Enter Spice

Enter Spice is a sequel to Enter Donegal. Spice, a charming Cocker Spaniel arrives at the Ellis home after Donegal has gone, and obviously at his request. She is readily accepted and loved by all family members. 

With the gifts of walking upright, speaking, reading, writing and singing, she helps Scott and Lara in their ‘love’ relationships, frustrates the attempt of a work colleague of Beth’s to prevent her promotion, and rescues children lost in mountainous bushland.

Her hilarious ‘coming out’, or revealing her talents, causes a sensation on ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ and results in her kidnapping from which she manages to escape in a surprising and unusual manner.

Her own brush with near-death leads her to devote herself to helping the seriously ill in hospitals.

Like Donegal, she makes a very different announcement that has implications for the whole Ellis family.

This heart-warming novel underlines the significance of animals (dogs in particular), demonstrates the value of all living things, indicates ways in which we can help one another, and asserts the triumph of goodness over evil.

Epiphanies

Understanding life and its realities has always been difficult, not only for children but also for those who are considered as adults. Epiphanies is a collection of short stories that portrays challenges of life and illustrates how events can lead to some 'Aha' moments!

Epitaph for Brezhnev

Contained within the numerous items on display at the DDR Museum in Berlin is a brief though detailed account of a 1980 initiative on the part of the East German Politburo whereby the objective of this initiative was the seizure, by force, of West Berlin. Although the East German leader Erich Honecker and his colleagues in government were serious as regards to their incorporating West Berlin into East Germany, the Soviet Union, at that time, did not share the East German enthusiasm, due to the potential impact any invasion of West Berlin might have had on the Moscow Olympics and also because Brezhnev was conscious of Soviet presence in Afghanistan.However, two years later, with Leonid Brezhnev close to death, there are shenanigans afoot involving his would-be successors. One of the gambits is a plan by Yuri Andropov to resurrect the Erich Honecker initiative and deliver West Berlin for the Warsaw Pact. How would the West respond if this audacious Andropov power grab strategy was put into practice?

Erebus

Rick Cooper enlisted in the military at the young age of 16, earning medals for bravery and distinction. After completing two long tours he left and joined the police force. With his military background he quickly ascended to the rank of detective, becoming known throughout the UK as one of the best and brightest in the force.

Enclosed in this book is one of the many harrowing adventures that Cooper was a part of in his storied career. After leaving the force, Cooper started working for the GDA. What starts as an easy-to-handle missing person case soon turns into a dark and twisted turn of events. It will lead him to his most dangerous adversary so far.

Erif the Helpful Dragon

The summer seemed like it would never end, it had been a few weeks of blistering heat.

Flame didn’t do much except try and keep out of the sun and keep cool. She went through the bare trees onto the dry grasslands. She sneezed and let a small fire out of her large nostrils… oh my goodness! Quickly the fire caught the grass, help she thought. She raised herself into the air in panic and shot her fire high. She could see Erif over on Nezca.

What was wrong over on Egar? thought Erif, but he knew; he could see the smoke!

Erif quickly flew over to the flame. Oh dear, he had to think and think fast. He could see the fire might spread in time and destroy Egar.

He needed help, they all did, Erif knew there was only one thing he could do…

Erpingham

In an age when kings were ordained by God and the powerful waded through Europe up to their knees in blood, a wide-eyed 13-year-old boy first went to war. Over time he learned to look death in the face and, with grimace, draw his sword.

He was afraid of neither man nor God.

Surviving the Black Death, disastrous battles and campaigns in foreign lands and the machinations of kings, bishops and nobles, Sir Thomas Erpingham fought across a continent, defended the interests of England and became the unsung hero of Agincourt.

Escape from the Shades

Brother and sister, Tom and Bobby, are orphans growing up rough, with their dog Tag, in the Victorian East End of London. Helped by Dr Barnardo, they have begun to make progress when Bobby is attacked in the notorious Rookeries. Tom comes to the rescue but finds himself arrested, in a cell, and then before the Beak. His trial is at the Old Bailey where he is not allowed to speak in his defence. Then Tag comes to his rescue!

Escape to Dorland

Have you ever doubted yourself? You are not alone…

Daisy and Margot return in a new adventure that will test their confidence and strength.

When tragedy befalls the fairy kingdom, Daisy is wracked with guilt as she tries to help her fairy friends. Margot, meanwhile, finds herself in a position she never could have imagined, with a responsibility she is unsure she can handle. With the help of the young girl and those around her, she must conquer her insecurities to protect her kind.

Events unfold, bringing an even greater challenge, which the pair must tackle to avoid a dreaded consequence.

Will they have the time and ability to be triumphant?

Escape to Yackandandah

Two young ladies excitedly leave school just before Christmas to enter the work force. As teenagers, they do the usual things that teenage girls do. A summer rock concert in particular was a “must do”.

Then they disappear. No one knows how, when or where they have gone except the matronly police officer and two undercover agents.

The story unfolds with its twists and turns and things that we often experience in Australia. And, of course, some romance.

Ese: The Misadventures of Moving Forward

Ese has comfortably situated himself into the consistent ebbs and flows of his existence, seemingly schooling life and cracking the code to instant success. All of that changes when he moves schools, becoming a big fish in a vast and enveloping ocean. Dealing with questions of sexuality, identity, love, crushes and finding a concrete path on the lonely road. From talent shows to scheduling conflicts, debates and romance, Ese goes through revelatory experiences in a hilariously honest fashion. Ese, with the help and hindrance of an eclectic crew, embarks on the messy misadventures of moving forward.

Eternity Should Not Be Lost to Us

The immortals are real, having existed in time for some 200,000 years or more, some of them deified as gods and goddesses in their long lives and their existence had been kept secret, and chronicled by the skolaks, the keepers of their history. One of the more notorious and most powerful of these immortals, Edelon, self-entombed for the last 500 years, is about to be resurrected by her lover Rutheven, finally reunited after all this time; although for Edelon their time apart was but months, for Rutheven his time without her was measured in centuries. Her return to this world also signalled the return of her enemy, the assassin Tervagant.

Ethcara

The land is under attack from snowstorms. Each flake is warm to the touch, and when it reaches the ground, it fizzles and sizzles, then soaks in, leaving a small heat haze over the area, and eventually this poisons the ground underneath.

Whonose, a Master Shipwright, is in contact with his sister, Whome, up at Ull, about this problem, where it is decided that the danger is coming from The Halh, as before.

Whonose is chosen to visit the sanctuary of Lancheal Uzban, to get some advice. With his companions, Maximum Benkys and Ethin Twentyfive, they set out on their eventful journey.

They meet Riffik Oozdal, Ma-cheng Pom and Odu Ishema, from whom Maximum learns all about Kolta, a mind and exercise regime; and a conclusive Mind-battle ensues.

To the friend’s dismay, they are then asked to continue on their ‘wending’ to find a legendary Mist-breather. On this leg of their journey, they spend a night on the Field of Smaryde Tor, which is not as comfortable as expected.

Finally, entering the Spur of Ethcara, it is here that the legend ends, and the fate of The Great Estate is determined.