Ross Richdale


Biography

After a teaching career, Ross Richdale now writes full time. He has completed over thirty novels both contemporary and science fiction novels, most of which are on line as ebooks . He lives in the small university city of Palmerston North in the North Island of New Zealand and is married with three children & four grandchildren

When he is not writing, Ross enjoys drawing and wandering in the countryside..

Many of his novels reflect his interest in the rural lifestyle as well as the cross section of personalities encountered during his years as a teacher. Ordinary people rather than the super rich, the super powerful or violent, are the main characters in his novels. He is also interested in current events and uses international incidents as a backdrop for many of his novels.

Where to find Ross Richdale online


Where to buy in print


Books

Embrace the Fog    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 72410 words. Published on July 2, 2012. Fiction.

Travis Crichton and Jacey Roden's weekend orienteering contest in a vintage Mark 4 Jaguar car becomes a journey through a belt of fog and into a strange village called The Valley that is not shown on any map. The people there appear to be living in the 1950s, a time when the car was new. Jacey realises that this is more than random misfortune and that they are caught up in something more sinister.
Like Twigs in a Storm    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 72690 words. Published on March 9, 2012. Fiction.

While converting a closed country school into a summer batch near Wellington, New Zealand, Steve Garnet meets neighbour, Lavina Ryland. Their friendship soon develops into a romance that hurtles them into danger and changes their lives and the life of Lavina's daughter, Cathy forever when they are abandoned in remote bush country to fend for themselves.
Terra Incognita    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 65330 words. Published on July 31, 2011. Fiction.

In this sequel to The Truth About Terra, Zorell, Evan and Anneke are pulled through to an unknown world in their hovercraft. Enter a world where the line between computers and humanity is blurred, electronic butterflies compete with intelligent bees and the way home to Terra seems to be all but impossible.
Eagle's Claw Lake    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 85630 words. Published on June 19, 2011. Fiction.

In the remote Eagle's Claw Lake, Reid and Kate use their amphibian airplane to help Lorie escape from a commune led by a fanatical leader, Peter Littlejohn. But that is just the beginning of the terror as the truth about the commune is revealed and they desperately try to get help. Why has Erika, Lorie's elder sister, returned and is found savagely beaten in the commune's cabin cruiser?
Liberty & Opportunity    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 117060 words. Published on June 10, 2011. Fiction.

(3.00 from 1 review)
In 1898 Amanda elopes with Jack and develops a publishing empire. Daughter, Dorothy falls in love with a soldier about to be charged for desertion from the trenches in WW1. In World War 11, Cindy becomes a Land Girl in war torn England and tragedy strikes the family. Each period has drama and sometimes tragedy, but vividly illustrates the determination of each woman to enrich her life through
Omega Seed    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 88460 words. Published on March 27, 2011. Fiction.

The search is over. Computers aboard Starship Omega find a planet that can support humanoid life. It is over populated, polluted and has another problem; forty eight percent of the human population are males, well beyond that needed to maintain the sperm banks. It is time to prepare and awaken Pazz . Alone, with only an armlet computer for company, Pazz lands in the Australian desert.
Into the Wormhole    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 63300 words. Published on March 20, 2011. Fiction.

A wormhole sucks Talya into in a world where the primitive humans are pursued by hexalimbs, six limbed creatures, for food. Along with Gavin, also stranded from Earth, they rescue and befriend Kysum, a tailed humanoid who can metamorphose into other beings, from a hexalimb spaceship. The three transverse time-space in this far off universe in an endeavour to reach Earth but does it even exist?
Crystal Souls    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 66900 words. Published on March 14, 2011. Fiction.

When Jasmin is caught in the terrorist attack on the London underground in 2005, her terrified thoughts help her, as do similar thoughts for Katherine in the year 1310, Trudie in 1874, Giselle in 1945 and Zarine in 2374. They are all awoken in 2341 and find that they are identical in appearance. But are their lives being controlled by something else in the universe that transcends time and space?
Armlet    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 80070 words. Published on March 2, 2011. Fiction.

0.75 star(4.67 from 3 reviews)
The armlet Kolina is given by her dying grandmother has been handed down through her family for countess generations. The armlet connects her to Eboff, a computer with news that she is the descendant of a starship crew that crashed on the planet a millennium before. All the armlet bearers are needed to use technology to stop the the impending nuclear holocaust. But is it already too late?
Anu Factor    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 65860 words. Published on February 27, 2011. Fiction.

Anu is the last Blue, an advanced humanoid race living in an hallucinatory world that works well. This is until a car accident causes Talbot to discover that his real existence is an empty, derelict township. Also, the dozens of friends and acquaintances he interacts with don't exist. Anu and a pregnant Erin are the only real people in the town. But where is the man who impregnated Erin?
Generation 7    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 105320 words. Published on February 8, 2011. Fiction.

