Rob Matchett: 8 books

This is a speculative novel that takes place in the late 24th century in a post-apocalyptic world. New tensions arise as countries again compete for dominance after centuries of relative peace since the 'Horror' - the generations following the impact of an asteroid in the early 22nd century. Our central...

Native woodnotes Wild are a collection of sonnets written over the years. The theme is about love: its loss, desire, exultation, delusion, pain, beauty and celebration. The sonnet is like a song of words; the music is in the rhyme, metre and meaning. They are like windows into the soul of the poet...

This story is a novel based on the alternate history of what really happened back in Elizabethan times in regards to the true identity of 'Shake-speare'. It is a story that defies category in the sense that it goes back and forth in time from the past to the present day. Characters from the past and...

This is a novel about a doctor, who as a foreign aid worker has been kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, and left for dead in an unmarked grave. Despite the grim premise, the heroine doctor spins a tale through her memory as she confronts her demise. Given her situation, her story both fascinating...

Among the Blueberries is a novel - the author's first - and sequel to Purple Phoenix, the epic poem. This ebook version is a much revised edition from the original book. In this story, two generations after the events in the prequel, a family emerges from the wilderness in an attempt to integrate...

This is a speculative fiction based on some of the apocryphal alien stories that have emerged over the years. Whether true or not depends on how close to the loop of ultra classified intelligence one is. In this case a foreign aid worker has disappeared for a quarter-century and presumed dead. He...

A young man has died in a car crash on the coast of Wales, his body apparently lost at sea. An inspector discovers that the man had been involved with a venerable Wiccan sect with connections to the elite. As he digs further, he comes to suspect that perhaps, Pedro, the young man, is not dead at all....