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A story about John, a teenager who after joining the army and catches the eye of Dexter, the leader of a secret anti-terrorist group. After years of clandestinely eliminating terrorists, John’s life takes a dramatic turn after he saves a young woman from certain death while on holiday in South Africa.

In this fantasy an unexpected offspring of a lost astronaut and an alien from a distant planet goes looking for his relatives on planet Earth. How should - and could - his relatives welcome him when they didn't even know about him? And what will be his future if he stays with his human relatives? 

978-1-312-01739-9

 

Tippy is much younger than her sister and brother. The siblings are living with their parents in a big house. However, they never played together the way Tippy does with her friends Rosie, Peter and Lois. Luckily enough Tippy is a very smart and vivacious pre-teen girl who has many ideas, not least about the way girls should be treated in society. Actually, she has a knack of seeing through a lot of rules of society that not even all the grown-ups understand.

ISBN.No. 978-1-312-39931-0

To keep lions in the home is not for everybody, especially when they behave like ghosts who roam the dreams of a woman who doesn't even have a pet cat. How come she wakes up, morning after morning, with a torn nightie and scratches from claws after being chased by lions in her own home at night? 

And what about those other people who encounter other weird and dangerous animals in the same flat? What is going on?

Peteyboy has a habit of always being naughty, yes, he sets out to tease and harass whoever there is to bully. His parents are clueless when it comes to put a stop to his annoying behavior. However, one day his mother trusts him to look after his younger sister, Sonya, and then he has a scare as she seems to disappear ....

Eve has been living with her Mom ever since she was a baby as her father has left the family. However, Eve and her Mom have been very happy and content, but then everything is disrupted because of a new man in the family. When there also is another addition in the shape of a baby boy eve is consumed with jealousy. That's why she sets out to solve the problem of this kid brother once and for all by selling him .... 

Could the sweet and very popular tooth-fairy Julius be guilty of stealing a tooth from the giant Sky Rock? That is what the girlfriend of Sky Rock, the ogre Badilla, believes and she sets out to wage war on the fairies, not only Julius: Big trouble in fairyland, and what can all those fairies do to stop Badilla's plans? 

Baby is so very young that she doesn't even have a name. She is a sweet and very cute baby, but as she gets a little older she starts to be bored by just having to stay in her crib until some grown-ups pick her up. What is a baby to do when her only way of communication is wailing?

Danny is a nice, but somewhat shy boy who often dreams scary dreams of monsters staring at him. One of these monsters is a Jack-In-The-Box nodding in a menacing manner. 

What's worse is that Danny begins to feel that EVERYBODY - even the moon, the neighbors and so on - are watching him. Now, how does he get rid of that kind of delusions - and what about those who really set out to get him?

Tommy Drumstick is an elf, but he is also an unruly teenager of 500 years. Being both invisible as well as very adept at flying, and a lot of other things he is a handful. As it is he just loves to tease humans whom he finds too prudent or polite to endure for an elf, especially kids. However, at one point he strikes up a friendship with a lovely, vivacious but also a bit unruly girl. They have a lot of fun being naughty until she grows up and, sort of, disappears for many years ....
When they meet again everything is changed because for some time he has been teasing a couple of girls whom he doesn't know are her annoyingly sedate grandchildren.

Nobody believes that there are monsters in the room of the teenager Sybil. However, when she wakes up, very scared and beyond herself with fear, night after night, it is because she really sees scary monsters. Very often she has to sleep in the bedroom of her parents because she is too scared to stay in her own room.

However, when her very level-headed cousin has to stay with the family for some time and she too sees scary monsters it's no denying the fact that, whatever it is, something weird is going on. After some investigation the family finds out that several people were murdered in that particular room and that some of the "monsters" are the ghosts of their restless souls. 

PoisonSometimes it pays off to have a chat with one's dinner, especially if you're a cat about to set teeth into a poisonous mouse. Actually, that happens quite often and this time it was Greg the mouse who was about to be eaten by Beauty, the cat. When her teeth were hovering above him, just about to dig into this tasty morsel, he said: "Eh', excuse me, but that's not good for you, Madame Cat."Never before had Beauty's dinner talked to her except by excessive cursings or prayers for mercy so she was very, very surprised when this happened. Also by the polite tone in this small, but and tasty treat. She stared at him in amazement when he spoke once again: "Yes, I'm not a healthy meal for you...

