Set about one hundred and fifty years before the full-length novel In a Milk and Honeyed Land, this short story is based on two historical letters written by a Canaanite woman to the great king in Egypt. The people of the four towns are being threatened by a band of rebels disdainful of the provincial ruler. Kephrath and her sister towns are outmatched by the raiders - can they secure help before their deadline runs out?"Belita-Labiy found it difficult to concentrate, thou...

Quick wits and loyalty confront high-tech crime in spaceWelcome to the Scilly Isles, a handful of asteroids bunched together in space, well beyond the orbit of Mars. This remote and isolated habitat is home to a diverse group of human settlers, and a whole flock of parakeets. But earth-based financial regulator ECRB suspects that it's also home to serious large scale fraud, and the reputation of the islands comes under threat.Enter Mitnash Thakur and his virtual pa...

In the shadow of the Cumbrian hills, a way of life is fading...In the rugged beauty of north-west Britain around five thousand years ago, meet Bran, a master stone-crafter. He is a key member of the skilled group of workers in The Valley, where the legendary Langdale axes are extracted from the native rock, and then lovingly shaped and prepared. But change is stirring in the land.In the nearby settlement of Dolgolvan, farmers are carving out a new world, one of set...

In the shadow of the Cumbrian hills, a way of life is fading...In the rugged beauty of north-west Britain around five thousand years ago, meet Bran, a master stone-crafter. He is a key member of the skilled group of workers in The Valley, where the legendary Langdale axes are extracted from the native rock, and then lovingly shaped and prepared. But change is stirring in the land.In the nearby settlement of Dolgolvan, farmers are carving out a new world, one of set...

Quick wits and loyalty confront high-tech crime in spaceWelcome to the Scilly Isles, a handful of asteroids bunched together in space, well beyond the orbit of Mars. This remote and isolated habitat is home to a diverse group of human settlers, and a whole flock of parakeets. But earth-based financial regulator ECRB suspects that it’s also home to serious large scale fraud, and the reputation of the islands comes under threat.Enter Mitnash Thakur and his virtual pa...

Who is The Lady?In ancient Britain, a Lady is living in a stone-walled house on an island in the middle of a river. So far as the people know, she has always been there. They sense her power, they hear her singing, but they never meet her.At first her life is idyllic. She wakes, she watches, she wanders in her garden, she weaves a complex web of what she sees, and she sleeps again. But as she grows, this pattern becomes narrow and frustrating. She longs to meet tho...

Set about ten years after the conclusion of the full-length novel In a Milk and Honeyed Land, this short story follows Damariel and Nepheret, seers and priests of the town of Kephrath, as they tackle a new challenge to the four towns. A group of migrants has set up an encampment just down the trackway towards Shalem. What are their intentions? Do they come in peace or war?“They are more of a threat to themselves just now. But two things might happen. One is that men might ...

Who is The Lady?In ancient Britain, a Lady is living in a stone-walled house on an island in the middle of a river. So far as the people know, she has always been there. They sense her power, they hear her singing, but they never meet her.At first her life is idyllic. She wakes, she watches, she wanders in her garden, she weaves a complex web of what she sees, and she sleeps again. But as she grows, this pattern becomes narrow and frustrating. She longs to meet tho...

What would you do if you discovered you had been lied to over and over by your spouse or mate? How would you deal with a serious burn accident involving your baby daughter? Have you ever thought about what happens to your spirit and body when you die? How do you keep a positive attitude, without giving up, through all the trials of your daily life?You are invited to take a journey through this book and learn how the author has dealt with so many difficult life events, and yet how s...

What journey would you make to encounter the meaning of a dream?Makty-Rasut is a scribe in New Kingdom Egypt, fashioning tombs for the elite. He lives a comfortable but restless life, moving every few years further upstream along the river Nile. He is content to exercise his talent without examining his origins.Then a series of vivid dreams, interpreted with the help of a senior priest, disrupts this pattern. To solve the riddle, he must go on a journey that will t...

Life, love and conflict in the hill countryDamariel is apprenticed as a young man by the village priest, whose reckless actions lead to his disgrace. Damariel manages to avoid becoming implicated in the matter and carries on his training, marrying his childhood friend Qetirah shortly before they begin their shared ministry in the town.Feeling ashamed of their continuing inability to have children, Qetirah becomes pregnant by the chief of the four towns, but the pre...

Quick wits and loyalty confront high-tech crime in spaceWelcome to the Scilly Isles, a handful of asteroids bunched together in space, well beyond the orbit of Mars. This remote and isolated habitat is home to a diverse group of human settlers, and a whole flock of parakeets. But earth-based financial regulator ECRB suspects that it’s also home to serious large scale fraud, and the reputation of the islands comes under threat.Enter Mitnash Thakur and his virtual pa...