Magic Like You've Never Seen it Before
New : New Beginnings Kindle US & UK
Before I started writing books, I wrote long poems about characters in an Arabian Nights world called Jalon. Then I wrote a book about some of those adventures. This is the first volume, now rewritten and enlarged, it describes Jalia and Daniel as they were in the beginning, when a prophet long dead set a plot in motion that would save the world of Jalon (hopefully).
You can see how things worked out a few years later in Blood Magic
You can see how things worked out a few years later in Blood Magic
New : Jake's Vengeance US & UK
Jake has been missing for over three years. His family and allies have been searching the multiverse for him with no luck. Then Jake begins to wake. The induced coma he has been in starts to fade and he longs to find a way to escape.
When he escapes he finds he is on a world he does not recognize. His memories have been damaged and he cannot hop home. In a world of enemies he will have to forge new alliances and trust those people with his life.
This adventure takes Jake to a new world where he will face enemies and make new friends. He must confront the truth of who he is. He has made enemies and this time they have taken the fight to him and are determined to kill him Can he fight back while retaining his humanity or will he become the cold hearted killer that many believe is his destiny?
When he escapes he finds he is on a world he does not recognize. His memories have been damaged and he cannot hop home. In a world of enemies he will have to forge new alliances and trust those people with his life.
This adventure takes Jake to a new world where he will face enemies and make new friends. He must confront the truth of who he is. He has made enemies and this time they have taken the fight to him and are determined to kill him Can he fight back while retaining his humanity or will he become the cold hearted killer that many believe is his destiny?
New : Blood Magic - A Story of Jalon US & UK
A comedic sword and sorcery novel involving a murderous coffin, a vampire with style and ladies who know how to wield a sword. Not to mention cantankerous Magic Objects who do not know their place.
This book is set three years after Daniel is crowned High King of Jalon and Jalia is his wayward consort
This book is set three years after Daniel is crowned High King of Jalon and Jalia is his wayward consort
The Kidnap - Magic Limited (Book Two) Kindle
The Kidnap is the second book in a black comedy fantasy series. The events in it take place some months after The Heist, in which Paul Jones discovers that his ex-wife is pregnant with twins. Sarah had used in-vitro fertilization to have Paul’s children. Naturally, he was not consulted on the decision at any time.
Paul’s father and uncle were wizards, charged with protecting a mysterious power known as The Source while dispersing the magic objects it creates into the world. Paul carries on that tradition, after a fashion, with his one man company, Magic Limited. His cousin, Mandy, guards The Source in the house built by their fathers. She is aided in this task by several strange magical creatures known as the Dees.
The Kidnap starts a few days before Sarah is due to give birth.
Kiera has left Paul to carry out a spying mission involving Islamist terrorists and has been gone for months. Meanwhile, dark forces have gathered around Sarah, with the intention of kidnapping one of her children as soon as they are born. Paul has no idea there is even a threat.
Meanwhile, a magic amulet of great power has been discovered in Syria and brought back to the British Museum in London. Someone knows exactly what the amulet is for, and is determined to use it. Certain assassins with a penchant for funereal costumes have been hired.
Paul has been tricked into meeting a relative in the British Museum. His life is about to get very complicated, not to mention dangerous.
Paul’s father and uncle were wizards, charged with protecting a mysterious power known as The Source while dispersing the magic objects it creates into the world. Paul carries on that tradition, after a fashion, with his one man company, Magic Limited. His cousin, Mandy, guards The Source in the house built by their fathers. She is aided in this task by several strange magical creatures known as the Dees.
The Kidnap starts a few days before Sarah is due to give birth.
Kiera has left Paul to carry out a spying mission involving Islamist terrorists and has been gone for months. Meanwhile, dark forces have gathered around Sarah, with the intention of kidnapping one of her children as soon as they are born. Paul has no idea there is even a threat.
Meanwhile, a magic amulet of great power has been discovered in Syria and brought back to the British Museum in London. Someone knows exactly what the amulet is for, and is determined to use it. Certain assassins with a penchant for funereal costumes have been hired.
Paul has been tricked into meeting a relative in the British Museum. His life is about to get very complicated, not to mention dangerous.
Jake's Break - Book Six of Wizards Kindle
Jake is in trouble with both his wives, but that’s nothing new. They have banished him from their homes because they are enduring endless pregnancies that only advance when he’s in the room with them and who wants to be very pregnant for years on end?
So he’s been off having fun with Lana and Esta, learning magic at the foremost university on the subject in the multiverse. The three of them have become the go-to-team for the university whenever anything needs fixing.
His dragon, Fluffy, has joined Dragon society and they are trying to find out where the Krake come from. The Krake are energy creatures that seem to have it in for Jake, and who are in contact with the Diabli, lizard like wizards of immense power that even the most ancient civilizations of the multiverse fear.
Meanwhile, Bronwyn has been spying on the Diamond Worlds and their resurgent anti-wizard army, The Knights of Justice. Jake almost wiped them out a few years ago with the help of the Dragons, but they are back, and the leader of the Diamond Worlds is under the control of a Krake. Not that Jake cares; live and let live is his moto. However, Bronwyn sees them as a threat to Tydan.
