John Jarvis: 20 books

Kurosaki Killed the Cat is the autobiography of John Jarvis. John served in the New Zealand Army as an Explosive Technition and after discharge joined the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery serving in avalanche control in the Canadian Rockies and NATO forces in West Germany.Leaving the army he began training...

What natural or unnatural causes are causing whale species to lose their navigation skills and beach in their thousands?Where have the whales gone after deserting their traditional migration routes?What are the reasons for political turmoil and intrigue in the Far East, and are they...

Mana is a part Maori boy living with his solo mum in a slum on the capitol's outskirts.He uses his intelligence to win a prestige scholarship at a boys' boarding college. This is jeopardized when he is forced to turn to gang members to cover his mother's cancer treatments. He pairs...

Scipio's Shadow follows the career of a young Marius who has suffered disinheritance due to political intrigue. It follows General Scipio's campaigns against Hannibal and his brothers. He achieves military honors, finds love, becomes Rome's top engineer and ultimately achieves the title 'First Man in Rome'.

Zig and Zog are twins who have different powers. When Zig touched something old it talked to him about it's history. When Zog touched something old it showed him pictures of it's history and when the twins touched each other their powers combined. The adventures of Zig and Zog are short...

An ancient Kingdom occupied by the Dutch, Japanese and Indonesians gains independence after a bitter war of independence by using hidden stockpiles of World War Two Japanese weapons. Kania has to endure pirates, Global businesses intent on exploiting her natural resources of oil fishing and minerals. Help...

Zakari is the story of a boy shipwrecked in Japan in 1855. He undergoes physical, mental and spiritual changes in a foreign country that is itself undergoing rapid changes after forced exposure to the technically stronger western nations. There is tension and confusion as Zakari becomes more Japanese...

Richard is the son of a sea captain sent to a boarding school in North Yorkshire. He is rescued from the cruel environment by a friend of his father and becomes a cabin boy on a pre Captain Cook private venture to discover the great southern continent. His ship battles storms, becalming, pirates and...

It is several centuries after the Bacteria Wars wiped out most of the world's population. Science saved the human race and science is now the new religion. Scientists have cracked the human gene code and can turn genes on and off. Scientists are now the new gods and keep humans free of diseases. Evolution...

The Bacteria Wars is a misnomer of what occurred in the late twenty first century. the scientific community had long been aware that virus could invade the body cells of bacteria and use the host to propagate and mutate. The concept of both bacteria and virus cooperating to attack humans through the...

Peter Harrington is an ex SAS Captain in a rut teaching English at an elite private boy's school. He seizes the opportunity to become headmaster at a co-education state school that has a falling role, a gang and drug problem and is an embarrassment to the government who want to close it down....

Did Alexander the Great turn back at India of did he carry on his conquests into a China involved in a bitter inter-state conflict? East of Hydaspes looks at an intriguing battle between Alexander histories greatest tactical general and Sun Tzu China's greatest master of strategy. East of Hydaspes makes compelling reading.

In the century 5000 Earth is ruled by a scientific elite who control the population through genetic engineering.Space travel had been abandoned centuries ago, ships and fleets had departed to all points of the universe and had never returned. The economical and social costs had been considered...

Teenager Ian Fletcher witnesses the murder of his parents during the Scottish Highland clearances in the late 18th century.Vowing revenge against the English he is taken in by an uncle, trained and educated and becomes an assistant to one of Scotland's leading steam engineer. He befriends...