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Fourteen year old Julius McCoy is about to start his third year at the Zed Lunar Academy. He's in for a major surprise too, as Earth's old enemies, the Arneshians, make a sudden reappearance, this time carrying a banner of peace and reconciliation. But there's an even bigger shock in store for him, with a startling revelation much closer to home.

This is the third biographical book by Dr Joe McCall, a geologist, aged 92. Entirely autobiographical ('The Pilkington Gene' and 'Full Quivers' are mixed bio- and autobiographical), this covers the years 1940-60. It commences with his call to the R.A.S.C. in WW2. In England, he had a close encounter with German bomb at Bulford in 1941, before sailing off to Madagascar in a Falkland-style exercise, initiated by Churchill at about a week's notic...

The golden eagle is one of the most powerful and beautiful birds of prey in the world. Isabel is determined to see one during her visit to Scotland. Follow her escapades as she follows her dream...

When Upaashantha was appointed as an Orthopaedic Surgeon, he thought his life was made. He did not realise that he would come across people like Serpe and Pakshar. He ends up fighting incompetence and corruption among the bureaucrats to save his career and life. This book is a damning indictment on greed and treachery among the "noble" medical profession. The author vivdly portrays the effect of this ongoing saga on the doctor's personal and p...

Free-wheeling London detective Todd "Ratso" Holtom is on the front-line against a ruthless international gang that imports drugs into the UK and Europe. His nephew has died from drug abuse and Ratso is obsessed with bringing down the king-pin who seems immune from arrest. The trail leads to the USA and the Bahamas where he is helped by Kirsty-Ann Webber, a svelte Florida detective. Mayfair club-land and the Mediterranean feature as Operation C...

Together with his French partner, Pierre Renard, he continues the implementation of their bold scheme of international high-tech sharing. The fearful memories they both have of the wartime - Pierre in an occupied country and Erik in a land surrounded and continuously intimidated by the Nazis - had brought them together in a common goal: to do whatever they could to help prevent a third world war. They were convinced that only as long as there ...

Naval architect Wil Young accidentally bumps into an apparently old-fashioned and middle-aged civil engineer and architect Kieran Hughes at a London boat show. From this chance meeting a friendship develops and then grows into a much more profound relationship. A little later Wil invites Kieran to accompany him to a boatyard where a new yacht, the Littlun, designed by Wil is to be floated out. Wil then takes Kieran sailing every week-end throu...

This is a fictional biography regarding two serial killers bonded together in a twisted lust for human carnage and savage dehumanisation. The story is an 'ALTER EGO' insight regarding two people who in reality appear to be the most amiably pleasant retail store managers you could wish to know: Store Manager, Mr Barnes, pseudonym, Mr Dennis Barnes) Store Sales Manager, Mr Richard Owen, who enjoying the spotlight, fame, and fortune, has agreed t...

In the seemingly never ending war on terrorists there was no telling what the next day would bring. Even with all of their advanced technology those leading the fight still needed luck on their side. Powerful individuals with their own greed motivated agendas were almost as dangerous as the insurgents, then fate intervened, with some cruel twists which tested the resolve of the commander leading the fight. Fate hadn't finished with him yet as ...

Even More Adventures of Jonny Plumb' continues where 'Jonny Plumb's New Adventures' left off. Taking Jonny and all his friends on even more amazing, hair-raising, dastardly, devilish adventures with all his sea-life friends not forgetting, Legend and Legion , Jonny's two most loyal companions.Join Jonny as he discovers the secret, never seen or heard of hidden city of Amaranta and its inhabitants, the Beings of Pure Light and the oldest man in...

Jonny Plumbs New Adventures' - carries straight on from Jonny Plumb's last incredible adventures with the Silver Flying Arrow Space Ship the fastest machine ever built, which takes Jonny on all types of incredible jaw-dropping adventures. Read in amazement as Jonny Plumb's continuing battles to capture theevil Gnud Repeek and return him to the prison planet of Suproc, where the Gnud Repeek will be tried for all his dastardly crimes against hum...

An incredibly exciting story of a young orphan boy and his remarkable special powers, who has been fostered by the wealthy and extremely beautiful Lady Kathleen Hunter.Jonny's adventures begin when he finds the mysterious Golden Globe at the bottom of his bath. The Golden Globe with its many secrets takes Jonny on all types of amazing jaw-dropping adventures, above ground and high into the furthest regions of space and deep underwater, where h...

This book is about the thirty most influential works in Western civilisation. From the ancient Greeks to modern times, at any rate the account is ultimately subjective however I have tried to approach the subject matter in an informative and educative way. The choices made are by and large in some measure controversial, especially the inclusion of Hitler's Mein Kampf. This book is not to be taken as an authoritative account of the Western land...

Medrix has been appointed as Ambassador to another planet. He takes all his family and entourage as befits his office with him, but the shuttle overheats and they have to land by disconnecting from the main part. The two pilots fly on for help. The others watch them go but are horrified when it blows up. Medrix takes charge and tells them what to do but gets angry with his wife when she says that she has been here before and knows where a sett...

The Super Aliens say that the world around us is a haze, a mist of particles. Our human brains turn this cloud into our 'solid' world. Four students explore a huge cave in the Rocky Mountains, deep inside, the walls turn glassy. Mechanical robots appear and hustle them into fast-moving wagons. They come to a space ship, two miles across, which flies them through another dimension at 100, 000 light years an hour to an amazing city on an alien p...

Behind the Veil seeks to uncover some of the myths, secrets, and misconceptions that are behind our own passing. How emotionally we repress our feelings surrounding the subject of death, and how after a period of time, these feelings are detrimental to our health. A subject that sooner or later touches us all yet is barely mentioned in open discussion. It is a life story of someone who loses a parent at a young age, and how this directly affec...

Max White's best client had an outstanding year and he was looking forward to receiving his fees. Then he discovered almost $6 million missing from her bank account. A few hours later Max found out that his client's son had been kidnapped at gunpoint in Sao Paulo.

When Adelaide Ivy attends Fairy Flying School, she is not aware of the events about to unfold ...Along with Trixi-Bluebell, Lily Rose and May Fleur, she commences her cadet training. Their aim is to be awarded the prestigious "Fairy Wings, " which will enable them to fly freely, within the United Wingdom.The Fairyettes discover a secret, which takes them away from their studies and involves them embarking on a further thrilling adventure, full...