So it’s all set up to go pear shaped. All it needs is one good push and Bronwyn has the leverage to make Jake do it. She is willing to fix Jake’s wives – for a price.
This adventure takes Jake to new worlds and he uncovers secrets about the war to come. He discovers new truths about himself as he fights to save his friends and family. Messing with the Diamond Worlds was bound to lead to trouble. This time some of that is going to take place at home whether he likes it or not, and worse, high tech empires are beginning to take an interest in the Earth.
So he’s been off having fun with Lana and Esta, learning magic at the foremost university on the subject in the multiverse. The three of them have become the go-to-team for the university whenever anything needs fixing.
His dragon, Fluffy, has joined Dragon society and they are trying to find out where the Krake come from. The Krake are energy creatures that seem to have it in for Jake, and who are in contact with the Diabli, lizard like wizards of immense power that even the most ancient civilizations of the multiverse fear.
Meanwhile, Bronwyn has been spying on the Diamond Worlds and their resurgent anti-wizard army, The Knights of Justice. Jake almost wiped them out a few years ago with the help of the Dragons, but they are back, and the leader of the Diamond Worlds is under the control of a Krake. Not that Jake cares; live and let live is his moto. However, Bronwyn sees them as a threat to Tydan.
So it’s all set up to go pear shaped. All it needs is one good push and Bronwyn has the leverage to make Jake do it. She is willing to fix Jake’s wives – for a price.
This adventure takes Jake to new worlds and he uncovers secrets about the war to come. He discovers new truths about himself as he fights to save his friends and family. Messing with the Diamond Worlds was bound to lead to trouble. This time some of that is going to take place at home whether he likes it or not, and worse, high tech empires are beginning to take an interest in the Earth.
The Heist - Magic Limited (Book One) Kindle US & UK
The Heist is an adult comedy fantasy thriller. It’s the first in a series of books by the author of Wizards and is a similar blend of humorous encounters and deadly force. It touches on many adult themes.
Paul Jones deals in magic. But unlike people who provide tricks for illusionists and stage magicians, Paul deals in the real thing, small personal magic that often makes the world a better place, but sometimes makes it worse. He sells this magic and sometimes he gives it away. He sees his role in life as helping desperate people.
Paul runs his own company, Magic Limited, which he thinks is not bad going for a man in his twenties. However, he doesn’t make much in the way of money and his office is the stock room of an art shop in Covent Garden Market.
But he’s happy with his life, more or less. He’s the kind of guy who makes friends easily, but is a hopeless klutz with romantic relationships. Marriage and divorce came quickly to him and now he’s a free agent.
As the story starts, someone is out to kill him while others are trying to steal magic from him. A new girl enters his life while both his ex-wife and the strange girl who ended his marriage are back on the scene. Chaos is inevitable.
Before he knows it, he’s up to his neck in trouble. MI5 have him in their sights as a terrorist and people are getting killed around him. But Paul is not the sort of guy who gives up when the going gets tough.
Join Paul and friends as he stumbles his way through a series of madcap adventures to an exciting climax.
Paul Jones deals in magic. But unlike people who provide tricks for illusionists and stage magicians, Paul deals in the real thing, small personal magic that often makes the world a better place, but sometimes makes it worse. He sells this magic and sometimes he gives it away. He sees his role in life as helping desperate people.
Paul runs his own company, Magic Limited, which he thinks is not bad going for a man in his twenties. However, he doesn’t make much in the way of money and his office is the stock room of an art shop in Covent Garden Market.
But he’s happy with his life, more or less. He’s the kind of guy who makes friends easily, but is a hopeless klutz with romantic relationships. Marriage and divorce came quickly to him and now he’s a free agent.
As the story starts, someone is out to kill him while others are trying to steal magic from him. A new girl enters his life while both his ex-wife and the strange girl who ended his marriage are back on the scene. Chaos is inevitable.
Before he knows it, he’s up to his neck in trouble. MI5 have him in their sights as a terrorist and people are getting killed around him. But Paul is not the sort of guy who gives up when the going gets tough.
Join Paul and friends as he stumbles his way through a series of madcap adventures to an exciting climax.
Andrew Hawks Kindle US & UK
Andrew is studying to go to university. He lives in a village with no locals his age and finds it difficult to make friends with anybody who isn’t an adult. The other students hate him and the younger kids from the village are worse, treating him with open contempt.
He thinks he knows the people in his village really well, but, in fact, he knows absolutely nothing about the objectives they have built around him. As a teenager, it is easy to believe that the world is conspiring against you. Unfortunately for Andrew, in his case, it is.
A 10,000 year old prophecy is about to be played out. Powerful beings, so ancient we no longer remember their names, are set to return. If they succeed the world will change forever. Mankind will be enslaved once again.
Only Andrew can prevent that happening, with a little help from the girl he’s about to meet.
