Joseph H J Liaigh: 13 books

It was the ultimate cold case. The murders occurred on Mars twenty years ago, so how can Detective Inspector Richardson, a local policeman from Melbourne, Australia, track down the murderer – and why is he being asked to?Twenty years ago, the Prometheus landed in the Hellas Basin on Mars...

A short, personal reflection on the proper role of storytelling and fantasy in the culture of Christianity and in the life of a Christian, including a short discussion on the author's own motivation for writing (and reading) fantasy. It also includes a consideration of the history of storytelling...

An examination from a Catholic point of view of the Christian themes within the Harry Potter book series. The essay looks at the religious controversy as well as at the nature of magic in the books and the themes of love, death and self sacrifice.The essay also examines the disturbing lack of a Christian...

“So,” Friar Daffyd said. “What has happened to you in that other place?” It was just five months since Myfanwy had been sent from Annwn to go to school in England: sent from a land of magic and wild country to a land of technology, crowded with people. He watched as a shadow passed across...

The dragons within the Earth are stirring and there are great earthquakes and volcanic eruptions all across the world. As the Earth faces the catastrophic possibility of an eruption of its super-volcanoes, a criminal gang is hunting Myfanwy and a monster stalks Tom. Together they must find Merlin,...

Sean has unwittingly brought back The Answerer from Tyr na nOg as a spirit sword. Now he is being hunted by both friend and foe, each seeking possession of the sword: some to use it and some to keep it safe. Against a backdrop of very modern violence, the sword itself seeks to be reunited with its...

The Council of Nobles is openly trying to kill Tom and civil war is threatened in Annwn if Myfanwy will not agree to marry Alwyn ap Bryn. Torn between her love of Tom and her love for her people, she accompanies Tom into the high Himalayas, to confront a group of rogue monks who are steering an asteroid...

A tale of a boy lost in grief and an old farm house where a mysterious girl plays out her sorrow on the piano in the moonlight. Grief calls to grief and sorrow to sorrow. A story of a mysterious rider who arrives in the coastal town of Angle River during its winter sleep. Is she just visiting 'the...

A short story of the love that binds a family together and of the strange and magical fate that keeps them apart.

"I guess the whole mess must have begun years ago, building up a complex web of loyalty and revenge. I’m sure there was a complex mix of nobility and betrayal and circumstances that made it had to tell which was which. That’s always true of these things, I suppose. For me though, it began the...

A boy lost in grief and an old farm house where a mysterious girl plays out her sorrow on the piano in the moonlight. Grief calls to grief and sorrow to sorrow. A haunting tale of love and death and isolation.Following the death of his parents in an automated traffic accident, John Riley is...

Tom is dragged unhappily from the Australian surf to go to London in the middle of an English winter. His unhappiness increases when a mysterious figure magically appears on Westminster Bridge and tries to kill him. Tom is soon fighting bullies, being hunted by a psychotic magic user and kidnapped...

The Answerer is a sword of legendary power. It is hidden when the Normans overrun Ireland only to be found, amidst much bloodshed, nearly a thousand years later. The Tuatha De Dannan retrieve the sword and take it to Tyr na nOg for safe keeping but there are still those in our world who want its power...