The Rwandan Hostage is the second volume of Christopher Lowery's Blood Diamonds Series and continues the tale of corruption, murder and greed that began with the bestselling The Angolan Clan.Heroine Jenny Bishop is back with a vengeance! The abduction of her nephew at the world cup final in South Africa brings to light a long-hidden event in her sister's history, which heralds a terrifying threat to the lives of her closest family.In a desperate atte...

Triple Jeopardy is the gripping fourth instalment of the best-selling African Diamonds Series.After lying undisturbed for almost a half century, a mysterious batch of diamonds reappears to be sold at public auctions in Switzerland.But where do these priceless stones come from and who is behind their discovery and sale?Jenny Bishop knows the gems are surrounded by a legacy of death and corruption and sets out to foil the conspiracy.Deception, murder, and reve...

There are no winners in war…Mosul, Iraq, 2016: Once ISIL's greatest conquest, the city is fast becoming a giant graveyard. As Western attacks devastate the city, even senior officers like Karl realise defeat is inevitable, while traumatised families find themselves displaced, looking for somewhere safe to call home.On Karl's instructions, two jihadists travel across the EU, planning to bring terror to the West. German police officer Max Kellerman is on their...

The gripping fourth installment in the bestselling Blood Diamonds series.After lying undisturbed for almost a half century, a mysterious batch of diamonds reappears to be sold at public auctions in Switzerland.But where do these priceless stones come from and who is behind their discovery and sale?Jenny Bishop knows the gems are surrounded by a legacy of death and corruption and sets out to foil the conspiracy.Deception, murder, and revenge abou...

The Rwandan Hostage is the second volume of Christopher Lowery's African Diamonds Series and continues the tale of corruption, murder and greed that began with the bestselling The Angolan Clan.Heroine Jenny Bishop is back with a vengeance! The abduction of her nephew at the world cup final in South Africa brings to light a long-hidden event in her sister's history, which heralds a terrifying threat to the lives of her closest family.In a desperate attempt to find her nephew...

The thrilling third instalment in the gripping African Diamonds series.The tentacles of the Dark Web are tightening their grip around the world. From Moscow to Shanghai, Washington, UK, the Middle East and Europe, nowhere is beyond their reach.When a computer scientist dies mysteriously in Dubai, Jenny Bishop's nephew, Leo Stewart, is hired to replace him. Leo's life is soon in danger, but he is the only person who can find the key to prevent an impending global cyber-attac...

The thrilling third installment in the gripping Blood Diamonds trilogyThe tentacles of the Dark Web are tightening their grip around the world. From Moscow to Shanghai, Washington, UK, the Middle East and Europe, nowhere is beyond their reach.When a computer scientist dies mysteriously in Dubai, Jenny Bishop's nephew, Leo Stewart, is hired to replace him. Leo's life is soon in danger, but he is the only person who can find the key to prevent an impending glob...

1974/5: Depois da Revoluc?o dos Cravos, Portugal e transformado num estado comunista. Os capitalistas s?o perseguidos sem piedade e a colonia libertada de Angola mergulha numa das mais sangrentas guerras civis da historia. As lendarias minas de diamantes angolanas s?o encerradas, mas n?o antes de um grupo de refugiados conseguir escapar com um conjunto das preciosas pedras. Nos seus futuros afigura-se riqueza e sucesso, mas um legado de vinganca e ganancia procura-os e, eventualmente, os e...

1974/5:After the Revolution of the Carnations, Portugal is transformed into a communist state. Capitalists are ruthlessly persecuted and the liberated Portuguese colony of Angola is thrust into one of the bloodiest civil wars in history. The fabled Angolan diamond mines are closed down, but not before a group of refugees escape with a hoard of the precious gems. Their lives promise wealth and success, but a legacy of revenge and greed will eventually find them all, with fatal conseq...

1974/5: After the Revolution of the Carnations, Portugal is transformed into a communist state. Capitalists are ruthlessly persecuted and the liberated Portuguese colony of Angola is thrust into one of the bloodiest civil wars in history. The fabled Angolan diamond mines are closed down, but not before a group of refugees escape with a hoard of the precious gems. Their lives promise wealth and success, but a legacy of revenge and greed will eventually find them all, with fatal consequences...

We live in an era of unprecedented convenience. Intelligent systems anticipate our needs, automate our decisions, and shape our behavior with remarkable precision. But beneath this ease lies a quieter cost: the erosion of the human core — the internal capacities that make freedom possible.The Human Core exposes the subtle ways modern systems fragment attention, distort identity, and weaken agency. It offers a clear, accessible architecture for understanding the self in a w...

The visible world is deceptive. Institutions look stable—until they aren't. Norms hold—until they fracture. Language seems shared—until words stop translating. When our usual explanations fail, we reach for policy, psychology, and strategy. But the real action is happening deeper: in the generative layer beneath every system.The Architecture of Change offers a philosophical framework—Substrate Dynamics—for understanding how systems generat...