Thorn's Princess

The people of the Forest Kingdom of Ferinatia are alive with excitement and delight as Princess Ranee of Ebrinatia arrives with her family and nobility for the first meeting with her betrothed, Crown Prince Jarel Whitethorn, the Summer Prince and future king of Ferinatia. Hawthorn, the servant to the royal healer, is neither excited nor delighted and his apprehension grows when he meets his future queen, and his fears are then compounded when unknown men attack him in their attempt to kidnap the crown prince. Then when the princess disappears and the alliance between the kingdoms is threatened, Thorn heads out in pursuit, unprepared for the journey he has begun through strange and perilous lands.

Thursday

Two conflicting weather systems, after wreaking havoc in North America and the West Indies, come across the Atlantic, the first in the far North, the second moving swiftly past the Azores. Both are held up by a massive anti-cyclone over Northern Russia and intensify, the first in the North Sea off Norway, blowing a hurricane southward, the second centred over Oxford, blowing a hurricane up the English Channel.

During the spring tides in February, these systems meet off Dogger Bank, creating a massive storm surge, which firstly devastates Holland and the northern European coastline before moving up the River Thames. The wave is so high, it swamps the container ports and the Thames Barrier, bringing chaos, havoc and destruction to London.

After flooding the road tunnels at Dartford, the sea-surge inundates the London City Airport before entering the underground, firstly at London Bridge, flooding the rail tunnels under massive pressure, causing death, destruction and disaster.

David, an A level student who is aware of these weather systems, cuts school to travel into Central London with his girlfriend. They witness the wave crashing through Tower Bridge, ripping HMS Belfast from its moorings and demolishing part of London Bridge, flooding Bermondsey and Southwark and toppling the London Eye.

This story is about an event which could happen, how individuals might react under such stress and pressure and what the outcome could be.

To Catch a Mouse

In a world where memory fades and knowledge elude, Louis navigates solely by instinct, his past a blank slate. Meanwhile, Michael stumbles upon a coveted treasure trove of knowledge, its origins shrouded in mystery. The path ahead remains uncertain as they follow the sticky trail of clues.

Amidst this enigmatic journey, a host of characters, burdened by loss and driven by longing, embark on their own quests. Brown Shyn, a relentless seeker of truth, weaves through intricate webs of imagination, piecing together fragments until they coalesce into meaning. Their paths intersect, converging upon Billy, the embodiment of our collective hopes and uncertainties. Will he triumphantly unearth the long-awaited gold, or succumb to the weight of doubt?

Yet amidst the thrill and turmoil, a figure of resilience emerges – Orchid. In a realm where male characters dominate, she yearns to demonstrate that the pursuit of “redemption’s nectar” is the ultimate prize, a cure for the poverty that haunts their minds. As the boundaries between knowledge and peace blur, their destinies intertwine, and the unveiling of truth becomes both their salvation and their downfall.

Touch of Destiny

Since the moment Lindsay Foxx broke free of District Fifteen, she has had to face many dangers, and had many close encounters with death. She has gone head to head with not only the ravenous zombie-like creatures known as ‘the infected’, but also with skilled humans that wish only to see her demise. But none of those threats come close to this one. Henry Gordon wants to reclaim the power he once had. The power that Lindsay threatens to take from him forever. This war will determine more than just life and death. If Lindsay and the rebels fail, the world will fall back under a Gordon’s tyrannical rein. This war promises to end in blood, as neither one can truly live while the other survives. Who will come out victorious? The Dictator, Henry Gordon, or the freedom fighter, Lindsay Foxx?

Trampled Grass

This novel is based on a historical account, going back to early 19th century when Great Britain defeated Napoleon Bonaparte, expanding the empire. That led to the need for considerable manpower. The captain of a ship is not only responsible for navigating the vessel skilfully, but should be a leader to all the naval trainees and junior officers. He should make right decisions which can be harsh, without emotions, for all. This novel tells a story of the kind-hearted Captain Fraser who led his ship to near-disaster on the Thames. After abolition of slavery, the need for farm labourers was filled by a 'new system of slavery' called 'indentured labourers from India'. This novel describes their suffering and what happened to them, which the world hardly knows about.

