John Riley: 49 books

When fifteen-year-old Jeremy Marshall goes on a family vacation to watch a rare astronomical event, he and his sister get a lot more than they bargained for. As particles from a nearby comet rain down into Earth’s atmosphere, an electrical discharge vaporizes millions of people worldwide including...

SHORT STORY TALES - Do undertakers attend to the deceased body accepting what existed has indeed passed over. Well, Christopher, attending to his work and meeting with Mrs Murphy is about to find out that there's an undertaker seeking more than mortal remains.

As a category six wizard in her eighties, Josephine O’Connor has always enjoyed a youthful body due to extremely slow aging but when she discovers she’s become immortal, she must return to the workforce. Soon after starting her investigative work for the police, Josephine discovers a secret organization...

Josephine uncovers an important secret about the Valituras, a power-hungry organization that has lived in secret for centuries. They have amassed powerful dark magic and infiltrated all levels of the government. Now that their existence is publicly exposed and Josephine’s discovery leads to the...

When a mysterious and destructive magical force strikes near Sarasota, Florida, the chief of police assigns his best investigator and arguably strongest wizard, Josephine O’Connor, to the case. As Josephine studies and investigates this mysterious phenomenon, she learns that a young woman has become...

Josephine must act quickly to save her friends and her fiancé from an ancient enchantment that is killing white magic practitioners. But even as she deals with this threat, a hostile AI from a distant galaxy has sent three androids to Earth. The AI intends on creating a stable portal between its...

When Josephine joined the Earth Coalition and became part of the legendary White Knights, she thought she could leave the dangers of the world behind and raise her child within the peaceful sanctuary of Briodanis, an Ancient city protected by the most powerful magic the world has ever known. She couldn’t...

Brian Winters has reached a crossroads in his life as he approaches his eighteenth birthday. He is the youngest employee of the prestigious Phoenix Enterprises and one of the strongest psychics in the world. Even though he has a lot to be excited about, he’s been warned of a grave threat in a precognitive...

Jason is starting to become accustomed to his new role as psychometrist for the Seattle PD when he is assigned a disturbing new case involving dark magic. He soon discovers that this is more than just a simple case of murder. It involves the Ancients as well as the original White Knights of legend....

In this family friendly contemporary fantasy, Josephine, a recently retired grandmother, lives in a modern society where magic is commonplace. Having lived and worked a full life, she spends her days like any other retirement community member with her two dear life long friends although there are...

With Josephine’s son and the entire city of Briodanis in peril from an unknown and powerful enemy, Josephine embarks on her greatest adventure yet when she follows a trail of clues that hint that the city of Sorianne may not have been destroyed after all. If the inhabitants of this ancient city...

Sociological Theory and the Environment is a comprehensive survey and assessment of sociological theories of the relations between societies and their "natural" biophysical environment. This book touches on and addresses virtually all of the major perspectives, focal points, and debates...

Castles and the Anglo-Norman World is a major new synthesis drawing together a series of 20 papers by 26 French and English specialists in the field of Anglo-Norman studies. It includes summaries of current knowledge and new research into important Norman castles in England and Normandy, drawing on...

The strange and wonderful place of Twin Peaks captivated audiences for more than two decades before its long-awaited return to television in 2017. David Lynch and Mark Frost created a land that embodies the politics of American culture. With its focus on small-town America and life outside urban centers,...