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  • Parvon Zin's Universe: Poltox
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    Parvon Zin's Universe: Poltox
    William C. Young

    Poltox… The very mention of the name conjures up fear in most species. This warrior society has a deserved reputation. The Belatan Banking Guild use Andrend Poltox exclusively in their Debt Recovery Branch. The Anunnaki use them as security guards. Poltox mercenary units are used by the Boldonian Trading Guilds during and after hostile takeover conflicts. The galaxy as a whole sees them as mindless savage thugs.


    The Poltox don’t correct that assumption. They are happy to let anyone think what they like. In reality the Poltox have a wide and varied culture. Not all can be warriors. The non-warrior castes keep the society running, providing weapons, engineering, agriculture, scientific research, and medical expertise. Every Poltox believes totally in the afterlife, a place called Loplen. A great feasting hall where worthy warriors are taken up by the fabled winged Jenpen. Beautiful female warriors to dine at Crangg’s table. Feasting and fighting throughout eternity. The non-warrior Poltox clans have their own feasting halls where they live out eternity conducting whatever wondrous things they did before.


    Disaster struck the Poltox in the form of a planet-wide famine. An ultra-fast-growing small carnivore called Limies was found on a nearby planet. They are harvested by the hundreds of thousands. These little creatures at first seemed like a blessing. Then they started attacking the Poltox in such numbers that no matter how good the warrior was, they were overwhelmed and eaten. Eighty percent of the Poltox population were killed. Only two clans remained. The Nool and the Andrend.


    The two clans were so close they had thought of forming one powerful unit. The Andrend had volunteered to be enhanced, strength- and reflexes-wise, to help deal with the tiny terrors. The drugs affect the Andrend’s minds. Making them aggressive and arrogantly dismissive of their now, in their mind, ‘lesser cousins’. Brutalised after their blood-filled grim two-year battle with the Limies, they cannot relate to the Nool. Fights start. The enhanced Andrend kills without remorse. They start to treat the weaker Nool like slaves. Hatred builds and becomes entrenched.


    War breaks out between the two clans. The only way it will end is with the total eradication of the loser. Their mindset can see no other way. It will take an outsider’s view to find a solution.

    £3.50
  • Parvon Zin’s Universe: Silvenex Chronicles
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    Parvon Zin’s Universe: Silvenex Chronicles
    William C. Young

    The Silvenex are descended from an old insectoid species called the Inchine. The gentle Inchine once numbered in the trillions, inhabiting a vast area in one of the arms of the spiral galaxy known to them as the Great Glowing Web. The peace-loving Inchine sent out messages of love to anyone out there in the void. They are answered by a reptilian species who are out scouting for a food source to feed their planet struck down by famine. The reptiles are insectivores. What initially is seen by the Inchine as a fantastic bit of luck – finally discovering they are not alone in the universe – turns to horror as the militaristically stronger reptiles slaughter the Inchine for food. Only a very small segment of the Inchine escape. This is the story of those escapee Inchine. As time passes and memories devolve into story, the Inchine call themselves Silvenex…. Which translates to Survivors. As with all other species in the Spiral Arm Galaxy, the Silvenex are shapeshifters and are immortal. They have a weakness, though. They are virtually addicted to hard radiation.


    There are three clans on a planet called Silven, which translates to “survivors’ haven”. They are black, blue, and red in colour, and that’s what they call each other. Survival has been brutal. There is no love between the competing survivors.


    This tome covers the rise of each of them. From their humble beginnings to their present-day finery.

    £3.50
  • Getting There
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    Getting There
    J. Bowler

    In the aftermath of COVID, a man who has lost everything takes to the road. An environmental protestor resists relocation. A grandmother shares the secrets of plants, and a loyalty card customer takes a stand. There is satire on the weight loss industry, retirement villages and a celebrity chef with a passion.

    £3.50
  • The Girl Julie
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    The Girl Julie
    Alfred Dyer

    Julie Hawkins’ father obtained a job in Angola, and his wife insisted she and their daughter, Julie, go with him. So too did the fates, with Julie being their target.


    Her father was killed in the raid on their house by a rebellion gang who had hoped to detain them as hostages but regarded Julie and her mother as still valuable. Over the months their group was attacked by other rebel groups and Julie and her mother had new masters several times, with Julie’s first aid knowledge being of use to them. Julia’s mother died, leaving her on her own. While trying to move to a safer area, the group was trapped by the Zaire troops.


    Fearing an international incident, the Zaire government placed her on a British cargo ship to return her home and she was put under the ship’s steward’s care, Sam Robinson. Slowly he began to find out what she had been through and her real fear was only revealed when they reached Southampton. She had killed one of the rebels to save her mother and thought she would be hanged for murder.


    He tried to convince her she was safe, but she was stabbed in Sam’s house and nearly died. When she comes out of hospital, they move to a small Suffolk village where Sam spent holidays with his grandfather.

    It seems the fates had given up on Julie and turned their attention to Sam…

    £3.50
  • 35 Kilos
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    35 Kilos
    Tone Aaness

    In any matter of the case, she would be needing an extra 8000 if renting a house. If the circumstances showed that she would have to move, she would have a serious money problem. So later, maybe within an hour, Patrizia would bend down and try to steal a telephone from the bag placed on the floor on the side of her just to get by the next month.

     

    The airplane pilots did not look that much out of the window in ordinary airplanes, and the luggage was normally not stored at the front of the airplane as in this story.

    Nor did the company stewardesses wear dots on their neckerchiefs.

