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Now Playing: Book One, “Lovers and Beloveds”: Eighteen-year-old Prince Temmin has led a childhood as close to normal as possible, far from the capital. When he comes of age and joins his father King Harsin, he’s completely unprepared for the politics, assassins and sexual intrigues at court. Temmin is even more unprepared when he discovers there is magic . . .
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Romantic family saga set in Rural Wales, in the slate mining industry. . . .
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Set in the Victorian era of another world, The Alarna Affair introduces a unique family of archaeologists and their friends. They must contest with tomb thieves, a winged apparition, and the problem that not every evil from the ancient world conveniently died there. . . .
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If you can touch the Madness, it will grant you great power. A power that will devour your mind until you are nothing more than a shell. Make no mistake: it will happen. And when it does, you’ll turn your power on anyone nearby. And trust me, that’s not pretty. There’s only one option – the protection of . . .
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When Johnathan Dart, digital artist and world-builder, falls in love with a digital sapience living inside Irokai, the virtual world created by the Tadashiissei Corporation, his friends are skeptical of his intention to upload himself into their system. Adam doubts that the soul can survive a destructive copy, and Julia doubts that Tadashiissei’s corporate policies are anything close to user-friendly. . . .
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The Party Girl killer strikes fear in the hearts of New Orleanians causing problems for the vampires who secretly control the city. Meanwhile, the Order of Mages seeks two lost sorceresses, twin souls decended from an ancient sorcerer destined to bring about hell on earth. Vampire and private detective Malcolm is hired to find the lost souls and discovers the . . .
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The human race is unknowingly caught somewhere in time, and their very existence is at stake. They will need a protector who always has time on their side. This is a novel about how time travel helps save the future of humanity from a fate that no one suspects. . . .
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An exploration of moments in history through the eyes of someone who was there. Cutler Phiney visits people involved in singular events, and gives us some insight into the people and their situation. He is an extraordinary figure of history, but not in history. While he has been involved in many important events, he is not recorded in a . . .
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Vignettes which blur the distinction between what is most definitely fiction and what is less convincingly false. . . .
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A collection of (mostly) serial short stories, in several genres. Mostly light-hearted, primarily humorous, with a touch of the paranormal and fantastical. . . .
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While vacationing in London, Archimedes and Finley the foul-mouthed telekinetic fish find themselves caught up in a strange murder plot that reaches into the upper echelons of social power . . . including the formidable Lord Likely, who fastens his belt long enough to avenge the death of a favourite lover. But as a greater plot unfolds, Archimedes and Likely find themselves on a . . .
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Being lonely is a bitch. Rupert has been divorced for over a year and can’t seem to manage the dating scene. His daughter pushes him into investigating a Russian Mail-Order Bride site and to his surprise, he is soon busy arranging for the visit of one of the woman he meets online. The story soon develops into a confrontation . . .
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God in the Machine is an ongoing science fiction series, which begins with a freak accident that brings a pair of robots out of normal operation and into . . . consciousness. Seemingly the only ones sentient, in a whole galaxy that’s full of nothing but robots, Loeb and Max have to find their way, and survive. Because to the rest of the galaxy, . . .
I was first asked to read this story by a friend because of the constant references to DnD, and I must say I was impressed.
The story is set in a standard Dungeon and is told from the perspective of several creatures that, as a frequent Dungeons & Dragons player, I [more . . .]
Recently, I’ve not read many stories where children or adolescents are the main characters – probably not since I was an adolescent myself. They can be difficult to do well because of the difficulty in suspending disbelief, but with The Seekers, I think the mistake would be in assuming this is aimed at younger readers. The mood in this is [more . . .]