Many claim that a perfect world should be the end goal for humanity, the height of a civilization that makes our ancestors proud, but at what cost? How far are we willing to go in this pursuit of a utopia? Project Anima is a thought-provoking short story that embraces this madness in an entertaining and sometimes frightening way to those who believe this concept may be real.

The popular college football analyst weighs in on the craziness of college football and the 2008 seasonIf television's college football analysts had a Hall of Fame, Craig James would definitely be in it. His opinion and insight on ABC and ESPN-not to mention occasional jabs of sharp humor and Texas charm-are as addictive as the games are.Game Day takes a complete inside look at the 2008 college football season-from James's behind-the-scenes Spring Tour when he met ...

If the ravens are lost, Britain will fall . . .Retired and restless, former Metropolitan Police cop John Carlyle is back in London and exercising his impressive talent for finding trouble. The mysterious death of his glamorous neighbour, Bella, leads Carlyle into a world of chancers, treasure hunters and criminals, via that most legendary of landmarks, the Tower of London. The ravens have vanished, bodies are turning up in the Thames, and the crown jewels are at st...

Who is the man with no head?Commander John Carlyle has enough on his plate with a dead film producer and a runaway actor, not to mention the alcoholic boss who's accused him of harassment. The last thing he needs is a headless corpse in the cells of a recently closed police station. Does the killing have something to do with the station's dark past? It seems more than coincidence but Carlyle has to identify the victim before he can solve the murder...

The sky falls dark... the endgame is here.Under siegeAs the relentless approach of a truly gargantuan mothership sparks chaos on Earth, many believe the end times are here.The unknown beings are more technologically advanced than humanity can even comprehend, let alone match.Worst of all, observation makes one thing clear: they aren't coming to chat.United in fearFor the f...

"As I sat down to write this review, I decided to read it all over again, just for the sheer joy of it. ... The Religion Virus will open your mind, offering a perspective on religion and social evolution that few have presented, and none with such delightfully reasoned enthusiasm and varying analogies ... the ideas presented reverberated in my mind for days." —New Consciousness ReviewWith a sweeping and witty examination of religion's history, alongside fascinating doses of science...

Dying well is an art . . . the rest is just murderInspector John Carlyle is waiting for his father to die of a terminal illness. Meanwhile, others are dropping like flies.An elderly professor is found dead in his Bloomsbury flat. The verdict is that of heart attack. But who then stuffed the deceased academic in a closet? And who emptied the man's bank account?Across town, Sergeant Alison Roche is back from maternity leave. Struggling to juggle The Jo...

To everyone's surprise, John Carlyle has been promoted to Commander. The new job comes with its own office, a PA, and a diary filled with meetings. Struggling to come to terms with the his new responsibilities, Carlyle finds his position threatened by investigative journalist Bernie Gilmore. Gilmore is digging into Carlyle's relationship with ex-drug dealer Dominic Silver and the pair's involvement in the killing of gangster Tuco Martinez. Carlyle hopes he can put Bernie off the scent but ...

John Carlyle is back!In his 19th outing, this dogged investigator takes a thrilling PI role that sees him entangled in high-stakes jeopardy in Florida.Having left the Metropolitan police force - somewhat under a cloud - John Carlyle is forced to become a private investigator when the widow of his former best friend, art gallery owner and cocaine smuggler Dominic Silver, asks him to travel to Florida, the place of Dominic's murder.Sh...

Hunting down a paeodophile priest, Carlyle finds himself up against his old adversary Christian Holyrod. The Mayor of London is responsible for hosting an upcoming visit by the Pope and does not want any more scandals involving the Catholic church. Carlyle, however, is not prepared to let crimes side, putting him on a collision course with both the mayor and the church.Without his sympathetic boss, Carole Simpson, to protect him, could this be the end of the line for Carlyle? Never...

We were watching the sky. They were already here.The pulse hits without warningIn one harrowingly destructive instant, a mysterious seismic pulse in the Scottish Highlands rips away all semblance of global security.Complacency grew in the years since Dan McCarthy brought humanity into contact with intelligent aliens, but those days are gone.When peace is shattered, fear takes over.The stakes rise without me...

Most practitioners encounter bereaved clients before they receive any training in grief.Whether in a hospital ward, a community mental health team, a counseling practice, or a hospice, the expectation is often the same: you are qualified, so you can handle it. What that expectation misses is that grief-specific training is rarely built into qualifying curricula, and the models most practitioners carry, including the five stages of grief, are not well supported by t...