In a desperate attempt to outrun his past, Andrew accepts a posting to the distant mining colony of Markourya, where the air is acid and the skin of the planet ruptures daily, swallowing men and their APCs whole. Markourya is uninhabited but for the hundreds of engineers - like Andrew - who spend their days laying down concrete and dodging the local fauna, trying to live out the length of their contracts. But there's something even more dangerous...

The first time they met Detective Caleb Richards snapped handcuffs on Sarah Tait and she vowed never to forgive him. But when he seeks her help to find a kidnapped thoroughbred stallion she becomes his unwilling assistant.Sarah sets out on a marathon endurance ride. As Caleb tags along, he realises that the horse whisperer has deeper secrets than he'd ever suspected.Can he uncover Sarah's secrets and win her trust?

Ethereal: a land far, far away . . . as luck would have it.Short stories from the world of Ethereal.A collection of light-hearted stories from a place that, most likely, doesn't exist.And that's probably for the best.

The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage. Elaine and Ian had travelled half way round the world to adopt little Anna. She couldn't have been more wanted, loved and cherished. So why was she now in foster care and living with me? It didn't make sense. Until I learned what had happened. ... Dressed only in nappies and ragged T-shirts the children were incarcerated in their cots. Their...

Five cities had already been decimated by nuclear terrorism when Trevor Westmore sets out on a mission to bring Sue, his pregnant daughter-in-law, back to the relative safety of the family farm. He also hopes to find his daughter Lisa and bring her home. But, almost immediately upon finding Sue, in the suburbs of Seattle, terrorists detonate another nuclear bomb and the two must flee amid the chaos and fallout.The Long Way Home is a 20,000-word novella...

The sickness came quickly. It took her family, friends, neighbors and seemingly everyone else. Lucy found herself, at fourteen, all alone in the world. Does she let loneliness and despair overtake her or does she decide to not only survive but to live life. Can she survive? Will she find anyone else out there? Will she ever find happiness again? This is a story about a young girl's struggle to overcome despair having suddenly lost everyone in her...

"The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home...but an identity long-since left behind"--