On the planet Delpe, 1300 human settlers, descended from a stranded starship crew, have been at war with the crucnon, the native insect creatures, for seven generations. When a flying female named Jaddig Qarte crashes in human territory she is befriended by Holly Jurjevics, Generation 7 Leader. Holly finds her a compassionate creature with high moral values, not the ruthless killer expected.
Wind Across The Playground    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 79740 words. Published on February 3, 2011. Fiction.

In this romantic saga, Neil Overworth arrives to take charge of a two teacher rural school in the South Island of New Zealand with his partner, liberated Lisa. She is one of the five women who has a profound affect on his life through the next quarter a century. There are tragedies along the way, changing attitudes and the profound love that keeps him going through good times and bad.
Shadows Behind    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 70310 words. Published on January 15, 2011. Fiction.

In 1999 Kosovo, refugee Niana Bolsa is abandoned by the Serbs to fend for herself in the mountains. In freezing temperatures, she finds two abandoned children that she takes to Albania. With all records destroyed, nobody queries her right to the children and they emigrate to New Zealand. There she meets Matt and love follows. But the terror so prevalent in her past surfaces with a vengeance
Time Portal    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 60700 words. Published on January 4, 2011. Fiction.

Rhett and Shelley travel through a space-time portal where they are met by Dee, their twelve-year old daughter that they never knew existed. Dee is desperate for her brother, Corwin has been caught in a trap set by the girifa, the reptilian equivalent of humanity. However, the enemy are not the girifa but humans living a parallel world from their ancestors' time. But who is really in control?
Blemished Jewel    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 58980 words. Published on January 1, 2011. Fiction.

Gail Fernhill, principal of Queen Anne's Girls' School is haunted by her past but befriends property manager Neil Goodall. Neil pierces her reserve and discovers that as a teenager, she killed her abusive father in self-defence. The case is reopened after the discovery of her father's rifle. An undercover police officer and new teacher at the school, Tania Brogan is directed to find evidence.
Time Genes    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 57680 words. Published on December 30, 2010. Fiction.

On Earth in our present time, Lara is involved in a road accident that leaves her as a quadriplegic. She is helped by going through a portal to Havenseed where technology not even discovered on Earth, is used to restore her to a normal life. But does it? Her time genes may allow carnivore plants and reptilian species destroy humanity throughout the known worlds of the 24th century.
Long Valley Road    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 75830 words. Published on December 7, 2010. Fiction.

This fast paced novel combines human emotions of love, empathy, revenge and greed with the sheer force of Mother Nature. The inhabitants of Long Valley Road in New Zealand have their lives changed forever by the events happening around them. Join them and see how an American immigrant family surmount the problems about to descend upon them all.
The Truth About Terra    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 85360 words. Published on December 2, 2010. Fiction.

Terra is a divided world with its history classified. After receiving and ancient script, Zorell and her companions set out and find a secret base containing a hovercraft left by their ancestors. With help from intelligent bees they set out on adventures and problems. Not one but two worlds are changed for ever by their discoveries and fortitude. But is it too late to save humanity?
Azure Sea Gold    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 71330 words. Published on August 5, 2010. Fiction.

In April 1945 U-boat U-2072 carrying Nazi gold heads to Argentina. On board is Kapitanleutnant Friedrichand's fiancée, Kristin Dassmer. The U-boat is sunk by American torpedo bombers off the Bahamas. Kristin finds herself in a lifeboat with Bern Munkelt, the man she is to spend the rest of her life with. They are rescued by Danardo Rolle and taken to a remote island where her adventures begin.
Emerald Eyes Pyramid    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 64790 words. Published on July 19, 2010. Fiction.

In this 3rd adventure, the emerald eyes wizards are sent a millennium back in time. Xentrix the dragon is with them and they rescue a flying girl, Kondel who is about to be sacrificed by priests on a pyre in front of a pyramid. These priests are determined to eliminate all flying creatures from their land. Birds have already disappeared and Kondel is the last of her species left. But is she?
Emerald Eyes Mist    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 63590 words. Published on July 19, 2010. Fiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
When Cindy and Sylvia are ice skating, a strange mist carries in a little bird with a message on his leg. Through a magical void they meet Gikre, a dwarf who is with Tulco, a girl with emerald eyes like their own. She is caught in a bear trap set by human invaders trying to catch her. They help Tulco but must cope with strange mists; a white one helps them but a red one is a terrible enemy.
Emerald Eyes Destiny    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 65350 words. Published on July 18, 2010. Fiction.

