The Russian ‘Special Military Operation’ to invade Ukraine and incorporate the country back into the Russian sphere of influence has stalled. The continuing cost of the war is degrading the Russian economy. The President decides to open another front by recruiting Russian oligarchs to use their own funds in a coordinated cartel to short the UK currency on the foreign exchange markets, thereby weakening the support of the western allies for the Ukrainian war effort. Sam Brent is serving as ...

Since the early days of his pontificate, Pope Francis has challenged us to reclaim the "good news" of the Gospel and to allow that good news to heal shattered lives. He is an evangelist of hope who models true servant leadership and whose witness to joy has changed the Church and the world. This small volume brings together the reflections of five leaders in the deacon community in the United States on the joy-filled witness of Pope Francis and what his message means for deacons today.

Sam Brent and his partner, Sarah Mills, enter a Sunday classic car rally. During the afternoon rally section in a thunderstorm their car is struck by lightning that creates a rift in space transporting them into a parallel dimension. Their car is disabled and they leave it to explore and discover another advanced species inhabiting an Earth-like environment but with many reversed features. They are held prisoner and prevented from trying to return home. However their dimension shift is uns...

A newly formed terrorist group, the Scottish Nationalist Army, begins a series of attacks damaging infrastructure links between Scotland and England in furtherance of the campaign for Scottish independence. Sam Brent and Jack Tomkins stumble into key evidence when recovering Sam’s stolen military medals and lend their support to the police and security agencies. Public, media and political responses gradually discredit the SNA attacks and the terrorists are eventually apprehended. However,...

The disappearance of the Vale of Buckingham Ramblers Group on a Sunday walk prompts a police search for the missing walkers. They are not found and a wider search net is cast but without success. The police suspect the walkers have been abducted. The walk leader’s sister, Sarah Mills, is a serving medical officer in the SAS and with her partner, Sam Brent, a retired major from the SBS, they discover the farm location where the walkers were taken. A regional search locates the walkers and t...