Ambassador 5: Blue Diamond Sky is book 5 in the Ambassador series As Cory takes a well-earned rest and finally submits to proper weapons training, he and a couple of people from his household go on a hunting trip in the marshland between Barresh and the turquoise sea. A bad…
Ingredients: Two single chicken fillets, cut into chunky cubes One clove garlic One teaspoon curry powder oil 3-4 tablespoons yoghurt handful of roasted & salted cashew nuts Put a little bit of oil in the bottom of a microwave-safe dish with a lid. Chop or crush garlic and add to…
Shifting Reality is set in a space station orbiting Epsilon Eridani b. The planet, which my characters call Sarasvati, is a gas giant which I have given rings, and the station’s main industry is the harvest of ice from these rings for the production of water, oxygen and fuel. The…
The Dragon Prince is book 5 in the Ghostspeaker Chronicles series The tyrant Alexandre is gone from Saardam, but a new menace has come: the eastern traders in a ship of metal that is said to have been forged with dragon magic. They bring a chest of gold to buy…
The lives of real scientists are quite different from the way they are often portrayed in fiction. If you’re looking for some reality, then here are a few pointers. Some background info: I lived and worked with science types for many years. I married one (until he decided to go…
Fertility-related topics commonly pop up in SF and even in fantasy. One such trope is the notion that some time in the future/on another planet, women will no longer give birth, but that babies will be designed and grown in an artificial environment, or carried by a surrogate. There are…
Ambassador 1A: The Sahara Conspiracy is book 1A in the Ambassador series 3 December 2114 Cory Wilson is woken in the middle of the night with a summons to appear in the president of Nations of Earth’s office. An aid worker in Djibouti has discovered a shipment of alien guns.…
Shifting Infinity is book 2 in the ISF-Allion series Melati escaped New Jakarta space station when it fell into Allion’s hands. Her family was left behind the enemy lines. She signed up for active duty with the International Space Force in the hope they would liberate the station. Instead, they…
Watcher’s Web is one of the first novels I wrote. It went through many reincarnations before its current form. The story of Jessica, however, remained the same. I just ended up cutting a lot of the backstory for the final version. The event described in this original prologue has shaped…
Fire Wizard is book 4 in the Ghostspeaker Chronicles series Johanna, Roald, Nellie and Loesie return undercover to the devastated city of Saardam. In the months since they fled, the Fire Wizard Alexandre has ruled the town with campaigns of death and fear, focused on the eradication of the Church…
