Susan Unwin is an emigrant sailing from England to Australia in the Nineteenth century. Tragedy befalls the ship and they are close to sinking, but an American captain finds them adrift in the middle of the ocean and offers help. As the ship struggles towards its destination, Susan's daydreams torment her with her own tragedy.

A time traveler's worst nightmare is realized when Jeremy is transported back in time and ends up confined inside something. The terror of dying a slow death trapped and unable to move is slowly relieved as Jeremy hears voices nearby. His hopes that he will be rescued are raised, but all is not as it seems in the distant past he has been transported to.

Six short stories involving the past, the future and the unknown. Includes The Caroline, Beyond Help, The Time Tunnel and After the Dance, plus Tarnagulla, set during the gold rush and A Child's Wisdom, a kids interpretation of the inexplicable.

How do you travel from Gibraltar to Tangiers? What if you can't go by ship or plane? And it's 1926.You go the long way. This is the story of a traveller who journeys around the Mediterranean Sea. Like an incarnation of the epic traveller ibn Battuta, he finds the Middle Sea is a major obstacle, but not just because he's frightened by it – the sea is also central to his troubled mind. Many challenges face our man - amnesia, jinns, a wayward family, war and the Sand Sea as well. But t...

Eliza is a well behaved eighteen year old girl, living in the 1900's. Her home is a fire station where her father is the fire chief. Eliza loves going to the dance every Saturday night, and she always arrives home by midnight to her waiting father. But tonight she is late and she thinks about the punishment. Eliza has worked herself up into a panic. What her father does next is unexpected.

Have you ever wanted to experience the edgy attitude to life in the South of France? Let Ashley MacGregor take you to the exotic Mediterranean coast where people live at the will of their natural instincts.Is that why Roger Atkins is lost in Languedoc? No, he's on the run from an Australian underworld boss. When Roger meets beautiful Suzanne Orme, he feels at home with her sensuality, and gains a renewed sense of hope. And for her there's something irresistible about Roger. But a gr...

In the land of Egypt myths are born of legends. Along the Nile legends are born of great deeds. The god Horus tells the story of his deeds on earth as a man. Great deeds made him Pharaoh, goodness saw him pass through heaven to join the gods. But can his momentous feats defeat evil? In the end Horus has a solution, and his triumph leaves a legacy future pharaohs will live and breathe with.

Contributors to this highly original book address the many questions raised by researchers and policymakers about the complex and often uneasy relationship between evidence and policy from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. They explore both the institutions acting as evidence brokers and the different methods used to collect, assess and use evidence in a variety of national and international settings, by drawing on their experience of working in international contexts and...

To prove her innocence of crimes against her own son, King Edward, Emma of Normandy must walk barefoot over nine scalding ploughshares and come out unscathed.Set in the Dark Ages of Engla-lond, the "Last Tales of Mercia" are ten short stories featuring real historical figures and characters from the "Sons of Mercia" series. Though strongly connected to the series, they can be read independently.

A young woman is haunted by her phone. Photos that she never took, which reveal images of her working on her computer show up on the phone. Is there a night stalker following her around? Or is there something even more sinister lurking about her apartment?

Slices of MidnightThe Black Craft Saga, vol. 1Marissa Bonifay was born unto magic.The product of untold millennia of selective breeding on the part of one of the universe's most successful covens, Marissa began life with the mind and mettle to become an all-powerful practitioner of the arcane arts. But, such greatness wasn't in the offing. At least not yet.A motherless child, living in a land where the practice of magic was reserved for only those of noble bl...

With a little help and a holiday miracle, can a determined animal rescue worker find and save a missing dog in time to give a wounded warrior the Christmas he desperately longs for?Jeannie Montgomery runs an animal shelter in Kabul, where she not only rescues strays, but also helps Western military personnel bring their newfound pets home when their tour of duty is up. Jeannie's heart nearly breaks when she receives an email from a stateside marine, pleading for her help with findi...