believe in the image, and all will be Created ... Destroy the Creation, and all will be controlled ... Sarah and Este as two young prodigies, entered the mysterious and often-dangerous world of the Guild School, and the Protectors. Here, Sarah as a Major Creator and Este an emerging Protector; rekindled their lost childhood friendship. But not all is well in the world. A powerful enemy has had Este in his sights, and he will stop at nothing to lure her into the dark and dangerous world of the Destructors. With anything she could ever desire dangled within reach, is she willing to pay the price for this power? Can she even hope to resist it? When the Guild School comes under attack, suspicions slowly focus on Jeremy, a Protector charged with its defence. But, as the legend predicted, darker forces have tainted the purest of hearts, and Este surrenders to her fate as a Destructor. Will she fulfil the destiny mapped out for her by her master, or will powers outside of her control force her to make choices that challenge not only her friendship with Sarah, but also the authority of her master? Este and Sarah will soon discover that there is always a choice, no matter what destiny may seem to control.

The opening chapters discuss the Delphi object model, runtime type information and concurrent programming, while the bulk of the book is a language reference with every keyword, directive, function, procedure, variable, class, method, and property that is part of Delphi Pascal. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Looks at what the idea of power-sharing meant to the different parties to the Northern Ireland conflict and examines the effects when Britain's policy of using power-sharing to regulate the troubles was abandoned in 1974.

The stories in this impressive collection have been chosen for the challenge they offer the reader and the variety of language used.

A celebrated collection of stories from one of the most important British writers of the twentieth century. Features Greene's most famous short story, 'The Destructors'. Written between 1929 and 1954, each of these stories bears the hallmark themes that characterise Greene's great novels: betrayal and vengeance, love and hate, pity and violence. Opening with the iconic story 'The Destructors', in which a gang of schoolboys destroys a house that has survived the Blitz, Greene offers us deliciously satisfying glimpses into twenty-one worlds, with each piece written as masterfully as his novels. From the chilling climax of a children's birthday party, to a man whose youthful indiscretions come back to haunt him, these are the unmistakable work of one of the twentieth century's greatest and most adored storytellers.