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The Maze divides up the land, isolating communities and loved ones, and hated ones. On the Outside, the League of Monasteries rules supreme. On the Inside, the Kingdom rules in ignorance of its own isolation, free of all Gods. At its centre, the Village struggles to survive. This is a story of confusion, conflict, deception and double-crossing between members of a dysfunctional Royal Family. It is also the story of a despotic Chief Monk, and the story of an orphaned village girl wishing for a better life. By the end the emotional complexity, hurt and betrayals overwhelms all.

1914. Ranveer, the eldest son of a wealthy Indian family, joins the British Indian Army and is sent to fight on the Western Front. Wounded and in hospital, he falls in love with Eve, an Englishwoman. But the conventions of the time mean they will never find a home in England. They travel to India but there it is no better and Ranveer gets drawn into the struggle for Indian independence. Now he must choose between family and his country on the one hand and the woman he loves on the other.

The threat of disclosure after years in obscurity found our three hackers in a quandary. Do they take the accolades handed out by the highest power in the world, or cower beneath their cloak of mystery forever? Passing years and wealth beyond most people's wildest dreams would be no compensation for being disclosed as thieves. An empire built from their spoils had led to a mix of overcoming evil on an unprecedented level whilst seeking to prevent the extinction of endangered species.

John O’Driscoll is madly in love with Karen Black but is so mesmerised by her beauty that in her presence his brain refuses to function. He walks in fear of school governor Father Kennedy, a man with nasal hair so terrifying it gives grown men nightmares and sends small animals scurrying for cover. And all O’Driscoll’s efforts to impress Karen seem to end in disaster and public humiliation at the hands of the cantankerous cleric. Will O’Driscoll stay out of the pub long enough to win Karen over? Will he stay out of Father Kennedy’s reach for long enough to have his teaching contract renewed?

HARD PASSAGE NORTH continues the story of Irish immigrant Daniel Ryan, who has left his adopted Georgia home to serve in Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. It is the summer of 1862 and, following the campaign to save their capital city of Richmond, Lee and his men are moving north to confront the threat posed by the Union army of General John Pope.

Retribution is the final chapter of the story of Eddie and policewoman Sam Jacobs, who were responsible for the closure of the drugs cartel run by the Millichip family. It now leads to the desire for retribution by the Drugs cartel. Juan Ramos, a Lima cop, played a key part and now seeks election as a Senator to continue to fight crime in Peru. He also is a target. Danger follows the Jacobs both in Peru and London, leading to a dramatic finale on the Exe Estuary.

Eddie and his wife Sam, a former policewoman, had busted a drug cartel in Peru. The drug baron, Millichip, follows them back to England seeking revenge. Jamie, bullied at school and a recluse, searches for his absent father to take revenge for his miserable life. As Millichip closes in, Eddie's and Sam's lives are in mortal danger, whilst the police close in on Jamie who is running out of options.

The world’s crops have been destroyed by a mysterious virus, and the end of mankind draws near. However, the Grey aliens from Xi Boötes, the constellation of the farmer, have coincidentally come to the rescue. The Greys have promised to take everyone to a better world, one with fertile land, clean oceans, living space, and without war and want. But it could be a perilous journey, for in the universe humans do not sit atop the food chain.

Whilst staying at her grandma's during the school holidays, Isla discovers a mystical-looking book which transports her off to the magical land of Atalan. On her arrival, she meets the Unkerdunkies, a tribe of elf-like people who live in the forest. Two of the Unkerdunkies, Fartybubble and Oliver, befriend Isla and help her in her quest to find a way home. What follows is an exciting adventure through Atalan as the trio find themselves chased by dragon-like creatures, encounter giant trolls and battle vicious goblins.

Eddie Jacobs lies in the Peruvian Jungle bleeding from a gunshot wound. He has gone to Machu Picchu to find his girlfriend Julia who has disappeared. Sam Jones, an undercover policewoman in the Drug's Squad saves his life. Now both their lives are in danger from a ruthless drug trafficking gang as the plot twists and turns in Peru and back in England as they search for the truth about Julia.

Liam, a quiet, unassuming accountant, depressed with marriage difficulties and recently made redundant, impulsively rescues two people from a knife attack. The consequences change his life forever.

A collection of short medical stories about medical misadventures in the daily life of medical professionals.

There must be someone else out there. In the cold, in the dark, in the vastness of space there can't be just one lonely species peering out into the void; but if there's others, where are they? Now an alien probe has been found and its point of origin calculated, so a state of the art ship has been sent to take the first step, to make first contact.

It’s been almost a year since Isla found herself in the magical land of Atalan. Now she must return there, after a wizard called Steve mysteriously appears at her house and asks for Isla’s help.

A young Jewish engineer is called to be one of the elite End Time group of 144,000 evangelists during the Tribulation Period. The story traces his experiences from the final war with the Arabs, which was prophesied in Psalm 83, until the eve of the battles of Armageddon.

What drives a man to obsession? In a secret laboratory, funded by the military, one man is about to break the shackles of linear time and go back. Back to his past, to his youth and to his love. Back with the intention to make things right, but can the flow of time be altered so easily?

The Nazis of World War Two were fascinated with the occult and the supernatural, seeking advantage from holy relics of all description. As the war came to an end, many of the leaders and their artefacts disappeared. Now, their descendants have re-emerged, and are taking over where the Third Reich left off—only this time, they not only have the occult, but modern technology to advance their cause. The only thing standing in the way of the new world order is ex-SAS major Hugh Grantham and a 900 year old secret society that the world thought had disappeared centuries ago.

Once again Isla returns to Atalan—only this time her best friend Ellie accompanies her. Isla has taken Ellie there to meet the unkerdunkies as a treat for her an upcoming birthday. On their arrival in the unkerdunkies village, the pair are chased through the forest by a mysterious creature. During their escape they run into Fartybubble and Oliver who have also been forced to flee the village from the terrifying beast.

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl living with her peculiar family. Her life is quite boring–until strange things begin happening to her.

Arriving at school, she notices that something is very different as she walks into her classroom. She is standing in a Victorian schoolroom, just like the ones in her history textbook. Arabella discovers that the discipline in Victorian times is very different than it is today.