The Umbrian Consul is the first in a comic trilogy with an impending dark side. We follow Mandrake though his journey of misunderstandings begining in the small rural town of Puta in Umbria, central Italy. Praise for The Umbrian Consul and the Author: "I couldn't keep it down". Paul Pearson. Author, rock legend, restauranteur, bon viveur etc. "I have little to say concerning the literary merits or otherwise of 'The Umbrian Consul', because I have not and will not read it. But I will vouchs...

In 2012, no one saw Victor Daco coming. In 2024, he lobbied Congress to turn America’s thirteen most powerful conglomerates into sovereign regional states, transforming the control that corporations had held for decades over the U.S. government into a formal nobility. Once the bill was signed into law, it became known as the New Rule. As the wealthiest man in the country, Victor became the most powerful patriarch.Resistance to the New Rule grew steadily, so by 2032, Victor had crea...

EPISODE 1: "Smart & sexy!" Set in a near future America, the world is a bit different. Powerful houses run the politics, and hence, the country, from behind the scenes. Sworn fealty to a powerful house can bring the average person a decent paying job in a world where society is scrambling to hold it together. Sheila, a smart lass from Tennessee, sees through this BS and is trying to open the public’s eyes to this power shift. Meanwhile, the Lebanese congressional correspondent Jasira agree...

EPISODE 1: "Smart & sexy!" Set in a near future America, the world is a bit different. Powerful houses run the politics, and hence, the country, from behind the scenes. Sworn fealty to a powerful house can bring the average person a decent paying job in a world where society is scrambling to hold it together. Sheila, a smart lass from Tennessee, sees through this BS and is trying to open the public’s eyes to this power shift. Meanwhile, the Lebanese congressional correspondent Jasira agree...

In 2012, no one saw Victor Daco coming. In 2024, he lobbied Congress to turn America’s thirteen most powerful conglomerates into sovereign regional states, transforming the control that corporations had held for decades over the U.S. government into a formal nobility. Once the bill was signed into law, it became known as the New Rule. As the wealthiest man in the country, Victor became the most powerful patriarch.Resistance to the New Rule grew steadily, so by 2032, Victor had crea...

Florence, summer 1963. Inspector Bordelli is one of the few policemen left in the deserted city. He spends his days on routine work, and his nights tormented by the heat and mosquitoes. Suddenly one night, a telephone call gives him a new sense of purpose: the suspected death of a wealthy Signora. Bordelli rushes to her hilltop villa, and picks the locks. The old woman is lying on her bed - apparently killed by an asthma attack, though her medicine has been left untouched. With the help of...

There are times when ladies must use all their wisdom and good sense to face life's problems and mysteries. Mma Ramotswe, owner of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, keeps her wits about her as she looks into why the country's star goalkeeper isn't saving goals. Georgina turns her rudeness into a virtue when she opens a successful hotel. Italian shop-keeper Fabrizia shows her bravery when her husband betrays her. And in Suffolk during the Second World War, gentle La proves that music reall...

A deliciously dark bubblegum-gothic fairytale from a stunning new Australian talent. Hes gone the same way as those little birds that bothered me with their awful songs! And you will too, you and your horrible heart-music, because you wont stay out of my woods! Theres a dead girl in a birdcage in the woods. Thats not unusual. Isola Wilde sees a lot of things other people dont. But when the girl appears at Isolas window, her every word a threat, Isola needs help. Her real-life frien...

When your best friend is a unicorn, magical adventures are guaranteed! Join in the fun at Unicorn Academy with the bestselling, action-packed, fantasy series by award-winning author, Julie Sykes.Inspiration for the Netflix series.New York Times Bestseller ( Unicorn Academy: Sophia and Rainbow) in Middle Grade Fiction.Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures toget...

Marzio Santoni left behind the brutal crimes of the big city long ago.Valdiluce is a quiet ski resort, where all he needs is the peace, quiet and his trusty vespa.At first glance, the town inhabitants are as perfect as their postcard scenery. But under the surface, nothing is as it seems...So when four women are discovered dead, seemingly by their own hand, Marzio can sense that something isn't right. Fighting against his police chief, his own emotions and the evide...

The award-winning poet and author of The Ice House offers "a gorgeously entertaining fantasy novel set in Norfolk between the wars" ( The Guardian).Norfolk, 1935. World War II is looming in Great Britain and the sprawling country estate of Alderberen Hall is shadowed by suspicion and paranoia. Alderberen's newest resident, thirteen-year-old Delphine Venner, is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall's elite and cultish Society for P...

“Beagle's unicorns have never been more bewitching, impossible, and genuine. I cherished every page.”—Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and After AliceFrom the acclaimed author of The Last Unicorn comes a new, exquisitely-told fable for the modern age.Claudio Bianchi has lived alone for many years on a hillside in Southern Italy's scenic Calabria. Set in his ways and suspicious of outsiders, Claudio has always resisted change, preferring fa...