Science Fiction & Fantasy

Book 2 of the 80AD series sees Jade, Phoenix and their companions flung into the frozen wastes of northern Europe. Here they must somehow reach Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, in order to steal the Hammer of Thor. They are far from civilisation, snowbound, hunted, lost and on a deadline. If they don't reach Asgard in time, bad things will happen: Ragnarok - the end of the world. Unending winter, followed by hellfire and an almighty battle between the gods and giants. If this world is destroyed, Phoenix and Jade die with it and their bodies, back in their own world, die as well. Standing in their way are trolls, wolves, their old enemy Feng Zhudai and a new one - Loki, god of mischie ...

Take a very ordinary, very unhappy 14 year old boy, Phoenix. He's bored by school, hates his step-father, feels like he has no control over his life. Add a smart, miserable 14 year old girl, Jade. She's teased and picked on; a misfit; her own mother doesn't get her. Throw both these kids into a computer game - 80AD - AND into their avatar's bodies. Phoenix and Jade aren't 14 year old kids any longer. They're 17 year old warriors, confused and trapped in an ancient world of warfare, magic and death. They're stuck in 80AD Britain To Phoenix, it's fun - a gamer's dream come true. To Jade, it's a nightmare. In order to get home, they have to play out Level One of 80AD. They have to find th ...

Ever wondered what India was like in 80AD? Well neither had Jade and Phoenix - until they end up there for Level 4 of the game, 80AD. Transported from the deserts of Egypt into the tropical heat of India, they have to face a whole new range of enemies. Snake-gods, invading armies, assassins and war-elephants are all on the list. To complicate matters, the Game is now open to internet gamers in their world - adding a whole new level of difficulty. When they meet a fellow-gamer, they are in for the ride of their lives. All they want to do is complete their next quest, yet somehow, they end up involved in a full-scale war between Indian rival kings. Each army is over 100 000 strong and p ...

80AD Book 3 finds Phoenix, Jade, Marcus and Brynn trapped inside a pyramid in ancient Egypt. No pharoahs here, this is Egypt as you've never see it. Rome has taken over and the country is far from peaceful. This adventure is the most insane yet. It has everything you'd expect and more: mummies, secret passages, treasure, an evil high priest, human sacrifice, walking undead and more. Together they must escape the clutches of the high priest of the Egyptian god, Set and release the imprisoned goddess of the Nile, Anuket. Without Anuket, Egypt suffers endless drought and the country will die. An ancient prophecy predicts 'the Phoenix' to be the savior of Egypt, but our Phoenix doesn't t ...

This is it. The final Level of the Game. China in 80AD is the stage for the final showdown between Phoenix and Jade and their arch-enemy, Feng Zhudai. Things don't start off so well. Jade is a prisoner, separated by vast distances from her companions; in the hands of Feng Zhudai himself. Phoenix and the others have to find her before they can even think of freeing her. What have they got to work with? How can they fight Feng Zhudai's incredible magical powers on his own home ground? How can they fulfill their quest to master the Yu Dragon, when they don't even know where to find it or what it looks like - or how to go about mastering a dragon? To top it all off, they must stop Feng Z ...

After space engineer Dr. Bob Deems is forcibly retired when his project is mysteriously canceled by something called Scimitar, he and his niece Jillian move to the Black Forest region of Colorado. There he modifies a fantastic underground space probe named Diamond Two to look for water under the drought stricken High Plains. Troubles arise when the probe runs out of control and accidentally wreaks destruction, even as a secretive organization headed by the enigmatic Taras Tamonash seeks to operate it for use as a new class of secret weapon. With the help of their new friend Neil Rivera, Bob and Jillian strive to use the limited resources at hand to re-program and stop Diamond Two. Ho ...

How can a girl walk through fire? It was a test of trust and will power. Slowly she walks closer and closer to the flames. The heat was intense and hot to the touch. It would not stop her, goal and determination. Slowly with each step she forced herself to walk through the flame. She saw the end and she was there. She made it through. The prize was more than a young girl could imagine. Magical.

A Killer’s Nightmare, A Deadman’s Dream spans from 1985 to 2015, many of these ‘scribblings’ written in my later years. Each writing varies in style, topic, and pentameter. And each word - a subtle brushstroke upon a darkened canvas with few strokes of hope and promise, sublimating upon spiritual, philosophical and psychological elements. Part One: Nightmares and Dreams, is a collection of thoughts, ideas, poems and songs scribbled upon paper, myself the only audience. Many of the writings were never meant to be read by others, their syntax cryptic and disguised. Only 70 writings were selected for this section. Part Two: The Other Side, shifts direction away from the emotionally f ...

Edgar Rice Burroughs was one of the 20th Century's greatest science fiction writers. His Barsoom series was so widely admired that it inspired a number of future greats like Ray Bradbury, and Arthur C. Clarke. Even the astronomer Carl Sagan was heavily influenced by Burrough's intriguing tales of life on other planets. His Barsoom series begins with the novel A Princess of Mars. This is the story of John Carter, a civil war veteran who is mysteriously telegraphed to Mars while hiding from Indians in a strange cave on Earth. When he miraculously arrives on Mars he finds he has superhuman strength and abilities, and because of them, he is welcomed and revered by the two opposing native ...

Ishtar sat at the entrance in front of the Great Pyramid at Giza thinking about the journey that was before her. All she had created and built for her descendants had been stolen from them. She sat staring into the glowing pyramid device made of Ethiopian Opal that she possessed as reigning Empress of Khemet. It could be fastened upon her scepter. It held the energy and power of the Supreme Gods. She chanted the sacred words and released her energy into the pyramid to activate it. She needed to reconstruct the monthly viewing from a few days ago. She had to be sure of what she saw when activating it under that full moon. “Show me more, Oh Great Light! Show me more, I beseech Thee,” s ...