This is not a children’s book. It is an urban fantasy (provided urban includes villages) starting in fairly idyllic surroundings that soon become sinister and dark. It is also a journey into adolescent hell in which Andrew is the innocent and Kylie is the Virgil to his Dante. Of all the books I have written this is my favourite.
He thinks he knows the people in his village really well, but, in fact, he knows absolutely nothing about the objectives they have built around him. As a teenager, it is easy to believe that the world is conspiring against you. Unfortunately for Andrew, in his case, it is.
A 10,000 year old prophecy is about to be played out. Powerful beings, so ancient we no longer remember their names, are set to return. If they succeed the world will change forever. Mankind will be enslaved once again.
Only Andrew can prevent that happening, with a little help from the girl he’s about to meet.
This is not a children’s book. It is an urban fantasy (provided urban includes villages) starting in fairly idyllic surroundings that soon become sinister and dark. It is also a journey into adolescent hell in which Andrew is the innocent and Kylie is the Virgil to his Dante. Of all the books I have written this is my favourite.
The Lost Kindle US & UK
A supernatural, coming of age romantic comedy-horror story, featuring, zombies, horses, a fertility goddess, the US Air Force, a sixteen year old boy with a one track mind and Walter Mitty tendencies, and a number of strong minded, determined young women.
Describing this story is difficult. The book is most certainly magical realism. At one level, it’s a coming of age story where first love is hampered by a magic wooden carving with attitude. It’s also a zombie infested horror-comedy. There are sex scenes, though I didn’t write the book as erotica. Partly it is about my hero discovering that girls are people and not objects.
It is also a period piece, it is set in 1969 for a reason, attitudes and knowledge were different back then. It is very much of that time and place, this is not an erotic novel, but it does contain sexual scenes and some strong language.
Describing this story is difficult. The book is most certainly magical realism. At one level, it’s a coming of age story where first love is hampered by a magic wooden carving with attitude. It’s also a zombie infested horror-comedy. There are sex scenes, though I didn’t write the book as erotica. Partly it is about my hero discovering that girls are people and not objects.
It is also a period piece, it is set in 1969 for a reason, attitudes and knowledge were different back then. It is very much of that time and place, this is not an erotic novel, but it does contain sexual scenes and some strong language.
Carlotta and the Krius Scepter Kindle US & UK
A beautiful naked girl wakes up in a seedy hotel room with no memory of who she is.
This is the first book in a fantasy series like nothing you have read before.
The girl finds a note telling her that her name is Carlotta. A quick test proves it is in her handwriting. There is a letter with the note, but it isn’t for her.
Thus starts a dark fantasy, filled with violence, sex, vampires, werewolves, more sex, and more violence. Carlotta is to discover that she has been many things, but none of them human. She seems to be starring in a film noir movie. Unfortunately the danger she faces is completely real
Carlotta has been sent to rescue a kidnapped teenager, along the way she will discover that her real mission is to save the world.
This is the first book in a fantasy series like nothing you have read before.
The girl finds a note telling her that her name is Carlotta. A quick test proves it is in her handwriting. There is a letter with the note, but it isn’t for her.
Thus starts a dark fantasy, filled with violence, sex, vampires, werewolves, more sex, and more violence. Carlotta is to discover that she has been many things, but none of them human. She seems to be starring in a film noir movie. Unfortunately the danger she faces is completely real
Carlotta has been sent to rescue a kidnapped teenager, along the way she will discover that her real mission is to save the world.
THE WIZARDS SERIES
Follow the often comic misadventures of Jake and his 30 foot fire breathing dragon, Fluffy, as they try and do the right thing across the multiverse. Jake lives in Wales on our world. But unlike the rest of us, Jake can travel to an infinite number of other worlds. His life is changed forever when he falls in love with Jenny and starts to get involved in other people’s lives. Chaos follows.
Wizards (Wizards I) Kindle US & UK
Jake is 18, unemployed, unqualified and still lives with his parents. But Jake has a secret in his bedroom, under the carpet. A hopscotch court.
Jake can use it to take him to strange and wonderful worlds. It took him to his dragon. It also helps him find missing people. It helped him find Jenny, his girlfriend. Jake is a wizard but he doesn’t have a clue.
Jenny doesn’t think Jake is weird - she likes weird. Princess Esmeralda of Salice thinks Jake should repay past mistakes. Evil wizards, kingdoms at war, chases, rescues, an offer he can’t refuse
Jake is a wizard and his life is about to get interesting.
Jake can use it to take him to strange and wonderful worlds. It took him to his dragon. It also helps him find missing people. It helped him find Jenny, his girlfriend. Jake is a wizard but he doesn’t have a clue.
Jenny doesn’t think Jake is weird - she likes weird. Princess Esmeralda of Salice thinks Jake should repay past mistakes. Evil wizards, kingdoms at war, chases, rescues, an offer he can’t refuse
Jake is a wizard and his life is about to get interesting.
