Aiki: 12 books

This is it. The final Level of the Game. China in 80AD is the stage for the final showdown between Phoenix and Jade and their arch-enemy, Feng Zhudai. Things don't start off so well, though. Jade is a prisoner, separated by vast distances from her companions; in the hands of Feng Zhudai himself....

Rowan Gilmore and her mother, Anna, have spent most of Rowan’s life running, hiding Rowan's speed, strength and precognitive powers—but without knowing why she’s different, why they have to hide, or who from. And Rowan’s sick of running scared. But she has to keep going, because she also harbours...

80AD Book 3 finds Phoenix, Jade, Marcus and Brynn trapped inside a pyramid in ancient Egypt. No pharoahs here, this is Egypt as you've never see it. Rome has taken over and the country is far from peaceful. This adventure is the most insane yet. It has everything you'd expect and more: mummies,...

Kalima, an Earth-colony world with little iron ore and no fossil fuels, is entrenched in a peaceful feudal society. The Jundom of Mamalakah is ruled by the ambitious Hanna Zah-Hill, wife of the Jun First. Deep in debt, she wants technological progress. But Mistress Li of Xintou House prefers to keep...

An Anthology of short stories by the Springfield Writers Group. These 18 stories span two thousand years of Earth's history and half a dozen different genres. All with a common thread: Halley's Comet. Dive into ancient Greece and Babylon, into Anglo-Saxon Ireland and Viking-era France. Indulge in...

Ever wondered what India was like in 80AD? Well neither had Jade and Phoenix - until they end up there for Level 4 of the game, 80AD. Transported from the deserts of Egypt into the tropical heat of India, they have to face a whole new range of enemies. Snake-gods, invading armies, assassins...

(Book 2 of the Ruadhan Sidhe novels) Your worst moments define you. If you let them. Two weeks after Rowan Gilmore's life exploded into chaos, she is in Brisbane, Australia, hunting down Michael Eisen and the Mors Ferrum. With her mother, Anna, still in Eisen's hands, Rowan is forced to continue working...

Rowan Gilmore and her sidhe companions are in a desperate race to stop the truth of the sidhe’s powers being revealed to the world. For once humans are aware of the sidhe, fear and greed will do what the Mors Ferrum has been unable to achieve – wholesale slaughter of the Ruadhán Sidhe. The chase...

The name ‘Aikido’ was formed by connecting three letters in Japanese. Ai implies ‘joining’, Ki means ‘the spirit’ and do denotes ‘way’. By merging these three characters in concert you get the core of the artistry of Aikido. Aikido could be classified as a martial art form which unites...

Take a very ordinary, very unhappy 14 year old boy, Phoenix. He's bored by school, hates his step-father, feels like he has no control over his life. In fact, the only things he does like are computer games and martial arts. Add a smart, miserable 14 year old girl, Jade. She's the youngest of seven...

Book 2 of the 80AD series sees Jade, Phoenix and their companions flung into the frozen wastes of northern Europe. Here they must somehow reach Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, in order to steal the Hammer of Thor. They are far from civilisation, snowbound, hunted, lost and on a deadline. If they don't...

the price of freedom must be paid, but not in coin. With the immediate threat of war on Kalima averted, Alere, Kett, and Corin must track down Alere’s sister, Mina. But Alere struggles to understand her new-found powers, only certain that Mina is in danger. When slavers decimate Mina’s ship, the...