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New Release - SHOAL
Scintillating sci-fi for kids, young and old
"I’ve seen the future, and I can tell you that there’s trouble ahead. Serious trouble… The stars are all leaving."
Marcus is a regular kid. He likes cars, going out on his bike, and hanging out with his best friend, Stefan. And science. Marcus is crazy about anything to do with biology and medicine.
And then there’s Milo. Milo isn’t a regular kid. Milo lives on a disc orbiting Earth, pilots spaceships, and lives 300 years in the future.
Marcus and Milo don’t know each other – they can’t possibly know each other – yet they have a lot in common, much more than they could possibly realise.
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01 | Quarton: The Bridge
Scavenging in the ruins of London, Fen is used to independence and surviving on meagre resources. But her life is thrown into uncertainty by the brutality of her group’s leader towards a needy new arrival, and she finds herself in the middle of a conflict that she did not seek. Yet, it is a conflict she has fought many times before in many places, in many lives.
02 | Quarton: The Coding
A vast hole appears in the sky over England. The alien phenomenon proves to be beyond the comprehension of everyone on the planet. Everyone except a bad-tempered scientist with a score to settle, his gentle giant assistant, and the one person on the other side of the world who wants nothing whatsoever to do with it. She is determined she will carry on building a new life, one that does not involve quartons, bridges or aliens. The coding is equally determined she won’t.
03 | Quarton: The Payback
Trapped light years from Earth, Fen faces a perilous journey through alien terrain to return to the planet where Arrix and Klavon have joined forces to wreak havoc. Desperation to be with her daughter forces her on, but underneath anger and vengeance seethes – and the coding thrives. With the coding, Fen will be like Arrix and Klavon. Without the coding, she can’t get home.
A compilation of over one-hundred 100-word (exactly) stories, written for Colne Radio's 'Bill's Big Bag of Onions', lovingly curated / plonked randomly into a Word document , formatted into a book, and published for your delectation and delight.
From banjos to Barbies, rhinos to royals, there's a story for everyone here, enough for one every 3.09322034 days of the year.
Welcome to the debut novel from Britain's newest writing powerhouse duo - Ian and Glad!
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81-year-old Maggie has everything: a warm flat, fresh sea air, good friends, and someone who comes to cut her toenails once a month. But when a mysterious young man contacts her after a near-death encounter with a pizza peel, her cosy, comfortable life is set to become decidedly less cosy and considerably more uncomfortable... which is just as well, since Maggie is bored stiff.
Waking up on top of Sydney Harbour Bridge tied to her great-grandson is not the fun family reunion Maggie had planned. Sinister and powerful forces are at work. Operating off-grid, Maggie will have to rely on the old ways – and an old friend – if she is going to crack this case. Tapped into the Dreamtime world of a local indigenous tribe and tapped out of anything remotely I.T. related, she is in her element.
Maggie Matheson: Last Orders
Bruised and battered after her last case, Maggie is a shadow of her feisty former self. But when a double-dealing double agent threatens to disclose nuclear codes, she is inclined to answer her country’s call to help. The opportunity to heal past hurts seals the deal.
Meanwhile, other shady individuals are at large; shady individuals who want to make sure she goes out with a whimper and a bang. Does she still have the cunning, courage and clout to crack the case? Will her last orders be a curtain call? Or is it finally curtains for Maggie?
Last Orders is the third and final cosy mystery book in the Maggie Matheson Collection. Essential feel-good reading for fans of Richard Osman's Murder Club.
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