Jake's War (Wizard II) Kindle US & UK
Jake is in solitary confinement in jail suspected of being involved in the disapearence of Bronwyn Matthews and the injuries to her parents. He's pretty happy to be there as his cheating on Jenny is preying on his mind and he's not sure how he can face her without telling her what happened. But the multiverse waits for no man, not even a wizard. Bronwyn has been busy causing trouble in the Kingdom of Salice and her parents are not recovering from whatever she did to them. When Jake discovers that the Matthews are expected to die, he knows he cannot continue to hide in prison. He must act and act quickly.
Is it already too late? Bronwyn has used his absence to steal the books of magic from the Salice Palace Library. She knows more about magic than him and is almost as powerful.
Is it already too late? Bronwyn has used his absence to steal the books of magic from the Salice Palace Library. She knows more about magic than him and is almost as powerful.
Jake's Justice - Book Three of Wizards - Kindle US and UK
When we last left Jake he had just got married having defeated Bronwyn in a gruelling wizards duel. We join him a few days later as he finally takes the last of the wedding guests back to Wales.
But his troubles are far from over. His wives are punishing him for agreeing to represent Valhalla at the Conference Between the Worlds. It sounds like a minor thing, but everybody knows that the Valhallans are sneaky and conniving at the best of times.
Worse is to come. Jenny wants to come home, and despite being married to Princess Esmeralda, Jake is broke. On top of that it seems just about everybody in the multiverse wants him dead and is prepared to send assassins to achieve it.
With his faithful dragon Fluffy at his side, Jake tries to stay alive as attacks come from all sides.
A review said there wasn't enough sex and violence in Jake's War. I may have overcompensated.
But his troubles are far from over. His wives are punishing him for agreeing to represent Valhalla at the Conference Between the Worlds. It sounds like a minor thing, but everybody knows that the Valhallans are sneaky and conniving at the best of times.
Worse is to come. Jenny wants to come home, and despite being married to Princess Esmeralda, Jake is broke. On top of that it seems just about everybody in the multiverse wants him dead and is prepared to send assassins to achieve it.
With his faithful dragon Fluffy at his side, Jake tries to stay alive as attacks come from all sides.
A review said there wasn't enough sex and violence in Jake's War. I may have overcompensated.
Jake's Women - Wizards IV Kindle US & UK
Jake is to
trouble what the Beatles were to music. Not only does trouble follow him
everywhere, but he also has a unique skill in discovering new ways to bring it
down upon himself.
In this, his fourth novel, Jake is run from pillar to post as everything he does creates new perils. You don’t need to have read the other novels to figure out what’s going on. Jake’s problems are as much new as old, and he explains anything you need to know on the way.
Jake regards himself as a typical Welshman, faithful to his woman, honest as the day is long, and the kind of man who wouldn’t hurt a fly, given a choice. Somehow he has ended up married to two women while taking a third as his mistress. (Though to be fair, she took him.) Not only does this force him to lie all the time, but keeping everything straight in his head has become a major problem. For a non-violent man, Jake has somehow managed to kill more sentient beings than he can count, and the death toll continues to rise as the days roll by.
Jake is a Wizard, and Wizards are widely regarded as the scum of the multiverse, because those with too much power tend to end up corrupted by it. But somehow Jake isn’t corrupt and he is always trying to do the right thing, often with fatal consequences. He is never sure why it works out that way.
Follow him on his latest adventure. Jake has been teleported to the Conference Between The Worlds along with his friend and dragon, Retnor.
His wives, Jenny and Esmeralda, are pregnant and very close to term. Urda’s sister is missing. There is still an enemy out there who nearly killed Jake when he blew up a police station. All in all, it was a terrible time to be stolen away to the Conference, which could go on for years.
Jake is determined to escape, but he soon finds out that no one has ever found a way out of the Conference and that nothing there is real. On top of that, he discovers that some of those who wanted to kill him before the Conference started are determined to carry on trying.
The big question is whether Jake will survive long enough to escape.
In this, his fourth novel, Jake is run from pillar to post as everything he does creates new perils. You don’t need to have read the other novels to figure out what’s going on. Jake’s problems are as much new as old, and he explains anything you need to know on the way.
Jake regards himself as a typical Welshman, faithful to his woman, honest as the day is long, and the kind of man who wouldn’t hurt a fly, given a choice. Somehow he has ended up married to two women while taking a third as his mistress. (Though to be fair, she took him.) Not only does this force him to lie all the time, but keeping everything straight in his head has become a major problem. For a non-violent man, Jake has somehow managed to kill more sentient beings than he can count, and the death toll continues to rise as the days roll by.
Jake is a Wizard, and Wizards are widely regarded as the scum of the multiverse, because those with too much power tend to end up corrupted by it. But somehow Jake isn’t corrupt and he is always trying to do the right thing, often with fatal consequences. He is never sure why it works out that way.
Follow him on his latest adventure. Jake has been teleported to the Conference Between The Worlds along with his friend and dragon, Retnor.
His wives, Jenny and Esmeralda, are pregnant and very close to term. Urda’s sister is missing. There is still an enemy out there who nearly killed Jake when he blew up a police station. All in all, it was a terrible time to be stolen away to the Conference, which could go on for years.
