The Cycles Turn Book one of The Kyklos Trilogy
The discovery of a crucified cat in the chapel of his school plunges headmaster Augustus Braithwaite into a battle against forces, and on worlds, he previously didn’t know existed.
Augustus acquires an ally in Sharna, a young woman he rescued from execution on her own world and they return to his school to confront the power head on.
Only one of their enemies, teacher Edward Braine, horribly disfigured but still maliciously strong, survives. Together they track him across Ireland to a final confrontation on the island of Inishbofin.
"In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable." ~ John Steinbeck
It is nineteen years since Augustus and Sharna’s victory over Edward Braine’s coven on Inishbofin.
Across England the renewal cycles of other covens should be under way, but Augustus and Sharna have not been summoned to thwart their expansion. Alrik, their nineteen-year-old son, is missing again. A brutal serial killer leaves a gruesome trail of mutilated girls across Ireland. Could the three be linked? Could Edward Braine still be alive? In striving to answer these questions, Augustus is tempted back to Ireland and into the most desperate struggle of his life.
Worlds End
Book two of The Kyklos Trilogy
Ishtal
When hard drinking social misfit Stephen falls in love with a shapeshifter it could be the fulfillment of his wildest dreams. It could be the beginning of his worst nightmare…It could be the end of the world.
A Betrayal of Butterflies
What is left of the free world is mobilizing for the liberation of fundamentalist-controlled Europe.
Time is running out for Gordon Aldridge if he is to return to England, exact a personal revenge on Ahmadzai, the country’s despotic new ruler, and rid himself of his legacy of butterflies--the frightening secret weapon he cannot always control.
Gordon’s adoptive parents and the American government do all they can to dissuade him from his potentially suicidal mission, but his hunger for a bloody
Time is running out for Gordon Aldridge if he is to return to England, exact a personal revenge on Ahmadzai, the country’s despotic new ruler, and rid himself of his legacy of butterflies--the frightening secret weapon he cannot always control.
Gordon’s adoptive parents and the American government do all they can to dissuade him from his potentially suicidal mission, but his hunger for a bloody
ENDGAME
Across the world, suicide attacks are bringing previously stable governments to the brink of collapse. Scotland Yard’s Stuart Wilson and Bill Rubek his American counterpart must track down the organisation responsible and stop the carnage before the entire planet descends into anarchy. The results of their investigations are as frightening as they are unbelievable. A single mastermind, not of their world, is behind the attacks, seeking out the vulnerable and desperate, buying the souls of those
Soulfarm
A vicious assault in a rural Irish pub is the first in a series of increasingly bizarre events that catapult Detective Chief Inspector Seamus Brogan into a world dominated by an all-powerful and despotic church; a church which harvests the despair, pain, and soulpower of heretics for its own power and glorification.
Outside a mediaeval Dublin, a massive crusader army prepares to launch an attack on Brogan’s Ireland. Swords and crossbows will be no match for the weaponry of a modern army, but th
Outside a mediaeval Dublin, a massive crusader army prepares to launch an attack on Brogan’s Ireland. Swords and crossbows will be no match for the weaponry of a modern army, but th
A Legacy of Butterflies
The whole of mainland Europe is under fundamentalist control. Only Ireland, protected by the military might of America, remains free.
Gordon Aldridge has a mission – To use his potentially murderous powers to help secure the release of American hostages from the heart of fundamentalist England. If he can control and target the butterflies, only his enemies will die; if he can’t, everybody will.
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Gordon Aldridge has a mission – To use his potentially murderous powers to help secure the release of American hostages from the heart of fundamentalist England. If he can control and target the butterflies, only his enemies will die; if he can’t, everybody will.
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A Gift of Butterflies
Mark Aldridge and Susie Philips have a gift. Anyone who antagonizes them dies. How not to antagonize each other is a skill they must master very quickly, if both are to survive.
To ensure that the right people antagonize them is the mission of agent, Maurice Bruner and his team. Can they target the gift without upsetting its hosts? If they can’t, they are dead.
To ensure that the right people antagonize them is the mission of agent, Maurice Bruner and his team. Can they target the gift without upsetting its hosts? If they can’t, they are dead.
The Cycles Turn
Ishtal
When hard drinking social misfit Stephen falls in love with a shapeshifter it could be the fulfillment of his wildest dreams. It could be the beginning of his worst nightmare…It could be the end of the world.
A Betrayal of Butterflies
What is left of the free world is mobilizing for the liberation of fundamentalist-controlled Europe.
Time is running out for Gordon Aldridge if he is to return to England, exact a personal revenge on Ahmadzai, the country’s despotic new ruler, and rid himself of his legacy of butterflies--the frightening secret weapon he cannot always control.
Gordon’s adoptive parents and the American government do all they can to dissuade him from his potentially suicidal mission, but his hunger for a bloody
Time is running out for Gordon Aldridge if he is to return to England, exact a personal revenge on Ahmadzai, the country’s despotic new ruler, and rid himself of his legacy of butterflies--the frightening secret weapon he cannot always control.
Gordon’s adoptive parents and the American government do all they can to dissuade him from his potentially suicidal mission, but his hunger for a bloody
ENDGAME
Across the world, suicide attacks are bringing previously stable governments to the brink of collapse. Scotland Yard’s Stuart Wilson and Bill Rubek his American counterpart must track down the organisation responsible and stop the carnage before the entire planet descends into anarchy. The results of their investigations are as frightening as they are unbelievable. A single mastermind, not of their world, is behind the attacks, seeking out the vulnerable and desperate, buying the souls of those
Soulfarm
A vicious assault in a rural Irish pub is the first in a series of increasingly bizarre events that catapult Detective Chief Inspector Seamus Brogan into a world dominated by an all-powerful and despotic church; a church which harvests the despair, pain, and soulpower of heretics for its own power and glorification.
Outside a mediaeval Dublin, a massive crusader army prepares to launch an attack on Brogan’s Ireland. Swords and crossbows will be no match for the weaponry of a modern army, but th
Outside a mediaeval Dublin, a massive crusader army prepares to launch an attack on Brogan’s Ireland. Swords and crossbows will be no match for the weaponry of a modern army, but th
A Legacy of Butterflies
The whole of mainland Europe is under fundamentalist control. Only Ireland, protected by the military might of America, remains free.
Gordon Aldridge has a mission – To use his potentially murderous powers to help secure the release of American hostages from the heart of fundamentalist England. If he can control and target the butterflies, only his enemies will die; if he can’t, everybody will.
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Gordon Aldridge has a mission – To use his potentially murderous powers to help secure the release of American hostages from the heart of fundamentalist England. If he can control and target the butterflies, only his enemies will die; if he can’t, everybody will.
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A Gift of Butterflies
Mark Aldridge and Susie Philips have a gift. Anyone who antagonizes them dies. How not to antagonize each other is a skill they must master very quickly, if both are to survive.
To ensure that the right people antagonize them is the mission of agent, Maurice Bruner and his team. Can they target the gift without upsetting its hosts? If they can’t, they are dead.
To ensure that the right people antagonize them is the mission of agent, Maurice Bruner and his team. Can they target the gift without upsetting its hosts? If they can’t, they are dead.
The Cycles Turn
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