Michael Fontana is heir-apparent to the Sicilian mob; the Ionian Family, run by his father-in-law-to-be, Alfonso Milardo. The Godfather tells Michael of an age-old secret involving a mysterious bridge - Rama's Bridge - which he describes as an ancient, possibly man-made footbridge between India and Sri Lanka. Hidden somewhere within or under this bridge, he tells Fontana, is a precious relic: a solid-gold piec
The setting: British Borneo, 1945.
When a grotesquely misshapen, murdered infant is left outside the army camp in the jungle in Borneo, during WWII, the medical officer who did the autopsy is prompted to investigate this horrific occurrence.
Ricky (Rickety) and a team of rebellious Allied soldiers and their trackers head into the formidable jungle at night, ignoring the likeliho
Nothing ever happens in Bakerton... until one of the country's richest bankers is brutally murdered in his mansion, along with some of his associates.
When Sheriff John Withers begins his investigation, he is horrified to learn that a federal agent has also been assigned to the case. But Withers intends to proceed in his own, somewhat unconventional manner - and
The death sentence has returned to the UK. The cost of housing killers during their life time has become far too costly for the government. Only one place was willing to house the final prison the murderers will ever attend. Callington Island is what many would consider the ideal place to settle down for a quiet life. Away from the hustle and bustle of modern city life. A place where everyone knows everyone. That
It was supposed to be an easy day for Sergeant Will Falco and his SWAT team. He had been on the unit for fifteen years and was the ultimate professional. He thought he had experienced everything, but when he let his emotions interfere with his work, everything goes horribly wrong.
Kathy Hill went to work with excitement about her future, but when she is kidnapped by a man from Sergeant Falco'
Fighting for Hitler on the Russian Front was the last thing many a blue-eyed 'Aryan' boy ever wanted to do. So, what's a nice Jewish boy doing there, in his Wehrmacht uniform?
For Johan, he was just a boy who wanted to be nice. Instead, the outbreak of war forced him to escape his identity. He must make himself fight, and even kill, if he wants to keep his secret. Clinging to
Xander is sixteen. He lives in a crumbling building in the Estate with a small group of others. As far as they know, they are the only survivors. Xander and his best friend Vicky are Scavengers - they have to scavenge simply to stay alive in the unforgiving heat and the bleak landscape.
Xander has an urgent desire to explore the endless desert Wastelands in the distance. He manages to persuade Ky
In 1974, British Army intelligence expert and Olympic fencer, Edward Davidson receives a desperate call from his Irish informant; but when he tries to meet, he narrowly survives an IRA ambush.
Years later, Edward moves in higher circles at the very heart of the intelligence community. He becomes involved in trying to track an IRA arms shipment and the men responsible for the Mountbatten killing a
The protagonist is a young woman, Jamie, who has had a strict upbringing by her adoptive Christian parents. At first, it seems there is no escape from her fate of having to marry an unprepossessing man, chosen for her by her mother and father. A family visit to Athens to attend church meetings gives Jamie the chance to make a life for herself. The Parthenon and Acropolis form the backdrop of her burgeoning relatio
Rob had witnessed the atrocities of war and was mentally drained from the horrors that he had seen. But the one horror he couldn't come to terms with was in his mind, where the war continued and the country he had fought so bravely for had ignored his mental anguish, leaving him a broken man trying to block out the ordeal with drink.
All he had ever learnt was to kill and his trainin
Orphaned in infancy in Ireland and raised in rural Berkshire before his aunt sent him packing to boarding school, George Eccles thought he knew enough about insecurity, fear and disappointment when he finds quiet contentment working in a joinery in rural England.
When he manages to finish writing a horror novel, should he be delighted or distrustful when a publisher tells him it will be
Brilliant neurosurgeon, Davy O'Brien, and successful business tycoon, Bill Walker, are strangers with nothing in common except for one important fact - they are both at breaking point and nothing will stop them falling apart.
Their implosions are spectacular, and their unravelling complete. The men independently retreat to the idyllic coastal township of Broken Heads, hoping the picturesque b