A 15-year-old girl in Iran is viciously attacked by her father for holding a boy's hand. In running to escape certain death, she undertakes a dangerous journey to a new land with unfamiliar customs, where she must hide the truth from everyone she meets. Twenty years later, amid racial tensions in a Los Angeles hospital, a female Muslim doctor is murdered, sparking a controversial police investigation. The lead investigator, Detective Michael Tucci, finds himself compromising both his job and his life as he embroils himself in an affair with the beautiful Dr. Tara White, the victim's associate, who could be the killer's next target. Which suspect would have had a reason to kill her colleague,...

Outcast Isaac and popular Stephanie have barely spoken in all their years in school. Now, in the ninth grade, their lives become intertwined with a strange boy from eastern Europe named Drágan Albescu. Everything about Drágan is exotic, from his vintage style of dress to his flowing long hair and delicate features. But he’s also shrouded in great mystery. He reveals that he’s a fashion model, so Stephanie searches his image on the internet and discovers modeling photos dating back to the 1920’s. Then there’s the valise Drágan carries that’s so heavy Isaac can’t lift it. Drágan also possesses more knowledge and wisdom than all the teachers at school, coupled wit...

The Synopsis:In a world torn by survival and impossible choices, seventeen-year-old Mitch faces a life-defining moment. Caught stealing food for his struggling family, he stands in court, staring down two stark options: a life of imprisonment in Van Diemen's Land or the uncertain promise of the Queen's shilling. Choosing the latter, Mitch's journey with the 58th Regiment of Foot begins. Taking him from the training grounds of Ireland to the perilous encounters with bushwhackers in Rio, while on a convict-laden ship bound for Australia. His fate takes an unexpected turn, leading him to the front lines of the First New Zealand War of 1845. Amid the fierce battles of Kororāreka, Puketutu,...

Liquid GoldAustralia is in crisis, water has vanished everywhere except the eastern states with the advent of global warming. The population from Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and The Northern Territory have migrated east with millions of Aussies on the move. The political climate changes to a dictatorship as it comes to grip with the overpopulation of the east coast.Across the Tasman, Australia looks with envy at New Zealand with its abundance of water. A plan is devised to use the might of the Australian forces to take the water.To Invade, would New Zealand capitulate or would they fight? It has been two hundred and fifty years since an invasion of NZ.The outcome will be un...

Trilogy Series Book 3: Clearing of the MistThe Synopsis:Thirty years have passed since Sam, and his mates went through the mist to the year 1863. Thirty years ago Sam received his head wound in the attack on Auckland. Since then Sam's memory has not returned. Until a disastrous trip to Rhodesia with his wife, Bella, changes his life once again. Returning to the UK slowly his memory clears.Out of the blue, he is summoned by Queen Victoria to meet a Maori delegation from New Zealand. At this encounter, his memory is jolted when he is reunited with old enemies and friends from his past. Before leaving the palace, he is further requested to attend an audience with the Prince Regent.The story tha...

Trilogy Series Book 2: Shadows Of The MindThe Synopsis:Samuel McInnes aka Mack, severely wounded in the attack on Auckland in 1863, recovered consciousness on HMS Esk heading to Scotland via Sydney, Australia.Sam is mistakenly repatriated to Scotland as the army believes this is where he is from. With the loss of memory, his life becomes complicated, as he falls for a young nurse on the voyage who has a secret that she will not reveal to him until he is fully recovered.Out of place, out of sync, he finds himself in an alien world. Memories from another time come and go as he tries to adjust to his new life. He struggles to remember who he is and how he came to be here, while always hoping hi...

The story continues into high school, where the teens face greater challenges and difficult choices. Justice, in the eyes of one, may not be the same justice in the eyes of another. There is a fine line between judging others and taking matters into our own hands. Families, individuals, and communities are destroyed."

In Seasons, we explore the loss of innocence when adversities hit a little southern town. We often ask, where is God in all this? What happens when you have difficult choices to make? Choices that will affect everyone around you. How do you find answers to why God allows terrible things to happen to good people? How do you feel about God, when His answer to your question is NO?The world around us is harsh, and we long to feel safe and special. Perhaps in Seasons, you will be able to find that, by following one young girl’s journey through innocence lost, you can learn to accept, forgive, and find comfort in the strength God has given her in some of the darkest days and the endless joy that...

Book one in the TrilogyThe Synopsis:Sam is employed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) with his two mates helping out. Their task is to clear out as many feral pigs as they can in the Tongariro National Park, which is located on the North Island of  New Zealand. There are three major volcanoes within this park, so the culling of the pigs has to be done with great care as there are an abundant amount of thermal pools, mud pools, and of course, volcanoes.In the high country of New Zealand, the weather can be very fickle, going from warm to cold within minutes. The three friends draw even closer as they get caught up in a weather pattern with a difference. Mist, sulphur, and rain...