Jake is determined to escape, but he soon finds out that no one has ever found a way out of the Conference and that nothing there is real. On top of that, he discovers that some of those who wanted to kill him before the Conference started are determined to carry on trying.
The big question is whether Jake will survive long enough to escape.
Jake's Quest - Wizards V Kindle US & UK
Jake experienced a psychotic break shortly after being crucified by the Cult of Bronwyn, but being Jake; he has ignored it and will no longer admit it happened.
His friends and family are far from certain that Jake has fully recovered. For one thing he's convinced his children are up to something despite their ages, and he always finds a reason to be somewhere else when Bronwyn visits.
Since the attack on his parents’ house, when his Auntie May was turned into a living bomb, Jake has had eighteen months of peace and quiet. He and Jenny are well off, and in his other life, the Kingdom of Salice is prosperous and at peace.
Jake’s life is about to get interesting again. It has taken a long time to get permission to go where he believes Dafydd Williams is hiding. Jake is certain that Dafydd is the bomber. But the question ‘why?’ haunts Jake almost as much as the body count his cousin’s attacks have caused.
But before he can get to Dafydd, he has a deal with the Dragons to complete and all hell breaks loose. From that moment on Jake’s troubles begin mounting in all directions. Family is a problem, his mistress is in trouble (And Jake makes it worse), the Diabli appear to have formed an alliance, he is nearly killed by plains Indians, and then his dragon Fluffy disappears.
Jake must go to university to finish his quest, but first he must survive the entrance exams and the attentions of a couple of determined women.
His friends and family are far from certain that Jake has fully recovered. For one thing he's convinced his children are up to something despite their ages, and he always finds a reason to be somewhere else when Bronwyn visits.
Since the attack on his parents’ house, when his Auntie May was turned into a living bomb, Jake has had eighteen months of peace and quiet. He and Jenny are well off, and in his other life, the Kingdom of Salice is prosperous and at peace.
Jake’s life is about to get interesting again. It has taken a long time to get permission to go where he believes Dafydd Williams is hiding. Jake is certain that Dafydd is the bomber. But the question ‘why?’ haunts Jake almost as much as the body count his cousin’s attacks have caused.
But before he can get to Dafydd, he has a deal with the Dragons to complete and all hell breaks loose. From that moment on Jake’s troubles begin mounting in all directions. Family is a problem, his mistress is in trouble (And Jake makes it worse), the Diabli appear to have formed an alliance, he is nearly killed by plains Indians, and then his dragon Fluffy disappears.
Jake must go to university to finish his quest, but first he must survive the entrance exams and the attentions of a couple of determined women.
THE MAGIC SERIES
The Source of all magic can be found in a house near London,England. Many seek it, but it has its own agenda and finds allies in the strangest places when it needs them
House of Silver Magic (Magic Series #1) Kindle US & UK
THE FAMILY: Mandy - eldest daughter of the recently deceased James Grange. William - her annoyingly clever younger brother. Jenny - her preteen sister. Eleanor - their mother.
THE HOUSE SPIRITS: Glass - silver and mercury girl, war leader of the Dees. Hat - A living hat stand who steals back what the guests thieve. Mower - guards the grounds. Pipes - mades of all the pipes and power lines in the house. Windy - a stained glass boy who guards the front of the house. Mrs Tub - Their leader and heart of the house.
THE ENEMY: Mrs Constance - uses magic to control people. Pettigrew Blane - Can open any lock. Bert - likes to kill slowly with his knife, but mostly likes to kill. The Brother's Grimm - hit men who stick exactly to their contract and think nothing of killing children.
THE TASK: Save the neighbours from Mrs Constance. Protect the house and the mysterious SOURCE that generates all the magic in the world.
THE HOUSE SPIRITS: Glass - silver and mercury girl, war leader of the Dees. Hat - A living hat stand who steals back what the guests thieve. Mower - guards the grounds. Pipes - mades of all the pipes and power lines in the house. Windy - a stained glass boy who guards the front of the house. Mrs Tub - Their leader and heart of the house.
THE ENEMY: Mrs Constance - uses magic to control people. Pettigrew Blane - Can open any lock. Bert - likes to kill slowly with his knife, but mostly likes to kill. The Brother's Grimm - hit men who stick exactly to their contract and think nothing of killing children.
THE TASK: Save the neighbours from Mrs Constance. Protect the house and the mysterious SOURCE that generates all the magic in the world.
Sapphire Magic: Breaking Glass - (Magic Series #2) Kindle US and UK
Glass isn’t human and has always wondered what it would be like to be one, to walk freely among them. For nearly a century she’s looked like a teenage girl, but has never left the house where she was created and where she guards the Source. Given a ring imbued with magic and dragged unexpectedly into the outside world, she discovers that you should be careful what you wish for.
Continuing where The House of Silver Magic left off, the Source is once more threatened, this time by the power of corporations and big business. Old enemies reappear and new ones join the fray as the Grange Family and the Dees must learn new skills to survive.
Glass is in the front line and finds boys difficult to deal with as she faces the choice between remaining a Dees and becoming fully human.
