New Work
Fiction For 9-11
Solomon's Tale
A wise cat reincarnates to help a family go through a crisis of homelessness and divorce. The story has strong emotion, plenty of action and humour, and a spiritual aspect.
A cross-over book, appealing to both children and adults, SOLOMON'S TALE is my best book yet. Written from the heart, it is a readable story with strong emotion, humour, gritty relationship stuff, and, for the first time, I have woven an irresistible golden thread of spirituality into a fiction book. Reincarnation, angels, and how the soul survives death. Big issues, yes, but this story is simply told, by a beautiful cat who can see angels and who has chosen to reincarnate to help a family go through the traumas of separation and poverty.
Solomon, and his mate Jessica were real cats who belonged to me, and that is why they are so vividly portrayed in this story. People who have read my books always say 'I couldn't put it down', or 'I cried at the end'.
SOLOMON'S TALE will make you laugh and cry, and lift your spirits. We love Solomon's Tale so much we chose to self-publish it through Matador in Spring 2012 and also as an e-book and as a print on demand in America.
We're enjoying the experience, the freedom to design the presentation, the excitement of promoting it, and looking forward to the book launch. I'm already working on the sequel, Solomon's Kitten, for next year.
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I am passionate about this book because I believe it is unique. Children will love this story because it is full of fascinating prehistoric creatures, dinosaurs, giant dragon flies, trilobites , and the first tiny horses. Its a time-slip story with a difference, a journey through the evolution of life on earth from the primordial seas to the first primitive people. The two children, Liam and Holly, struggle to survive, making fire and cooking unfamiliar food, and staying alive through the age of volcanoes and the ice age.
I researched time-slip stories on the internet and found no other story like this one.
FACE OF THE DEEP has taken three years to write, including the research into prehistoric life. It has gone through five drafts and one professional critique.
It is 35000 words, on disk and ready to go. All it needs is a publisher who has the vision to see its potential market, here and in America.
Download and read an extract from Face of the Deep [here ...]
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