Teenager, Cindy Meikin has a strange experience that puts her in contact with Sylvia, a girl her own age from another world. After taking Sylvia home she discovers that her mother, Natasha and herself came from this world. The trio visit this war torn land through a void where Cindy finds that she is an Emerald Eye Wizard with strange magical powers that come to her without being called upon.
Catalyst    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 69650 words. Published on July 15, 2010. Fiction.

After a cave-in at Misty Depths Catacombs Wyoming, Renee finds herself stranded with a broken ankle and two strangers, Lem, a business man and a runaway teenager, Courtney. They must trust and depend on each other, not knowing whether they will survive the ordeal. The cave is the catalyst but the events depend on the new catalyst, Renee, who finds herself drawn into the lives of her companions
Time Ripple    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 58750 words. Published on July 9, 2010. Fiction.

Aari can save Earth by placing it in a time ripple. However, because of the space-time phenomena it may or may not happen. If it doesn't, her world does not exist. But she is on Earth, now, with no memory of what has, or will happen. Can cosmologist, Nareen O'Grady help or is she too involved? Follow them through space-time with two Earths, carnivorous plants and hostile aliens.
Cosmos Quest    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 75310 words. Published on July 8, 2010. Fiction.

Starship Human Dawn is the second starship to evacuate the last residents from a dying Earth in search of a new world. The first went missing generations earlier. 5000 humans are in suspended animation while the vessel travels through post-light speed infinity drive under control of computers. Commander Sophie Copland awakens in deep space because of a drop to sub-light speed. But who caused it?
Broken Silence    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 63290 words. Published on June 21, 2010. Fiction.

(2.00 from 1 review)
Before his death, Ivan Biermann tells his granddaughter Kim about his arrival in New Zealand as a pilot from a German raider in the last days of World War Two. Mysterious containers were unloaded in Fiordland before his ship was sunk. Even after sixty-five years, danger still lurks for Kim as terrorists are also interested in finding Ivan's secrets and will stop at nothing to obtain them.
Alien Hybrid    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 68200 words. Published on June 15, 2010. Fiction.

When an assassination attempt fails to kill Kali, she discovers that her mother, Jade was abducted and impregnated by an alien. Kali also has an identical twin, Lesha who arrives on Earth to help her escape the assassins. These assassins are not human but androids who are about to supersede human life in the cosmos. Only Kali and Lesha's genetically enhanced telepathic powers can stop them.
Transmigration    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 64520 words. Published on May 9, 2010. Fiction.

Four humans find themselves in a village without knowledge of where they come from or who they are. Memories of a war and a different life flash into their minds that are unrelated to their lives ... that is until they meet a farmer who isn't even human. A bombed out city is on the other side of the hills is reached though a railway tunnel. However, the city was destroyed a millennium before.
Arising Magic    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 73610 words. Published on May 5, 2010. Fiction.

In the days of old, Kyla Kiro does not want to marry the evil Sir Edwin O'Hane. She persuades Shane Wynex the man she really loves to escape with her into the surrounding forest. She has friends there who can help, from Sliver a transman, half human and half tree to the forest dwarfs and talking birds. The prophecies from The Great Book of Everything That Will Be are about to be played out.
When The Longships Came    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 75110 words. Published on January 12, 2010. Fiction.

In 865AD, Vikings attack the female Bramingham Monastery in the Kingdom of Northumbria. The building is looted with everything of value taken by the pagans. Abbess Jane and senior nuns are slaughtered and the younger nuns abducted into slavery. Maiden Kendra, minding the monastery sheep on the top plateau during the attack survives. This is her story.
Jana Adrift    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 69340 words. Published on August 24, 2009. Fiction.

Jana and Kelsie along with artist Rowan and an elderly couple, Hank and Denise are passengers on a container ship Konstellation on a three month Pacific Ocean cruise. Terrorists attack the ship and strip it. The five hide and later make it to an atoll. Problems arise when they attempt to live together.

 A month later a boat arrives but it is from North Korea. How does Jana cope?
Mud Mafia    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 66710 words. Published on August 23, 2009. Fiction.

The Mud Mafia are three ordinary teenagers; Kelsie, Laura and Jason who have two extraordinary adventures on offshore New Zealand islands. They are on a bike ride through a pine forest when they are abducted and held for ransom by environmental terrorists. In the second story the trio return the following Christmas holidays. and are forced into a submarine for further adventures.
Claire    by Ross Richdale
Price: $2.99 USD. 78420 words. Published on August 23, 2009. Fiction.

The liberated 60s have not reached the shores of New Zealand when Claire, a single pregnant girl is sent up-country to have her child, which is to be adopted out. The Sloane family are strangers who offer to board her through this time. But are they?

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