Trevelyan

It is the end of the 18^th century and the end of schooling for four Cornish youngsters. They share their aspirations for the future, not realising there is a price to be paid.

Cornwall is the land of mystery, legends, folktale and myths. Tiny villages with narrow winding streets nestle around rocky cover ideal for landing and distributing contraband. The fishermen are dependent upon the sea in all its moods and are forced to subsidise their catch with smuggled French brandy, tobacco, tea, and silk. The only other possible occupations, the tin mines and the farmed estates, are in the hands of the wealthy few, like Lord Trevelyan. For most Cornishmen life is harsh.

To fulfil her own hopes of a better life, one young girl Karenza, discovers there are secrets to be concealed and seemingly impossible promises to be honoured, played out against an austere and merciless Cornish landscape and the ongoing hostility of the French.

Truth and Debris

In 1968 the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia. The Prague Spring, with an opening of minds and actions, was suppressed by an authoritarian regime. In Truth and Debris, a Czech psychologist escapes from suppressed Czechoslovakia and becomes a psychologist in a Canadian school. After years of work in Canada she uses recollections of her work with children, and her own childhood memories, to dig for the few shining truths in the twisted debris of her past. Can we all imagine truths lifted from the debris of the Czech invasion being of value during the current invasion of the Ukraine? Are values, deeply hidden below debris, important for our current, general, concern for a few foundational, shining and shared, truths?

Truth Will Find a Way

Set in Mayfair, West London, Truth Will Find a Way finds a group of friends whose private lives are as unconventional as those of the Bloomsbury Set. The group’s lynchpin, Lady Monica Montford, runs the Gayton Art Gallery, a central meeting place for the friends when they visit the capital. The interweaving of their personal relationships is as complex as a game of chess; will they all remain on good terms?

Tunnel Vision

Three men gathered in an up-class night club bar. Each has a chequered past that they can’t escape from. They agreed to meet when released from prison. The plan was in front of them. A plan to steal millions from a holding bank, one of the largest bank robberies in history. At first, it seemed impossible. After a week, it all came together. This is a gripping intelligent thriller, based on true facts of a master plan to rob this holding centre bank.

Turn A Blind Eye

When Craig Walters discovers his widowed mother is dying, he puts his dreams on hold and accepts a position at a small private bank in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. For Craig, the steady income offers a chance to regroup. However, his indoctrination into the banking world quickly deteriorates when believing he’s stumbled upon an elaborate fraud scheme. His covert digging into the bank’s files for confirmation promptly sets off alarm bells that reverberate around the globe and unwittingly lays bare a more in-depth, sinister plot.

Linking Melbourne with modern-day Irish politics, and the unlimited power and reach of the Vatican, an intricate web of corruption and unbridled greed is spun, that entwines all that come in contact.

And whether to Turn a Blind Eye becomes a matter of life and death.

Twenty-First Century Renderings

Twenty-First Century Renderings is a first collection of poems about love, culture and poetic influence from a new British poet, Christopher Dadson.

In this collection, Christopher explores themes of change, constancy and conflict through a broad range of forms and styles, from traditional sonnets and ballads through lyrical and dramatic monologue, to free verse and longer narrative styles.

His poems are straightforward on the surface but contain echoes of English and Spanish language poets through the ages, resulting in a contemporary collection that draws equally on early modern poetic tradition and present day experience.

Twins Torment of War

This is a novel about twin boys who are separated after the divorce of their parents, a German mother, and an English father.

One son joins the German army at the outbreak of World War 2 and the other joins the British army.

Their paths finally meet at the end of the war. In a desperate search to find his brother before the Americans and Russians find him, Albert is sent to Germany to bring his brother, Alfred, home to England to stand trial for war crimes and to prevent Alfred from receiving the death sentence.