This is the story of Peter Rhodes who believes we are prevented from truly expressing ourselves by social constraints and the belief that only perfection will do. But he discovers that altruistic motives carry a price when he is forced to negotiate conflicting views of moral integrity, the love of a capricious wife, the potential for unimaginable wealth and power and his own moral certainty. The structure draws upon the Epic Cycle although it is not so much a retelling as an exploration of...

Rose and her Saxon family flee west ahead of the Great Viking Army. They decide to rebuild their lives in ancient Wychwood the land of the cruel Hwicce. Only then does the lone horseman Rose has seen following them make himself known.

When the Prime mInister of Britain's life is threatened he retreats to Chequers where his safety is assured. But when the rules of the game are not known how can you play?

When the Earl of Marlborough brings the royal sapphire to the Manor House he could not have foreseen its theft and the locked room murder.

A short story set In the aftermath of the American Civil War, where a man waits alone, preparing for the arrival of his accusers. In a land still diseased by bigotry he considers his past, his situation and the price he must pay for being himself.

The only people who knew what happened to the Mary Celeste were the crew. So what if one of them survived?

This is a collection of poems stimulated by human folly not only in our everyday lives but on a more global scale. I have made them as direct and accessible as possible.

It's 1943 and the POWs at Oflag IV-B plan an escape despite the presence of the Waffen-SS and the vigilance of their singular camp Kommandant. The eventual breakout is both unprecedented and redefines conventional loyalties.

If he really is all alone overnight in Oxford's famous old library, then who is that in the dark, and what do they want?

Whenever you pass along Coffin Path guard your soul. The stranger is waiting.

An art lover's magnum opus is plagiarised by a colleague. With the help of an old friend she is determined to avenge the betrayal of trust and steps into a world where nothing is what it seems.

This fourth edition of Transnational Institute's renowned annual State of Power report seeks to examine different dimensions of power, unmask the key holders of power in our globalised world, and identify sources of transformative counter-power.The essays are an insightful analysis of globalised power today, covering an impressive breadth of themes, from corporate law to the dominance of the financial sector, from big mining to food speculation. They also bring to the fore social s...