     

    “35 KILOS” is Aaness’ second book after the highly priced “Happy Belated Birthday.” Aaness is pushing her love for Paul Auster in this strangely composed short story that takes place in an airport, asking, "How are the passengers connected, what stories do they carry, and what actions and relations impact and protect them?"

     

    «This book is a thoughtful meditation on how the past shapes us without defining us. For readers seeking a deeply personal story that resonates on a human level, «Happy Belated Birthday» is a must-read.

     

    Goodreads

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  • Solace
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    Solace
    Katherine Kennedy

    Seven-year-old Cordie Lock loves platypuses and wildflowers. When she loses her brother, Jamie, and her mother, June, on the same day, one year apart, the colours of the wildflowers fade. The adults in her life are struggling. All her dad wants to do is drink, her grandmother is worried all the time, and Pop is acting strange. Cordie seeks solace from her imaginary friend, Rich. Together they try to navigate the trauma and changes in Cordie’s life.


    Ben, Cordie’s father, blames himself for Jamie’s death. He and June had become estranged in the year following Jamie’s loss. Now he has lost June too, and his guilt is exacerbated. He knows his daughter needs him, but he just can’t get it together, turning to alcohol for solace.


    Cordie is the only family; June’s sister, Scarlett, has left. Scarlett wants to help Cordie, but her motivations are off kilter, and things don’t go well. To heal, she must find the mother who abandoned her and June when they were teenagers.


    It is Ben’s brother, Hart, that steps in to care for Cordie. Hart has been in a rut since losing his own wife and unborn child years before. Can Hart prevail and find a way forward for himself and those he loves?


    Katherine Kennedy’s debut novel is set in the beauty of the Tasmanian bush and rugged landscapes of Western Australia.


    Solace shows us how the strength and resilience of family and the love of good friends can help us overcome the worst of times.

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  • The Existence of Amanda Blake
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    The Existence of Amanda Blake
    Rica Newbery

    It is 1957, and Amanda Blake is admitted, against her will, to Bristol Mental Hospital.


    Since her first breakdown, her parents have interpreted any step towards independence as proof of madness. They constantly invalidate, ignore, and gaslight her to the point where she can no longer distinguish her thoughts from theirs. She feels unheard and invisible, as though she does not exist.


    Although she hears the voice of her dead grandmother, a junior psychiatrist believes her distress is a reaction to her parents’ oppression rather than a primary illness. The consultant in charge, however, aligns himself with her parents and escalates her treatment.


    When her only ally, a compassionate nurse, is dismissed from the ward, Amanda is left isolated and pressured towards irreversible surgery.


    Her whole existence is under threat.

    £3.50
  • Jean
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    Jean
    Jacob Heartstone

    When Travis first meets Jean in 1925, he is immediately taken by him. Jean seems everything Travis isn’t: firm, charismatic, and sure of himself, as Travis has never been able to be. He exerts a strong pull on the younger man, and a friendship seems inevitable.

     

    This friendship will carry them through the following decade as the two men navigate the changing tides of political and social circumstances in southern Germany between the World Wars and realise the full potential of their connection… and what it will cost them.

    £3.50
  • The Nest: Where Wildflowers Grow
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    The Nest: Where Wildflowers Grow
    S. K. Fields

    After being cast out of the wasteland like many women before her, Tara, a fifty-three-year-old former psychologist, sets out on a mission to bring freedom and joy back into the lives of women. Set in an off-grid community, surrounded by trees, mountains and a vast open lake, this is an exceptional story where the beauty and deep wisdom of nature override the harshness of a concrete society that thrives on order. The Nest illustrates the coming together of those who have been treated most harshly by inhumane systems and who are now looking to Tara for guidance on the greatest question of all.


    How do we heal ourselves and the world in which we live?


    From connecting with Mother Nature, letting go of the past and dropping into the sweetness of the present moment, The Nest unearths the remarkable potential of each human being through nourishing relationships, meditation, and the connection of mind, body and soul.

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  • The Vapour That Vanishes
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    The Vapour That Vanishes
    Kim Bluett

    It’s not easy to stand alone. But it’s harder to compromise your very essence striving for the unattainable approval and expectations of others.The world will threaten, mock and abuse to contain the free spirit. Yet some people will not be cancelled, cowed nor silenced. And despite their vulnerability they seek authentic and transparent honesty, whether the world likes it or not.Through our tears and our laughter, we each journey onward until it is over, teaching, learning from and inspiring one another by the telling of our stories.

    £3.50
  • The Wimp
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    The Wimp
    Vince Prudente

    Some seeds are cursed from the moment they sprout; Johnny was one. Born to very nice, hard-working parents whose business began to grow rapidly almost immediately after he arrived, dealing with him only became more difficult. As Johnny grew, first through school and then into young manhood, he was constantly faced with obstacles that threatened to knock the bad seed out of him.

    £3.50
  • The Confidence Club
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    The Confidence Club
    Áine Toner

    Tucked in a box room of a Dublin church hall sits The Confidence Club – and a trio who really don’t want to be there.

    Emer Malone works for one of the city’s most cut-throat entrepreneurs and is never too far from her phone or her boss’s demands. Reluctant to have another person tell her she’s ‘just not trying hard enough’, Emer’s hoping that completing the course will get everyone off her back.

    Estate agent Terry O’Neill can walk the walk when it comes to selling properties, but the thought of making that all-important father of the bride speech means he needs help to find his voice.

    Careers teacher Sarah Watson is lying to her less than perfect boyfriend, and sees the course as a lifeline to building a new life. If only she has the courage to do so.

    This unlikely threesome needs each other in order to make their confidence leap of faith: and it’s more than visualisation and breathing techniques can offer.

     

    £3.50

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