Continuing where The House of Silver Magic left off, the Source is once more threatened, this time by the power of corporations and big business. Old enemies reappear and new ones join the fray as the Grange Family and the Dees must learn new skills to survive.
Glass is in the front line and finds boys difficult to deal with as she faces the choice between remaining a Dees and becoming fully human.
Gold Magic: Terror in Mind - (Magic Series #3) Kindle US and UK
In the third book of the Magic Series, we meet Paul and Sarah; teenagers thrust together by illness and forced to get to know each other in the confines of a small hospital ward for terminal patients. The evil of the world is about to stretch its tentacles into their lives and if they are not up to the challenge, London will be destroyed. Time is running out.
Paul is rushed to hospital from the squalid flat he shares with his mother. Nobody knows what’s wrong with him, but everyone suspects his mother except Paul. He knows she could never deliberately hurt him. Time means nothing as he slips in and out of consciousness, never really waking up. He hears voices, some nice and some whispering of their plans to do something terrible.
A romantic spy thriller with a touch of magic and the return of old friends, Gold Magic takes the Magic Series in a new and fascinating direction.
Paul is rushed to hospital from the squalid flat he shares with his mother. Nobody knows what’s wrong with him, but everyone suspects his mother except Paul. He knows she could never deliberately hurt him. Time means nothing as he slips in and out of consciousness, never really waking up. He hears voices, some nice and some whispering of their plans to do something terrible.
A romantic spy thriller with a touch of magic and the return of old friends, Gold Magic takes the Magic Series in a new and fascinating direction.
The Magic Series Collection - Kindle US and UK
All three novels available in one cuddly download.
This volume contains:
The House of Silver Magic
Sapphire Magic
Gold Magic
Adventure into a world in which all the magic comes from one Source and that Source can be found in a house on the outskirts of London. It's old servants are dead, having served for thousands of years and it has recruited some new ones. The Source knows exactly what it is doing, but it doesn't tell its servants. Sometimes they don't even know they are working for it.
This volume contains:
The House of Silver Magic
Sapphire Magic
Gold Magic
Adventure into a world in which all the magic comes from one Source and that Source can be found in a house on the outskirts of London. It's old servants are dead, having served for thousands of years and it has recruited some new ones. The Source knows exactly what it is doing, but it doesn't tell its servants. Sometimes they don't even know they are working for it.
London Gothic - Kindle US and UK
Lies, deceptions, spies, economic espionage and murder. That’s what Peter Craig is running to London from, but a wise man knows that sometimes what you run to can be worse than what you are running from.
Who is the goth girl who can make a door from shadows on a wall and walk right through?
Who is the strange Chinaman who enters his life and tempts him with naked women?
Peter can feel the forces gathering around him. He will meet vampires who can suck dry his soul when they aren’t trying to poison him, strange creatures, warlocks and dragons all on the streets of London. But this is the game he was born to play and the only question is how many will still be standing when the game ends.
Who is the goth girl who can make a door from shadows on a wall and walk right through?
Who is the strange Chinaman who enters his life and tempts him with naked women?
Peter can feel the forces gathering around him. He will meet vampires who can suck dry his soul when they aren’t trying to poison him, strange creatures, warlocks and dragons all on the streets of London. But this is the game he was born to play and the only question is how many will still be standing when the game ends.
INSPECTOR MONDE
The Inspector Monde Mysteries Kindle US & UK
Inspector Charles Monde is a detective in Paris. The time is the early sixties though the war is still fresh in the minds of many. Monde gets the strange cases. The ones the other detectives don't want to touch. The kind that make you want to go home and pretend that the supernatural doesn't exist, that ghosts, vampires and werewolves are just inventions of writers.
Charles Monde knows these things are real and he treads a delicate path with his superiors, solving their cases without rubbing their noses in the things they don't want to know.
Explore the City of Lights with one of its darkest inhabitants. Go to the hidden places where the dead walk with the living and try not to be too afraid.
Charles Monde knows these things are real and he treads a delicate path with his superiors, solving their cases without rubbing their noses in the things they don't want to know.
Explore the City of Lights with one of its darkest inhabitants. Go to the hidden places where the dead walk with the living and try not to be too afraid.
ALTERNATE WORLDS
TOM & LAURA SERIES
The Spellbinder (Tom & Laura #1) Kindle US & UK
Laura is a Class A Spellbinder. That makes her more powerful than an army and capable of more destruction than a battle fleet. That makes her very useful to Queen Victoria's British Empire. It also makes her a target for every Kidnapper and Assassin on the planet. Tom is a Healer being persecuted by a Spellbinder for reasons he doesn't understand. When he meets Laura he has been transformed into a dog.
When an attack on them reveals the existence of a traitor in Military Magic, Tom & Laura become pawns in a game of spies. However, other enemies of the British Empire are making their moves and being sent to a school for spies is the worst thing that could have happened.
When an attack on them reveals the existence of a traitor in Military Magic, Tom & Laura become pawns in a game of spies. However, other enemies of the British Empire are making their moves and being sent to a school for spies is the worst thing that could have happened.
