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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.

Smashwords Interview

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in the small city of Wanganui in New Zealand. I guess the time I grew up rather than the place influenced me. It was a formal time when children were not encouraged to give an opinion but rather just do what they were told. Schools were strict with rules and teachers who were often intimidating.
When did you first start writing?
I started mainly to relax from my occupation as school teacher. After I moved on I began writing full time.
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Where to find Ross Richdale online

Website: http://www.rossrichdale.com
Twitter: @rossrichdale
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.richdalebooks.com

Where to buy in print

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Series

Wisps Trilogy Series by
Wisps of Cloud
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Wisps of Snow
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Wisps of Wisdom
Price: $4.99 USD.
Terra World by
The Truth About Terra
Price: $4.99 USD.
Terra Incognita
Price: $4.99 USD.
Time Ripple Trilogy by
Time Ripple
Price: $4.99 USD.
Time Genes
Price: $4.99 USD.
Time Portal
Price: $4.99 USD.
Emerald Eyes Trilogy by
Emerald Eyes Destiny
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Emerald Eyes Mist
Price: $4.99 USD.
Emerald Eyes Pyramid
Price: $4.99 USD.

Books

Watershed Law by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 61,250. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published: April 15, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
(4.00 from 1 review)
Lawyers, Alina and Jarin meet while on a white water rafting trip. They survive being tossed from a raft and over a waterfall and manage to reach a bush hut just before a storm arrives. Their lives become closer but dangers lurk everywhere. Silverstone Law where Alina works has a devious hidden agenda and corrupt leaders. Jarin, is the owner of a small law firm with mainly family law clients.
Behind the Fire by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 47,370. Language: Australian English. Published: December 20, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action
Set in the exotic outback of New South Wales, Australia, teenagers Abbey and Cooper are in their final year at high school. With problems they're both trying to escape from, they make the monumental decision to run away together.They're faced instead with bushfire, criminals on the run and possible murder charges--if they can survive long enough.
Hatchlings by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 63,540. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published: July 29, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Three women arrive on Earth with no memory of who they are or where they came from. Their only contact is on a mobile phone where a male voice guides them. They have simultaneous dreams about being on a spaceship. They are hatchlings, humans born as adults with artificial memories of an earlier life. Their findings lead them through a time-space continuum on a voyage of discovery and danger.
The Other Mrs Hayes by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 50,200. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published: March 9, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Adult
(4.00 from 1 review)
The story of two women who need to cope when it is revealed that they both have the same bigamist husband. How does Brendon Hayes' dishonesty and possibly criminal behaviour led to Stacey and Jessica being placed in a dangerous situation?
Blossoms in the Wind by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 56,130. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published: March 11, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Blossoms in the Wind is a romantic thriller centred around two families, the Suttons and the Knights who are linked when two high school students, Jeff Sutton and Ava Knight meet . Through them, their parents, separated Chloe Sutton and widower Adrian Knight meet. Earlier, David Sutton a violent husband is finally stopped when Jeff helps his mother and thrashes his father. The problems begin.
Kyla's Fate by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,650. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published: November 6, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mashups, Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
In 450 AD there was no United Kingdom, the Romans had left Britannia a generation before and the land was ruled by dozens of waring pagan kingdoms. This left the way open for different invaders from across the sea. Saxons arrived and violently overran Glouvia Kingdom in the southwest where nurse Kyla O'Knife was helping survivors of a recent plague, wounded warriors and civilians in distress.
Snow Bond by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 60,280. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published: December 10, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
When snow isolates East Ridge Pasts are revealed Acquaintances become friends And friends lovers Rivals become ruthless Stalkers murderous And human nature is exposed
Countess in Exile by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 91,010. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: June 29, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
In 1939 Poland, all teenage Countess Anna Vladisciuszko wanted was to lead an ordinary life but the world wouldn’t let her. Nazis hated her grandmother's Jewish ancestry while after the war; communists hated the old aristocracy of pre-war Poland. This is a story of human endurance that reaches across the world from Europe to New Zealand through the second half of the twentieth century.
Solar Search by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 74,780. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: April 16, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Science fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
In the last days of an interspecies war, Tara Fye is given control of Yolk 3 a secret spaceship and ordered to seek out a new world. However, a computer implant is installed in her mind and Yolk 3 contains hundreds of humans in hibernation. They include young women who have been impregnated without their knowledge in the hope that humanity would survive, even if humans on Earth become extinct.
Meztli Sacrificial Maiden by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,270. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: November 1, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Ancient
The third in our Ancient Ancestors series is set in 1530 AD Inca times. Meztli is rescued from a sacrificial site before she dies of exposure. This is the story about her life afterwards and how her friends and herself fight for justice from the conquistadors and evil priests of the times. Will their pyramid of gold be discovered by their enemies?
Wisps of Wisdom by
Series: Wisps Trilogy Series. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,430. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: December 6, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
In this third novel about Karla Spicer and her teaching career, we find her in charge of a thousand student Joseph Ward Junior High School in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. This is more than a story of Karla’s career but covers her personal life with her husband Ryan and also life of the teachers and students at Joseph Ward Junior High.
