The Evil Inside II

The green latex image of a rotting skull hung tightly to Frank Graham’s skin, his face a long since forgotten memory. A trickle of blood escaped from his dehydrated lips, a sign of organ failure and internal bleeding. There appeared no intake of oxygen, no rise and fall of inflating lungs. Inside the mask, two black pits hid demonic eyes, cold, merciless eyes, clamped shut.

Until a flicker, a single twitch, steadily, gradually...

The Excalibur File

By the year 2024 world debt has skyrocketed to over $300 Trillion, and with the US dollar in free fall a desperate G20 votes a return to the gold standard.

The gold price skyrockets overnight, fortunate for Australia which has plenty of gold in the ground – hugely boosted by the discovery of the legendary Lasseter’s Reef.

But there is a problem.

Now boasting the world’s largest navy and a modern air force, China has been expanding its military bases south and resolves to use them in a ‘military solution’ in its quest for gold and territory.

Fortunately, US intelligence has penetrated the PLA State Security Centre and supplies ASIO with China’s complete invasion plan of PNG and northern Australia.

Aware that under the ANZUS treaty an isolationist America will supply weapons and technology but no ‘boots on the ground,’ Australia has five years to shore up its defences and find a way to stop the juggernaut.

They may have found it in a most unlikely place.

A weapon that becomes known as Excalibur.

The Eyes of Reba Lessing

Reba’s childhood memories are full of nightmares and visions that she struggled to understand, and she is isolated and lonely. Raised by a cold, damaged mother and a grandfather with secrets of his own, she was often frightened and confused as she discovers her special ‘gift’. Reba never knew the father who disappeared before she was born, and she can only sense the secrets that surround her.

The adult Reba has to contend with visions that are not always welcome, and after one episode in which she sees a vision of a missing boy, her life gradually spirals out of control as she is pursued by a mysterious group called The Authority, whose leader is convinced she holds information that her psychic powers could lead them to a fortune in looted Nazi gold. Meanwhile, Reba has to come to terms with a family history that starts in the concentration camps of Europe and a terrible crime.

The Fairy of the Enchanted Lake

As a young girl from a quiet mountain village, Michaela dreams of becoming the most beautiful girl in the world. Then one day, a mysterious encounter at a secluded lake makes her dream come true, and her life transforms completely.

Before she knows it, Michaela is living a fairytale life in a royal castle, surrounded by riches, glamour and the attentions of an adoring public. But inside her, an evil stirs, brought to life by the deal she made at the lake. To redeem her soul, she needs the help of powerful beings, magical creatures, and a wise old witch. But the ultimate battle she must win is not only with the malevolent creature that dwells within her; it is with herself. 

The Faithlessness

Is renunciation of God and turning to the Devil the deepest degree of man’s desperation or the highest point of his strength? The Faithlessness shows the demonic power which possesses people and leads them to see the way to happiness and freedom in crime and not in doing good. This unusual novel is full of philosophical ideas, irony and spiritual duels. Rich in thoughts and stratified in messages, it ends with a bravura in which the heroes for the first time get their names and the events get precise geographical and temporal coordinates.

This book is a little homage to Bulgakov, Dostoyevsky, Milton, Conrad, Nietzsche, and, in a particularly interesting way, to Goethe. There are also many dedications to other authors.

The Faithlessness is a condensed prose piece of work in which fiction and reality are interwoven, a story that provokes contemplation and lures of repeated reading and of constant discovery of numerous, at first sight, hidden flows.

The Fallen

My name is Sath… My name is Sathariel, actually. I am one of those who people call ha-Satan. Yes, it means “adversary” in Aramaic and yes, it is “adversary of God”. But for some reason, everyone has forgotten that those who you nicknamed like this, were first and foremost the defenders of people, who stand by you before a Heavenly court. It was providence we didn’t choose. It was decided instead for us.

You, people, have given us many names, but none of them was correct, and you people, have given us functions completely unfamiliar to us. We were deities to you at first, then we became the outcasts. And we were Iyrin, the Watchers, who guard and protect you. And who decides if we’ve done our jobs well?

It would be foolish to make excuses now. Who am I to do this?

My name is Sathariel and it means “the one who is on the other side of God”. But I’m just an archivist who writes time. Every moment of time, from the beginning of time.

Who am I? I’m just one of the Brethren, one among two hundred of “the fallen”. But now... now I want to tell you our real story.

The Fallen Star

Fallen angels long ago made war upon their brethren, Lucifer and his folk were cast from Heaven for their rebellion, and sealed in the realm which some call Hell by the magic of Michael. Since then, Lucifer has been doing his best to escape and free the world from, as he sees it, a tyrannical overlord and liberate humanity to freedom. Amidst this cosmic battle, one Archdemon, by the name of Gruggor, head of the greatest wizarding academy, is devilishly plotting how to take control of the Kingdom of Mados. Then again, the King of Mados, Bartibus the Barmy, is making life very difficult for many of the continent’s inhabitants. He is destroying forest homes and cutting down trees. Despite all this conflict, love does endure, and humour and romance still live strong in the world. Heroism is as important as ever. Rupert, the Prince of Mados, is determined to prove himself. If it were not for dragons then this, at least, might have gone smoothly. Amidst all this chaos is Gallat, a farm boy, but as he takes up his destiny a new age dawns. And shall it be an age of the fallen or the people of the great creator? Or is there something far darker behind everything?

The Falling

Esther was just like any other angel, until the day she was exiled from Heaven for a crime she didn’t commit.

But where does an angel go after being exiled from the Holy Land?

They go to the underworld to endure an eternity of torture and slavery. Only, Esther discovered that those horrifying stories were not true, and Hell was very much like Heaven and Earth. On her arrival, Esther is welcomed by three demons who take her into their lives: Elvira, Caspian, and the mysterious Prince Zander.

But what they all didn’t know was that the moment Esther set foot in Hell, they all fell in grave danger.

The Far Shore

The Mistress and the Sworn children have entered Merdom, the fourth child must be collected. Will The Mistress survive her time there or will King Magnus see fit to take his revenge? Meanwhile, all is not well in The Warm Realm. Shayla strikes a blow to each of The Kingdoms, will The Oracle help as she has promised? As this gripping trilogy concludes, The Mistress, The Sworn children and all the forest creatures must fight for their very survival.

The Fat Club

Simon Rodgers runs his own chauffeur business and after flying back from a well-earned break to St Lucia with his wife, Summer, their lives are turned upside down when he signs up to a sports supplement company called The Fat Club.

All is not what it seems.

The Fat Club Gets Slimm

You’re now holding the second book of The Fat Club tetralogy. John Hodge has spent some time bringing this adventure to you through Simon Rodgers. There’s twists and turns along the way and the adventure for Simon is survival, he just needs to stay alive.

The Fears That Bind

A story which begins with the tragic killing of two eminent Swedish doctors during the final months of the Bosnian War. Their outrageous deaths somehow become connected to the brutal murder of two Liverpool teenagers twenty years later. As the police begin their quest to find the killer, a series of incredible revelations start to surface; involving another murder, hidden family secrets, drugs and corruption in the highest of places. However, it is only as events start to unfold, that they realise they have a vicious serial killer on their hands; who in a twist of revenge, finds he too has a price on his head.