Scotland Hard (Tom & Laura #2) Kindle US & UK
Tom & Laura have been kidnapped. There are traitors deep in the heart of the British Empire. Laura is needed to complete the plans of one of them while the Hungarian Empire lends a helping hand. Cam, Daisy and Arnold are sent by Sir Ernest Trelawney to find and rescue them. However, when headless bodies wearing their clothes wash up in the London Docks, everyone else believes the couple are dead.
A chase begins across England and Scotland followed by friends and enemies alike. Tom & Laura find themselves at the centre of a plot to kill the Royal Family and destroy the Britsh Government.
Atomic steam engines and exotic magic combine in this exciting adventure of daring do.
A chase begins across England and Scotland followed by friends and enemies alike. Tom & Laura find themselves at the centre of a plot to kill the Royal Family and destroy the Britsh Government.
Atomic steam engines and exotic magic combine in this exciting adventure of daring do.
Revenge of the Brotherhood (Tom & Laura #3) - Kindle US and UK
Tom has been conscripted into the army as a Healer. Laura is being protected by Daisy from a British Army that is getting increasingly ammoyed with Laura's lack of cooperation in becoming a weapon for them. Meanwhile Arnold is spying on Belinda as she prepares to marry Sir Ernest Trelawney in what might be the most important wedding of the year.
Trelawney has left Military Magic in disgrace for his actions against Lord McBride. Cam is undertaking a final test in Austria to join that country's spying elite under Annelise Shutlz. She is deep undercover and has taken on another identity.
As Tom arrives in a military camp deep within the disputed territories of North America he finds that his experiences with the McBrides are not yet over. Dougal, the new Laird, has summoned him to the location of another of his father's mad experiments.
The Brothehood is about to prove itself with a big score and who is left to stop them?
Trelawney has left Military Magic in disgrace for his actions against Lord McBride. Cam is undertaking a final test in Austria to join that country's spying elite under Annelise Shutlz. She is deep undercover and has taken on another identity.
As Tom arrives in a military camp deep within the disputed territories of North America he finds that his experiences with the McBrides are not yet over. Dougal, the new Laird, has summoned him to the location of another of his father's mad experiments.
The Brothehood is about to prove itself with a big score and who is left to stop them?
Shaddowdon Series
Shaddowdon - Kindle US and UK
Old secrets emerge and evil threatens from all quarters as a brother and sister use their magical powers to investigate the disappearance of their mother. Sharing an ancient living mansion with ghostly servants ought to be cool and some of the time it is. Living up to your family's expectations isn't so easy if you happen to be a Shaddowdon and your younger sister is incredibly smart.
Set in an alternate England where magic and science have coexisted since records began. Tim's mother vanished mysteriously four years ago and he is going on a quest to find out why. Secrets, hidden for hundreds of years, are about to be revealed. Things everyone believes to be true are about to be turned on their head.
His search will bring him face to face with evil in human and ghostly form. It will lead to death and destruction as well as the righting of many wrongs.
Set in an alternate England where magic and science have coexisted since records began. Tim's mother vanished mysteriously four years ago and he is going on a quest to find out why. Secrets, hidden for hundreds of years, are about to be revealed. Things everyone believes to be true are about to be turned on their head.
His search will bring him face to face with evil in human and ghostly form. It will lead to death and destruction as well as the righting of many wrongs.
SWORD AND SORCERY
WORLD of JALON SERIES
The civilisations of Jalon are facing a slow death. Since the destruction of the Magician Kings over 1200 years ago, the human population has dwindled and a once united kingdom is little more than a series of shrinking city states. The Fairie have retreated to the forests and the Giants to their mountain forts. If there are dragons left in the world, no one has seen them.
The survival of all rests in the hands of three people, Jalia al’Dare, Daniel al’Degar and Gally Delbar. Not that they know it.
The survival of all rests in the hands of three people, Jalia al’Dare, Daniel al’Degar and Gally Delbar. Not that they know it.
Jalia in the North Kindle US & UK
Book 2 Jalia - World of Jalon
The second book about Jalia continues a few months after Gally Delbar stole her money and Jalia is still seething about it. She and Daniel are rapidly approaching the city of Ranwin and the closer they get the more people tell them not to go on. No one goes to Ranwin and comes back.
The world around them is getting more dangerous as slavers are raiding farms and villages to find slaves for the mines in Telmar. Jalia hates slavers, which will prove bad news for them.
So Jalia and Daniel continue their adventure to Ranwin, the fabled City of Glass. What they do there changes Daniel forever and he is forced to confront the man he has become. Now as much warrior as trader, he and Jalia head east along the ancient Magicians Road. Heading into the heartland of the slave trade and following the lure of gold.
The second book about Jalia continues a few months after Gally Delbar stole her money and Jalia is still seething about it. She and Daniel are rapidly approaching the city of Ranwin and the closer they get the more people tell them not to go on. No one goes to Ranwin and comes back.
The world around them is getting more dangerous as slavers are raiding farms and villages to find slaves for the mines in Telmar. Jalia hates slavers, which will prove bad news for them.