Wisps of Snow by
Series: Wisps Trilogy Series, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 68,630. Language: English. Published: August 2, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Karla Spicer is called in to help as a Change Principal at Tuckett Area School in a remote New Zealand district. This school takes pupils from Year I to 13 but has a falling roll, an apathetic principal, Don Trow and a divided board of trustees. Karla finds that the school is in debt because Trow is faking accounts and is betting on a Russian casino. However, they want more than their money.
Acid Air by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 67,930. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: May 2, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Does fate bring Greg and Shontel together on a decommissioned Russian nuclear submarine with acid air on the surface of a future Earth? Aboard is Nedda, an advanced living-species who metamorphoses into a human with extra abilities. Also, who is Lilad, a human from a cave village with no children? Why is Nedda attacked and will evil forces stop them from finding the truth and returning home?
The Druid's Daughter by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 70,590. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: July 2, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » Ancient, Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
It is 320 AD and Hadrian's Wall separates Roman Britannia Inferior from the free lands to the north where the village of Darbarri is located. There, Jelena is asked by her father, Druid Floyd to travel south of the wall to help the people in the small village of Bramfield. It is a dangerous area for the new Roman emperor has declare that everyone should be forced to become Christians.
Wisps of Cloud by
Series: Wisps Trilogy Series, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 68,290. Language: Commonwealth English. Published: May 25, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
(3.67 from 3 reviews)
After leaving a city school, Karla moves to become a principal of a remote country school where her partner has a farm. Tensions arise in the district with a marijuana plantation discovered near the farm and a local bikie gang being suspected as the growers. However, nothing is as it first seems, potential enemies become friends and the trusted, untrustworthy.
Embrace the Fog by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,390. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published: July 2, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Fantasy » General
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,680. Language: English. Published: March 9, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Series: Terra World, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 65,310. Language: English. Published: July 31, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,510. Language: English. Published: June 19, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 117,050. Language: English. Published: June 10, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Historical » General
(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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 88,440. Language: English. Published: March 27, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 63,300. Language: English. Published: March 20, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 66,880. Language: English. Published: March 14, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 80,050. Language: English. Published: March 2, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.25 from 4 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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 65,840. Language: English. Published: February 27, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 105,300. Language: English. Published: February 8, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 79,920. Language: English. Published: February 3, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 70,290. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Plays & Screenplays » European, Fiction » Romance » General
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
Series: Time Ripple Trilogy, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 60,670. Language: English. Published: January 4, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 58,960. Language: English. Published: January 1, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
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
Series: Time Ripple Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 57,670. Language: English. Published: December 30, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 75,810. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
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
Series: Terra World, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 85,460. Language: English. Published: December 2, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 71,310. Language: English. Published: August 5, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Historical » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Series: Emerald Eyes Trilogy, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 64,950. Language: English. Published: July 19, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
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
Series: Emerald Eyes Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 63,590. Language: English. Published: July 19, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
(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
Series: Emerald Eyes Trilogy, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 65,350. Language: English. Published: July 18, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 69,640. Language: English. Published: July 15, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Plays & Screenplays » American, Fiction » Romance » General
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
Series: Time Ripple Trilogy, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 58,830. Language: English. Published: July 9, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 75,290. Language: English. Published: July 8, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 63,290. Language: English. Published: June 21, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Adventure » General
(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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 68,180. Language: English. Published: June 15, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 64,500. Language: English. Published: May 9, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 73,590. Language: English. Published: May 5, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 75,020. Language: English. Published: January 12, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 63,850. Language: English. Published: August 24, 2009 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 66,710. Language: English. Published: August 23, 2009 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Thriller & Suspense, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure
(4.00 from 1 review)
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
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,410. Language: English. Published: August 23, 2009 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Adult, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
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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