So Jalia and Daniel continue their adventure to Ranwin, the fabled City of Glass. What they do there changes Daniel forever and he is forced to confront the man he has become. Now as much warrior as trader, he and Jalia head east along the ancient Magicians Road. Heading into the heartland of the slave trade and following the lure of gold.
Jalia and the Slavers Kindle US & UK
Book 3 Jalia - World of Jalon
In the third book in the Jalia Series, Jalia and Daniel have been travelling for weeks with Talla, a young woman they rescued in Taybee. They are heading for the city of Brinan where the Mine Owners Association keep their gold. The presence of gold and Jalia in the same place means that trouble can only be a footstep away.
One thing leads to another and Jalia and Daniel find they have no choice but to destroy the Mine Owners or die trying. It's true that Jalia could give their gold back, but that was never really an option.
To confront the enemy they must travel on to Telmar, a city built on seven islands. Each island is fortified and they are outnumbered hundreds to one.
Action adventures with a smattering of magic.
In the third book in the Jalia Series, Jalia and Daniel have been travelling for weeks with Talla, a young woman they rescued in Taybee. They are heading for the city of Brinan where the Mine Owners Association keep their gold. The presence of gold and Jalia in the same place means that trouble can only be a footstep away.
One thing leads to another and Jalia and Daniel find they have no choice but to destroy the Mine Owners or die trying. It's true that Jalia could give their gold back, but that was never really an option.
To confront the enemy they must travel on to Telmar, a city built on seven islands. Each island is fortified and they are outnumbered hundreds to one.
Action adventures with a smattering of magic.
Jalia at Bay Kindle US & UK
Book 4 Jalia - World of Jalon
When Princess Clea of the Fairie imbued Daniel’s dagger with the magic to follow commands that began ‘Magic sword…’ she was unaware that the dagger was an ancient construct of the Magician Kings. As a result, its original purpose to hide the heir to the Magician Kings and suppress his magical power was weakened.
When Daniel gave the Fairie the magic jewel they implanted healing magic within him. Magic loves a template and Daniels inherent magical power, already having healed his brother, became focused on healing. Daniel used healing magic on a number of occasions over the next couple of years, which he remained oblivious to, though Jalia took note.
Jalia decided they should return to Bagdor, having become sickened by their roles as assassin. Continual use of the magic ring and dagger however, had made them careless.
When Princess Clea of the Fairie imbued Daniel’s dagger with the magic to follow commands that began ‘Magic sword…’ she was unaware that the dagger was an ancient construct of the Magician Kings. As a result, its original purpose to hide the heir to the Magician Kings and suppress his magical power was weakened.
When Daniel gave the Fairie the magic jewel they implanted healing magic within him. Magic loves a template and Daniels inherent magical power, already having healed his brother, became focused on healing. Daniel used healing magic on a number of occasions over the next couple of years, which he remained oblivious to, though Jalia took note.
Jalia decided they should return to Bagdor, having become sickened by their roles as assassin. Continual use of the magic ring and dagger however, had made them careless.
Jalia Prevails Kindle US & UK
Book 5 of Jalia - World of Jalon
Jalia and Daniel continue their journey to Slarn onboard the Steam Dragon, one of the three fabled steamboats from antiquity. Their objective is to retrieve the magic ring and dagger in the possession of Gally Sorn, but this will not prove an easy task.
And then there is the matter of the swords in the hold; enough to decide the outcome of the civil war about to start in Slarn. There are many factions on board who wish the swords for their exclusive use and will kill to obtain them. It will prove to be an eventful journey.
A Machiavellian comedy with a lot of action and the occasional touch of sorcery.
Jalia and Daniel continue their journey to Slarn onboard the Steam Dragon, one of the three fabled steamboats from antiquity. Their objective is to retrieve the magic ring and dagger in the possession of Gally Sorn, but this will not prove an easy task.
And then there is the matter of the swords in the hold; enough to decide the outcome of the civil war about to start in Slarn. There are many factions on board who wish the swords for their exclusive use and will kill to obtain them. It will prove to be an eventful journey.
A Machiavellian comedy with a lot of action and the occasional touch of sorcery.
Gally Delbar, Healer - A World of Jalon Story Kindle US & UK
Gally is a Healer forced to flee her village because the villagers keep her enslaved. Too useful to be allowed to leave and not strong enough to demand to be paid. When she comes into a lot of money she takes to the road on a stolen horse and heads for the fabled city of Delbon. Life is dangerous for a single girl as she finds out in her first encounter on the road. But as the man who abuses her finds out, Gally is good at revenge.
Gally soon finds herself caught up in the mystery and magic of Delbon as the King's daughter seeks her help and others try to kill her. But Gally is no push over at all.
A tale of Adventure, Healing & Sorcery, with the occasional Sword.
Gally soon finds herself caught up in the mystery and magic of Delbon as the King's daughter seeks her help and others try to kill her. But Gally is no push over at all.
A tale of Adventure, Healing & Sorcery, with the occasional Sword.